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Scottish romance doesn't get much steamier - or more dangerous - than a spy hunting her quarry and losing her heart to him instead. To pay a seemingly impossible debt, Mariel Brandon has become a spy for Aaron, one of England's deadliest minds. Aaron's latest mission for the sharp-witted and daring Mariel is to find two people in a heavily fortified castle on the Isle of Skye, a castle headed by the clan MacDonald and the powerful Kieran.

After scandalizing London with her improper behavior and jilting two suitors, Nell Belden is about to do it again. This time she rejects the very wealthy, utterly insufferable nobleman her financially strapped guardians have been pressuring her to marry. Banished to their isolated Cornwall estate, Nell is awakened one night by an unusual apparition.

Can a rough Texas Ranger overcome a woman’s hardened heart? Amanda Ross returns from her Boston finishing school to claim the Texas ranch her parents died fighting to protect. Determined to protect the sprawling ranch that has been in her family for generations, Amanda hates the Comanche people for taking away her only family. Clay McAlester may be a Texas Ranger, but he identifies most strongly with the Comanche people that raised him.

At the Duke’s Pleasure is Tracy Anne Warren’s sexiest, most winning romantic Byron misadventure to date - an arranged-marriage-gone-awry winner combining the deft humor and stunning sensuality of Victoria Alexander with delightfully human and unforgettable upper-crust characters reminiscent of Julia Quinn.

In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker’s three brothers board Canadian ships headed for war. Grace stays behind, tending to the homefront and the general store that helps keep her small Nova Scotian community running. Three years later, the fighting rages on, and rumors swirl about “wolf packs” of German U-Boats lurking in the waters along the shores of East Jeddore. One day, a handsome stranger ventures into the store, claiming to be a trapper, and Grace becomes enamored. But after several weeks, she discovers that her mysterious visitor is not the lonely outsider he appears to be.

England, 1918: Obwohl das Tragen roten Lippenstifts noch einem Skandal gleichkommt, stellt die junge Leonora in der Apotheke ihres Vaters heimlich Kosmetika her. Als ihr Vater an der Spanischen Grippe stirbt, sucht sie ihr Glück in Amerika und lernt den charmanten Everett kennen - und lieben. Doch um diese Liebe muss sie ebenso kämpfen wie um ihren Traum einer Kosmetikfirma. Denn auch in Manhattan gibt es Widerstand gegen den Wunsch der Frauen, selbst über ihr Aussehen zu entscheiden.

Left penniless and alone by the death of her father, Sarah Lowell works as a day nurse at King’s College Hospital. Her daily walk to and from work crosses the Rookery of St. Giles, a dangerous place made all the more frightening by the fact someone lurks in the shadows, watching Sarah, stalking her. Enigmatic surgeon Killian Thayne offers Sarah his protection, but his sensual, commanding presence presents another kind of danger. Then a patient is found dead, drained of blood. Another soon follows, and another, and rumors paint Killian as the monster who killed them.

1978: a Roma le Brigate Rosse hanno rapito Aldo Moro, in Sicilia boss mafiosi come Gaetano Badalamenti soffocano ogni tentativo di resistenza civile, all'ombra della Madonnina le bande di Vallanzasca e Turatello fanno salire la tensione in una città già segnata dagli scontri sociali. Ma anche in questo clima la dolcevita del capoluogo lombardo, che si prepara a diventare la "Milano da bere" degli anni Ottanta, non conosce soste.

Zwei Schwestern im von den Deutschen besetzten Frankreich: Während Vianne ums Überleben ihrer Familie kämpft, schließt sich die jüngere Isabelle der Résistance an und sucht die Freiheit auf dem Pfad der Nachtigall, einem geheimen Fluchtweg über die Pyrenäen. Doch wie weit darf man gehen, um zu überleben? Und wie kann man die schützen, die man liebt? In diesem epischen, kraftvollen und zutiefst berührenden Roman erzählt Kristin Hannah die Geschichte zweier Frauen, die ihr Schicksal auf ganz eigene Weise meistern.

Long years after the White Mare came to the people of the Mothers, bringing the wild horsemen from the sea of grass and changing the world forever, the world is changing again. The Mother of Lir is dead, her heir cast out amid dire omens. War is coming - such a war as the people have never seen, fought with a new and terrible weapon: the chariot. Rhian, potter's child and White Mare's chosen, ventures with Emry the prince of Lir into the sea of grass and undertakes to steal the enemy's weapon.

