Molly Gromadzki

Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they fall in love with the same girl. Having travelled to Milan in search of adventure, they both fall for the Duke's daughter Silvia. But Proteus is already sworn to his sweetheart Julia at home in Verona, and the Duke thinks Valentine is not good enough for his Silvia. With friendship forgotten, the rivals' affections quickly get out of hand as the four young lovers find themselves on a wild chase through the woods, confused by mistaken identity and threatened by fierce outlaws before they find a path to reconciliation.

Lorsqu’elle arrive au Vietnam - un pays qu’elle n’aurait pas su situer sur une carte - Christina ignore ce qu'elle vient y chercher. Guidée par une intuition, cette irlandaise de caractère pressent qu'ici sa vie va changer. Sa rencontre avec deux petites orphelines livrées à elles-mêmes va la renvoyer à son propre passé. Celui d'une gamine des quartiers déshérités de Dublin, qui, elle aussi, a connu la pauvreté, la violence, l'abandon... Pas d'hésitation: la main qu'on ne lui a pas tendue à l'époque, elle va la tendre maintenant à ces fillettes et leur rendre leur enfance. Ce qu'elle ignore encore, c'est qu'il y en aura bientôt des milliers. Pour tous ces enfants, Christina va devenir «Mama Tina»...

The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.