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On the eve of the Coronation, aspiring newspaper columnist Penelope Beaumont is assigned the story of a lifetime-revealing the Crown Prince isn't the rightful heir to Loirehall's throne. Desperate to leave her dysfunctional step-family, and tempted by the chance to fulfill her deepest wish and claim her late Father's former column in The Loirehall Times, Penelope accepts the job.

Eleanor did not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen-year-old wants nothing more than her independence and to have a little fun. She’s hardly looking to remarry, despite pressures from her late husband’s nephew, who is keen on obtaining her inheritance. Eleanor quickly devises a plan that includes a fake engagement. What’s not a part of the plan? Falling for a dashing, quiet man outside of her social circle—a man who is not her betrothed. Can she survive the Season with her heart and her fortune intact?

Independência ou morte! Um momento decisivo na história do Brasil. Mas este foi apenas um momento, eternizado em marcantes obras de arte. O que aconteceu antes daquele dia em que Dom Pedro I declarou a independência? Quem foram os personagens históricos envolvidos? Com base no famoso quadro "Independência ou morte", de Pedro Américo, o autor Gustavo Penna resolveu investigar a trajetória de sete indivíduos intimamente envolvidos no processo de independência do nosso país para recriar a história de como o Brasil resolveu se separar de Portugal, há quase 200 anos atrás.

I had a lot going through my mind. Call it what you will, but I was just a tween girl on a mission. One I couldn't control. But, did I want to control it? I have no clue! Anyways, I couldn't escape these three thoughts that kept bothering me like some song from last summer.

Nikola Tesla, the visionary genius, is lecturing in New York City when he falls for Victoria, the mysterious young woman he sees night after night in the front row. The woman intrigues him: her curiosity is as great as his own, and her interest is wide-ranging. But there’s something she’s hiding, a family secret so horrendous no one speaks of it. When Tesla finds out, he has a decision to make: listen to the inner voice warning him to stay away, or abandon his morality and help her with her own terrible science.

It’s 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she’s still reeling from her parents’ divorce, and her grandmother Katherine’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine’s vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself—a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about her—the exact scene she wrote about him in her journal—and Gracie realizes that she can create any reality she wants.

Eighteen-year-old Joaquín del Toro’s future looks bright. With his older brother in the priesthood, he’s set to inherit his family’s Texas ranch. He’s in love with Dulceña—and she’s in love with him. But it’s 1915, and trouble has been brewing along the US-Mexico border. On one side, the Mexican Revolution is taking hold; on the other, Texas Rangers fight Tejano insurgents, and ordinary citizens are caught in the middle. As tensions grow, Joaquín is torn away from Dulceña, whose father’s critical reporting on the Rangers in the local newspaper has driven a wedge between their families.

In the land of Taletha, the wife market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse, but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.

Lady Hazel Sinnett ist vollkommen allein. Nicht sicher, ob Jack noch am Leben ist, bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als weiterhin Patienten zu behandeln. Da wird sie vom Königshaus beauftragt, die Leibärztin der kranken Prinzessin Charlotte zu werden. Schon bald findet die junge Lady sich in einer glanzvollen Welt wieder, in der nichts so ist, wie es scheint. Jeder hat etwas zu verbergen, vor allem der geheimnisvolle Gesellschaftsklub der Todesgefährten. Während Hazels Arbeit sie mehr und mehr mit dem britischen Hof verstrickt, merkt sie, dass ihre eigene Zukunft als Chirurgin nicht das Einzige ist, was für sie auf dem Spiel steht.

A coming-of-age story set in the 1960s during the sexual revolution and the civil rights movement, two teens separated by geography must navigate family expectations to find a way to be together on a journey to love and fulfillment.

Alles begann mit diesem seltsamen Foto, das meine Schwester Isabelle, meine Cousine Jane und ich an einem längst vergangenen heißen Sommertag des Jahres 1959 auf dem Dachboden unserer Oma Rosemary entdeckten. Welches dunkle Geheimnis verbirgt sich hinter dem traurig dreinblickenden Brautpaar, das der siebenjährigen Joanna von einem vergilbten Fotopapier aus entgegenblickt? Getrieben von ihrer kindlichen Neugier möchte das Mädchen dieses Geheimnis lüften und taucht dabei tief ein in ihre eigene Familiengeschichte.

