Красавица Сафиро Кинтана спасла от верной гибели неотразимого незнакомца. Увы, он помнил лишь свое имя – Сойер Донован. Сойер понимал, что ему предстоят опасные поиски утраченного прошлого и, считая любовь непозволительной роскошью, пытался противостоять чарам прекрасной спасительницы. Но охваченная пламенем первой любви Сафиро, чтобы удержать возлюбленного, пускает в ход и нежность, и страсть, и хитрость, и обольщение…

One of the brightest stars of romantic fiction, the incomparable New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens flings wide the gates of the Bastion Club – an elite society of unmarried London gentlemen dedicated to determining their own matrimonial futures. Here, in one volume, are two of the author's most captivating and sensuous novels: a "prequel" that brilliantly sets the stage for the popular series and an early Bastion delight.

Captain Jack's Woman

Rebellious Kathryn "Kit" Cranmer finds adventure at the head of a rag-tag band of smugglers. But her dashing, ruthless rival, the notorious Captain Jack, rules the night – and becoming this bold man of mystery's woman will carry Kit to new heights of excitement beyond anything she's ever dreamed.

A Gentleman's Honor

Anthony Blake, Viscount Torrington, believes Alicia Carrington when the frightened young beauty swears she's innocent in the murder of the villain who was blackmailing her. But it is more than honor that compels the handsome nobleman to protect her, and to do everything in his seductive power to make Alicia his.

Amanda Grange continues her series of much-loved Jane Austen retellings with "Captain Wentworth's Diary". It is 1806, and the Napoleonic wars are ravaging Europe. Frederick Wentworth, a brilliant young man with a flourishing career in the navy, is spending his shore leave in Somerset, where he meets and falls in love with Anne Elliot. The two become engaged, but Anne's godmother persuades Anne to change her mind, leaving Wentworth to go back to sea a bitter and disappointed man. Eight years pass, and peace is declared. Wentworth is no longer a young man with his way to make in the world, but a seasoned captain with a fortune at his disposal. He is ready to marry anyone with a little beauty who pays a few compliments to the navy - or so he says - until he sees Anne. Anne's bloom has faded, yet she has the same sensibilities and superior mind she had eight years earlier, and before he knows it, he is falling in love with her all over again. Can there be a happy outcome for them this time around, or have they lost their chance of love forever?

Genevieve Ralston sabía cómo satisfacer a un hombre; pero cuando su amante la abandonó sin contemplaciones, se dijo que no querría nada más con el sexo opuesto. Hasta que conoció a Simon, un caballero atractivo e inquietante del que no podía apartar las manos. Pero Simon Cooperstone, vizconde de Kilburn, era espía. Tenía la misión de recuperar una carta misteriosa que se encontraba en manos de Genevieve; y al intentar seducirla para conseguir su objetivo, olvidó poner a salvo su corazón. ¿Estaría a la altura de una amante tan sensual y experimentada?

A instancias de su padre, Lady Victoria Wexhall se ve forzada a viajar de Londres a la finca rural del vizconde Sutton, en Cornualles, donde no se interesa tanto por el noble como por su hermano menor, el doctor Nathan Oliver, un antiguo espía. El destino ha vuelto a unir a Victoria con el primer hombre a quien besó, hace tres años, antes de que desapareciera del mapa tras el fin turbio de una de sus misiones. Espoleada por la búsqueda de unas joyas robadas y la persecución del ladrón, la relación entre Victoria y Nathan avanza a fogonazos por una novela donde abundan los pretendientes de alcurnia, los diálogos incisivos y la sensualidad de la Regencia.

Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knew that only a hasty marriage to an Englishman could protect her from the turmoil in her own land. To the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood, the bold, raven-haired beauty instantly captivated London society. But when Alesandra was nearly abducted by her unscrupulous countrymen, the fighting instincts that won Colin a knighthood for valor were rekindled. Deceiving himself that he wanted only to protect her, Colin swept her into a union meant to be a marriage in name alone...yet Alesandra's tender first kiss and hesitant caress ignited a wildfire in his soul. As the lovely princess dashed headlong into unforeseen dangers, Colin would follow, knowing he must claim her as his own forever. Now he would risk life itself before he would lose this sweet, tempestuous angel...

Captain Yossarian is an American bombardier stationed off the Italian coast during the final months of World War II. Paranoid and odd, Yossarian believes that everyone around him is trying to kill him. All Yossarian wants is to complete his tour of duty and be sent home. However, because the glory-seeking Colonel Cathcart continually raises the number of required missions, the men of the "fighting 256th squadron" must keep right on fighting.

