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Julian Kenneway, Earl of Vinedale, has a secret: he is in love with innocent debutante Angelica Fortney.She's the one thing he desires more than the tenuous peace he has regained since returning from India. Yet everyone, including Julian, believes he's unsuitable for her—and seducing her could ruin both their lives.But when a rival for Angelica's affections arrives, Julian realizes he can't lose her—and can no longer control his passion for her. . . .Book two of the Fortney Follies series.

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As a young woman, Lady Charlotte Fortney learned what passion truly was from her handsome neighbor, Daniel Walsh.When they were discovered, her father sent the lowly doctor's son far away from their precious daughter. Years later, spinster Charlotte is content to watch others play the courtship game—until Daniel returns from India, rekindling a desire that time could never erase.But Daniel seems to have set his sights on another woman, the one match Charlotte would do anything to prevent. He may be willing to give her up—if Charlotte gives herself in exchange. . . . Book one of the Fortney Follies series.

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‘Enormously enjoyable’ Evening Standard‘Charming’ The Times‘What would you have me paint instead of a battle, Madame?’ Geneviève de Nanterre’s eyes gleamed. ‘A unicorn.’Keen to demonstrate his new-found favour with the King, rising nobleman Jean le Viste commissions six tapestries to adorn the walls of his château. He expects soldiers and bloody battlefields. But artist Nicolas des Innocents instead designs a seductive world of women, unicorns and flowers, using as his muses Le Viste’s wife Geneviève and ripe young daughter Claude.In Belgium, as his designs spring to life under the weavers’ fingers, Nicolas is inspired once more – by the master weaver’s daughter Aliénor and her mother Christine. They too will be captured by his threads.

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Indulge in the passion of the past with these short, sexy and scandalous eBooks!When Kate Anderson heard her young cousin complain about the man she was expected to marry, Kate never imagined it would be Harry Le Clere, Lord Godridge!For one season in Edinburgh, Kate and Harry had shared their first taste of passion—and one mistake tore them apart. Now, Kate is in a position to teach Harry how to woo her cousin. . . but Kate doesn't realize that she is the only woman he ever wanted. And Harry is determined to have her again. . . .

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Hidden behind a mask, Jonathan Kirkland, Lord Redcliffe, has disguised himself as a highwayman to win a wager: to collect kisses from the first five women who pass. With only one kiss left, victory seems easy. . . until he encounters Miss Sarah Tatton, who has fled on horseback to escape her vile fiancé. Distraught and desperate, the last thing Sarah needs is to run straight into the arms of a highwayman.But his heart-stopping kiss gives Sarah an idea—to lose her virginity in order to break her engagement. And the surprisingly gentlemanlike thief is just the man to teach her the art of love. . . at least enough to pretend that she has lost her virtue. But as Jonathan and Sarah's passion grows, all pretense must come to an end. . .

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Tired of seasons with boring socialites, Lord Tristan Carlyle has given up his life as a libertine to become an artist. Inspiration eludes him. . . until he meets the alluring Contessa de Erato, who awakens a passion not even this former rake has felt before. But the «Contessa» has a secret – she is really Erato, muse of erotic poetry.Although she came to England to help other women find love, one night of ecstasy with Tristan shows Erato the kind of pleasure she never thought she would experience herself—and now wants to savor forever. . . .A prequel to The Chase Muses miniseries.

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Город любви. Город роскоши. Город страха. Город веселья. Захватывающая история о том, как небольшое военное поселение древних римлян на топких берегах Сены чудесным образом превратилось в Город Света, эпицентр западной цивилизации. Увлекательная история многих поколений пяти семей, чьи судьбы причудливым образом переплелись в Париже. Аристократов, ведущих свой род от рыцарей Карла Великого, бунтарей, разжигавших огонь Великой французской революции, торговцев, потерявших все во время правления Людовика XV и опять разбогатевших при Наполеоне, простолюдинов с Монмартра, строивших Эйфелеву башню и грабивших богатеев около кабаре «Мулен Руж». Рассказ о любви, предательстве и семейных тайнах, о людях, создавших Париж, великий центр мировой культуры. Это роман для всех, кто был в Париже и влюбился в этот город. Эта книга для тех, кому еще предстоит там побывать. Edward Rutherfurd PARIS Copyright © 2013 by Edward Rutherfurd All rights reserved © Е. Копосова, перевод, 2014 © Ю. Каташинская, карты, 2014 © ООО «Издательская Группа „Азбука-Аттикус“», 2015 Издательство АЗБУКА®

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A compelling portrait of 1960s America that takes as its starting point the brutal events of 11 March 1963, the day on which the lives of three complete strangers – a black handyman, an Italian-American carpenter and a second-generation Jewish housewife – collided in the leafy Boston suburb of Belmont.These three people did not know one another, but, by the end of the day, the housewife had been raped and strangled, the handyman had been arrested on suspicion of being the notorious Boston Strangler, and the real Boston Strangler – carpenter Al DeSalvo – had returned home to his wife and children. It was not until two years later that DeSalvo admitted to the gruesomely violent murders of thirteen women. Also unwittingly drawn into the drama were one-year-old Sebastian Junger's own family, who posed for a photograph with DeSalvo the day after the Belmont strangling, at the completion of his work on their studio.Taking the chilling family snap as his inspiration, Junger explores the worlds of the three protagonists and, in so doing, creates a portrait of America in the 1960s that touches on the historic themes of the era: the assassination of JFK, the rise of the immigrants and the troubling race relations that prefigured the death of Martin Luther King.This new work by Sebastian Junger, the acclaimed author of ‘Perfect Storm’ and ‘Fire’, is as enlightening as it is haunting. Taking as its foundation the events that shocked a quiet community in 1963, ‘A Death in Belmont’ expands to encompass an entire nation at a time of extraordinary social turmoil.

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‘A stunning story’ Guardian‘Vivid and engrossing’ Financial TimesI don’t remember there ever being a time when I weren’t out upon beach. Mam used to say the window was open when I was born, and the first thing I saw when they held me up was the sea.Mary Anning may be young and uneducated, but she has “the eye”. Scouring the windswept Jurassic coast near Lyme Regis, she find the fossils nobody else can, making discoveries that will shake the scientific world of the early 19th century. But science is a male-dominated arena, and there are many who disapprove…She finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot: unmarried, middle-aged and middle class, and a fellow fossil enthusiast. If they can weather differences in their age and standing, and overcome professional envy, will true friendship prove the rarest find of all?

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An improper proposal!Jane Rathbone is used to being left behind and no longer believes she deserves happiness. But when childhood friend Jasper Charton returns from the Americas, more dangerously sexy than ever, she has a proposition. She’ll give him the property he needs if he’ll give her a new future—by marrying her!Jasper never imagined taking a wife, but wonders if loyal Jane could be his redemption. And when their marriage brings tantalising pleasures, convenient vows blossom into a connection that could heal them both…

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