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On her 20th birthday, Mary Hepburn - daughter of the local magistrate - learns that she is to marry John Aitken, a much older man. Unhappy with this, Mary walks to the local moor to clear her mind. Instead, she meets and falls in love with the handsome Captain Ferintosh, when he saves her from whiskey smugglers. The situation gets even more complicated when Mary's father arrests Ferintosh. Soon, devious plans and mysteries begin to surface. But who...
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Marjorie Bruce, recién coronada princesa de Escocia e hija del temido guerrero esconcés, el rey Robert de Bruce, está a punto de ser testigo de la invasión inglesa en territorio escocés.
Después de una emboscada inglesa, Marjorie y su madrastra son llevadas a Inglaterra. Depende de Archibald Douglas, uno de los hombres del rey, regresar a Marjorie a su padre a salvo. Con ayuda de amigos en el camino, Marjorie entrena para convertirse en el...
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Edinburgh, 1804.
Dorothea Flockhart is hiding her past. A woman alone, she avoids men. Even the personable Captain Rogers fails to stir her heart despite all his efforts.
While Napoleon's armies threaten invasion, Scotland's capital still hosts balls, although the atmosphere is hectic, and men don uniforms to meet the impending turmoil.
Carrying many secrets, Dorothea wends her way through the wynds of Edinburgh. But when a personification of the...
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At 22 years old, Robyn feels she is fast becoming an old maid. There are some eligible men in rural Midlothian, but Robyn has some competition from her particular friend, Amy. Already engaged to a man she no longer loves, Robyn sets out to hunt for a husband in a countryside racked by social unrest. Could her man be the collier hunted by the police - or the tall golfer? And who is the messenger who seems to appear just when he's not wanted?
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En el salvaje Oeste del siglo XIX comienza la saga de una poderosa familia.
Luego de que el montañés Isaiah Crow llegase a Alta California, este salva a un grupo de personas de unos bandidos locales.
Como si la suerte lo hubiese querido, son familiares y vaqueros del rancho de Don Hernando Batista, una de las familias más poderosas del sur de California - y muy ansiosos de llevar a su nuevo amigo ante el patrón.
Luego de que el señor Batista...
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Después de orquestar una serie de audaces incursiones de trenes, el explorador confederado Drouet Broussard es incluido en un grupo secreto que solo se conoce como los Caballeros del Círculo Dorado. Envuelto en un mundo de agentes y asesinos, a Broussard pronto se le asigna la misión final: asesinar al presidente de los Estados Unidos. Pero a medida que surgen motivos dudosos y la liga comienza a desmoronarse, ¿puede diseñar un escape de la mortal...
7) Un Verano
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Nathan Forrest es un católico no practicante, un soldador, un hijo ilegítimo, y un trompetista de jazz talentoso. Luego de comenzar a perseguir a Dorothy -una chica protestante de una familia de clase media- enfrentan el antagonismo de la Escocia a mediados del siglo veinte.
Con el fondo de los astilleros condenados de Westburn en decadencia y un entorno amargo, los jóvenes amantes buscan escapar de las restricciones del prejuicio y el odio.
¿Pero...
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Brighton, Angleterre, 1856.
Pour Devin Bennett, notaire débutant, rien n'est plus important que de faire avancer sa carrière. L'amour et le futur ne font pas partie de ses préoccupations quotidiennes.
Puis, il rencontre Harry. Femme de chambre et chaperonne de la fille du client de Devin, Harry est intelligente, captivante et occupe les pensées du jeune homme jour et nuit.
Mais Devin sait qu'Harry lui cache quelque chose, un secret qui...
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She was the only woman in Venice who knew the secret...and it made her a criminal. The Murano glassmakers of Venice are celebrated and revered. But now three of them are dead, killed for attempting to leave the city that both prizes their work and keeps them prisoners. For in the 17th century, the secret of their craft must, by law, never leave Venetian shores. Yet there is someone who keeps the secret while defying tradition. She is Sophia Fiolario,...
10) Crowned by Love
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England, 1471. Adopted as a baby, Denys lives with her mother Elizabeth: queen and married to Edward IV.
Denys makes numerous attempts to uncover her true lineage, but each effort comes to an abrupt and tragic end. Queen Elizabeth metes out Denys's ultimate degradation, when she marries her off to the ambitious Valentine Starbury.
