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Lord Waincliffe breaks his horse’s bridle out one day and calls at the nearest house for help so that he can ride home in safety. It belongs to Terence Stourton, a Professor of Literature, and he meets his daughter, Rosetta, who repairs the bridle for him. Not only does he think that Rosetta is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, but he feels there is something unusual about her. Only when he returns home, does he realise that she bears an extraordinary resemblance to his sister, Dolina.

Scotland, 1750, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. Iona’s mission is to gain the trust of the Duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a "pretender", Iona struggles to hold her nerve.

Beautiful Lady Lucilla Welton is all alone in the world, having lost both her parents in a tragic accident. She has nowhere to go and so she stays with her cruel and distant Aunt Maud, who wants to marry her off as soon as possible. An ardent suitor is at hand – the rich Texan, Harkness Jackson – but his proposal is not one Lucilla could ever contemplate. She has already met the only man who will ever find the key to her heart – but the handsome Marquis of Castlebury is enthralled by another and for him, Lucilla seems to be no more than a casual friend.

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 dressmakers, a glorious vision clad in rose-pink silk?

Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf. It is so secret that only his loyal valet is told. The Duke agrees and it takes him to Greece. He visits King George who is the same age as he is and whom he has known in the past. He has been a great success as King, although he was only eighteen when he took over the throne and he is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy. The Duke envies them and, although he has been pursued by a great number of beautiful women in London, he has never yet fallen in love.

When the Duke of Barningforde was told by his second son, Alastair, that he had married an actress in Paris without his approval, he exiled Alastair from England with only a very small allowance. His wife, Grace, actually came from a good Scottish family and was not an actress, but had a very fine soprano voice and sang with a famous French orchestra. But the Duke would not listen and Alastair and Grace never again set foot in their homeland.

After the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent Army of Occupation in France, the Earl of Monthurst returns to his ancestral home in England to find it in a very bad condition. Because labour had not been available during the war, The Hall, which goes back to Tudor times, was badly in need of repair, while the farms on his extensive estate were untenanted and the fields unploughed. The Earl had unwisely brought back with him a French Comtesse who was very beautiful and possessive and was obviously determined that he should marry her.

Princess Zelda of Brienz in Switzerland is being harassed by her father to marry a King or Prince of one of the small countries of Europe. Zelda is very beautiful and determined when she does marry it will be for love and only love and she cannot possibly fall in love with any of her father’s suitors. She runs away from her home to her cousin, Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein, who has always been very fond of her. She tells him that she is determined to find out the truth about a scandal that has been repeated ever since she was born.

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful Policeman. At the same time the beautiful Temia Brandon is returning home from her Finishing School in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning, again. Temia discovers that her father has been hiding a dark secret for many years and is now being blackmailed by the odious Lord Alphonse who threatens to reveal the secret and ruin the family’s reputation.

Dalma Wickham, having been in Athens to learn Greek, arrives at a British Steamer to return to London to find that they will not allow her dog, Twi-Twi, on board. Because she is turned away from the British ship, she walks round the quay and sees a most magnificent yacht. While she is admiring it, a bomb goes off at the end of the quay and the seamen leave the yacht to see what has happened. On an impulse, because she realises it is her last chance of getting Twi-Twi to England, she slips aboard the yacht and hides in one of the empty cabins.

¿Puede el amor verdadero triunfar cuando el destino de la corona y del país descansa sobre tus hombros? Esta selecta recopilación de novelas de la indiscutible reina del romance, Barbara Cartland, están dispuestas a demostrar que sí, aunque los personajes que las protagonizan no lo tendrán nada fácil. Ya sea una joven reina abrumada por los asuntos de Estado y las amenazas de las intrigas que lo último que espera es enamorarse o una princesa atrapada por la responsabilidad y el destino de un matrimonio arreglado; el amor puede florecer incluso en las circunstancias más difíciles.

Eine Schiffsfahrt nach Asien ist der Schauplatz dieser Liebesgeschichte: Die junge Bertilla wird von ihrer kaltherzigen Mutter zu ihrer Tante nach Malaysia geschickt, um dort als Missionarin zu arbeiten. Auf dem Schiff trifft sie erneut auf den lebensfrohen Herzensbrecher Lord Saire, der Bertilla schon einmal geholfen hat. Schon bald hat sich die 18-Jährige in den als "Liebespiraten" bekannten Lord verliebt, der sich um sie kümmert und sie beschützt. Aber kann daraus echte Liebe werden oder ist Bertilla für ihn nur ein naives junges Mädchen?

