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The devil's waltz (MIRA historical romance)
Par Anne Stuart. 2006
Christian Montcalm was a practical, if destitute, scoundrel, but his plan to bed and wed the delectable Miss Hetty Chipple…
would take care of that sticky wicket. Annelise Kempton desired nothing more than to come between this despicable rogue and the fortune (and virtue) of her young charge. All that stood in her way was a man whose rakish charm could tempt a saint to sin, or consign a confirmed spinster to sleepless nights of longing. Explicit descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2006.Pleasure for pleasure (Essex sisters ; #4)
Par Eloisa James. 2006
Josie, the youngest Scottish Essex heiress, is mocked by her peers for her ample figure. When one of her mockers…
nearly rapes her, Josie fears she'll have to marry the lecherous young man. But then an unexpected knight in shining armour comes to her rescue. Explicit descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The taming of the duke". 2006. (Essex sisters ; 4)Dans la tourmente, 1773-1776: [roman historique] (Les domestiques de Berthier. #2.)
Par Monique Turcotte. 2012
'' Pendant que le seigneur de Berthier multiplie les efforts pour faire fructifier ses terres, des rebelles des colonies américaines,…
avides de liberté, menacent les villages parsemés le long des rives du Saint-Laurent. Le capitaine Henry Cairns doit répondre à l'appel de l'armée britannique et part en guerre contre les insurgés, laissant Mathilde, sa fiancée, en charge de la gouvernance des enfants Cuthbert au manoir de Berthier. Leur promesse réciproque et les rêves de mariage qui les lient résisteront-ils aux manigances de Julia et aux aléas de la guerre? '' -- 4e de couv.One wicked sin (Scandalous women of the Ton.)
Par Nicola Cornick. 2010
Once the toast of London, divorced Lottie Cummings is now notorious, shunned, and lured to become a Covent Garden courtesan.…
The illegitimate son of a duke, Ethan Ryder fought for Napoleon until his capture landed him in England as a prisoner of war. On parole, Ethan is planning his most audacious coup yet, but he needs Lottie's help to create a spectacular diversion. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2010.Not quite a husband (Bantam Books historical romance #Bk. 2)
Par Sherry Thomas. 2009
Their marriage lasted only slightly longer than the honeymoon - to no one's surprise, not even Bryony Asquith's. A man…
as talented, handsome, and sought after by society as Leo Marsden couldn't possibly want to spend his entire life with a woman who rebelled against propriety by becoming a doctor. Why, then, three years after their annulment and half a world away, does he track her down at her clinic in the remotest corner of India? Explicit descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, strong language. 2009.Apollinaria: une passion russe : [roman]
Par Capucine Motte. 2013
" Janvier 1861, université de Pétersbourg : la jeune Apollinaria Souslova, fille d'un serf émancipé, rencontre Fédor Dostoïevski. Elle rêve…
d'une carrière littéraire, il lui promet de l'aider, sans imaginer qu'elle deviendra sa muse. S'ensuit une passion charnelle et orageuse, qui réveillera les démons de chacun. L'écrivain est marié et Apollinaria fuit à Paris. Mais n'étreint-on pas toujours ceux qui nous échappent ? De Saint-Pétersbourg à Paris, en passant par Rome, Naples et Baden-Baden, Capucine Motte nous emporte dans la dérive de deux êtres acharnés à se perdre. " -- 4e de couv.Le grand feu
Par Jeanne Bourin. 1985
La France de la fin du 11e siècle. Isambour, brodeuse de toile, épouse Bernold, maître verrier. Les voici avec des…
enfants, un domaine, des ateliers dans lesquels on fabrique des vitraux. Mais un jour, tout s'effondre. 1985.L'allée du roi: souvenirs de Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, épouse du Roi de France (Folio Ser. #Vol. 34121)
Par Françoise Chandernagor, Madame De Maintenon. 1982
À partir d'une documentation considérable, Françoise Chandernagor nous parle de Françoise D'Aubigné (Madame de Maintenon), qu'on surnomma " La belle…
Indienne ". Elle fut la seconde épouse de Louis XIV. 1982.Come from afar: A Novel
Par Gayla Reid. 2011
During the Spanish Civil War, Clancy Cox, a volunteer nurse from Australia, works tirelessly to assist Republican soldiers in their…
fight against fascism, but the conflict does not go as well as planned: the Popular Front’s swift victory grows ever more unlikely, and famine has taken hold. But Clancy finds hope in the person of Douglas Ross, a Canadian soldier from the International Brigade who Clancy nurses back to health, physically and spiritually. But with the defeat of the Republic looming, Ross chooses to return to war, leaving Clancy alone and pregnant - but determined to reunite with her lost lover. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2011.Forgiving
Par LaVyrle Spencer. 1992
1876. Sarah Merritt has come to Deadwood in the Dakota Territory for two reasons - to find her sister Addie…
and tell her that their father is dead, and to start the town's first daily paper. Addie, who ran away from home five years ago, is working at Rosie Hossiter's boardinghouse as an "upstairs girl." Finding Addie is easy, but everything else Sarah tries lands her in big trouble. Some strong language. Descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 1992.Curiosity: a love story
Par Joan Thomas. 2010
In the early 1800's, 12-year-old Mary Anning, a cabinet-maker's daughter, found the first intact skeleton of a prehistoric dolphin-like creature,…
and spent a year chipping it from the soft cliffs near Lyme Regis, England. Henry de la Beche, son of a gentry family and living with his elegant, cynical mother in Lyme Regis, pursued his passion for drawing and painting the landscapes and fossils of the area. One morning on an expedition to see an extraordinary discovery - a giant fossil - he meets a young woman unlike anyone he has ever met. 2010.A partisan's daughter
Par Louis De Bernières. 2008
During a dreary late 1970s London winter, Chris is drawn to mysterious Roza, a Yugoslav émigrée. As their relationship develops,…
Roza starts to tell him the story of her life, drawing him increasingly into her world - from her childhood as a daughter of one of Tito's Partisans through her journey to England and on to her more recent colourful and dangerous past in London. 2008.A dream to call my own: brides of Gallatin County (Brides of Gallatin County. #3.)