London, 1816: Zoe, Zeitreisende und Zofe von Miss Lucie, und Hayden, gutaussehender Lord und ebenfalls Zeitreisender, nehmen am legendären Winterball teil. Doch statt eine rauschende Ballnacht zu verbringen, wird Zoe von der Verborgenen Gesellschaft auf ein einsames Landgut entführt. Ausgerechnet dort findet sie heraus, dass der Splitter für Haydens und ihre Rückreise in die Gegenwart Teil der Dekoration bei einer Soiree ist.

Modern girl Jillian time travels to the 1900s to meet the Wright brothers and beat her fear of flying. There, she encounters dashing Everett, who broke from his wealthy family to pursue a passion for flying—and who claims they kissed five years ago. Soon she's falling for him and facing a heartbreaking choice that could destroy her happiness or possibly unravel history itself.

Bloomsbury presents Secret of the Moon Conch by David Bowles and Guadalupe Garcia McCall, read by Ana Osorio and Johnny Rey Diaz. Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall join forces to craft a sweeping fantasy romance about falling in love despite all odds. In modern-day...

Berlin, 1963. Julia is a hard-working student who dreams of freedom. Drogo is an elusive rebel; a bad boy with a big heart. They were by no means destined to be together, however… Behind the iron curtain, in a climate of oppression and distrust, when Julia meets Drogo she has no idea that it will change their lives forever. That they will get to know each other, challenge each other and love each other passionately, in a city where so much is prohibited. How do you create a shared future when you have grown up on the wrong side of the wall?

Deutschland, 1944. Regines 17. Geburtstag wird von einem Fliegeralarm unterbrochen. Auf der Straße findet sie den verletzten Polen Jan und beschließt ihm auf seine Bitten hin zu helfen - trotz ihrer überzeugten nationalsozialistischen Gesinnung. Jan und Regine verlieben sich ineinander, ihre Treffen können jedoch nur heimlich stattfinden. Je mehr Zeit sie mit Jan verbringt, desto mehr beginnt Regine den Nationalsozialismus zu hinterfragen. Doch eines Nachts wird das Liebespaar verraten und getrennt.

Nach einem Skandal rund um ihren Exfreund Wickham ist Georgiana Darcys Ruf an der Pemberly Academy vollkommen ruiniert. Als sie an das Eliteinternat zurückkehrt, schlägt ihr daher von allen Seiten Misstrauen entgegen und auch ihr Bruder Fitz umkreist sie ständig wie ein Helikopter. Einzig der charmante Avery steht ihr zur Seite. Georgie schmiedet einen Plan: Sie will ihre Mitschüler*innen für sich gewinnen und Fitz loswerden, indem sie ihn mit seiner Kommilitonin Elizabeth Bennett verkuppelt.

Einatmen, ausatmen, Schultern locker, ganz lässig: Sei bereit für eine magische Zeitreise! Zoe und Hayden sind in London, nur leider immer noch im Jahr 1816. Die beiden müssen dringend einen Weg zurück in ihre Zeit finden! Doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan. Immerhin haben sie eine erste Spur, die sie zu einer geheimen Gesellschaft führt – und mitten auf einen rauschenden Ball. Dumm nur, dass Zoe als Zofe eigentlich gar nicht daran teilnehmen darf. Aber von Verboten oder Anstandsregeln hat sich Zoe ja noch nie aufhalten lassen.

Dana Jones is getting married—or at least that’s what she tells her poor uncle when he’s all but forced to throw her from his house. But when Dana Jones finds out that the husband-to-be she made up actually exists, everything changes! For Kyle Miller, stepping into the job as sheriff in town is the perfect step for him. Unfortunately, the townspeople don’t see it that way. They want the stability and example of a married man guiding the laws of their town and tell Kyle as much. He’s got to find a wife or get out!

Eden Creswell finds herself in River Bend, Wyoming, without a man to marry. Knowing she can’t go back to her Delaware home, she does the only thing she can: pretend to be someone’s fiancée. Ryder Graham is surprised by one thing after another. First, his depressing paralyzed state, and then a woman shows up on his doorstep claiming to be his mail-order bride. He wonders if it is possible he ordered a bride and didn’t know it, but without another option, he takes her up on her gracious offer to help, alleviating his sister from the duty.