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HE'S FOUGHT FOR HIS LANDS, HIS MARRIAGE, AND HIS KING. THE FIGHT FOR HIS SOUL IS JUST BEGINNING. "He's alive." With these two words, the world as Sebastian knows it will never be the same. The news that his cousin Konrad—his sworn enemy and abusive first husband of his beloved wife...

♦ Cet ebook bénéficie d’une mise en page esthétique optimisée pour la lecture numérique. ♦ Maurice Leblanc est le père du célèbre gentleman cambrioleur Arsène Lupin mais on sait moins qu’il est l’auteur de nombreux autres romans très réussis dont La Frontière. Dans ce...

The time is the tenth century. The place is glorious Crdoba, capital of Moorish Al Andaluz where plots involve a coalition to arrest the despotism of El Mansur who is systematically despoiling their tolerant and cultured society to gain power and wealth. The coalition - self-named the Seers - includes...

This is Part 1 of the story of Luigi Da Porto, the man who created ‘Romeo and Juliet’. This historical novel is set in Friuli and Venice in the early sixteenth century and tells the story of Luigi Da Porto’s love affair with Lucina Savorgnan and the events that influenced the creation of his...

Venice, July, 1613: A suspicious drowning in the Lagoon and a deadly assault on a bridge shatter the dreams of Captain Lorenzo Contarini and his fiancée, la Signorina Caterina Zanchi, members of two noble Venetian families. While Caterina’s severe injuries banish her from society, her parents remove...

Albert Robertson, the eldest son of a strict Irish-New Zealand Catholic family, does his duty and joins the clergy. A committed and devout priest, he eventually becomes fully ordained and is even the marriage celebrant for his younger brother in later years. While still in the seminary, Al is caught...

Marriage under fire William and June Pemberton have been happily married for three years-but the longer they go on without June’s conceiving, the more concerned she becomes. Especially since William’s old flame is now free to marry again and, according to his mother, would make him much...

This is a steamy historical romance short story (word count 5,894).Theresa thought she had left her life in London behind, to only find that there is a gentleman from her past, who has no intention of letting her forget about him. Even if it means a visit to the remote countryside to convince Theresa they would be perfect for each other!

After spending seven fruitless years training as a gladiator, Valerus Claudius Cascus returns from Rome to his hometown of Herculaneum. Upon his arrival, he delivers his father the gift of three dancing girlsone of whom is Flavia, a slave from Briton, and a secret member of the Christian faith. Valerus...

A fiery train wreck consumes Binney Cooper’s husband, Norris, leaving her to provide for herself and her twin boys. Left penniless by the loss of her teaching position, she asks a court to declare Norris dead, permitting insurance benefits. Bigamist Norris’s second wife, Eliza, also wants that...

"Every actress wants to marry a duke!" Every actress, it seems, apart from leading lady Miss Calista Fairmont. And for Darius Carlyle, the Duke of Albury, that poses a challenge he can't resist. So, to prove to his hapless cousin that all actresses are title-hunters, Darius will persuade Calista...

A proud warrior.A brave woman.A forbidden love that is tested by the intrigues of ancient Rome and the hostilities at the northernmost edge of the empire. Centurion Marcus Florius Corvus has a splendid career in the legions ahead of him. Yet a visit to Rome and a chance encounter with an old...

Lady Raine Had Need of a Husband But not just any man would do. She required a man of honor to protect her young brother's inheritance. And from the moment she laid eyes upon Benedict Ainsworth at court, she knew her search was over. But her scheming had just begun…. Entranced by Raine's...

Nel monastero di Santa Radegonda, nella Milano del 1736, vive una ragazza dallo straordinario talento musicale. Il suo nome è Paola Pietra, una giovane contessa in clausura per imposizione dell’illustre famiglia. La voce di contralto, scura e potente, è la sua unica ragione di vita; ma la passione...