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The Marquis of Melford was actually relieved to be alone on his yacht. Carnival in Venice was every bit as gay and abandoned as the Marquis had remembered, but after a few days the revelling had begun to bore him. Even the seductive charms of his dark-eyed mistress had worn a bit thin. Now the Marquis sat at the writing desk in his luxurious cabin, happy to be heading back to England, delighted his demanding mistress had decided to remain in Venice. Women were such a nuisance aboard ship, always.... The constant faint thumping noise behind him had finally succeeded in disturbing the Marquis' thoughts. It seemed to be coming from the large painted wardrobe that stood against one wall of the cabin. Opening the cupboard doors, the Marquis lost both his composure and his well-earned solitude. There, huddled in a corner, was the most beautiful young woman the Marquis had ever seen--a fragile, blue-eyed, golden-haired stowaway. Caterina runs away from a loveless and frightening marriage and takes refuge on a Marquis' yacht en route to England. When the yacht is blown off course and encounters Barbary pirates, it is only then that she and the Marquis realise they have fallen in love.

Black magic? Dorina Stanfield, the Vicar's young and lovely daughter could not belive that she was hearing Jarvis Yarde's murderous incantations against the one man who stood between himself and the ancient Earldom of Yardcombe. Yet it was true...and only Dorina could combat the gathering forces of evil that menaced the handsome raffish Earl who had captured her shy and secret heart...

Since the loss of her parents, the beautiful young Filipa Seymour runs the family’s ancient Manor House alone with very little money and only her beloved dogs and horses and ageing housekeeper, Mrs. Smeaton, for company. So she looks forward with excitement to every visit from her brother, Sir Mark Seymour, except that invariably he is looking for yet another heirloom in the house to sell in order to finance his extravagent Society lifestyle in London. So when Mark suggests a crazy plan for Filipa secretly to take the place of the glamorous ‘Pretty Horse-Breaker’ with whom he is due to ride at the Marquis of Kilne’s prestigious horse race meeting, she reluctantly agrees. Introduced to the Marquis and the other house guests as ‘Fifi’, Filipa is intimidated yet strangely enthralled by his dismissive attitude. But, even as she realises that she is falling in love with him, the Marquis seems oblivious to her and convinced that she is just another gold digger – until she foils a dastardly plot to poison his beloved stallion, saving its life and probably that of its rider as well and in the process opening the Marquis’s eyes to love.

Neula and her mother flee the wrath of her stepfather to Neula's childhood home, now the property of the rakish Marquis of Kerne

Running away from the school that she hates, headstrong and rebellious, beautiful young Petrina Lyndon clambers over a wall into a country road, flinging her bag over before her and narrowly missing a dashingly handsome young Earl, to whom she complains about the ‘horrible, beastly’ Guardian who placed her at the school and how he never listens to her. She is even more shocked when the Earl reveals that he himself is actually her Guardian, the Earl of Staverton. And although he is not the elderly ‘stuffed shirt’ she expected, he is cold and unfriendly and unimpressed by her stated desire to go to London and become one of the ‘Lady-Birds’ that she has heard so much about. She tells the Earl that she wants to enjoy herself and not get married to some boring and stuffy aristocrat. The Earl is horrified at this unseemly and ignorant revelation and tells her so in no uncertain terms. Determined to dissuade her from a path that would lead her into depravity and danger the Earl insists that she allows him to launch her into Society as a debutante in an effort to marry her off. But Petrina has very different ideas. And she resolves to somehow steal his Lordship’s heart!

A SLEEPING BEAUTY AWAKES Marina Martyn was extremely rich and very beautiful, and engaged to a handsome and equally rich young man who loved her, but she did not love him. She always had everything, except a man she could love. When she broke off her engagement, she knew she must get away for a time from London and her hectic social life and find something she had never known; solitude. "I must get away," she cried. Away from her glamorous playmates and the man who wanted to marry her. She went to Estoril in Portugal, but she did not find solitude. She met a mysterious South American, fell madly in love with him, and found herself together with him on the run for their lives! So she ran away to Spain into the arms of the mysterious stranger. Marina had found the one man she could love, but he had plunged her into deadly peril! Who was this man who had bewitched her? Who was trying to kill them both?

