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Modern girl Jillian time travels to the 1900s to meet the Wright brothers and beat her fear of flying. There, she encounters dashing Everett, who broke from his wealthy family to pursue a passion for flying—and who claims they kissed five years ago. Soon she's falling for him and facing a heartbreaking choice that could destroy her happiness or possibly unravel history itself.

Eighteen-year-old Joaquín del Toro’s future looks bright. With his older brother in the priesthood, he’s set to inherit his family’s Texas ranch. He’s in love with Dulceña—and she’s in love with him. But it’s 1915, and trouble has been brewing along the US-Mexico border. On one side, the Mexican Revolution is taking hold; on the other, Texas Rangers fight Tejano insurgents, and ordinary citizens are caught in the middle. As tensions grow, Joaquín is torn away from Dulceña, whose father’s critical reporting on the Rangers in the local newspaper has driven a wedge between their families.

In the land of Taletha, the wife market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse, but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.

In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali has no family left and has caught the attention of a gang leader. She has no choice but to make the perilous trip to the US border and track down her long-absent father. The night before her journey, she finds a conch shell detailed with ancient markings. In 1521, Calizto is an Aztec young warrior in Tenochtitlan, fighting to save his city from Spanish imperialists. With his family dead and the horrors of war surrounding him, Calizto asks a sacred moon conch for guidance. Connected by the magical conch, Sitlali and Calizto can communicate across centuries.

Sixteen-year-old Rhia Caddell doesn’t know what’s worse—arranged marriages or high finance. She’s stuck with both when her desperate father agrees to marry her to the oh-so-dainty Prince of Wales in an attempt at royal tax negotiations.

Mission accomplie pour la Princesse Alosa ! Non seulement elle a rassemblé les trois morceaux de la légendaire carte au trésor tant convoitée, mais les pirates dont elle était captive sont à présent ses propres prisonniers sur son navire... Quant au terrible Vordan, il devra bientôt répondre de ses actes devant son père, le Roi pirate. Et le plus savoureux dans tout cela, c'est que le lieutenant Riden est désormais sous ses ordres !

High school is ending and Amelia cannot take one more second of people telling her to cherish every moment and be excited for the future when her future is anything but certain. Needing a change of scenery, Amelia hatches a plan to steal her best friend’s time traveling umbrella. She’s expecting the same adventure her best friend had - castles and gowns and falling in love with an enigmatic Lord.

On the eve of the Coronation, aspiring newspaper columnist Penelope Beaumont is assigned the story of a lifetime-revealing the Crown Prince isn't the rightful heir to Loirehall's throne. Desperate to leave her dysfunctional step-family, and tempted by the chance to fulfill her deepest wish and claim her late Father's former column in The Loirehall Times, Penelope accepts the job.

Independência ou morte! Um momento decisivo na história do Brasil. Mas este foi apenas um momento, eternizado em marcantes obras de arte. O que aconteceu antes daquele dia em que Dom Pedro I declarou a independência? Quem foram os personagens históricos envolvidos? Com base no famoso quadro "Independência ou morte", de Pedro Américo, o autor Gustavo Penna resolveu investigar a trajetória de sete indivíduos intimamente envolvidos no processo de independência do nosso país para recriar a história de como o Brasil resolveu se separar de Portugal, há quase 200 anos atrás.

Of all the thoughts racing through my mind, three things stood out. First, Seth used to be a mummy. Second, we were connected eternally beyond our control. And third, he literally took my breath away.

Nikola Tesla, the visionary genius, is lecturing in New York City when he falls for Victoria, the mysterious young woman he sees night after night in the front row. The woman intrigues him: her curiosity is as great as his own, and her interest is wide-ranging. But there’s something she’s hiding, a family secret so horrendous no one speaks of it. When Tesla finds out, he has a decision to make: listen to the inner voice warning him to stay away, or abandon his morality and help her with her own terrible science.

Chicago, 1910. Vier junge Frauen auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe. Die Davenports gehören zu den wenigen Schwarzen Familien, die zu Wohlstand und Ansehen gekommen sind. Sie leben in einem Anwesen mit Kristallleuchtern, Dienstboten und großen Festen. Nun werden Olivia und Helen, die beiden Davenport-Töchter, in die Gesellschaft eingeführt. Wie das Dienstmädchen Amy-Rose und die beste Freundin Ruby müssen sie ihren Weg finden.