Bøger udgivet af Sofi Laporte

A Lost Love. A Cold Marquess. A Fateful Christmas Country House Party...Mirabel's dreams are shattered when her bridegroom vanishes without a trace from her little village in Cornwall. With a determined heart, she embarks on a journey to London to find him, only to find herself in humble service in a noble household. As time passes, the memory of her lost love lingers, defying the odds. When an unexpected opportunity arises to attend a lavish country house party as a companion, Mira seizes the chance.Enter the enigmatic Lord Atherton, a sought-after bachelor known as the 'Cold Marquess.' His icy demeanour belies a longing for connection. At the opulent London opera, he's captivated by the exquisite Mira and resolves to make her his own. As Christmas approaches, a festive country house party sets the stage for a tale of lost love, concealed identities, and the promise of second chances. Will Mira's heart find the love it yearns for amidst the glistening snow and warm glow of Christmas?This enchanting story serves as the prequel to the "Viennese Waltz" series, introducing to a world of captivating characters and timeless romance.

When a spirited spinster enlists her butler's help to turn her life around, it leads to an unfathomable mystery, great danger, and a chance at love in this rollicking Regency romance.Lady Avery Heywood has never been kissed. She's never had a Season, danced the waltz at a ball, or been in love. The staunch spinster has resigned herself to a loveless existence, where she dutifully raises her brother's four children and cares for an ageing aunt. But Avery yearns to break free from the shackles of her humdrum existence. Determined to check off each item on her list of unfulfilled dreams, she turns to her butler for assistance. Little does she know that beneath her butler's unassuming demeanour lies a secret that could forever alter their destinies.As Avery and her enigmatic butler navigate the bewildering world of high society and its glittering balls, their worlds collide in a tumultuous dance of mixed identities and hidden desires. But as class lines blur and danger looms, she wonders: Who is Jerkins, really? Servant, lord, rakehell...or perhaps even a daring highwayman?Before long, Avery finds herself tumbling into a splendid adventure of mistaken identity, danger, and intrigue. In this lively and romantic tale of love against all odds, Avery will discover that true passion can be found with the most unexpected of people...Immerse yourself in the world of Sofi Laporte's Regency ton, where spinsters are merry, rakes are charming, and no one is who they seem.

She is a shy spinster by day and a celebrated opera singer by night. He is an earl in dire need of a wife - and desperately in love with this season's opera star.Can love blossom out of this tangled web of deception?The earl must marry.Anyone will do, provided she is respectable and ugly. Tristan Sydney, Earl of Ravenscroft, is determined to get his own back on his tyrannous father, even if it means he'll end up shackled to a spinster, buckteeth, and all. For no woman will measure up to the goddess he is hopelessly, feverishly in love with: Violetta Winter, the celebrated opera star. Little does he know that his shy little fiancée is about to lead him on a merry ride...and a lesson in true love.Miss Ava Sackville must remain invisible.For if her secret comes to light, a colossal scandal will smirch her stuffy but respectable family name and drag down her newly titled twin brother with her. So, when a dashing rake proposes to her out of the blue, she doesn't think twice. Little does she know that she might be in for so much more than she bargained for. Dare she drop the masquerade to embrace true love?This is a sweet, cheeky regency romp where spinsters are merry, rogues are charming, and nothing is as it seems.

A battle-scarred duke. A substitute bride. A dangerous secret that brings them together.The Honorable Roberta Talbot is tired of being the practical one in her family. As the impoverished daughter of a reckless baron, she has spent years supporting her mother and siblings. When a chance meeting brings an opportunity for adventure her way, Birdie grabs hold and takes it... all the way to a haunted castle in Scotland and into the domain of its beastly lord.A tormented past...Captain Gabriel Eversleigh never expected to become the Duke of Dunross. Racked by survivor's guilt after the Battle of Waterloo, Gabriel wishes for nothing more than to be left alone in his tower. Bound by honour to fulfil his promise to wed a girl he has never met, Gabriel plans to be a husband in name only.But the bold young woman who arrives as his bride is irksomely determined to upend both his life and his castle. Worst of all, she pulls on the strings of a heart he thought was long since dead.A committed wife...Determined to turn her sham marriage into the real thing, Birdie not only confronts the ghosts of Gabriel's past but stirs up a dangerous secret hidden deep within the castle walls.But when Gabriel discovers he's married the wrong bride, will their love be able to flourish, or will his softening heart harden once more?¿¿¿This Beauty and the Beast variation is a sweet Regency romance that is part of the Wishing Well series; however, it can be read as a separate story.Trigger Warning: Even though there are no graphic descriptions of violence in this book, topics of war, PTSD, and suicide play a role in the main characters' pasts.

A spirited young lady with a dream. A duke in disguise. A compromising situation.Lucy Bell burns with determination. Convinced an arrogant aristocrat is to blame for her expulsion from her beloved school, the penniless girl sets out to visit her best friend to help her undo the catastrophe. But when a storm on the road leaves her in a compromising position with a handsome gardener, she is swept away by his gruff kindness.Henry, Duke of Ashmore, lives and breathes duty. So, though he suspects he'll regret it, he grudgingly offers the chatterbox with the bouncy curls a seat in his coach. But despite her attracting disasters, he somehow finds himself sharing his long-buried emotions with the disarmingly unconventional woman.Shocked when her charming Henry is revealed to be the duke she thought she'd loathe, a floundering Lucy tries to gain his trust... but only manages to leave mayhem in her wake as she falls from one mishap into another. And Henry is mystified when he pledges to do the honourable thing, only to have the spirited mischief-maker give him a sound set-down.When scandal strikes and her past finally catches up with her, Lucy faces an impossible dilemma. Will her love ruin those dearest to her heart?For the Duke of Secrets is not the only one wearing a disguise.