The Marquis of Wynstanton had become involved with one of the beauties of London Society -- Locadi, Lady Marshall and when her husband died unexpectedly, the Marquis set out on a long journey to India and Nepal, as he wished to avoid any gossip arising about their liaison. After his return, he resumed the affair, staying on in London for some time when he should have gone straight to Wyn Castle and his country estate. Then he began to suspect that Locadi was using black magic to entice him to her and to induce him to propose marriage. Almost in a panic the Marquis returned to his estate, which he had neglected for so long only to find to his horror that he had been cheated by the manager he had left in charge. At Wyn Castle he meets Flora Romilly, the daughter of a distinguished author. She is known locally as the White Witch, because she can heal ailments with plants and leaves from her herb garden and has worked wonders with his grandmother's rheumatism. How Flora despises the Marquis as she is so disgusted at the way his people have been treated in his absence. How she is persuaded to help him make amends and put matters to rights on the estate. And how in fleeing from London the Marquis has not escaped from Locadi and her evil magic is all told in this unusual and exciting story by Barbara Cartland. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland.

Strikingly handsome the Russian Prince Ivan Volkonski leaves a trail of broken hearts behind him wherever he goes. But, when his best friend, Lord Marston, takes him one evening to the famous Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, he witnesses a spellbinding dance performance of grace and spirituality that is to change his life forever. The dancer, a beautiful young woman known only as Lokita, mesmerises and enthrals him with her dancing and brings back emotional memories of his family that he had almost forgotten. And he is determined to see her again and make her his own. Frustrated to find that she will see no admirers in her dressing room at the theatre after her dancing, the Prince stages a ‘kidnapping’ to force her to meet him. Instantly Lokita and the Prince are in love and there is an electric magic between them and the Prince believes that Fate has brought them together and that they have loved each other in many previous lives so strong are their feelings for each other. But surely a commoner, no matter how beautiful and talented, cannot marry a Russian Prince? The Czar of Russia, an absolute dictator, would never allow it and anyway Lokita’s over-protective duenna and Guardian, the redoubtable Miss Anderson, is determined to keep Lokita as far away from the Prince and his advances as she possibly can.

A NIGHTINGALE SANG When the Duke held Aleta in his arms, he had never known such rapture. "Do you love me?" he asked. "Oh Tybalt, you know I do." "You excite me so wildly, my precious." "I...want to...excite you...as you excite me." The Duke could only gaze at Aleta's lovely young face. "Making love is so...wonderful," she whispered. "My precious, you are sure that is how you felt?" "Oh, yes and the nightingales were singing...and I am certain the angels were...too." he held Aleta closer still and said a prayer of thankfulness in his heart. Looking at her now, her beautiful hair shining in the moonlight, the Duke told himself that no man in the world had ever been more blessed. "I love you," he cried suddenly. "I love you with all of my heart and soul!"

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 the Earl returns a broken man, having lost the entire estate to the American's creditors.Ewen and Moira hatch a desperate plan to save the castle and their very inheritance from the clutches of the American bank. They realise that their only recourse is to make good marriages into wealthy families with the hope that they can bail out their father. They head for London, and its glittering social scene with the express purpose of not returning to Scotland until they have both found suitable spouses. But things do not go to plan when Moira meets handsome Stuart Weston again and in spite of her promise to her brother, she finds herself falling in love with him. Torn between her loyalty to her family and her heart's desire, will Moira ever find true happiness or will she be forced into a loveless marriage of convenience? All is revealed in this exciting and romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

Major Tyson Dale returns home victorious from the wars against Napoleon to find his estate fallen into decay and the title stolen by his uncle. While drowning his sorrows at the local posting house, he overhears a plot to abduct a beautiful young girl. Determined to save her, he outwits the villains and hides the lovely girl in his crumbling mansion.Available only in Romance 12.

