検索キーワード： 著者 "Barbara Cartland" すべてのカテゴリー

Jacinda bliver hos faderen, Lord Buckingham Coombe, da hendes mor forlader ham. Men hans skandaløse opførsel bliver skyld i, at hun må opgive sin barndoms elskede og til sidst må sælge slottet og familiens kostbarheder. Som en sidste udvej gifter Jacinda sig med slottets nye ejer, som faderen har svoret evigt fjendskab. Men Jacinda kender ikke til kærlighedens mysterium.

The beautiful Joanna West’s parents had been killed in a very nasty road accident and as she is the only child she inherits her father and mother’s house in the County of Huntingdonshire. When she sees the condition of her house, she realises at once that it will need a great deal of money to be spent on it to make it as warm and cosy as her mother had done.

Para o Marquês todas as mulheres eram iguais: interesseiras e gananciosas. Estava cansado de todas elas! Odiava seus truques e suas artimanhas e procurava fugir delas com todas as suas forças. Mas o destino lhe reservava uma surpresa... Certa vez, andando por uma rua escura, o Marquês sente que algo cai na sua cabeça. Seria uma mala?

O padrasto de Valda queria obriga-la a casar, mas a jovem não queria se unir a um homem repulsivo e que não amava. Seu padrasto achava que ela era boba e não consiga tomar decisões sozinhas. Com seu orgulho ferido, Valda fica furiosa e decide fugir para mostrar a todos que era dona do seu próprio destino! Disfarçada de cigana, Valda percorre as planícies da França e se torna uma mulher sem passado, livre e indomável.

The Duke of Lavenham learns from a letter that the beautiful Lady Penelope who he finds fun and amusing, is telling her friends that she is going to marry him. The Duke is horrified as he has no intention of marrying anyone for many years to come and he hurries to visit Penelope to discuss the matter with her and tell her that he has no intention of marrying anybody. As he is leaving the house, a young girl sobbing hysterically jumps into his carriage and begs him to take her away.

När Alloe får ett erbjudande om att följa med som sekreterare åt sin Lou under en resa genom Europa tackar hon ja. Men arbetet blir inte riktigt vad hon väntat sig och hon gör långt mycket mer än vad som passar in under arbetstiteln ... Under en hotellvistelse återvänder Alloe till sviten och märker att dörren står på glänt. Längre in i rummet står en okänd man med Lous diamantprydda miniatyr i handen.

Vid tretton års ålder räddas Felicia Darle från sin grymma far av den stilige hertigen av Darlington och sätts i klosterskola i Frankrike. Efter fem år har flickan blivit en rik arvtagerska och för att skydda henne från lycksökare reser hertigen till Paris för att hämta hem sin myndling. Han upptäcker då att Felicia har blivit en mycket vacker ung dam, men hon har djupa själsliga sår av den behandling hon fick utstå som barn. Hon är skräckslagen för män. Bara kärleken kan rädda Felicia.

När Roberta efter sin fars död lämnar Algeriet för ett nytt liv i Californien, tror hon att hon också lämnar kvar alla äventyr i ökensanden där hon begravt sin far.

Lara hörde inte hemma bland tjänarna, men inte heller hos herrskapet. Och som guvernant var hon ett lovligt byte för husets manliga gäster. Men Lara var inte försvarslös. Lord Magor hade visserligen tagit nyckeln till hennes rum så att hon inte kunde låsa om sig - men hon väntade innanför dörren med den laddade pistolen. Ingen kunde hjälpa henne - minst av allt den cyniske och uttråkade markisen av Keyston, som ändå fick hennes hjärta att slå fortare.

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.

A bela e jovem Orlena finalmente encontrou o seu novo tutor, o homem que deverá proteger sua fortuna após a morte de seu pai. Mas Orlena não conseguia acreditar no que via: ela já tinha encontrado este homem antes! Ele era o mesmo jovem que a tinha abraçado e abalado os seus sentidos com um beijo apaixonado na noite anterior... Ela se encontrava agora numa encruzilhada de emoções. Como poderá continuar a conviver com este guardião por quem sentiu a mais pura atração?

