82 Results for : earldom
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The Seduction of an Earl: The Daughters of the Aristocracy, Volume 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 655min
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but what about his mistress? Henry Forster has loved only one woman his entire life. Sarah, a farmer's daughter, bore him a son when he was merely the nephew of the Earl of Gisborn. Despite Henry's numerous proposals, Sarah has refused to marry him, claiming he must seek a wife suitable to his rank. And now that he's inherited the earldom and needs a legitimate heir, he is determined to find a biddable wife but keep Sarah as his lover and his young son in his life. Lady Hannah Slater, the daughter of the Marquess of Devonville, decided long ago that men have no regard for their wives and only ever love their mistresses. Husbands, she thinks, are for fathering children. Her large dog, Harold MacDuff can provide protection, but she wants desperately to have a child. So when the Earl of Gisborn offers for her hand, she readily accepts. When the earl doesn't bed her on their wedding night - he thought it inappropriate to take her virtue in her childhood bed - Hannah is upset and makes her displeasure known while the two are on their way to Oxfordshire. In an effort to appease her, Henry agrees to the proviso that he bed only Hannah until she is with child - then he can resume his relations with Sarah. He is unaware that his true love has set her sights on a different future -one that doesn't include him. It will take the antics and devotion of man's best friend to teach Henry and Hannah that sometimes love is right in front of your nose in The Seduction of the Earl. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Troughton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073070/bk_acx0_073070_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Sons of Godwine: The Last Great Saxon Earls, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 625min
Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following 12 years, he became the king's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne - the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him, sometimes, paid the price of his fame.This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project. In The Sons of Godwine and Fatal Rivalry, I am telling the story as it might have survived, had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; and in their memoirs, we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry, but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin E. Green. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200435/bk_acx0_200435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gothic Brides: Book 1-3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 680min
Gothic Brides: Edgy, atmospheric gothic regency romance, exploring the dark, twisted corners of England - these audiobooks are not for the faint of heart. The "Gothic Brides" battle tortured pasts and face dangerous, suspenseful circumstances on their road to a hard-won happily ever after.The Mad Countess, Book 1True love must break the curse of madness...When Lady Claire Deering's mother enters an insane asylum, society is quick to scorn her, dubbing her the "Mad Daughter". But Claire's tattered reputation is the least of her worries, as those rumors hold a horrible, terrifying truth: The Deering women are victims of a dark witch's curse. If Claire marries her true love, she'll spend the rest of her life under the thrall of madness.To save herself, she remains isolated...until a will reading at a mysterious castle on All Hallows Eve places her in close confines with her dearest friend and secret love.Bashful, scholarly Teddy Lockwood has never met a rule he didn't rejoice in following. When he unexpectedly inherits the Ashbrooke earldom, he's determined to turn over a new, more courageous leaf - starting with telling Claire that he's loved her since they were children. The will reading presents the perfect opportunity to win her heart, even if he's vastly out of his element at this enigmatic, shadowy Cornwall castle. Soon, the simmering passion between them becomes unstoppable. Now, to save the love of his life, Teddy will do whatever it takes to break the dark magic's hold on Claire. Will Claire spend her life within the grips of strange delirium, or will love prove the strongest of all?THE DETERMINED DUCHESS, Book 2Death is just the beginning...After the death of her beloved guardian, Miss Felicity Fields is left adrift, her future uncertain. Grief-stricken, she launches a plan to use her knowledge of alchemy to build a Philosopher's Stone, and bring back to life the woman ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sandra Elizabeth Cullum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/212211/bk_acx0_212211_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Bold Heart: The Highland Heather and Hearts Scottish Romance Series, Volume 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min
Scotland, 1488. Ewan was a battle-weary warrior with haunted dreams. He no longer believed in love. As Scotland's greatest warrior and heir to the earldom of Mull, few dared to cross swords with Ewan MacLean. But the price he paid for his fearsome reputation was a heavy one. To survive, he buried his emotions and became only the warrior, riding from battle to battle with his men to protect Scotland from threats within and without her borders and letting himself feel nothing else. But when his right-hand man, Alec Montgomery, is caught dallying with a powerful lord's daughter, a trap is set. And both Ewan and Alec find themselves in an English prison, their necks headed for the noose. On the Isle of Skye, the raven-haired Merry MacLeod spends her days caring for the clan elderly and hurtling across the moors on the back of her black stallion. A high-spirited, adventurous lass, she is no longer troubled by childhood memories of the day the braw lad Ewan MacLean rescued her from her husband, the cruel MacDonald. But when she hears the very same Ewan is now confined in an English prison, she disguises herself as a lad and sets out to repay her debt. After a bold, mysterious youth rescues Ewan and his men from the English, the group swiftly makes their way back to Scotland. But no sooner have they embarked on their journey home than a young Prince James sounds the call to arms, rises against his father, King James III of Scotland, and plunges Scotland into a dangerous civil war. But as they journey to join the prince, both Ewan and Alec discover their rescuer's secret - and both men find themselves falling unexpectedly in love with a raven-haired beauty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katrina Holmes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131856/bk_acx0_131856_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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StormWolfe: Sons of de Wolfe: De Wolfe Pack, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 747min
