Barbara Cartland
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The beautiful young Stanton sisters are 'Four Venuses', each named after a Greek goddess by their late, beloved father. His passing leaves them penniless – but to help the new Baronet, their brother Nicky, afford to finish his Oxford degree, Larisa, the most down-to-earth of the Venuses, resolves to take a position as a governess.
The only post available is in France, as governess to the Duc de Valmont's grandson and gladly Larisa accepts. But...
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With Russian, English and Irish blood and described by her uncle Sir Terence O'Kerry, Head of the India Office as "as mysterious as the Sphinx but as lovely as Cleopatra must have been at that age", it is no surprise that young Quenella O'Kerry has suitors falling at her feet. The trouble is that among is the lecherous Prince Ferdinand of Schertzenberg — who not only has pursued her relentlessly but has even attempted to rape her!
It seems the only...
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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...
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Handsome, wealthy and some might say spoilt, Hugo, Lord Roxburton, the 'Don Juan of St. James's Street' has all London's beauties falling at his feet. But, one day when skiing in the mountains above St. Moritz, one of those feet lets him down. In agony from an injured ankle, he's at the mercy of the icy elements – until a lovely Swiss girl called Utta comes to his rescue. And instantly his whole life and outlook are transformed. Discovering that...
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Just seventeen, Lady Caroline Faye is already the toast of the Season and accustomed to the ways of genteel Society. So when notorious cad Sir Montagu Reversby offers to drive her in his phaeton from London to Sevenoaks, she innocently accepts — little knowing that he is planning to fake a broken axle so that she will be forced to spend the night alone with him at a remote country inn.
But Lady Caroline of made of sterner stuff than the predatory...
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The beautiful Lencia is the image of her dear departed Mama — and so is still the apple of the eye of the widowed Earl of Armeron. Knowing how profoundly Lencia and younger sister Alice are missing their mother, their father promises to take them to see the fabulous historic Châteaux of the Loire Valley in France — of which the most exciting and impressive of all is Chaumont.
But, to their chagrin, their hopes are dashed when the Earl returns...
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Having travelled the world as a child with her beloved father the Earl of Darrington, and lost her mother to a fever when she was fifteen, eighteen-year-old Ilita is utterly marooned and bereft now her father too is dead. Poverty-stricken and alone, her heart is gladdened when her Godmother invites her to her London home. But tragedy strikes yet again, when she too passes away, forcing Ilita to throw herself at her aunt's mercy. The Countess is, to...
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Lady Loretta's father, the well-respected Lord Lieutenant of the County, is doing his best to force her into marriage with the Marquis of Sauerdun, the son of a good friend. Whilst her father thinks he is making a good match for his beloved daughter, she is aghast at the thought of an arranged marriage and vows she will only marry for love.
Searching her mind for a way to stay free to pursue the kind of love she has always dreamt of, she happens upon...
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Wie merkwürdig, dass ein Unfall mit einer Kutsche solch einen Zauber in Petulas Leben bringen sollte! Verlassen und verarmt mit nichts als zwei Dienern auf dem Land lebend, war sie nicht daran gewöhnt einen solch weit gereisten und gut aussehenden Hausgast zu haben wie Major Adrian Chester. Was für ein Glück dass er die Nacht in ihrem Gutshaus verbringen musste! Und was für einen schönen unterhaltsamen Abend sie miteinander verbrachten! Und...
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Die scheue Alecia Stambrook vermisst ihre verstorbene Mutter, Lady Sophie, und nun auch noch ihren Onkel, den Earl von Langhaven, der vor kurzem verstorben ist. Dessen großzügige Zuschüsse zu ihrem eigenen Lebensunterhalt und dem ihres Vaters fehlen nun und Geld ist immer knapp. Als ihre geliebte Kusine unerwartet eintrifft, macht sie ihr einen merkwürdigen Vorschlag mit dem verlockenden Angebot von 500 Pfund – sie soll an ihrer Stelle nach...
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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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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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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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Lady Athena Wade eine junge und reiche Engländerin und Tochter des vierten Marquis von Wadebridge findet sich in Griechenland im Palast des Prinz Yiorgos von Pamassus wieder. Ihre aus Griechenland stammende Großmutter hatte ihr nicht nur ihre Liebe für Griechenland, die griechische Kultur und Mythologie vererbt, sondern hat auch eine Heirat mit dem griechischen Prinzen Yiorgos von Pamassus arrangiert. Der Prinz regiert eine verarmte Provinz und...
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Taryna, die bezaubernde Tochter eines armen englischen Vikars, posiert als kanadische Erbin um ihrer einsamen Schulfreundin Kit zu helfen. Es war eine unschuldige Verkleidung um die versnobte Stiefmutter von Kit zu besänftigen. So also wurde Taryna in die glitzernde Welt der Reichen und Schönen hineingezogen. Aber es war nicht alles so leicht und fröhlich, wie es zuerst den Anschein nahm. Warum hatte Kit's Vater Taryna eine geheime Mission aufgetragen?...
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Loved by London's ladies and loathed by their husbands, with whom he frequently duels, confirmed bachelor and notorious womaniser Stanwin, Marquis of Weybourne is in trouble with his Queen. As punishment she makes him chaperone her Goddaughter Clotilda on her reluctant journey to the Balkan state of Bãlutik, where the Queen has arranged for her to marry the reigning Prince Fredrick.
Forced to leave behind everything she loves, including her beloved...
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Lady Yolanda Tiverton, flieht mit ihrem Bruder Sir Peter Tiverton aus England, d Peter im Duell einen Mann getötet hat und aus diesem Grund eine mögliche Hinrichtung fürchtet. Die Tivertons sind von altem, aber verarmten Adel und auf der Flucht nach Frankreich wird den beiden ihr letztes Geld gestohlen. In Frankreich angekommen bekomRavella Shane ist das sehr junge und sehr hübsche Mündel des Herzogs von Melcombe und lebt in einer Schule auf...
18) A Dream in Spain
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Her beauty matched only by her vanity and selfishness, the Valeda's sister Hermione, the Countess of Eltesley, hasn't deigned to visit for more than seven years since their beloved father died. And now, out of the blue, she appears with a startling, yet humiliating proposition that's a dream come true – and a nightmare too…
In this Cinderella story set in Spain, Valeda may be the put-upon, unknowingly lovely heroine – but surely Hermione will...
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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,...
20) No Heart Is Free
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Tally, Lord Brora, is heartbroken to discover that Amelia Melchester, whom he hoped to marry, has jilted him for Ernest Danks, a man likely to be the next Prime Minister. In a chance encounter, he meets young Jean Macloed, who is in the same unhappy situation as himself. Tally devises a scheme to bring Amelia and Jean's boyfriend, Angus, to their senses.
With the help of his friend Gerald, Tally transforms Jean from a penniless waif to society beauty...