Scandalous Heroines - La série

Pénible destin que celui d’une Princesse… Fiancée à son cousin Franz Johann qui lui inspire une vive répugnance, Anna Teresa doit pourtant se résigner à accepter cette union voulue par son père, Grand Duc de Carthia. En attendant, elle espère secrètement qu’un événement va empêcher ce mariage. Par la suite, elle regrettera amèrement d’avoir formulé ce vœu innocent… * * * Description en VO : If they can trust each other, they will change the future of their country.... Princess Anna Teresa, daughter of the Grand Duke of Carthia, has been ordered to marry her cousin, to insure peace for her troubled country. When she is the sole survivor of a brutal massacre, she naturally flees to the protection of her fiance's castle stronghold. But her fiance, now the ruling Grand Duke, refuses to acknowledge that the woman seekng refuge is his affianced bride. Insisting that the real princess lies in her coffin, the Grand Duke forces Anna to marry his prisoner, the mysterious Prince Stefan. Anna's life is now in Stefan's hands. Stefan knows only that the claims she makes about her identity can't possibly be true. The fact that he finds her dangerously attractive makes trusting her even more difficult. As for Anna, she knows only that Stefan is a dedicated revolutionary, opposed to everything she's been taught to believe. Her heart tells her she can trust him. But if she is wrong, she will lose her life and Carthia will lose its freedom. * * * As the tiny Grand Duchy of Carthia shudders in the bitter aftermath of the 1848 Revolutions, Princess Anna Theresa, daughter of the Grand Duke, narrowly escapes with her life when her parents are assassinated. She seeks refuge with her cousin Prince Franz Johann - but he refuses to acknowledge that the ragged waif before him is indeed the Princess. Insisting that the real Anna lies in her coffin he forces her to marry his mysterious prisoner Prince Stephan. How can Anna convince her new husband that she is really the Princess - especially when he is a revolutionary leader and she is an enemy of his people?

Charlotte recueille un homme inanimé près du domaine familial, dans le Sussex, le soigne et le guérit pour découvrir que le mystérieux inconnu ne semble pas comprendre l’anglais. En fait, le prince Karim Alexander, en mission secrète entre Londres et Istanbul, a inventé ce stratagème pour éviter toute question et protéger la jeune fille. Moins elle en saura, mieux ce sera. D'ailleurs, il a l’intention de lui fausser compagnie très rapidement. Qu’a-t-il besoin d’une femme dans sa vie d’aventurier ? * * * Description en VO : Together they would shake the foundations of an Empire... At twenty-five, Charlotte Rippon lived a life of utmost propriety while yearning for adventure outside the confining boundaries of her English village. Yet even she had no idea what Fate had in store for her when she rescued a badly-wounded man from the wayside and took him home to Rippon Manor. Nursing the stranger back to health, Charlotte is overwhelmed by feelings she barely understands. Alexander was a mysterious stranger, whose seeming inability to speak English concealed a desperate mission to save his shattered homeland and bring freedom to his people. Held captive by one of the Sultan’s advisors, Charlotte found herself a veiled prisoner hidden amid the sensuous pleasures of the harem. Only Alexander could save her. A prince fighting to save his people, he demanded her passion, but Charlotte wanted so much more: she wanted his love! * * * Finding a badly beaten man in the Sussex countryside of 1826 was a shock for Charlotte Rippon, but she succored his needs, only to discover that he didn’t seem to speak English. Prince Karim Alexander, working undercover between London and Istanbul, felt it safer for her not to know anything, but he had not counted on his foe’s ingenuity. He snatched Charlotte from her home and attempted to place her in the Emir’s harem. Only Alexander’s intervention could save her, but would the price be too high?

Lucy leva les yeux vers le baron Ridgeholm. – Quelque chose vous chagrine, miss Larkin ? – Non, non… Mais je me demande… N’êtes-vous pas… "N’êtes-vous pas le marchand du Pendjab qui m’a arrachée aux mains du Khan de Kuwar ? N’êtes-vous pas l’homme qui m’a embrassée par une nuit étoilée dans la montagne d’Afghanistan ? N’êtes-vous pas celui que je n’ai jamais pu oublier ?" Ces mots-là, cependant, ne purent franchir ses lèvres. – En fait, je me demandais si nous nous étions déjà rencontrés, mais c’est évidemment une idée stupide…, reprit-elle. * * * Description en VO : In an exotic and dangerous land, their fates became entwined…. Accompanying her father on a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan, Lady Lucinda Larkin was kidnapped and enslaved by a brutal khan who was determined to thwart British efforts to bring peace. Escape was impossible until Rashid, a trader in stolen weapons, arrived in court and dared to rescue her. On the perilous journey back to India, Lucinda discovered what it meant to feel desire for a man she should never have trusted and yet couldn’t resist. Then, as quickly as he had entered her life, Rashid vanished… Returning to England, Lucy tried to forget a man who had no place in the life of a proper English lady. But then she met Lord Edward, the Baron Ridgeholm. And something in his dark, sensuous eyes stirred her deepest passions and her yearning for Rashid. Why could she not shake the feeling that she and Lord Edward were not meeting for the first time? * * * In a Land of Great Beauty and Intrigue, Their Fates Were Forever Entwined... LUCINDA was beautiful and free-spirited, an English lady ruled by her passions - yet innocent in the ways of love. RASHID was dark and mysterious, an Indian trader who lived by his courage and wits in a world fraught with danger. ----------------------- Crossing the merciless desert sands of Afghanistan, Lucky was kidnapped and enslaved by the brutal khan. Escape was impossible. And yet, the handsome stranger Rashid dared to rescue her - breaking the chains of captivity and sweeping her away to the dazzling, exotic land of India. There, he unleashed a fiery passion in her heart, a deep, insistent desire that blazed like the Indian sun. Then, as quickly as he had entered her life, Rashid vanished with a trace.... Lucy returned to England, vowing to forget him. But then she met her sister's fiance, Lord Edward. And something sparkling in his dark, sensuous eyes stirred her deepest passion...her memories of Rashid. Were they, in fact, the same man?