The Eternal Collection

Series · 294

books · 1671-2003

By Cartland, Barbara Cartland, Barbara Metzger

Books in series

Elizabethan Lover

1900

Having sailed with Sir Francis Drake, swashbuckling privateer Rodney Hawkhurst yearns for a galleon of his own with which to plunder the Spanish Main in the name of Queen Elizabeth. Seeking investment from Sir Harry Gillingham, he has a fleeting encounter with an elfin, tomboyish golden-red-haired beauty Sir Harry’s youngest daughter Lizbeth and is bewitched by her limpid green eyes. Yet it is fair and golden-haired elder sister Phillida with whom he first falls in love… Granted his finances on the condition that Sir Harry’s weak, possibly even traitorous son sails with him in the hope that the mission will make him a man, Rodney embarks on a voyage of blood, honour and glory in which he gains great riches but loses his heart, not once, but twice. The risks are great but so are the rewards: wealth beyond compare and, as Rodney finally discovers, a greater, deeper, more passionate love than he ever imagined possible.

The Little Pretender

1950

In 1750 Scotland, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. The plan is for Iona to gain the trust of the Duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a ‘pretender’, Iona struggles to hold her nerve. Her native wit and steel nerves do not fail her but almost instantly, on meeting the imperious Duke, it’s her heart that lets her down. She’s fallen deeply, hopelessly in love! Traitor or not, surely the Duke could never love the Little Pretender who was sent only to ensnare him?

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

1719

Den ældre, hemmelighedsfulde Emilie og hendes niece, den unge skønhed Mistral, skaber sensation ved deres ankomst til Monte Carlo. Mistral vinder alles hjertet, da hun efter ordre fra sin tante optræder som den mystiske Mademoiselle Fantômet. Specielt den unge prins Nikolai af Rusland viser stor interesse. Men også rajahen af Jehanger kaster lange lystne blikke efter Mistral, og da han ikke får sin vilje, bortfører han hende. Hvad ingen ved, er, at Mistral har stiftet bekendtskab med den tiltrækkende lord Robert Stanford, som har vakt ukendte følelser i den unge uskyldige pige. Han forsøger at komme Mistral til undsætning, men da han finder ud af, at prins Nikolai allerede har reddet hende, forsvinder han i vrede. Mistral, der opdager, at hun har været offer for et mørkt komplot, bærer dog bestandig mindet om Robert i sit hjerte...

A Duel of Hearts

1949

Lord Vulcans datter, Caroline, er med sine sytten år ikke bare smuk og intelligent, hun er også en stædig og temperamentsfuld lille vildkat, der er vant til at få sin vilje, og som ikke ved, hvad frygt vil sige. Men da hun på en højst usædvanlig måde møder Vane Brecon, bliver hun bange – for hans skyld og for de lumske anslag, der gang på gang rettes mod hans liv. Selv nægter han at tage truslen alvorligt, og da Caroline forstår, at hun elsker ham og ikke kan leve uden ham, må hun selv tage kampen op med hans fjender... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

The Saint and the Sinner

1977

THE SAINT AND THE SINNER Pandora was not eavesdropping. It was only by accident that she found herself overhearing the horrifying conversation between her uncle and guardian—the Bishop of Lindchester—and his wife. "I have not had a chance to tell you," began Pandora's uncle, "that Prosper Witheridge asked me yesterday if he could pay his addresses to Pandora." "You mean to say he wishes to marry her?" asked the Bishop's wife. "She should be grateful, deeply grateful, that a good man should wish to make her his wife." Pandora suddenly realised that she had been holding her breath for so long that she was now gasping for air. Prosper Witheridge! Was it possible for one moment to entertain the idea of him as a husband?

The Penniless Peer

1974

Den skønne, rødhårede Fenella Lambert har været forelsket i sin fætter, Lord Perequine Corbury, lige siden de begge legede sammen som børn. Da han kommer hjem fra Napoleonskrigene ganske pengeløs, finder de sammen på en plan, der skal genskabe Perequiens velstand. Fenella beslutter sig for at gøre hvad som helst, også selvom det betyder, at hendes fætter må gifte sig med en anden - og selvom farerne begynder at lurer fra alle sider. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

The Proud Princess

1976

Having survived the 1871 siege of Paris with her mother the Queen of Dabrozka, Princess Ilona is summoned back to the war-ravaged kingdom of her father, a tyrannical monarch whose unjust rule has divided the nation into two factions: her own Radák people and the Sáros. Worse still, Russia threatens to march on Dabrozka to impose their iron-clad style of order. Only Ilona can save her country from this fate – by making a terrible sacrifice. At the Prime Minister’s request, she must marry the Prince of Sáros, their union bringing together the people. This she will do; this she must do – but what her pride will not allow her is to love the aloof, indifferent Prince. Humiliated by the Prince’s evident disregard, and beaten by her own father on the eve of her wedding, it seems that love will never fill her heart – but as warclouds gather over Dabrozka, both the Prince and the Proud Princes are about to share a dramatic change of heart! The Barbara Cartland Eternal Collection is the unique opportunity to collect as ebooks all five hundred of the timeless beautiful romantic novels written by the world’s most celebrated and enduring romantic author. Named the Eternal Collection because Barbara’s inspiring stories of pure love are just the same as love itself, the books will be published on the Internet at the rate of four titles per month until all five hundred are available. The Eternal Collection, classic pure romance available worldwide for all time .

The Dare-devil Duke

1994

“Do you really think you could work as I had to work to keep your mother from starvation? My dear child, you have lived in the lap of luxury all your life. You could no more earn a penny piece than fly over the moon!” Kasia’s father laughs scornfully. This is justification for his decision to marry her off to a man she does not love – purely to save her from fortune hunters. So Kasia runs away to prove him wrong by working as Governess to the Duke of Dreghorne’s unruly nephew. As Kasia gains the trust of the child, she earns first the respect and then the growing affection of the Lord. But when she and the boy are kidnapped the stakes are irrevocably raised and the Duke’s reputation as a Dare-Devil will be tested one final time... Will Kasia’s father forgive her? Will Fate finally unite the hearts of Kasia and the Dare-Devil Duke?

Diona and a Dalmatian

1983

When her uncle orders her Dalmatian, Sirius, shot, Diona runs away and, by chance, meets the handsome Marquis of Irchester

#10

A Shaft of Sunlight

1981

“ Um raio de sol ” contém Rapto e fuga / Traição – Barbara Cartland. Por favor, leia a sinopse com atenção, para ter certeza de que ainda não tem este título na sua coleção O Visconde Frome está apaixonado e pretende se casar com Claribel Stamford, o mais rápido possível. Ela é jovem, bonita, charmosa e rica, na verdade ele a considera a combinação perfeita. A única desvantagem é que ele precisa da permissão de seu tio, o duque de Alverstode, para fazer o pedido. O duque, um homem muito cauteloso, com experiência nas artimanhas femininas, sugere uma visita à casa de Claribel para conhecer seu pai amoroso, Sir Jarvis, o conhecido proprietário de cavalos de corrida. Impressionado com Stamford Towers, mas ansioso para escapar da ofensiva de charme inebriante de Claribel e seu pai, o duque não consegue se livrar do instinto de que algo não está certo. Mesmo assim, ele fica chocado ao descobrir uma jovem triste, Giona, sozinha observando o pôr do sol sobre os magníficos jardins. Ele fica surpreso ao descobrir que ela é sobrinha de Sir Jarvis, mas vive escondida como um "esqueleto no armário". Horrorizado com sua história de maus tratos e intrigado com o mistério que a cerca, o duque oferece a Giona sua proteção, e jura descobrir o segredo da família e restaurar sua fortuna. Sir Jarvis está igualmente empenhado em manter os segredos de sua família enterrados para sempre e não irá parar por nada para manter sua reputação intacta. Dois homens determinados, ambos acostumados a fazer o que querem, mas, desta vez, apenas um deles pode vencer.

#11

Lies for Love

1983

Felicity har ikke haft forbindelse med sin famile i mange år, men nu har den nye jarl til Galeston, der er hendes værge, givet hende ordre til at komme. Da hun er bange for, at han vil gifte hende bort til en anden, end den hun elsker, beder hun Carmelia om at rejse i sit sted. Den nye jarl er ikke, som Carmelia har fået beskrevet, men han hader løgne. Kærlighedens løgne har han dog en vis forståelse for.

#12

Love and Lucia

1983

Lucia är beredd att sälja sin fattige och sjuke fars tavlor till varje pris. En dag tar hon mod till sig och går fram til markisen av Wynchcombe, som sitter utanför ett kafé i Venedig. Den uttråkade markisen anar inte att den bedjande flickan bär på en hemlighet, som kommer att innebära fara för hans liv, men också att han förlorar sitt hjärta. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#13

Love and the Loathsome Leopard, No. 72

2003

La vita è diventata un incubo di terrore e disperazione per l'adorabile Wivina Compton da quando Jeffrey Farlow, capo della banda di contrabbandieri del villaggio, è determinato a renderla sua moglie. Wivina disprezza Farlow con tutta sé prova repulsione di fronte alle sue avances, ed è certa che sia stato proprio lui ad ordinare l'omicidio di suo padre. Tuttavia nessuno nel villaggio oserebbe ostacolare Farlow e i suoi uomini, e Wivina è certa che la obbligherà a sposarlo con la forza. C'è solo un uomo che può salvarla dal suo il tenebroso Lord Cheriton, stimato eroe di guerra napoleonico arrivato al villaggio proprio per stanare Farlow e i suoi traffici illeciti. Barbara Cartland (1901 – 2000) è stata una scrittrice britannica molto prolifica, specializzata in particolare in romanzi rosa e novelle romantiche. In oltre settant'anni di attività scrisse oltre 730 romanzi e fu, con oltre un miliardo di copie vendute, una delle autrici di maggior successo di tutti i tempi. Tra gli anni Settanta e Novanta divenne una personalità mediatica soprattutto grazie a numerose apparizioni televisive e partecipazioni a eventi mondani, nonché in quanto imparentata con la giovane Lady Diana, principessa del Galles. Tra i titoli più conosciuti a livello internazionale spiccano "Amore innocente", "La ballerina e il principe" e "Passione sotto la cenere".

#14

Beauty or Brains? - Pilih Cantik Atau Pintar?

1750

When the Marquis of Sherwood declines her invitation to a Society occasion with the scathing comment that he has no wish to spend his time with débutantes, whom he believes are ‘half-witted, gauche, stupid and not well-educated’, Lady Katherine Wick is incensed. Even more so when she discovers that he apparently prefers the company of the Gaiety Girls, the femmes fatales of the theatrical set. So she resolves to teach him a lesson by enlisting dear friend Lavina Vernon and her most beautiful, talented and witty friends to pose as Gaiety Girls at an unchaperoned party at the Marquis’ country mansion – there to prove that Society girls are intelligent as well as glamorous. Kind, demure country parson’s daughter Lavina is uncomfortable with this deceit – all the more so as she comes to realise that her heart belongs utterly to the Marquis. The question, once the pretence has been exposed, is whether he will treasure it... Or break it. The Barbara Cartland Eternal Collection is the unique opportunity to collect as ebooks all five hundred of the timeless beautiful romantic novels written by the world’s most celebrated and enduring romantic author. Named the Eternal Collection because Barbara’s inspiring stories of pure love are just the same as love itself, the books will be published on the Internet at the rate of four titles per month until all five hundred are available. The Eternal Collection, classic pure romance available worldwide for all time .

#15

The Temptation of Torilla

1977

Torilla heard voices drawing near and she braced herself for a contact with the Marquis—a man whose reputation for extravagance and cruelty terrified her. "Here is Gallen, Torilla, and now you can meet him," she heard her cousin say. With an effort Torilla raised her eyes. Then her heart did a double somersault in her breast and the whole room seemed to whirl around her. Torilla recognized the notorious Marquis of Havingham as none other than the handsome stranger who had saved her from peril the night of her stagecoach accident!

#16

The Goddess and the Gaiety Girl

1980

Angst og usikker står Larentia i et dilemma. Tør hun optræde i rollen som en anden og forsøge pengeafpresning for at redde to vidt forskellige hendes far, der er ekspert i kong Athurs liv og levned, og Katie King, der er korpige på Gaiety Teateret. De lider begge af kræft og vil lide en pinefuld død, hvis ikke Larentia kan gennemføre sit bedrag. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#17

Fragrant Flower

1976

The mildness and beauty of Hong Kong were so welcome after the horrible English winters. As lovely and delicate as the flower she was named for, Azalea need warmth and sunlight to survive. Not that Azalea would ever be truly happy in her new home. Her aunt and uncle kept her in a humiliating stat of domestic slavery. her inferior position, they insisted, was more than justified by the unmentionable disgrace in her past. Her vicious guardians had succeeded in breaking Azalea's spirit. But they couldn't prevent a determined young man from falling in love with her. Nor could they stop him from uncovering the shameful secret that clouded Azalea's happiness.

#18

Look, Listen and Love

1977

Look, Listen and Love by Barbara Cartland Their brilliant plan, Tempera Rothley reflected, had brought utter disaster. Left penniless by the death of Lord Rothley, she and her beautiful young stepmother had no hope but to marry as soon as possible. Lady Rothley's chance came a house party in the south of France hosted by the elegant, eligible Duke of Chevingham. The invitation created one the Duke expected his guest to bring her Lady's maid. Hiring one was out of the question. Tempera would have to accompany her stepmother disguised as a maid. Here she was—miserable amidst the lush beauty of the Riviera—a frightened, insignificant Lady's maid falling in love with a Duke.

#19

The Duke and the Preacher's Daughter

1979

Benedicta gave a little cry and threw herself against the Duke. "I am so frightened I may . . . disappoint you." He pulled her closer to him. "Do you think I want you to know anything but what I shall teach you?" he asked. "I adore your ignorance, your purity." He spoke with a fervor she had never heard be-fore. "I was the first man who had ever kissed you. I shall also be the only man, and the last." Benedicta gazed at him in awe. "How could there be anyone else but you?" she asked wonderingly. Very tenderly the Duke looked down into her eyes. "You are mine," he said. He kissed her until he could feel her soft and pliant against him, until his lips had awakened in her the first flickering flames of desire .. .

#20

A Kiss for the King

1974

Det enda den unga prinsessan Anastasia vet om sin blivande make är att han är kung i ett litet furstendöme vid Medelhavet. Och att han har en älskarinna. Anastasia har aldrig träffat sin trolovade och hennes första tid blir en prövning. Men när revolutionen bryter ut får både hon och kungen en chans att hitta varandra mitt i kaoset ...Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#21

The Mysterious Maid-Servant

1977

Giselda had nowhere to turn. Without the money for the operation her young brother might die. Her wealthy employer, the Earl of Lyndhurst, might be kind and generous but she could never accept his charity. He must not know the terrible reason for her family's poverty. Choking back her pride and knowing that she was about to forfeit the love and respect she so tenderly wished from him, she said in a very low voice: "I have... heard, and I do not think I am mistaken, that there are... g-gentlemen who will pay large sums of money for a girl who is... p-pure. I want... I must have... £50 immediately... and I thought perhaps you could find me... someone to give me... that amount."

