Romantik & Erotik

Sian Bishop has left the hustle and bustle of the city behind and has thrown herself into a new life in the country. With her young son, her picture-postcard garden and her small thriving business, she's happy and very busy. She is not - repeat not - looking for love. And then, one glorious summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives.

The first book in #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Ellen Malpas' Smoke & Mirrors Duology following the scandal of a rebellious British princess who falls in love with a Hollywood actor.

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The Professor (1857) is English writer Charlotte Brontë¿s first novel. Rejected by several publishing houses, Brontë shelved the novel in order to write her masterpiece Jane Eyre (1847). After her death, The Professor was edited by Brontë¿s widower, Arthur Bell Nichols, who saw that the novel was published posthumously. Based on Brontë¿s experience as a student and teacher in Brussels¿which similarly inspired her novel Villette¿The Professor is an underappreciated early work from one of English literature¿s most important writers.After rejecting a life as a clergyman, William Crimsworth goes to work as a clerk for his brother Edward, a successful businessman. Although he excels, his brother grows jealous of his ability and intelligence, abusing and belittling him until he is forced to quit. Disappointed, he accepts a job at a boarding school in Belgium where, mentored by the kind Monsieur Pelet, William flourishes as a professor. When news of his work reaches Mademoiselle Reuter, a local headmistress at a school for girls, she offers him a position, and William joins her staff. He begins to grow suspicious, however, when he overhears Reuter speaking about him with Pelet and discovers that the pair are engaged to be married. As he begins to second-guess their kindness, he falls in love with Frances, a young teacher-in-training. Harboring her own secret affection for William, Mademoiselle Reuter decides she must dismiss Frances if she is to maintain her control of the young Englishman. Charlotte Brontë¿s The Professor is a novel of romance, jealousy, and gothic mystery, an early and promising work by one of Victorian England¿s most prominent writers.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charlotte Brontë¿s The Professor is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Eugénie Grandet (1833) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as Balzac began to formulate the grand scale of his La Comédie humaine sequence, Eugénie Grandet was eventually tied into the universe of his epic realist masterpiece, a holistic vision of nineteenth-century French society which sought to observe the consequences of the political, religious, and economic shifts of the Revolution and in its aftermath. This novel looks to the moral failings of a particular nouveau riche family, whose accumulation of wealth has quickly erased any sense of their working-class origins.After the Revolution, master cooper Felix Grandet married the daughter of a successful merchant, ascended in the political and social life of the town of Saumur, and quietly amassed an immense wealth through industry and inheritances from his wife's family. Now an old man, Felix possesses a fortune he feels no inclination to use, not even to improve the daily lives of his ailing wife and young adult daughter Eugénie, who faces frequent incursions from local suitors intent on marrying her to attain her father's wealth. When Felix's nephew Charles arrives from Paris with a letter from the patriarch's estranged brother Guillaume, tragic circumstances force him to choose between habitual greed and the immense pressure of performing what for anyone else would be a basic act of generosity. Eugénie Grandet is a powerful story of fortune, power, and the ease with which these lead to moral failure.Published at the dawning of Balzac's most productive and critically-acclaimed period, this novel is not only a good introduction to his lengthy La Comédie humaine sequence, but an irreplaceable work of nineteenth-century realist literature.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Honoré de Balzac's Eugénie Grandet is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.

Lost Illusions (1837-1843) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as part of his La Comédie humaine sequence, Lost Illusions looks at scenes of Parisian and provincial life involving friendship, desire, and literary ambition. Inspired by his own experiences as a journalist and publisher, Balzac sought to tell a story adjacent to his own, a story concerning a young man for whom talent is abundant but recognition is woefully scarce. The novel's protagonist, Lucien Chardon, features in Balzac's work A Harlot High and Low, as does the villain Vautrin, who appears toward the end of Lost Illusions and throughout Father Goriot, one of author's most popular and enduring works.The son of a middle-class father and aristocratic mother, Lucien Chardon is a promising young poet. He lives in Angoulême with his now-impoverished mother-who is also a widow-and his sister Ève. In the province, he spends his days with his loyal friend David Séchard, who encourages his literary lifestyle while studying to be a scientist. David's eventual marriage to Ève only brings the two friends closer together, but when Lucien meets the wealthy and influential Mme. de Bargeton, with whom he flees to Paris, their friendship is lost to Lucien's unstoppable ambition. In the city, abandoned by Mme. de Bargeton and living under his mother's maiden name, Lucien de Rubempré sacrifices morality, friendship, and family at the altar of poetry, slowly becoming another person altogether. Lost Illusions is one of Balzac's most sustained character studies, a novel which critiques humanity and high society as much as it does his own commercial interests as a professional writer.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Honoré de Balzac's Lost Illusions is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.

