"Opposites attract and sparks fly when the vivacious Arabella falls for a baron who lives under the shadow of a scandalous family secret. 1815, London Arabella Latham is a free spirit who longs to feel the spark of true love, but few men can match her passion for Shakespeare or her zest for life. Though her prospects seem slim, Arabella knows she can always count on the handsome but stoic Lord Henry Northcott, dubbed "The Brooding Baron" by the ton,...

"In 1938, a dead whale washes up on the shores of remote Welsh island. For Manod, who has spent her whole life on the island, it feels like both a portent of doom and a symbol of what may lie beyond the island's shores. A young woman living with her father and her sister (to whom she has reluctantly but devotedly become a mother following the death of their own mother years prior), Manod can't shake her welling desire to explore life beyond the beautiful...

In 1866 Paris, Baroness Sylvie Devereux and her estranged sister, fraudulent spirit mediums, target the de Jacquinots, who believe they are being haunted, hoping to scare them out of their gold, but the sisters are faced with inexplicable horrors, making them question whether they really are at the mercy of vengeful spirit.

...Already by his side? Back from battle, Hamilton of Clan Graham makes a bet with his brother: to find a wife by summer's end! The Scottish warrior enlists his childhood friend Beileag to help him woo the perfect woman. But, like he has, Beileag has changed whilst he's been away-and she intrigues him as never before... His focus should be on winning a bride. So why is Beileag all he can think about?

Her outrageous secret? Her love for the Viscount! Meeting dashing Hugh Wilder again at a Society party brings Sylvia's longing to the fore... When she was left shipwrecked on a remote island there was one other survivor: Hugh! Sylvia's never told a soul that until they were rescued they lived and loved as a married couple. Now Hugh's engaged to another. And Sylvia's supposed to be an innocent spinster. But every time they meet her respectable resolve...

Since the traumatic events of her first Season, Lady Mary Spencer's been wary of Society. Tired of feeling angry and bitter, at a seemingly innocuous garden party she lets her guard down with Luca Guaro. The charming Italian rogue also abhors the ton's dictates, and becomes a much-needed light in Mary's life. A liaison with Luca would be scandalous - so why is she tempted to head to the brink of ruin...?

A proposition to shock the ton. And delight her rogue. Lady Persephone MacGregor is a genius with machines, but hopeless as a debutante! After a lacklustre first season, this one will be her last-and her best chance to experience sensual pleasure if she's going to be a spinster for the rest of her life... So when she meets unconventional Ransom, the charismatic yet elusive owner of a gambling den, she decides to shock him with a daring proposition!...

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Years ago Sabrina walked away from her first love, Jack, because she was duty-bound to marry for money. Now a widow, she finds herself back in Jack's intoxicating orbit - but he's reluctant to trust Sabrina again. And it's not just the brooding Lord who has changed... marriage has left a painful mark on Sabrina. So when they're trapped by a snowstorm, will they find a way to finally be together?

Not even murder can keep this secret buried.

Israel, 1952 – A man lies dead in a city park, his head bashed in. No witnesses. No clues.

It seems like an impossible case. The police have given up. But private investigator Adam Lapid is determined to catch the killer.

Hired to investigate the murder, Adam begins digging into the victim's life. He learns the dead man was a Holocaust survivor, and that

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