#22

Lucky Logan Finds Love

1993

Devastated by the loss of his wife, Belinda Wyncombe's father gambles away the family assets, forcing Belinda to concoct a plan to make some money. Original.

#23

The Wings of Ecstasy

1981

Young and beautiful, Princess Marie-Therese of Wiedenstein is alarmed when her father tells her she is to wed an English Duke - she believes the English to be cold, arrogant and insensitive. And when her twin brother the Prince also hears unpleasant news, the two escape to Paris, where the Princess finds her heart captured by a French Comte who seeks love, but not marriage.

#24

Mission to Monte Carlo

1982

Yhdysvaltojen rikkaimman miehen poika Craig Vandervelt saa tehtäväkseen matkustaa Monte Carloon. Siellä hänen täytyy luovia tiensä läpi diplomatian ja petosten verkostojen saadakseen tietää, mitä kadonneelle diplomaatille Randall Sarelle on tapahtunut. Craig on hyvä käyttämään hurmaavaa persoonaansa ja sosiaalista statustaan tietojen hankkimiseen. Hänen on kuitenkin varottava, sillä mitä lähemmäksi hän kaivautuu mysteerin syvintä sisintä, sitä lähemmäksi hän päätyy juuri sitä mitä ei uskaltanut tosirakkautta. Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) on vuosisadan tuotteliaimpia kirjailijoita. Cartlandin tuotantoon kuuluu yli 650 romanttista teosta. Hänen kirjojaan on käännetty 38 eri kielelle ja niitä on myyty yli miljardi kappaletta. Barbara Cartland on epäilemättä yksi maailman suurimmista rakkausromaanien tekijöistä.

#25

Revenge of the Heart

1984

Warren Wood har reddet Nadia fra at drukne i Seinen, og derfor synes hun ikke, at hun kan nægte at efterkomme han ønske om at optræde som hans forlovede og ledsage ham til England. I Buckwood House trues Nadia af nye farer. Først efter en meget dramatisk hændelse bliver Nadia i stand til at afsløre hemmeligheden om sin fortid ... og finde lykken sammen med den mand hun elsker. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#26

The Unbreakable Spell

1969

Oppressed and trodden on by her aunt and uncle, the Duke and Duchess of Bruntwick, who despise her because her father died in debt and her mother was French, Rocana Brunt yearns to escape the confines of their Bruntwick Castle. Yet when her dear cousin Lady Caroline is ordered much against her will to marry the imperious Marquis of Quorn, simply to extricate him from a potential scandal over one of his many liaisons, loyal Rocana agrees to take her cousin’s place at the altar so that Lady Caroline may elope with her beloved Patrick. At least she believes that this deception and the loveless marriage that would undoubtedly follow, might free then her from her virtual slavery. Her deceit is not revealed until long after the wedding, when she and the Marquis reach Paris and her cousin and Patrick are safely and ecstatically wed. And soon, through her own magic and some dangerous escapades, Rocana herself feels a glimmer of hope that she too is about to find eternal happiness in a true love of her own.

#27

Never Laugh at Love

1776

NEVER LAUGH AT LOVE Anthea Forthingdale had made the most costly mistake of her life. Granted she needed money to ease her mother and three sisters out of their impoverished existence. And granted Anthea's cleaver caricatures of London high society had been a smashing success: even the Prince Regent chuckled at her witty anonymous parodies and a newspaper had offered her ten pounds outright for each drawing. But to have submitted a caricature of her own alluring young Godmother with her illicit lover, the Duke of Axminster, for publication...Really, what had Anthea been thinking of? And now her Godmother's outraged husband was threatening his unfaithful wife with a messy divorce. There was only one way out of this tempest Anthea had created with her silly scribblings. As the Duke proposed the solution, the poor young girl went cold with dread...

#28

Bride to a Brigand

1984

Beseiged by suitors at court, Princess Ileana of Zokala vows never to marry but meets a handsome outlaw who captures her heart

#29

Lucifer and the Angel

1763

Lucifer and the Angel by Barbara Cartland #126

#31

Solita and the Spies

1988

Solita troede, hun hadede sin formynder, hertugen af Calverleigh, fordi han forsømte sine pligter mod hende. Udadtil forekom hertugen overfladisk, men han var dybt engageret i arbejdet med at afsløre de spioner, der opsnappede og viderebragte fortrolige oplysninger til oprørske stammefolk i Indien. Da Solita forstod, hun havde taget fejl, advarede hun hertugen mod den fascinerende hertuginde Zenka og hendes bror, fyrst Ivan, som hun mente, var spioner. Og snart måtte de begge sande, at hemmeligheder kan være mere dødbringende end skydevåben. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#32

The Chieftain Without a Heart

1978

Returning to Scotland after leaving when he was sixteen to escape his cruel father, the Duke of Strathnarn must negotiate with an enemy clan who is holding his nephew prisoner, and encounters horror, violence, and romance as a result.

#34

Dollars for the Duke

1981

Following the sudden death of his rakish father, Seldon Burn unexpectedly inherits the title of Duke of Otterburn. Returning to the family estate, he swiftly discovers that the title is the only thing he has inherited – along with a mountain of his father’s debts and nothing to pay them with. A brave and proud soldier, nothing has prepared the new Duke for the devastation to the family coffers caused by his late father’s love of lavish entertainment, Gaiety Girls and good living. Meeting with the family Solicitor, the Duke is horrified to discover the Ducal properties are crumbling, everything of value is entailed and even the racehorses have not been schooled properly. Desperately seeking to rebuild the family fortune and honourably fulfil his duty of care to the old and infirm of the village, his cousin Edith, a sophisticated Socialite, offers a solution. She suggests that he follows in the footsteps of many an impoverished English aristocrat and marries a wealthy American heiress – she even has a fitting bride in mind from her recent visit to New York. With no viable alternative and a pressing demand for money, a wedding is hastily arranged – but will the English traditions of generations of the Burn’s family be overshadowed by the razzle-dazzle of the Duke’s mother-in-law to be, Mrs. Vandevilt, the renowned New York hostess? Horrified at being married for his title and not love, the Duke is so angry that he barely considers the feelings of his young and vulnerable bride. Meanwhile, the lovely Magnolia Vandevilt, one of the richest heiresses in America, is equally disgusted and contemptuous of a man who is marrying her only for her money. Joined together in holy matrimony, can this marriage of convenience ever be more than a disappointment and battleground as both parties dream of the love they might have had?

#35

Pure and Untouched

1981

The Duke of Ravenstock is the most attractive and elusive bachelor in London – and the most notorious. His exploits and romantic escapades keep the salons of the Social world buzzing – but never more so than when he announces that he will marry. His friends soon realise that what has captured the Duke’s heart is the purity and innocence of his intended bride. The wedding date has been fixed when the Duke discovers by accident that his fiancée has taken a lover, a close friend of his. Shattered and disillusioned, the Duke plots a cruel revenge. When he reveals to his sister, the Mother Superior of a Convent in Paris, that he seeks the most innocent girl he can find for his bride, she introduces him to Anoushka, a novice in her care at the Convent. Anoushka has a mysterious background, having been brought secretly and anonymously to the Convent as a child. Somewhat reluctantly Anoushka agrees to marry the Duke, but, to his amazement, her beauty and innocence prove more of a challenge than he could possibly have imagined.

#36

Secrets

1984

Da lord Blackstones vidunderskønne datter, Sandra, erfarer, at hendes stedmor har planer om at sende hende af vejen hos en gammel tante i Bedfordshire, løber hun hjemmefra og tager ansættelse som selskabsdame hos den vanskelige enkegrevinde af Kyle. Her træffer hun enkegrevindens kyniske søn, jarlen af Kyle. Lidt efter lidt finder Sandra ud af, at hans franske kone på grund af krigen ikke kan komme ud af Frankrig, og at nogle skumle personer søger at presse penge af ham. Og hun opdager, at hun har tabt sit hjerte. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#37

Fire in the Blood

1983

Impoverished and lonely but contented enough to live with her much-loved Nanny in the now-empty family home, shy, unworldly Pandia sorely misses her recently deceased father the handsome Hungarian scholar and writer. When Selene, the capricious twin sister, who abandoned them years before, appears out of the blue Pandia is amazed, then appalled when Selene announces she’s told the Social world that Pandia is dead! She then demands that Pandia impersonates her at a family funeral to cover for Selene’s illicit tryst with her lover! Pandia reluctantly agrees and at the Church meets the dashing Lord Silvester Stone, a famous explorer and writer who ignites the ‘fire in the blood’ she inherited from her father. The passion between them is instant and electric. Pandia knows now that she will love Silvester forever but how can she tell him that she is not who he thinks she is? Or that they can never ever meet again?

#38

Love, Lies and Marriage

1997

When the Marquess of Walstoke dicovers that Harry, his heir, is about to marry an actress, he and his friend Sir Hubert Bryan devise a plan to stop him. They plan a mock marriage between Harry and Hubert's daughter Teresa, but things do not turn out quite as they had hoped.

#39

The Ghost Who Fell In Love

1978

Demelza remembered the moment she lost her heart. She could imagine nothing nearer heaven than feeling the Earl's lips on hers. But it would have been wrong. From the day that Valient, Earl of Trevarnon, came to stay at Langston Manor, Demelza was forced to live a lie among its labyrinth of secret passages. The quietness and mystery of the manor echo to danger and intrigue before Valient and Demelza can share that passionate splendour which is love...

#40

Hungry for Love

1976

The Marquis kissed her masterfully, passionately. "Tommorow," he said, "I will take you to a house I have in the country. You will be safe there and no one will insult you or assault you ever again." Araminta felt as though an icy hand was squeezing the warmth of new love from her heart. Though young and innocent, she understood the cold meaning of his words. "Are you...asking me..." she began. "I am offering you my protection, Aramiinta. You will be mine, and we will be blissfully happy together." trapped in painful awareness, Araminta fled from the garden in shame...

#41

The Wild Cry of Love

1976

THE WILD CRY OF LOVE It was impossible for Valda to do what her stepfather asked. He was French and the idea of arranged marriage came naturally to him. But she was not and the thought of being wed to a man she did not love—did not even know—repulsed her. "But Valda," her stepfather cautioned, "you have never chosen a gown without help. Do you really imagine that you are capable of choosing wisely the man to whom you will be married for teh rest of your life?" Valda would show him just how capable she was. She would run away—with the help of the gypsies camped on her stepfather's estate. She would choose a life on her own—a life of independence, adventure and love.

#42

The Blue-Eyed Witch

1976

There was no question that the Marquis of Aldridge had saved her life. The townspeople were convinced that she was a witch and they were dragging her to the river to administer the ultimate test. If she drowned she was innocent. If she floated she was evil. Fortunately the Marquis was able to convince the angry mob to release her. He was sure she was far too lovely, far too innocent to be a witch. And yet this raven-haired, blue-eyed beauty was casting a spell on him—bewitching him as no other woman had done before.

#46

For All Eternity

1817

O Marquês de Stowe está à beira de um escândalo terrível que ameaça arruinar a sua reputação assim como a da sua adorada, mas casada, Lady Burnham. Sabendo que o seu segredo foi descoberto e que o seu marido tramará uma vingança, o Marquês procura desesperadamente uma maneira de evitar o escândalo, pois a sua riqueza e a boa aparência, tornaram-no, num prestigiado galã do Beau Monde. O Marquês de Stowe vê a solução perfeita, casando com a filha do Duque de Dawlish, e para dissipar as suspeitas do marido de sua amante, finge estar noivo da adorável Ajanta Tiverton, a bela filha de o vigário local. O estratagema parecia dar certo, pois Ajanta recebia em troca uma boa quantia financeira, que ajudaria a sua família empobrecida. O plano seria perfeito, ambos beneficiariam com a farsa. Mas o marido ciumento, apresenta um ultimato inesperado, que forçará Ajanta a revelar o seu coração ao belo Marquês - um homem que ao qual ela teme, que ele ame outra… e á medida que a charada continua, os sentimentos de Ajanta parecem aumentar, e ela não consegue deixar de se preocupar, com o que acontecerá no ato final desta peça forjada, quando a cortina cair…

#47

A King in Love

1982

A small paperback reprint.

#48

A Marriage Made in Heaven

1980

Der Duke of Buckhurst, gutaussehend, wohlhabend, ein guter Reiter und jedem als "Buck" bekannt, hat sich geschworen nie zu heiraten. Die Schönheiten der Beau Monde sind von ihm magisch angezogen wie Schmetterlinge vom grellen Licht, und er wählt seine Mätressen danach aus daß sie verheiratet sind und keine Ansprüche stellen können. Das heißt, bis er entdeckt dass sein Erbe, sein Vetter Edmund, eine Schauspielerin geheiratet hat. Schockiert von einem solchen Affront und dass ein Showgirl die nächste Duchess sein und seinen Familiennamen in den Dreck ziehen soll, muss sich der Duke von seiner Familie überzeugen lassen, dass er eine Braut braucht. Gelangweilt vom Gedanken, an ein junges naives Ding gebunden zu sein, schickt er seine Schwestern auf Brautschau, um noch vor Royal Ascot heiraten zu können. Doch können sie eine Braut für ihren wilden Bruder finden, der seine Freiheit über alles liebt?

#50

Riding to the Moon

1982

A lovely young girl becomes the object of a bet between the cynical Marquis of Ardsley and two friends who wager that they can pass off a tradesman's daughter as an aristocrat

#51

Wish For Love

1980

Wish for Love by Barbara Cartland In the shadow of the trees the Earl drew in his horses and turned round in his seat to face her. "There is something I want to tell you, Mariota," he said. There was a note in his voice she had not heard before and as she looked up at him her eyes met his and they seemed to fill the whole world. "You must know by this time that I love you, Mariotal" "You ... love me?" She could only draw in her breath and feel that the sunshine had a brilliance that illuminated the Earl until it glowed around him as an aura of gold.

#52

Dancing on a Rainbow

1986

Lady Loretta Court's only hope of escaping a marriage to Fabian, the Marquis de Sauerdun, is to prove to her father that the Marquis is a notorious and unrepentant rake, but she finds that fate has other plans for her

#53

Gypsy Magic

1983

Although beautiful young Laetitia is a Princess, she and her family lead a life more befitting paupers. Despising them for the gypsy blood that runs in their veins, the Grand Duchess, their cruel Cousin Augustina, bullies and oppresses them just as she persecutes the Romany people and banishes them from Ovenstadt's Capital. If only Laetitia could call upon some ancient gypsy spell to make things right. Worse still, Laetitia hears that the hateful woman has arranged for her daughter, Princess Stephanie, to marry King Viktor of Zvotana, despite her love for Laetitia's handsome brother Kyril. Determined to save Stephanie from a loveless marriage, Laetitia enlists the help of a Romany Voivode and his powerful gypsy magic and then meets the King disguised as a gypsy princess - only to find herself enraptured by the Voivode's spell and filled with a love too powerful to be denied -

#54

Love in the Clouds

1979

Chandra Wardell's father, a famous Sanskrit scholar, is commissioned by Lord Frome to accompany him on a tour to Nepal. However, the eminent professor suffers a heart attack before he can leave England. Because the Wardells are badly in debt, the only solution seems for Chandra, who has helped her father for many years, to go in his place. When Chandra arrives at the Nepalese border of India, she encounters the fierce anger of the woman hating Lord Frome. Because permits to enter Nepal are very difficult to obtain, he is obliged to accept the situation, although it infuriates him. Their apathy toward each other is lessened when they discover an ancient and sacred manuscript. And danger brings them closer in a strange and mystical way......