When young Gaston moves to Bayeux, a small province in Normandy, he feels stranded. Though he would rather spend his time in the capital city, Gaston must stay in Bayeux until he recovers from his illness. He feels unsatisfied and bored, until he hears the rumor about a woman living as a recluse on the countryside. Victomtesse de Beauseant is a beautiful woman who had been abandoned by her husband many years ago. Devastated, and now stuck in a loveless marriage because she cannot get a divorce, she lives in isolation. Gaston is moved by her story and becomes fixated, desperate to meet her. When he finally gets the courage to visit her home, Victomtesse de Beauseant is flattered by his infatuation, and despite her being ten years his senior, Beauseant and Gaston become lovers. However, their private paradise is soon interrupted by Gaston¿s disapproving mother, who is pressuring him to marry a woman he does not love. As rumors grow and Gaston¿s mother becomes more persistent, Gaston and Victomtesse¿s love is tested and threatened like never before. The Deserted Woman exemplifies Honoré de Balzac¿s extraordinary literary ability that has influenced esteemed authors such as Henry James and Charles Dickens. With intricate prose and unparalleled compassion, Honoré de Balzac explores the too-common predicament of women trapped in unhappy relationships. The Deserted Woman tells the emotional tale of the pressure society put on women and men to enter marriages that prioritized social and financial compatibility over a real, mutual, love connection. Though it does not exist to such an extent in Western society, Balzac¿s The Deserted Woman invites readers to consider how this spirit of unhealthy marriages is still alive in modern relationships. Balzac dedicated much of his career to the pursuit of capturing all aspects of society with his realist lens, creating celebrated work that influences the perspective of society. This edition of The Deserted Woman by Honoré de Balzac features a striking new cover design and is reprinted in a modern, easy-to-read font, creating an approachable reading experience for a contemporary audience.

For at vinde hjertet hos Englands smukkeste mand, må Lettice Knollys samle alt sit mod. For Robert Dudley, jarlen af Leicester, er dronningens elskede, og i et land, hvor Elizabeths ord er lov, og bødlens skygge falder på enhver, der vover at fornærme hende, er det farligt at følge sit hjerte. Hele sit liv elskede dronning Elizabeth d. I kun to mænd lidenskabeligt: jarlen af Leicester og jarlen af Essex. Og dog var der én bestemt kvinde, som altid stod i vejen for dronningen: Den smukke Lettice Knollys, som giftede sig med jarlen af Leicester, og som bogstavligt talt stjal ham for næsen af dronningen. Mærkelig nok var det den selvsamme Lettice, der var mor til dronningens elskede jarl af Essex; manden som med sit forræderi en dag skulle komme til at knuse dronningens hjerte. ”Dronningen er min fjende” er historien om to kvinders kamp om de samme mænd – om magt, intriger og fjendskab, men også om den dybe inderlige kærlighed.Victoria Holt (1906-1993) er en af verdens mest elskede romanceforfattere. Holt debuterede som skribent allerede som 17-årig, men det var hendes historiske romance-romaner, der gav hende et internationalt gennembrud. I dag er hendes romaner solgt i over 50 millioner eksemplarer verden over.

Venus in India (1889) is an erotic novel by Charles Devereaux. Published pseudonymously, the novel is styled as the autobiography of its fictional author, a young British Cavalry officer whose deployment in India is filled with romantic escapades. "The war in Afghanistan appeared to be coming to a close when I received sudden orders to proceed, at once, from England to join the First Battalion of my regiment, which was then serving there. I had just been promoted Captain and had been married about eighteen months." Sent to India on a last minute military assignment, Captain Devereaux takes his time arriving at his final destination on the North West Frontier. Along the way, he stops in Nowshera and Cherat, where he wastes no time romancing the wives and daughters of his fellow soldiers. First with the lovely Lizzie Wilson, and then with the daughters of Colonel Selwyn, Charles Devereaux gives himself over to passion and desire, forgetting about his wife and young child at home. Graphic and graceful, comic and provocative, Venus in India is a shining example of nineteenth century erotica in which the power of words to arouse is on full display. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charles Devereaux's Venus in India is a classic of Victorian erotica reimagined for modern readers.

Young Alcide accidentally discovers the Countess Gamiani in bed with another woman. When he is discovered, he comes out of hiding to join them in bed, initiating a lengthy scene of debauchery. Between their lustful embraces, the women tell stories of love too sensational to be fiction. Gamiani, or Two Passionate Nights is a novel by Alfred de Musset.