Barbara Cartland
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The Viscount Frome is in love, and intends to marry Claribel Stamford, belle of the Social Set, as quickly as possible. She is young, beautiful, charming and rich ? in fact he considers her the perfect match. The only drawback is that he needs the permission of his uncle, the Duke of Alverstrode before he can propose.
The Duke, a more cautious man experienced in the wiles of aspirational young women, suggests a visit to Claribel?s home to meet her...
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The demure but beautiful Alecia Stambrook sorely misses her late mother, Lady Sophie. And now that her uncle, the Earl of Langhaven, has also died, there will be no more of the generous stipend that Alecia's father had relied on to survive as the books that he writes bring in very little money..
When her much-loved cousin Charis arrives unexpectedly at her home, Alecia is heartened although taken aback by her strange request.
Charis asks her to pretend...
83) Secret Harbor
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Fleeing an arranged marriage on her island home, Lady Grania O'Kerry runs straight into the arms of the notorious pirate, who has seized her family's plantation.
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Wie konnte sie einen Mann lieben, den sie vor diesem Nachmittag noch niemals gesehen hatte, fragte sich Athena. Ein Mann, dessen schlanker, athletischer Körper Feuer in ihrer Brust entfachte - sie wusste, es war das Schicksal, das sie zusammen geführt hatte. Und Lady Mary Emmeline Athena, die reiche englische Erbin, war eigentlich nach Griechenland gekommen um den Prinzen von Parnassos zu heiraten. Doch entsetzt vom Palastgeschwätz war sie nach...
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Amidst the exciting preparations for the grand opening of Prince Albert's prized Crystal Palace, a young orphan, Sorilda, is being forced into marriage by her recently cuckolded uncle, the Duke of Nuneaton.
Having sheltered lovely Sorilda since the tragic death of her parents, the usually fair-minded Duke has been driven to jealous retaliation by his deceitful new Duchess.
Suspecting his close neighbour, the Earl of Winsford, of ungentlemanly...
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Amidst the exciting preparations for the grand opening of Prince Albert's prized Crystal Palace, a young orphan, Sorilda, is being, forced into marriage by her recently cuckolded uncle, the Duke of Nuneaton. Having sheltered lovely Sorilda, since the tragic death of her parents, the usually fair-minded Duke has been, driven to jealous retaliation by his deceitful new Duchess. Suspecting his close neighbor, the Earl of Winsford, of ungentlemanly conduct...
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When the Balkan Prince Stanislaus demanded an English bride, Queen Victoria decided to send him Lady Lavina, whose family had a slight connection with royalty.
Determined to avoid this fate, Lavina threw herself on the mercy of the Marquis of Elswick, a disagreeable man who had turned his back on the world following betrayal by the woman he had loved. Surprisingly, he agreed to help by pretending to be engaged to Lavina, and, with her father, they...
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Falling ill with a bad cold, the beautiful young singer, Isa McNaver, leaves behind her busy London schedule of Concerts and heads for the Scottish Highlands where she grew up for a much needed rest. There she wanders the graceful moors and the breezy seashore contentedly, remembering her childhood and the local legends about long lost Clan treasure. Venturing into a deep dark cave, she stumbles across a murderous plot by accident. She overhears a...
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Stürmisch, gut aussehend und elegant selbst in der Schlacht, hat der Herzog von Kingswood schon viele Herzen der Schönen der Gesellschaft gestohlen. Aber er selbst ist ein Eiszapfen, den niemand schmelzen kann und entschlossen, niemals zu heiraten. Um das Familienerbe zu erhalten zählt er auf seinen Vetter Richard, der heiraten und Söhne haben soll. Zum Schrecken des Herzogs jedoch lässt sich Richard von der Sirene der Society und bekannten Schönheit...
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Shenda se dirige al Castillo Arrow a través del Bosque cuando su
perro cae en un trampa. En el camino encuentra a un apuesto forastero quien lo libera con facilidad, luego de deshacerse de la trampa el desconocido la toma en sus brazos, la besa y se aleja cabalgando.
Poco tiempo después, al fallecer inesperadamente su Padre, Shenda se ve forzada a convencer al Ama de Llaves para que le permita quedarse en el Castillo a trabajar.