Lady Caroline Faye, é a mais recente bela debutante, de maior sucesso da última temporada social de Londres. O inescrupuloso sir Montagu Reversby, ardilosamente, convence-a a ir de carruagem com ele, de Londres a Sevenoaks. Sob o pretexto de existir um defeito no eixo da carruagem, os dois param em uma estalagem, no campo. Horrorizada, lady Caroline compreende que sir Montagu afinal simulou o acidente apenas para passar a noite com ela.

Nerina, bela e jovem órfã, fica horrorizada ao descobrir que o seu tio e tutor quer obrigar a sua estimada prima, Elizabeth, a casar por conveniência com o desdenhoso, belo e rico Sir Rupert Wroth. Entretanto, Elizabeth ficara secretamente noiva do homem que ama verdadeiramente, e a leal Nerina aproveita a semelhança que tem com a prima, para se fazer passar pela noiva de Lord Wroth, permitindo que Elizabeth fuja com o seu amado Capitão Adrian Butler.

O Marquês de Alchester horrorizou-se quando descobriu que o Conde Branscombe pretende se casar com Mirabelle Chester, filha de seu primo Edward. Ele nunca permitirá a união entre seu ganancioso rival e a doce jovem que está sob sua tutela! Para evitar esse casamento, o Marquês decide escolher uma órfã e fazer-lhe uma proposta: ela deve fingir ser Mirabelle e se casar com o conde, afinal é muito melhor ser a esposa de Branscombe do que morrer de fome no orfanato.

Para salvar a vida do Conde, Giselda era capaz de qualquer sacrifício. Ferido na batalha de Waterloo, o Conde de Lyndhurst, corria grande perigo ao ter que amputar a perna... mas só com o cuidado de uma empregada jovem, bonita e cheia de segredos e mistérios, é que o salvariam de um terrível destino. Giselda, contratada como enfermeira eficiente, cuidou do Conde com infinita dedicação e carinho... um carinho que dará lugar, a um grande amor impossível entre eles.

Major Tyson Dale volta para casa vitorioso das guerras que serviu contra Napoleão Bonaparte, mas quando regressa, encontra a sua propriedade devastada, em estado de decadência total, além de ver o seu título, roubado por seu tio. Afogado nas suas mágoas familiares, hospedasse numa estalagem local. Ele ouve uma conspiração para sequestrar uma bela jovem herdeira. Determinado em salvá-la, ele engana os vilões e esconde a jovem adorável na sua destruída mansão. Mas mal sabia ele, que o seu primo, era o noivo que a procurava, para a obrigar a cumprir o casamento combinado, para caçar sua fortuna.

Para fugir de uma ardente admiradora, Justin, o marquês de Veryan, escapou de Londres e foi se refugiar no seu castelo, ao sul da Inglaterra. Mas, em lugar de paz, o marquês foi envolvido por um mistério assustador! Objetos começaram a sumir, vozes estranhas atravessavam os salões, vultos corriam pelos corredores, colocando a vida de Justin em perigo! O pior aconteceu quando, uma noite, o marquês recebeu a visita de Ivana, sua bela vizinha.

O reverendo Aaron Galvine abandonou luxo e riqueza e, com sua filha Bianca, se dedicou à ajuda e conversão de humildes camponeses e homens fora-da-lei. Pobremente vestidos, alimentando-se mal, dormindo ao relento ou em precários celeiros, pai e filha começaram a sofrer as agruras da miséria. Foi nessa condição de penúria que o duque de Kingswood encontrou Bianca e seu agonizante pai. Condoído, levou a moça e o pastor para seu castelo. Bianca achava que o duque era um anjo vindo do céu... Mas logo ela iria descobrir que anjos não exigem o amor e a pureza de uma jovem inocente.

A bela e adorável Lady Aletha Ling, aguardava ansiosamente pela sua primeira temporada social. Mas o seu pai, o Duque de Buclington, sabia muito bem que a aristocrática posição da sua querida filha, cheia de riqueza e beleza, seria a presa perfeita para todos os caçadores de fortuna. Assim, querendo protegê-la a todo o custo, fez um casamento arranjado, custando a Aletha, todos os seus sonhos tão esperados. Assustada, ela decide fugir, viajando com o mordomo do seu pai até à Hungria, onde ele está supervisionando, a compra de alguns belos cavalos.