#55

Count the Stars

1981

Hertugen af Brockenhurst vædder med sin ven om, at han kan ride fra London til York – alene og inkognito. På vejen møder han den unge, smukke Valora Melford, der er på flugt fra sin stedmoder, der vil have hende gift med en gammel baron. Hertugen beslutter at hjælpe hende, og skarpt forfulgt kaster de sig ud i en forrygende flugt til hest for at nå i sikkerhed ... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) er den mest produktive forfatter i det 20. århundrede. I alt blev det til over 650 bøger fra Cartlands romantiske hånd. Hun er oversat til 38 sprog, og med mere end 1 milliard solgte bøger på verdensplan er der ingen tvivl om, at Barbara Cartland er en af verdens største romantikere. Cartlands bøger foregår i det finere engelske borgerskab og blandt eksotiske sigøjnere. Kærligheden er lidenskabelig mellem de passionerede helte og smukke heltinder, men gang på gang sættes den på prøve. Dog er sand kærlighed altid stærkest, og der er intet, den ikke kan overvinde.

#56

White Lilac

1984

The love between the dashing Duke of Marazion and the lovely and innocent artist Ilitta is threatened by a ruthless blackmailer

#57

Too Precious to Lose

1991

Excluisitely lovely Norina Wyn had fled her home, for her stepmother, greedy for the young heiress' fortune, had tried to poison her. Now Norina, posing as a widow, was Secretary to a French Marquis who was travelling to Paris to seek solitude. Entangling herself in a second Masquerade, Norina agreed to accompany him. But she could not disguise her feelings... she was falling in love with "The Wicked Marquis"! In the South of France, Norina's stepmother struck once more... in an attempt so ruthless it threatened to keep Norina from her Marquis... forever!

#58

The Devil Defeated

1985

Se retrouver à la tête d'un vaste domaine, quel rêve ! En fait, Edward n'en est pas si sûr : il est militaire de carrière et rien ne le préparait à de telles responsabilités. Heureusement, son cousin Jarvis est là pour l'aider... Au village c'est la consternation. Les vieux serviteurs ont été congédiés, les fermages augmentés. Et cette fête ! Les invités ? Une bande de débauchés. Quand Dorina, la fille du pasteur, apprend que l'un d'eux a tenté d'abuser d'une jeune servante, elle décide, indignée, d'aller trouver le nouveau maître des lieux. Edward a du mal à croire ce que lui révèle Dorina. Et puis, comment cette toute jeune fille ose-t-elle lui parler sur ce ton ? Elle, de son côté, est sceptique. Ce peut-il qu'il ignore ce qui se passe sous son propre toit ? Aucun des deux n'est de mauvaise foi. Ni au bout de ses surprises...-

#59

An Angel Runs Away

1986

Shy, beautiful Ula flees the tyranny and cruelty of her evil uncle and cousin and finds refuge with the dashing Marquis of Raventhorpe, the man her cousin betrayed

#60

The Duchess Disappeared

1979

"Where have you been, Miss Windham?" The Duke spoke so harshly that Fiona was startled. "I have..." she began feebly. "Do not bother to lie!" he said furiously. "Have you had enough lovemaking tonight or are you looking for more?" To her astonishment, he pulled her roughly into his arms, and kissed her with lips hard and possessive. 'I must struggle. I must free myself,' Fiona thought. But suddenly, she felt a warm, thrilling sensation rise up through her body. It was incredible - like a rapture that rippled through her like the waves of the sea. She felt it envelop her until her mouth was soft beneath his, her body no longer tense in his arms. It was then the Duke raised his head. "Damn you!" he cried hoarsely. Then, as violently as he had taken her, he left, walking quickly down the corridor, his kilt swinging behind him.

#61

The Pretty Horse-Breakers

1971

Da Candida Walcotts far dør, ser hun sig nødsaget til at sælge sit dyreste hingsten Pegasus, som hun har haft siden den var føl. Men da køberne, Major Hooper, tilbyder at købe hesten og ansætte Candida til at træne den, tager hun imod tilbuddet og tager til London. Her skaber den smukke hingst med sin smukke rytter furore, og de får især opmærksomhed fra hjerteknuseren Lord Manville, der tilbyder at købe Pegasus med kun en enkelt at Candida følger med.

#62

The Prisoner of Love

1979

The Earl looked at her searchingly and then his lips found hers. But now he kissed her fiercely, passionately, with new urgency. Suddenly, a little flame of fire awoke within her. It flickered and burned its way through her body, up from her breasts and into her throat.

#63

Ola and the Sea Wolf

1980

Book by Cartland,Barbara

#64

The Castle Made For Love

1977

THE CASTLE MADE FOR LOVE Yolande's desperation knew no bounds. Up until now her life was as perfect as any princess in a storybook. A landed countess, blessed with beauty, intelligence and wealth, she lived in a magnificent castle on the edge of a dark, mysterious forest. But the fairy tale abruptly became a nightmare when she was promised in marriage to the Marquis de Montereau. Yolande had heard a great deal about the Marquis: he was the most notorious rake in all Paris. He might be willing to marry her for her estates, but he would never love her. Knowing she would rather die than wed a man she hardly knew and certainly despised, Yolande saw only one way to appraise her future bridegroom and resign herself to marriage. She would go to Paris impersonating a woman of less than perfect virtue. She would force the Marquis to love her as a woman —- not as the owner of a priceless castle.

#65

A Heart is Stolen

1980

Justin, Veryanin markiisi, kosii humalassa Rose Caterhamia, vaikkei oikeastaan haluaisi vielä naimisiin. Sana kihlauksesta leviää kulovalkean tavoin, ja Justinin on paettava hetkeksi maaseudulle rauhoittelemaan hermojaan. Maaseudulla Justin joutuu keskelle ryöstöä. Varoittaessaan naapureita mahdollisesta rikoksesta Justin kohtaa upean Ivana Wadebridgen. Justin ajautuu juonittelun ja mysteerien vaaralliseen verkkoon – mutta ennen kaikkea hän päätyy keskelle odottamatonta rakkaustarinaa. Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) on vuosisadan tuotteliaimpia kirjailijoita. Cartlandin tuotantoon kuuluu yli 650 romanttista teosta. Hänen kirjojaan on käännetty 38 eri kielelle ja niitä on myyty yli miljardi kappaletta. Barbara Cartland on epäilemättä yksi maailman suurimmista rakkausromaanien tekijöistä.

#66

The Love Pirate

1977

Arriving home from school, Bertilla is sad to find her home unprepared for her and her widowed mother is far from pleased to see her. Even worse, Lady Alvinston, a celebrated Society beauty, makes it clear that she has no intention of allowing her pretty eighteen-year-old daughter anywhere near the glittering London social scene she enjoys so much herself. As her mother continues her scheming to snare a wealthy husband before her looks fade, the last thing she needs is Bertilla making it obvious that she is old enough to have a grown up daughter. So when handsome Lord Saire, the prize amongst all of the eligible bachelors, happens upon Bertilla at a railway station, Lady Alvinston determines that their paths shall never cross again. Hastily packed up and sent to live with her mean-spirited Aunt Agatha, a Missionary in Sarawak, Bertilla is reconciled to the fact that she will never see England again. Feeling rejected, unloved and facing the deprivations of a Second Class ticket on her long sea voyage to Malaya, she is astounded to meet Lord Saire once more. Cut off from everything she knows and thrown into the elegant world of the steamship Saloon, Bertilla clutches at the kindness offered by Lord Saire, the man the Society matron's call, 'the Love Pirate'. Dashing, independent and a well-known heartbreaker, Lord Saire is cast in the unusual role of rescuer as they travel towards the beauty and mystery of the Far East. Acting as guardian and protector to Bertilla is very different to the passionate but brief relationships with Society beauties he normally enjoys and demonstrates the caring side of his nature. But is this a role he relishes or are his eyes really on the sophisticated married women he usually spends time with? As a man who has shunned love and marriage is he really the ideal protector for Bertilla as she dreams of freedom, romance and true love?

#67

As Eagles Fly

1975

AS EAGLES FLY Natasha Melikov was a Countess and a hostage. Kidnapped from her home in Tzarist Russia by Moslem rebels, she and her young brother were being held captive high in the Caucasian mountains. Overcome with fear, Natasha made an otherwise unthinkable bargain: her brother would go free and she would give herself in marriage to a rebel ally, the Sultan of Turkey. Knowing Natasha needed an escort out of the mountains to guarantee her safe delivery to the Sultan, her captors turned to the handsome, irreproachable Lord Athelstan—already in the Caucasians on a diplomatic mission. But Athelstan refused to lend either his name or his country's to such an unprincipled exchange. His cool rejection of her impassioned pleas for her brother's life was transforming the Countess' fear into frenzied desperation . . . BARBARA CARTLAND

#68

The Magic of Love

1977

Banished by her malicious stepmother, Lady Cranleigh, after the death of her father, Melita braves a long and lonely sea voyage from England to the Caribbean island of Martinique. With a heavy heart at leaving her childhood home, as her father has left her penniless, she has no choice but to comply with her stepmother’s bidding and accept her reduced circumstances with grace. As the ship sails ever closer to her destiny, Melita is determined to face her new life as a lowly Governess to motherless little Rose-Marie with fortitude. Arriving in the French colony, Melita is delighted to discover Martinique is a sun-drenched island blessed with beauty. Overwhelmed by the clear blue skies and the abundance of colourful flowers and shrubs, she begins to believe that she can be happy again, especially when she meets the handsome and surprisingly young, Comte de Vesonne, her new employer. Gazing at each other in astonishment, both are pleasantly surprised to discover something that they were not expecting. But not everyone at the sugar plantation is so pleased to welcome her and, when Melita hears drums pounding softly in the night, shattering the tranquility of the safe haven she has found at Vesonne, she remembers with foreboding the warnings she has heard about Voodoo practiced by the African slaves. Can the mysterious old woman that the slaves call their Mamba really call on the spirits of the dead? And if so, do they mean to help or harm her and the Comte she so much admires and is beginning to love? One thing is for sure – she will protect her young charge, little Rose-Marie, with her life if needs be.

#69

Love Leaves at Midnight

1978

Die sehr schöne und junge Xenia, die nach dem Tode ihrer Eltern mittelos verblieb muss sich als Gesellschafterin verdienen. Ihre Eltern hatten sich mit ihren Familien verworfen, da sie eine Liebesheirat eingegangen waren. Ihre Mutter war die Tochter König Konstantins von Slovien und hatte der Monarchie den Rücken kehrte, um ihren Mann, einen nicht-Adeligen, zu heiraten. Ihre Zwillingsschwester heiratete den für sie vorgesehen Ehemann Fürst von Preußen und hatte eine Tochter namens Johanna. Xenia und Johanna treffen sich zufällig und da sie identisch aussehen überzeugt Johanna Xenia für 10 Tage mit ihr die Rollen zu tauschen, damit sie ihren Liebhaber besuchen kann und Xenia dafür für sie bei ihrem Verlobten König István Luthenien ihre Rolle als Prinzessin spielt. Xenia willigt ein. Bei ihrer Ankunft in Luthien wird ihr mitgeteilt, dass die geplante Hochzeit vorgezogen wurde und fürchtet als Hochstaplerin entlarvt zu werden. Außerdem findet Xenia sich inmitten von politischen Verwicklungen. Wird Xenia es schaffen, König István und sein Volk näherzubringen und Premierminister Kalolyis Macht über den König zu verringern? Schafft sie es das Herz des Volkes zu erobern und eine Revolution zu verhindern? Wird Johanna ihren Platz als Königin von Luthien einfordern, trotz ihrer Liebe zu Lord Gratton, und muss Xenia die Liebe ihres Lebens verlassen…

#70

A Witch's Spell

1984

Den rika och osympatiska dottern till earlen av Milbrooke, Marilyn, gör allt för att utestänga sin fattiga, men mycket vackra kusin Hermia från sällskapslivet. Men när hon vill snärja den stilige och rike markisen av Deverville blir hon tvungen att ta Hermia till hjälp. Slumpen gör att följden blir en helt annan än vad hon tänkt sig. Markisen är inte det lättfångade byte hon trott ... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) är den mest produktiva författaren i det tjugonde århundradet. Vi har över 650 böcker från Cartlands romantiska hand. Hennes böcker är översatta till 38 språk, och med över en miljard sålda exemplar kan det inte längre finnas någon tvekan om att Barbara Cartland är en av världens största romantiker. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#71

Love Comes West

1984

Elämän koettelemalle, kauniille ja nuorelle aatelisnaiselle Roberta Worthille tärkeintä on selviytyminen. Tärkeysjärjestys muuttuu nopeasti, kun hänen hätäisiin koputuksiinsa vastaakin komea ja lahjakas Adam Garson. Adam, amerikkalainen taiteilija, ja Roberta, sisukas brittinainen, etsivät yhteistä polkuaan. Robertan silmissä näyttää kuitenkin pian siltä, että hänen on taas paettava. Onko intohimoinen taiteilija hänelle tarpeeksi, vai kaipaako hän jotain muuta? Onko hän valmis menettämään taas kaiken? Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) on vuosisadan tuotteliaimpia kirjailijoita. Cartlandin tuotantoon kuuluu yli 650 romanttista teosta. Hänen kirjojaan on käännetty 38 eri kielelle ja niitä on myyty yli miljardi kappaletta. Barbara Cartland on epäilemättä yksi maailman suurimmista rakkausromaanien tekijöistä.

#72

The Impetuous Duchess

1975

When the austere, reserved Drue, the Duke of Warminster, is asked by a servant at a Scottish posting inn if he will give a lift to a little old lady whose carriage has broken down, he reluctantly agrees. But then he is outraged to discover that the frail old lady is a young red-haired beauty called Jabina, who has run away from home and a marriage forced on her by her father. When their own carriage overturns, severely injuring the Duke, the pair are taken in by aristocratic friends of Jabina's father - and Jabina, terrified of being sent home, tells their hosts that she and Drue are married. The Duke is then appalled to find that through an obscure Scottish law he is now actually and legally married to this unruly and impulsive young girl. But, as they travel together to France and fall into mortal danger as Napoleon Bonaparte declares war on England, their mutual dislike blossoms into a burgeoning passion - the question now is whether they will ever to able to escape from France and return to England to fulfil their unspoken love.

#73

A Tangled Web

1991

Markisen af Bronxburne og hans ven, sir Peter, har mødt en rig amerikaner, der kan sikre deres fremtid. Amerikaneren er imidlertid opsat på at få sin datter, Mary-Lee, gift med en engelsk adelsmand, og markisen, der ikke har lyst til at gifte sig endnu får derfor sir Peter til at bede sin søster, Carola, om at spille rollen som hans hustru, en weekend hvor amerikaneren er på besøg. Carola bliver nu hvirvlet ind i et eventyr, som hun aldrig i sit liv har forestillet sig...

