Лучшие произведения Энни Бэрроуз

В послевоенном Лондоне молодая писательница Джулиет пытается найти сюжет для новой книги, но об ужасах войны писать ей решительно не хочется, прочие темы кажутся либо скучными, либо неуместными. На помощь приходит случай - в виде письма одного свиновода с острова Гернси. Оказывается, даже свинари любят почитать, и неведомый Доуси, к которому в руки попала книга, некогда принадлежавшая Джулиет, просит ее посоветовать хорошую книжную лавку. Дело в том, что на Гернси с книгами сейчас туго, поскольку остров, все годы войны оккупированный немцами, только-только возрождается к жизни. Письмо это переворачивает жизнь Джулиет. История книжного…

Мисс Джорджиана Уикфорд, питающая отвращение к физической близости с мужчиной и потому не желающая выходить замуж, придумала блестящий, по ее мнению, план избежать неминуемого – нужно вступить в фиктивный брак! Выбор ее падает на лорда Эшендена, с которым она была очень дружна в детстве. Они провели в разлуке долгие десять лет, ничего друг о друге не зная. Эдмунд же, несмотря на настоятельные уговоры матери, принципиально отказывается жениться и обзаводиться наследниками, в чем состоит его прямой долг как продолжателя рода. И все же природный инстинкт и совместные теплые воспоминания заставляют молодых людей повнимательнее присмотреться…

Джаспер Чаллинор, маркиз Ленсборо, обладатель титула и огромного богатства, решил, что пришла пора позаботиться о продолжении рода. За невестой маркиз отправился в Йоркшир в поместье сэра Томаса Грегори – отца двух очаровательных девушек на выданье. Случилось так, что под колесами кареты маркиза едва не погибла племянница сэра Томаса леди Эстер. Из-за невзрачной одежды лорд Ленсборо принял ее за нищенку и обошелся с ней не слишком любезно. Однако вскоре маркиз оценил ум, прямоту характера и очарование рыжеволосой, на первый взгляд нескладной девушки. Неожиданно для самого себя он решает именно ее выбрать себе в супруги, но тут возникает,…

Мэри – красивая скромная девушка и самая искусная мастерица в модном ателье. Она без устали работала, не ожидая от жизни никаких перемен. Однажды на одной из улиц Лондона ее окликнул молодой человек в дорогом костюме, девушка испугалась и бросилась бежать. Однако лорд Мэттисон все же отыскал Мэри и заявил, что она Кора, его невеста, пропавшая семь лет назад. Девушка настаивала на том, что она всего лишь белошвейка Мэри, но не помнит, откуда она и как оказалась в Лондоне. Мэттисон, горячо любивший свою невесту, решил во что бы то ни стало разгадать тайну Мэри. Но для этого они должны вернуться в замок Кингсмид…

To give them hope she must tell their story It's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books – and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets…

Miri has a few problems: - She's the middle child, stuck between two sets of twins. - She's been sent to her room for smacking one of her brothers over the head with a shovel. - Her room has the ugliest wallpaper in the world. But when Miri sees a little piece of glass taped to her bedroom wall and decides to take a peek through it, she finds she has a much bigger problem to deal with . . . Suddenly, she's not in her bedroom anymore. Instead, she's face to face with Molly,

'Vile seducer of women!'Of all the accusations Gregory, Duke of Halstead has ever had levelled at him, this is perhaps the most offensive and the least accurate. But as he has just woken naked in bed with no memory of the night before, next to a beautiful stranger, perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate!Innocent Prudence is just as shocked when she awakes! But as these strangers begin to unravel the plot behind the scandalous circumstances, she discovers the delicious consequences of finding herself in bed with…a duke!

His Virgin Mistress!Major Tom Bartlett is shocked to discover that the angel who nursed his battle wounds is darling of the ton Lady Sarah Latymor. One taste of her threatens both her impeccable reputation and his career!An honourable man would ask for her hand, but Bartlett is considered an unrepentant rake by polite society – sweet Sarah would be spurned as his mistress and even as his wife. He demands she leave, but Sarah is just as determined to stay…by his side and in his bed!Brides of Waterloo: Love Forged on the Battlefield

Debutante Katherine Malahithe has come to London determined to resist the fortune hunters only interested in her money.Her efforts to appear unattractive successfully ward off most suitors—except for Viscount Maldon, a man who wants to avoid marriage as much as Katherine.The handsome, provoking Viscount becomes an unlikely ally, but can either of them escape the altar when friendship turns to passion…and scandal?

Secrets and Scandal In Bed With the Duke Placed in scandalous circumstances Gregory, Duke of Halstead must work with beautiful stranger, Prudence to unravel the plot to ruin them both. But soon they both discover the delicious consequences of working closely… A Mistress for Major Bartlett When Major Tom Bartlett discovers the angel who nursed his battle wounds is Lady Sarah Latymor he should ask for her hand in marriage. But Bartlett is considered an unrepentant rake by polite society and sweet Sarah would be spurned. But Sarah is just as determined, to stay by his side – and in his bed!

A staged seduction… …to solve a murder mystery! After one disastrous season Miss Horatia Carmichael avoids the ton—her mind and her tongue are too unfashionably opinionated for her to land a husband! But to find her brother’s killer she must join forces with incorrigible rake Lord Devizes and allow the Marquess to pretend to seduce her for all to see! Horatia knows it’s not real—she’s a plain spinster after all—but as danger grows so does their desire…

Wrong man…Lady Julia Whitney is at her wits’ end. Her perfect beau just won’t propose! But she’s struck upon a plan to ensure her marriage by Christmas. Between masquerades and mistletoe, she finds herself fully compromised…by the wrong man! …right husband?Captain Dunbar cannot believe he’s fallen for this chit’s game! Now he must marry society miss Lady Julia with nothing to connect them other than incredible passion. But he’s about to discover that the best Christmas presents come in surprising – and delightful – packages!

A search for a duchess…despite his scandalous secret!Oliver, Duke of Theakstone, needs a duchess—but who will accept his secret illegitimate child? He invites several eligible ladies to his estate to assess their suitability, including infuriating beauty Miss Sofia Underwood. Oliver is a master of cool practicality, so he’s hopeful when he sees the connection between Sofia and his daughter. What scares him is that there’s nothing cool or practical about his attraction to Sofia!

GOVERNESS WANTED… Miss Aim?e Peters desperately craves respectability: after her father scandalously auctions off her virginity, she flees London to become a governess in remote Yorkshire. She’s horrified to discover her new employer, the piratical Captain Corcoran, never sought a governess – he wants a bride!TO BE CAPTAIN’S FIRST MATE!Aim?e’s unadorned charm makes Captain Corcoran forget the true reason he married her. Then he discovers the fortune of coins stitched into Aim?e’s bodice – what secrets does his new wife hide behind her oh, so innocent fa?ade?

RUMOUR HAS IT THAT THE EARL OF DEBEN, THE MOST NOTORIOUS RAKE IN LONDON AND IN NEED OF AN HEIR, HAS SET ASIDE HIS PENCHANT FOR MARRIED MISTRESSES AND TURNED HIS SKILLED HAND TO SEDUCING INNOCENTS!But if Lord Deben expects Henrietta Gibson to respond to the click of his fingers he’s got another think coming. For she knows perfectly well why she should avoid gentlemen of his bad repute:1. One touch of his lips and he’ll ruin her for every other man.2. One glide of his skilful fingers to the neckline of her dress will leave her molten in his arms.3. And if even one in a thousand rumours is true, it’s enough for her to know she can never, ever…