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Tula rose from where she had been sitting and walked slowly across the soft ground to the edge of the stream. "I have another suggestion," Lord Yelverton said at last. "Why do we not, because we are so lucky together, try to find another treasure trove in Yucatan? Surely it is a waste for me to go back to England, while you stay here, when we might be together?" Tula raised her head to look at him. "What are you ... saying?" she asked in a voice little above a whisper. "I am saying this," Lord Yelverton answered. He put his arms around her as he spoke and drew her close against him. Then his mouth was on hers. "You are so beautiful, quite unlike anyone I have ever seen before," he said, "and I want you —- I want you desperately! You know as well as I do, that I cannot live without you." He did not wait for her reply but was kissing her again; kissing her with passionate, demanding, possessive kisses which made her his, so that she became a part of him.
Author
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 Barbara Cartland McCorquodale passed away on 21 May 2000, with 160 still unpublished manuscripts, that are being published posthumously.