Cuando el Conde...
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Golden-haired young beauty Anona adores her father, the East India Company seafarer Captain Guy Ranson.
So she is shocked to the core when he comes home to confess that far from being the successful shipowner she thought he was, he is a pirate, boarding cargo ships and threatening the crew and cargo unless they paid him a ransom. He describes himself as a 'highwayman on a ship'.
Fearing that he has been identified and may face the gallows, the Captain...
92) The Earl Elopes
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Clive, the Earl of Bourne, nearly twenty-eight, tall, handsome and pursued by enumerable women is determined not to get married.
He is sick and tired of his father, the Duke of Shelbourne and his relations begging him to produce an heir and he has decided that he will not marry until he is very much older.
To his horror the Duke comes back from Windsor Castle to tell his son that Queen Victoria commands him to marry Princess Gilberta of Saxe-Coburg,...
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Beautiful, flame-haired eighteen-year-old Princess Thea is horrified when her father King of a Balkan country called Kostas tells her she must marry the old, white-haired King Otho. So, taking her beloved horse Mercury, she flees the palace and finds herself lost in the wooded mountains. There she meets an overwhelmingly handsome artist called Nikōs who seems to be able to read her thoughts— and almost instantly the two fall in love.
But then a...
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When her father, Colonel Alister McCarron, asks her to accompany him to a family Wedding in the North of Scotland, the beautiful young Sona jumps at the chance, not just to meet her relatives in the venerable McCarron Clan but also to see the dashingly handsome Marquis of Inver, for it is he who is to be wed.
Thrilled by the Fairytale grandeur of Invercarron Castle and her heart fluttering at the Marquis's considerable charms, Sona is bemused to...
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The Earl of Rockhaven calls on his friend the Vicar, the Reverend Simon Wolverham, to ask if his beautiful daughter, Lucinda, will pretend to be his own daughter, Muriel, who is away in Scotland staying with her aunt.
Fortunately, the girls have similar looks and Lucinda could easily be, taken for Muriel. The Earl explains to the Vicar that a certain Baron Schlesinger and his son, Kurt, from Germany have invited themselves to luncheon at his nearby...
96) The Ship of Love
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"The daughter of a wealthy, ambitious man, Rowena knew that her father longed to marry her to a title, preferably the Duke of Wenfield, whom she disliked and did not wish to marry herself. To avoid marriage, they hatched a plot.
Posing as brother and sister, they would take a trip on a yacht with their likeminded friends and would help each other find the love of their dreams. Plans went awry on the Mediterranean, when Rowna was kidnapped by a Sultan,...
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The Marquis of Elvington, heartbroken to discover the woman he intended to marry has deceived him, decides to leave England and put as many miles as possible between them. Handsome, intelligent and a great favourite at the Court of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, the Marquis is used to the admiration of women and respect of men, so the duplicity of his intended wife strikes him a cruel blow.
However, a thick fog makes it impossible for his yacht...
98) Only A Dream
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Although her father is the acclaimed Music Hall performer, Keegan Kenway, his young daughter, Isla, who is ethereally beautiful, is never allowed even to go near the Music Halls, which were not deemed suitable places for a lady to be seen at.
Now that her mother is dead, her father is close to bankruptcy and so desperate for the proceeds of a benefit show that, when his co-star is taken ill, he is reluctantly forced to allow Isla to take her place...
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The villagers affectionately named Selma the White Witch, and indeed, only her gift for herbal healing enabled the handsome Duke of Mortlyn to survive an attempt on his life. And the vicar's daughter trembled with love when the virile Peer surrendered to her gentle enchantment. Original Regency romance.
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El asesinato de su padre por culpa de una espía rusa marcó la infancia de Lolita, que diez años más tarde seguía con el propósito de vengarlo. Lolita llega sola a Londres precedente de Italia, para enfrentarse al Duque de Calverleigh. Furiosa y resentida con él porque aunque es su tutor, durante diez años no se ha preocupado por ella.
Al arribar, encuentra entre los invitados del Duque a una Princesa rusa y a su hermano. Lolita percibe algo...