Victorian English History

A secret wedding, a disaster at sea, a woman locked away with only her memories…. Ginny Cawley fell in love with Spencer Hayes beneath the light of the silver moon. When he travels to the Caribbean one last time before taking over his father’s successful shipping company, his ship disappears, leaving Ginny alone and carrying his child. Believing Spencer to be dead, Ginny’s parents insist she wed again for the sake of her child. There is no proof of Ginny’s secret marriage, no way to show the legitimacy of her child. Ginny is left with little choice but to do as her parents wish, ...

Unruly crowds descend on Crillick's Variety Theatre. Young actress, Zillah, is headlining tonight. An orphan from the slums of St Giles, her rise to stardom is her ticket out—to be gawped and gazed at is a price she's willing to pay. Rising up the echelons of society is everything Zillah has ever dreamed of. But when a new stage act disappears, Zillah is haunted by a feeling that something is amiss. Is the woman in danger?

Will her true love ever return? He loves her more than life itself, but he's forced to say goodbye.... Spencer Hayes has been in love with Ginny Cawley since he first laid eyes on her years ago. Now, he must leave her to make one last trip to the Caribbean before taking over his father's shipping company. However, an unexpected storm at sea leaves him not only reflecting on his time with Ginny but makes him realize he may never see her again. This novelette is inspired by Beneath the Inconstant Moon by ID Johnson and provides further insight into Spencer and Ginny's relationship.

Richard Chauncey has high walls around his heart but when a young woman arrives at his doorstep claiming to be his betrothed, brick by brick those walls begin to crumble. Richard’s no fool, though. There's a mystery surrounding his bride-to-be—one he aims to uncover!

Pursuit of knowledge, beauty, and human perception through harmonious balance between intellectual development (light) and moral refinement (sweetness)

Daniel and Alexander Macmillan arrived in London in the 1830s at a crucial moment of social change. These two idealistic brothers, working-class sons of a Scottish crofter, set up a publishing house that spread radical ideas on equality, science and education across the world. They also brought authors like Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy and Charles Kingsley, and poets like Matthew Arnold and Christina Rossetti, to a mass audience. No longer would books be just for the upper classes. In Literature for the People Sarah Harkness brings to life these two amusing, warm-hearted men.

Connie Granger has escaped the devastation of her bombed out city home. She has found work in the Women's Timber Corps, and for her, this remote community must now serve a secret purpose. Seppe, an Italian prisoner of war, is haunted by his memories. But in the forest camp, he finds a strange kind of freedom. In each other they find the means to imagine their own lives anew, and to face that which each fears the most. But outside their haven, the world is ravaged by war and old certainties are crumbling.

Oscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the Aesthetic School, of which Wilde was the most prominent representative, had spread to the United States, and Wilde decided to undertake an American lecture tour to explain the Aesthetic movement. Towards the end of September 1883 Wilde returned to England and immediately commenced a lecturing tour. His first visit was to Wandsworth Town Hall where he presented his "Impressions of America", the text of which was published in 1906.

Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the last-born - in 1866 - of Victoria and Albert's children and she would outlive all of her siblings to die as recently as 1944. Her childhood coincided with her mother's extended period of mourning for her prematurely deceased husband, a circumstance which may have contributed to Victoria's determination to keep her youngest daughter as close to her as possible. She would eventually marry Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885, but only after overcoming her mother's opposition to their union.

Not all love stories have a happily ever after.... All Lydia de Lisle Edwards wants from her new marriage is to love and be loved by the handsome man who rescued her from the embarrassing, and potentially life shattering, ramifications of conceiving a child out of wedlock. However, as Lydia gets to know Isaac Edwards, along with the strange woman who serves as a mother-figure to her new husband, and the terrifying doctor specializing in women's health--particularly hysteria--Lydia begins to realize this marriage might just be her undoing. An exploration into the struggles of being a woman ...

Sherlock Holmes has taken on unusual and dangerous cases. Cases that involve shapeshifters, vampires and werewolves… Dark, power-hungry wizards…. But this time, it is different. It is personal. When he returns home, he finds a mystery growing around his own friends. One by one they are mysteriously vanishing. Taken by an invisible force, which can strike unexpectedly, his loved ones are vanishing without a trace. Can Holmes save the ones he loves this time? Or is Christmas going to be desolate and empty for him? Buy now.

Sisters Nora and Delia have been given the chance of a lifetime – to escape their poor Irish farm and travel on the Titanic to a new life in America. Nora is to become a treasured governess for a rich family, while Delia has only a lowly maid's position. But when disaster strikes, and Nora dies, a small misunderstanding leads to Delia taking Nora's place as governess. As Delia grows closer to her charge, and the girl's father, will she be able to reveal the truth to find a chance at happiness?

Oliver Chauncey is crestfallen when the woman with whom he’s been exchanging letters fails to reply to his long-distance marriage proposal. A man of action, he travels to Boston to confront her and, in the process, discovers her mired in shame and disgrace. *This book was previously titled Going Home.*

Jasper Chauncey has finally found a bride to be in the matrimonial columns. While anxiously awaiting her arrival, his well-laid plans go awry as an auburn-haired spitfire captures his heart. *This book was previously titled Heading Home.*

The Virgin Cure begins in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871. A series of betrayals lead Moth, at only twelve years old, to the wild, murky world of the Bowery, where eventually she meets Miss Everett, the owner of a brothel simply known as "The Infant School." Miss Everett caters to gentlemen who pay dearly for companions who are "willing and clean," and the most desirable of them all are young virgins like Moth.

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Victoria. A fascinating, provocative and authoritative new biography of Queen Victoria that will make us see her in a new light, from one of Australia's most admired and respected journalists and commentators, Julia Baird.