Regency-romance Stories

A quattordici anni, il mondo di Amélie de Beaumont è colato a picco nelle gelide acque della Manica. In un solo istante, ha perso i genitori, il fratello maggiore e il diritto di essere una ragazza spensierata. Mentre Londra la credeva finita, Amélie fuggiva a Parigi, stringendo tra le mani le redini di un titolo che non le spettava e il destino di tre sorelle minori. Dodici anni dopo, la bambina che piangeva nei corridoi di Aubrey Hall è morta. Al suo posto è tornata la Viscontessa de Beaumont: una donna d'acciaio, forgiata dal sacrificio e avvolta nella seta parigina, che non chiede il permesso di esistere. Il suo obiettivo è semplice: trovare un futuro per le sue sorelle e ripartire. Ma non ha fatto i conti con Anthony Bridgerton. Lui è l'ombra del ragazzo che conosceva. È un uomo dominato dal controllo, ossessionato dall'onore e deciso a sposarsi senza amore per proteggere il proprio cuore. Anthony non accetta che una donna gestisca un patrimonio, non accetta che Amélie lo guardi senza tremare e, soprattutto, non accetta che lei sia l'unica persona al mondo capace di leggere il tormento dietro la sua maschera di perfezione. Tra balli sfarzosi, sguardi che bruciano più delle candele di Mayfair e i veleni di Lady Whistledown, Amélie e Anthony inizieranno una guerra dove l'unica regola è non cedere. Ma in una sfida tra due anime che hanno giurato di non amare mai più, la resa potrebbe essere l'unica via per la salvezza. Lei non cerca un marito. Lui non cerca un amore. Entrambi troveranno la loro rovina.

A reluctant viscount. A transformed debutante. One impulsive waltz that changes everything... Daniel Bennett, Viscount Kennard, has always lived by duty-first to his family, then to his title. With his sister well married and society watching his every step, he has no patience for the frivolities of a London Season-least of all escorting a cousin he remembers as a gawky, relentless girl he once avoided at every turn. But when she arrives in London, Daniel is unprepared. The awkward child of his memory has become a poised, luminous young woman with a quick wit that unsettles him as much as it captivates him. Avoidance proves impossible when a waltz draws them into dangerous proximity, awakening feelings Daniel never intended to face-especially not for her. And the more he tries to remember that she is family, the harder it becomes to ignore the way his carefully ordered world begins to tilt. Claire Montrose once harbored a girlish fancy for her cousin-a fancy she has long since tucked into the quietest corner of her heart. Now in London under her aunt's sponsorship, she is determined to secure a future of her choosing-not merely become another jewel displayed for society's inspection. The last thing she needs is Daniel's watchful, disapproving gaze following her every move. Yet beneath his formality, she glimpses a man far more complex than the distant boy she once adored-a man whose steadiness challenges her, whose presence she cannot seem to escape, and whose nearness threatens to awaken the very feelings she had sworn to forget. As stolen glances turn into lingering touches and duty collides with desire, Daniel and Claire must decide whether protecting their reputations is worth denying what they feel. For sometimes, the most scandalous step of all... is a waltz.

Dr Parritt is called out on a stormy, chill, bitter night, to see one of his very least charming and charitable former patients. Sir Merry is a sour-tempered grasping selfish invalid, his daughter a hopeless martyr, and Dr Parritt isn't as obliging and good-natured as he might seem. Not to mention, that Sir Merry's daughter, the lovely Lady Helen, was almost affianced to Dr Parrish, a year back...

1825. Canelle and Amy are considered 'unmarriageables' because one is blind and the other has a condition that causes limp. Canelle is resigned to live unmarried. However an uncle of hers decides to nominate her as protegé and heir, (since he has no heirs). Now that is wealthy Canelle begins to attract the attention of some gentleman, despite her condition, but their intention are not always disinterested. Amy also receives unexpectedly some attentions by gentlemen. The two ladies will be in the middle of ordeals... . DO NOT COPY, DISCLOSE OR SHARE ANY PART OF THE STORY. THE STORY COMES FROM THE AUTOR'S MIND, ANY RESEMBLANCE WITH REAL FACTS OR OTHER FICTIONAL STORIES IS TOTALY CASUAL.