A USA Today Bestseller!The 'little' de Wolfe Brother, Thomas, is no longer little. The de Wolfe cub has become a big, powerful Wolfe all his own....1291 A.D. - Thomas de Wolfe, commander of Wark Castle, an outpost for Castle Questing, his father's powerful fortress, has come out from the shadow of his mighty father and brothers. Now, he is known as StormWolfe for his fearlessness and cunning. Where Thomas de Wolfe goes, storms are sure to gather.Thomas is rightly feared along the borders just as his father was, because there is no Sassenach knight more courageous or deadly than a de Wolfe. But along with the qualities that make him fearsome, he is also know for being highly intelligent and more than a match for the reivers that run raids along the borders. In the fight against the reivers, Thomas leads the charge.But he has a weakness....Lady Maitland “Mae” de Ryes Bowlin is the sister of Thomas’ good friend. A widow, she has committed herself to a life of servitude with the church and has been assigned the guardianship of a foundling home. Unfortunately, the foundling home has been devastated by mismanagement and the children are starving. It’s Mae to the rescue and Thomas is fascinated by this strong, industrious woman. In fact, he’s quite taken with her, but there’s one problem....He’s betrothed to a madwoman.Thomas is betrothed to the heiress to the Earldom of Northumbria. Marrying her will make him one of the largest landowners in the north. But Adelaide is hiding a dark and terrible secret, one that threatens the very security of the House of de Wolfe. She wants Thomas and she wants him badly enough to kill. When Thomas realizes Adelaide’s true motives, it may be too late to save himself...and Mae.It’s another action-packed de Wolfe Pack novel that is sure to leave you breathless!The de Wolfe Pack Series is Le Veque's flagship Medieval series with 14 novels. They are stand alones and can ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brad Wills. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155800/bk_acx0_155800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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It is Love: Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 62, Hörbuch, Digital, 272min
Michael Belmont is heir to an Earldom, but he is also the family black sheep, a charming gambler leading a dissolute life in France. He has quarrelled with his father, who has threatened to disinherit him. When he reads in a newspaper that his father has died, he does not even have enough money for his fare home. But then he meets the beautiful young Lady Verna, seeking a chauffeur to drive her car home to England. Michael volunteers and while they are on the journey he falls under her spell. He knows that his love for her will reform him and suddenly there is brilliant new hope in his life. But his father has carried out his threat. Michael is not an Earl, but a poor man and Verna's father forbids their marriage. The obstacles they have to face, the plots of Michael's wicked brother, the terrible sacrifice Verna is prepared to make, and how their love is so nearly thwarted, are all here in this exciting romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND. Barbara Cartland was the world's most prolific novelist who wrote an amazing 723 books in her lifetime, of which no less than 644 were romantic novels with worldwide sales of over 1 billion copies and her books were translated into 36 different languages. As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, theatrical plays and books of advice on life, love, vitamins and cookery. She wrote her first book at the age of 21 and it was called Jigsaw. It became an immediate bestseller and sold 100,000 copies in hardback in England and all over Europe in translation. Between the ages of 77 and 97 she increased her output and wrote an incredible 400 romances as the demand for her romances was so strong all over the world. She wrote her last book at the age of 97 and it was entitled perhaps prophetically "The Way to Heaven". Her books have always been immensely popular in the United States where in 1976 her current books were at numbers 1 & 2 in the B. Dalton bestsellers list, a feat Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Wren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lind/003569/bk_lind_003569_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Red Fury: d'Vant Bloodlines, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1092min
If you loved The Wolfe, Rise of the Defender, and The Dark One: Dark Knight, welcome to the original Le Veque epic medieval saga of The Red Fury. England and Scotland collide in this blockbuster tale of revenge, betrayal, hope, and passion.AD 1233. A young woman forced to command her father’s battered Highlander army upon his death. Her only hope in saving her home, and her life, is with a fearsome mercenary called The Red Fury.Elisabel de Carron is a young woman with a massive legacy weighing on her slender shoulders. As heiress to the Earldom of Ayr, she is a cousin to the king through her mother, and the king considers her a most valuable bargaining tool in the politics of Scotland. But Elisabel isn’t a willing pawn for the king - she’s concerned only with saving her family home, Castle Torridon, from the repeated attacks of a former ally. After a particularly nasty siege, Elisabel realizes that they cannot withstand another, and she is forced to summon the most feared mercenary in Scotland, a man known as The Red Fury.Andrew d’Vant is a paradox - an English knight, he escaped his wicked brother years ago and fled to the highlands of Scotland, forming one of the most ragtag and fiercest mercenary armies the world has ever seen. He has become very rich by fighting - and winning - other men’s battles. Summoned by Elisabel, Andrew’s price is too high for the beaten castle, but his instant attraction to Elisabel has him accepting the task for far less than his usual fee. There’s something about the strong, battered, and beautiful woman that draws him in.But The Red Fury gets more than he bargained for.A simple task of defending a castle becomes an enormous and complex tale of adventure, suspicion, royal intervention, and dark family secrets. When Elisabel is thrust into the king’s politics in spite of her resistance, she finds herself pledged to none other than Andrew’s wicked brother. Now, Josephine finds he ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian J. Gill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123570/bk_acx0_123570_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Of Sin & Sanctuary: A Revelry’s Tempest Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