With a growing hatred of flying, Yossarian pleads with Doc Daneeka to ground him on the basis of insanity. Doc Daneeka replies that Yossarian's appeal is useless because, according to army regulation Catch-22, insane men who ask to be grounded prove themselves sane through a concern for personal safety. Truly crazy people are those who readily agree to fly more missions. The only way to be grounded is to ask for it. Yet this act demonstrates sanity and thus demands further flying. Crazy or not, Yossarian is stuck.

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original.

Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn’t even met keep trying to kill him. Catch-22 is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to someone dangerously sane. It is a novel that lives and moves and grows with astonishing power and vitality—a masterpiece of our time.

Arnaud de Montsalvy a contracté la lèpre dans la geôle immonde où Georges de la Trémoille, le tout-puissant favori de Charles VII, l'avait fait jeter pour avoir tenté de délivrer Jeanne "la sorcière". Catherine, désespérée, se retranche du monde et s'enferme avec leur fils Michel dans sa forteresse auvergnate.

Pourtant, le monde n'oublie pas Catherine. Tous ceux qui veulent que le sacrifice de Jeanne d'Arc n'ait pas été vain se liguent pour abattre Georges de la Trémoille. Et c'est pour se venger de cet homme que Catherine trouve enfin la force de quitter son refuge pour se lancer à nouveau dans les plus périlleuses aventures.

Au cœur de la guerre de Cent Ans, Catherine Legoix aime désespérément le noble Arnaud de Montsalvy. Mais Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, la poursuit de son désir.

Devenue l'épouse du grand argentier du duc, le destin de Catherine semble scellé. Et si, désormais, tout pousse Catherine vers le duc, tout semble l'éloigner d'Arnaud : la haine, la guerre, la vengeance.

C'est un calvaire physique et moral, que gravit celle sur qui le grand duc d'Occident a jeté son dévolu. Pourtant, de Dijon à Bruges, de Bruges à Orléans assiégée, tandis que le destin s'acharne sur elle, Catherine poursuit aveuglement son rêve d'amour...

Catherine Legoix, fille d'un orfèvre parisien au temps de la guerre de Cent Ans, est la victime d'une passion sans espoir pour Arnaud de Montsalvy, membre très en vue de l'aristocratie Armagnac, alors qu'elle est elle-même une favorite du Duc de Bourgogne, Philippe Le Bon. Il a arrangé son mariage avec son riche Trésorier, Garin de Brazey et toutes les forces en ces temps troublés dans lesquels ils vivent : la haine, la guerre, la vengeance; poussent à réunir Catherine et Philippe tandis qu'elles l'éloignent d'Arnaud.

Mais Catherine met au défit le gouffre qui sépare les Armagnacs des Bourguignons, menée par son amour aveugle, elle voyage sur les routes de la France et de Bourgogne : de Dijon à Bruges, puis en cette ville assiégée d d'Orleans, où Arnaud de Montsalvy fait parti des troupes qui la défendent. Là son chemin croise celui de la Pucelle, Jeanne d'Arc; et plus tard elle rencontre un ennemi d' enfance, le prétendu "Boucher de Rouen"...

Wie ein figurenreicher, kunstvoll gewebter, in satten Farben prunkender Gobelin breitet dieser Roman das höfische Leben in den Schlössern Karls VII. von Frankreich und das bewegte, reiche Schicksal einer schönen, wagemutigen Frau vor dem Leser aus. Cathérine de Montsalvy, junge Trägerin eines der ältesten Namen des Königreichs, Goldschmiedstochter, Fürstengeliebte und einstige Frau des hingerichteten burgundischen Finanzministers in einem erzwungenen, nie vollzogenen Ehebund, kennt nur ein Ziel: zum Sturz La Trémoilles, des königlichen Favoriten, beizutragen, der das Unglück des Mannes, den sie über alles liebt, verschuldet und den schwachen, vergnügungslüsternen König ins Netz seiner Ränke und Intrigen eingesponnen hat. Eine historische Kulissenkabale um Macht, Reichtum und pervertierte Lust wird zu erzählter Wirklichkeit. Ein weit gefaßter historischer Roman, der den Leser nicht aus seiner Spannung entläßt.

