Regency Thriller

As the oldest son of the brilliant Harcourt code breaking family, the Earl of Kendal has never backed down from a challenge. When he accepts a dangerous clandestine assignment in Paris, he never expects it to be his last. But with his enemies hot on his trail, and a quickly worsening injury sapping his strength, even Michael Harcourt might not survive this one. Just as death seems imminent, he is saved by a young boy…or so he thinks.

Londra, 1925. Per impedirle di combinare ulteriori guai, Leonida Bernabò individua finalmente la sistemazione ideale per la vivace e scapestrata secondogenita Beatrice: un solido impiego presso l'ambasciata italiana. Miss Bee si trova dunque a barcamenarsi fra impegni segretariali ed eventi prestigiosi, come il ricevimento in onore di una delegazione proveniente proprio da Firenze, la città natia dei Bernabò. Due membri del comitato scientifico degli Uffizi vengono accolti insieme a Edoardo, figlio dell'ambasciatore italiano, e la sua fidanzata, Elisa.

Eli Hunter needs a woman who can act her way onto any Covent Garden stage. He needs a woman with steely determination and a cunning mind. A woman who can help him recover a stolen artifact owned by a secret society. But he encounters a problem. The only detective available stirs a passion that could soften the hardest heart - a terrifying prospect for a man who’s survived the worst kind of betrayal. Can Rachel and Eli work together and suppress their obvious attraction? When thrown in the midst of danger, will they find something infinitely more precious than a stolen artifact?

Featuring a chilling cast of villains, these stories tell the tale of strong heroines forced to make perilous snap decisions in their quest to outwit evil. With an abundance of intrigue and danger, each masterful mystery is sure to leave you breathless.

When a young woman predicts a murder, she finds herself the center of a witch hunt....1790, England: When Lord Francis and Lady Ottilia Fanshawe's coach breaks down, they find themselves stranded in the village of Witherley. But Ottilia, the intrepid "Lady Fan," finds her curiosity piqued when she hears of a local murder. A young woman predicted the gruesome death of the village blacksmith. And he was killed exactly as described....Is the young woman predicting the future? Are the villagers right to call her a witch? Or is there an even more sinister explanation?

President William Darcy has it all: wealth, intelligence, and the most powerful job in the country. Despite what his friends say, he is not lonely in the White House. He’s not. And he has vowed not to date while he’s in office. Nor is he interested in Elizabeth Bennet. She might be pretty and funny and smart, but her family is nouveau riche and unbearable. Unfortunately, he encounters her everywhere in Washington, DC - making her harder and harder to ignore.

Steamy regency romance. Redeeming a rake can be so satisfying. Four complete novels. Each filled with intrigue, danger, and true love.

The Duke of Dunmore is a friend, confidante, and highly respected nobleman...and he's keeping a secret that could endanger the woman he loves and the family he's held dear for so many years. Lady Lilianne Lambourne was once the talk of the ton, but after mourning her fallen fiance for so long feels love has passed her by. Behind her warm and caring facade is the struggling strong woman who had been scarred by so many volatile moments of her past. Will the Duke's secrets forever change their futures, or will this be her moment to stand and let her strength guide them both to happiness?

When a mission of critical importance arises, Lord Lynsley, the enigmatic head of Mrs. Merlin’s Academy for Extraordinary Young Ladies, is forced to take on the assignment himself. But when things take an unexpected turn, he has has no choice but to ask for help from a former agent whose injury during a botched mission ten years ago forced her to retire from the elite unit of unconventional lady spies.

Miss Amelia Bonnington has been in love with her childhood hero since she was eleven years old… or so she thought until a not-so proper impassioned and unyielding kiss from the not-so honorable and equally disreputable Lord Derrick Brinsley, gave her reason to question the feelings of the heart. Lord Brinsley, shunned from society for running off with his brother’s fiancée, hasn’t cared about or questioned his lack of acceptance until meeting the beguiling Amelia Bonnington.

Lady Abigail Lyon wants an education, not a husband. With her family’s social standing jeopardized by her sister’s scandalous elopement, Abbie no longer has the luxury of pursuing her aspirations ahead of the wellbeing of her parents and siblings. A respectable match would redeem her family’s besmirched reputation, although surely none of the ton’s eligible bachelors count curiosity as a desirable trait in a wife. Abbie finds herself confronting an offer that may be too good to be true.