Par Tracie Peterson. 2009
Montana, 1881. Headstrong Lacy Gallatin feels out of place at the roadhouse she runs with her sisters Gwen and Beth,…
both of whom are now married. Lacy also desperately wants to find the man who killed her father. Deputy sheriff Dave Shepard offers Lacy a chance at justice--and love. Sequel to "A Love to Last Forever". 2009.A promise to believe in: brides of Gallatin County (Brides of Gallatin County. #1.)
Par Tracie Peterson. 2008
Montana Territory, 1879. Sisters Beth, Gwen, and Lacy Gallatin run their late father's roadhouse, which is located next to Rafe…
Reynolds's saloon. Gwen, the eldest, thinks she's cursed after losing both her parents and her husband. Then Hank Bishop appears, claiming to be Gwen's brother-in-law--and love heals her wounds. Followed by "A Love to Last Forever". 2008.The fortune hunter
Par Daisy Goodwin. 2014
In 1875, Sisi the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic…
and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of Captain Bay Middleton, the only man in Europe who can outride her. Ten years younger than her and engaged to the rich and devoted Charlotte, Bay has everything to lose by falling for a woman who can never be his. But Bay and the Empress are as reckless as each other, and their mutual attraction is a force that cannot be denied. 2014.Premières amours, 1766-1767: roman historique (Les domestiques de Berthier. #1.)
Par Monique Turcotte. 2011
Quelles amours, quelles ambitions, quels rêves hantent les habitants de Berthier depuis larrivée du nouveau seigneur, le richissime James Cuthbert?…
Une jeune femme du nom de Julia Scott remplit la charge de dame de compagnie auprès de la seigneuresse lady Catherine. Élevée dans un orphelinat de Boston, Julia na jamais vu un jeune homme poser les yeux sur elle. Sa rencontre avec Henry Cairns, le frère aîné de Mrs. Cuthbert, déclenchera en elle un flot de passion pour cet homme quelle compte bien ne partager avec aucune rivale. Arrive Mathilde, une fille des Îles venue prêter main-forte à Adèle, la cuisinière. Campagnarde illettrée, mais vaillante et débrouillarde, elle sattire aussitôt les sarcasmes de la vindicative et arrogante Julia. Surtout lorsque celle-ci, avec la rage qui la consume, voit trop bien que le regard dHenry sarrête sur la belle et jeune Canadienne. Les foudres de Julia arriveront-elles à atteindre et détruire les premières amours qui embrasent le cœur dHenry et de Mathilde? -- 4e de couv.Le couteau de Ravaillac (Le bal des poignards. #2.)
Par Juliette Benzoni. 2010
Lorenza goûte enfin un bonheur bien mérité dans les bras de son époux, Thomas de Courcy. Mais bientôt, le roi…
envoie ce dernier aux Pays-Bas pour une délicate mission et Lorenza, elle, est appelée à la cour comme dame de compagnie de la reine Marie qui la hait. Celle-ci, occupée par les préparatifs de son couronnement, ne lui prête guère attention. Lorenza assiste, impuissante, au complot contre Henri IV. Ravaillac attend son heure et Thomas tarde à rentrer des Pays-Bas... -- 4e de couv.The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Par Heather O'Neill. 2017
Two babies are abandoned in a Montreal orphanage in the winter of 1914. Before long, their talents emerge: Pierrot is…
a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing clown routines, the children fall in love with each other and dream up a plan for the most extraordinary and seductive circus show the world has ever seen. Separated as teenagers, sent off to work as servants during the Great Depression, both descend into the city's underworld, dabbling in sex, drugs and theft in order to survive. But when Rose and Pierrot finally reunite beneath the snowflakes - after years of searching and desperate poverty - the possibilities of their childhood dreams are renewed, and they'll go to extreme lengths to make them come true. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction (QWF). 2017.Bound by a scandalous secret (Scandalous Summerfields. #3.)
Par Diane Gaston. 2016
The pleasure-seeking Marquess of Rossdale has little interest in his birthright and even less in finding a bride. So he…
comes up with the perfect plan to survive the Season unscathed; he will fake an engagement to a most unsuitable girl. Outspoken Genna has no wish to marry. Agreeing to be Ross's temporary fiancée will grant her freedom for a little longer. But with every kiss, both Ross and Genna must face up to what they really desire, a true match. Sequel to "Bound by one scandalous night", followed by "Bound by their secret passion". 2016.Bound by one scandalous night (Scandalous Summerfields. #2.)
Par Diane Gaston. 2016
On the eve of battle, Lieutenant Edmund Summerfield rescues mysterious Amelie Glenville from attack by marauding soldiers. They spend the…
night together but their scandalous actions have one inescapable consequence. The illegitimate son of an aristocrat, Edmund won’t consign his unborn child to the same fate, so he offers Amelie marriage. Can these two strangers turn their convenient marriage into something real? Sequel to "Bound by duty", followed by "Bound by a scandalous secret". 2016.