#74

Love Lifts The Curse

1991

Rumored to have cursed the area that surrounds Murdock Castle, the fierce Earl of Kilmurdock blusters even more when orphaned Jacoba Ford becomes an uninvited guest

#75

Saved by a Saint

1900

Running away from a betrayal that left him brokenhearted, the Marquis of Melverley saves delicate orphan Christina Churston from an unwanted suitor and finds their new romance threatened by his fortune-hungry cousin, Terence

#76

Love is Dangerous

1969

Kærlighed og fare var de sidste ting, Melina ventede at finde i Tanger; men da en desperat englænder dumpede ned på hendes balkon og tryglede hende om hjælp, kunne hun ikke sige nej. Uden at give hotellet besked om sin afrejse kørte Melina bort med en mand, som hun kun havde kendt i et par timer - en mand, der havde bedt hende om at spille rollen som hans kone! Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#77

The Poor Governess

1982

In this dramatic 311th book by Barbara Cartland, Lara takes the place of a friend as governess to the niece of the Marquis of Keyston. She finds a hidden talent in the child and becomes involved with the awe-inspiring, dominating Marquis.

#78

The Peril and the Prince

1984

When her diplomat father disappears in Hungary, Vida Anstruther assumes the identity of a worldly widow, Countess Vida Karolzi, and uses her charm to enchant the dangerously handsome Prince Ivan of Hungary

#79

A Very Unusual Wife

1984

To assure his position as Queen Victoria's Master of the Horse, the Marquis of Falcon arranges to dispel his playboy image with a quick marriage to a country neighbor's daughter, but a misunderstanding has him marry the wrong daughter

#80

Say Yes, Samantha

1900

"Yes" was the one word everyone wanted from the beautiful, titian-haired Samantha Clyde... "Yes" to the celebrated London photographer who wanted to make Samantha his top model... "Yes" to the debonair young officers who always wanted to kiss Samantha goodnight after an evening of champagne and dancing... "Yes" to the wealthy, middle-aged aristocrat who offered Samantha an exquisite diamond bracelet in return for her affections... But Samantha only wanted to say "yes" once - to marriage with the handsome, unconventional writer who was determined never to take a wife.

#81

Punished with Love

1980

Almost identical in their golden-haired, blue-eyed beauty and similarly named, cousins Antonia 'Toni' Combe and Latonia Hythe are nevertheless very different personalities. Desperate to avoid a journey to India forced on her by her stern uncle, Kenrick Combe, the new Lord Branscombe, and which would prevent her marrying the man she desperately loves, the flirtatious and capricious Toni beseeches her cousin to take her place as her Uncle Kenrick has not seen Toni for many years. So conscientious Latonia nervously accepts the pretence, assumes the role of her cousin and then sets sail with her stern protector for India. Berated and frowned upon by his Lordship for her cousin's 'misdeeds', Latonia nevertheless looks forward to the adventure of visiting and seeing India, until her deception is revealed to his Lordship's fury! But, when she overhears a sinister plot to kill him, she rushes in the night to warn him and is rewarded with passionate kiss, she suddenly knows that it is not hate but love that burns in her heart - love for a man who must surely despise her forever -

#82

A Royal Rebuke

1994

Lord Victor Brooke, Queen Victoria's godson, has earned Her Majesty's disapproval for an amorous escapade—and so is banned from the Beau Monde while he escorts a royal relation to be wed in the distant Realm of Zararis. To the jaded peer's surprise, young Princess Sydella is no mewling debutante, but an intelligent, fresh beauty who soon enchants his proud and well-protected heart. But Sydella is pledged, and honor and empire must rule... Still, fate is the supreme matchmaker, and none may flout her decrees... Their lives in danger, Lord Victor and Sydella brave all for their country, only to be crowned in glory—King and Queen of Love!

#83

The Husband Hunters

1671

Andrina je donijela odluku. Njene predivne sestre, same na svijetu, bez novca, zatočene u provinciji, nikada neće naći odgovarajuće muževe. Andrina će poći u London s namjerom da zamoli vojvodu od Broxbournea da uvede njene sestre u visoko društvo, a njihova ljepota će učiniti ostalo. Gledajući svoje mlade sestre kako blistaju na bezbroj zabava i balova, Andrina je uživala u nevjerojatnom uspjehu svoga plana. Ali, predvidjela je jednu stvar: brinući se za budućnost svojih sestara nije primijetila da je ludo zaljubljena.

#84

Signpost to Love

1980

German-language translation of the original edition titled "Signpost To Love".

#85

Love Forbidden

1964

Aria Milborne, Tochter des verstorbenen Sir Gladstone Milborne, der als Weltenbummler in der High Society das ganze Familienvermögen verprasst hatte und seinem Sohn Charles nur den Landsitz Queen’s Folly mit Schulden hinterließ, nimmt eine Stelle als Haushälterin und Gastgeberin bei Dart Huron an unter falschem Namen an, um extra Einkommen für die Familienfarm zu verdienen. Dart Huron, ein amerikanischer Millionär, Polospieler und Playboy ist mit Lulu Carlo, einem berühmten Filmstar liiert, die sich ihrer Rolle als zukünftige Mrs. Huron sehr sicher ist. Um sich aus einer misslichen Situation zu retten, gibt Dart Aria als seine Verlobte aus. Wie wird die besitzergreifende Lulu Carlo darauf reagieren und schaffen Aria und Dart es, die Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen und zu ihren Gefühlen zu stehen?

#86

Gift of the Gods

1981

"Shall we find out if the second time we kiss each other is as wonderful as the first?" He did not wait for her answer, but his lips were on hers and Alisa knew at the first touch of them that this was what she had been longing and yearning for and throught she would never know again. The strenght of his arms holding her against him and the wonder of his kiss brought the rapturous feeling that she had known before, moving through her breasts, up her throat, and onto her lips. Then he was carrying her into the sky and they were one with the stars.

#87

The Outrageous Lady

1977

The masterful highwayman stood in the moonlight waiting for Galatea to relinquish her last jewel to his rakish, mocking command. "But you can not take this!" she protested. "It was my mother's and it is all I have left to remember her." Then he said in a different tone: "If I let you keep the ring, you must give me something of equal value." "I have . . . nothing else with me . . ." she began. Then as she saw the smile on his lips she was very still. He moved towards her and gently turned her face up to his. Softly his arms went around her and his lips were on hers in surprising, sweet ecstasy. In a dizzy wave of rapture she realized he had stolen her heart!

#88

The Slaves of Love

1976

Yamina froze as a new wave of terror swept over her. Life had become so dangerous. Caught in Constantinople during the Crimean War, the exquisite young Russian had been forced to seek refuge in a Sultan's harem from a mob that would have torn her apart. And when the harem became too perilous—not to her life but her virtue—Yamina had to flee again. Hidden in the bottom of an Oriental trunk masquerading as a gift from the Sultan, she was carried aboard a ship in the harbor. Yamina felt she was safe at last. Until she heard the voice of the man accepting the Sultan's gift—a man she despised. She would rather be back in the harem—or dead at the bottom of the Bosporus Straits—than be imprisoned aboard ship with such a monster!

#89

The Disgraceful Duke

1976

Shimona was face to face with the notorious Duke. She had imagined an older man with slanting eyes, arched eyebrows, a long thin nose and pointed ears. But as she looked across the room she saw not the devil she had anticipated, but a surprisingly young, extremely good-looking man. He looked at her with an expression that made her body tremble and her heart pound wildly. Appalled by her own ecstasy, she blushed and turned from the Duke's penetrating gaze.

#90

The Unwanted Wedding

1983

Der gut aussehende Herzog von Tynemouth ist geschockt als er von seiner Geliebten erfährt, dass Königin Viktoria mit einer hässlichen deutschen Prinzessin verheiraten will, die eine Verwandte ihres Gemahls Albert ist. Um sich aus dieser undenkbaren, verzweifelten Lage zu befreien, geht er auf ihren Vorschlag ein, ihre unschuldige Nichte Honora zu heiraten. Doch Honora ist entsetzt einen Mann heiraten zu müssen, den sie noch nie gesehen hat und den sie nicht liebt und der sie zu hassen scheint. In der Hochzeitsnacht versucht sie ihm zu entkommen und fällt einem noch schlimmeren Schicksal zum Opfer. Jetzt wo er Gefahr läuft sie zu verlieren, wird sich der Herzog seiner wahren Gefühle für Honora bewusst….

#91

Lord Ravenscar's Revenge

1978

Romara Shaldon reist im Jahre 1803 von ihrem friedlichen Landsitz in die frivole Hauptstadt London. Sie will ihrer Schwester helfen, die in ihrer Ehe mit Sir Harvey Wychbold offenbar todunglücklich ist. Aber Sir Harvey wirft Romara so heftig aus dem Haus, daß sie bewußtlos liegenbleibt - und als sie aus tiefer Ohnmacht erwacht, ist sie mit Harveys Nachbarn, dem Lord Ravenscar, "verheiratet". So turbulent beginnt für die junge Romara ein seltsames romantisches Abenteuer, von dem wohl kein Mensch ein glückliches Ende erwartet hätte - am allerwenigsten Romara Shaldon selbst.

#94

The Innocent Imposter

1995

Ursa i Penelopa su sestre. Penelopa je udata za bogatog lorda Brackleya. Ursa je neudata. Na Penelopinu molbu sestre zamijene uloge. To će stvoriti opasnu zbrku ali... u romanima Barbare Cartland ljubav (ipak) uvijek nađe pravi put.

#95

A Rebel Princess - Putri Pemberontak

1984

When her father, the Grand Duke, tells the lovely young Princess Tora of Radoslav that she is to marry the aged King of Salona, she is appalled and horrified. But no amount of pleading by her will change her father’s mind. So Tora decides that she must find a way to see her prospective husband without his being aware of her presence and then try to find a way to escape her awful Fate. Since she is a talented musician, she has little difficulty in persuading her dear friend, Professor Lazar Srejovic, the nation’s greatest musician, to allow her to join his famous quartet for a concert at the King of Salona’s Palace. She devises a cunning plan to escape from the Palace of Radoslav, so that her father cannot stop her and joins up secretly with the Professor’s quartet to travel by carriage to Maglic, the Capital of Salona. But on arriving at an inn on the way disguised in peasant dress, she is terrified to unexpectantly overhear a sinister plot to murder and violently overthrow the King of Salona and seize his country by force. Her life is now in danger, but, when a dashing and handsome stranger comes to her rescue when she is hiding in a wood near the inn, she loses her heart to him utterly in a moment and just as quickly loses all hope that they can ever be together. And her future is sealed for ever with no hope of love and happiness.

#96

A Wish Comes True

1991

Bereft and penniless after the death of their father, the local Vicar and Private Chaplain to the Earl of Chadwood, the beautiful Olivia Lambrick, her younger brother Tony and her five-year-old sister Wendy are desperate for the new Earl to arrive at Chad Hall. Having inherited the title after his two cousins drowned in a sailing accident, it has taken the Earl a year to travel home from India. And meanwhile, with no one to pay the estate’s workers and pensioners, the entire village is almost starving. Olivia hopes that the Earl will honour the allowance her mother received as the late Earl’s cousin, but to her chagrin, he is a handsome but hard and unsympathetic man. Refusing Olivia’s pleas and those of his half-brother, Gerald, who faces the debtors’ prison because of his high living in London, the Earl has a very unpleasant solution – he will pay Gerald’s debts only if he marries Olivia! But Fate intervenes unexpectedly when the Earl is attacked by a vicious mob of youths from the village and, almost fatally injured by a knife thrust, is then carried to Olivia’s home. While Gerald uses a Power of Attorney to save the village, pay off his debts and look after the pensioners, Olivia saves the life of the man she hates and prays with all her heart that somehow love will save the day.

#97

Haunted

1986

Returned to his country estate after Wellington's victories, the Marquis of Heroncourt, a handsome and eligible bachelor, falls in love with the countrified Lady Mimosa Field and risks his life for a ten-year-old Earl in jeopardy

#98

Passions In The Sand

1976

Liebe unterm Tropenmond - bk1512; Erich Pabel Verlag; Barbara Cartland; pocket\_book; 1981

#99

Little White Doves of Love

1980

"Why did you leave?" The Marquis' question took Nolita by surprise. "Her Ladyship . . . dismissed me," she stammered. "Why?" Her heart quaking, she revealed the humiliating charges, certain that telling him would be the end of everything. Yet instead, he asked her forgiveness. And, very gently, his lips sought hers. Then something warm and wonderful like a wave from the sea rose within her, growing more in-tense and glorious until it touched her lips and carried her soul singing with the music of angels towards the sky. "I love you, my darling," he said at last, "and as it is impossible for me to contemplate life without you, I can only ask you how soon you will marry me."

#100

A Portrait of Love

1981

He seemed to fill the whole room, the sky, and the world itself, and she knew as she saw his eyes that he looked younger and happier then and completely different from the man she had left behind. Neither of them could speak, they just stood looking at each other. Then the Earl opened his arms and with a little cry that seemed to echo round the room Fedora ran towards him. He held her close against him and she could feel his heart beating frantically against her breast. Then he turned her face up to his and down at her before his lips were on hers. He kissed her until the whole room swung round them, and they no longer had their feet on the ground but were flying towards the Heaven they had sought before and lost.

#101

Enchanted Waltz

1955

Adieu les rêves romantiques ! Quand Wanda constate dans quel état de délabrement se trouve son cher domaine de Kilburn, le pragmatisme l'emporte. S'il faut se sacrifier, elle n'hésitera pas une seconde. Quelques retouches à sa vieille garde-robe, et la voilà prête à conquérir Londres et le coeur des célibataires les plus endurcis... pour peu que leur bourse soit bien garnie. L'ingénue se croit cynique. Mais lorsque le véritable amour croisera sa route, qui, de la raison ou du sentiment, triomphera ?

#102

Alone and Afraid

1985

Under sin vistelse i Paris blir markisen av Elkesley oväntat förmyndare för Kitrina. Hon är oäkta dotter till hans kusin, som rymde med en av drottning Viktorias hovdamer. Som förmyndare får han omedelbart problem. Inte bara med att förhindra en shejks lömska planer på att kidnappa Kitrina, utan också för att han måste bekämpa den kärlek han känner för henne. För hur ska han kunna ta Kitrina med till England där hon bara skulle mötes av förakt och hån? Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#104

The Glittering Lights

1973

A marriage has been arranged for heiress Cassandra Sherburn by her father and the Duke of Alchester to his heir—the young Marquis of Charlbury. Owing to the unexpected deaths of first Cassandra's grandfather, then the Duke, their engagement is postponed. But Cassandra has learned that her betrothed's only interest appears to be the beautiful actresses of the Gaiety Theater, and feels she could not contemplate being married to a man who only wants her money. So Cassandra goes to London to meet the young Duke disguised as one of the women he admires—and gets herself into a very dangerous situation.

#105

An Angel in Hell

1976

Efter sin fars död kom Ancella till Monte Carlo för att bli sällskapsdam åt en mycket rik rysk prinsessa. - Redan första kvällen träffade hon prinsessans son på kasinot och blev himlastormande förälskad. - Kärleken tycktes besvarad men inte kunde prinsen på allvar överväga att gifta sig med henne, så omsvärmad av alla societetsskönheter som han var ...? Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) är den mest produktiva författaren i det tjugonde århundradet. Vi har över 650 böcker från Cartlands romantiska hand. Hennes böcker är översatta till 38 språk, och med över en miljard sålda exemplar kan det inte längre finnas någon tvekan om att Barbara Cartland är en av världens största romantiker.

