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    An Infamous Army
    The Toll-Gate
    Venetia. Venetia und der Wüstling, englische Ausgabe
    Die galante Entführung. Roman
    Frederica
    The Talisman Ring
    • Frederica

      • 437bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      When Frederica brings her younger siblings to London determined to secure a brilliant marriage for her beautiful sister, she seeks out their distant cousin the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lovely, competent, and refreshingly straightforward, Frederica makes such a strong impression that to his own amazement, the Marquis agrees to help launch them all into society. "Lord Alverstoke cant resist wanting to help her " Normally wary of his family, which includes two overbearing sisters and innumerable favor-seekers, Lord Alverstoke does his best to keep his distance. But with his enterprising - and altogether entertaining - country cousins getting into one scrape after another right on his doorstep, before he knows it the Marquis finds himself dangerously embroiled...

      Frederica2010
      4,2
    • An Infamous Army

      • 448bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      When she meets Charles Audley, dashing aide-de-camp to the great Duke of Wellington himself, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo ...

      An Infamous Army2006
      3,6
    • Die galante Entführung. Roman

      • 298bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      In diesem heiteren Regency-Roman von einer Meisterin des Genres versucht Tante Abby, ihre Nichte Fanny vor dem charmanten, aber zweifelhaften Stacy Calverleigh zu schützen. Als Stacys skandalumwitterter Onkel auftaucht, wird Abby von seiner geheimnisvollen Aura angezogen, während sie sich gegen ihre Gefühle wehrt.

      Die galante Entführung. Roman2003
      3,9
    • The Toll-Gate

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      His exploits were legendary…Captain John Staple, back from the battlefront, is already bored with his quiet civilian life in the country. When he stumbles upon a mystery involving a disappearing toll-gate keeper, nothing could keep the adventure-loving captain from investigating.But winning her will be his greatest yet…The plot thickens when John encounters the enigmatic Lady Nell Stornaway and soon learns that rescuing her from her unsavory relatives makes even the most ferocious cavalry charge look like a particularly tame hand of loo. Between hiding his true identity from Nell and the arrival in the neighborhood of some distinctly shady characters, Captain Staple finds himself embarked on the adventure-and romance-of a lifetime.

      The Toll-Gate2001
      3,9
    • The Talisman Ring

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage de convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir, Ludovic. Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie, his young French cousin, share the slightest inclination to marry one another, yet it is Lord Lavenham's dying wish. For there is no one else to provide for the old man's granddaughter while Ludovic remains a fugitive from justice.

      The Talisman Ring1998
      4,2
    • In all her twenty- five years, lovely Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate, nor enjoyed the attentions of any but her two wearisomely persistent suitors. Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knows by reputation- the infamous Lord Damerel- and before she knows better, is egging on a libertine whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.

      Venetia. Venetia und der Wüstling, englische Ausgabe1986
      4,0