Barbara Cartland
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The Duke of Rockcliffe returns home to England from the British Army of Occupation, which after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 is located at Cambrai.
He had left England seven years ago when he was merely a young Lieutenant who intended to spend his life in the Army.
Owing to the death of several Heir Presumptives to the Dukedom, he finds himself unexpectedly and to his great surprise the new Duke.
He also discovers that he has a Ward called Nelita,...
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London Socialite and friend of King George IV, the Duke of Strathnarn enjoys his London life is reluctant and resentful when he inherits from his hated father the title – and onerous responsibilities – of Chieftain of the Clan McNarn.
Arriving bitterly angry in the highland fiefdom he fled as a youth, he's faced with a terrible dilemma. To free his young nephew and heir from the clutches of his Clan's mortal enemies, the Kilcraigs, he must marry...
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo is a 1951 novel by Barbara Cartland. It was the gayest season Monte Carlo had ever known, Mademoiselle Fantôme was causing a sensation. Who was the exquisite "ghost", with her shining golden hair and dreaming dark eyes? Why did her formidable aunt guard her so carefully?
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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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Lady Georgina Lang returns to The Castle from her father's funeral to wonder what the future holds for her.
Because her father had always longed for a son to succeed him, he had brought her up and educated her exactly as if she was a boy. She dressed as a boy and, although she had been christened Georgina, he liked calling her George.
She was completely alone in the huge castle, which was now inherited by the new Earl of Langfield, a distant cousin...
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Keeping up appearances for her older brother, Lord Anthony (Tony) Linwood, and his Society lifestyle while also caring for their young brother and sister is becoming too much for the beautiful Minerva as they have very little money and the bills are mounting every day. So when Tony confesses that he owes the terrifying gambling debt of two thousand pounds to his friend, the Earl of Gorleston, with an unsavoury and raffish reputation, she is mortified....
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Lord Springdale is becoming increasingly irritated and tired of being, told by his grandmother that he must marry and produce an heir to his illustrious title and estates.
She keeps on telling him that, as he is the last of his line and at the age of twenty-seven, he must find a suitable wife and settle down.
After a number of affaires de coeur with attractive married ladies, he is not in the least attracted to debutantes and so, avoids their pushy...
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Demure Prunella Broughton has long felt responsible for her lovely younger sister Nanette — since their mother ran away with a lover and then, not long later, their beloved father had died. As an heiress and a debutante, Nanette is already attracting much male attention.
But it's about Pascoe Lowestoft that Prunella is most concerned. Spoilt, dandified, vain and "far too good-looking for any young girl's peace of mind", this penniless fortune hunter...
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For years Celina Storton had been in love with Robin, the Earl of Torrington, but he spent his time in Paris, pursuing beautiful women and the more the merrier. Then his mother's illness forced him to return to England, where she demanded that he marry quickly, as she had not long to live. She had chosen his bride for him — Celina. He was horrified by this threat to his liberty, but since Celina was an old friend and as he loved his mother, he agreed....
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Cuando el Conde de Ardwick finalmente decide casarse, pero es rechazado por una belleza ambiciosa con su ojo en el ducado. Entonces la suerte coloca a Lady Lupita Lang en el sendero del Conde, pero Lupita teme por su joven hermanito, que está en peligro de ser un primo despiadado, hasta que el Conde se nombra a sí mismo, tutor del niño, ganando el agradecido amor de Lupita.
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Sir Robert Westbury has two young daughters, Heloise, the beautiful "English Rose" and her demure older sister Lydia, who lives with the fact that her father is disappointed that she was not a son!
Since their mother died when they were children, self-effacing Lydia has grown accustomed to taking care of Heloise pandering to her every whim.
When it is announced that her sister is to marry the dashingly handsome Earl of Royston, and that he is whisking...
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The handsome and debonair Marquis of Raventhorpe is known throughout the Beau Monde as something of a ladies' man until he falls under the spell of Society beauty Lady Sarah Chessington.
But when he arrives at the Earl of Chessington-Crewe's house to propose, he realises that Lady Sarah wants him only for his wealth and position and he leaves in a fury, vowing that he will never marry.
By the wayside he encounters a young exquisite beauty utterly...
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Martina knew that Sir Hugh Faversham adored her. She was uncertain how she felt about him, but she knew she could always turn to him for help. So when her friend, Harriet, begged her for help to avoid a forced marriage, Martina went straight to Sir Hugh with her plan. She proposed that the two of them should 'marry', with Harriet taking her place at the altar at the last minute. Afterwards nobody could be sure who was married to whom and they would...
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El Conde no era un hombre cruel, y cuando, al viajar en el bosque de país, se enconTró con una dama en apuros y le tocó el corazón. La señora fue Sabrina Melto, una joven, inocente com una belleza etérea y profunda a la vez. Los tiempos difíciles habían caído sobre su familia y ella se vio obligada a renunciar a sus posesiones más preciadas. Por bondad y la compasión, el Conde llevó Sabrina a Londres para comenzar una nueva vida, pero...
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Almost identical in their golden-haired, blue-eyed beauty and similarly named, cousins Antonia 'Toni' Combe and Latonia Hythe are nevertheless very different personalities.
Desperate to avoid a journey to India forced on her by her stern uncle, Kenrick Combe, the new Lord Branscombe, and which would prevent her marrying the man she desperately loves , the flirtatious and capricious Toni beseeches her cousin to take her place as her Uncle Kenrick...
17) A Lucky Star
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"Jilted by her faithless fiancée and at risk of cruel gossip from the debutantes and dowagers of London Society, life is not going as expected for beautiful Anthea Preston. Eager to leave the scandal behind, Anthea is heartbroken afresh when her beloved Mama dies of a sudden illness.
So she is delighted when her indulgent Papa offers to raise her spirits with a Grand Tour of Europe. Intelligent as well as extremely lovely to look at, Anthea is...
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Carina was alone in the world and unsure of what the future held for her. Then a troupe of musicians, called 'Bertie's Beauties', had an accident outside her gates and she found herself swept up in their fate as she took over from their injured pianist. Now one of the troupe, she went to perform at the Duke of Westbury's castle, never suspecting that the Duke would turn out to be the young man she had met for a few dramatic moments many years before....
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El Duque de Warminster no conseguia controlar su ira. Primero, aquella tonta jovencita se había introducido en su carruaje con engaños, obligándolo a cruzar media Escócia con ella. Luego, cuando el vehículo se volcó y él salió herido, volvió a mentir, diciendole a la pareja escocesa, que les había brindado hospitalidad, que ella y el Duque estaban casados. Sin embargo, su anfitriona había adivinado la verdad al instante. Con un brillo de...
20) Love Forbidden
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Having watched her dissolute father squander the family's fortune on his disreputable and extravagant lifestyle, young flame-haired beauty Aria Milborne despises the empty glamour of Society.
So she is dismayed when she is forced take a job with an American millionaire in order to save the beloved family home, Queen's Folly, where her brother, Charles, works night and day to make ends meet.
Appalled by Dart Huron's arrogance and the behaviour of...