Goldenes Zeitalter

Zwei Zeitebenen, ein Schicksal.Eine goldene Taschenuhr, gefunden im Jahr 2012, verändert Hannas Leben für immer. Plötzlich findet sie sich im Jahr 1912 wieder - an Bord der Titanic. Sie kennt das Ende des Schiffes, aber niemand will ihr glauben. Zwischen Eisbergen, Verzweiflung und einem geretteten Jungen namens Richard beginnt für Hanna ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Als die Uhr sie erneut fortreißt, findet sie sich 1929 in Amerika wieder - mitten in einer Welt am Abgrund. Richard lebt, ist ein Mann geworden. Ihre Wege kreuzen sich von Neuem, während die Schatten der Vergangenheit sie weiter verfolgen. Hanna bleibt eine Gefangene der Zeit - und ihres Schicksals.

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!He's not like other dukes…Paris, 1889Physician Aurora Montalban Wright takes risks in her career, but never with her heart. Running an underground women’s clinic exposes her to certain dangers, but help arrives in the unexpected form of the infuriating Duke of Annan. Begrudgingly, Aurora accepts his protection, then promptly finds herself in his bed. New to his role as a duke, Apollo César Sinclair Robles struggles to embrace his position. With half of society waiting for him to misstep and the other half looking to discredit him, Apollo never imagined that his enthralling bedmate would become his most trusted adviser. Soon, he realizes the rebellious doctor could be the perfect duchess for him. But Aurora won’t give up her independence, and her secrets make her unsuitable for the aristocracy.When dangerous figures from their pasts return to threaten them, Apollo whisks Aurora away to the French Riviera. Far from the reproachful eye of Parisian society, can Apollo convince Aurora that their bond is stronger than the forces keeping them apart? Can't get enough of the Las Leonas? - Book 1: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris - Book 2: An Island Princess Starts a Scandal - Book 3: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

Arizona Territory, 1879Hiding in plain sight has always been Jimmy's specialty-but in the questionable town of Linden, staying invisible becomes impossible. One ride into town changes everything for him: he rescues Josephine from her harassers, gains an unexpected promotion in the Van Der Kamp gang, and gets adopted by a stray dog tied to a dangerous mystery.Already torn between his loyalty to Van Der Kamp and his desire for justice, a promise to an undercover marshal and his growing bond with Josephine complicate matters as Jimmy is caught in a web of deceit. Linden's convoluted operations include ties to Mack Pennington, a ruthless industrialist and enemy to both Van Der Kamp and the marshal. Even Josephine's connection to the town's secrets forces unlikely alliances between lawlessness and the law.Blinded by self-doubt and his need for justice, Jimmy never expected to find love-or a sense of home-but Josephine offers both. As danger closes in, Jimmy must navigate working with the gang, the law, and the townspeople to unravel the mystery, protect Josephine, and see justice served.

'An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance, gorgeous worldbuilding, and anxious scholars doing their best to meet the world with kindness and curiosity' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light<BR><BR>A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.<BR><BR>A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other.<BR><BR>Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.<BR><BR>A year later, E.'s sister Sophy, and Henerey's brother Vyerin, are left to solve the mystery of their siblings' disappearances with the letters, sketches and field notes left behind. As they uncover the wondrous love their siblings shared, Sophy and Vyerin learn the key to their disappearance - and what it could mean for life as they know it.<BR><BR>Praise for Sylvie Cathrall:<BR><BR>'With its gorgeous underwater setting and whimsical academic sensibility, A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a strange, epistolary wonder.' Mary McMyne, author of The Book of Gothel<BR><BR>'A shimmering, delicately crafted delight. . . Readers looking for heart warming romance and scholarly mystery against the backdrop of a wildly imaginative world will be charmed' H.G. Parry, author of The Magician's Daughter<BR><BR>'Cathrall's debut caught me up on a wave of whimsy and swept me away with its charm. A story to be cherished' Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black<BR><BR>'A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a fascinating and charming story told in a uniquely elegant voice. A watery wonder of a novel! I loved it.' Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches <BR><BR>'A Letter to the Luminous Deep is like nothing I've read before. The heartfelt intimacy of the epistolary narrative, juxtaposed with the magnificent oceanic world-building, results in a novel that is at once deeply human and mind-bogglingly imaginative. Both the setting and the story are exquisite, but it was the lovingly crafted voices of the characters that kept me hooked from beginning to end' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

