Barbara Cartland
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When Queen Victoria, the 'Matchmaker of Europe' decrees that beautiful young Zenka must marry King Myklos of Karanya she is horrified. Not only because she's never even met him – but also because her sister Wilhemina has. And she reports that the King is "…a beast, rude, disagreeable, and horrible to look at! His face is deformed and ugly." Even worse, it's said that he holds depraved orgies at his Castle in Karanya!
But her Godfather the Duke...
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La joven y bella huérfana, Lady Ina, viviendo en el Castillo de los tíos, se refugia en la pintura para amenizar su soledad. Un día percibió que tenía extraños poderes, cuando dibujaba, sentía como si entrara en trance y pintaba escenas del futuro. Ina estaba desconcertada por el sofisticado mundo de la sociedad londinense. Su tía Lucy, Lady Wymonde, contrariada, acepta la petición de su marido, de que ella fuera la acompañante de su inocente...
24) Only Love
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The father of the demure but beautiful Iola Herne, an imperious Army General not given to romance or sentiment, is overjoyed to receive a request for her hand in marriage from the ageing Lord Stoneham, the Lord Lieutenant of the County and the scion of local Society.
But Iola is appalled by the prospect of marrying an old man whom she does not and never could love.
To escape her Fate she runs away to seek the advice of her beloved Nanny – only...
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Michael, the Earl of Danesbury was being, hounded to marry Lady Alice Randall, a woman he did not love. Even the Prince of Wales was determined to force him into marriage. Michael fled to his dilapidated ancestral castle for the first time since inheriting his title. There he heard a girl singing and fell in love. She was Bettina, daughter of an eccentric Major, a genius with gardens plants and herbs. Determined to put the castle gardens in good order,...
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The Duke of Buckhurst, handsome, wealthy, a brilliant horseman and known to everyone as 'Buck' has sworn that he will never marry.
Cutting a swathe through the sophisticated beauties of the Beau Monde, who are drawn to his sardonic charm like social butterflies to a bright light, he has only one requirement for his amours – that they are safely married to someone else. That is until he discovers that his heir apparent, his dissolute cousin Edmund,...
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Novia, viuda——pero nunca esposa——Aldrina, joven, inglesa de
nacimiento, Reina de Saria, abrumada con los asuntos de estado... y las siniestras atenciones de un malvado y ambicioso pretendiente Real, se refugia en un Palacio de Cuento de Hadas a orillas del mar, para recobrar, aunque sea poco tiempo, su niñez despreocupada....
En un amanecer a orillas del mar conoce a Juro, tan radiante como Apolo, el Dios de la Luz.
Pero su relación sólo...
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The Marquis of Alchester is furious when his horse in the Derby Stakes of 1831 finishes in a dead heat, purely because of the unsporting behaviour of the rival horse's owner, the Earl of Branscombe.
The Marquis is doubly incensed when he hears that the Earl is arrogantly talking about marrying his Ward, who is an immensely wealthy heiress and he needs her riches to support his extravagant lifestyle.
Bent on revenge, the Marquis visits an orphanage...
29) Stars in the Sky
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"Sylvia, daughter of the Duke of Belham, is bored with the various young men she meets at Lady Lambourne's masked ball. At last she escapes their attentions and makes her way into the cool, moonlit garden, where she encounters a masked stranger.
The following morning, Sylvia's father reveals that he has amassed such debts from his gambling that the family can no longer maintain their high profile London life. They must return to Castle Belham and...
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With her flaming red hair and emerald green eyes, Xenia's unusual beauty makes her stand out in any crowd, that is, until she unexpectedly meets her long lost cousin, Johanna, amidst the wreckage of a railway accident.
Incredulous at finding her mirror image and desperate for a friend, Xenia's initial joy is soon, replaced by misgivings when Johanna suggests an outrageous plan to swap lives for two weeks. However, these are soon, swept aside by her...
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While staying at Lady Merrill's French Riviera villa, flame haired and beautiful American heiress Nevada van Arden passes her time by casually breaking the hearts of her many ardent suitors – particularly that of young David, Lord Merrill.
When his uncle, intrepid explorer and diplomat Tyrone Strome, overhears her cruel humiliation of his lovelorn nephew, he resolves to teach this 'vixen' a lesson – and save David from his misery.
Tyrone Strome...
32) Love is a Gamble
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It was bad enough when her beloved mother died and the beautiful young Idona Overton and her father faced the news that the meagre allowance Lady Overton received from her Family Trust died with her.
In his grief Sir Richard Overton spent more and more time away from Overton Manor enjoying London's dissolute pleasures before finally he was killed in a duel in somewhat suspicious circumstances.
But the greatest shock of all for Idona was yet to come!...
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When beautiful young Lucille Winterton meets an exceedingly good-looking and very elegantly dressed gentleman, while out riding, she knows instantly that this must be the notorious Marquis of Shawforde. When the unpopular old Marquis had died the village folk, including the Wintertons, had hoped he would be more welcoming to them, and even invite them to the famous parties at the Big House. They are disappointed, worse still the village is alive with...
34) Rescued by Love
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When Russian revolutionaries burn down their, beloved home in the Caucasus with their sick father still inside it, Ivor and his beautiful sister Weena decide to leave Russia for good and travel to England.
Their mother, who was now dead, had been English and so they themselves speak the language fluently.
Ivor told Weena that he had been expecting trouble from the locals for some time and had been secretly removing valuable paintings and objects d'art...
35) Count The Stars
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The Duke of Brockenhurst, bored by Society and cynical about the beautiful women who cast themselves before him in a desperate bid to become his Duchess, accepts a wager to ride from London to York alone and incognito.
Outraged by the suggestion that he has lost his verve and the command he once had whilst distinguishing himself in the Army, he decides to reflect on his future, whilst setting himself the challenge to move amongst ordinary people...
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The Marquis of Whisinford and his friend Lord Alfred Middleton meet at White's Club and tell each other how bored they are with the London Season and the same parties with the same people night after night.
They commiserate with each other for finding life so repetitive where nothing new ever happens.
Listening to them, the old Duke of Dunstead tells them that he has a solution to their problem and so he bets one of his well bred horses against...
37) Hazard of Hearts
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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,...
38) Hazard of Hearts
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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...
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The dashing and raffish Justin, Marquis of Veryan, awakes from a drunken sleep to the appalling realization that in the throes of passion he has proposed marriage to renowned Society beauty Lady Rose Caterham.
Worse, still, she accepted and will soon be spreading word of their 'engagement' like wildfire throughout the Beau Monde. Fleeing to his country house on the South coast with his close friend Sir Anthony Derville, he plans to enjoy some peace...
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There is nothing for it — we will have marry for money! The Strathcarrons have lived in splendour in Lednock Castle in Scotland for many generations, but the family fall on hard times when their fortunes become depleted. An American guest, Larry Harwood, comes to stay and persuades the Earl of Strathcarron to travel to New York with him to make his fortune, leaving his wife, his son, Ewen and daughter, Moira, to the mercies of fate. Six months later...