Historical Romance Families

La bruma de Londres tiene oculto un encuentro: una mujer corre, huye, en apariencia, de algo. Un hombre decide frenar su carruaje, hacerla subir, llevarla lejos de aquello de lo que escapa. Ausentes de las circunstancias, alejados del secreto que la muchacha esconde, ambos se entregan a lo que la noche y sus propios cuerpos les reclaman.

Lord Elliot Mayfield no quiere que sus sobrinos cometan los mismos errores al casarse que sus propios hermanos. Está empeñado en que se casen bien y, si lo hacen, hará que reciban una parte generosa de la herencia familiar. Peter, su sobrino mayor, piensa que eso es una ridiculez. No quiere volver a casarse, solo necesita una institutriz para que se ocupe de sus dos hijas, ahora que se ha quedado viudo. Y para eso, Julia Hollingsworth es perfecta. Lo malo es que le parece demasiado joven y bonita. Y ¿por qué no puede dejar de pensar en ella?

Between 1850 and 1930, around 250,000 abandoned and orphaned children traveled from the East Coast of the US to various cities and towns throughout the nation on what would be known as the orphan trains. Most came from New York City. Posters were placed around town advertising "Homes Wanted for Orphans"; usually a committee was formed to help facilitate the adoption. These children were supposed to be adopted and treated as family members, but this was not always the case however, and sometimes they were placed in less than ideal circumstances.

These three brides have more to worry about than navigating life as newlyweds if they want to hold on to their happily-ever-afters. In Longren Family Trilogy, you'll find three enthralling tales fraught with danger and daring as these three brides battle against the odds for their chances at happiness....

Ruby Michaels meets the wrong kind of man on the eve of her departure from St. Thomas for college, when fireworks ensue. "I won't be derailed by anyone - no matter how handsome and interesting," she vowed. ut some promises are made to be broken. Surfer, sailor, handyman Rafe is fleeing grief and his family's opulent lifestyle. In Ruby's passionate innocence he finds a woman he's willing to sail the globe to pursue. "I am a pirate," he tells her. "When I see a treasure I want, I'll do anything to get it."

Fletcher Fernley won Audrey Benton’s heart without any effort, but can he keep her admiration long enough to discover if he loves her in return? Or will she decide love isn’t worth the heartache of always being the wallflower in Fletcher Fernley’s eyes?

When Kitty Collins runs away from her complicated life in Gold Hill, Nevada, the last thing she's looking for is more complications. But complications are exactly what she finds, in the shape of two attractive cowboy suitors. There's more at stake than Kitty's heart, though. When Kitty runs to the cattle ranch where her sister Sarah and Sarah's new husband William live, she finds a ranch under siege from lawsuits brought by neighbors, drought, wildfires – and arson.

Chloe Anders always knew she'd marry Matthew Longren. It just wasn't always obvious that Matthew knew it. But now that the Longren brother whom Chloe's father has described as a scoundrel and a cad has opened The Faro Queen Hotel in Virginia City with his older brother and begun to settle down, it looks like the time has come for Chloe and Matthew to marry. But not everyone agrees. When The Faro Queen burns in winter 1881, Chloe finds herself trailing the arsonist through a snow storm and cornering him, only to get knocked out and left for dead in a burning building.

New York 1907: Im Kosmetiksalon ihrer Tante Antonietta erlebt die junge Waise Mirella die faszinierende Welt des Luxus und der Schönheit. Nach Antoniettas Tod baut sie den Salon gegen viele Widerstände zu einem erfolgreichen Unternehmen aus. Als sie dann auf einer Feier den attraktiven Pferdetrainer Nick trifft und sich unsterblich in ihn verliebt, könnte ihr Glück perfekt sein. Doch Nick kann ihre berufliche Unabhängigkeit nur schwer akzeptieren und so muss Mirella für ihre Liebe und ihr Glück kämpfen.

When Lena Neubauer is sent from Germany to America to help her immigrant brother on his farm and with his young children, she never expects what awaits her in antebellum America. With family honor and devotion propelling her across to an unknown world, Lena soon finds herself stepping into this strange world where people are judged by the color of their skin and treated like animals. Aghast at what she sees in her new home, Lena seeks to find goodness in where God has led her to be.

