Resultados para "Lisa" en Histórico

En esta novela sus protagonistas forman equipo para cazar marido. Cuatro bellas jóvenes están unidas por un mismo objetivo: valerse de su complicidad y sus armas femeninas para conseguir marido. Una de ellas, Annabelle, intenta seducir a un aristócrata con la intención de salvar a su familia. Pero el destino siempre sorprende....

Nueva Orleans, a comienzos del siglo XIX. Lysette Kersaint, una resuelta criolla que huye de un padrastro que la maltrata y de un matrimonio de conveniencia, encuentraprotección en la casa de Maximilien Vallerand, un notorio libertino que, según se rumorea, asesinó a su adúltera esposa. La atracción entre Max y Lysette no tarda en nacer, pero deberán enfrentarse a los misterios que encierra el pasado de Max

Soltera y todavía virgen, la novelista Amanda Briars no está dispuesta a recibir su trigésimo cumpleaños sin haber hecho el amor. Cuando Jack Devlin llama a su puerta, cree que se trata del regalo que se ha hecho a sí misma: un hombre contratado para una noche de pasión. Aunque algo impide a Jack dar rienda suelta al deseo, su determinación de poseer a Amanda no se detendrá....

En la China del siglo XVII, los manchúes se han alzado con el poder tras derrocar a la dinastía Ming. Ajena al cataclismo político, la joven Peonía vive con su próspera familia en una hermosa casa junto al Lago del Oeste de Hangzhou. Educada de forma exquisita para convertirse en una esposa dócil y culta, Peonía espera emocionada la celebración de su decimosexto cumpleaños.

Primo prequel della serie "Le audaci zitelleLady". Aline Marsden è stata cresciuta con uno scopo: concludere un matrimonio vantaggioso con un membro della propria classe sociale. Invece si è donata a John McKenna, uno stalliere. Una trasgressione imperdonabile, al punto che, per proteggere John dall'ira paterna, Aline gli fa credere di volerlo respingere a causa della sua umile condizione. Così il giovane viene cacciato dalla proprietà e lei confinata in campagna, lontana dalla vita londinese.

Ottuagenaria e tormentata dai rimorsi, Giglio Bianco ripensa al proprio passato e a Fiore di Neve, l'amica scomparsa da molti anni che ha avuto un ruolo cruciale nella sua esistenza. Poiché le rimane solo il dono del tempo, vuole onorarlo raccontando la storia della sua laotong - la compagna di parole segrete - e del tragico equivoco che ha amaramente segnato un legame lungo una vita. Ha inizio così una vicenda di intensa drammaticità ambientata nella Cina del XIX secolo, quando mogli e figlie ancora avevano i piedi bendati e vivevano in uno stato di isolamento pressoché totale.

Suzel, orpheline est recueilli par son oncle le docteur Monil. Elle se liera de sympathie avec ses nouveaux voisins, une jeune fille infirme et son frère Aymard qui veut devenir officier.

Dopo la fine della Guerra civile americana, Heath Rayne, affascinante e volenteroso uomo del Sud, decide di trasferirsi a Concord, Massachusetts, e di rifarsi una vita. Quando vede per la prima volta Lucinda Caldwell e se ne invaghisce, non può immaginare che di lì a poco i loro destini si sarebbero incrociati indissolubilmente.

With her face on wanted posters from New York to Missouri, Christal Van Alen dons a disguise, determined to clear her name by bringing the real killer to justice. But when outlaws ambush her wagon train, her fate falls into the hands of the most dangerous gunslinger in the West. Bringing a gang of deadly felons to justice was supposed to be Macauley Cain's last job. Then the Confederate soldier-turned-undercover US marshal could retire in peace. But first he is going to solve the mystery of the beautiful blonde in widow's weeds.

Heiress Alana Van Alen has everything - but she is living a lie. To protect her sister, she plays society's game and attends dazzling balls and soirees - until a cunningly orchestrated act of revenge leaves her penniless and at the mercy of one of the city's most notorious gentlemen. Dubbed the Predator of Wall Street, Trevor Sheridan rose from abject poverty in Ireland to the pinnacle of power in Manhattan. Yet he's still shunned by the city's elite Four Hundred. Now he has parlayed his hunger for revenge into a scheme to destroy the rich and powerful.

A haunting truth too terrible to share drives beautiful Susan to live as a nun, hiding the reality of her past even from her lifelong friend, Daniel. Growing up, Daniel was her protector and savior, yet when he returns to town, her orderly life is abruptly thrown into disarray. No longer is he the boy from her childhood, but a striking lawman, both dangerous and desirable. Determined to make Susan his wife, Daniel arouses her deepest passions and unlocks her darkest secrets.

Chelsea Wickersham seeks a new start. The conservative English governess agrees to tutor the long-lost heir of the mysterious Cane estate. But when she arrives expecting to find a boy to teach, she is instead introduced to a strange and terrifying sight: Sullivan Cane, a feral, uncivilized man. But Cane is craftier than any beast. Taken from his island hideaway, forced to return to his family estate in Scotland, he strives to outwit his calculating brethren.

When Fiona McFee first meets the straight-laced deputy Jacob Grey, he is naked and bound in a field of foxtails. A con man's daughter through and through, Fiona leaves him there as he swears to never forget her. True to his word, Jacob tracks Fiona to Chicago years later, and he has an offer for her that she can't refuse: A full pardon for her and her father in exchange for her help in catching a counterfeiter. All she must do is pose as a wealthy British widow and play poker on a tourist train heading West.

Lettie Grey is in love with a man who exists only in her thoughts. The highwayman, dark and dangerous, dwells in her most wanton fantasies where he stirs her deepest desires. But when Ethan McGuire, a bank robber and fugitive, arrives in her small town, Lettie realizes the sensual stranger of her imagination is more than just a dream. On the run from the law and a ruthless band of vigilantes, Ethan seeks shelter in the safety of Lettie's small attic bedroom, and in the heat of her embrace.

After a devastating betrayal leaves Ginny Parker broken and alone, she hastily agrees to marry a man she’s never met and start a new life in Eden Creek, Utah. Orrin Ghant only wants a woman to help raise his three daughters, and a companion with whom to share life in the Utah wilderness. But upon the arrival of Ginny, he soon finds his new wife has brought with her more than he could have hoped.