Ebooki romanse

There is a trial of the bare and thin peasant Denis Grigoriev. He is accused of unscrewing the nut, which rails are attached to the cross ties. „The little man” does not deny this, but does not see his guilt. The investigator finds out that Denis, like other men, unscrews the nuts in order to make them sinkers. The defendant sincerely does not understand that such unscrewing can lead to train accidents and death. The investigator sends the attacker to prison, but he still d...

In this story, the couple can not find a common language. After all, the wife does not agree with the point of view of her husband. She is capricious and does not want to solve their problems. But then we find hints of a deeper history of their relationship, which can prove that it is more reasonable than we suspect. This is a simple story, but with a very deep meaning.

This is another work of art from Benson. The novel describes many events in England: the First World War, the mentality of that time, the life of the British and visitors there. The first half of the book describes reflections on war. The denouement we can see more sentimental.

This story is about becoming an artist. A surprisingly joyful path to this goal. Too much information in one direction. However, for the attentive reader, it will be useful and interesting. All actions take place in England at the beginning of the 20th century. This novel contains everything: luxury and poorness, romance and art.

W drugim tomie serii Dive Bar znajdziesz kolejną emocjonującą opowieść o uczuciach, nadziei na miłość i wielkiej namiętności. Joe Collins, barman w Dive Bar, któregoś dnia postanowił zlikwidować konto na portalu randkowym. Konto należało do jego brata Erica, który jednak uznał, że nie będzie z niego korzystał. Kiedy Joe się na nie zalogował, jego uwagę przykuł profil Alex Parks. Zaczęli wymieniać się mailami. Mężczyzna prędko doszedł do wniosku, że jego nowa zna...

From the Mayfair society, everyone is a prominent representative of high society. Sir Louis and Lady Mary the Tagetes transform snobbery into an art form. Mr. Sandow, the secular vicar, who seems to be interested in everything but real spirituality. Everyone eagerly fights for social status in high society, unnoticing many dangerous details.

Lord Thurso-Rainham is the type of vigorous man who is the victim of neuralgic headaches. He becomes addicted to the drugs he takes to counter their effects. All other attempts to cure Thurso from his addiction failed. There is one option to save his – to try Christian science, in which no one believes.

Daisy Ginny, a young aunt, returns from a year abroad and discovers that Daisy is hoping that Lord Lindfield will make an offer. This is a story about intricate love with an intriguing plot. We know that such a novel from such an author cannot have happy end. The novel is at least a little witty, but with genuine bets for those involved in the reading.

The main character, Mr. Keeling, is a simple self-worker who started his business with the fish trade. That is how he became popular and famous. Having a lot of money behind him, the main character decided to fight the class community. This book puts an intriguing twist on an old story about a middle-aged man who falls in love with his secretary.

The poet’s career is always full of pitfalls and difficulties. On the one hand, there is a danger of gaining popularity too easily, and on the other, the discouraging effect of a lack of audience. Mrs Greenock is in danger. Some of her poems, which from time to time appeared in a local newspaper, attracted a lot of undeserved attention. The book is about high art.

”We must judge people by their best qualities, not their worst; by their capabilities, and not by their limitations” – the protagonist of the novel had such an opinion. He sat at the hotel and wrote his next work. The next day, after rereading what he had written, he was surprised because he had already seen something like this somewhere with another professor. A large number of people show false love before the government and it excites the main character.

This story is about school life, friendship and growing up at the end of the 19th century. The novel contains a mixture of everything. It is filled with humor, wit and rich details. The novel tells about the experience of our main character, starting with preparatory school and ending with the College of Marchester. The reader is experiencing the trials and victories of the protagonist.This story is about school life, friendship and growing up at the end of the 19th century...

To forget about the real world – the dream of every person. There are times when you want to feel something fantastic. A little boy had this dream. In a dream, he wanted to see his living parents and enjoy this time. The boys began to experience drowsiness around the time when they were ten years old, although they could still have random waking moments, and soon after that they would fall asleep and lose all chance of ever seeing the real world.

”Arundel” is the name of the country house where most of the events take place. Elizabeth, like every good girl heroine of Benson, is completely devoted to her father... but not as much as it may seem. Many heroes are filled with negative characteristics. They are mean and cunning. Although this is a novel, but there are echoes of comedy.