Being a writer can be a lonely and frustrating experience. The stories in this book-by a wide range of professional writers, novelists, journalists, freelancers, poets and screenwriters-will give readers insight into the human trials, tribulations and triumphs of writers, and writers a source of inspiration and commiseration. Whether readers are beginning writers, seasoned pros or wannabes, the stories of purpose, passion, endurance and success contained in Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul will inform, entertain, uplift and inspire them. In its pages, they will learn important lessons on: the importance of perseverance, the value of being yourself, the process of discovering your own voice, the need for mentors and allies, and the power of following your heartfelt dreams. Contributors include: Sue Grafton, Steve Allen, Dave Barry, Agatha Christie, Art Linkletter, Terry McMillan, and more.

Full of charm and wit, Barbara Cartland’s book of etiquette is as delightful now as when it first appeared in 1962. ‘For the record, the word “parlour” is not used, nor is the relatively recent insidious “lounge,” except about airports, hotels and liners.’ ‘Boys should be taught at a very early age — six or seven — to say “sir” to an older man.’ ‘I cannot stress too often that on every formal occasion, whether it is Luncheon, a Bazaar or a Meeting, a hat should be worn.’ Written nearly 50 years ago,Barbara Cartland’s Etiquette Handbookconjures up a period when addressing work colleagues by their first names was frowned upon, wives should expect to receive a weekly allowance of five shillings from their husbands, and hats were ubiquitous. Laced throughout with Barbara Cartland’s wit and wisdom, and Francis Marshall’s illustrations, this is a wonderfully evocative insight into the manners of an England that has largely disappeared.

"Get away from me. As far as I am concerned, David, you are dead to me and this entire family!" The handsome Viscount Kennington has never enjoyed a good relationship with his father, the Earl, but he loves his grandparents and theylove him. But when a family scandal is aired after the sudden death of the Viscount's grandfather, the Marquis, the family feud grows worse. The Viscount retreats to the huge mysterious house in Devon left to him by his grandfather. At the same time the lovely orphan, Luella Ridgeway, has been travelling through France with her aunt, but now finds herself on the Viscount's doorstep. She is being relentlessly pursued by Frank Connolly, the youngest son of a minor Irish Lord. He is obsessed with her and tries to blackmail her by threatening to reveal a dark secret in Luella's past that she fears will prevent any decent man considering her a suitable match. But the Viscount soon becomes smitten with Luella and when Frank Connolly puts her life in danger, can he save her and convince her that he loves her in spite of her past? And will he ever be reconciled with his father? Find out how love wins through in the end in this exciting and dramatic story by BARBARA CARTLAND. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

""Lady Lolita Vernon, daughter of the late Earl of Walcott and Vernon, has run away. Her stepfather, Ralph Piran is forcing her to accept the attentions and perhaps an offer of marriage from his business partner, Murdock Tanner, who is very rich but old and repulsive. While she is trying to cover her tracks in London she bumps into a small boy, Simon, who is weeping because he has been beaten cruelly by his stepmother. Because it seems a strange coincidence and because Lolita is desperately sorry for the small boy, she listens to his story and agrees to take him to his uncle, Lord Seabrook, who lives in a castle by Lake Ullswater. When they arrive at the castle, Lord Seabrook accepts Lolita's suggestion that she is employed as Simon's governess, calling herself Mrs. Bell. Lord Seabrook is being pursued by Lady Cressington, one of the great beauties of London, and she has stolen a valuable necklace from the fiancé she has jilted. How Lolita unwittingly starts a chain of events which alerts her stepfather to her whereabouts, how she attempts to run away again this time from Lord Seabrook, and eventually finds the happiness she is seeking is all told in this enchanting romance by BARBARA CARTLAND.""

In Germany on a delicate mission for the Prince of Wales, Lord Braydon finds himself in danger and in love with Loelia Standish, a young woman determined to save her father from the Kaiser's grasp.

Because of an indiscretion, Lady Caroline Faye finds herself in a moonlit glade beside the body of a dead man, and his murderer. Rescued by Lord Vane Brecon, she conceals her true identity, but secretly swears to repay him. Later learning that he has a dangerous enemy, she sets out to help him.

When Orina was kidnapped by Mexican riders she thought that it was only a matter of paying her ransom before she would be freed. Instead she is forced into marriage with their leader, an arrogant Englishman known as Juarez, who is more interested in her chequebook than herself. Or is he ?

