Lady Most - La série

Passionné de chevaux, Hugh de Briarly ne songe pas à s'établir, jusqu'au jour où un accident le rappelle à ses devoirs. Il demande alors à sa soeur Carolyn de lui trouver l'épouse idéale car la tâche lui paraît insurmontable. Carolyn organise donc une partie de campagne et invite une ribambelle de jeunes gens : la timide Gwendolyn et la fougueuse Kate, Georgina, jeune veuve de vingt-cinq ans, le fringant capitaine Oakes et le charmant Alec Darlington, qui compte bien profiter de l'occasion pour caser sa soeur Octavia. De bals en parties de cache-cache, les coeurs se cherchent, se dérobent... mais chacun finira par trouver sa chacune. * * * Description en VO : Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife—so his sister hands him a list of the very best young ladies on the market. And then, because he refuses to tear himself away from the stables where he trains Arabian racehorses, she invites all those ladies to a house party, along with some other bachelors, of course. So who will Hugh choose? The Botticelli-esque, enchanting Gwendolyn? The outspoken, delightful Katherine? If he doesn't work fast, he'll lose those ladies to his closest friends, and then where will he look for a wife? Perhaps, just perhaps, toward a lady who's not on a market at all, and would require a great deal of persuading... * * * Three of the brightest stars of historical romance invite you to a party at the countryhome of the Honorable Marquess of Finchley Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife, so his sister hands him a list of delectable damsels and promises to invite them — and a few other gentlemen — to her country house for what is sure to be the event of the season. Hugh will have time to woo whichever lady he most desires... Unless someone else snatches her first. The invitation list includes: *The horse-mad but irresistibly handsome Earl of Briarly *The always outspoken Miss Katherine Peyton *The dashing war hero Captain Neill Oakes *The impossibly beautiful (and painfully shy) Miss Gwendolyn Passmore *The terribly eligible new Earl of Charters *The widowed Lady Georgina Sorrell (who has no plans to marry, ever) And your hostess, Lady Carolyn Finchley, an irrepressible matchmaker who plans to find the lady most likely... to capture her brother's untamed heart.

Par une nuit de tempête – sans doute un peu trop arrosée au whisky –, Taran, laird du clan Ferguson, a décrété que ses neveux Robin et Byron devaient se marier dans les plus brefs délais. Les héritières n’étant pas légion dans la campagne écossaise, il décide de faire un saut au domaine voisin et d’enlever quatre jolies filles. Par inadvertance, il a également kidnappé le duc de Bretton, fort mécontent de cette mésaventure. Et toute cette compagnie se retrouve coincée par la neige au château de Finovair, forteresse délabrée en proie aux courants d’air. * * * Description en VO : During their annual Christmas pilgrimage to Scotland to visit their aged uncle in his decrepit castle, the Comte de Rocheforte and his cousin, Earl of Oakley, are presented with unique gifts: their uncle has raided an English lord's Christmas party and kidnapped four lovely would-be brides for his heirs to choose from . . . as well as one very angry duke, Lord Bretton. As snow isolates the castle, and as hours grow into days, the most honourable intentions give away to temptations as surprising as they are irresistible. * * * When Laird Taran Ferguson's nephews refuse to wed and secure his birthright, he takes matters into his own hands, raiding a ball and kidnapping four likely brides - a bonny lass, an heiress with a slight reputation problem, a rich English beauty, and a maiden without a name or a fortune. But which one is ready to fall in love with the Scottish lord? Add a very angry duke, a decrepit castle, and a fierce Highland storm that is holding all of Taran's "guests" captive to the mix, and listeners will find themselves transported to a world of temptation, passion, and new and unexpected love. This historical romance novel in three parts - a single story with three compelling voices - is one that will not soon be forgotten.