Jadis, les chemins de Catherine Melbourne et de lord Michael se sont croisés à plusieurs reprises, en Espagne, pendant la guerre, puis à Bruxelles. Mais les sentiments qui ont fleuri au fil des ans n'ont jamais pu s'exprimer car Catherine était mariée. Aujourd'hui veuve, elle est dans l'embarras : afin de toucher un héritage qui protégera l'avenir de sa fille, elle doit dénicher un complice qui jouera le rôle de son mari. Désespérée, Catherine se tourne vers Michael. Sachant qu'il l'aidera sans hésiter, et qu'elle devra mentir et tromper cet homme qui est le seul à avoir jamais fait battre son coeur...

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Déshérité et sans un sou en poche, Reginald Davenport n'est pas promis à un brillant avenir. Mais le destin lui donne une dernière chance en lui permettant de devenir propriétaire de l'ancien domaine familial. Déguisée en homme pour obtenir un poste d'intendant à Strickland, Alys Weston a fui un monde de faux-semblants. Elle pensait en avoir fini avec la gent masculine jusqu'à ce que son employeur réveille chez elle une passion sans précédent...

Le libertin repenti (Davenport, #2)

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A Chance Christmas Connection Tired of dealing with legalities relating to his father's unexpected death, new baronet Sir Philip Selbourne is ready to leave London and head home for Christmas.  But having spent a boyhood rescuing strays, he's unable to resist helping a desperate young woman with speaking brown eyes and a kitten in her pocket. Young French seamstress Nicole Chambord is in dire straits after being wrongly fired by her dreadful employer.  Then chance brings her together with Philip Selbourne.  His kindness leads her to accept when he offers to take her to his family estate so she can become a companion to his French-born mother. But the roads are icy and an accident forces Philip, Nicole (and the kitten!) to seek refuge at the cottage of a lonely widow-and creates a Christmas miracle for them all. "The two of them have heart melting adventures followed by a happy ending." -A Reader About the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

The Christmas Tart: A Regency Christmas Novella

Jadis, les chemins de Catherine Melbourne et de lord Michael se sont croisés à plusieurs reprises, en Espagne, pendant la guerre, puis à Bruxelles. Mais les sentiments qui ont fleuri au fil des ans n'ont jamais pu s'exprimer car Catherine était mariée. Aujourd'hui veuve, elle est dans l'embarras:afin de toucher un héritage qui protégera l'avenir de sa fille, elle doit dénicher un complice qui jouera le rôle de son mari. Désespérée, Catherine se tourne vers Michael. Sachant qu'il l'aidera sans hésiter, et qu'elle devra mentir et tromper cet homme qui est le seul à avoir jamais fait battre son coeur...

"The perfect road romance." Discover the acclaimed fourth book in the Fallen Angels historical romance series by New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney! The Rogue... A master spy with the face of a fallen angel and a darkly heroic past, Lord Robert Andreville returns to his ancestral home in Yorkshire after a dozen harrowing years spying against Napoleon. But nothing soothes his ravaged spirit until a determined young beauty sweeps into his life. ...and the RunawayHalf Mohawk and all American, Maxima Collins is a wary stranger in a strange land, but she will let nothing halt her journey to London to learn the truth about her father's sudden death--not even a self-appointed guardian who is all lazy charm and dangerous skill. Together they travel across England, evading pursuers and circling each other in a dance of desire, where truth is elusive and only passion is sure. Then dark secrets shatter their idyll--and only love has the power to heal the past. Books in the Fallen Angels series:Book 1: Thunder & RosesBook 2: Dancing on the WindBook 3: Petals in the StormBook 4: Angel RogueBook 5: Shattered RainbowsBook 6: River of FireBook 7: One Perfect Rose "A sumptuous reading experience by one of today's great romance authors."-Romantic TimesAbout the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

Angel Rogue - Fallen Angels, #4

The Beauty and the Beast: a haunted and hidden lord, a desperate young beauty, and a marriage of convenience between two people who yearn for more. James Markland, Lord Falconer, knows that he is ugly, very ugly, and he lives a life of seclusion, wearing a heavily cowled mantle to conceal his face from the world. When he learns that a neighboring girl, the exquisite young Ariel Hawthorne, is about to be sold into marriage with a revolting lecher, he offers her the only protection he can: his name. Of course it will be a marriage in name only, because what woman could want him? A talented artist, Ariel is cursed by her beauty and vulnerability.  Though she never sees her husband's face, she is drawn to his kindness and generosity, but he is determined to push her away.  Will he allow her to love him before it's too late?  Perhaps the magic of Christmas can bring them together.  *This seasonal stand-alone Regency novella is also published in the author's Christmas Revels collection. What readers say: "The Black Beast of Belleterre [is] the perfect Beauty and the Beast retelling with every detail wonderfully re-envisioned." "When I was a teen, I read this and fell in love with The Black Beast Of Belleterre. It is a Beauty and the Beast sort of tale. It pulls in everything we hope for in a love story!" "[The Black Beast of Belleterre] was an amazing story!" About the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

The Black Beast of Belleterre: A Victorian Christmas Novella

*Romance Writers of America RITA Award and Golden Choice Finalist* A Dangerous Bargain... They called him the Demon Earl. They said he could do anything. Son of a rogue and a gypsy, Nicolas Davies was a notorious rake until a shattering betrayal left him alone and embittered in the Welsh countryside. Desperation drives quiet schoolmistress Clare Morgan to ask the Demon Earl to help save her village. Unwilling to involve himself in the problems of others, Nicholas sets an impossible price on his aid-only if Clare will live with him for three months, letting the world think the worst, will he intervene. Furiously Clare accepts his outrageous challenge, and finds herself drawn into a glittering Regency world of danger and desire. As allies, she and Nicholas fight to save her community. As adversaries, they explore the hazardous terrain of power and sensuality. And as lovers, they surrender to a passion that threatens the foundations of their lives.. "Both sublimely romantic and scorchingly sensual, Thunder and Roses is an extraordinary romance from an extraordinary author."-Romantic TimesBooks in the Fallen Angels series:Book 1: Thunder & RosesBook 2: Dancing on the WindBook 3: Petals in the StormBook 4: Angel RogueBook 5: Shattered RainbowsBook 6: River of FireBook 7: One Perfect Rose About the AuthorA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America, she has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's top romances of the year.

Thunder & Roses - Fallen Angels, #1

Exclu de la Royal Navy, Gabriel Hawkins Vance, capitaine du Zéphyr, sillonne les mers. Entre deux forçages de blocus, il accepte une mission inhabituelle:sauver la fille du comte Lawrence. Captive des Barbaresques, lady Aurora est séquestrée dans un harem. La rançon exigée est si mirobolante que son père est dans l'incapacité de la payer. La famille fait donc appel à Gabriel, connu pour ses talents de négociateur. Mais il devra compter avec la demoiselle, allergique à toute forme d'autorité et dont l'insolente beauté attise toutes les convoitises...

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