"You have come!" the Prince exclaimed. "Yes," said Angelina softly. "I have come." The Prince paused for a moment looking at the beautiful young woman in a way that made her tremble. Would the Prince be able to accept her love and rule his country?

Alita Lang, who lives in a castle with her uncle, the Duke of Langstone, is never seen by outsiders. In fact no one knows of her existence. Her only interest is the horses she looks after and loves. But then one day she meets American millionaire Clint Wilbur on the Duke's private race-course.

When fog leaves the Duke of Marazion stranded at a bleak inn, he soothes his restless soul with a brandy, a book and a roaring fire. A glittering figure amongst London Society, the rich and handsome Duke has everything he could ever want - apart from true love. As he sits, determined to continue his journey as soon as possible, he cannot foresee the consequences of answering a late night knock at his door. Astonished to find a young woman alone and in distress, he naturally takes on the role of her rescuer. Calming her frightened tears, he discovers that lovely runaway, Ilitta, is not only a talented artist but also a perceptive girl whose judgment he can immediately trust. Offering his protection and an introduction into the coveted London art world in exchange for her instinctive response to his new business partners, they set off together. As refreshing as a spring morning in comparison to the worldly-wise beauties he usually spends time with, the Duke is amused and then enchanted by his unlikely new friend. Determined to discover the secrets behind Ilitta's decision to run away, the Duke hopes that soon she will accept his sensible advice and return home. But just as the Duke discovers his true feelings, the seductive charm of a tempting Comtesse forces him to make a decision that will change his life forever.

The Duke of Moorminster thanked Providence for revealing his mistress's betrayal only moments before he proposed marriage. But now he had to replace the scheming society beauty in the Christmas pageant he was composing for Their Royal Highnesses in his private theatre. . . . Then, in a tiny church at the end of his estate, the Duke found his angel -- Lavela Ashley, the vicar's young daughter. Her celestial voice and shy, innocent perfection struck new chords in his soul. But a treacherous conspiracy menaced the proud Duke's life, and only a miracle could save him . . .

The Duke held her against him, and as her head fell back against his shoulder he looked down at her strange, elfin face. He ran his finger over her little arched eyebrows, touched her eyes and her small, straight nose. Then he outlined the curve of her lips. As he did so he felt her quiver with a sensuous movement that was very human, and he laughed gently. "I am enchanted, my adorable one, not only by your face and your body, but by your spirit, your heart and your sould, and it is an enchantment from which I can never escape."

"The intriguing story of a modern monarch who chose a bizarre path to love."

Horribly wounded after robbers murdered her dear father and left her for dead, the lovely young Atayla is alone and destitute in Morocco at the Tangiers Mission. So when her only friend, Father Ignatius, tells her of a French lady, the Comtesse de Soisson, who wishes to pay someone to escort her young daughter home to her estranged father, the Earl of Rothwell, she jumps at the opportunity. After a long and tiring journey, she arrives unannounced at Roth Castle with young Felicity and Atayla is dismayed by the violent unwelcoming reception she receives from the dashing but disdainful Earl, who assumes that she has some shady ulterior motive in coming to The Castle. Atayla is at the mercy of a man who hates her and soon it seems she is to be banished from The Castle and from the young girl she has come to care for. But then the Earl's passions are inflamed in a terrible misunderstanding and his hate is suddenly transformed to an all-consuming love.

UNTAMED WAS HER HEART. DEFIANT WAS HER PRIDE... FIERY WAS HER PASSION.Rebecca turned quickly when someone called her name. There, in blazing sunlight, stood a tall stranger in buckskin: his chest broad, his eyes smouldering... the man chosen to join her secret mission--to play her husband as they carried guns to a Texas fort called The Alamo.But Chase Winters was not the seasoned soldier she expected; he was half-Comanche--savage and proud. Swept westward into a crossfire of war and passion, danger lay beyond the horizon. But the real peril was in Rebecca's heart: a desperate hunger for the one man who could never share her world... who set her soul afire... who offered only love forever wild, forever free....

