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The beautiful Aurora Hartnell has just left her Finishing School in Paris and returns home to Hadleigh Hall. It is Christmas Eve and she hears that an eligible bachelor, Lord Moreton, has moved into nearby Elton Hall. Aurora dreams that he is handsome, tall and exciting - until she meets him and finds that he is none of them. In no time Aurora has received an unwelcome proposal of marriage from Lord Moreton, but he appears to be strangely close to her intimidating stepmother, Lady Hartnell.

Shenda, the beautiful daughter of Lord Linbury, finds herself all alone when he dies. She finds a letter he has written to his friend, the Duke of Wellington, asking him to look after and protect her. The Duke is in Paris having just won the Battle of Waterloo and Shenda travels nervously to Paris to meet him and he quickly realises that as she is young and innocent, he cannot have her to stay in his own house. He, therefore, takes Shenda to nurse one of his young Officers who has been badly wounded at Waterloo. Captain Ivan Worth, as he calls himself, is really the Marquis of Kenworth.

Sir Robin Dunstead returns from India after his father's death to find that he now owns two of the largest ancestral houses in the country both containing superb art collections, but the houses and the pictures are in a very poor state of repair. Unfortunately Sir Robin's father had sold everything that was saleable in both houses and everything of value is entailed for future generations of Dunsteads. Robin is left with no income and finds he has not enough money to buy food for himself and sister Alena.

Narina Kenwin is the only daughter of the Bishop of St. Albans and since her mother's death she has been living with her father. She is very beautiful and is happy, but when riding in the woods she wishes she had someone special with her. Narina receives a letter from her great school friend, Louise, who is married to Prince Rudolf, the Ruler of the small Principality of Alexanderburg in the Balkans. Louise begs Narina to come to stay with her immediately and is sending a Battleship to take her to Alexanderburg.

Rupert Fitzalan has succeeded his grandfather, Lord Fitzalan. Leaving behind his life in America, Rupert goes to claim his inheritance in the Scottish Highlands. This includes Castle Fitzalan, which he last saw at the age of eight. A series of revelations awaits him. First, the Castle is a wreck. Then there is the Fitzalan feud with the MacLeans, who are demanding the return of an heirloom they claim has been stolen from them. They are desperate to obtain it and attack and kidnap Rupert. Finally he meets the beautiful Celina Stirling who is engaged to her cousin, Hamish MacLean.

Lady Dorianna Dale is packing her trousseau for her illustrious Society wedding to the rich Lord Buxton. She does not love him, she cannot bear him to touch her and she hates the sound of his loud foolish voice - but unless the wedding goes ahead, she and her Mama will lose everything and will have to sell their beautiful home, Ashburton Hall. Dorianna briefly meets the handsome and enigmatic Earl of Claremont at a London soirée and she longs to see him again. But how can this ever happen once she is married to Lord Buxton? She must take her destiny into her own hands.

The Duke of Norlington and his sister Lady Latasha are living quietly in the country very happily with their horses. The Duke receives a letter from an old Oxford friend who is now His Royal Highness Prince Kraus of Oldessa, a small Principality in the Balkans. The Prince asks the Duke if his sister would consent to marry his brother, Prince Stephan, as she is related to the Royal family, thereby giving Oldessa British protection from the Russians who are vying to take over as many States as they can in the Balkans.

Daughter of the Earl of Longwood, a gentleman gambler, and the Countess of Longwood, a society beauty, Lady Yolanda Wood has an exciting if unconventional childhood travelling around the casinos and racecourses of Europe. But life changes dramatically after the tragic death of her father, and she and her ravishing mother are left penniless and alone. In mourning for her husband, and dependent on the kindness of selfmade millionaire Oliver Garrack, the Countess's gratitude swiftly turns to romance and Yolanda finds herself with a stepfather she neither likes nor respects.

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.

Lady Galina More and her brother, Georgie, the Earl of Ranmore, are in despair because they own two large historic houses which are entailed. Georgie decides he will have to marry an American heiress, so he opens his house in London, but has no idea how he can staff it or afford to entertain. He meets Mr. Craig Farlow, one of the richest oil millionaires in America who has brought his daughter, Ellie-May, to London as he wants her to marry a title and he becomes a tenant at Georgie's house in Park Lane.