This is a historical novel. The plot of the struggle of the Greek people against the Turks for independence. All actions revolve around the clan Maniot, Mavromihalov, who are central to the revolution. The action especially focuses on Nicholas Vidalis, a revolutionary leader, and his nephew, Mitsos, who is 18 years old at the beginning of the book, and becomes a fierce fighter.

The book is interesting because it has a much darker and more thoughtful implication than it might seem. On the one hand, the novel reveals the history of the war, and on the other, a pretty love story. Most of the novel is built on dialogues, through which we learn about the feelings that the characters are going through. The plot of the novel is dynamic, readers can read it in one breath.

Previously, the situation is slightly different from today. Many ladies in search of a better life did not married out of love, but behind the material part of men. So in our history, the frivolous queen marries due to money and status and ultimately pays for it. The author, as always, makes us empathize with our main character.

The Relentless City is a manners novel built around Lord Bertie Keynes, intending to inherit the title and pledged property of a young English widow. These two people decide they want to marry wealth, and that means marrying Americans. Bertie must marry money, and Sybil admires the American spirit. A novel about the American way of life, embodied by the millionaire and workaholic himself, a former railway porter, Lewis Palmer – a man whose whole life is directed, with great...

The heroes of this story belong to the upper class. About them, in fact, is the story. It begins by introducing us to a couple of girls whose conversations are filled with learned ingenuity, so this may impressed some readers. Men, obviously, mean little, except for the chips in the game. A classic tale in the world of the highest middle class in Edwardian Britain.

The story „Babe, B. A.” contains a large amount of wit, brightness and a sharp charm. All characters have a strong family resemblance to each other. Although the story seems so easy and relaxed, in short frivolous. However, readers will be able to see a really difficult choice for the main character, so young but brave. He faced the criminal world. He has a choice: to betray his friend or not.

The village of Rieseholm worships Queen Lucia. She completely commands the village, the ever-benevolent dictator of all things that really matter. However, someone had the pleasure of overthrowing a queen so great. And it was Olga Braisley, an opera singer from London. She is a real celebrity, not at all like that queen. Can she do it?

This is one of the latest collections of Benson’s ghost stories. All the villains are gathered here: a lame man, an imperious woman and other petty criminals. One of the stories tells about the elderly, and the ideal of their life is the clergy, for this they may die. Benson is one of those authors who writes masterpiece ghost stories.

This early work is a novel by Edward Frederick Benson. The author focuses on an unusual landscape. Sometimes it refuses to reality and we can see really something fantastic. In this story, only well-provided people will be able to survive in the conditions in which the author put them. And what about those who are just „trying to stand up”? Many questions, but as always few answers.

This is a story about redemption, when money is used as a thematic resonance. He combines the wits of the Dodo books with a rather strong ethical message about materialism. This is a high society satire, and then it becomes something much deeper and richer. This book is read in one breath.

Dodo is the main and favorite character of Benson. In this part of the novel, the main character experiences emotional experiences. She is trying to calm down and build her family. Readers will always be part of the novel. You can look at the whole story from the inside and empathize the main character.

A collection of fourteen short stories. These are stories about blackmail and own experiments. Some stories may seem close. Thus, the stories will be read in one breath. Since the reader will perceive them with interest. A hint is attached to each story, but you will have to solve some problems yourself.

The brother and sister of the poor nobleman settle in a simple town and bring a new element to the quiet life of this place, which gives many opportunities for comedy. Ginny Avesham is an attractive heroine, but the author tries so hard to show her kindness to the reader that she overdoes her and makes her a little theatrical. A simple story, with many good characters, but also with life features. Benson gave us a small but pleasant exploration of life in a small town....

The author tells the story of the twins Martin and Helen Challoner and their relationship against their father priest. Benson has a more serious purpose here and less superficial savvy than in some of his stories. His main theme is the absolute necessity of individual character and independent action. He depicts the sufferings of a holy and spiritual priest in relation to art, literature, and imagination when his son becomes a professional musician and Catholic.

The Blotting Book ends with a murder story, but this is not a detective story. There is one amazing feature of this story that sets it apart from the others. The focus of the work is the human character and state, not action and history. This is an older writing style, and the author makes a compassionate analysis of human weakness, without being picky and offering no excuse for bad moral behavior.

