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After the tragic death of her parents in a carriage accident, orphaned Pandora was taken in by her uncle, the Bishop of Winchester. One day, she is horrified to overhear that he plans to marry her off to his Chaplin, the Honourable Prosper Witheridge. Certain she can't change her uncle's mind, Pandora decides to try and repulse Witheridge and drive him away. She invites herself to her stay with the decadent Earl of Chartwood. The Earl is notorious for his scandalous parties, with the kind of bohemian guests and raucous behaviour that would shock anyone from polite society.

Hugo, Earl of Ruven, is sailing home after ten years in India, where he served with his regiment. His grandfather, the old Earl, has died and Hugo has inherited the title and estate of Castle Ruven. He has also inherited his late brother's fiancee, Felice de Lisle. No one who sees the handsome man standing at the rail with his face turned toward the approaching coast suspects the truth. During one of the first battles of the Indian Mutiny, Hugo was severely injured. The new Earl of Ruven is returning home blind.

Step into a world where sparks fly, tempers flare, and passion blooms in the most unexpected places in From Foes to Flames: A Barbara Cartland Enemies-to-Lovers Collection . In A Teacher of Love , Tasia flees an arranged marriage and finds herself clashing with a stern earl whose heart just might be hers to win. Valda's escape to a life of adventure in The Wild Cry of Love brings her into repeated conflict - and undeniable chemistry - with a handsome stranger in the south of France.

When Rena's father dies she is alone in the world, forced out of the vicarage that has been her home, with nowhere to go and no money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the nearby grounds of "The Grange". And there in the earth she finds three golden coins, which she hands over to the new young Earl of Lansdale. They form a friendship, the sweetest one of her life. But her new happiness is threatened by Mr. Wyngate, a wealthy man determined to force the Earl to marry his daughter.

Returning home from France, Robina Melville finds surprises awaiting her - not all of them pleasant. Almost immediately, it becomes clear that the familiar surroundings of Trentham House are not the sanctuary that she hoped for, and she soon feels unwanted and alone. A chance encounter with a childhood friend, the handsome new Earl of Hampton, provides Robina with employment as his secretary and a temporary escape from her stepmother's clutches.

Smart, sassy and cynical about men, 21-year-old Syke Standish wants neither a husband nor a life of boring domesticity. She wants freedom, adventure... danger. And in the rugged land of Mariposa, she finds all three when she is kidnapped by the daring South American revolutionary, El Diablo. Imprisoned in his network of secret caves in the mountains, Skye plots an escape. Yet the longer she spends with this Che Guevara -like bandit, the more she learns about his devotion to the local people he fights for.

Elvina Carrisford, has known little love and affection in her life. She is invited to be a companion to her cousin Delphine, who is to be engaged to the nephew of a French Prince. En route to her new home she meets an enigmatic and handsome stranger, who rescues her from a wild blizzard and takes her to a nearby cottage. Here she and Serge, the stranger, sit out the storm. He turns out to be the valet to an aristocratic traveller.

At the ball that was to change her life, Rona Trafford danced with a mysterious Harlequin. She learned that this prospective suitor was being unfaithful to another, and so fled to Paris, taking up a job as a governess. Her employer's brother joined them. Unknown to her, he was concealing a dramatic secret, one that threatened to destroy them both. How they confronted danger, and how Rona learned more about the Harlequin, is told in this exciting romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.

A social introvert, Lady Dorinda Burne has always felt uncomfortable around lots of people due to a skin condition which has always marked her as the ‘ugly sister’. She is forced on a trip to Singapore to chaperone her sister Lettice, who is set to marry the intelligent and charming Maximus Kirby. However, Dorinda soon finds herself head over heels for Maximus. lost for words when he’s around. Having to overcome drastic hurdles and more challenges than she could have anticipated, Dorinda is forced to face her fears to find a new life, better than she could ever have hoped for.

