Emi Ehm Livres

When Frederica brings her younger siblings to London determined to secure a brilliant marriage for her beautiful sister, she seeks out their distant cousin the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lovely, competent, and refreshingly straightforward, Frederica makes such a strong impression that to his own amazement, the Marquis agrees to help launch them all into society. "Lord Alverstoke cant resist wanting to help her " Normally wary of his family, which includes two overbearing sisters and innumerable favor-seekers, Lord Alverstoke does his best to keep his distance. But with his enterprising - and altogether entertaining - country cousins getting into one scrape after another right on his doorstep, before he knows it the Marquis finds himself dangerously embroiled...

Eustacie, jung und abenteuerlustig mit charmantem französischem Akzent, ahnt nicht, dass sie in dem langweiligen England eine Heldin wird, die ihre kühnsten Träume übertrifft.

In diesem heiteren Regency-Roman von einer Meisterin des Genres versucht Tante Abby, ihre Nichte Fanny vor dem charmanten, aber zweifelhaften Stacy Calverleigh zu schützen. Als Stacys skandalumwitterter Onkel auftaucht, wird Abby von seiner geheimnisvollen Aura angezogen, während sie sich gegen ihre Gefühle wehrt.

Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1958.

His exploits were legendary…Captain John Staple, back from the battlefront, is already bored with his quiet civilian life in the country. When he stumbles upon a mystery involving a disappearing toll-gate keeper, nothing could keep the adventure-loving captain from investigating.But winning her will be his greatest yet…The plot thickens when John encounters the enigmatic Lady Nell Stornaway and soon learns that rescuing her from her unsavory relatives makes even the most ferocious cavalry charge look like a particularly tame hand of loo. Between hiding his true identity from Nell and the arrival in the neighborhood of some distinctly shady characters, Captain Staple finds himself embarked on the adventure-and romance-of a lifetime.

When she meets Charles Audley, dashing aide-de-camp to the great Duke of Wellington himself, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo ...