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It was a ghastly horror of a house party. Miss Penelope Childe and all the others were awaiting the end of the wicked earl's rotten life. The disinherited son, the new heir, the illegitimate son - all of them are there. Murder is done. The centuries-old curse has struck again. Penelope alone heard the supernatural scream and sees the ghosts that no one else can. Penelope is a reluctant bride-to-be, contracted to wed a man she's never met before. She intensely dislikes her betrothed, the rakish Lord Taredell.

Bailey's graduate science classes are much harder than she expected them to be, and strict, young Professor Jacobs, in particular, seems out to get her, finding minute mistakes in her work, making her re-do assignments she's already meticulously completed. When he forces her to start staying late in the lab, Bailey complains to her roommate that she's about ready to quit school altogether, but what she doesn't know is that her stern professor has a carnal lesson he's waiting to teach her.

Ever since the brutal murder of her aunt, Kate O’Connell always wanted to be a police detective. On her first day on the Surrey Murder Team, Kate is thrown into the deep end. A local businessman has been murdered. Ritually sacrificed in a local forest. Partnered with the disgraced Nathan, they strive to hunt down the killer before he strikes again.

Pour certaines, c'est l'heure de la revanche. Pour d'autres, celle de la délivrance. Ou de l'espérance. Tout se noue, se dénoue, se renoue...

Super-smart, shy Violet has a huge crush on her roommate, Chloe - but Violet can't come out with her confession, because nobody knows that Violet prefers girls. Chloe invites Violet to join the sorority sisterhood of Eta Nu Pi and in spite of her reservations, Violet can't resist Chloe's persuasive argument, but when the girls find themselves involved in an erotic, mind-blowing hazing, both of them discover something about themselves - and each other.

Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte – ever!). History is boring, right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven – like me – but she's left school and has a job as a nursery maid. Her life is really hard, just work work work, but I bet she'd know what to do about my mum's awful boyfriend and his wimpy little son. I bet she wouldn't mess it all up like I do ...

Liam Bartlett had nearly lost his life in San Salustiano, and for five years the correspondent had done his best to silence his ghosts. But when Marisala Bolivar arrived in Boston, all his memories returned - along with a white-hot hunger for the young rebel who'd hidden him and kept him alive. Marisala ached for Liam's touch, so long forbidden but now hers to fight for with a woman's fierce need. Could a love once forged in fire at last burn true?

Bataille pour choisir les vêtements, crise d'envie au supermarché, répétition des gestes interdits... Entre un et cinq ans, les enfants peuvent avoir des comportements face auxquels les parents se sentent démunis. Certains y voient des manifestations d'opposition ou d'insolence, d'autres culpabilisent inutilement. Pourtant, des explications scientifiques, issues de la neurophysiologie et de la psychologie expérimentale, permettent d'éclairer, de comprendre, ces attitudes.

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Ces filles-là sont intrépides. Elles ne demandent rien aux autres. Tout à elles-mêmes. Cachent leur peur sous un sourire...

Lord Robert discovers his betrothed, Theresa Huntington, in the arms of her childhood friend. He finds it difficult to believe their protests of innocence. He rides off to war, informing her that she is free of their betrothal. But Theresa doesn't want her freedom. She loves him. By Christmas, when she hears nothing more from him, she fears he has been killed. Surely Lord Robert can't be dead!

The world has moved on, but Ivy just can't. Besides, she has everything she needs on her sustainable-living wooded homestead, and no desire to brave this grim new world. Until the day a massive bear chases her into an isolated cabin and she discovers she's not alone.

Following the death of her husband, Kathryn Ellis becomes the new housekeeper at Hodder Hall, keen to embark on a bright new future...only, her past won’t let her go just yet, and the ghosts that stalk the village threaten to cut her future short.

Les filles sont partout dans ce roman. Elles mènent la danse. De New York à Paris, de la Bourgogne à Londres ou à Miami...

Beatrix Manning, cousin to the beautiful Lady Cordelia, wants to be a famous novelist. Although she enjoys reading out her silly stories to the Literary Gathering of Dubious Merit, she has secretly been working on a book that she hopes will change her fortunes, but it requires a rewrite due to some unflattering caricatures of the Ton within the pages. Felix Drake, a budding publisher and printer intent on growing his business, is flattered and grateful when an old friend invites him to read to her wealthy friends.

When Ruby and Verity met as girls, they came from different worlds. Verity was privately educated, living in a beautiful Hampstead home, while Ruby was being raised in extreme poverty. Nevertheless, they became firm friends. However, fortunes are not set in stone, and soon the girls find their situations reversed. As Ruby goes up in the world, Verity encounters more and more tragedy, but still the girls remain a large part of each other's lives.

When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened. There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well - too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead - if the hijackers can find out who he is! And there isn’t much time. One man lies dead on the runway. In a few minutes the hijackers will use their guns again. And the Prime Minister knows who they are going to kill.

Autumn 1917 and Great Britain is still at war with Germany. Stylish lady detective, Miss Isabel Hewitt and her household are coping with the hardships of the Home Front, when she learns that her sweetheart and former confidant, Clarke, has been badly injured. She hopes he will be repatriated soon but there is no time to plan, as she is approached by a Lady Shillington for help. The lady has been conducting an illicit affair and has been photograph with her lover.

It is June 1916 and Great Britain is at war with Germany. Lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt's former manservant and confidant, Clarke, has returned to the trenches as part of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He is currently in Northern France.

Caught between her iron-willed father and the powerful, attractive earl. Barbara Cribbage has been sold into marriage by her common-born father in his bid to attain social status. He is forced into marriage. The Earl of Chatworth weds Babs in exchange for mortgages he inherited and his debts of honor, which Mr. Cribbage has fraudulently acquired. She takes a desperate gamble. Babs is not willing to be used as a pawn any longer. Summoning all her courage, Babs strikes a bargain with the formidable earl.