Henry Carter Hull

Perdita Halley, a young woman who has turned down the proposal of Alexander von Reisden, fearing marriage would impede her music career, instead begins a passionate, clandestine affair with him in Paris in 1910, until an American acquaintance arrives and turns gossip into scandal.

Florence, a talented musician, marries Edward, a young history student, in 1962, honestly believing her sincere love for him might overcome the repulsion she feels at the thought of a physical relationship, but the events of their wedding night puts their lives on very different courses from what they had anticipated.

Presents two romance stories by Nora Roberts, including "Loving Jack," in which a romance novelist meets the embodiment of her fictional hero and plots to lead him to a happy ending; and "Best Laid Plans," in which architect Cody Johnson is smitten with structural engineer Abra Wilson.

A tale of a woman who shocks her well-to-do family by running off with a migrant worker who abuses her.

Translation of a German novel about the erotic awakening of fifteen-year-old Michael Berg who engages in a secret affair with a mysterious older woman.

Ben, a naive young insurance adjuster, comes under the tutelage of John, a veteran. Soon Ben finds himself caught in John's illegal schemes and falling in love with John's shifty girlfriend.

When Kate Jamison and Joe Allbright meet for the first time shortly before Christmas in 1940 they recognize each other as soulmates, but the next three decades are filled with pain as well as happiness as they try to stay together.

Maureen Davenport, who loves the Christmas holiday, prepares to direct Avalon's annual pageant, and as she makes preparations, she learns that former child star Eddie Haven, a man with tattoos and long hair, has been ordered to co-direct the production with her.

Cassandra de Warenne spends her days looking after her niece at her sister's large English manor while her sister Tracey travels around the world seducing men and spending money, but when Tracey's latest conquest returns home with her, Cassandra feels an intense attraction that threatens the perfect life she has always known.

In her journal, May Dodd records her experiences as a Cheyenne Indian bride, traded by the government in 1875 as part of a secret peace treaty with the Cheyenne nation.