Najnowsza powieść autorki bestsellerów `Welcome to Spicy Warsaw` oraz `Cover Girl`.Leila i Bartek. On, pracownik tajnych służb, oskarżony o brutalny gwałt. Ona, uznana psycholog, która swoje problemy rozwiązuje kokainą. Przypadkowe spotkanie, spontaniczny seks, luksus i układy - to początek niebezpiecznego związku. Ale z pozoru gorące uczucie może nie wystarczyć, by ukryć sekrety przeszłości, boNic nie jest takie, jakie się wydaje.Zobacz, do czego zdolni są kochankowie i doką...

Po wypadku, który położył kres jego sportowej karierze, Ian Hunter – były zawodnik, grający wcześniej w zawodowej drużynie futbolowej – wraca na uczelnię gotowy zająć się czymś innym. Swoje wybitne umiejętności dotyczące relacji damsko-męskich przekształca w przedsięwzięcie i wraz z przyjacielem zakłada spółkę Skrzydłowi, oferującą usługi w ramach porad randkowych dla nieśmiałych dziewczyn. Kiedy jednak zgłasza się do nich Blake Olson, Ian jest pewien, że trafił mu się beznad...

Jej małżeństwo wydawało się idealne.Ludzie jej zazdrościli i chcieli żyć jej życiem. Pragnęli być panią Alejandra Gambino – żoną Dino Gambino, córką Eduardo Castillo.Szanowaną i kochaną księżniczką mafii.Nie mieli pojęcia, jaki horror dzieje się za zamkniętymi drzwiami.Gdyby wiedzieli, nawet przez jedną sekundę nie zazdrościliby jej niczego. I wtedy pojawił się Julius Carter.Przystojny, niebieskooki Julius.Uratował ją, a ona go wykiwała.Teraz wszyscy chcą ją dorwać,...

Max Riley jest facetem z twoich snów. A przynajmniej będzie nim za odpowiednią cenę. Jego alter ego, Pan Romantyczny, to zabójczo przystojny mężczyzna do towarzystwa, który realizuje romantyczne fantazje – randki, które potrafią zawrócić w głowie. Nowojorska śmietanka nie może się nim nasycić. Nieważne, czy kobiety pragną dominującego milionera, niegrzecznego chłopca o złotym sercu, gorącego kujona, seksownego motocyklisty czy najlepszego przyjaciela – Max odegra każdą rolę, ...

Jagoda pragnie przełamać koło międzypokoleniowych kłamstw. Spędzając całe dnie na rozmowach z babką, stara się zrozumieć zawikłaną historię rodziny.Wiedziona przekonaniem, że los można odwrócić, stawia wszystko na jedną kartę. Tworzy wyjątkowe miejsce, które przyciąga kobiety takie jak ona – samotne matki niepełnosprawnych dzieci.Czy smutek i cierpienie można dziedziczyć po przodkach? Czy mamy jakikolwiek wpływ na nasze życie?Pełna emocji opowieść o powrocie do domu, gdzie mo...

Hanna nie chce mieć do czynienia z rodziną Jamesonów. Jej młodzieńcze zauroczenie Carterem wygasło dawno temu, a przynajmniej tak jej się wydaje. Carter, który odnajduje ją po latach, jest jeszcze przystojniejszy niż kiedyś. Gdy namawia ją, by wpadła do jego rodzinnej posiadłości w Wirginii, Hanna nie potrafi mu odmówić... 

Ethan Caruthers przestrzegał zasady, że porządny facet nie uwodzi dziewczyny swojego przyjaciela. Z tego też powodu Crissanne Moss była dla niego owocem zakazanym. Pogodził się z myślą, że może pożądać jej tylko w marzeniach. Któregoś dnia Cris staje w progu domu Ethana i oświadcza, że jej związek rozpadł się definitywnie... 

Doktor Cort Smith żyje wspomnieniami o kobiecie, z którą w Meksyku przeżył przygodę jednej nocy. Jest pewien, że już jej nie spotka. W życiu zdarzają się jednak niespodzianki. Cort rozpoznaje nieznajomą w Liz Prudhomme, lekarce nowojorskiego szpitala, w którym zatrudnia się na rok jako chirurg. W obojgu znów rozpalają się zmysły. Umawiają się na seks bez zobowiązań. Bardzo im ten układ odpowiada – oboje wzrastali w świadomości, że lepiej nie przywiązywać się do ludzi. Niespod...

Po śmierci rodziców Chloe Russo zostaje właścicielką rodzinnej firmy kosmetycznej. Czeka ją współpraca z Nikiem Di Fiore, którego ojciec mianował prezesem. Wolałaby nigdy się z nim spotkać, ponieważ przed laty zakochała się w Niku, a on ją odrzucił. Teraz jednak dla dobra firmy musi pojechać do Nowego Jorku i zyskać jego akceptację dla swoich nowych perfum i kampanii reklamowej...  Druga część miniserii ukaże się w grudniu. 

