Contemporary Historical Romance

Saddled with Chloe Gresham, his beautiful and irresponsible young ward, Sir Hugo Lattimer, a man driven by dark memories and a tormenting despair, has no intention of caring for her - until he falls in love.

In celebration of true love, here's a Valentine's Day treat--the tale of two star-crossed lovers who can't see that they're perfect for each other....

Die Suche nach dem Paradies lässt den Benediktinerzögling Christoph nicht los, seitdem er vom Garten Eden gehört hat. Er sucht überall, reist von Europa über Kairo bis nach Bagdad. Doch die Suche bleibt ohne Fund, was ihn dazu zwingt enttäuscht nach Europa zurückzukehren. Doch auf der Rückreise passiert ihm Rätselhaftes. Auf einmal scheint er wie durch einen Zauber nicht mehr zu altern. Auf der langen Reise seines Lebens lernt er nun noch mehr Gärten kennen, von der Renaissance, Versailles und vielen mehr.

Following her discovery selling oranges outside of Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Ellen “Nell” Gwyn leaves behind a life of poverty to become a theatre star. Soon she is mistress to the libertine king Charles II. And though their love is true, gossip-mongers and court politics threaten to tear their romance apart.

De la mano de las protagonistas de Un sueño real, Llámame bombón, Ella es tu destino, Un café con sal y Diario de una chirli, te sumergirás en las más apasionadas historias, que te harán creer en la fantasía y que te mostrarán que en ocasiones los más profundos deseos pueden llegar a cumplirse, aunque sea de la manera más inesperada....

The 1982 summer season at Butlins Ayr was over. For Terry McFadden, life couldn't be any better. Those few months did not just change him as a person - they also changed his life. He had just finished working in his dream job as a Butlins Redcoat, where he closed the door on his childhood life, received a major boost to his confidence, and found the love of his life, kitchen assistant Angie Bierman. Now they were back in the “real world”, living on either side of the country. How would their relationship survive during the off season?

Eine Burg, die Geheimnisse, die Liebe und das Schicksal zweier Frauen über die Jahrhunderte miteinander verbindet. Ende des 19. Jahrhundert wird die Burg Weidenau von einem Burgherrn geführt und Raquel wird von ihm als Gesellschafterin eingestellt. Bald schon nähern sie sich an und beide spüren die Leidenschaft zwischen sich. Doch Raquel weiß, dass eine Beziehung zwischen unterschiedlichen Ständen nur dem Untergang geweiht sein kann. Gibt es dennoch Hoffnung für ihre Liebe? Anders ist es für die heute lebende Tessa. Sie und ihr Mann sind frisch verheiratet und kehren nach den Flitterwochen Heim.

Liverpool, 1901. The Tempest family is all but destitute, barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill with pneumonia and Arthur is imprisoned after a drunken fight, their 13-year-old daughter, Lizzie, finds herself parentless, desperate and alone. Despite her young age, Lizzie has spirit and determination, and she knows that she must find work to keep herself off the streets. In a stroke of luck, she gets a job in the match factory, and foreman George Rutherford takes her under his wing.

The stirring second instalment in Terri Nixon's Penhaligon Saga series. 1910. Anna Garvey and her daughter are still running the Tin Streamer's Arms in Caernoweth, Cornwall, and it finally seems like she has left her tumultuous history behind in Ireland. Meanwhile, Freya Penhaligon has blossomed and is now the object of increasing affection of Hugh, the elder son of the wealthy Batten family.

In Digmore Park, dem herrschaftlichen Familiensitz der Dewarys, verschwindet die Schwester des Lords spurlos. Ist Frederick, der Erbe von Digmore Park, der Mörder? Alles scheint darauf hinzuweisen - doch der junge Mann ist nicht aufzufinden. Als die energische Elizabeth Porter einen neuen, attraktiven Stallmeister einstellt, ahnt sie nicht, wen sie vor sich hat. Wird Frederick seine Unschuld beweisen und das Herz der stolzen Elizabeth erobern können?

Owen Blackthorne is a lone wolf, a man who doesn't need anyone. Then Bayleigh Creed appears on his doorstep, demanding his help in locating her missing brother. Together they head into the desolate West Texas wilderness, a Blackthorne and a Creed, mortal enemies obliged to join forces to survive. Neither counts on the unwanted attraction that draws them together, or the bitter truths that will force them apart--until the ruthless wilderness compels them to make life-and-death choices between family and duty and love.

Summer Blackthorne swore she'd never forgive Billy Coburn for running out on her and their future together. But that was before she found out she wasn't Jackson Blackthorne's child - Billy was. And now the "Blackthorne Bastard" has come home for a final day of reckoning...to the town that damned him and the woman he had always wanted. Only Summer can satisfy the hunger burning deep within him. Only she can help him hold on to his own unwanted son. It will be a marriage of expedience only. Until doubts and mistrust vanish in the heat of passion...and a man and a woman who never stopped loving each other fight bitter blood and impossible odds for a glorious second chance....

Tormented by the deaths of his wife and child, Griffin Blackmoor spends his days drowning his grief in whiskey. But when a bullet that was meant for him kills his best friend, Griffin makes a promise to the dying man that will thrust him back into London Society - and into the path of the one woman who could make his life worth living again. The daughter of a drunkard, Lady Anne Carmichael swore she would never love a man like Griffin Blackmoor.

Union of South Africa, 1937: Louise Ahrendts, daughter of a shipbuilder, nurtures the idea that through hard work, she could step beyond a destiny of domestic service. When the Second World War breaks out and the port becomes a hub of activity, Louise's path crosses with that of Lieutenant David Horrocks. Despite the gulf in their backgrounds, Louise and David are determined to be together. But as the end of the war approaches, will they find their way back to each other?

Cassandra Northrup had believed Nathaniel dead - until now. Once she had loved him, given herself to him in the hidden depths of the snow-covered Pyrenees. But then she had betrayed him. Relief at the sight of Nathaniel turns to darkest shame as Cassie sees the hate in his eyes.

Edinburgh, 1937. Attractive, dark-eyed Jinny Hendrie is happy enough in her job in the accounts office of a large bakery - until handsome Viennese cake expert Viktor Linden walks into her life. Although her father and her kindhearted boss, Ross MacBain, warn against it, Jinny is determined to marry Viktor, but when war is declared, all her plans are in ruins. Austria has joined forces with Hitler; Viktor has become an enemy and must return home to fight.

Die selbstbewusste Sophia Matthews folgt nur zu gerne der Bitte von George Willowby, ihrem Freund aus Kindertagen, sich auf Rampstade Palace, wo seine furchtgebietende Großmutter residiert, mit ihm zu treffen. Allerdings scheint schon die Anreise unter keinem guten Stern zu stehen - Sophias Kutsche hat eine Panne, die sie zwingt, das nächste Wirtshaus aufzusuchen - wie sich herausstellt eine üble Räuberhöhle. Ein faszinierender Fremder, den sie dort kennenlernt, bringt sie sicher zum nächstgelegenen Herrensitz.

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.

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.