Digital Sin: 78 books

“At ten years of age I was the unconscious mistress of a heavy stone farm-house and extensive lands in the interior of Pennsylvania, with railroad-bonds and bank-stock enough to secure me a moderate independence. I shall never, never forget the loneliness of that old house the day my mother was...

A “big-city melodrama” which tells the story of Ada Wilcox Leicester, an innocent country girl who allows herself to be seduced and corrupted by her aspirations for material wealth. Ada later redeems herself by transforming her grand house into a home for destitute gentlewomen.

Angel Esquire : Le vieux Réale, patron de plusieurs casinos égyptiens, s’est retiré à Londres, sa fortune faite. Il a fait construire dans sa maison un gigantesque coffre-fort. William Spedding, son avoué, a recueilli son testament sur lequel figurent ses anciens complices, Jimmy, Connor et...

Big-Foot : Pauvre Gordon Cardew ! Veuf, ancien notaire, il devrait profiter d’une retraite méritée ! Sa nouvelle passion, la criminologie, l’amène à fréquenter de brillants policiers comme Minter, dit Super, ou Lattimer, son adjoint. Sa secrétaire, Elfa Leigh, le seconde avec efficacité....

She was eighteen years old and would graduate in a few weeks, yet Elsie looked like a child, lying there in that little white bed, with her golden curls scattered on the pillow and the soft whiteness of her neck and hands shaded by the delicate Valenciennes with which her night robe was profusely...

Bien que terminée après la mort de J.-O. Curwood, l’histoire de sa vie, présentée ici, est en majeure partie l’œuvre du romancier. James Oliver Curwood, dit Jim Curwood, né le 12 juin 1878 à Owosso, au Michigan (États-Unis), et mort dans la même ville le 13 août 1927, est un romancier...

In the long slog of the Hundred Years’ War, the English forces’ decisive victory in the Battle of Agincourt proved to be a key turning point. In this gripping historical novel from G. P. R. James, a tender human drama unfolds against the backdrop of the epic battle.

“Madame,” one of the most brilliant personalities in French society before the War, runs a circle of dashing young adventurers, who commit all sorts of crimes, the members sharing the proceeds. The Virgins consist of Public School men and ‘Varsity men who are virgins in crime until they bind...

This novel was originally published under the title A Daughter of the Marionis and was reprinted several times. The story of a vendetta, makes a capital plot for the novelist who takes characters from Southern life for his story, and in Margharita, “a daughter of the Marionis,” we have a not impossible...

The subject of all these calls that needed instant attention was a girl of thirteen, Mag Jessup, little maid of all work in the boardinghouse of Mrs. Perkins. There was a time in her life, when she was called Margaret. I think her mother used that name when she first looked at her. Once, when she...

In this suspenseful sequel to Ishmael, you will follow the valiant perseverance of our hero, Ishmael Worth. From the sultry heat of Cuba to the gloomy crags of northern Scotland, Ishmael stands resolute in his commitment to those he loves. Whether he is wrestling with the icy hand of death or carefully...

The sequel to Her Mother’s Secret. A wedding between Le and Odalite is rudely interrupted by Angus Anglesea, coming to claim his bride, or at least to keep her from marrying another. The Forces struggle to find justice against Angus Anglesea, even crossing over to England to hunt down the facts they need to expose his villainy. This story will be continued in When Shadows Die.

Il s’agit ici d’un roman d’amour interdit sur fond de mouvement insurrectionnel à Paris (les années 1840s), l’auteur a l’art de laisser planer le mystère sur la vie de Madame Rose pendant toute une longue première partie… « On sait que Madame Rose vivait seule avec une vieille servante...

What kind of secret could a mother be keeping that would keep long time lovers apart, and force her eldest daughter into a hasty marriage? Young Odalite and her cousin Leonidas have lived the past three years apart, with Leonidas at sea, and were planning on marrying when he came back. An old acquaintance...