Résultats pour "Viscounts" dans Fiction de genre

For Hudson, the newly titled Viscount Stildon, moving to England from India where he was born and raised was already an arduous enough endeavor. When he learns the fate of the racing empire he inherited along with his title depends upon him getting in the good graces of another stable owner, he's even more at a loss. The stable at the neighboring estate has been Miss Bianca Snowley's refuge for years, and when a strange man appears to be stealing the horses, she jumps to their protection without a second thought.

In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures. In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of Terralba is bissected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half of him returns to his feudal estate and takes up a lavishly evil life. Soon the other, virtuous half appears. The two halves become rivals for the love of the same woman, fight a bloody duel, and achieve a miraculous resolution.

Leorah Langdon has no patience for Regency society's shallow hypocrisy and unnecessary rules, especially for women. She's determined to defy convention by marrying for grand passion instead of settling for a loveless union like her parents - or wedding a stuffy, pompous gentleman like Edward, the Viscount Withinghall. But when a chance meeting in the countryside leads to Leorah and Withinghall being discovered in his overturned carriage, the ensuing gossip may force them together.

Sophie Delavallois is the new companion to the ageing Dowager Marchioness, but she also has another reason for coming to the infamous Wyverne mansion, one that will shake the family to their core. Lord Drake left his childhood home many years ago, and only returns now to see his beloved grandmother. He takes little interest in the goings on of the house, until the arrival of Mademoiselle Delavallois. There’s something about her that he can’t put his finger on; it's as if he’s seen her before, but surely, that is not possible…

The heir presumptive to the Viscount Rathmoor, Dominick Manton once had his heart's desire within reach - a bright future as a barrister and engagement to Jane Vernon. Then a shattering betrayal by his vindictive brother George snatched away Dom's inheritance and his hopes of offering Jane a secure future. Now George is gone, and the viscountcy has been restored to Dom, since his brother's widow Nancy never bore an heir.

After five failed seasons and one humiliating heartbreak, Jane Talbot has accepted her fate as a spinster. She agrees to attend Lord Sperrin’s country house party to escape society’s scrutiny, but the promise of discovering the legendary jewel of Parcathia adds unexpected intrigue and draws her into the path of the far too charming Henry Lendin, Viscount Harroway.

To refuse him twice would be madness! Viscount Rothersthorpe can't tear his eyes from Lydia Morgan any more than he can calm the raging fury coursing through his veins. Is there no end to the irony? Come to town to find a wife only to be taunted by the past? Furtive glances across the ballroom are not helping to ease Lydia's state of shock - the man who once uttered a marriage proposal as one might remark upon the weather has returned.

After the death of her father, Gabriella Babineaux, left France to live under the protection of a family friend in England. The Frost Fair on the Thames seems the perfect place to begin her introduction into English Society, but when she bumps into a gentleman on the ice and he dismisses her merely for being French, she worries she will be a dismal failure at the upcoming Season. How will she ever find love if she cannot even fit in?

Anthony Bridgerton heiratet. Der begehrteste Junggeselle der Londoner Gesellschaft und die aussichtsreichste Debütantin der Saison: Lord Anthony Bridgerton und Edwina Sheffield gäben ohne Frage ein schönes Paar ab. Wären da nicht Edwinas überaus besorgte Schwester Kate und der durchaus zweifelhafte Ruf des Lords. Kate ist fest entschlossen, ihre Schwester vor dem Herzensbrecher zu schützen – bis der Viscount sie eines Tages in seine Arme reißt und sie einfach küsst. Entsetzt erkennt Kate, dass sie den Mann, der ihre Schwester hofiert, selbst heimlich begehrt.

Lord Marcus Remington has decided it is time to find a wife. He didn't expect her to be in the wreckage of a carriage in the middle of a spring storm, but rescuing Miss Josephine Storm challenges his heart and very character of the man known as the "Virtuous Viscount". But when the injured young woman weighs heavy on the viscount's mind, convention goes out the window.

Seduced, abandoned and pregnant, Arabella Shelley is determined her baby’s father will support them. Horrified to discover his death, she is shocked at the demand of his brother, the handsome, inscrutable Viscount Hadleigh. To legitimize her unborn child, she must marry him instead! As Bella struggles with her unfamiliar, luxurious new lifestyle, and her scandalous desire for her stranger-husband, will she find a love that matches the passion of their marriage bed?

Grayson Bisbin, Duke of Croyden, hat ein Problem. Er muss seine fünf Schwestern verheiraten, bevor er sein Erbe antreten kann. Dies stellt sich schwieriger heraus, als gedacht, denn wie findet man einen Ehemann, der es nicht nur auf Geld und Ansehen abgesehen hat. Dass Grayson den Viscount Davies in einem Spielsalon kennenlernt, trägt nicht gerade dazu bei, dass er ihm vertraut. Schon gar nicht die Hand seiner jüngsten Schwester Rosalie an. Dabei hat es Camden Davies eher auf Georgina abgesehen. Doch die möchte lieber ihre jüngste Schwester verheiratet sehen.