Contemporary Historical Romance

With the draft sending everyone he knows off to war in 1969, the threat to his own mortality is the only thing on Bennett Sawyer's mind...until the day his life entangles with Ana Maxwell's. When a cruel twist of fate threatens to force them apart forever, he's left with only one option: get the love of his life back at any cost.

In war-torn France, Spaniard Luis and Elise elope to live in a small village in Catalonia. Little do they know that war will rip them apart, sending Luis to his death in the Resistance. Years later their daughter, Madeleine, returns to France to seek out her roots and the truth of her parents’ story. But her arrival in the Catalan village unleashes more than she had bargained for as the shocking truth behind her father’s death are uncovered.

When the brainy, luminous Louise Vandermeer embarks on a transoceanic quest to marry an aristocrat, she dives into a scorching affair with a stranger on the ship. Their trysts take place in darkness, so Louise does not know her lover is Charles d'Harcourt, the passionate European playboy who just happens to be her intended! Charles is playing a game, but his plan has unexpected results.

Struggling with a bad marriage and foreclosure on her horse ranch, young widow Katherine Logan has neither time nor inclination to take responsibility for some low-down bandit. That is, until the sight of wickedly tempting Jake Banner changes her mind.

It's 1964. England has shaken off its post-war gloom and the world is full of possibilities. Best friends Sandra and Linda live on a housing estate in Essex. They are aspiring mods: they have the music, the coffee bar and Ready Steady Go! on a Friday night. Having landed their first jobs, Linda and Sandra look set. But the world is changing rapidly, and both girls have difficult choices to make. As Sandra blindly pursues a proposal, Linda finds herself drawn to causes she knows are worth fighting for.

A fictional biographical slice of Baudelaire's life and love with his famous Haitian muse, Jeanne Duval, Black Venus captures the artistic scene in the great French capital city, at a time when the likes of Dumas and Balzac argued literature in the cafés of the Left Bank. Among the bohemians, the young Charles Baudelaire stood out, dressed impeccably thanks to an inheritance that was quickly vanishing.

In den Wirren der 1940er Jahre verschlägt es die junge Jasna mit ihrer Schwester Luzyna nach Persien. Als sie Aufnahme in Neuseeland erhalten sollen, keimt Hoffnung in Jasna auf. Doch nur eine der jungen Frauen wird für die Verschickung ausgewählt. Zur gleichen Zeit bricht James McKenzie aus Neuseeland auf. Gegen den Willen seiner Eltern will der wagemutige Flieger in Europa für die Ideale der Freiheit kämpfen. Das Schicksal führt James' und Jasnas Wege zusammen. Doch gibt es für sie eine gemeinsame Zukunft?

Sussex, 1956. Als die junge Ivy Jenkins ungewollt schwanger wird, schickt ihr liebloser Stiefvater sie fort - ins St. Margaret's Heim für ledige Mütter. Sie wird den düsteren Klosterbau nie mehr verlassen ... Sechzig Jahre später stößt Journalistin Sam in der Wohnung ihrer Großeltern auf Ivys flehentliche Briefe. Sie sind an den Vater ihres Kindes adressiert - aber wie sind sie zu Sams Großvater gelangt? Sam beginnt die schreckliche Geschichte von St. Margaret's zu recherchieren. Dabei stößt sie auf finstere Geheimnisse, die eine blutige Spur bis in die Gegenwart ziehen - auch in ihre eigene Gegenwart.

Harbor Springs, an unspoiled spot on the glimmering waters of Little Traverse Bay. The turn of the twentieth century brought lumber barons, developers, and steamships full of city-dwellers seeking cool breezes, beautiful views, adventure, and sometimes refuge. While visiting a friend on Harbor Point, Kylie Branson stumbles upon a treasure trove of old newspaper articles in an attic. The articles report numerous sea serpent sightings in Little Traverse Bay. What lives beneath the sparkling blue waters? Could Harbor Springs have its very own Loch Ness Monster?

All of the contributors to this book were friends and family of author Ellen Gray Massey, and all of them considered her a model of a strong woman. There was a consensus among contributors that their proceeds from the sale of this book be donated to charities that helped women. The charities chosen are: New Life Project, Lebanon, Missouri, and Tostan, Dignity for All.

After an airless childhood in Savannah, Smoky O'Donnell arrives in Atlanta, dazzled and chastened by this hectic young city on the rise. Her new job as a writer with the city's Downtown magazine introduces her to many unforgettable people and propels her into the center of momentous events that will irrevocably alter her heart, her career, and her world.

Postwar Paris is alive with optimism, but lavender keeper Luc Ravens and his love, Lisette, remain haunted by the horrors they have endured. Casting their fate to the winds, they set sail for Australia, hoping to rebuild their lives in a land that's full of promise. But trouble has a way of catching up with them.

As the Houses of York and Lancaster clash, young Elizabeth Sheldyke is married off to the ageing master of the Heron estate. As the years progress, a seed of fear is planted in the young woman’s mind. Could she possibly be barren? When widowhood hits her earlier than most, Elizabeth is taken with the notion of restoring Heron to its former grandeur. But a passionate love threatens her newfound independence when John Kendal sweeps her away in a whirlwind of desire.

Born in poverty, transported for theft, and in love with a charismatic but dangerous man - for Cat Haggard the Tasmanian Governor’s House is not merely a beautiful building but a symbol of all she hopes to obtain in life. From convict, bushranger, and accused pirate, Cat transforms herself into an entrepreneur and pillar of colonial Tasmanian society. But how is she connected to a missing ship?

It's 1832. Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Sarah Morgan and Harriet Clarke have been serving their sentences in Sydney Town. Each of them has begun to make a life for herself, but when Harrie's adopted child, Charlotte, is abducted, the girls must risk their very freedom to save her. But will Friday's desperate battle with her own vices drive her to fail not only herself but those she loves and all who love her?

"L'amante di Lady Chatterley", dello scrittore inglese D.H.Lawrence, è uno dei romanzi erotici più celebri e scandalosi del Novecento...

When Tess Angel receives a solicitor's letter inviting her to claim her inheritance - the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned. Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family. Initially resistant to Tess going back to her roots, Flavia realises the secrets from her past are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her actions.

Handsome Frank Rossi took Matty Gilbie away from her working class roots in East London, promising her fame and fortune. As his wife, she would be half of a power couple. But the Wall Street Crash puts paid to all that, and as Frank becomes more violent, Matty flees in the dead of night. Once home in Bermondsey, she goes into hiding, but Frank is on the move, determined to find her and get her back.

Kurz nach ihrer Hochzeit erfährt Frederike, dass ihr Mann Ax eine schwere Krankheit hat. Er geht in ein Sanatorium und Frederike hofft auf seine Genesung. Als er stirbt, steht sie vor den Trümmern ihres Lebens. Allein und ohne eigenes Vermögen muss sie das Gut mit der großen Trakehnerzucht bewirtschaften. Jahre der Verzweiflung und Einsamkeit folgen, bis sie Gebhard von Mansfeld kennenlernt, den sie heiratet und mit dem sie auf sein Gut in der Prignitz zieht.

When John Trent, a dedicated member of the new Bow Street Runners, finds an exquisite carved angel floating in the Thames, he can’t stop thinking about it. He tracks down its creator, a sad and quiet young sculptor. But neither the angel nor the sculptor is done with John just yet. The blasted angel refuses to leave him be, behaving not at all like an inanimate object should. Alec Allston is resigned to the fact that his love will ever be a river that flows out and never flows in.