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Amanda Burke er dóttir fátæks prests. Dag einn, lítandi út fögur eins og vorið sjálft hittir hún Ramsay lávarð í fyrsta sinn. Ramsay er orðinn þreyttur á konum sem nota mikið af snyrtivörum og hugsa mikið um tískuheiminn og hrífst því mikið af Amöndu og ákveður að giftast henni. Yfirbragð lávarðsins hefur hins vegar andstæð áhrif á hrifningu Amöndu á honum. Þetta sama kvöld gerist nokkuð sem mun snúa lífi hennar á hvolf og veldur því að hún neyðist til þess að játast lávarðinum til þess að geta bjargað manninum sem hún elskar í raun og veru.

The Marquis of Kexley is just falling asleep beside the beautiful Isobel Heywood, when in a soft voice she suggests that they should be married. Only by pretending to be asleep does he escape answering her and then he realises that because she is a widow, she is extremely dangerous in that she is free for him to marry her. In his other affaires-de-coeur, the women were already married, so he was safe, and he avoided debutantes with ambitious mothers like the plague. Because Isobel is so possessive he thinks it best to leave London at once.

Neisa Moore is the beautiful daughter of a Vicar and she lives a quiet and secluded life in the country with her father. Her cousin, Carol Waverton has led a very different life in America with her immensely rich father, but when Carol comes to London for the Season, she is pursued by fortune-hunters only interested in her money. As Carol is so disenchanted, she persuades Neisa to change places with her when she is invited with a friend for a weekend house party with Sheldon, the Marquis of Denholme, who has planned a steeplechase for his guests.

After her quiet life in the Highlands of Scotland, the Laird's daughter Ola Mcnewton is looking forward to going to London to take part in Queen Victoria's Jubilee. At first it seemed a good joke to pretend to be a Balkan Princess, and be entertained by the handsome Duke of Cranborne. During one enchanted evening with him, they fell in love. But did the Duke fall in love with her, or the mysterious Balkan Princess.

Michael, the Earl of Danesbury was being hounded to marry Lady Alice Randall, a woman he did not love. Even the Prince of Wales was determined to force him into marriage. Michael fled to his dilapidated ancestral castle for the first time since inheriting his title. There he heard a girl singing and fell in love. She was Bettina, daughter of an eccentric Major, a genius with gardens plants and herbs. Determined to put the castle gardens in good order, Michael hired the Major and found himself becoming more and more enchanted with Bettina.

Vanda Sudbury and Robert, the Earl of Cunningham, had been friends from childhood. They knew all each other's faults and weaknesses and squabbled like brother and sister. So when her father tried to force a marriage between them, they were equally horrified. Fond though he was of Vanda, Robert was sure he could never love such a forceful, strong-minded female. She was equally dismissive of him as a husband.

Lady Elvina, theal and in love. Any day now Captain Andreaw Broadmoor would propose to her. But then she overheard him saying that he did not love her and would only marry her for her money. Elvina fled, travelling to Cumberland, where she had heard that the Duke of Castleforde was looking for a governess for his unruly sister, Violet. Concealing her true identity, she presented herself as plain Mrs. Winters and in Violet, Elvina found a troubled, rebellious young girl who needed her help.

Viola Brookfield has not a care in the world until the awful day when her parents are tragically killed in a road accident, leaving her all alone in the world. So when her Aunt Mary, Lady Wakefield, writes to invite her to come and live with her in India, Viola decides to accept. But when she arrives, she finds a country fraught with unexpected dangers and that her uncle, Lord Wakefield, behaves as if she is not welcome. Viola's life is further complicated when she meets the handsome but enigmatic Earl of Devonport.

After Della had been orphaned she came to live in the country with her uncle, Lord Lainden, who rented a delightful house on the estate of his great friend the Duke of Marchwood. She was blissfully happy with her uncle and rode the Duke's horses every day. But a cloud was gathering on the horizon in the form of Jason, the Duke's only son and heir. Jason had returned to his ancestral home having led a very dissolute life in Paris and his father was desperate for him to settle down, make a good marriage and continue the Ducal line.

The beautiful Lady Elva Chartham had returned to her family home in the country from her Season as a debutante as she had become disenchanted by the endless balls and empty-headed young suitors. She much preferred to be with her horses. Her father was away fishing and her beloved Aunt Violet came to coax her into returning to London to finish her Season. Elva was persuaded by Aunt Violet and in her London house, she overheard a conversation between her aunt and her cousin, the Duke of Sparkbrook, that would dramatically change her life.

