Download or read book Mademoiselle Fleur written by Samantha Arran and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prolific writer publishes latest romantic novel, ably sweeping readers up into the captivating drama of international fashion. Mademoiselle Fleur DuPre hails from remarkably affluent stock, but she is determined not to rest on her familys privileged laurels. Her parents may breed thoroughbred racehorses at their stud farm in Paris, and her paternal grandparents might be the owners of prestigious jewellers shops in Paris and London, but Fleur is quietly resolved to break away from tradition and to make it on her own merits. Fleur is only twenty-four years old, but she already has the fashion world enthralled by her creative flair; her talent and tenacity have just won her the Haute Couture College Honours Degree for best student, along with the acclaimed Star Award for her wedding dress designs. Madame Merle Veneto, a famous film star before she settled down to married life, is driving home when she hears the news of Fleurs award-winning wedding gowns on the radio. She immediately decided to approach Fleur through the Couture College with the prospect of a stellar commission; to create a dream wedding gown for her eldest daughter, Franoise, who is struggling to find the right designer for her upcoming marriage. This exciting opportunity will transform Fleurs career. It will also bring with it an extraordinary love-affair. This enjoyable novel from Samantha Arran, the author of the Lady Amanda Young, Love never fails, Unfailing love, A New Beginning trilogy, this time focuses on the high-octane fashion world, with a vibrant blend of romance, drama and suspense that readers will adore. About the Author: Samantha Arran is a romantic fiction writer living in Derbyshire.
Download or read book Fleur written by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1851: all the world flock to the Great Exhibition, where beautiful, independent Fleur Hamilton encounters the enigmatic Count Sergei Kirov. When they meet again in St Petersburg, she knows that her fate is entangled with this vibrant man, whom she cannot understand, and yet who stirs her like no other. But England and Russia are on the brink of war; Kirov is on the brink of a marriage of convenience; and Fleur finds herself trapped in an agonising triangle of passion and betrayal. From the magical splendours of St Petersburg to the peril and squalor of besieged Sebastopol, Fleur follows her love; and through danger and suffering seeks to unravel the mystery of Kirov's tragic past, and find her destiny.
Download or read book The Stolen Child written by Jennifer Cook and published by a-argus books. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazel is snatched from her mother at birth by her father, Captain James Everett. He intends to kill Hazel in revenge, but finds he can not bring himself to leave his own flesh and blood exposed on a hillside. Completely unprepared, he sails with her to Canada and is driven to his wits end with the needs of a new born babe. Without a second thought he gets help from a kind couple and guards over her as she grows. However, when Hazel is sixteen, Everett takes her from her family home. He intends to show her the world at sea, but Hazel is not pleased. Especially after the demise of her friend Molly by Everett's hand, or so as Hazel see it. Diligently, Hazel plans and executes an elaborate escape from Everett, that only leads her into another captivity. A secret admirer, Charlie, follows Hazel all the way from Canada to England. His dearest wish is to speak to her. Yet, through twists and turns he falls in love with her twin sister, Lily. He goes into the deaths of despair when Lily leaves him.Lily comes from a high class family and is thrown into turmoil when she finds herself pregnant. She can't marry Charlie because he is so poor. Yet her family would be shocked to their roots to find her with child without a husband. Lily hides her pregnancy and her baby, but is at a loss about what to do next.Hazel is bought out of her captivity by her Aunt to meet her twin and mother for the first time. However, before Hazel does, she mistakenly comes across the baby hidden in Lily's draw. The twins are shocked to meet each other, but quickly become friends. Shortly after, they decide to run together, Lily for the sake of her baby and Hazel to avoid Everett.They plan to make their home with Hazel's old teacher, Mademoiselle Fleur, who recently shifted from Canada back to France. All seems safe and straight forward as they leave their English home to catch the next boat to France. However, their maid Kitty is secretly working against them to ensure her pocket is lined. They find themselves in London with no money, a little baby and a maid.In desperation Hazel pretends to be a worker girl, but unbeknown to her she is employed by her father's friend for his sake, for when he returns from sea he will want his daughter safe. However, on the day of Everett's arrival, Hazel hears of his return and slips through the fingers of her employers.Racing home to Lily and little Harry, Hazel tells Lily they must run from Everett. Kitty overhears their plan to leave her behind, so she steals little Harry to sell him to Lily's family. But Hazel catches her in time, snatching Harry back. The twins and Harry run on with no plan accept for the hope their Uncle in Scotland will help them.
Download or read book French Short Stories Belle poque Scandal written by Nicky Huys and published by Nicky Huys Books. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "French Short Stories: Belle Époque Scandal" transports readers to the dazzling and scandalous world of 19th-century France. From the glittering ballrooms of Paris to the charming streets of provincial towns, this collection of short stories delves into the secrets, scandals, and romances of the Belle Époque era. Through captivating prose and compelling characters, readers will uncover hidden desires, forbidden love affairs, and the intricate social dynamics of the time. Each story offers a glimpse into the opulent and complex world of French society, weaving together passion, betrayal, and the enduring human spirit. This anthology is a captivating exploration of an era characterized by both elegance and intrigue, where every whispered conversation and stolen glance holds the promise of scandal.