"Robinson (Captivated by His Convenient Duchess) completes her 'Redford Dukedom' duet with this touching Gilded Age romance, a compelling, closed-door, transatlantic love story." - Library Journal Favorite to win… The heiress’s heart! Committed bachelor Lord Wesley Wadsworth came to America for one reason: to introduce his Thoroughbred horses to New York racing circles. He’s not looking for a partnership, business or otherwise…until he encounters Manhattan heiress Miss Julia Eastman. Her stables are perfectly suited to house Wesley’s team, and even better, she shares his steadfast aversion to courtship. But when a convenient marriage is all that can keep Julia’s dreams of becoming the nation’s first female racehorse owner alive, can Wesley really stand by and watch her wed another?From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.The Redford DukedomBook 1: Captivated by His Convenient DuchessBook 2: Winning His Manhattan Heiress

'An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance, gorgeous worldbuilding, and anxious scholars doing their best to meet the world with kindness and curiosity' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light<BR><BR>A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming pen pal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.<BR><BR>A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other.<BR><BR>Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.<BR><BR>A year later, E.'s sister Sophy, and Henerey's brother Vyerin, are left to solve the mystery of their siblings' disappearances with the letters, sketches and field notes left behind. As they uncover the wondrous love their siblings shared, Sophy and Vyerin learn the key to their disappearance - and what it could mean for life as they know it.<BR><BR>Praise for Sylvie Cathrall:<BR><BR>'With its gorgeous underwater setting and whimsical academic sensibility, A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a strange, epistolary wonder.' Mary McMyne, author of The Book of Gothel<BR><BR>'A shimmering, delicately crafted delight. . . Readers looking for heart warming romance and scholarly mystery against the backdrop of a wildly imaginative world will be charmed' H.G. Parry, author of The Magician's Daughter<BR><BR>'Cathrall's debut caught me up on a wave of whimsy and swept me away with its charm. A story to be cherished' Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black<BR><BR>'A Letter to the Luminous Deep is a fascinating and charming story told in a uniquely elegant voice. A watery wonder of a novel! I loved it.' Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches <BR><BR>'A Letter to the Luminous Deep is like nothing I've read before. The heartfelt intimacy of the epistolary narrative, juxtaposed with the magnificent oceanic world-building, results in a novel that is at once deeply human and mind-bogglingly imaginative. Both the setting and the story are exquisite, but it was the lovingly crafted voices of the characters that kept me hooked from beginning to end' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

A young couple's love is threatened by the destructive power of money, by one of the greatest authors of her age In this beautiful novel, Edith Wharton perceptively describes the seductions and temptations of high society with all her trademark wit and irony. Nick Lansing and Susy Branch are young, attractive, but impoverished New Yorkers. They are in love and decide to marry, but they realise their chances of happiness are slim without the wealth and status that their more privileged friends take for granted. Nick and Susy agree to separate whenever either encounters a more eligible proposition. However, as they honeymoon in friends' lavish houses, from a villa on Lake Como to a Venetian palace, jealous passions and troubled consciences cause the idyll to crumble.

If he's lucky, perhaps he can convince her to be wicked with him just once. Or maybe even forever...Daphne Raven is happy with her prospective betrothed. He'll be the perfect husband-meek, mild, and unlikely to stir any emotional chaos within her. But when she travels to London for her wedding attire, all it takes is one night at a ball (and a passionate case of mistaken identity) to shatter her faultless plans and make her question everything...The last thing Corey Jefferson, Duke Renford, wants is a wife. A mistress will suit him-and the scars of his past-just fine. He thought the stunning mystery woman he kissed at the ball would be his ideal paramour. Until he discovered who she really was...and realized she could never be his. No matter how much he wished things were different for them...When all is said and done, are the wicked rake and the innocent wallflower destined for happily ever after-or a lifetime of heartache?