Die Familiensaga am Timmendorfer Strand geht weiter: Nun müssen Henriettes Zwillinge in den unsicheren Zeiten der Vorkriegsjahre ihren Weg finden und die Gefahren des Kriegs überstehen. Timmendorfer Strand, 1924: Henriettes Zwillingstöchter, Julia und Christine - zwei Schwestern, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten - wachsen trotz der Schatten des Ersten Weltkriegs behütet in der Villa Sommerwind ihrer Familie auf.

Lydia finds out at her father’s deathbed that he has arranged for her to marry the son of an old family friend to cancel a debt. At first, Lydia rejects the idea, but then circumstances suddenly make it so she feels she needs to honor her father’s last wishes, and she travels to Texas to meet the man her father has chosen.

Camille St. Briac cares nothing for her own natural beauty, nor is she interested in the London ton. Instead, she bravely fights to save innocent birds from feather thieves who would kill them to decorate fashionable women’s hats. Brooding, rakish ornithologist Benedict Hawke travels the world in search of new species of birds... and the farther that takes him from England and his unforgivable father, the better.

Eine junge Frau durchbricht die Mauer des Schweigens. Frankfurt, 1967: Ihre Eltern drängen auf ein Studium, doch Edda geht als Au-pair nach Paris. In einem politisch aufgeheizten Mai verliebt sie sich in den Studenten Marcel, der neue Fragen in ihr weckt: Auf welcher Seite standen ihre Eltern während des Nationalsozialismus? Zurück in Frankfurt konfrontiert sie ihren Vater, doch die Geheimnisse, die sie auf sein Schweigen hin aufdeckt, stellen nicht nur Eddas Beziehung zu Marcel auf die Probe, sondern sie muss sich auch entscheiden, wie weit sie für Gerechtigkeit gehen will.

Mr. Gilbert Fernley has never been a jealous man. As the local vicar, Gilbert finds joy in preparing sermons and tending his flock. Everything in his life seems perfect until he realizes his twin brother has discovered the secret to happiness. Jealous of his brother’s recent marriage, Gilbert allows his new sister to play matchmaker.

Lady Samantha Barrett is determined to find the man of her dreams. Of course, he must be devastatingly handsome and just a bit dangerous. Now, her coach is filled with a collection of gothic novels and her head with romantic notions as she eagerly leaves her brother's country estate for her first London Season.

Lady Alexandria Cassel scorned London's frivolous social whirl, seeking adventure as a stowaway aboard a merchant ship. Drake Barrett was the vessel's powerful captain—and a cynical duke who disdained a noble's shallow life. At sea he revealed neither his origins nor his wealth, and to Alexandria he was simply a man who made her cool reserve fly with the winds...whose desire for her was as wild as the ocean they sailed.

Tammy and her mother, Grace, are desperate to escape Tammy’s violent bully of a father. But when an unforeseen tragedy strikes, mother and daughter must flee Scotland in the dead of night. To survive the severest of penalties, they leave behind everything they know and love – including one another. Under new identities, Tammy and Grace must start afresh. Tammy joins the services and there she meets a dashing officer who begins to break her guard down. But can the course of love ever run smooth with Tammy unable to reveal her true self?

Caitleen McNeill's goal was to escape the poverty and starvation of her childhood. Kells Fitzmichael's mission was to own his own sailing ships. However, within minutes of meeting, they were forced into a marriage of inconvenience from which the binds grew as tangled as a Celtic knot. Each had to survive as they traveled across a nation filled with torture, intrigue, betrayal and death as the Rebellion of 1798 broke out and trusted friends became, sometimes, a worse danger than the enemy.

Hamburg 1939. Der Krieg hat die Jugendfreunde Kurt und Fanni auseinandergerissen. Kurt, der als Jude mit einem Kindertransport nach England verschickt wurde, wächst nicht in einer fürsorglichen Familie, sondern im Heim auf. Als er im Mai 1940 als "feindlicher Ausländer" interniert werden soll, gelingt es ihm über einige abenteuerliche Umwege der Royal Air Force beizutreten. Er ahnt nicht, dass Fanni zur gleichen Zeit trotz einiger Zweifel dem insgeheim schon länger von ihr verehrten Blankeneser Kinderarzt Otto Casparius näherkommt. Eines Tages soll Kurt an einem Luftangriff auf seine alte Heimat teilnehmen.