Contemporary Historical Romance

USA Today best-selling author Jo Goodman begins a delightful new quartet of Regency romances with Let Me Be the One. The four gentlemen of the compass club-North, South, East and West-are all unwed. Now North has fallen for the charms of Libby Penrose, an intelligent beauty with a strong determination to remain unattached. When North awakens feelings deep within Libby, whirlwind events lead to their marriage. Yet a dark secret threatens to tear their newfound happiness apart.

A quirk of fate has made Sylvester Gilbraith the heir of his sworn enemy, the earl of Stoneridge. But there’s a catch: To claim his inheritance, he has to marry one of the earl’s four granddaughters. The magnetically handsome nobleman has no choice but to comply with the terms of the will, yet when he descends on Stoneridge Manor prepared to charm his way into a fortune, he finds that the lady who intrigues him most has no intention of becoming his bride.

Vinda de uma família nobre mas empobrecida, Anahita nutre uma forte amizade com a obstinada princesa Indira, filha do marajá. Escolhida para ser sua acompanhante oficial, ela vai para a Inglaterra com a amiga logo antes do início da Primeira Guerra. Lá, conhece Donald Astbury–o relutante herdeiro de uma magnífica propriedade–e sua mãe manipuladora.

Nurse Michaela Stephens has led a quiet, ordinary life, limited by restrictions and fear of making mistakes. When she is accused of wrongdoing on the job, escaping to the wilds of Montana seems like the best way to overcome her insecurities. What she thought she left behind is about to come back to haunt her in ways she never expected. As a descendant of the guardians of ancient Yellowstone, Matunaaga has waited a long time to discover his destiny. Content and secure in his life, he is guided by a sense of duty and obligation to help ensure the future preservation of the sacred mountains. He's ready to do just about anything to fulfill his role, except the one thing his vision requires of him.

Trinta anos se passaram desde que Greta deixou de morar no solar Marchmont, uma bela e majestosa residência na região rural do País de Gales. A convite de seu velho amigo David, ela decide retornar ao lugar para comemorar o Natal. Porém, devido a um acidente de carro, Greta não tem mais lembranças da época em que vivia na propriedade, assim como de boa parte de seu passado.

In this spectacular new romance from acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jane Feather, fate deals one stubbornly single young woman and one deceptively heartless man a shocking hand in a high-stakes bet. But is love in the cards?

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.

Four years on from discovering their true heritage, Sally and Luke have overcome their animosity to forge a trusting brother-sister relationship. So when Luke returns home from the Hong Kong police force, he asks Sally for help to prove the innocence of his friend Irish. But Sally already has her hands full. As well as tending her flourishing business empire, she must also pick up the pieces when her family - from her feckless sister Josie to her self-centred daughter Margo - runs into trouble.

In the year 1956, Anastacia Fotopoulos finds herself pregnant and betrayed, fleeing from a bad marriage. With the love and support of her dear friends Stavros and Soula Papadakis, Ana is able to face the challenges of single motherhood. Left with emotional wounds, she resists her growing affection for Alexandros Giannakos, an old acquaintance. But his persistence and unconditional love for Ana and her child is eventually rewarded and his love is returned. In a misguided, but well-intentioned effort to protect the ones they love, both Ana and Alex keep secrets - ones that could threaten the delicate balance of their family.

This breathtaking novel travels more than a century between two love stories set in the Australian seaside town of Lighthouse Bay. In 1901, a ship sinks off the coast of Lighthouse Bay in Australia. The only survivor is Isabella Winterbourne - escaping her loveless marriage and the devastating loss of her son - who clutches a priceless gift meant for the Australian Parliament. Suddenly, this gift could be her ticket to a new life, free from the bonds of her husband and his overbearing family.