A Steampunk Romance set aboard the luxury airship 'Soaring Dragon'. Lin Mei Lau covets the adventurous life that the world-famous airship, The Soaring Dragon, has to offer.She's on the cusp of an arranged marriage and a lifetime of quiet village life that she doesn't want, when she's mistaken for a spy and abducted right before the airship departs from Hong Kong, bound for London.That 'adventurous life' she dreamed of proves to be a little more harrowing than she ever imagined it could be.Antiquities Professor Joseph Kaisin has finally finished packing up his father's Hong Kong household and prized inventions to be shipped back to London.An impromptu meeting at the pier leads to a reunion with Joe's oldest friend, and his enchanting younger sister, Lin Mei Lau.Employed as a covert crown agent and connected to his father's work, Joe is kept busy and always expects trouble. It comes with the job.What he didn't expect was how much trouble Lin Mei could fall into-all because of one little tiger cub she found among the cargo that caught her heart.And now that she's caught Joe's, he has no choice but to help her on her mission to protect and rescue the fuzzy little feline... ...fortunately, protecting is Joe's best job.

To get her happily ever after, she's ready to do something reckless...Miss Harlow York has been planning for her second season in London for months, and she's finally ready to achieve her goal: winning the heart of the elusive Earl Kemsley. It won't be easy, but she's more than up for the challenge. And one thing is certain. He'll have no idea what hit him...Lord Kemsley isn't interested in love or marriage. The bachelor life is for him. But that doesn't mean he'd deny others the opportunity. So, when the delectable Harlow asks for his help winning another gentleman's heart, he's all in. He has nointention of falling for her himself. That's the plan, at least...He's determined to remain a bachelor. She's determined to change his mind. Let the battle of wills-and hearts-begin...

Love favors the bold. But who's to say the risk is truly worth the reward...Caspian Graystone, Baron Strathmore, has no plans to wed. He survived the inferno that claimed his entire family, but the scarred, intolerant man he's become has no need of society or the gossipmongers who think he started the blaze to inherit the barony. That is why he's shocked when he finds himself drawn to the vivacious and spirited Corinna Brockman. He has no business seeking out her company. But that's exactly what he does...Corinna faces spinsterhood and is generally fine with the prospect. She prefers the study of architecture and ancient languages to most traditional pursuits and has no interest in opportunistic suitors who care more for her beauty than her mind. Which is why her sudden interest in Caspian makes no logical sense whatsoever. But, as it turns out, her heart cares not one whit about logic... Can an avowed bachelor and a spinster find the courage to take a chance on love-and each other? Or will they decide the risk to their hearts isn't worth a potential happily ever after?Secrets, Scandals, and Sigh-worthy, Sweet romance.You won't be able to turn the pages fast enough in this class difference Regency sweet and wholesome historical by a USA Today bestselling author to find out what happens to Corinna and Caspian next. If you enjoy reading opposites attract, reformed rogue, and strong-spirited heroine stories sprinkled with a dab of humor, a dash of suspense, and heartwarming emotion, then you'll adore Collette Cameron's tantalizing THE HONORABLE ROGUES SERIES®. Buy A ROGUE WORTH THE RISK and settle into your favorite reading nook for a rousing romantic escape into history you can't put down. Though this book can easily be read as a stand-alone, most readers prefer to read the series in order. THE HONORABLE ROGUES® SERIES:A Kiss for a RogueA Bride for a RogueA Rogue's Scandalous WishTo Capture a Rogue's HeartThe Rogue and the WallflowerA Rose for a Rogue'Twas the Rogue Before ChristmasA Rogue Worth the Risk

If he won't give her his heart, she'll just have to steal it...Tatum Chance, Duke of Romney, wants nothing to do with love. So, getting married was the last thing he had planned. But when an innocent miss is seen mistakenly stumbling into his room while he is ensconced in a bath, he's left with little alternative. Well, he might've been forced into marriage, but no one can make him surrender his heart-not even his new bride. No matter how utterly tempting she is...Millie Woodville wanted nothing more than to find a love match when she came to London for a Season. Instead, she found herself wed to a grumpy, quarrelsome, and unnervingly handsome man. But Millie isn't one to give up easily, so she'll do whatever is necessary to make the most of her new marriage. Her husband will adore her. Even if she has to become a seductress to make it happen...Will this battle of wills-and hearts-end in happily ever after, or devastation?