Cecelia Andrews przez rok pracowała w Londynie jako asystentka Luki Kargasa. Luka bardzo jej się podobał, a wciąż musiała obserwować jego kolejne romanse i uspokajać porzucone kochanki. W końcu składa wymówienie. Jednak Luka nie chce stracić tak dobrej asystentki. Zaprasza na kolację i uwodzi. Cecelia, która chciała uporządkować swoje życie, właśnie skomplikowała je o wiele bardziej…  

Każda kobieta w Sydney chciałaby zdobyć serce Ramsaya Walkera, ale ten przystojny i uwodzicielski dyrektor międzynarodowej firmy nie ma zamiaru rezygnować z wolności. Trafia jednak swój na swego. Szkotka Nola Manson, specjalistka od cyberbezpieczeństwa, niezależna i lubiąca ryzyko, jest dla niego prawdziwym wyzwaniem. Intryguje go tak bardzo, że Ramsey zadaje sobie wiele trudu, by się do niej zbliżyć. Nie przewidział tylko, jak ta gra się dla niego skończy… 

On jest wszystkim, o czym marzyła. Ona – tym, czego on nie może mieć. Takiego duetu jeszcze nie było! Bestsellerowi autorzy Gabriela Gargaś i Marcel Woźniak przedstawiają swoją pierwszą wspólną powieść! Na Dworcu Centralnym znalezione zostają zwłoki mężczyzny… Gdy trzy miesiące wcześniej drogi Aniki i Roberta przecinają się w ciemnym hotelowym korytarzu, rozpoczyna się gra, w której namiętność bierze górę nad rozsądkiem, a skrywane fantazje budzą demony przeszłości. W...

Urszula to trzydziestoletnia singielka z zasadami. W swoim życiu boryka się z problemami – trudną sytuacją rodzinną i niezadowalającą pracą, lecz jej największą bolączką jest brak odpowiedniego mężczyzny u jej boku. Kobieta, jak na prawdziwą romantyczkę przystało, czeka na księcia na białym koniu – czarującego, szarmanckiego i nieziemsko przystojnego. Co zrobić, kiedy nagle w jej życiu pojawia się aż trzech kandydatów na raz? I co wspólnego z tym wszystkim ma narrator?...

„The Trimmed Lamp” follows „The Four Million” and provides another series of twenty-five short stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work. Contents: „A Madison Square Arabian Night”, „The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball”, „The Pendulum”, „Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen”, „The Assessor of Success” and others. Stories of the lives of blue collar workers and middl...

Settle in for a whimsical, thoroughly enjoyable whirlwind tour through the prodigious imagination of American short-story master O. Henry. When he wrote the following, he may have discounted his own creativity. „Whirligigs”, comprised of 24 short stories and published in 1910, is evidence of this. O. Henry writes of love and loss, of mystery and drama, of journalism and murders and trials. He creates a tapestry of characters, young and old, wealthy and poor. It offers some ...

O. Henry (whose real name is William Sydney Porter) is famous for his many short stories of everyday-life America, full of wit, charm, and inventiveness. This collection of classic tales set on the wrong side of the law showcases a master craftsman at the top of his form. „The Gentle Grafter” is a collection of 14 short stories about grafters who travel, peddle and swindle in the South. Those grafters have different business ethics and moral senses, and their artistic plots...

O. Henry is most widely recognized for his stories’ dry wit, plot twists and surprise ending. But another major element in his fiction is his love of the American urban environment, as well as a keen appreciation of the rapid diversification that occurred in many cities in the early twentieth century. In „The Voice of the City”, O. Henry uses excellently written short stories and high vocabulary to convey a sense on New York. This collection brings together an array of tale...

„Sixes and Sevens” is a first collection of humorous short stories from the author of „The Four Million”, his stories deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen and waitresses and often use twist endings which turn on an ironic or coincidental circumstance in his stories. O. Henry proves that he is the master of the short story format. This collection has quirky as well as nice little stories, each differing in style from the other. Most of his stories a...