A bearded and dishevelled figure in the tattered dress of a Muslim Holy Man struggled to a Fort in India and saves it from attack by tribesmen supported by the Russians. The Holy man is Captain David Ingle, one of the members of The Great Game. In a week or so David arrives back in Calcutta and is sent for immediately by the Viceroy, who tells him he has done wonderful service for his country. At the same time his life is in danger from the Russians and, more important his grandfather, the Marquis of Inglestone, has died in an accident and the family title and estate is now his.

1820 is a worrying time for His Royal Highness Prince Lászlé as the might of the Prussian Empire moves ever closer to the boarders of his independent principality, Opava. Concerned for the welfare and happiness of his subjects, he reluctantly sends his beautiful daughter, Princess Zoleka, on a secret mission to the neighbouring state of Krnov, which is in crisis. Masquerading as Lady in Waiting to Princess Udele, the heir to the throne, Zoleka is horrified to discover that Krnov is in political turmoil.

Da Melissas stedmor truer med at piske hende, hvis hun ikke gifter sig med den forfærdelige Dan Thorpe, stikker Melissa af forklædt som sin veninde, Cheryls, kammerpige. Cheryl skal besøge sin værge, hertugen af Aldwick, der viser sig at være en indædt kvindehader - og det bringer Melissas sind i kog, blandt andet resulterende i skarpe skænderier og dueller på ord. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer.

Dybt ulykkelig bliver den unge Pandora anbragt hos sin onkel, biskoppen af Linchester, der er gift med en yderst ubehagelig kvinde, som beslutter, at Pandora skal giftes med den frastødende kapellan. Ude af sig selv søger hun tilflugt hos en fjern fætter, der lever et udsvævende liv i Pandoras mors barndomhjem - men Pandora sætter sig med det samme for at redde denne synder fra sin fortabelse.

When Shona became secretary to the Marquis of Chilworth, all she was told was that they were going abroad so that he could write a book. She never suspected the dark secret in his heart or the terrible thing he meant to do. As they travelled on, she learned more about the tragedy that drove him, and she faced the fact that she was falling in love with a man whose heart was in the grave. Haunted by memories of his dead wife, the Marquis tried to shut out the possibility of a new love.

Lorna skötte om sina yngre syskon och hade inte tid att ens tänka på kärlek. Men så drabbades hon och flygaren Jimmy av kärleken. De gifte sig och då började problemen hopa sig. Älskade Jimmy henne verkligen, eller var hon bara ett äventyr för honom? Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) är den mest produktiva författaren i det tjugonde århundradet. Vi har över 650 böcker från Cartlands romantiska hand.

Cynthia Morrow har oplevet en ulykkelig kaerlighedsaffaere og er bange for at kaste sig ud i en ny. Hendes far, den rige godsejer, dør uden at efterlade hende andet end gaeld, så hun må saelge det smukke, gamle herresaede, der har vaeret i familiens eje i flere hundrede år - og oven i købet til en mand, som hun frygter - en mand, der er omgivet af mystik og skandaler.

Den smukke lady Alvinston ønsker ikke at have sin datter Bertilla i nærheden, da en voksen datter kan afsløre hendes alder. Bertilla bliver derfor sendt af sted til en tante, der er missionær i det fjerne Sarawak. Undervejs oplever Bertilla kærligheden, men da hun ikke tror, den bliver gengældt, fortsætter hun alene til sin tante i den farefulde jungle, hvor der stadig findes hovedjægere. Situationen udvikler sig mere og mere truende, men afværges i sidste øjeblik, da hendes elskede, lord Saire, pludselig dukker op.

Unge Davina Brantforde gleder seg til å debutere i selskapslivet, men så får hennes far ordre om å dra på et hemmelig, diplomatisk oppdrag, og hun må utsette sin debut. Faren blir borte mye lenger enn ventet, familien får økonomiske problemer og Davina tar jobb som kjoledesigner i en kjent motebutikk. En rik, ung enke, Lady Brant, har bestilt en kostbar kjole til det berømte kostymeballet hos Prinsen av Wales. Men så blir plutselig enken syk, og Davina får en vill ide: Hun vil utgi seg for å være Lady Brant og gå å ballet i den skjønne kjolen. Barbara Cartland (9. juli 1901 - 21.

Young, happy and deeply in love, the future looks rosy for local beauty Lilliana Parker and her beau Robert, the dashing Earl of Sherborne. Their friends and family wait with baited breath for news of their inevitable engagement, certain that nothing can harm the charmed life of this golden couple. However, fate has other plans and the Earl is called to rejoin his Regiment in India on a mission that is both dangerous and vital to Queen and country.