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Unwrapping Her Perfect Match por KatLatham
Unwrapping Her Perfect Match
KatLatham
  • LECTURAS 2,907,171
  • Votos 77,645
  • Partes 26
At six foot one, Gwen Chambers has felt like a giant her whole life. She's a calm, capable nurse saving lives in a busy London hospital, but healthy men give her heart palpitations. When larger-than-life rugby player "Little" John Sheldon convinces her to bid on him in his team's fundraising auction, she discovers how pleasurable heart palpitations can be. John has wanted Gwen since he first saw her, but when he's injured in a match just before Christmas he suddenly needs her too. Not only can the sexy nurse help him recover, but she might be able to help him look after his daughter-a shy ten-year-old who speaks only French. From decorating the Christmas tree to ice skating at the Tower of London, Gwen helps father and daughter open up and bond with each other-and she bonds right along with them. But when John's agent calls with a life-changing offer, Gwen has to decide how far she's willing to go for her perfect match. Will their first Noël also be their last? *** Dear Readers, Unwrapping Her Perfect Match is part of my London Legends series about the world's hottest rugby players. You can also meet John's teammates in the rest of the series, available to buy at all major retailers! Knowing the Score (book 1) Playing It Close (book 2) Tempting the Player (book 3) Taming the Legend (book 4) Hope you enjoy my rugby players! Much love, Kat
Northanger Abbey (1818) por JaneAusten
Northanger Abbey (1818)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 208,726
  • Votos 6,088
  • Partes 32
Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery.
Mansfield Park (1814) por JaneAusten
Mansfield Park (1814)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 221,640
  • Votos 5,545
  • Partes 48
Fanny Price is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with her own parents, Lieut. Price and his wife, Frances (Fanny), Lady Bertram's sister. She is the second child and eldest daughter, with seven siblings born after her. She has a firm attachment to her older brother, William, who at the age of 12 has followed his father into the navy. With so many mouths to feed on a limited income, Fanny's mother is grateful for the opportunity to send Fanny away to live with her fine relatives.
Sense and Sensibility (1811) por JaneAusten
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 595,545
  • Votos 10,971
  • Partes 50
Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
Persuasion (1818) por JaneAusten
Persuasion (1818)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 278,408
  • Votos 7,856
  • Partes 24
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot.
Emma (1815) por JaneAusten
Emma (1815)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 1,392,522
  • Votos 14,743
  • Partes 55
Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. She lives on the fictional estate of Hartfield in Surrey in the village of Highbury with her elderly widowed father, a hypochondriac who is excessively concerned for the health and safety of his loved ones. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly George Knightley, her neighbour from the adjacent estate of Donwell, and the brother of her elder sister Isabella's husband, John. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) por JaneAusten
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 10,278,993
  • Votos 219,490
  • Partes 61
The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Mistaken Proposal por sellaturcica
Mistaken Proposal
sellaturcica
  • LECTURAS 162,812
  • Votos 5,215
  • Partes 11
Elliott (Eli) and Samantha (Sam) are roommates at Gallagher's School for the Elite (really just a fancy way of saying boarding school for the rich). Sam goes home with Eli for winter break, where she meets his lovable family, and a misunderstanding leaves Eli and Sam with no choice but to pretend to be engaged. Will they end up falling in love? Or will their fake engagement follow plan and end in a divorce?
The Commander's Legacy - MxM por Shifting2wolf
The Commander's Legacy - MxM
Shifting2wolf
  • LECTURAS 662,811
  • Votos 27,789
  • Partes 24
War changes many lives and not all of those changes have a happy ending. When an ambush during a Seal mission goes wrong, Team Neptune finds themselves back at base sooner than they think, waiting for word to arrive what happened to their Commander . US Seal Declan has the burden to inform his team that their Commander was KIA. But when a letter of the Commander was found, Declan and his team are debriefed and sent back home for a mission of a different kind; The Commander found evidence of a network of traitors in the army before he was silenced. The traitors' next target? The Commander's family. When Team Neptune arrives at their former Commander's home, they're in for a shock; Not only are they being greeted by a group teens under the charge of the eldest son, Sage, they will soon find out that living with and protecting the Commander's legacy will awaken emotions that have remained dormant for a very long time.
Carter Brothers: Eli (Rated R novel) por cherrypop12
Carter Brothers: Eli (Rated R novel)
cherrypop12
  • LECTURAS 5,580,282
  • Votos 127,702
  • Partes 26
[Book 3 of the Carter Brother series *can be read separately* ]. Rated-R Novel (only Rated R on some chapters). Eli Carter and Ivy Stanford come from totally different backgrounds. Eli has an easy life; money, women, good looks and a colourful view of the world-Ivy on the other hand is the complete opposite; her life is hard with sacrifices needing to be made at every turn. Armed with the knowledge that life is...well a b*tch, Ivy is extra cautious when it comes to relationships. But even her efforts of pushing away the handsome yet cocky Carter man don't work. And although, Eli's never had a woman resist him before- he'll be damned if the first one happens to be his mate.