#106

Only a Dream

1988

Fleeing the shocking advances of a lascivious Lord, innocent Isla Kenway sought safety with the dashing Marquis of Longridge. Penniless and lovely, she was alone in the world, save for the nobleman who enraptured her very soul - and who was captivated by the mystery of the astonishing love that Fate had bestowed upon him. For how could the orphan daughter of a London music hall performer be a lady that put the most aristocratic society beauties to shame?

#107

A Nightingale Sang

1979

When the Duke held Aleta in his arms, he had never known such rapture. He held Aleta closer still and said a prayer of thankfulness in his heart. Looking at her now, her beautiful hair shining in the moonlight, the Duke told himself that no man in the world had ever been so blessed.

#108

Pride and the Poor Princess

1980

Den smukke, velhavende hertug af Buckminster har gæster om bord på sin yacht, og blandt dem er den berømte society-skønhed, Dolly, som absolut vil besøge Konstatinopel. Hun mener nemlig, at de der kan købe smykker og pelse. I stedet finder de nød og fattigdom. Hertugen bliver bedt om at mødes hemmeligt med prins Ivan Kerenski, som han kender fra før krigen. Til sin store overraskelse bliver han bedt om at smugle storhertug Alexis og dennes datter, Militsa, ud af Konstatinopel, da de er forfulgt af bolsjevikkerne. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#109

Stars in My Heart

1957

Young Gisela Musgrave so resembles Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, that the Empress asks her to visit the aging Lord Quenby in her stead so she can go hunting. Gisela agrees, only to discover that a new Lord has inherited - one who is dark, arrogant, and drawn to her beauty. Fearing he will discover her ruse, she attempts to leave, but Fate creates an obstacle to her flight.

#110

The Fire of Love

1965

The Malevolent Legacy The mysterious Lady Lynche's dying wish was that her small son be returned to Lynche Castle where he could claim his inheritance. Lovely Carina Warner, alone and penniless, agreed to accompany him despite misgivings. What she would discover at Lynche Castle would more than justify her fears. Along with their dreadful secret, the ancient walls held a darkly handsome young man who might be a promise of love for Carina - or a lonely, awful doom!

#111

A Dream From The Night

1976

A DREAM FROM THE NIGHT Perhaps Olinda Selwyn's mother had been right after all. Olinda had accepted a job restoring embroidered tapestries for the Dowager Countess of Kelvedon. The Selwyns certainly needed the money. But Olinda's mother was afraid-afraid that her pretty, innocent daughter would fall victim to advances from worldly gentlemen. Olinda had laughed at her mother's fears. But she was not laughing now. The Dowager Countess' young lover was making no secret of his designs on Olinda's virtue. The girl felt helpless: she certainly could not turn to the Countess. Who would protect her?

#112

Sweet Enchantress

1976

When her father, a famous archaeologist, died, he left young Zaria Mansford with little other than debt, poverty, the memory of his bullying and a useful knowledge of archaeology and Arabic. She is close to starvation from lack of money and there is nothing that could help her make her lonely way in the world. But then to her amazement she is informed by her father’s Solicitors that she has inherited her rich aunt’s fortune, including a sumptuous yacht, The Enchantress. The yacht she is told has been chartered by a wealthy American for a voyage to Algeria and he needs an assistant with a knowledge of archaeology and Arabic as he intends to start excavating a Roman site close to the City of Algiers. Soon Zaria finds herself secretly taking the place of the young lady employed for the job and, after meeting in strange circumstances the handsome Chuck Tanner, who is in desperate need of her assistance and she then becomes embroiled in a maze of subterfuge and deceit. Before long Zaria realises that she has fallen deeply in love with Chuck and, caught between murderous gangsters, the Algerian Police and Arab rebels she fears for his life even more than for her own.

#113

The Kiss of the Devil

1955

Cynical about men, beautiful 21-year-old Syke Standish wants neither a husband to love nor a life of boring domesticity—she seeks freedom, adventure, and danger. And in the rugged land of Mariposa, she finds all three when she's kidnapped by the daring bandit El Diablo, who takes her prisoner, then captures her heart.

#114

Fascination In France

1993

Hoping to rescue her friend, the Honorable Judy Forde, from an unwanted marriage to the womanizing Duc de Sahran, Lady Celita Dale finds herself unexpectedly falling in love with the prospective bridegroom

#116

Lost Enchantment

1972

1803 is the year of the expected invasion of Bonaparte's fleet, and hundreds of flat-bottomed barges in the ports of France are waiting to carry his seasoned troops across the Channel. Unprepared England is in the grip of spy fever and the Marquis of Alton has been appointed to discover a suspected leak in Government circles. The dashing Marquis of Alton was one of England's wealthiest noblemen. The most enchanting beauties in London were eager for his embrace and the loveliest of them all was determined to marry him. The Marquis, blue-devilled and incensed, repairs to his country house after nearly being trapped into marriage by Lady Leone Harlington. Then, walking in the green and gold-flecked woods on his estate, he met a mysterious and bewitching young woman, and he rescues her small dog from a trap. Who was this green-eyed wood nymph, with her elfin grace and unspoiled charm? Why was she so terrified? He must find her again and learn the truth. At lost, when fate did bring them together, he was drawn with Sylvina into a drama of powerful passions that threatened to destroy them both!

#117

A Heart is Broken

1944

Too Late for Love Lovely young Mela thought her heart was broken when her fiancé found a new romance. Perhaps in London, working for her uncle, she could forget the loss of love. But when she arrived in England, her uncle was dead and impulsively, Mela tried to avenge him. When her reckless courage compromised a handsome stranger, she married him to save his career. And Mela was plunged into dangerous adventure before she learned about loyalty and love!

#118

The Love Trap

1986

The Duke of Wynchester was easily the most eligible man in Queen Victoria's London, the dream of every unmarried girl in society. And of one married lady as well: the splendid and imperious Lady Olive Brandon, the Duke's sensuous and cunning mistress, who was prepared to risk all to make her lover her husband . . . The Duke's solution was brilliant, surprising, and bold - with results the handsome peer could never have foreseen!

#119

No Darkness for Love

1974

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#120

Kiss from a Stranger

1990

The lovely but penniless Shenda Lynd must seek refuge within the walls of Arrow Castle, where the man she has grown to love and a cunning Bonapartist spy both live

#121

The Flame Is Love

1975

THE FLAME IS LOVE Emmeline Nevada Holtz was the richest—and the most sheltered—girl in America. Temporarily stranded in Paris without a chaperone, Emmeline realized that this was her one chance to experience life in a way she never had before. Her determination to enjoy her new-found freedom would lead Emmeline to some of the most dissolute pleasure palaces in Paris and to social acquaintances whose respectability was just a front for a most horrifying evil. But it would also lead her straight into the arms of the only man she would ever love.

#122

A Touch of Love

1977

After her young nephew and two nieces’ parents are drowned in a tragic sailing accident off the coast of Cornwall, the beautiful red-headed Tamara is devastated by their loss and realises almost at once that she is the only person who can look after the three children as she loves them so much. She speaks to the local Solicitor, who tells her that there is no money left in her brother-in-law’s estate and so she has no choice but to take the three children to their uncle, the Duke of Granchester, who lives in splendid isolation in a vast sprawling but intimidating Castle in Gloucestershire. The prospect at once appals Tamara. Firstly because she despises the Duke for the way he had cut off all contact with her sister and brother-in-law as he disapproved of their marriage, thinking that she was an actress when in fact she was a renowned opera singer. Worse still, Tamara has written a somewhat scurrilous novel portraying the Duke as the vile character she believes him to be! And the novel is just about to be published in London! Arriving at Granchester Castle in the guise of the children’s Governess, she finds the Duke to be as arrogant, high-handed and annoyingly handsome as her fictional portrayal of him and she hates him even more bitterly. Until a touch of love intervenes and changes everything forever.

#123

The Dangerous Dandy

1974

THE DANGEROUS DANDY Alyna saw no escape. Her mother, a selfish and cruel woman, insisted that she marry the wealthy Prince Ahmadi of Kahriz, a man who made the beautiful Alyna cringe in horror. She saw only one way out - a cold leap into the Thames. And she would have done it if one man had not saved her. That man was Lord Dorrington, London's famous dandy, pupil of Beau Brummel, and the most sought after bachelor in Regency England. But not the danger had just begun for Alyna. Hunted by the Prince and his allies, she was trapped in a desperate web of agonizing fears, murder and intrigue. Could Lord Dorrington save her one last time? A novel of breathtaking excitement by the world's best-loved writer of romantic fiction Barbara Cartland

#124

In Love in Lucca

1998

After the death of her grandmother, Paola is sent to visit a distant cousin in the Italian town of Lucca for the six-month period of mourning, bringing with her warnings from her mother about the scandalous Marchese Vitturio.

#125

The Karma of Love

1973

Lady Orissa Fane experiences various difficulties while traveling from nineteenth-century England to India, including confusion regarding her feelings for the enigmatic Major Meredith, who may be the love of her life.

#126

Magic From The Heart

1992

When the lovely but demure eighteen-year-old Safina, daughter of the Earl of Sedgewick, is called home from her Finishing School in Florence by her stepmother, Isobel, her heart leaps at the happy thought of going back to her beloved home, Wick Park, and seeing her father again after living abroad for so long. But to Safina’s dismay, Isobel has summoned her to return under false pretences to force her to marry the penniless Duke of Dallwyn, a gentleman she does not even know, let alone love! The Duke too has been duped and Isobel is using blackmail to coerce him into this marriage with Safina. So the reluctant bride and bridegroom meet for the first time at the altar in the family Chapel at the Duke’s house to seal their terrible fate. The whole plot is designed to ensure that the wicked Isobel can get her grasping hands on the enormous fortune left to Safina by her adored late mother. But, as the Duke discovers before very long, there is much more to the beautiful Safina than meets the eye. Finally events conspire to prove to all concerned that the magic of love is infinitely more powerful than evil.

#127

Paradise Found

1985

After the death of her beloved mother, the beautiful young Salrina Milborne and her father, Lord Milborne, have found themselves in straitened circumstances. And now that her father has hurt his leg in a riding accident he is unable to complete the training of the horses they depend on for their income. Reluctantly Lord Milborne has agreed to sell one of his most precious thoroughbreds and, against his better judgement, he allows Salrina to ride unaccompanied to complete the sale some distance from their Manor House. When a vicious storm strikes, Salrina takes shelter in the stables of a Posting inn and there she overhears a conversation that will change her life. An English aristocrat is scheming with a sinister Frenchman to assassinate the Prince Regent at one of his extravagant parties at Carlton House in London! In the middle of the War against Napoleon this would have a devastating effect on British morale and would hand a considerable advantage to the French Emperor. Terrified, Salrina takes the news to the haughtily handsome Alaric, the Earl of Fleetwood, who at first believes that her story is a ploy to gain entry to his exclusive parties. She dislikes the arrogant Earl intensely, but is impressed by his magnificent houses in London and the country. But gradually, as she discerns his heroic hidden qualities, her hate turns to an all-encompassing love.

#128

Only Love

1979

ONLY LOVE Iola told herself she was being ridiculous to love this man whose world was filled with royalty, luxury, beautiful women. Should she run away before she made things even worse? Tears ran down her cheeks. "Stop crying, my darling," Sir Wolfe implored. "Wh...what did you...say?" she whispered shyly. "Whoever you may be," Sir Wolfe murmured, turning her face to his, "whatever you have done or whatever you are hiding..." At last his lips were on hers. They seemed to ignite her whole body, taking into his keeping her heart, her soul, everything that was hers and making it a part of himself. Struggling for words, for breath, she confessed, "No one has ever...tried to kiss me...until now!"

#129

A Duel With Destiny

1775

Markisen av Swayne skadas i en olycka och förs till läkarens hus. Där vårdas han av Rowena, den äldsta av läkarens döttrar som är förtrollande vacker. Markisen förälskar sig i Rowena och hans kärlek blir besvarad. Men då Rowena upptäcker att börd betyder mer för markisen än kärlek, beslutar hon sig för att sätta honom på plats. Ska hon lyckas i sitt uppsåt?Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#130

The Heart of the Clan

1981

Den unge, smukke Sona McCarron rejser med sin far til Skotland for at overvære brylluppet mellem markis'en af Inver og en datter af overhovedet for naboklanen. Her møder Sona den charmerende Torquil McCarron, der forsøger at vinde hendes hjerte, men hun træffer også markis'en og forelsker sig hovedkulds i ham ... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#131

The Ruthless Rake

1974

Lord Rothingham har tjent en formue i Østen og har nu kunnet opfylde sin største drø At tilbagekøbe sit fædrene gods, King‘s Keep, som hans far i sin tid satte over styr. På sin første ridetur møder han Jessica Melton, der som han selv er blevet offer for en spillegal far. Det bliver et skæbnesvangert møde, for Jessica følger med Lord Rothingham til London. Her gør hun sin entre i selskabslivet uden anelse om de faldgruber, der skjuler sig under den strålende overflade, eller om intrigante fjender og lurende ondskab. Og en skønne dag sidder hun i det uhyggelige Newgatefængsel som offer for et komplot... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#132

Revenge Is Sweet

1988

Valessa Chester is upset when she learns that the harmless charade in which she participated was a scorned woman's attempt to get revenge on the Marquis of Wyndonbury

#133

Fire on the Snow

1778

Raised by her aunt and uncle, the sanctimonious Duke and Duchess of Berkhamsted, the golden-haired and beautiful Alida Shenley lives in the shadow of the ‘shame’ that her late and much-loved father brought upon the family by marrying for love – and because her mother was a ballerina. Being on the stage was tantamount to prostitution in Alida’s Guardians’ eyes and they inflict terrible punishments and humiliation upon her for what they see as her parent’s appalling sins. Even worse than her uncle’s savage whippings is the fact that he forbids her ever to marry as the carries the ‘bad blood’ of her mother. But hope eventually stirs in her heart when she is asked to accompany her cousin Mary on a voyage to Russia to meet the handsome young Prince Vorontski, whom Mary is to marry even though she flirts outrageously with the sinister Count Ivan, who is on the Steamer escorting them to St. Petersburg. In Russia Alida’s dreams of happiness are dashed as she falls hopelessly in love with Prince. Worse still she finds that Mary has conspired with Count Ivan for her to marry his father, a Russian General as despicable and brutal as her uncle. But just as she despairs of ever finding love with the Prince, Fate intervenes amid a life or death confrontation with a murderous pack of wolves in the Russian snow and her life is changed forever.

#134

A Revolution of Love

1988

Arriving exhausted in Ampula, the Capital of the tiny nation of Kozan on the Black Sea, and carrying top secret information from India for the Viceroy, adventurer and British Secret Service agent Drogo Forde is in need of fresh air and decides to go for a walk in the City. To his amazement he encounters a beautiful young woman hanging perilously down a high wall from a rope. She calls to him for help and, Master of disguise though he is, Drogo can barely cover the fact that he is instantly smitten with her. With revolution in the air, the violent streets are no place for a young woman, so chivalrous Drogo escorts Thekla, for that is her name, to his rather sparse lodgings. To his amazement she reveals that she is none other than the daughter of the King. And since the revolutionaries have now stormed the Royal Palace and killed the King, he has no choice but to save her and take her with him on his dangerous mission. As love blossoms between them, despair fills Drogo’s heart. Having spent what little money he had on care and nursing for his dying mother, he cannot possibly marry his lovely young Princes and, with great anguish, he resolves to let her go.