A lady with a heart haunted by past mistakes. A scarred rake determined to avoid all responsibility. One night of gaming to change both of their fortunes. No good deed goes unpunished. Riddled with debt after her husband's death, Lady Vandestile spent years rebuilding her life - a life free of any entanglements with men that would only betray her. But pity has its place. And after fronting funds to the wayward brother of her dearest friend, Lady Vandestile wakes in the morning to find Lord Alton has lost an enormous sum - enough to threaten the very existence of her exclusive gaming house. Enough to threaten her future. A future she once thought never to have. Demanding payment, or at least a guarantee to use against a loan, Violet is forced to corner the rake - or risk losing the only security she has in life. Demons of the past that refuse to yield. He lost her money. And he did it callously, without a care. Violet had plenty, after all. And Theo had none. Never mind that he once would have moved Heaven and Earth for her. But that was before. Before the war marred him for life. Before he turned into a monster. One disastrous night of gaming could change both of their fortunes. As a third son, Violet had always been far out of Theo's reach. Inheriting the earldom and its destitute estate had done nothing to change that fact. But as their lives unexpectedly entwine, danger rears, and Theo and Violet must gather the strength to not only move on from the past but to surrender to the demands of their hearts. Note: The books in the Revelry's Tempest series by K. J. Jackson are each standalone stories and can be listened to individually in any order. These historical romances are set in the regency and Victorian eras and do not shy away from scenes with steamy heat, occasional naughty language, and moments that might possibly make you squirm. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anais Inara Chase. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/109117/bk_acx0_109117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bridgerton Collection Volume 3 (eBook, ePUB)
An enchanting collection containing books seven and eight of #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Regency-set Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix —It's in His Kiss and On the Way to the Wedding—as well as the first book in her Bridgerton Prequel series, Because of Miss Bridgerton. It's in His Kiss Gareth St. Clair's ignoble father is determined to ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may hold the key to his future. The problem is it's written in Italian. Hyacinth Bridgerton has offered to translate. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according to Gareth, best in small doses. But there's something equally charming and vexing about her that draws him in. As they delve into the mysterious text, these two might discover that the answers they seek lie in each other . . . and that there is nothing as simple—or as complicated—as a single, perfect kiss. On the Way to the Wedding Gregory Bridgerton believes he has found his dream woman. Unfortunately, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. Her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, and offers to help Gregory win her heart. In the process, Lucy falls in love—with Gregory! But she is already engaged, and her uncle is not inclined to let her out of the betrothal. Now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar... Because of Miss Bridgerton Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. As a child, tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. There is only one Rokesby Billie absolutely cannot tolerate. George may be the heir to the earldom, but he's arrogant, annoying, and she's certain he detests her. She can't stand the sight of him either. But when Billie and George are quite literally thrown together, sparks begin to fly. They just might discover that the one person they can't abide is the one person they can't live without...- Shop: buecher
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The Earl on the Train (Victorian Rebels, #7) (eBook, ePUB)
THE EARL ON THE TRAIN by Kerrigan Byrne Sebastian Moncrieff is a villain, a traitor, and a pirate, who has recently inherited an Earldom he never wanted. As a man who's committed every sin imaginable, he knows his only chance at redemption is the one woman who ever reached through to his soul of ice. He's kidnapped Veronica Latimer once before and was enchanted by everything about her... This time, when he takes her, he'll have to admit that she's kept his heart captive since the moment they met. But can he convince her to forgive his past in order to claim a future? This sexy romp has it all--a mystery, a feminist heroine worth rooting for, and moments of heat so intense they might need a nurse. - Kirkus Starred Review on The Duke This [is a] page-turning novel full of historical details and sensuous romance. Publishers Weekly Starred Review on The Duke Another hit from the phenomenal Byrne. - Library Journal Starred Review on The Highlander A rich, emotional love story. - The Washington Post on The Highlander Captured me from page one and never let go. Romantic, lush, and suspenseful. - Suzanne Enoch, New York Times bestselling author on The Highwayman A passionate, lyrical romance that takes your breath away. From the first page, you'll fall in love. - Elizabeth Boyle, New York Times Bestseller Byrne makes a stunning debut with a beautifully written, intensely suspenseful, and deliciously sensual love story. - Amelia Grey, New York Times Bestseller The dark, violent side of the Victorian era blazes to life as a caring, competent heroine living under the radar is abducted by a notorious crime lord with wonderfully gratifying results in this exceptional and compelling vengeance-driven romantic adventure. - Starred Library Journal Review on The Highwayman The romance is raw, edgy and explosive...the path they take through adversity makes the triumph of love deeply satisfying. - Publishers Weekly on The Highwayman A truly mesmerizing series that highlights dangerous heroes who flout the law and the women who love them. - Library Journal Starred Review on The Hunter- Shop: buecher
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