Love's gamble. Lorna was too busy being a mother to her younger brothers and sisters and brother to think about romance, even though the town's young doctor ardently wanted to marry her. Then a dashing airman swept into town, who came into Lorna's life. By the time Jimmy was called back to active duty Lorna had lost her heart--and her head. Forgotten was her loyal devotion to her family. Before she knew it Lorna was Mrs. Jimmy Braith, with a whole new set of strange relatives, and a seductive rival determined to steal her husband away....

Francis, the Marquis of Wimborton needed an heiress. Lexia had money and her father wanted her to marry a Lord. But she was a spirited girl, raised in America and she wanted to choose her own husband. The Marquis was too proud to court her, especially as he believed her heart was given to Wayne Freeman, an American that her father had brought her to England to avoid. They unexpectedly became the best of friends, escaping together from family pressures and boarding a cruise liner in search of their dreams. Along the way they both found themselves pursued, rousing jealousy in each other. Then Wayne Freeman turned up and life became even more complicated. At last their ship reached Greece where Lexia could invoke Eros and Aphrodite, the Gods of love. For now she had made her choice and was determined to have the man she loved. But which one was it? How she decided and how they both won the love they sought is told in this romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

On a hot summer's day in 1880 the beautiful Lady Rosella is cutting a basket of blooms in her beloved Rose Garden at her aunt's house in Hampshire. It is her seventeenth birthday and no one remembers it except for Thomas, the gardener's boy. Later she is driven to Winchester and has an unpleasant encounter with two raucous gentlemen in the local tavern before going on to fit her first ball gown that her aunt has given her the money for just before she died. But who is the lovely masked woman she glimpses in the mirror at the dress-makers, a glorious vision clad in rose-pink silk? And who is th

Love's Young Dream To be alone with him was everything Vivian desired. To feel Jimmy Loring's tender lips on hers, to hear his longing words of love was like a dream of ecstasy. Then one night, as they stood together 'neath the shadow of a summerhouse in Monte Carlo, Vivian's dream was shattered. His love was hers no more. He was gone! Before she could recover from her shock, or summon the breath to whisper his name into the moonlight, she sensed another's presence among the shadows of the quiet garden. A mystery man whom she could not see, but whose voice compelled her to keep a secret. That secret would sweep her half way round the world on a perilous rendezvous with love!

The beautiful widowed mother, Lady Susi Sherington, faces a terrible dilemma when she has been staying in Paris and attending endless smart parties. She finds herself deeply in love with the dashing, Jean, the Comte de Girone, but her friend, the Duchesse Lorraine d’Aubergue, insists that she must shun him because ‘he is a heartbreaker’. What is more the Comte needs a bride rich enough to support his family’s beautiful Château Girone, the most imposing in Provence and the real love of his life. And thanks to the punitive will of her late and much older husband Susi would enter any new marriage penniless, but would be very rich if she remained single. And then there is her beautiful daughter, Trina, to consider, soon to come of age and everyone says that she is so like her mother that they could be twins! Sadly despite Jean’s constant protestations of love, Susi must try to think of their liaison as just a mere flirtation. But then Trina is stuck by a cunning idea, one that just might provide the Comte with the money he needs until she comes into her late father’s inheritance and can share her wealth with the mother. Perhaps after all Susi can follow the path of her heart’s desire!

What chance of marriage did Arilla Lindsey have? Impoverished and hidden away in the country, she would never find a husband. Arilla's one hope was with her handsome cousin Harry. The handsome darling of London, Harry was just as reckless - and penniless - as she was. But he was ready to help young Arilla scheme to find a wealthy suitor. But breathless peril awaited Arilla at the cynical heart of London society...and love had its own ingenious plans for the innocent country beauty.

The Duke of Eaglefield is handsome, distinguished and rich, but is bored with his life and with the beautiful women who throw themselves at him. Dressed as an ordinary man, he sets out to walk from Brighton to his Berkshire home, and comes across the beautiful Alysia, who is about to drown herself.

A delicately beautiful and shy young lady is held in a tyrannical grip by her evil uncle and cruel cousin. When a handsome lord pledges to avenge the cruelty that he too has suffered from her relatives, the lady yearns to win his love, but he sees her only as an instrument for revenge.