As her feelings for Valentine bloom into love, can she finally discover the truth about her past?
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En su cumpleaños número 20, Mary Hepburn, hija de un magistrado local, se entera que se casará con John Aitken, un hombre mucho mayor que ella.
Sintiéndose infeliz con esto, Mary camina por el páramo local para aclarar su mente. En cambio, conoce y se enamora del guapo Capitán Ferintosh, cuando él la salva de unos contrabandistas de whisky. La situación se complica aún más cuando el padre de Mary arresta a Ferintosh
Pronto, planes retorcidos...
12) Sarah's Story
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In 19th-century Isle of Wight, Sarah Bembridge sets on a journey of adventure and misadventure. With Napoleon Bonaparte just across the Channel, poised to invade, Sarah has other things on her mind.
First, she rescues a shipwrecked sailor, whom she suspects to be French. Soon afterward, she gets engaged with a handsome officer. And when the mysterious Mr. Howard calls at her inn, Sarah's life becomes even more complicated.
In a rollicking romance...
13) Storm of Love
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Torn between her taciturn longtime sweetheart and a charming, affluent new flame, Scottish mill girl Catriona Easson finds herself struggling to choose between her head and her heart. As new connections bloom and old relationships are threatened, Catriona finds her romantic future foggy as extraordinary escapades force her to navigate through mistakes and misconceptions. With familial and financial hardships clouding her emotions, will Catriona discover...
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Irreverent and resourceful, Lillian Betts has her dreams. But in 1891, a woman with ambitions to rise into the city's upper echelon requires more than hopes and wishes. One problem is Lillian's a maid, who's snatching illicit kisses with her employer's son. Another is her sister, who wants her help caring for illegitimate babies in exchange for premiums. Taking a well-earned rest in Dutton Park, Lillian witnesses a mother deliver her baby in a grove...
15) Vivaldi's Girls
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Antonio Vivaldi's music has mesmerized audiences for 300 years.
A less-known story than his musical genius was the impressive figure that he was in Venetian society, the young, red-haired prodigy could make women swoon with the sweeping grandeur of his violin performances - especially after he traded in his priest's robes for the dashing attire of a celebrity.
Through the words of his lifelong friend, Domenico Trapensi, Vivaldi's Girls tells the...
16) Gilded Dreams
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From the bestselling author of GILDED SUMMERS comes a powerful novel of the last eight years of the American Women's fight for suffrage.
The battle for the vote is on fire in America. The powerful and rich women of Newport, Rhode Island, are not only some of the most involved suffragettes, their wealth - especially that of the indomitable Alva Vanderbilt Belmont - nearly single-handedly funded the major suffrage parties. Yet they have been left...
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Aella is a leatherworker living in 7th century Northumbria. After surviving the war against the Picts, the king becomes his godfather, and Aella befriends Bishop Cuthbert. Aware of Aella's skills, the monks of Lindisfarne commission him to make the cover of the Gospel of St. John as a gift for Cuthbert. Impressed by the masterpiece, Ecgfrith's successor, King Aldfrith, sends Aella to Ireland to learn to read and write.Soon, Aella befriends a fellow...
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Años después de abandonar el regimiento 113, Jack Windrush es enviado a la frontera noroeste de la India para investigar informes de pistolas entre las tribus pashtunes. Cuando descubre que los informes no solo son específicos, sino que son más profundos de lo que específicamente se cree, se le asigna que detenga al grupo rebelde y evite un levantamiento. Pronto, los viejos amigos se convertirán en enemigos mortales y la lealtad se convertirán...
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France, 1682. Louis XIV, the Sun King, is at the height of his power. The court at Versailles is a paradise for privileged young women.
Jeanne Yvette Mas Du Bois is unlike most other courtiers: her thirst for knowledge often incurs her father's brutal wrath. But her uncle encourages Jeanne's independence, secretly teaching her fencing in the palace's labyrinthine basement. When two of the king's Musketeers are beset by criminals, mere feet from Jeanne's...
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"A lush and evocative novel of the Gilded Age period, brought vibrantly to life in this powerful work." - Anne Girard, author of Madame Picasso Pearl and Ginevra grow up in the era known as the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. One lives above the stairs, the other below. Surrounded by Astors and Vanderbilts, Pearl fills her days with teatime and shallow friendships, yearning for something more. A chance meeting with Mary Cassatt sparks her secret...
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