O. Henry’s unique style of writing will introduce you to story filled of mystery, suspense and of course a decision. A decision which will lead a certain main character to three roads of which he must choose from. A collection of 22 short stories: „Roads of Destiny”, „The Guardian of the Accolade”, „The Discounters of Money”, „The Enchanted Profile”, „Next to Reading Matter”, „Art and the Bronco”, „Phobe”, „A Double-dyed Deceiver”, „The Passing of Black Eagle”, „A Retrieved...

This anthology contains 25 tales of old New York city at the dawn of the 20th century. A collection of O. Henry’s short stories bearing his trademark irony, comic misunderstandings, and surprise endings. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O. Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. The true hero of „The Four Million” is the city of New York, with its energy, compassion and kaleidoscope of human emotions. O. H...

Written by famed author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) in 1910, these are 25 more short stories of the Four Million, including the titled story „Strictly Business”, „The Thing’s the Play,” „The Call of the Tame,” „Psyche and the Pskyscraper” and others. This collection of short stories brings together a motley cast of characters from all walks of life – stage actors, blackmailers, soldiers, waitresses, and average citizens – and adds in an array of unexpected plot twists ...

„Heart of the West” is a collection of O. Henry nineteen short stories, all of which are set in or feature the American West at the turn of the 20th century, back before paved interstates, when cowboy culture was at its peak. This collection of short fiction from master of the form centers on tales of romantic entanglement, adventure, and lost love among the dusty trails and plains of the Wild West. Saddle up for a heaping dose of the clever plot twists that this brilliant ...

„Cabbages and Kings” is a 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious country. A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town called the Republic of Anchuria while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is o...

O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). Porter’s 400 short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. He needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonderful examples of his word sculpting art. They include: „The Rose of Dixie”, „The Third Ingredient”, „The Hiding of Black Bill”, „Schools and Schools”, ...

„The Way of an Eagle” novel (1919) opens in India, as scapegrace Nick Ratcliffe rescues Muriel, the general’s daughter, from dire peril. Between starvation and attack, death is almost certain. Nick is small, odd-looking, and unpredictable. But he has somehow won the general’s unconditional confidence. Not so with Muriel. Repelled yet fascinated by his mockery and ferocity – his way of an eagle – she agrees to a betrothal, then breaks it off for clean-cut Blake Grange. Back ...

First published in 1913, „The Rocks of Valpré” is a novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell. While readers adored Ethel M. Dell’s novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. „The Rocks of Valpré” novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century when an officer wrongly imprisoned on Devil’s Island ...

This is another Ethel Dell novel. Sylvia Ingleton is left motherless at an early age. Her father remarried a woman who is not happy to share her household with Sylvia. Soon, Sylvia is entangled in webs of deceit to get her married off. Boldly, she announces to her father and would be suitor that she will rejoin her fiancé of five years in South Africa. The backdrop of South Africa’s wilderness, drought, cloud bursts and love triangles leaves Sylvia in a struggle to survive....

„The Swindler and Other Stories” is a collection of stories first published in 1923 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances Ethel May Dell. „The Swindler”: As a young girl Cynthia holds a professional swindler in admiration, since he cleverly swindled her out of five hundred pounds. On a voyage she meets a private detective called West who is bent on capturing this swindler called Nat Verney. Little did Cynthia know what the favor she asked of West would...

This is another wonderful Christian love story by British writer of popular romance novels Ethel M. Dell. She was a popular 20th century writer who wrote dozens of romance novels and several short stories, including the well known „The Keeper of the Door” series. Our story takes place mainly in a little fishing village in England. This small seaside village hides a romance for Juliet Moore – a romance with Dick Green, the village schoolmaster, a very different sort of man t...

Ethel May Dell was a British writer of popular romance novels who produced about thirty novels and several volumes of short stories. The public loved her stories and the books were hugely popular. The scene of this splendid story is laid in India and tells of the lamp of love that continues to shine through all sorts of tribulations to final happiness. When Stella comes to India unaccompanied to join her brother Tommy with his regiment, the tongues wag. In order to become r...

A set of five melodramatic love short stories, first published in 1917 and written by a popular 20th century writer Ethel M. Dell. „The Safety Curtain” is an unusual love story that takes place in India mainly and has much excitement. A dragonfly-like dancing girl is rescued by a subaltern when he offers her a marriage of convenience and takes her to his station in India. But she hides a mysterious past and eventually it catches up. Will love be able to conquer all? This co...