Nicholas Dowling's mail-order bride is not what he'd hoped for - she's too young, too delicate, and far too superstitious for a pragmatic man like himself. But not even Brianna's untamable spirit can't cast a shadow over her luminous beauty, and before long the blaze of their attraction grows into something neither one of them was expecting.

Arabella of Byrum's stunning beauty is her blessing and her curse. It drew the brutal Elias of Woolford to make an irresistible offer for her hand in marriage, and it fueled the jealous rage that made Elias break that bond - leaving Arabella with an infant Elias refuses to acknowledge as his, and a shattered reputation. Despite the slanderous rumors about Arabella, William of Blackleith wants her when no other lord will.

A shy country miss, Harriet Rowe is sure she has little to offer her step-cousin, the dashing Lord Richard Stanton. The most handsome gentleman in London, he can have whatever he wants - except for a racehorse that's just out of his monetary reach. Eager to stay close to the man who has won her heart, even if he doesn't know it, Harriet offers to lend Richard the money for the racehorse, making them partners on the racecourse.

Ich bin deine Muse, ich bin deine Liebe. Klimt war ihre erste Liebe, für Gustav Mahler wird sie zur Muse - Alma Schindler wächst inmitten der Wiener Künstlerbohème auf, ist in den Salons der schillernden Metropole zu Hause, verfolgt den Aufstieg der Secession, inspiriert und verführt. Und sie ist Künstlerin, ihre Leidenschaft gehört dem Klavierspiel, vor allem der Komposition. Bis sie Gustav Mahler trifft und sich Hals über Kopf in ihn verliebt. Gustav erwidert ihre Liebe, jedoch zu einem hohen Preis: Für ihn soll sie ihre Kunst aufgeben.

Adventurous Amanda McCormick travels west to marry a man she's met through correspondence and create a home of her own at last. Gambler Spencer Teague intercepts the bride-to-be waiting for her fiancé at the Kansas City train station. On a whim, he pretends to be the man, seduces her, and they spend a torrid night together. Travis Baxter arrives to claim his bride, welcoming her into his home and heart. Though racked by guilt, Amanda hides the misguided affair and focuses on forging a relationship with her new husband.

Logan Ambrose has endured a tortured existence. After learning how to fend for himself at a young age, he eventually amassed power and wealth. His fortune came at an extreme cost, as rising from poverty often does. Branded, he wears his sins on his marred flesh. Each scar represents a past he doesn't wish to remember, the ruthless man he holds at bay, the tortured soul who would do anything to survive.

It's a scandal that 27-year-old Sarah Stanborough is still unwed. Despite her matchmaking mother's fervent wishes, Sarah refuses to encourage the eminently eligible John Phillip North, marquis of Revesne. The arrogant bounder has actually fought duels to keep her potential suitors at bay. Only one man attracts the independent spinster: handsome Edward Middleton, her young cousin's guardian, who detests the frivolous gossip and shallow flirtations of London society as much as she does.

Forced to wed the daring Norman lord Guy of Rivaux, proud and beautiful young Catherine de Brione vowed never to give him her heart. Catherine was sure she loved dashing Brian FitzHenry, who had held her in thrall since childhood. But she had no inkling of the fire her bridegroom could rouse within her. As the turmoil of intrigue and battle, danger and deception erupt around her in 11th century Normandy, Catherine finds that the daring and passionate man she was so eager to leave is now the man she can't bear to lose.

After Lord Haverville forced Miss Kitty Gordon's dearest friend into a loveless marriage, she set her sights on the beastly Baron for revenge. Isolating his wife in rural solitude, Haverville continues to savor all the delights the city has to offer. Determined to force Haverville to give her friend back her freedom, Kitty hatches a plot to kidnap the Baron at gunpoint. But to her surprise, getting her hands on the handsome brute was actually the easy part - it's the temptation held in his arms that she never planned for.

Chelsea Wickersham seeks a new start. The conservative English governess agrees to tutor the long-lost heir of the mysterious Cane estate. But when she arrives expecting to find a boy to teach, she is instead introduced to a strange and terrifying sight: Sullivan Cane, a feral, uncivilized man. But Cane is craftier than any beast. Taken from his island hideaway, forced to return to his family estate in Scotland, he strives to outwit his calculating brethren.