Download or read book Fleur de lis written by Isolde Martyn and published by Momentum. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleur's life depends upon her outwitting the man she is drawn to above all others. France 1793. After the dispersal of her family in the bloody upheaval of the French Revolution, Fleur de Montbulliou, a beautiful young aristocrat, is forced into hiding. While she is living a hand-to-mouth existence in the countryside, her chance encounter with a mysterious stranger results in a marriage proposal. Determined to survive, Fleur weds a dying man she hardly knows and assumes a new identity as the widow of Matthieu Bosanquet, a prosperous merchant from the city. And so she is swept into the very heart of Paris, a place as treacherous as it is exciting. As the widow Bosanquet and in a further disguise as the provocative actress La Coquette, she is adored and feted by the deputies of the Revolution, and plays a hazardous game of double deception. However, to preserve her precious freedom, she must outwit one particular man - the cool, intelligent deputy Raoul de Villaret. As political unrest plunges Paris yet more deeply into chaos, Fleur will be forced to take ever greater risks. In a glittering, dangerous world where anything might happen, can love survive? Perfect for fans of Katherine McMahon and Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel. "This outstanding novel cements (Isolde Martyn's) reputation for exceptional romantic historical fiction." - Margaret Barr, The Historical Novels Review
Download or read book The Granite Coast Murders written by Jean-Luc Bannalec and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Granite Coast Murders, the sixth installment of Jean-Luc Bannalec's bestselling mystery series, Commissaire Dupin returns to investigate a murder at a gorgeous Brittany beach resort. Inspector Dupin and Claire are on a two-week vacation, but while Claire seems to enjoy the quiet of the beach, Commissaire Dupin takes every opportunity to leave the beach towel. The fabulous dinners on the hotel patio and the rumors about a stolen statue of a saint are the few interesting moments of his days on vacation. But then a tourist vanishes without trace and there’s an attack on a deputy to the local assembly, who is involved in confrontations with local farmers. Shortly after that, the Britanny beach resort is shocked by the discovery of a corpse. Dupin clandestinely begins to investigate with the help of the local villagers, something he must keep a secret from Claire and his colleagues in Concarneau. Between bewitched valleys and beautiful beaches, an unfathomable case develops.
Download or read book If It Die Andr Gide written by André Gide and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If It Die... by André Gide is a profound exploration of personal identity, moral ambiguity, and the human experience. Through this autobiographical work, Gide reflects on his formative years, offering an intimate portrayal of his journey from adolescence to adulthood. The narrative delves into his struggles with religion, sexuality, and societal expectations, portraying his inner conflict with refreshing honesty. In If It Die..., Gide confronts the rigid moral structures of his upbringing, particularly the influence of his Protestant faith. He presents a nuanced depiction of his search for authenticity, as he grapples with questions of desire and identity in a society that demanded conformity. Gide's writing is both introspective and candid, offering readers an unvarnished look into the complexities of his emotional and spiritual development. The book is not merely a personal reflection, but a critique of the social and moral constraints of late 19th and early 20th-century France. Through his narrative, Gide explores themes such as the tension between personal freedom and societal norms, as well as the hypocrisy inherent in conventional morality. His experiences, particularly his travels and encounters with different cultures, broaden his perspective and deepen his understanding of human diversity.
Download or read book If It Die written by Andre Gide and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the major autobiographical statement from Nobel laureate André Gide. In the events and musings recorded here we find the seeds of those themes that obsessed him throughout his career and imbued his classic novels The Immoralist and The Counterfeiters. Gide led a life of uncompromising self-scrutiny, and his literary works resembled moments of that life. With If It Die, Gide determined to relay without sentiment or embellishment the circumstances of his childhood and the birth of his philosophic wanderings, and in doing so to bring it all to light. Gide’s unapologetic account of his awakening homosexual desire and his portrait of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas as they indulged in debauchery in North Africa are thrilling in their frankness and alone make If It Die an essential companion to the work of a twentieth-century literary master.
Download or read book A Lady in Shadows written by Lene Kaaberbøl and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Madeleine’s inquisitive mind and candid voice are enough to keep us reading.” —The New York Times Book Review New York Times bestselling author Lene Kaaberbøl returns with her beloved protagonist Madeleine Karno—an ambitious young woman who shatters the confines of nineteenth century France. On June 2nd, 1894, in the wake of President Marie Francois Sadi Carnot’s assassination, France descends into chaos and riots in the streets of Varbourg. Many lives are lost in the mayhem, but when one lady of the night is found murdered with brutal incisions and no sign of a struggle, it is clear something is amiss. Madeleine Karno must ask herself the terrifying question: Do they have their very own Jack the Ripper in France? Madeleine is no stranger to cases such as this. Though she is a woman in forensic pathology (a career considered unseemly even for men), her recent work with a string of mysterious deaths and becoming the first female student admitted to the University of Varbroug has earned her some semblance of respect. But there’s only so much her physiology courses can do to help her uncover the mysteries of a mad scientist’s brutal murders. Madeleine must do whatever it takes—investigate the darkest corners of the city and even work undercover—to track down a murderer at large. But if there’s one thing the press has right about “Mademoiselle Death,” it’s this: it takes a woman to find a killer of women.