First published in 1918. Ethel M. Dell was an English writer of popular romance novels. You will find some fascinating glimpses of the period in her books, as well as a substantial dose of romance and adventure. There were two of them as unlike as two men could be. Sir Eustace, big, domineering, haughty, used to sweeping all before him with the power of his personality. The other was Stumpy, small, insignificant, quiet, with a little limp. They clashed over the greatest que...

A romance originally published in 1922 that holds up very well into the 21st century. „Charles Rex” is a sequel of „The Hundredth Chance” written by Ethel May Dell (1881-1939) who was a British writer of popular romance novels. Her stories are often full of passion and love and are set in India and other British colonial possessions. Not being a family man, Charles Rex travels widely and to some point aimlessly. On his last night in Italy, he rescues a small boy from a beat...

Another great book of six hot romantic stories by Edith M. Dell, one of her best romantic collections including an adventure and suspense story titled. „Rosa Mundi” is a story of redemption, forgiveness and making peace with oneself. A needy young woman becomes a „dancing girl” to feed and succor her dying mother. After many years, she learns how to have self respect once again, through the words of reclusive author. The book includes also: „A Debt of Honor”, „The Deliverer...

1912. Ethel May Dell (1881-1939), British writer, began writing at a young age. Most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. American Nap Errol is in love with reserved Englishwoman, Lady Anne. Lady Anne is unhappily married to an unpleasant, wealthy drunk, who is twice her age. Nap is, in his own and most other’s opinion, a knave and a bounder. Lady Anne, miserable in her situation, is honor bound to her husband ...

Avery Denys, the novels heroine, lost her husband and her blind daughter. But in response to these tragic events, Avery simply reflects that she was „left with nothing to do”, and finds a job that allows her to act out the mother role she now misses. A rock to her female friends, Avery is rational yet caring, but also submissive in the face of her eventual second husband’s violence towards her and others. There are many characters with the usual misunderstandings that resul...

Sequel to „The Way of an Eagle”. Max Wyndham is a successful doctor who comes to practice at the English Country. Olga Ratcliffe is Dr. Ratcliffe’s daughter and Max’s employer. Max realizes his attraction to Olga and predicts his marriage to her within a year. Olga finds him repulsive and is constantly in fear of him. Max’s reputation is endangered with his constant clashes with Olga. A page turning psychological thriller with doctors, beautiful women, and murders. The plot...

If you enjoy the works of Ethel M. Dell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Ethel Dell began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. „The Tidal Wave and Other Stories” collection includes the following short stories: „The Tidal Wave”, ...

„The Hundredth Chance” is one of Ethel M. Dell’s most passionate and dramatic tales. Jack Bolton is the genius of the racing stable of Lord Saltash. He falls in love with Maud Brian, daughter of Lady Bernard Brian, who is married to the innkeeper Giles Sheppard. While Maud knows Jack is in love with her, she is half in love with Lord Saltash and does not love Jack. However, Lord Saltash’s cruelty to her crippled brother Bunny makes her hesitate. She contemplates marrying Ja...

Georgiana, by uniknąć ślubu z nielubianym arystokratą, postanawia zdobyć dowody jego rozwiązłości. Bierze udział w aukcji, podczas której panowie kupują kochanki. Niestety licytację wygrywa nie ten, na którego zastawiła pułapkę, a właściciel klubu dżentelmenów, Frederick Rutley. W obawie przed skandalem Georgiana i Frederick biorą szybki ślub. Frederick oczekuje cichej i posłusznej żony, natomiast Georgiana zamierza cieszyć się swobodą, bo zamężnej kobiecie wolno więcej. ...

Sycylijski milioner Rocco Barberi nie zrobił nic, by się dowiedzieć, dlaczego żona go opuściła. Dwa lata później otrzymuje od niej pozew o rozwód. Wówczas stawia warunek: podpisze dokumenty, jeśli najbliższy weekend żona spędzi z nim w Monako i będzie udawała, że znowu są razem. Nicole wie, że Roccowi chodzi tylko o interesy, lecz może te dwa dni będą okazją, by znów się do siebie zbliżyli…  

Lucy Maud Montgomery, called „Maud” by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. Montgomery published some 20 novels as well as 500 short stories and poems before her death in 1942. Because many of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, Canada and the Canadian province became literary landmarks. ...

One of the only L.M. Montgomery books featuring an older heroine, „The Blue Castle” is widely hailed as a reader favorite and is filled with humor and romance. Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. She lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. One day, an unexpected medical diagnosis changes everything for Valancy and, for the first time in her dull grey life, she rebels. From then on things begin to change. Rebelling against he...