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.

Michael Belmont is heir to an Earldom, but he is also the family black sheep, a charming gambler leading a dissolute life in France. He has quarrelled with his father, who has threatened to disinherit him. When he reads in a newspaper that his father has died, he does not even have enough money for his fare home. But then he meets the beautiful young Lady Verna, seeking a chauffeur to drive her car home to England. Michael volunteers and while they are on the journey he falls under her spell.

Hinter ihr Europa. Vor ihr das Meer und das Outback. Und die Strafkolonie des Geliebten. Wir schreiben das Jahr 1809. Catherine Glenfield, eine junge, hübsche und gescheite Britin, bricht von Portsmouth ans andere Ende der Welt auf, um ihre Liebe wiederzufinden. Ihr Ziel ist Australien. Auf einer spannenden und emotionalen Reise hat Catherine nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Eine entlegene Sträflingskolonie, in der sie John Billings vermutet, den Mann ihres Herzens.

Diego Rodriguez Acosta macht sich 1869 von Sevilla aus auf die Reise, um sein zukünftiges Erbe anzutreten: die Kakaoplantage seines Vaters bei Caracas in Venezuela. Der eigentliche Erbe, Diegos älterer Bruder Ernesto, ist ein Jahr zuvor unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben gekommen; die Reise ist also durchaus mit Zweifeln verbunden. In Venezuela angekommen, sieht er sich mit den Schatten der Vergangenheit und einem dominanten Vater konfrontiert.

Begleitet von Saskia Kästners Stimme, begibt sich der Hörer auf eine Reise in das dänische Wikingerreich des 9. Jahrhunderts. Rodegang, der Vater des 16-jährigen Mädchens Frygdis, will für seine Tochter auf dem Thing, der jährlichen Versammlung der Wikingersippen, einen Mann finden. Dies gelingt ihm auf, Frygdis wird vermählt. Jedoch hat das junge Mädchen sein Herz schon vor ihrer Ehe an einen anderen verloren: Havenar, den Sohn eines mächtigen Stammesfürsten. Erst Jahre später kreuzen sich die Wege der beiden erneut und sie kommen sich näher. Doch ihr heimliches Glück wird sie in höchste Gefahr bringen.

Leonora Cressy and her school friend Isobel have sworn never to fall in love. They prefer their books to men and scorn other girls whose heads are full of storybook romance. Leonora is convinced that no man could be as perfect as her late father. Little does she know that life has decided to put her conviction to the test. Her mother comes to tell her that she has a new stepfather and she does not like the sound of him at all.

Charles Arram, the son of the Marquis of Arramford, their next-door neighbour. Because the Earl is so rich, he is afraid that his daughter, who at eighteen is exceedingly beautiful, will be pursued by fortune-hunters. Malvina is horrified at the idea. Her father is suddenly summoned to Scotland and Malvina decides she will travel with her Nanny to Paris, where she will be able to see Charles Arram without him knowing he is being spied on. During the journey Malvina meets the brother of one of her French school friends and he tells her of the extraordinary parties that are given in Paris by the courtesans.

Amelias Stiefschwester ist offiziell mit Julius Verton verlobt, liebäugelt aber damit, mit dem reichen Lord Rothwyn durchzubrennen. Als Sophie ihre Meinung ein weiteres Mal ändert, schickt sie Amelia zum vereinbarten Treffpunkt, um Lord Rothwyn die Botschaft zu überbringen. Schäumend vor Wut heiratet Lord Rothwyn stattdessen Amelia, auch um eine Wette zu gewinnen, denn seine Freunde waren überzeugt, dass Sophie nicht auftauchen würde.

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.

Als Margret eines Tages durch den Wald vom Schloß zurück nach Hause läuft, trifft sie den jungen Maler Paul Beaulieu. Ein Impressionist, der, wie die anderen die dieser Bewegung angehören, von Kritikern verachtet wird. Paul und Margret verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick, doch schon bald trübt sich der blaue Himmel über ihnen. Margret soll ihren Cousin William heiraten, und mit ihm nach Paris reisen. Margret muss sich entscheiden zwischen Wohlstand und Armut, Vernunft oder Liebe.