Download or read book Escape from Passion written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the death of her mother, her father’s subsequent suicide by drowning in the English Channel, all in the foreboding shadow of imminent war, the beautiful young Fleur Garton is vulnerable to say the least. Even more so when her new love, Lucien, a French airman, is killed just two weeks after the Second World War is declared and followed after by the death of his mother. Left bereft and alone at a remote Château in German-occupied France, Fleur has to find a way home to England before the Germans discover her and in a French Resistance safe house she meets and falls in love with another airman, Royal Air Force pilot Jack Reynolds. Sadly her heart is about to be broken once more on arrival in England after a gruelling voyage of escape from France. Desperate to escape Jack’s family home, Fleur seeks employment at Greystone Priory as housekeeper-companion to the ailing mother of the renowned motor car tycoon, Sir Norman Mitcham. Instantly she falls in love with the grandeur and beauty of the house and with the arch but kindly Mrs. Mitcham. But, although she takes an intense dislike to Sir Norman, who seems cold, ruthless and aloof, she decides that this is where she will achieve her aim, ‘to hate all men, to dispense with love in her life and forget about it’. Gradually, though, as she begins to discern the man behind the façade, she warms to Sir Norman. And perhaps her heart is ready for a different kind of love from a man who will never ever break it.
Download or read book Chantal written by Claire Lorrimer and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stubborn in her loyalties and passionate in her affections - Chantal is exquisite, beguiling and volatile. And it is her spirited nature that could all too easily lead the young girl astray . . . Beautiful and alluring, Chantal is adored by three men who will all risk anything to win her love. Torn from the dazzling salons and glittering balls of aristocratic London, Chantal finds herself caught in a gathering maelstrom of wild and dangerous adventure. From a mysterious chateau, to a deserted tropical island, she is swept into a whirlwind of scandal, anguish and ecstasy.
Download or read book Love Is in the Air written by Samantha Arran and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 24 year old beautiful Italian Paulina Alvarado, with her university Masters Degrees qualifications is asked to furnish the luxury hotel in London she had designed for business people and their families from abroad, bringing orders into Britain. Paulina stays with friends and colleagues of her horse business parents and, owing to circumstances, meets for the first time their son, 32 year old Marcus. Shortly after coming to Surrey, Paulina is introduced to Antonio Verengo, a famous gorgeous Italian polo player and hotels owner. With their affinity she begins to think they have a married future together, when she is broken hearted hearing of his infidelity. We briefly meet up with Mademoiselle Fleur from the last book, her husband Dominic who is the construction builder for the hotel, and their children. Samantha weaves her storyline characters into her usual good uplifting read of humour, and how despair can turn to hope through love. Love of God and the love of people.
Download or read book The Windsor Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Second Chance written by Samantha Arran and published by Author House. This book was released on 2015 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting at a charity dinner and continuing to meet Jason and virgin Marigold knew they were in love. At Jason's home after her first visit for Sunday lunch, as Marigold was changing afterwards for riding in the wood, through the open windows she heard Jason's mother, Lady Norton discussing her. "We mustn't encourage her. She would be unsuitable for Jason. With her infamous aunt's many affairs she would drag his career down. He will be taking Silk and then going on to be a Judge." Heartbroken Marigold fled to Cornwall to be with her ex nanny before she started work in her aunt's fashion store. Jason knowing where to find her followed her and they were given a second chance.
Download or read book Three Windows written by Jonathan Waite and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-04-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three medium-length stories (not long enough for novels, too long for shorts) covering MR Jamesian horror, dystopian fantasy and "soft" science fiction.
Download or read book A Dance With Seduction written by Alyssa Alexander and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivienne Le Fleur is one of London’s most sought after opera dancer and one of England’s best weapons: a spy known as the Flower. When a French agent pressures her to change allegiance by abducting her sister, Vivienne is forced to seek the help of the only man in London who doesn’t want her. Maximilian Westwood, retired code breaker, doesn't like surprises or mysteries—and The Flower is both. When she sneaks into his study in the middle of the night with a coded message, he’s torn between spurning the lovely spy...and helping her. Now they’re caught up in a game of cat and mouse with French spies. Bound together by secrecy, they discover there is more between them than politics and hidden codes. But love has no place among the secrets of espionage... Each book in the Spy in the Ton series is STANDALONE. * A Dance with Seduction * The Lady and Mr. Jones
