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Lucretia is forced to marry the Marquis of Marlyn. Together they encounter dangerous adventures in France as they rescue Englishmen from the hands of Napoleon.

On holiday in Portugal to take their daughter's mind off a troubled love affair, the Channings are `befriended' by the Baronesa Narvo - with unexpected results.

While on a secret mission to the fanatical leader of a holy war against Imperial Russia, Lord Athelston becomes involved in an escape from the Sultan's harem.

Spellbound follows world-famous photographer Calin Farrell on his much-needed vacation in Ireland. While there, Calin becomes bewitched by the ravishingly beautiful Bryna Torrence, even if he refuses to believe in the spell that has brought them together-and could destroy them both.

When dowdy housewife Evelyn Couch meets endearing old lady Ninny Threadgoode, she shares with her an enthralling story of two women. The headstrong Idgie and the gentle Ruth who in the 1930's ran the Whistle Stop Cafe, a railside eatery offering great barbecues, tasty fried green tomatoes, and all kinds of love, laughter and even an occasional murder.

Darkly handsome with an arrogant edge, architectural engineer Scout Ritland is the kind of American man who spells trouble. Chantal duPont should know, for she has experienced the best and worst of the country and its people--including one who broke her heart. Yet here she is, home on sultry Parrish Island, putting herself in the way of another bold Yankee. This time, however, it's for a good cause: Scout is the one man who can help her village, and she's not about to let him get the better of her--no matter how much she may want to.

Faced with orchard owner Chase Elliott's roguish charm, former Philadelphia socialite Eden Carlbough, who is now trying to run a struggling summer camp for girls, finds that romance is sure to follow temptation.

This is a story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heart-broken and believing that "Love is a terrible thing that makes you suffer". When a chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, she dreams of finding fame and fortune yet ends up working as a prostitute.

It's a plum assignment for photojournalist Joanna James: a ride on the Orient-Express with a stop in Venice for five days at the exclusive Cipriani Hotel - all expenses paid. The trip starts out more as an inconvenience than an exciting adventure - especially when a stop in London renews her friendship with two very different lovers. But then she boards the train and enters its romantic world, where strangers become friends, where confidences are shared, and where love is lost... and found.

Brought together by their mutual interest in art, Sasha, a widowed art gallery owner with grown children, and Liam, a successful artist nine years her junior, find new meaning in their lives through their relationship with each other.