Chargée de parfaire l'éducation de Catalina, une jeune fille espagnole sur le point de se marier avec un riche aristocrate andalou, Maggie se retrouve dans une situation pour le moins délicate. En effet, sa loyauté envers Don Sebastian de Santiago, qui est à la fois son employeur et le futur époux de la jeune fille, est mise à rude épreuve. Comment pourrait-elle rester insensible au désarroi de Catalina, contrainte d'épouser un homme dont elle n'est pas amoureuse ? Révoltée par ces pratiques d'un autre âge, Maggie incite alors Catalina à se rebeller. Un conseil que cette dernière s'empresse de suivre, mais qui n'est pas du goût de Don Sebastian. Furieux que le mariage soit annulé, il tient Maggie pour responsable et exige réparation : elle sera son épouse de substitution !
Lucy Gordon-Vrba Livres
Christine Sparks est une auteure célèbre dont les romans d'amour sont imprégnés de décors européens et de héros charismatiques. Son écriture explore les complexités des relations et le charme des histoires d'amour, avec un œil attentif au personnage et à l'atmosphère. Sparks est particulièrement connue pour sa représentation authentique de la culture italienne et sa conviction du romantisme incomparable des hommes italiens.







He'll ruin her in the boardroom - and take her in the bedroom!
"Who's rescuing whom?" Darius Falcon needs a fresh start--and what better place than his inherited island, sleepy Herringdean? But his ruthless reputation precedes him, and the locals fear he'll change their home. Harriet Connor is no different. Widow Harriet is content with her beloved dog and lifeboat rescue work. She doesn't need some upstart tycoon ruining it all! Yet, after rescuing Darius from a capsized boat, she recognizes that there is more beneath his brooding surface... Can Darius make her see that she might need rescuing just as much as he does?
Plain Jane in the Spotlight
- 184pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Star of The Man From Heaven snapped with semi-clad woman! Travis Falcon, TV heart-throb and all-round charmer, has given the press one too many salacious headlines and his management want him to clean-up his reputation - now! He can't help it if the paps love to catch him in compromising situations...But then Plain Jane Charlene Wilkins ends up on set, and she's perfect 'fake girlfriend' material! Charlene suddenly finds herself in the glitz and glam of a celebrity lifestyle with The Man From Heaven himself. She may not be a professional actress, but she's proving very adept at hiding the real reason behind her visit to LA...And, with her feelings for Travis becoming all too real, her life is about to get complicated!
The Ulster Covenant
- 96pages
- 4 heures de lecture
On the 28th Sept. 1912, over 470,000 people queued to signed Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant. They proclaimed they would surrender neither their 'civil and religious freedom' nor 'their cherished position of equal citizenship in the United Kingdom'. With photos and illustrations from the period, this book tells the story 100 years on.
Lysandros Demetriou: shipping magnate and Athens' most sought-after bachelor. Glamorous women compete for this tycoon's attention, but his focused ruthlessness ensures none outstays her welcome! Until Petra Radnor whirls into his life. Her beauty is a lure Lysandros cannot resist -- she awakens something within him that he's kept hidden for years. When their scorching passion shows no sign of burning out, Lysandros has to decide whether his desire for Petra is a temporary craving or a lifelong obsession
Her Desert Dream
- 265pages
- 10 heures de lecture
her desert dream Liz Fielding Lydia Young is leaving her shelf-stacking job behind and jetting off to Sheikh Kalil al-Zaki's desert kingdom as an aristocratic media darling's lookalike! Lydia's going to savour every second of her desert dream with Kal before she goes back to her old life and the bride wore red Lucy Gordon Olivia Daley believes the best cure for a broken heart is a radical change of scenery. In beautiful China, she's starting a whole new adventure. And, mesmerised by the ancient legends of love, Olivia soon finds herself wishing she could be the bride who wore red
The Venetian Playboy's Bride
- 187pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Venice: a city of secrets and passion! Dulcie Maddox is in Venice to work--but she finds herself wanting to spend every day with a tall, handsome gondolier.... Guido Calvani is no gondolier--he's actually one of the wealthiest aristocrats in Venice. He hasn't told Dulcie that, though; it's refreshing to be wanted for himself, rather than for his money. Only, now he's falling for Dulcie. He'd like to make her his bride--but she has no idea who he really is, not even his real name. Then Guido discovers he's not the only one hiding a secret. And Dulcie's secret turns his world upside down....