#135

Love at the Helm - Bahtera Cinta

1980

There was silence until Delora said, "So... you do not like... kissing me! To me it was the most... wonderful thing that ever happened!" Conrad realized she was perilously near to tears and he said quickly: "Of course I liked kissing you, but I am ashamed of my lack of control. It is something of which any Captain would be ashamed." "I do not think you. . . kissed me as a... Captain," Delora said, "but as... a man. I think that even... though you are... fighting against it, you do... love me a little." "You are not to talk like that," Conrad said automatically. As he spoke he was not quite certain how it happened, but he was kissing her as he had before, until he forgot everything but the magic of her lips, the softness and fragrance of her, and the wildness of his own love.

#136

Listen to Love

1986

Den tyngende gældsbyrde, der vejer tungt på Antheas bror, Harrys skuldre, tvinger ham til at sælge familiens gods, der købes af den berygtede og frygtindgydende Markis af Eaglescliffe. Ved et tilfælde spiller Anthea musik til et af markisens selskaber - er det mon muligt at sød musik kan opstå mellem denne berygtede mand, der tilsyneladende også har folk efter ham, der planlægger at myrde ham, og den unge, smukke Anthea? Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#137

Love Casts Out Fear

1986

In order to help Lady Charis Langley with her elopement, Alecia Stambrook, her cousin, agrees to take her place at the first meeting between Lady Langley and her guardian

#138

The Devilish Deception

1985

Proud Talbot McCarron, Duke of Invercaron, falls in love with a lovely, mysterious waif, but their love is threatened by arranged betrothal to the cold, cruel Countess of Dalbeth

#139

Riding in the Sky

1986

Sir Mark Seymour bliver inviteret til at deltage i et privat hestevæddeløb hos Markis'en af Kilne. Men Sir Mark er fattig, og hans makker bliver i sidste øjeblik lokket fra ham af en styrtende rig aristokrat. For ikke at tabe ansigt og for at bevare muligheden for at tjene mange penge beder Sir Mark sin søster Filipa om at hjælpe ham. Hun kommer ud for chokerede oplevelser - og møder kærligheden ...

#140

The Wonderful Dream

1994

Believing her to be the daughter of an actor, the Marquis of Datchford offers Claudia Anderson, a penniless and desperate orphan, the job of posing as his wife to save him from an arranged and unwanted marriage

#141

This Time It's Love

1944

Wrestling with wartime life and the conceits of her father, a famous but profligate painter, and having to look after her younger siblings leaves the beautiful Fenella Prentis little time for love. It is difficult enough making ends meet and persuading her father to hand over the proceeds of his current portrait of the grasping and flirtatious model Elaine so that she can pay long overdue bills. But Fenella’s head is turned by the unexpected arrival of the dashing Major Rex Ransome, who needs their house to billet Army Officers and at the same time she is blind to the gentler attentions of injured war hero and her nearby neighbour, Sir Nicholas Coleby – until he offers to save her from scandal, notoriety and poverty by marrying her. Although Sir Nicholas is totally in love with her, still Fenella has eyes only for the womanising Major. Slowly, though, the husband she so cruelly shuns and humiliates reveals his true qualities – “a man cool and calm, used to authority, ready to give the right answer to a question, not assuming leadership, but being by instinct a leader among men”. And finally, like a flash of bright light and irrevocably, it suddenly dawns on Fenella that this time it’s love.

#142

The River of Love

1981

Hertugen af Darleston er godt tilfreds med sine mange, kortvarige kærlighedsforhold. Men pludselig får han den indskydelse at rejse til Ægypten, og i templet i Luxor træffer han en henrivende missionærdatter. I den betagende ørken, der giver genlyd af fortiden, føler Irisa og hertugen sig mere og mere tiltrukket af hinanden, og deres første, ekstatiske kys giver vidnesbyrd om en kærlighed, der er begyndt for længe, længe siden. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#143

A Gentleman in Love

1980

Thalia walked slowly across the lawn, through the rose garden, to the lily pond. "It is a place for lovers," she thought instinctively. Then she drew her breath as if the thought stabbed her like a sharp dagger. "You are not crying, Thalia?" came an unexpected voice. It was the Earl, standing beside her, his grey eyes holding her captive. Then he pulled her into his arms, holding her close against him. She was trembling with the ecstasy he had evoked in her and she thought he was trembling too. Then he was kissing her wildly, passionately, and a fire leapt within them both, until Thalia seemed to break under the strain of it and she hid her face against his shoulder. "How soon will you marry me?" he asked at last.

#144

Island of Love

1711

The Earl of Royston journeys to Hawaii as the official British ambassador to the coronation of King Kalakua, bringing with him Heloise Westbury, the proud, ambitious toast of society, and her despised, neglected younger sister, Lydia

#145

Miracle for a Madonna

1984

Lord Mere bliver overrasket over at få besøg af sin søster. Under højst kompromitterende omstændigheder er et kostbart halssmykke blevet stjålet fra hende. Lord Mere må derfor - uden politiets hjælp - hjælpe hende med at skaffe smykket tilbage igen. Indblandet i denne komplicerede sag er også en ung kvinde, der har brug for hans hjælp - en kvinde, som han fra første øjeblik er sikker på, at han altid vil elske...

#146

The Storms of Love

1984

Lovely, impetuous Aldora rejects the advances of the dashing and rakish Duke of Wydeminster until a close encounter with disaster gives her new insight into her feelings.

#147

The Prince and the Pekingese

1979

"You have come!" the Prince exclaimed. "Yes," said Angelina softly. "I have come." The Prince paused for a moment looking at the beautiful young woman in a way that made her tremble. Would the Prince be able to accept her love and rule his country?

#148

The Golden Cage - Sangkar Emas

1986

Since his beloved wife’s death, Sir Robert Royden finds it unbearable to stay at home in his ancestral Manor House and instead spends his nights drinking and gambling away the family fortune in the low spots of London, leaving his beautiful young daughter Crisa to her own devices and her adored horses. One day, after a long absence, he brings to their home an American millionaire, who wants Crisa’s hand in marriage in return for a large sum of money that will keep her, the family estate and her father in comfort in perpetuity. And so poor Crisa is virtually forced into marrying him and then finds herself in a ‘golden cage’, trapped at the huge and ugly New York mansion of the aged Silas P. Vanderhault. When her husband dies suddenly after a stroke on the Liner to New York, she is besieged by his grasping family, who have been cut out of his will as he has left everything to Crisa. She carefully prepares her plan and then manages to make her escape from them by using a false name and passport to voyage back to England on a French luxury Liner. Mid-Atlantic and by pure chance she meets a mysterious, handsome but temporarily blinded man in one of the best suites on the Liner, who needs her help as a secretary for his correspondence. And in a matter of days, she is in love – A love that surely is doomed from the very start!

#149

Theresa and a Tiger

1984

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#150

The Goddess of Love

1987

While Corena waits for her father to return from Greece she receives a horrifying demand for ransom. Unless she delivers Lord Warburton, a noted collector of antiques shortly to visit Delphi, into the hands of bandits her father will be tortured to death! Forbidden to tell Lord Warburton the truth, Corena is smuggled aboard his yacht. Discovery was inevitable—so was the mutual attraction that blossomed as sun-kissed days followed moonlit nights. As thy near their destination Corena' heart is torn asunder. How can she sacrifice the man she loves in order to save the father she adores...?

#151

Alone in Paris

1776

ユーナは、フィレンツェの女子修道院学校を卒業し、父のいるパリに向かった。在学中は、母の遺産で生計を立てていた。が、お金も底をつき、父に手紙を書くと、モンマルトルへ呼ばれたのだった。ところが、父のアトリエに着くと、ユーナを待っていたのは、ひとりの画商だった。彼はユーナに、父ソローの死を告げた。途方に暮れるユーナ…。みかねた画商は、ユーナを、ウオルスタントン公爵に引き合わせた。女性遍歴の多い公爵は、ユーナのういういしさが信じられず、疑惑のまなざしで見つめるばかりだった。

#152

Earl Rings A Belle

1990

“You are a very lucky young woman!” demure but beautiful Donela Colwyn’s stepfather tells her condescendingly and then announces that she is to marry his friend, who he is so impressed with, the wealthy and influential Lord Waltingham. But Donela feels anything but lucky at the appalling prospect of wedding a man old enough to be her father and who she has only met once. Desperate to escape she flees by stagecoach, little caring to where it is heading. And once aboard she meets the exotic Supper Club performers Basil Banks and his Three Belles, who are en route to perform at an aristocratic stag party in one of the country’s most celebrated stately houses. Ignorant of the world beyond her stepfather’s stables and her Florence Finishing school, Donela knows nothing of the ‘poses plastiques’ in which young women perform all but naked. Or of what coarse men expect of such girls. So when she agrees to stand in for one of the Belles, who has been taken ill so that she cannot perform, she is appalled by the audience’s behaviour and afraid of the host, the dashing and seemingly overwhelming Earl of Huntingford. Alone, terrified and penniless, Donela has lost everything she holds dear, but little does she know that she is also about to lose her heart.

#153

The Runaway Heart

1961

Enchanting young beauty and an arrogant man of means—Could a mysterious scheme destroy them both? YOUR HEART WILL KNOW IT "Listen, Karina," he had said. "You are so absurdly young and inexperienced. Do be careful what you do with your life. Don't say yes to everything that anyone asks you. Find what is right for you." "But how shall I know which is right?" she had asked. "Your heart will know it," was his surprising answer. But how could her heart direct Karina now? She was being used in a mysterious scheme to defraud the man she loved. And the man to whom she had given her heart was hopelessly unattainable!

#154

From Hell to Heaven

1980

Kistna straightened herself and turned to look at the water beneath her. With a shock of sheer horror the Marquis realized what she intended to do. He reached her in a few strides and when he was beside her and his hands went out to take hold of her, she gave a little cry. “No…no! Go…away! Leave me alone…you are not to…stop me!” The Marquis’s arms tightened about her. “Why should you want to do anything so crazy and so utterly and completely mad?” As if she knew any further struggle would be futile, she suddenly went limp and her head rested against his shoulder. As he looked down at her, he could see the unhappiness in her eyes and the tear stains on her cheeks. She had changed and become very different from the miserable starving creature who he had thought at first was so ugly. Now she had a beauty that was different from anything he had seen in any other woman and as he felt her trembling, he knew that never before in his whole life had he felt as he was feeling now. Her eyes looked into his, and in a broken little voice she whispered: “I…I…love you…I…cannot…help it…I love…you.”

#155

Love In The Ruins

1995

Finding herself orphaned and penniless in Tunisia, Mimosa Shenson, the daughter of a historian, steps into her missing cousin's life as a means of returning to Britain, but she is unaware of her cousin's scandalous reputation. Original.

#156

Crowned With Love

1985

Pledged to a loveless marriage with the elderly, evil King Ferdinand of Slavonia, usurper of the throne from the rightful king, Miklos, lovely Princess Giona falls in love with the handsome leader of the rebel forces

#157

Love Is a Maze

1989

Unge Davina Brantforde gleder seg til å debutere i selskapslivet, men så får hennes far ordre om å dra på et hemmelig, diplomatisk oppdrag, og hun må utsette sin debut. Faren blir borte mye lenger enn ventet, familien får økonomiske problemer og Davina tar jobb som kjoledesigner i en kjent motebutikk. En rik, ung enke, Lady Brant, har bestilt en kostbar kjole til det berømte kostymeballet hos Prinsen av Wales. Men så blir plutselig enken syk, og Davina får en vill Hun vil utgi seg for å være Lady Brant og gå å ballet i den skjønne kjolen.-

#158

Hidden By Love

1992

ナディナ・タルボットは元イギリス外交官の娘。ある事情から、両親の死後トルコで家庭教師をしている。ある日、ナディナは海辺でイギリス諜報員ライル・ウェストリーを助けた。その直後、ナディナを見そめたトルコの首相から第三夫人になってほしいと申し込まれる。困りはてたナディナはイギリス大使館を訪れた…。

#159

Love is the Key

1990

Keeping up appearances for her older brother, Lord Anthony (Tony) Linwood, and his Society lifestyle while also caring for their young brother and sister is becoming too much for the beautiful Minerva as they have very little money and the bills are mounting every day. So when Tony confesses that he owes the terrifying gambling debt of two thousand pounds to his friend, the Earl of Gorleston, with an unsavoury and raffish reputation, she is mortified. A gambling debt is always considered a debt of honour between gentlemen and Society expects it to be paid before any other debts or the loser is cut off everyone’s invitation list. It seems that they will be forced to sell the family Manor House to pay the Earl, who lives in the adjacent Castle – unless Minerva can find a way to reply the debt. In utter desperation Minerva dresses herself up as a highwayman, creeps into The Castle and tries to blackmail the Earl at gunpoint. But, of course, she fails dismally. Disarmed and disheartened, she is left in a dark dungeon with rising water from the moat, little knowing that the Earl she hates is in a prison of his own and that for them both the one key to freedom is – Love.

#160

A Miracle In Music

1982

A much-admired patron of the arts and something of a ‘ladies’ man, the Duke of Arkholme, a very rich and celebrated aristocrat, is as passionate about music as he is bored by the attentions of predatory Society ladies. He decides to launch at his own expense a competition to encourage talented new composers, but he finds that the entrants he has to listen to are insipid and uninspiring. So when he hears the sparkling brilliant music he has been searching for being played on his own piano in a room next to his bedroom in his own home in the middle of the night, he is bewitched. Even more so when the pianist proves to be a pale, elfin, auburn-haired beauty called Vanola. She forces the Duke at gunpoint to listen longer to her music and she relates the story of her Hungarian father and his failure to attract any interest in his superb and innovative compositions in England. He is also horrified to be told by Vanola that his employees are corrupt and taking bribes from entrants to his auditions, so that the real talent, such as her father’s, is excluded. Realising that she is half-starved and that her father is at death’s door, he is determined to make amends, despite her implacable contempt for him for employing crooked Managers. Soon the Duke realises that he has fallen in love – but too late. Vanola’s father is dead and in her grief and fury she has fled to who knows where and it seems that he has lost her and his one chance of happiness forever.

#161

The Race for Love

1974

Alita Lang, who lives in a castle with her uncle, the Duke of Langstone, is never seen by outsiders. In fact no one knows of her existence. Her only interest is the horses she looks after and loves. But then one day she meets American millionaire Clint Wilbur on the Duke's private race-course.

#162

Call of the Heart

1975

Inghilterra, 1819 Costretta a sposare Lord Rothwyn, Lalitha scopre di provare un tenero quanto inaspettato sentimento per lui, ma si convince di non essere ricambiata e, disperata, fugge lontano. Grande, dunque, è la sua sorpresa quando il marito la raggiunge e le chiede di ripensare alla sua decisione. Così, con il cuore colmo di speranza e trepidazione, Lalitha accetta di ritornare a casa. Proprio quando la felicità sembra a portata di mano, però, una serie di imprevisti rischia di cambiare il corso delle loro vite per sempre...