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"I want you to depart immediately, on your own accord, or I will have you thrown out myself, Miss Livingston! Do you bloody understand me?!" *A mysterious blue-eyed Adonis saved Marianne Livingston's life, in the dead of the night, when she was about to jump off a bridge* *** A scared, naive girl. Her devilishly handsome but crippled boss. Endless possibilities. Marianne Livingston is desperate for a job to pull herself and her family(or whatever is left of it) out of the clutches of destitution. So, when she is offered a job to pose as companion to the misogynistic but exceedingly wealthy Mr. William Ripley, a hemiplegic, chocolate factory owner in Bristol, England, she all but jumps at the chance. But she sure as hell isn't prepared to be at a screaming madman's beck and call, until it drives her to the brink of insanity. And more. Everything about him seems to make her hate him, but there is a very thin line between love and hate, and soon sparks begin to fly. Can she let herself fall for her snobbish and handsome boss, the devil incarnate who is hell bent on making her life miserable? What happens when she finds out the real reason why Mr. Ripley lives alone? And that underneath his stoic, cold persona, lies a person waiting to be saved? Will she be the one to save him, while fighting her own demons? Or will it be the other way round? *may contain a gripping murder as a sub plot so read at your own risk*

Where the darkness viels the moon, Ballerine finds the outrageous delightful courage to step up to the world and to omit the confusion world carries about women and education but acquaintancially Aramis lifts the mist and paves the path for her to dream and remain bound to just the rules! Lady Ballerine Lithopus Augustus, full of pride in fighting for rights struggles to know the books and also the world of the educated as she elopes certainly not excepting to be dejected with herself and the sighing crowds. **** Lord Aramis Franco Alexander, dreamy about life and love, the love that music shows and is also often offended with the singing rights given mostly to women when it's men who feels the highest in writing them but still chooses to improve the possibilities and maybe know the other people too. As the mist gets clearer he realises the cloud of lies that he had been living when the woman of his life almost faces crisis.

In a world ruled by men, one woman makes a stand. When her father and brother die in the Napoleonic Wars, Corinna Wolverstoke of Penninghall and her mother Liz are thrown at the mercy of the merciless man who takes over the title. Corinna has to steal to stave off genteel starvation, but she does it with style: She dresses up as a highwayman, using her soothsaying skills to find her victims. Highway robbery keeps the little family alive, but for how long? The price on her head weighs heavier than the gun in her hand. The days she holds up the Marquis of Demoral, she knows she's found her match. In more ways than one. This is based on ONC Prompt #2: The moment you realize you saw something that could cost your life. Now all you can do is try and outrun them.

A fan fiction written for those of us who endured the heart wrenching ending to the final episode of Sanditon (ITV, 2019). [As a possible Season 2] Andrew Davies has written a completion of the last unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen. It's set in 1819 in a new and developing seaside resort on the south coast. This adaptation brings a young Charlotte Heywood to the town where our heroine soon becomes entangled with the lives of the people there. Here, she meets the rather mysterious and taciturn Sidney Parker. As the series continues, love blossoms but things don't go to plan and the series ends on a heartbreaking cliffhanger. I pick up the story here ... This is the first work in Return To Sanditon - Novella Collection. This is a completing work designed to give viewers of Sanditon (2019) a happy ever after with some bumps in the road along the way. We pick up the story shortly after Charlotte's return to Willingden, where she confesses her heartbreak to her sister, Alison. Alison prompts her to seek help and so begins Charlottes campaign to save Sidney from his marriage to Eliza Campion and Sanditon from financial ruin. n.b This is a follow on from Andrew Davies screenplay and is not a sequel to the novelisation by Kate Riordan. Illustrations by Hansie 2019.

