"Mary Barton is the daughter of an active and embittered mill worker and trade unionist, John Barton. Flattered by the attentions of Henry Carson, the son of one of the mill owners, she rejects the love and devotion of her faithful admirer, Jem Wilson. But Henry Carson is murdered and suspicion falls on Jem. It is not only Mary who now has to consider her real allegiances and feelings as events unfold." -- Cover.

"Love and the erratic heart are at the center of Hardy's "woodland story." Set in the beautiful Blackmoor Vale, The Woodlanders concerns the fortunes of Giles Winterborne, whose love for the well-to-do Grace Melbury is challenged by the arrival of the dashing and dissolute doctor, Edred Fitzpiers. When the mysterious Felice Charmond further complicates the romantic entanglements, marital choice and class mobility become inextricably linked. Hardy's...

Wiltshire, England, 1845. After growing up in near poverty, Lady Alexandra MacIntyre has decided to marry for money. She'll do anything to achieve her goal-- even get herself caught in a compromising situation by her overprotective new stepbrother, Lord Evan Xavier. Evan considers Alexandra a genuine pain in his arse. Unfortunately, while his father and her mother are away on their wedding trip, she is his responsibility. When she announces her plan...