Titel der Originalausgabe ›Cathérine des Grands Chemins‹

Cathérine, die leidenschaftliche Frau von märchenhafter Süße, deren bewegtes Los bereits Millionen von Lesern gefesselt hat, bricht in diesem Roman zu ihrem zärtlichsten und gefahrenreichsten Abenteuer auf. Auf einer Pilgerfahrt ist ihr geliebter Ehemann in maurische Gefangenschaft geraten, in der er einer liebestollen Prinzessin zu Diensten sein muß. Cathérine setzt alles daran, den sehnsüchtig vermißten Gatten, den sie dem Schicksal gegen alle Widerstände abgetrotzt hat, zu befreien … Das mittelalterliche Spanien mit dem düsteren Prunk seiner Paläste und der Macht- und Blutgier seiner kleinen und großen Despoten, mit seinen Kerkern und Klöstern, seiner wilden Natur und seinem weiten Himmel wird zum grandiosen Turnierplatz, auf dem Cathérine de Montsalvy mit ihren Gegnern die Waffen, auch die urweiblichen der Verführung, kreuzt.

Titel der Originalausgabe: ›Cathérine et le temps d'aimer‹

Une vingtaine de portraits de femmes emblématiques et incontournables du règne de Louis XIV. Espionnes, maîtresses ou courtisanes, elles évoluent toutes dans l'ombre du Roi-Soleil.

Agent secret de Louis XIV, femme de lettres et de pouvoir, aventurière, rebelle, épouse bafouée, intrigante ou favorite... toutes les femmes réunies par Juliette Benzoni évoluent dans l'ombre du Roi-Soleil. Toutes sont des figures emblématiques et incontournables du Grand Siècle.

Alliant le souffle de l'aventure à la rigueur de l'histoire, Juliette Benzoni redonne vie à ces figures de femmes exceptionnelles, qu'elles soient espionnes, maîtresses ou courtisanes, qu'il s'agisse des sœurs Mancini, de la princesse des Ursins, de la Grande Mademoiselle, d'Henriette d'Angleterre, de la marquise de Sévigné, de Louise de La Vallière ou encore de Ninon de Lenclos...

Elite 8th Wing pilot Celene Jur was taken captive after a mysterious device temporarily disabled her ship's controls. Three solar months later, when Celene receives intel on the man who built the device, she's ready to get the bastard. Only problem is, the higher-ups think her mission partner should be Nils Calder, a tech-head who can understand the disabling device. The attraction between them is electric, but Celene needs a soldier who can watch her back as she exacts her revenge.

Nils knows his department is nicknamed NerdWorks. Pilots like Celene think the closest tech geeks come to combat is all-night Nifalian chess tournaments. But behind the NerdWorks insignia on his sleeve Nils is an able fighter, ready to prove himself and gain Celene's trust.

The desire between them is unexpected, but with the fate of thousands hanging in the balance, the hotshot pilot and the tech genius must succeed in their mission—no matter the cost.

Rebecca Mandeville

The story of The Changeling is told by Angelet's daughter, Rebecca, who was born in Benedict Lansdon's house in an Australian gold-mining township. Before Rebecca was born, her father had died saving another man's life. She had always looked up to him as a great hero and when she heard that her mother was to marry Benedict Lansdon, she was deeply shocked.

The prolific British author of historical romances (The Pool of St. Branok) continues her lavishly entwined narrative of the families connected to Benedict Lansdon, now a recently bereaved widower, absentee father and wealthy seeker of a Parliament seat. Narrated by Benedict's aggrieved stepdaughter, Rebecca, this complex tale of love and betrayal concerns a three-cornered sibling relationship involving Rebecca, her half-sister, Belinda and Lucie, a country waif informally adopted by Benedict. Aware that her father blames her for her mother's death in childbirth, Belinda takes refuge in michievous behavior. Placid Lucie, however, fits in well with the family, though her lineage is suspect and clouded with mysterious events at St. Branok's pool. Although Belinda seems the most obvious "changeling," Carr sustains an air of doubt and intrigue. The ambience of the Cornish countryside and of Victorian London permeate this piquantly Gothic family saga.

A story set in Regency England. When a chivalrous impulse saddles Viscount Desford with a homeless waif in the engaging shape of Cherry Steane, he asks his childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale, for help. Although they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they remain the best of friends.

In the Faerie realm, Noli Braddock's relationship with her best friend V has grown into something more. But V's mother, Faerie Queen Tiana, has ruled that they are forbidden to see each other. Returning to the mortal realm, Noli joins the crew of her brother's air-pirate ship, the Vixen's Revenge. There she discovers that her brother has hired the scallywag Faerie huntsman, Kevighn Silver. While serving as shipmates, Kevighn and Noli learn that the Earth Court King plans to find a forbidden artifact--one that will bring destruction to everyone Noli loves.

In 1218 an extraordinary princess is born, whose mystical powers and unquenchable spirit will alter the course of history…