La calma ha llegado lentamente a la mansión. Franziska se ha reencontrado con su antiguo hogar y con su gran amor, Walter. Su nieta, Jenny, está luchando para construir un futuro en la propiedad de la familia y se siente dichosa al lado de Uli. Pero, desafortunadamente, no todo es color de rosa: el restaurante recién inaugurado no acaba de funcionar y un hallazgo durante los trabajos de construcción en el sótano vuelve a sacudir los recuerdos de los Von Dranitz. Franziska teme que tenga algo que ver con su hermana. Y se pregunta: ¿su pasado nunca la dejará ser feliz?

England, 1813. Penelope, zweitälteste Tochter der Viscountess of Panswick, hat soeben ihren vierten Heiratsantrag abgelehnt. Seit ihr bei ihrem Debüt in London das Herz gebrochen wurde, würde sie am liebsten ein beschauliches Leben auf Lancroft Abbey führen, umgeben von ihren geliebten Tieren. Doch Lady Panswick möchte ihre Töchter so schnell wie möglich unter die Haube bringen. Also organisiert sie einen Ball, zu dem passende Junggesellen eingeladen werden.

Meanwhile, modern-day character Emma Rose, a notable speaker and business consultant, is trying to make sense of her recently deceased father’s request to be buried in a small Idaho town. Her journey of discovery begins from there.

Eli and Chelsea lost touch with each other over the years, until Eli bought a house in his father’s hometown of Edilean, Virginia, and invited Chelsea for a visit. She had her own life, and was certain that a childhood friendship couldn't be anything more, but she went nonetheless - and found herself quite unprepared for the changes she saw in Eli. And neither of them were prepared to run into a mystery, with a family that needed to be rescued.

Hamburg, 1937: Als behütetes Nesthäkchen wächst Lilo in einer parteitreuen Kaufmannsfamilie auf. Schon lange ist sie unsterblich in den Freund ihres Bruders verliebt. Als Ludwig endlich auf sie aufmerksam wird, entführt er sie in die verlockende und verbotene Welt der Swing-Jugend. Braves Hitlermädchen bei Tag, durchtanzt sie nun heimlich die Nächte im Alsterpavillon. Doch dann verschwindet Ludwig - und Lilo ist schwanger. Im Kampf um ihre Tochter wächst sie über sich hinaus.

Otto Stephens y Clea Ross ingresan en un asilo para ancianos ricos y solicitan que una cuidadora en particular, Ilona, se ocupe de ambos. Clea, de noventa años, en su juventud una brillante violonchelista, sacrificó su carrera para permanecer a la sombra de su marido, un célebre director de orquesta. Dotada de un estimulante sentido del humor, es dueña de una ironía demoledora, libérrima y encantadora cuando quiere, pero dura con todo aquello que le resulta despreciable. Otto, de edad semejante, es un anciano seductor que conserva el encanto y el glamur de su juventud.

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.

England im 19. Jahrhundert: Die lebenslustige Kitty überredet ihre Freundin Mary Ann gemeinsam aus dem Internat zu fliehen. Nach London zieht es die beiden jungen Damen. Hier wohnt Kittys bislang unbekannter Vormund, der Earl St. James. Entgegen Kittys Annahme, ist der Earl keinesfalls ein älterer Herr, sondern ein junger, attraktiver Mann mit Liebeskummer: Seine Braut ist vor dem Traualtar ohnmächtig geworden und anschließend spurlos verschwunden. Kitty und Mary Ann begeben sich auf die Suche nach der Braut. Während ihrer Reise durch das ländliche England finden die beiden jungen Damen tatsächlich, was sie sich so sehnlich wünschen: ein aufregendes Abenteuer und die große Liebe.

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.

Kidnapped by her callous cousin, Quentin Fordyce, beautiful Anne Morland has to fight off his amorous assault with all of her strength to avoid being stripped of her virtue and forced into a sham of a marriage. But when rescue comes in the form of Dominick Deveraux, Anne isn't sure that she's better off. As notorious for his skills with a sword as he is for his skills with the ladies, Anne fears Dominick has no more noble intentions for her than Quentin did.