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There he was. The man that had torn out Franny's heart five years prior. His jet black hair illuminated by the candlelight and his dark eyes looked intimidating as ever. He was handsome, there was no doubt. But Franny knew what lay underneath the pristine, marble like exterior. Observing him like this, Franny questioned how she ever loved him. Sure he was handsome, but he was always serious, he didn't dance at balls, he only snaked about the room to make contacts and network. She was at a loss, really. The contrast between them left her wondering how she ever could have wanted him so desperately. ***** There she was. The woman that had rejected him just five years ago. Her red head set even more aflame under the chandelier and her pale blue eyes looked as alight as ever. She was a frazzled, messy thing. Sure, she was beautiful, but it was a wild kind of beauty that while once enticing, seemed now too dangerous. Observing her like this, with her head thrown back in a deep laugh, he could see why he once thought he loved her. She represented what he was never allowed to be. She offered a sort of freedom that he was too scared to take for himself. However, as one grows up, they must account for responsibility, and if loving Franny was anything, it was the opposite of responsible. ***** Francine, or Franny, Preston had been in love once in her 20years to a man she has yet to forget, though she had tried on numerous occasions. If only the man in question still loved her. Harrison, or Harry, Richmond is in love with a woman he can't seem to shake, regardless of how hard he has tried. If only the woman in question didn't despise him. After the melding of domineering parents and a series of miscommunications, Francine and Harry were left with a broken secret engagement and broken hearts. If only the two would realize that the other still feels the same. ***very much inspired by Persuasion in terms of plot, not characters. Aha ***

Eloise Bridgerton is still committed to unmasking Lady Whistledown, weeks after the writer's narrow escape. Meanwhile, Penelope Featherington heals from the wounds of the social season, convinced she might give up on love entirely. A story of two young women struggling with society's expectations of them as they learn to love themselves and each other.

Duke Edward is the most eligible bachelor in town, but as a shy and reserved sort of guy, he's entirely unmoved by love, until one night, a mysterious little violinist comes crashing into his arms.

Lady Blythe Dennings has craved adventure her entire life, but due to her relation to the powerful Carrow family, there was no way she was going to get it. So... she became a missionary. Blythe's prim missionary act gives her plenty of freedom to go to the cruelest parts of London to have her own adventure quests. But her plans are thrown into chaos when her uncle dies ... This leaves her as one of the richest heiresses London has ever seen! Suddenly, everyone's looking at her. Including a dangerous enemy. But ... the person looking the hardest is Thomas "Demon Tom" Martin, Marquess of Amory, the eldest son of the Martin family-the Carrows' sworn enemies. Thomas loves gambling, he loves trouble, and maybe, he loves this supposedly prim little missionary as well! Too bad Blythe belongs to the Carrows. Can Blythe survive the darkness and danger around her? And will their love be enough to quell an ancient feud between the two families?

A Regency Romance with a twist. Alicia Wareham is cold-hearted, proud and selfish. Can she snare a husband before she is found out? Will she get her just desserts or will love intervene?

Emmeline struggles to help her grieving mother Lady Marion Whitwell return to society after the sudden passing of her father, Lord Henry. As a result of her mothers' absence to her duties, her uncle has come to the manor to assist and relieve Lady Whitwell of attending social events. With Marion's condition declining, Emmeline is losing hope until she meets Hewitt, a storyteller who opens her eyes to exciting possibilities and disrupts the dark secrets lingering in her home. Secrets that will change everything she has come to know and love.

Lives are turned upside down when the infamous Dimitri Noìr, Ruler of the Noìr kingdom has to enter in a contractual marriage with the princess of the Argent kingdom, Isabelle Argent. Dimitri- A ruler famous for his godly looks and indifferent personality, despite being a young man, has already lost everything he had ever held dear to his heart. Consequently, The last thing he is looking for right now is love, much less a wife. Isabelle - A girl who eagerly awaits her prince charming to sweep her off of her feet is, what you can say, a hopeless romantic. Always engrossed in her romantic fantasies, never even in her worst nightmare had she thought about living a life without love. What will happen when these two invade each other's life, Will opposites attract? Or will everything end up getting destroyed? Tune in to find out! Note: The published chapters are in the middle of editing and some drastic chages will be made in the story line. If you have already read the few chapters. I urge you to go through them once more. So far, as of (28/6/22) chapters 1 has been edited