#163

The Curse of the Clan

1977

The Curse of the Clan (#65) by Barbara Cartland

#165

The Tears of Love

1975

THE TEARS OF LOVE Her father had died on their way home to England, his career in shambles, his name disgraced by accusations of treason. Now Canuela Arlington and her mother were alone in London in desperate need of money. Canuela would have to find work. Knowing her delicate beauty was sure to provoke unwelcome advances, Canuela pulled her long golden hair back sharply from her face, obscured her dazzling grey-green eyes with huge glasses and dressed in unflattering black. Her excellent qualifications soon interested an employer: Ramon de Lopez, the handsome Argentine aristocrat, one of the wealthiest men in South America. Canuela trembled with rage at the mere mention of his name: Ramon was an "old friend" of her father's, one of the many who deserted in the crisis. Canuela would repay him for his disloyalty. It would not be difficult to destroy him. If only he were not so wildly attractive . . . BARBARA CARTLAND

#166

Winged Magic

1981

Con solo dieciséis años y todavía en la escuela, Christine Lydford se horroriza cuando su madrastra le dice que tendrá de irse a vivir con el Marqués de Ventnor, a su gran propiedad, y que será él que supervisará su educación en adelante, y como si no bastara, el Marqués a sus ojos es un libertino y además la doncella de su madrasta deja escapar que su odiosa madrastra, estaba preparando en secreto su casamiento con el Marqués, pero Christine está enamorada de un otro joven y los dos logran escaparse para Roma, y solo hay una manera de conseguir que nadie la persiga, es persuadir a su amiga, la bella huérfana, Mina Shaldon, para que se haga pasar por ella y casarse con el Marqués. Pero, la pequeña y tímida Mina está aterrorizada, y se siente completamente asombrada por el elegante y sofisticado aristócrata, pero no se da cuenta de que él, al igual que toda la casa, los pájaros, los animales en los jardines y los bosques son atraídos hacia ella como si por alguna magia especial la acogiera… y es que se siente enamorada. Mina también está a punto de perder su corazón, aunque sabe que un noble de la sociedad como él, jamás se juntaría con una simple huérfana como ella, si descubriera que ella no era más, que una impostora.

#167

Born of Love

1992

Lady Marcia Woode's forthright manner of dismissing her suitors was about to become the scandal of the London Season. A trip abroad was indicated, but when her father proposed a visit to the Chateau de Roux, the astute debutante spotted a marriage trap. Fortunately, the Duc de Roux—a superbly handsome man—was even less inclined to matrimony, preferring more sophisticated pursuits... United by their refusal to fall in love, the pair rode through the verdant French countryside. Then, an injured child and a deadly plot brought them down to earth—and into each other's arms, joined in the Wonder and Perfection of Love...

#168

Love Holds the Cards

1966

När lord Wynchingham förlorar en förmögenhet på spel vet han inte vad han ska göra. Han har inga pengar att betala skulden med så när hans skyddsling Tina Croome kommer till honom med en plan har han inget annat val än att ge den ett försök. Med sina sista pengar köper han allt som Tina kan tänkas behöva för att nästla sig in bland Londons societet och finna sig en rik make som kan betala av lordens skulder. Det dröjer inte länge förrän en lämplig man dyker upp, men mannen är frånstötande och Tina inser att hennes hjärta tillhör någon annan. Vad ska hon ta sig till nu? Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#169

A Chieftain Finds Love

1988

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#170

The Horizons of Love

1980

Lucy, Lady Wymonde, reluctantly agrees to her husband’s request that she would chaperone his innocent orphaned young niece, Ina, for her first Season as a debutante. It was infuriating to have to take another guest with her to Chale Hall, the Marquis of Chale’s majestic stately home in the country, but that it should be a lovely young girl made it worse. It was not a question of her being a rival, that was not what Lucy feared. It was that Ina would be completely out of place in what was to be her party given her by the Marquis, whom Lucy has become infatuated with and it is only a matter of time before they begin an affaire-de-coeur. Little does she know what an innocent threat the beautiful Ina will soon become! Having reluctantly left her Bohemian background and a family friend’s villa near Nice with her devoted lady’s maid, Ina is bewildered by the sophisticated Society world of London and rather in awe of the handsome Marquis. But soon, to Lucy’s fury, the Marquis is smitten by Ina’s untainted beauty and the almost clairvoyant perceptiveness by which she seems to see deep into his soul. Ina too is entranced and, despite her aunt’s attempts to pair her off with over-eager and unattractive suitors, she too is falling in love.

#171

The Marquis Wins

1990

It was in the Casino garden that Daniela Brooke appeared, like a magical child, beside the hansome Marquis of Crowle. Because she has been named heiress to a fortune, Daniela has been thrown into the middle of a shocking, wicked scheme, and the Marquis is drawn to help the tender beauty and gamble on love.

#172

A Duke in Danger

1983

One of the youngest Colonels in the Duke of Wellington’s Army, Ivar Harling returns from the victorious Battle of Waterloo to Harlington House in London’s Berkeley Square. Suddenly a very rich man now that he has inherited the Dukedom of Harlington from his cousin, who has been killed in the War, he is also tall and extremely handsome although his years as a soldier have left their mark on him. And perhaps too in the expression in his eyes, which is perfection to Society beauties such as the glamorous widow, Lady Isobel Dalton, who pursues him avidly and with some success. But although he needs to marry to prevent his scheming and dishonourable cousin, Jason, from stepping into his shoes, he resists Lady Isobel’s desperate hints at marriage as she fancies herself as a Duchess. When a craven pawnbroker, Emmanuel Pinchbeck, approaches him for money to redeem several of his family heirlooms, which it seems that his young cousin, Lady Alvina, has been selling off secretly, he is outraged. But, arriving at a closed-up Harling Castle in the country, he finds not a devious dishonest woman but a beautiful yet tormented young lady who, unaware of the family’s huge wealth, is in dire financial straits as well as his whole ancestral estate. The Duke is determined to find out how she has been so cruelly misled. And along the way he finds the love that he has always dreamt of finding – but not before the spectre of death steps into his path.

#173

Warned by a Ghost

1991

Recently returned from the Battle of Waterloo, Ivan, the Marquis of Windlesham, is the toast of the town, in demand for his elegance, charm, and looks and unaware that his beautiful neighbor Sedela has put a plan into action to capture his heart

#174

Forced to Marry

1964

Lovely Gytha Sullivan learns that on her grandfather's death she will inherit a fortune with the Devil's choice of marriage to one of her detestable cousins. Desperately, Gytha begs Lord Locke, a handsome country neighbor, to help her. Because Gytha's father once saved his life, he agrees to a clever charade. But make-believe soon turns into something quite real, and the Cousins plot viciously to put a stop to it.

#175

Sweet Adventure

1957

Assise dans le wagon spécial du prince Lintz, Alicia regarde tristement le paysage du Rasgrade qui défile sous ses yeux. Ce petit royaume va devenir le sien car la raison d'État exige qu'elle épouse le souverain. Un mariage arrangé qui la révolte mais comment désobéir à la reine Victoria ? Soudain, un choc terrible, le train déraille. Alicia perd connaissance. Lorsqu'elle se réveille, elle se retrouve parmi les artistes de music-hall qui doivent se produire prochainement au palais. — Vous savez danser, chanter ? lui demande Bill Below, le directeur de la troupe. Eh bien, dans ce cas, bienvenue chez les Below's Belles ! C'est donc déguisée en danseuse qu'Alicia va faire la connaissance de son futur époux... et peut-être conquérir son cœur ?-

#176

Love Is A Gamble

1985

Idona står ensam i världen sedan hennes far dött i en duell. Vad hon inte vet är att han hade spelat bort sin rang, sin egendom – och sin dotter – till markisen av Wroxham. Denne är en mycket cynisk man och han introducerar Idona i Londons societet som sin myndling. Livet i den förnäma världen förskräcker henne emellertid och hun flyr. Men markisen följer efter ...Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

#177

Love on the Wind

1982

Intialainen Sita on jäänyt setänsä kaltoinkohdeltavaksi hänen vanhempiensa kuoltua. Matkalla Kalkuttaan epätoivoinen Sita lähes heittäytyy laivan kannelta, mutta salaperäinen muukalainen ehtii pelastaa hänet. Toivoa tytön elämään tuovat tästä lähtien ajatukset mahdollisesta jälleennäkemisestä.Sitan setä tahtoisi muuttaa Englantiin, mutta tämä veisi Sitan vain kauemmaksi salaperäisestä pelastajastaan! Voisivatko he tavata enää koskaan?-

#178

Looking for Love

1982

The Marquis looked down at Gilda, her cheeks wet with tears, her blue eyes too shy to meet his. Gilda could only look up at him helplessly, thinking that he must see love in her eyes and know that she was acutely conscious of his lips near to hers. Then the wonder of the Marquis' kiss made her feel as if the darkness and fear were all left behind, and he carried her into the sunshine and up into the very heart of the sun. Available only in Wheeler Softcover 4.

#179

Love is the Enemy

1969

A malin, malin et demi ! Rupert Wroth croyait avoir pensé à tout : pour faire plaisir à la reine, il se mariait et, pour continuer à voir sa maîtresse, il se choisissait une épouse très naïve. Mais, au soir de ses noces, il découvre qu'il a été trompé : au lieu de la docile Elizabeth, c'est l'intrépide Nérina qu'il a épousée ! Et la jeune fille a un tempérament volcanique. Les plans du beau Rupert risquent donc de s'envoler en fumée. A moins que l'amour...

#180

The Passion and the Flower

1978

Strikingly handsome the Russian Prince Ivan Volkonski leaves a trail of broken hearts behind him wherever he goes. But, when his best friend, Lord Marston, takes him one evening to the famous Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, he witnesses a spellbinding dance performance of grace and spirituality that is to change his life forever. The dancer, a beautiful young woman known only as Lokita, mesmerises and enthrals him with her dancing and brings back emotional memories of his family that he had almost forgotten. And he is determined to see her again and make her his own. Frustrated to find that she will see no admirers in her dressing room at the theatre after her dancing, the Prince stages a ‘kidnapping’ to force her to meet him. Instantly Lokita and the Prince are in love and there is an electric magic between them and the Prince believes that Fate has brought them together and that they have loved each other in many previous lives so strong are their feelings for each other. But surely a commoner, no matter how beautiful and talented, cannot marry a Russian Prince? The Czar of Russia, an absolute dictator, would never allow it and anyway Lokita’s over-protective duenna and Guardian, the redoubtable Miss Anderson, is determined to keep Lokita as far away from the Prince and his advances as she possibly can.

#181

The Reluctant Bride

1900

STRANGE PROPOSAL When the Prince of Meldenstein asks for Camilla's hand in marriage, he virtually saves her family from destruction. The huge marriage settlement will help her bankrupt father pay the doctor bills that will save her mother's life. Beautiful Camilla has no choice but to accept ... It is on her way to meet her future husband that Camilla's heart is captured by the rakishly handsome Hugo Cheverly, who despises her for reasons she can't fathom. Not until she finds herself in mortal danger does Camilla learn the startling truth about Hugo Cheverly's feelings for her —- and about the mysterious prince she's about to marry ...

#182

Safe In Paradise

1990

Having inherited a considerable fortune from her American Godmother, the beautiful young debutante, Zarina Bryden, really is the belle of the ball throughout London Society, wooed by an endless parade of insincere suitors in love with her money and not with her. Both her mother and father have died and so she is an orphan, but a very rich one indeed. So when her uncle and Guardian insists that she should marry the middle-aged Duke of Malnesbury, she is appalled at the idea and refuses point blank. She then hears the sad news that her childhood friend, Rolfe, now the Earl of Linwood, is being forced to sell the neighbouring Priory with all its contents and its huge estate to pay off the accumulated debts of his now dead elder brother, He is just about to start an auction for everything he owns when Zarina arrives to dramatically save the day with her huge fortune and she comes up with a cunning plan. She makes an offer to use her inheritance to pay all The Priory’s debts and avoid the auction if only Rolfe will make her his fiancée, thereby making marriage to the Duke impossible. Reluctantly Rolfe agrees to her plan as he really has no other option. And he also persuades Zarina to travel with him on a voyage to India – and she accepts his offer to escape a loveless marriage and perhaps to find a true love of her own at the end of the long voyage.

#183

The Temple of Love

1988

The Duke of Inglebury strode through the deep verdant lushness of the Javanese jungle, in search of a legendary Temple imperilled by those who would loot its ancient splendors. But within the Temple walls, the Duke found a great treasure—Sarida, a fair-haired English beauty, the living image of a long-ago Princess, as the Duke was of her beloved King...But the gods were to decree one final, fearful test before the Duke and Sarida could claim the Heavenly bliss destined to be theirs for Eternity!

#184

Love at First Sight

1989

Under pressure from her father to marry the infamous Marquis of Rakemoore, defiant Illa plans to avoid her fate by hiding out in a small village

#185

The Scots Never Forget

1984

"You are mine!" Torquil said fiercely. "Mine, and nothing in the world will stop me from loving you and keeping you with me from now throughout eternity!" " I... love... you!" Pepita whispered. He would have kissed her again but she put up her hands. "Please darling, please... do not make me love you any more. It... frightens me not because I am afraid... but because it is so... perfect... so wonderful!" As if he understood he took her hands in his and raised them one after the other to his lips. As he did so Pepita realised she was trembling with the intensity of her feelings and that he was too. "I adore you," he said, "and because I am trying to think of you rather than of myself I will take you back, but somehow I am going to find a solution to this damned mess, as quickly as possible!" The determination in the way he spoke was inescapable and she knew, although it seemed impossible, that because he was who he was and because love was greater than anything else, that he would find a way....

#187

No Time for Love

1976

Larina Milton kan knappt tro sina öron. Hon har lyckats undvika tuberkulosen som tog hennes mors liv, men nu säger läkaren att hon ändå bara har 21 dagar kvar att leva! Han konstaterar att hon har ett ovanligt hjärtfel och att det inte finns något någon kan göra. I all sin förtvivlan kan Larina bara tänka på en hon måste kontakta Elvin Farren. Det var på hennes mors behandlingshem som Larina och den dödssjuke Elvin träffades - och där de lovade att alltid finnas till för varandra. Men en sak glömde visst Elvin att nämna. Hans egentliga efternamn är inte Farren, utan Vanderfeld, och han tillhör en utav New Yorks finaste familjer. Plötsligt är Larina inbjuden till familjens villa i Italien - men det finns en baktanke. I Elvins närhet finns nämligen de som tror att hon bara är ute efter hans pengar. Kommer hon lyckas övertyga dem om motsatsen, innan det är försent? Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var kanske 1900-talets mest produktiva författare, med över 650 titlar i bagaget. Hennes böcker är översatta till 38 språk, och med över en miljard sålda exemplar är det ingen tvekan om att Barbara Cartland förblir en av världens största romantiker.

