Nicola Cornick
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"1765. Lady Isabella Gerard, a respectable member of Georgian society, orders her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy it, its shimmering beauty tainted by the actions of her brutal husband the night before.Three months later, Lord Gerard stands at the shoreline of the lake, looking down at a woman wearing the golden gown. As the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it's clear this was not his intended victim. 250 years later ... When...
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In the tradition of the spellbinding historical novels of Philippa Gregory and Kate Morton comes a stunning story based on a real-life Tudor mystery, of a curse that echoes through the centuries and shapes two women's destinies... 1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies and with nowhere left to turn, Amy hatches a desperate scheme to escape-one with devastating...
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"Browsing an antiques shop in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait--identified as the doomed Tudor queen, Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better. The subject is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr, who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 and presumed dead after going missing as a child. And Alison knows this because she, too, lived at Wolf Hall and knew Mary...more than four hundred years ago. The painting of Mary...
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"In the winter of 1662, Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen, is on her deathbed. She entrusts an ancient pearl, rumored to have magic power, to her faithful cavalier William Craven for safekeeping. In his grief, William orders the construction of Ashdown Estate in her memory and places the pearl at its center. One hundred and fifty years later, notorious courtesan Lavinia Flyte hears the maids at Ashdown House whisper of a hidden treasure, and bears...
6) Lady Polly
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Even as Lady Polly rejected another proposal of marriage, her heart burned for the man she'd rejected five years ago. She'd heard that in his misery, her beloved Lord Henry Marchnight had become a rogue and a gambler. But when he appeared before her on a deserted terrace and stole a kiss, Polly knew that her passion hadn't died. The man still knew how to steal her reason with one touch. But reason she needed as suspicions of criminal behavior hovered...
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The Pirate's Kiss by Nicola Cornick
Famous and feared pirate Daniel de Lancey is master and commander of the Defiance. Only one woman makes him want to swap danger for desire, sea for seduction.… And with one Christmas kiss, he will make Lucinda his bride!
A Smuggler's Tale by Margaret McPhee
Masquerading as a smuggler, society's handsome bad boy, Lord Jack Holberton, finds himself protecting young Miss Linden's honor, despite his reputation....
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1671 - London The Civil War is over and Charles II, the 'Merry Monarch', is revelling in the throne of his murdered father and all the privileges and power that comes with it. Sharing the spoils is his favourite companion, the celebrated beauty, actress Nell Gwyn. Beloved of the English people, Nell has come a long way from selling oranges and a childhood in a brothel, but as her fortunes have turned, her sister Rose has taken a different path. Marriage...
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Sweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Nicola Cornick's latest historical mystery combines past and present story lines that fans of Philippa Gregory and Susanna Kearsley will devour.
1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family. Her son, the darkly charismatic Robert, is secretly plotting to kill the king, placing his wife and child in grave danger. Anne...
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A young woman disappears. A husband is suspected of murder. Stirringtimes for all the neighborhood.When Captain Lewis Brabant returned from the open sea, all thought hemeant to choose a bride. As eligible females readied to meet thedashing Captain Brabant, one woman of modest means stood away from thecrowd and let her friend have a go at the bachelor. In fact, MissCaroline Whiston had no expectations, since she was a lady'scompanion. But no sooner...
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The sight of Cory, Lord Newlyn, rising naked from the Midwinter river, is enough to send ripples of shock through Rachel Odell's carefully ordered life. He has always been a friend, although now she's aware of him as a man--an exceedingly handsome man. But she can't possibly entertain romantic ideas about this adventure seeker...and rogue.
It does appear that Cory is waging a deliberate campaign to seduce her. What is his true intent? Can he simply...
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Prim and proper Sarah Sheridan sought to live a respectable life as her cousin's companion, trying to put her family's past behind her. But everything changed with a letter insisting on her return to Blanchland. For her childhood home was now host to the most depraved parties in England...!
Guy, Viscount Renshaw, was a well-known rake, but even he would not willingly set foot in Blanchland. And though the appealing Miss Sheridan appeared respectable,...
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¿Podía nacer el verdadero amor del escándalo?
Ella era joven, bella y sofisticada, la anfitriona más coqueta de Edimburgo. Pero por debajo de su fachada de viuda alegre latía un corazón herido. Lady Mairi aún lloraba al marido al que había perdido dos años antes, y por muy buen amante que fuera Jack Rutherford, la única noche de pasión que habían pasado juntos había sido únicamente un encuentro carnal, y lady Mairi prefería olvidarla.
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A young woman disappears. A husband is suspected of murder.Stirring times for all the neighborhood.
At twenty-three and a bluestocking to boot, Miss Lavender Brabantfeels her chances of marriage have passed her by. But the problemisn't that she's never met a man to make her pulse race. It's thatshe's an admiral's daughter-and the man of her dreams is ashopkeeper's son.Barnabas Hammond has the looks and confidence to mingle with allcircles of society....
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Tras su divorcio, Lottie Cummings, una de las damas más célebres de la sociedad londinense, tuvo que convertirse en cortesana. Hasta que un peligroso libertino decidió rescatarla haciéndole una escandalosa oferta.
Ethan Ryder, oficial del ejército de Napoleón, fue apresado y trasladado a Inglaterra como prisionero de guerra. Una vez en libertad bajo fianza, Ethan comenzó a planificar el más audaz de sus golpes. Pero para ello necesitaba la...
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Deborah Stratton is a respectable widow--or so the inhabitants of the Midwinter villages believe. But she hides a secret that means she'll never marry again....
Lord Richard Kestrel is London's most notorious rake, a dangerous man to be around, a man who has already shockingly offered to make Deborah his mistress. Now Richard has come to realize it is Deborah's hand in marriage he wants--but not before they share one night of scandal....
17) Odio y pasión
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Habían compartido un pasado... y ahora tendrían que lidiar con el presente
Por una jugada del azar, la primera persona con la que se encontró el marqués de Mullineaux a su regreso a Inglaterra fue la última a la que habría deseado ver: lady Carberry, la mujer que había escandalizado a la alta sociedad con la ruptura de su compromiso. Ella se mostró tan poco complacida de verlo como él, pero James estaba decidido a conocer la verdad sobre...
18) Falsa cortesana
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Después de la excitación de la guerra, el conde de Seagrave pensaba que la vida como civil era tediosa. No obstante, su aburrimiento se esfumó cuando la famosa cortesana Susanna Kellaway reclamó el alquiler de una de sus casas. Nada más conocerse, Nicholas quedó intrigado. Aunque tenía todas las razones para despreciarla, esa "Susanna" era una extraña mezcla de seducción, inteligencia e inocencia. Tanto que estaba empezando a preguntarse...
19) El pretendiente
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Jane Verey no tenía la menor intención de casarse con lord Philip Delahaye. Era un grosero y un borracho, y no estaba dispuesta a pasar el resto de su vida junto a él. Por eso, Jane optó por convertirse en otra mujer para disuadir a su pretendiente. Sin embargo el guapísimo hermano de Philip no era tan fácil de engañar... Alex, el duque de Delahaye, lo había planeado todo, y Jane Verey iba a casarse con su hermano fuera como fuera. Sin embargo,...
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Jane Verey was not going to marry Lord Philip Delahaye! He was rude, insulting and a drunkard! And at the thought of spending a lifetime with him, Jane would even lower herself to deception in order to dissuade her boorish suitor. But Philip's handsome brother would not be so easily fooled...
Jane Verey most certainly was going to marry his brother. Alex, the Duke of Delahaye, had carefully arranged the match, and Miss Verey's tricks would not...