Lady Lolita Vernon, daughter of the late Earl of Walcott and Vernon, has run away. Her stepfather, Ralph Piran, is forcing her to accept the attentions and perhaps an offer of marriage from his business partner, Murdock Tanner, who is very rich but old and repulsive. While she is trying to cover her tracks in London she bumps into a small boy, Simon, who is weeping because he has been beaten cruelly by his stepmother.

Can money buy you happiness? Impoverished Lady Viola and her twin brother David Northcombe find that their fortunes change dramatically when their entrepreneurial father dies unexpectedly, leaving them a vast fortune that will change their lives forever. Returning home to England, still reeling from their dramatic change in circumstances, fate seems to have smiled on them when the handsome, but impoverished, Duke of Glentorran dramatically rescues them from the perils of the sea off the coast of Scotland. Barbara Cartland was the world's most prolific novelist who wrote an amazing 723 books in her lifetime.

"I will not marry a man I do not love!" When Lady Verena's widowed father suddenly remarries, she finds that her stepmother is anxious to make a match of convenience for her new stepdaughter and produces a suitor who repels her. Verena has always sworn that when she marries, it will be for love and for no other reason. Feeling that she has no choice but to run away, Verena makes a daring midnight escape from her home.

Ankana nægter at tro på, at hendes far er død. Hun er fast besluttet på at følge Markisen af Vale til Bangkok - med eller uden hans viden og billigelse - for at finde sin far. Den arrogante Markis er vant til at klare uroligheder, ufremkommelige ørkner og pirater. Uheldigvis er ingen af disse egenskaber til nogen særlig hjælp, når han skal tage sig af en køn, men uberegnelig og næsvis ung pige, der befinder sig på hans yacht som blind passager.

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?

Da Hertugen af Northallerton fortæller sin datter, Caroline, at hun skal giftes med deres nabo - der er en infam playboy - bliver hun fortvivlet. Hun er nemlig forelsket i en anden. Carolines yngre søster Elfa beslutter sig derfor for at redde hende, og sammen lægger de en dristig plan... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer. Cartland udgav sin første roman i 1922 og har skrevet i alt 723 bøger, der er blevet oversat til 36 forskellige sprog.

Lord Vulcans 17-årige datter, Caroline, er ikke bare smuk og intelligent, hun er også en stædig og temperamentsfuld lille vildkat. Hun er vant til at få sin vilje og kender ikke til følelsen frygt. Men da hun på en højst usædvanlig måde møder Lord Vane Brecon, bliver hun for første gang i sit liv bange, for der rettes mange anklager mod ham, og måske er hans liv i fare. Selv nægter han at tage truslen alvorligt, og da Caroline indser, at hun elsker ham og ikke kan leve uden ham, må hun selv tage kampen op med hans fjender...

Jarlen af Charncliffe er en efterstræbt ungkarl, som ikke plejer at blive afvist, og derfor vover han at anmode om Elaine Dales hånd. Elaine siger ja, men på den betingelse, at han rejser til Frankrig og køber møbler til deres nye fælles hjem. Men hun ved ikke, hvad rejsen får af konsekvenser, for på et slot i Frankrig møder jarlen den yndige Lynetta de Marigny, som han får et godt øje til. Efter en dramatisk episode, hvor han redder Lynetta fra døden, lader de to som om de er ægtefolk ved Napoleon Bonapartes glansfulde hof.

Tvunget af fattigdom har Chandra Wardell været nødt til at indtage sin fars plads på en ekspedition til Nepal. Den kvindefjendske Lord Damon Frome, ekspeditionens leder, indvilliger kun modvilligt i at tage hende med. Undervejs får hun til opgave at hjemføre en kostbar ædelsten til et kloster i Indien, og hun må betro sig til den barske Lord Frome, da hendes liv bringes i fare... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer.

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.

Som attenårig løber den forældreløse arving Petrina bort fra skolen, og snart kører hun til London bag det smukkeste hestespand, hun nogensinde har set. Petrina er betaget af både hestene og den flotte mand, der holder tøjlerne. Derfor bliver chokket dobbelt stort, da hun finder ud af, at hestenes ejer er Jarlen af Staverton - hendes forhadte formynder. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer.