Bound by duty, tempted by desire. Guard to the Byzantine emperor, Viking warrior Destin is tasked with delivering his sovereign's runaway bride-to-be to Constantinople. Abandoned at birth, Destin has spent years making something of himself, and with this final task comes the promise of land and riches. Only, the fiercely beautiful Livia refuses to be wed! Destin must return her unharmed--and untouched--but the closer they grow on their journey, the...

"Moments after Lisbeth is born, she's taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. Though Lisbeth leads a life of privilege, she finds nothing but loneliness in the company of her overwhelmed mother and her distant, slave-owning father. As she...

A forbidden romance set during WWII. He danced her off her feet...now she can't stop falling. Nurse Wendy Smith promised her mother she'd see the world, starting with beautiful Hawaii. Her promise to herself--to never depend on a man--is harder to keep when navy officer K.T. McAllister jitterbugs into her life. Then Pearl Harbor is attacked and, as Wendy nurses an injured K.T., she learns he too has promises to people back home. Yet as K.T. grows...

Meeting Marcus, Earl of Malbrook again, nine years after their anonymous encounter, Lady Eloise Grantham, now a widow and raising a child, is unsure how much of her past to reveal but even more so surprised by the possibility of a future together.

Her memory has returned and she's the Countess of Epping! Mary has arrived home, after months away, following a traumatic encounter with a highwayman that wiped her memory. Back in her grand house, her aloof--but distractingly handsome--husband, Anthony, is wary, suspecting her of the worst! But how can she explain that she'd become brave and wily to survive? She'll need those skills if she's to win back her earl's trust, and if they're to resume...

Richard Digby returns home upon news of his father's failing health, never expecting to become enamored with Rose, one of the housemaids.

Arriving in Paris to receive the L�egion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends, and pull off one last daring heist before their illustrious careers are over.

Manga Classics brings Emma to life with this beautiful manga adaptation of Jane Austen's classic tale of youthful folly and romantic exuberance. When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse - one of Jane Austen's immortal creations - flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress...

"It's 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. It suits his withdrawn personality, and the inexplicable occurrences that happen from time to time rattle him less than interaction with the living. But when his best and only friend, the kind but impulsive Jacob Hampton, is conscripted to...