Barbara Cartland
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Reluctant to accept her arranged marriage to an English Duke she has never met, beautiful young American oil heiress, Emmeline Nevada Holtz, nicknamed 'Vada' after the State, travels to Paris to buy her trousseau before meeting her husband-to-be.
When her travelling companion, Nancy Sparling, has an accident and hurts her leg, Vada assumes her name to avoid unwelcome attention and travels on with just her elderly maid, determined to make the most...
62) Love is A Maze
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With her mother ailing in the long absence of her father, Sir Terence Brantforde, who is abroad on a Top Secret Government mission, beautiful young Davina does not have enough money to buy the food her mother needs if she is to recover.
So she seeks work with a family friend and Society fashion designer, Lucy Crofton.
And is sent by Lucy to fit a new creation for the brash Lady Brant, which is a showpiece for the prestigious Marlborough House Ball,...
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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...
64) 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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Anthea Fortingdale, deren Vater Sir Walcott Forthingdale bei der Schlacht um Wellington gegen Napoleon ums Leben kam, lebt mit ihren jüngeren Schwestern und ihrer Mutter, die in ihrer Dichtkunst aufgeht auf dem Lande in Armut. Die Mutter bittet Anthea's Patentante, die junge Frau bei sich während der Ballsaison in London aufzunehmen, so dass Anthea in die Gesellschaft eingeführt wird. In London geht Anthea mit ihrer Patentante und deren Liebhaber,...
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El soltero más codiciado de Londres, el Conde Chantcliffe, se encuentra inmerso en una competencia por lograr las atenciones de una belleza llamada Elaine Dale, quien no acepta directamente la propuesta matrimonial del Conde, pidiéndole como prueba de su amor, los muebles que a ella le gustaría tener en su nuevo hogar.
El Tratado de Paz, firmando con Napoleón Bonaparte tiene apenas dos meses de existencia, pero el Conde decide ir a Francia a...
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Wealthy businessman John Gardner counts his wife, the widowed Countess Napier, as his finest possession. Beautiful, refined and a devoted mother, the Countess has the one thing that all his money cannot, buy, a place in Society. When she dies still grieving for her first husband, the volatile Mr. Gardener decides that his stepdaughter, Lady Selina, should become his passport into the titled classes. Eager to fit into a world that values birthright...
68) 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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When her sister, Denise, seven years her senior, and her husband Alistair drowned in a storm at sea, the beautiful nineteen-year-old Pepita Linford is left alone to cope with the care of their young children, Rory and Jeanie, as well as Alistair's huge amount of debts.
Exiled from his Scottish Clan for ever by his father, the Duke of Strathnairn, because he dared to marry an Englishwoman against his wishes they then settled in Hertfordshire. Alistair...
70) Alone and Afraid
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Ever popular with the grasping and greedy beauties of the Social world, the handsome Marquis of Elkesley is becoming disillusioned with their constant requests for expensive gifts and so he travels to Paris to forget them.
There he receives a pleading letter from his close friend, Celeste, one of Paris's most notorious demi-mondaines. She has taken under her wing a frightened but beautiful young waif called Kitrina and, Celeste's sinful lifestyle...
71) Just Fate
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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...
72) Viaje al Amor
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Alecia Stanbrook, hija de un escritor muy pobre, acepta la petición de su Prima, Charis Langley, que se haga pasar por ella durante una visita a su tutor, quien es General del Ejército Británico de Ocupación, en Francia.
Alecia es una bella provinciana muy tímida a quien no le agrada hacer nada fuera de lo común, sin embargo, al ofrecerle su prima una generosa suma, acepta, sabedora que con ese dinero evitará que su Padre y ella se mueran de...
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"Simona Bell, the lovely daughter of Lord Belgrave, has been invited by her friend, Karoline von Honentaal to stay with her family in Berlin. Simona finds that Karoline's father, the Baron, owns an amazing collection of art, which interests her greatly. Alone for a moment, she finds her way into the Baron's private Sanctuary, where she admires an unusual Sedan Chair. Hearing voices and frightened she might be discovered, she slips into the Sedan Chair...
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"Wealthy Rupert Fitzalan leaves his successful Railway Company in America to claim his inheritance following the death of his doughty, proud Grandfather, Lord Fitzalan. A modern, forward thinking businessman, Rupert is also the last male descendant of the mighty Fitzalan Clan, and longs for the beauty of the Scottish Highlands he last saw as a boy.
Back in New York, eligible bachelor Rupert is nicknamed, Rupert the Rock, as so far no woman has won...
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Lady Lynda, einziges Kind des Duke of Marlowe kommt nach ihrer Schulzeit in Frankreich zurück auf das Schloss ihres Vaters. Dort fällt sie am ersten Morgen - während eines Spaziergangs zu ihrem geliebten Wald - in einen reißenden Fluss und wird von dem Duke of Buckington aus den Fluten gerettet. Er gehört zu einer Jagdgesellschaft, die gerade bei ihrem Vater weilt. Der Duke of Buckington ist sehr attraktiv und wohlhabend und hat einen Ruf als...
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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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"Young, handsome and very rich the Marquis of Harlington has just ended yet another unsatisfactory love affair that has left him feeling bored with women and resigned to the fact that true love simply does not exist amongst the upper class echelons of London, which are his usual habitat.
Casting around for a speedy escape route he is offered the prefect exit when the Prime Minister asks him to travel to Egypt and report on the Suez Canal, which is...
79) Signpost To Love
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Dispatched on a secret mission to Paris by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, the dashing Earl of Hawkshead is, held up on the road out of Calais by an accident between a post chaise and a diligence.
Stopping to assist the victims, he is accosted by a beautiful young waif called Baptista, who pleads with him to take her to Paris to escape the clutches of her cruel father the 'Preaching Peer', who aims to have her locked up...
80) Signpost to Love
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Dispatched on a secret mission to Paris by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, the dashing Earl of Hawkshead is, held up on the road out of Calais by an accident between a post chaise and a diligence. Stopping to assist the victims, he is accosted by a beautiful young waif called Baptista, who pleads with him to take her to Paris to escape the clutches of her cruel father the 'Preaching Peer', who aims to have her locked up...