Eine friedvolle Liebesgeschichte zum Schmachten und Träumen.Lady Caroline ist hoffnungslos. Sie ist dem Marquis von Quorn versprochen, doch ihre Leidenschaft brennt für den Nachbarn Patrick. Da sie und ihre Cousine Roxana bis auf die Augenfarbe beinahe gleich aussehen, bittet Caroline Roxana, an ihrer Stelle den Marquis zu heiraten. Aus ihrer bedingungslosen Liebe heraus willigt Roxana ein. Doch es kommt, wie es kommen muss und das falsche Spiel wird aufgedeckt - allerdings zu spät. Können Roxana und der Marquis dennoch eine Zukunft haben?-

Wanneer je alles hebt wat je begeert, valt er dan nog iets te wensen over? Op het eerste oog is het leven van Marina Martyn helemaal perfect. Ze is knap, rijk en wordt onvoorwaardelijk bemind door haar aantrekkelijke en lieve verloofde. Maar schijn bedriegt, want diep van binnen houdt ze niet van haar toekomstige echtgenoot. Op een dag besluit ze abrupt gehoor te geven aan haar innerlijke verlangen om op zoek te gaan naar de ware liefde.

The beautiful Princess Vasila, an orphan, who has been looked after by Baroness von Bergstein in a Grace and Favour house, is astonished when an Equerry arrives to take her to Windsor Castle to see the Queen. She is not told until she arrives that Prince Gadelov of Saralovia, which is a small Balkan State, has appealed to Queen Victoria to give him a Royal British wife so that he can be protected from the grasping Russians. When the Queen tells Vasila that she is to marry Prince Gadelov immediately, she is horrified and very frightened.

The lovely red-haired eighteen year old Lady Viola Francis is orphaned. She and her fortune are in the power of her stepfather, the sinister Sir Rudolph Vane. Violas late father, the Earl of Galhampton, was passionately interested in motor cars and from an early age Viola worked with him on his engines. Now she wants to fulfil his ambition to build one that can be sold to the growing numbers of people keen to acquire this new and expensive form of transport. Sir Rudolph, however, has other plans for her and her fortune and wants her to marry the ineffectual Lord Carncross.

The beautiful Alvita who had lost both her parents, was living quietly in her family home in Southern Russia. Her father had been Russian and her mother had been English. Alvita was pleased to receive a visit from her brother, Ivor, but shocked when he told her that they must leave Russia immediately, as a Revolution was inevitable and would start very soon. He had brought with him his friend, Nicholas, who said that he would help them pack up as many of their treasures as they could and make their way to England. Alvita felt a little unsure of Nicholas, but thought that perhaps she might be mistaken.

Lorena Conway has devoted most of her life to being a secretary to her father, a noted historian. Sir Arthur suddenly dies and leaves Lorena with too little money to maintain her childhood home. Wondering how she will survive, the beautiful Lorena overhears a friend of her neighbour plotting to kill the Earl of Bramfield, who has recently and unexpectedly inherited from his father and whose vast estates lie near her home. Realising that she has no option but to try and convince the Earl of the peril he is in, Lorena sets out to confront him.

The beautiful Ilena Foringham not only helped her father, who was a senior Member of Parliament, with his speeches but she also assisted Lord Witherington with his. She had always found him a tremendous bore, but when he eventually proposed marriage to her she knew that this was something that she could not bear and that she could never be happy with him. As Ilena realised that her parents also wanted her to marry Lord Witherington, she knew that she had no option but to run away.

Minella Clinton har nästan lämnats utfattig på grund av sin fars skulder. Hon vågar bege sig till London för att be sin barndomsvän Connie om hjälp att hitta en anständig anställning. Connie är en av de berömda Gaiety Girls, och när en av gruppens medlemmar blir sjuk övertalas Minella att ersätta henne och spendera helgen på Lord Wynterbornes slott. Greven och Minella förbluffar och förvirrar varandra. Ett hastig äktenskap har gjort honom cynisk, och hon är alltför oerfaren för att förstå vad det är som han egentligen förväntar sig av henne.

Cuando Orelia Stanyon regresó a su casa, no podía olvidar a aquel extraño que la había rescatado de dos impertinentes borrachos en la posada "Jorge y el Dragón". Su beso apasionado despertó en ella sensaciones indescriptibles y hasta ahora desconocidas. Orelia estaba sola en el mundo, pues su único pariente era su prima Carolina, y que no era seguramente, la tutora adecuada para una inocente joven.