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 for the evening and he sings his famous sons Champagne Charlie and It was only a dream. After a supremely successful performance when Isla and he are acclaimed by an enthusiastic audience, Keegan Kenway disappears to a late night party and Isla, declining the invitation, goes home alone, where the party's host, Lord Polegate, arrives to inform her that her father has collapsed and is still unconscious. In her dismay and anxiety, Isla agrees to accompany the persistent Lord Polegate to his country house, where she gradually realises that his intentions are very much less than honourable and she flees his house in terror. Lost and alone, she flags down a passing carriage on the main road and, to her immense relief, she is saved by the handsome and kind Marquis of Longridge, whose superb house is nearby. And already Isla is falling in love — But is it real or is it only a dream?

Talbot McCaron's fierce Highland heart rebelled against his arranged marriage to the wealthy Lady Jane, Countess of Dalbeth. Yet the handsome young Duke of Invercaron knew this was a secret battle that honor and duty must win. But something was wrong, terribly wrong. His instincts told him that danger surrounded both him and the mysterious golden haired waif who had been sheltered within the ancient stones of the Dalbeth House...

A new series edited and condensed by Barbara Cartland. "This was the first book which opened my eyes to the 'World behind the World' and told me of the knowledge which leads to the enlightenment of the Soul." Barbara Cartland

Alone since the tragic death of her beloved parents, Indian-born beauty, Sita, has suffered a life of torment at the hands of her uncle, her reluctant Guardian, who despises, abuses and beats her. In despair on a voyage to Calcutta, she is on the verge of throwing herself overboard when she is saved by a handsome and mysterious stranger. Even after her saviour disappears, he seems ever-present in her thoughts and in the background of events as Sita is caught up in the political intrigue and turmoil surrounding the controversial Ilbert Bill, which aims to put Indian Judges back into the Indian Courts to sit in judgement not only on their compatriots but also on the British. Kidnapped by murderous men desperate to stop the Ilbert Bill, who say, “if your uncle wants you back, he will have to agree to kill it.” Sita is locked into a cold damp cell in an ancient Fort and is desperate to escape when she is rescued by her hero, who she has sent her thoughts to that she is in desperate danger. Her hero disappears and then she helps a mysterious stranger save the Nizam of Hyderabad from being killed by a dissident. She is then distraught that her uncle wants to return to England and she has had no contact from her hero and she does not even know his name. Sita can only pray that the thoughts of love she sends out so fervently will reach him and bring him to her rescue once more.

Beautiful Candida Walcott has to sell the one thing she loves most - her black stallion, Pegasus. But Major Hooper, the London stable owner who buys Pegasus is enchanted by Candida and offers her a job in his riding school. Blind to Major Hooper's hidden motives, Candida is lured into a world of high-paid mistresses and procureres, unaware that she is considered one of them. Then Candida falls in love with handsome Lord Manville - the "Heart-Breaker" - and her real trouble begins....

A lovely young girl becomes the object of a bet between the cynical Marquis of Ardsley and two friends who wager that they can pass off a tradesman's daughter as an aristocrat

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Just eighteen, beautiful and intelligent, Yola Beauharnais lives a blessed Fairy tale life at her magnificent family castle on the Loire. Then her grandmother announces that she has been promised in marriage by her late beloved father to the Marquis de Montereau. Yola is appalled. She has heard of the Marquis, who, although handsome and sophisticated, has a reputation in Paris as a rake, socialite and 'ladykiller'. How could she possibly marry such a man, one who wants her only for her castle and the extensive estate? Determined to marry only for true love, wherever she may find it, Yola is helped by her father's mistress and travels 'undercover' to Paris in the guise of a woman of questionable morals to meet the notorious Marquis and find out for herself whether he might fall in love with her as herself and for herself only. Or whether she must betray her father's dying wish and refuse her unwanted suitor. On meeting the Marquis in her disguise, Yola finds that there is much more to him than his reputation suggests and, as love blossoms between them, she comes to bitterly regret her deception. Will she really find her true love or will she be condemned to live a life of disappointment and delusion as the Sleeping Beauty of her enchanted castle?