#188

Love in the Moon

1980

"You are mine, Caneda, and I want you! I want you now!" As he finished speaking his lips were on hers and he was kissing her. Now there was a fire on his lips that was like nothing Caneda had ever imagined, and yet although it was so fierce and so demanding, she felt herself unaccountably responding to it. He kissed her until she was breathless, until she felt as if the room spun dizzily round her, and it would be impossible for her to stand unsupported on her feet. Then he said, and his voice was hoarse and passionate: "I want you! God, how I want you! Go and get into my bed, my darling. There is no reason for us to wait any longer."

#189

A Hazard of Hearts

1950

After her mother died when Serena Staverley was just nine, her father, Sir Giles, indulged his deep passion for gambling, leaving his only child in charge of an impoverished household. Now a stunningly beautiful young woman, Serena is mortified to hear that her father has been killed in a duel. Worse still, it seems that he went willingly, even deliberately to his death. But why? The appalling answer is presented by her much-loved cousin Nicholas who suddenly proposes marriage - to save Serena from a terrible fate - Sir Giles has not only lost the Staverley estate on the turn of a card, but he has also gambled away the hand in marriage of his lovely daughter, along with her eighty thousand pounds inheritance all in a last desperate bet to try and best his arch-rival at the tables, Lord Vulcan. Serena has little alternative but to marry a man whose wicked ways have contributed to her family's downfall. And Lord Vulcan takes her away from her beloved Staverley to his majestic ancestral home, Mandrake, which is close to the sea and where Serena finds its welcome to be strange and sinister. Abducted by a lecherous guest at Mandrake, threatened by a smuggler Marchioness, rescued by a gentleman highwayman and, resisting the marriage of convenience, Serena slowly realises that she has lost her heart to a man she thought she despised.

#190

Just Fate

1991

Widowed Mrs. Mansforde and her younger daughter Philomena (or 'Mena' for short) are pleasantly surprised when elder daughter Lais returns unannounced to the family home. They have not seen her for an age, not even at her father's funeral. And the news she brings is not so pleasant as it seems that she too has been widowed, but already has another wealthy and prestigious husband in her sights, the highly respected Duke of Kernthorpe. The Duke, who is much older than Lais, has invited her to bring her mother to meet him, an invitation that Lais does not extend to young Mena, seeing how beautiful she has become. Mrs. Mansforde insists that Mena goes with her and then it is decided that she will pose as her mother's employed companion. Once at the Duke's Castle Mena goes for a walk in the garden and then sees a stallion and rider galloping towards her. The horse is clearly out of control and throws the rider so Mena rushes over to see if he has been hurt. He is a handsome young man and when he looks up at Mena he thinks, because she is so beautiful, that she must be a Greek Goddess. He is then most impressed when Mena calms the stallion down by talking to him in a quiet gentle voice. At the Duke's Castle love is to take each of the three women, Mena, Lais and their mother, by surprise and brings them ultimate happiness in the form of entirely unexpected suitors. And it seems that Fate has brought them together at the magnificent but mysterious Kerne Castle.

#191

The Kiss of Paris

1956

Sheena er ung, uskyldig og smuk og opfyldt af romantiske forventninger, da hun bliver sendt til Paris på en hemmelig mission. Hendes forventninger bliver opfyldt, for i Paris møder hun Lucien, høj, mørk og helt uimodståelig, og hun forelsker sig omgående i ham. Men hun har jo ikke rent mel i posen, og Sheena oplever både lykke og sorg på sin vej mod kærligheden under Paris’ blomstrende kastanjer.

#193

Love Under Fire

1959

Elvina stood before the ship's captain feeling more afraid than she'd guessed she would. She watched him appraise her black hair, dyed the night before, her skin, darkened with berry juice, her skinny frame of a figure. She could see that he believed her story—that she was an orphaned Portugese child. "What is your name?" he asked. "Elvina?" She said. "What is your surname?" "I haven't one," she lied. "Everyone has a surname," he said patiently. "Come child, why don't you answer my question?" "It is a lady's privilege," Elvina said with a toss of her head, "to be unpredictable." With that Lord Wyse laughed heartily. "I am ashamed to admit it," he told her frankly, "but I think I shall enjoy having you aboard."

#194

The Magnificent Marriage

1940

THE MAGNIFICENT MARRIAGE Lady Dorinda Burne had always led a retiring life - a disfiguring skin complaint made her feel uncomfortable in company. Buy now she was chaperoning her sister to Singapore where Lettice would marry the fabulously rich, brilliantly clever Maximus Kirby. Dorinda found that she admired him more than any man she had ever met and in his presence always felt at a loss for words. But Dorinda was about to encounter perils far more fearsome than facing Maximus Kirby. Yet, awaiting her too was a magnificent love and a new life more beautiful than any she had ever imagined.

#195

Moon Over Eden

1976

Wealthy, self-confident and powerful, Lord Hawkston always got what he wanted. He swept into Dominica's life with a startling proposal. He wished to take the pretty vicar's daughter to his plantation in the Ceylonese mountains as a wife for his young nephew. Dominica accepted. A life of spinsterhood at the vicarage would be intolerable. And if her future husband was as handsome and considerate as his uncle, she would surely be a happy bride. Lord Hawkston's plantation was even more beautiful than he'd described. The lush and tranquil valley had been aptly named the Second Garden of Eden. But all was not well in paradise. No matter how grateful she was to her benefactor, Dominica would never be united to the man he had brought her so far to marry.

#196

The Dream and the Glory

1977

Lady Cordelia and her brother, the Earl of Hunstanton, had sailed with Captain Mark Stanton to Valetta where the Earl was to become a Knight of the Order of St John. Afterwards he wanted his sister to enter the Convent of St Romanica. As Cordelia remembered and felt again the strange wonder that Stanton's kisses had aroused in her, she realised she could never contemplate becoming a nun. Cordelia was to meet battle, shipwreck and danger before she could again thrill to the touch of the sea-rover she loved...

#197

Victory for Love

1985

Pursued by the greedy, cunning Earl of Lydbrooke, determined to marry her for her fortune and estate, lovely Farica Chalfont stumbles on a handsome wounded soldier, John Hamilton, in her secret woodland refuge

#198

À Beira do Lago Encantado

1978

A trembling note in Mariska's voice made Lord Arkley clasp her hand. "Forget everything, my dearest, except that I love you!" He kissed her hand and felt a little quiver shoot through her. "B-but I am... m-married, and I vowed I would be Prince Friederich's wife... in sickness and in health. We... must try to forget each other." "Never!" cried Lord Arkady violently. He kissed her hand again and again, his lips lingering on the softness of her skin. "It is wrong to love..." "Sweet Mariska, love is something neither of us can help." "Yes," Mariska whispered. "I cannot help it." And she moved closer to him. "I feel now that you fill my whole life... my whole being. Nothing else is of importance. There is only... you!"

#199

Love is Innocent

1975

LOVE IS INNOCENT The Duke of Atherstone had been driven to a frenzy. Every debutante in London wanted to marry him. Their determined mothers had transformed all of England into a matrimonial obstacle course. Fleeing to the safety of his yacht, the Duke set sail for Monte Carlo. But even the dissipated society of the gambling tables provided no respite: Atherstone's charmingly jadad mistress soon launched her own marital plans. Furious, the Duke pulled up anchor again, heading for Algiers. Foolishly convinced that no eligble young lady was waiting to entrap him, the Duke allowed himself the luxury of admiring an exquisite young English girl on sale in the Algerian Slave Market. As he moved closer to appraise her beauty, the terrified girl looked straight into his eyes, whispering: "Save me...save me!"

#200

Love Strikes A Devil

1992

Saddened to learn of the death of her cousin Vincent, Charisa is further upset when Vincent's unscrupulous heir arrives in Paris to claim Vincent's Mawdelyn Priory and Charisa

#201

In the Arms of Love

1981

Upon meeting beautiful Aspasia Stanton at the home of the notorious Duchess of Grimstone, the Marquis of Thame doubts the innocence of the young woman until he discovers the terrible secret she keeps hidden

#202

Love in the dark

1979

Love in the dark [Jan 01, 1979] Cartland, Barbara

#203

Love Wins

1981

Dopo sei anni trascorsi a combattere nelle guerre napoleoniche, Lord Heywood è inorridito dallo stato in cui versa il suo paese: i braccianti agricoli ora muoiono di fame, i negozi di alimentari sono chiusi e i gruppi luddisti distruggono i nuovi macchinari agricoli. Peggio ancora, la sua proprietà è quasi in bancarotta, e per salvarsi dalla miseria deve assolutamente trovare qualcosa da vendere. È proprio mentre sta perlustrando l'Abbazia di Heywood, la sua casa di campagna, che si imbatte in qualcosa che non ha prezzo: una giovane ragazza di nome Lalita, con profondi occhi blu, in fuga da un malvagio zio che vuole costringerla a sposarsi con un uomo che non ama

#204

The Marquis Who Hated Women

1900

Beautiful, young, yet fiercely independent, Shikara Bartlett sorely misses her much-loved father, the renowned archaeologist Professor Richard Bartlett, who appears to have gone missing on his latest “dig” in Egypt. What’s worse is that in his absence her strait-laced guardian is determined to marry her off to the middle-aged Lord Stroud, who is pompous, boring and far too old at forty-four. She certainly does not love him ¬– and she never will. So Shikara tries to escape, using a rope from her window. But the rope is too short and she can’t reach the ground. Luckily for her, the Marquis of Linwood has just made a similar escape from a married woman’s nearby boudoir and hears Shikara’s cries for help and saves her. Somehow she persuades him to take her on his yacht to Egypt in search of her lost father. And, slowly but surely, Marquis who famously hates woman falls under the spell of this headstrong waif who professes to hate men.

#205

Love Is Invincible

1987

For the Marquis of Shawforde and Lucille Winterton, it was love—instantly and irrevocably. But the country-bred beauty was worldly enough to know that the Marquis' family disapproved of their union. Little did she know that they disapproved enough to send a secret agent to stop it.

#206

Love Climbs In

1979

The impulsive and rakish Marquis of Troon is due to be married to the disreputable but passionate Lady Dilys Powick in direct opposition to the wishes and advice of his closest friends. The Marquis then goes ahead and arranges a spectacular steeplechase with large prizes for the winners in order to celebrate his nuptials. When one of the contestants dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, the Marquis is stunned to discover that he has been named in his will as the Guardian of the contestant’s daughter, the sensible and charitable Valeta Lingfield, who is also very beautiful.An encounter at the Marquis’s superb stately home with a mistreated climbing boy tests the unlikely relationship between Valeta and the Marquis as she is determined to look after the boy until he can be returned safely to his parents.And further conflict, intrigue and danger follow a meeting with the villainous sweep, who is from a notorious criminal area of London. Will the lovely Valeta return safely from London? Who is behind these treacherous kidnappings? And will the Marquis ever change his ways? The answers can be found in this exciting and poignant story set in the Regency.

#207

The Queen Saves the King

1991

Prinsesse Aileen lever sammen med sin datter, Erina, og niece, Pythia, en meget beskeden tilværelse. Derfor kommer det som en glædelig overraskelse, da dronning Victoria meddeler, at Erina af politiske grunde skal giftes med kongen af Vultarnia. Men Erina nægter at adlyde den kongelige ordre, og for at skåne sin tante fra dronningens vrede, træder Pythia i sin kusines sted og rejser til Vultarnia. Endnu inden kongen har set Pythia, er han fast besluttet på at hade hende, men da hun redder ham fra at dø, skifter han mening... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog. På grund af sin effektivitet i sin forfattergerning, er hun nævnt i Guinness rekordbog for flest udgivne bøger i løbet af et enkelt år. Barbara Cartland blev i 1991 hædret af dronning Elizabeth II som Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire til ære for Cartlands sociale og politiske bidrag, foruden sit forfattervirke, i næsten 70 år.

#208

The Duke Comes Home

1982

German-language version of the original edition "The Duke comes home".

#209

Love Joins The Clans

1986

When Clova McBlane becomes the Chieftain of a powerful Scottish Clan, Tarquil and Euan try to win her heart

#210

The Power and the Prince

1915

Prince Ivan's words were passionate, unyielding, yet Alana allowed herself no surrender. "Love is something that cannot be denied, cannot be refused," Ivan protested, "though I thought the real ecstasy and wonder of it was something that would never exist for me." At last Alana's strength gave way. "But I cannot. . . marry you," she sobbed. "Then tell me why!" the Prince insisted. "And hurry, my precious, say what you have to say, before I take you in my arms. You are mine, Alana, mine since the beginning of time, and mine for the rest of eternity, and whether you marry me or not, that is an indisputable fact!"

#211

Winged Victory

1982

Da jarlen af Poynton redder den bevidstløse, mishandlede Cledra ud af hendes onkels, Sir Walters, kløer og bringer hende i sikkerhed på sit gods, er han klar over, at Sir Walters ikke vil sky noget middel for at tage en blodig hævn. Hans frygt viser sig at være velbegrundet; men udfaldet af Sir Walters hævnakt bliver helt anderledes, en han havde tænkt sig ...

#212

Light of the Gods

1982

At her rich, look-alike cousin's pleading, impoverished Sacha Waverley undertakes a daring masquerade. She travels to Scotland posing as Lady Deirdre to care for her cousin's fiancée, the handsome, wealthy Duke of Silchester who has been temporarily blinded in a hunting accident. It's Sacha's one chance to wear fine gowns and be waited upon—a fairy-tale come true. Then the unthinkable happens...she loses her heart forever to a man she can never love.

#213

The Golden Illusion

1976

Linetta was alone in the world. Her dying governess instructed her to go to Paris and seek the help of her niece, Marie. Had that good lady known what had happened to simple, good-hearted Marie—now the toast of the Paris demi-monde, paramour of men twice her age—it would have been the last place she'd have sent Linetta! But her instructions were carried out, and innocent, inexperienced Linetta found herself caught up in a life that dazzled and bewildered her. And most puzzling of all was Marie's plan for her future: accepting the "protection" of a wealthy, generous older man. Linetta was sure the plan would have displeased her mother. But what alternatives were there? She was alone and penniless. Was there no one to help her decide what to do?

Authors

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was a English writer, during her long career, she wrote over 700 books, making her one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. She sold over 1,000 million copies throughout the world, earning her a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The world's most famous romantic novelist, she also wrote autobiographies, biographies, health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance, and became one of the United Kingdom's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues. She started her writing career as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express. She published her first novel, Jigsaw, a society thriller, in 1923. It was a bestseller. She went on to write myriad novels and earn legions of fans, she also wrote under her married name Barbara McCorquodale. Some of her books were made into films. Ever the romantic, during WWII, she served as the Chief Lady Welfare Officer in Bedfordshire. She gathered as many wedding dresses as she could so that service brides would have a white gown to wear on their wedding day. She also campaigns for the rights of Gypsies, midwives and nurses. Barbara Cartland McCorquodale passed away on 21 May 2000, with 160 still unpublished manuscripts, that are being published posthumously.

Barbara Metzger

Author · 52 books

Barbara Metzger is the author of over three dozen books and a dozen novellas. She has also been an editor, a proof-reader, a greeting card verse-writer, and an artist. When not painting, writing romances or reading them, she volunteers at the local library, gardens and goes beach-combing and yard-saling. Her novels, mostly set in Regency-era England, have won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the Madcap award for humor in romance writing. In addition, Barbara has won two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine. Source: http://www.barbarametzger.com/about\_b...