Cameron Saxby is contented in his life as a bank clerk in Edinburgh, knowing that if he works hard, he has a good career in front of him. But fate has a different plan for him—as heir to the late Lord Saxby. Inheriting the title drags Cameron away from his unassuming Scottish roots and drops him into the wealthy estate of Maeswood Hall, surrounded by deferential villagers and the resentful family of the late baron, a man who left such a trail of misery in his wake that someone murdered him.

Alnwick, Northumberland, 1813: Lady Percy's worries about spending her first holiday season as a new countess grow worse upon their arrival at Alnwick Castle. When the old duke calls her by the wrong name, she is left with unsettling questions: Who was this mysterious woman in the duke's past, and why does his fading mind cling to her memory so fiercely? Meanwhile, Lord Percy confronts a crisis outside the castle walls. Children are disappearing from neighboring villages, vanishing without a trace into the Northumberland wilds.

Hinreißend charmanter Cosy Krimi mit Regency-Vibes Die mysteriöse Hochstaplerin ist der 2. historische Krimi der britischen Krimi-Reihe Miss Austen ermittelt: Jane Austens Gespür für Menschen macht sie zur perfekten Detektivin. Die Grafschaft Kent im Südosten Englands, 1797. Die junge Jane Austen freut sich darauf, den Sommer mit ihrem Bruder Neddy zu verbringen, den sie viele Jahre nicht gesehen hat. Doch schon bei ihrer Ankunft auf dem zauberhaften Anwesen Godmersham Park merkt Jane, dass Neddy dringend Hilfe benötigt.

Lord Elgin's Greek marbles are the talk of London society, so when a death threat arrives, the earl hires actress Dora Fitz-Pennington and the honourable Dr Jacob Sandys to investigate. They plunge into the scandals of society's most eminent members, from the Byron circle to the secret world of collectors. As danger lurks around London's every corner, in the most exclusive ballrooms and the roughest taverns, Dora and Jacob will face not only what has been left unsaid simmering between them but the threat of silent assassins, traitorous acquaintances and the darkest of secrets...

England, 1888. Quiet and scholarly Princess Emilie has always avoided adventure, until she's forced to disguise herself as a tutor in the household of the imposing Duke of Ashland, a former soldier disfigured in battle and abandoned by his wife. When chance draws her into a secret liaison with the duke, Emilie can't resist the opportunity to learn what lies behind his forbidding mask and find out what adventure really means. The duke never imagines that his son's tutor and his mysterious golden-haired beauty are one and the same.

Anything can happen on Valentine Valley. People recover from amnesia, awake from comas, and rise from the dead - all to the delight of the daytime soap’s millions of fans. But while Valentine Valley may be glamorous onscreen, behind the camera the soap’s grueling production schedule punishes actors, directors, and writers in the name of ratings. Soap star Jennifer Connolly is near her breaking point, and a murderer is about to push her over the edge. As Jennifer struggles to care for her ill mother, a serial killer stalks the lot, committing a gory string of murders inspired by classic Hitchcock films.

Phillippa Benning is the unrivaled beauty of the Season. But when another lady challenges her for a marquis's attentions, Phillippa entices him to a secret rendezvous only to stumble upon The Blue Raven, England's most famous spy, lurking at the site of her planned tryst. The Blue Raven has uncovered an enemy plot directed at upcoming society functions, but he's unable to infiltrate London society.

Three innocent debutantes must work to solve the mysterious death of their childhood friend. With undaunted determination they pledge to not only expose the man responsible for their friend's tragic death on her wedding night, but to also uncover other unscrupulous men of the ton who would jeopardize the future of other young women.

Cosy Crime aus England mit Herz, Humor und einer ganz besonderen Heldin. Ein mysteriöser Gast von Nita Prose ist der 2. Band der humorvollen Krimi-Reihe um das liebenswerte, leicht autistische Zimmermädchen Molly Gray. Unblutig und warmherzig: Zimmermädchen Molly ermittelt mit den Tricks von Inspektor Columbo und den Weisheiten ihrer Großmutter. Mit Stolz und Hingabe schüttelt Zimmermädchen Molly Gray Kissen auf, putzt die Geheimnisse der Gäste fort und lässt die eleganten Suiten des Regency Grand Hotel in Perfektion erstrahlen.