Although Chandra's father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world's most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen. So when the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young Chandra arrives in Nepal in her father's place. An arduous journey through Nepal's mountains follows, during which Chandra is entrusted with a sacred treasure by a mysterious wise man. Soon the haughty Lord and the scholarly girl find another treasure that cannot be measured in money - the precious love that lies hidden in the Himalayan clouds.

Cynical about men, beautiful 21-year-old Syke Standish wants neither a husband to love nor a life of boring domesticity -- she seeks freedom, adventure, and danger. And in the rugged land of Mariposa, she finds all three when she's kidnapped by the daring bandit El Diablo, who takes her prisoner, then captures her heart.

Salena wusste als sie ihren Vater am Bahnhof von Monte Carlo auf sie warten sah, dass etwas nicht stimmte. Bankrott vom Glücksspiel und abhängig von der Gunst begüterter Freunde, schreckt ihr Vater auch nicht davor zurück, Salena einem russischen Prinzen zu versprechen. Kann der Herzog von Templecombe Salena helfen, dem lüsternen verheirateten Prinzen zu entfliehen? Salena beginnt eine Flucht, die sie von Frankreich bis nach Nordafrika führt. Kann sie ihm entkommen?

FORBIDDEN LOVE Yesterday her future seemed to rest upon the charity of a distant uncle who had always regarded her with contempt. But a deathbed promise had brought golden-haired Sylvia Wace to the imposing estate of Sir Robert Sheldon. There she had hoped to make a place for herself as governess to Sir Robert's lovely young daughter. But she had not reckoned upon the treacherous meddling of an imperious old dowager ... nor upon the possibility that in such a cold and regal mansion she might lose her heart. Had she made the right decision? Should she not have bowed to Fate and accepted the grudging generosity of her uncle? What right had she, penniless and without a protector in the world, to embark upon an adventure so hazardous with love and heartbreak ...

RO90061842. PRINTEMPS A ROME - THE PRICE IS LOVE. 1981. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 188 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne

Delphine Bramwell, eine reiche Witwe, strebt danach, Herzogin von Lynchester zu werden, und benötigt die Unterstützung ihrer armen Schwester Nerissa. Ein unerwarteter Fund auf Schloss Lynchester könnte den generationsübergreifenden Fluch brechen und den Liebenden eine glückliche Zukunft ermöglichen.

Adam bir inilti eşliğinde yumruklarını sıktı, kalbindeki sırrı öğrenmeye çalışarak ağzıyla kızın dudaklarını örttü. Dudaklarına değen dudaklar tatlıydı, daha önceki öpüşmelerinde olduğu gibi büyük bir haz veriyordu ve bir an için çevredeki bütün sıkıcı şeyler yok olup geriye sadece ikisi kaldı. “Ola,” diye mırıldandı adam, “Ola…” Kız bir an için, şu anda bile öpücüğünde hâlâ hissedilen büyüye karşı gelmekten vazgeçti. Adamın kollarında her şeyi unutabilirdi. Ama sadece kısa bir süre için. İşte hemen sonrasında adamın ağzından o büyüyü bozan sözler döküldü. “Bana gerçeği söyle,” diye yalvardı. “Anlat bana, Ola…” Kız ona karşı direnmeye başladı. “Hayır,” dedi öfkeyle. “Bırak beni. Bitti o iş. Bilmiyor musun?”

Der ,Junggesellen-Marquis‘ flieht vor dem Ehemann seiner Geliebten ins Schulzimmer– und trifft dort auf seine verarmte Kusine Diana, die im Schloβ als Gouvernante arbeitet und die er seit seiner Kindheit nicht mehr gesehen hat. Um die Ehre der Herzogin, der Geliebten des Marquis, zu wahren und den richtigen Grund seines Dortseins zu verschleiern, geben die beiden vor, verlobt zu sein. Noch auf der Stelle vom eifersüchtigen Herzog verheiratet, finden sich die Beiden kurze Zeit später in der Kutsche nach London wieder – auf dem Weg in das Abenteuer der Liebe.