Goldenes Zeitalter

A Steampunk Romance set aboard the luxury airship 'Soaring Dragon'. Lin Mei Lau covets the adventurous life that the world-famous airship, The Soaring Dragon, has to offer.She's on the cusp of an arranged marriage and a lifetime of quiet village life that she doesn't want, when she's mistaken for a spy and abducted right before the airship departs from Hong Kong, bound for London.That 'adventurous life' she dreamed of proves to be a little more harrowing than she ever imagined it could be.Antiquities Professor Joseph Kaisin has finally finished packing up his father's Hong Kong household and prized inventions to be shipped back to London.An impromptu meeting at the pier leads to a reunion with Joe's oldest friend, and his enchanting younger sister, Lin Mei Lau.Employed as a covert crown agent and connected to his father's work, Joe is kept busy and always expects trouble. It comes with the job.What he didn't expect was how much trouble Lin Mei could fall into-all because of one little tiger cub she found among the cargo that caught her heart.And now that she's caught Joe's, he has no choice but to help her on her mission to protect and rescue the fuzzy little feline... ...fortunately, protecting is Joe's best job.

Love favors the bold. But who's to say the risk is truly worth the reward...Caspian Graystone, Baron Strathmore, has no plans to wed. He survived the inferno that claimed his entire family, but the scarred, intolerant man he's become has no need of society or the gossipmongers who think he started the blaze to inherit the barony. That is why he's shocked when he finds himself drawn to the vivacious and spirited Corinna Brockman. He has no business seeking out her company. But that's exactly what he does...Corinna faces spinsterhood and is generally fine with the prospect. She prefers the study of architecture and ancient languages to most traditional pursuits and has no interest in opportunistic suitors who care more for her beauty than her mind. Which is why her sudden interest in Caspian makes no logical sense whatsoever. But, as it turns out, her heart cares not one whit about logic... Can an avowed bachelor and a spinster find the courage to take a chance on love-and each other? Or will they decide the risk to their hearts isn't worth a potential happily ever after?Secrets, Scandals, and Sigh-worthy, Sweet romance.You won't be able to turn the pages fast enough in this class difference Regency sweet and wholesome historical by a USA Today bestselling author to find out what happens to Corinna and Caspian next. If you enjoy reading opposites attract, reformed rogue, and strong-spirited heroine stories sprinkled with a dab of humor, a dash of suspense, and heartwarming emotion, then you'll adore Collette Cameron's tantalizing THE HONORABLE ROGUES SERIES®. Buy A ROGUE WORTH THE RISK and settle into your favorite reading nook for a rousing romantic escape into history you can't put down. Though this book can easily be read as a stand-alone, most readers prefer to read the series in order. THE HONORABLE ROGUES® SERIES:A Kiss for a RogueA Bride for a RogueA Rogue's Scandalous WishTo Capture a Rogue's HeartThe Rogue and the WallflowerA Rose for a Rogue'Twas the Rogue Before ChristmasA Rogue Worth the Risk

USA Today Bestselling AuthorFollowingthe book called “analluring blend of love and playfulness” (PW) The Heiress Hunt,beloved author Joanna Shupe continues her new Fifth Avenue Rebels series with ascandalous romance about a good girl desperate to rebel and the rebel desperateto corrupt her.A first-ratescoundrel.Adesperate wallflower.Lessonsin seduction.Thewoman no one notices . . .Shyheiress Alice Lusk is tired of being overlooked by every bachelor. Somethinghas to change, else she’ll be forced to marry a man whose only desire is herfortune. She needs to become a siren, a woman who causes a man’s blood to runhot . . .and she’s just met the perfect rogue to help teach her.He’sthe life of every party . . .Christopher“Kit” Ward plans to open a not-so-reputable supper club in New York City, andhe’s willing to do whatever it takes to hire the best chef in the city toguarantee its success. Even if it requires giving carnal lessons to aserious-minded spinster who has an in with the chef.Theirbedroom instruction grows passionate, and Alice is a much better pupil than Kithad ever anticipated. When the Society gentlemen start to take notice, Kit has totry to win Alice in other ways . . . but is he too late to win her heart? 

Finalist in the Daphne De Maurier mystery and The Maggie writing contests.When wealthy Chicagoan Nicholas Shield set off to find his missing sister, he never expected to come face to face with his infamous past, let alone his own mortality. Six weeks ago, his beloved sister vanished without a word. The Pinkerton agent his father hired picked up her trail in the Colorado mountains only to abandon the search when the altitude made him sick. Now it was up to Nick to find her and bring her home.Armed with the name of a local investigator to guide him and a chess piece he was ordered to present, Nick started his search in a hell hole of a town called Colorado City where drinking and gambling and whoring were the mainstays of life. And where Lee Wilcox, the man he expected to hire, turned out to be Lilly Kane, the woman who had left him seven years before and for whom he still pined. The last man Lilly Kane expected to see in the wildest of the West was Nicholas Shield, the fun-loving, irreverent hedonist who had fathered her child. The man she once loved, the man she now hated. Because of him she had remade her life not once, but twice, and no one was going to upset her world ever again. Or so she thought... until he reentered her life, all virile masculinity, apologetic, and desperate to find his sister. Deep down she knew she was the only one who could help him. As a secret government agent hunting sex slavers, she knew more than anyone how innocent women could be unwittingly manipulated by unscrupulous flesh peddlers into working the gold camps, and she feared his sister might have fallen victim to this sad fate. Joining forces, they pledged a truce, each hoping to fulfill their mission without igniting the glowing embers still burning between them.As they pick up the trail high in the mountains, one thing soon becomes painfully clear. While they hunt for Nick's sister, someone is hunting Lilly. And anyone standing in the way is considered collateral damage. Including Nick.Heat Level: SteamyMemories and Moonbeams is a standalone love story in The Chessmen series--steamy, emotional stories of strong late Victorian heroines and the men who love them.

“Bennett’s medieval England comes alive in ways a reader can immediately relate to, even while being transported away from the modern world.”—Christian Science Monitor The story of two sisters caught up in the maelstrom of historic events, Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett combines the fascinating art and history of silk making with political intrigue and a sweeping, unforgettable love story. A breathing immersion into a Tudor England torn asunder by the War of the Roses, Figures in Silk is historical fiction at its finest—a rare and welcome treat for readers captivated by the fiction of Tracy Chevalier, Sarah Dunant, Geraldine Brooks, Susan Vreeland, and the Boleyn novels of Phillipa Gregory.