Toxic medicine, a fanatic Chicago detective, and a fatal plunge down a steep staircase embroil Val and Roddy DeVere in a dangerous quest for facts in 1899. Roddy's fledgling business teeters as his partner begs him to free him from a detective's "witch hunt." The question: was the partner's wife's fatal free fall an accident? Or was it murder?

2023 Selah Awards Finalist Behind the curtain, she must put on the performance of a lifetime . . . while love and risk take center stage.Delia Vittoria's mother has lost her voice at last. After five years of being her diva mother's understudy, it is time for Delia to assume her place as the lead soprano onstage behind the Academy of Music's faded velvet curtain. And she is all that stands between the Academy and its greatest threat--the nouveaux riches' lavish new Metropolitan Opera House.Kit Quincy never misses opening night, but when his sister begs him to help get her husband out of an Italian opera star's arms, Kit accidentally confronts the younger Lady Vittoria instead. When he meets the stunning young diva again, he attempts to make amends, but then finds himself pulled into a society matron's plot to win the great opera war. To draw attention to Delia Vittoria as the Academy's new soprano star, Kit is convinced to act as both Delia's patron and the enigmatic phantom who once haunted the Academy years ago. But when a second phantom appears, more than Delia's rising career is threatened."His Delightful Lady Delia is full of yearning and humor and just the right touch of old-fashioned Victorian melodrama."--SARAH SUNDIN, bestselling author of Until the Leaves Fall in Paris

New York's "Diamond Horseshoe" balcony in the Metropolitan Opera House glittered with ladies' jewels in January 1899, and Society seated in private boxes heard Mozart's murder victim sing his song of death-unaware that the sudden death of a "Coal King" in Box 18 will be ruled a homicide.When opera-goers Val and Roddy DeVere are asked to investigate ("on the q.t."), Val finds herself suspected of complicity in the murder.The police have "material evidence" against her. Before a jury, Val's lawyer husband reminds her, "'material' evidence can be the bright, shiny object that overrides all reason and fact."

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Finalist in the Daphne De Maurier mystery and The Maggie writing contests.When wealthy Chicagoan Nicholas Shield set off to find his missing sister, he never expected to come face to face with his infamous past, let alone his own mortality. Six weeks ago, his beloved sister vanished without a word. The Pinkerton agent his father hired picked up her trail in the Colorado mountains only to abandon the search when the altitude made him sick. Now it was up to Nick to find her and bring her home.Armed with the name of a local investigator to guide him and a chess piece he was ordered to present, Nick started his search in a hell hole of a town called Colorado City where drinking and gambling and whoring were the mainstays of life. And where Lee Wilcox, the man he expected to hire, turned out to be Lilly Kane, the woman who had left him seven years before and for whom he still pined. The last man Lilly Kane expected to see in the wildest of the West was Nicholas Shield, the fun-loving, irreverent hedonist who had fathered her child. The man she once loved, the man she now hated. Because of him she had remade her life not once, but twice, and no one was going to upset her world ever again. Or so she thought... until he reentered her life, all virile masculinity, apologetic, and desperate to find his sister. Deep down she knew she was the only one who could help him. As a secret government agent hunting sex slavers, she knew more than anyone how innocent women could be unwittingly manipulated by unscrupulous flesh peddlers into working the gold camps, and she feared his sister might have fallen victim to this sad fate. Joining forces, they pledged a truce, each hoping to fulfill their mission without igniting the glowing embers still burning between them.As they pick up the trail high in the mountains, one thing soon becomes painfully clear. While they hunt for Nick's sister, someone is hunting Lilly. And anyone standing in the way is considered collateral damage. Including Nick.Heat Level: SteamyMemories and Moonbeams is a standalone love story in The Chessmen series--steamy, emotional stories of strong late Victorian heroines and the men who love them.