First published in 1905, "A Little Princess" is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett's most beloved stories. Expanded from an earlier serialized short story entitled "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", it is the story of young girl named Sara who is enrolled by her father, Captain Richard Crewe, a wealthy English widower, at Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls in London. Because of her father's wealth Sara enjoys a life of luxury and...

"Clouds of Witness" by Dorothy L. Sayers is the second novel featuring the charming and intelligent amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey. The story is set in the English countryside, where a family scandal erupts into a gripping murder mystery. The plot centers around the death of Captain Denis Cathcart, who is found shot outside the country house of the Duke of Denver, Lord Peter's elder brother. The Duke, Gerald Wimsey, is immediately implicated...

Rumors and gossip-- the lifeblood of London. When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fiancee, she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window, cleverly concealed by curtains, watches, and waits-- and discovers a most intriguing man, who is definitely up to something. Sir Harry Valentine works for the boring branch of...

A classic tale of an orphan growing up in the 1800's of England. Intimately rooted in the author's own biography and written as a first-person narrative, "David Copperfield" charts a young man's progress through a difficult childhood in Victorian England to ultimate success as a novelist, finding true love along the way. Jeremy Tambling's provocative Introduction reveals subtle themes relevant today in Dickens' favorite work. 39 illustrations. Map....

Kindly, respected Dr. Henry Jekyll is convinced that all men have two personalities lurking within them. He concocts a drug to separate one man into two personalities and tests it on himself. Enter Mr. Hyde--Jekyll's murderous alter ego--as depraved and vicious as Jekyll is virtuous and kindly. Robert Louis Stevenson's shocking thriller explores the battle between good and evil within ourselves. Can Jekyll overcome Hyde--or will he become Hyde's next...

A thief-taker is out to steal the heart of a bluestocking heiress in this sexy Regency romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

London, 1818. There are disadvantages to being an heiress, as Eliza Martin knows well. Fortune hunters corner her, friends become opportunistic, and lately, someone is engineering "accidents" designed to propel her into marriage. But Eliza is too smart to be bullied. To find the culprit,...

A funny thing happened...unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. Ane he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he willknow in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except..

In 1861 London, Violet Morgan is struggling to establish a good reputation for the undertaking business that her husband has largely abandoned. She provides comfort for the grieving, advises them on funeral fashion and etiquette, and arranges funerals. Unbeknownst to his wife, Graham, who has nursed a hatred of America since his grandfather soldiered for Great Britain in the War of 1812, becomes involved in a scheme to sell arms to the South. Meanwhile,...

Exquisite Isabelle Forrester, the lonely wife of a cold Parisian banker, allows herself one secret pleasure; a soul-satisfying transatlantic friendship with an American man. Like Isabelle, Washington, D.C., power broker Bill Robinson is trapped in an empty marriage. Their relationship is a lifeline that keeps them sane through the heartaches of the marriages they can not leave. After years of friendship, the two agree to meet for a few innocent days...

Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She's a journalist. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time...shopping. Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can't. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. The stories she concocts become more and more fantastic as she tries to untangle her increasingly dire financial difficulties....