Résultats pour "Barbara Cartland" dans Romantisme

Envie de romances où tout est bien qui finit bien. Dans cette compilation, découvrez les histoires d'amour respectives de Katrina, Julia, Elvina et Silva, entre complicité, supercheries et aventures dignes des plus grands contes de fées. Julia, haïe par sa belle-mère, fuit un mariage forcé en Écosse, chez le chef du clan McCarn alors qu'Elvira, faisant guise de chaperon pour sa peste de cousine, tombe sous le charme d'un charmant valet (mais en est-il vraiment un ?).

Eugenia Dovedale's father had been High Steward to the Marquis of Buckbury and after her father's unexpected death, Eugenia had to leave "Paragon" the family's beautiful and much loved cottage on the estate. She and her mother now lived uncomfortably with her Great-Aunt Cloris in London as they could not afford anywhere else. Mrs Dovedale maintained strong hopes of her daughter making a good marriage and improving their position.

The dashing Duke of Selchester is on his way to visit Lord Upminster at Copple Hall when a stagecoach crashes into his own travelling carriage, buckling its wheel. Worse still, his beloved pedigree stallion, Salamanca, needs re-shoeing. Arriving on foot at the nearest village, he finds a beautiful Verena Winchcombe, who agrees to take him to the local blacksmith. It transpires that she has been awaiting the arrival of someone she calls 'the Odious Duke', who is due at Copple Hall.

Den purunge Celesta har ingen skygger i sin tilværelse, som hun spenderer sammen med sin barnepige i det lille hus, der ligger i forlængelse af familiegodset. Men alt forandres, da hun finder ud af, at hendes bror har tabt familiegodset i spil til jarlen af Meltham. Hendes eneste håb er, at jarlen vil lade hende blive boende - men jarlen har helt andre planer. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer.

Oberstløjtnant Fielding havde lovet sin afdøde officerskammerat, at han ville opsøge Cynthia Standish, når han kom tilbage til England. Han nærer på forhånd dyb foragt for Cynthia, fordi han mener, at hun har ødelagt vennens tilværelse. De mødes og skilles - og kan næsten ikke fordrage hinanden. Men skæbnens ironi vil, at Fielding træffer Cynthia igen... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var den mest produktive forfatter i det 20. århundrede.

Da Sallys tante dør, bliver hun nødt til at tage afsked med det stille liv i de walisiske bjerge og flytte til London for at bo hos sin mor, den berømte og smukke skuespillerinde, Lynn Lystell. Denne står for at skulle giftes og er derfor ikke saerlig begejstret for situationen. Hun gør, hvad hun kan for også at få sin datter gift hurtigst muligt - og inden Sally ved af det, er hun på vej til sit bryllup med en ung mand, hun dårligt nok kender.

After the death of her parents, young Andrina Maldon has selflessly carried the responsibility of running a household impoverished by her father’s profligacy and also for the future happiness of her two sisters. Despite their striking looks, there is no hope of her sisters finding a suitable suitor without someone to introduce them into high society. So Andrina travels unchaperoned to London to seek the assistance of the Duke of Broxbourne, her father’s friend and the Godfather she has never met.

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.

Efter sin kones død siger Malcolm Worthington farvel til en lovende karriere i diplomatiet. Han tager til Middelhavet for at glemme, og her træffer han to kvinder. Den uselviske og livsbekræftende Elizabeth, som lærer ham at elske igen, og den smukke, ulykkelige Maricia, som Malcolm kun føler foragt for, indtil han er ved at miste hende.

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.

When the Balkan Prince Stanislaus demanded an English bride, Queen Victoria decided to send him Lady Lavina, whose family had a slight connection with royalty. Determined to avoid this fate, Lavina threw herself on the mercy of the Marquis of Elswick, a disagreeable man who had turned his back on the world following betrayal by the woman he had loved. Surprisingly, he agreed to help by pretending to be engaged to Lavina, and, with her father, they left to visit her relatives in Scotland.

She was fleeing from an unwelcome marriage and so was he. When Selina sought shelter with the Marquis of Castleton, she never dreamed that it would lead to them being chased across Europe in a powerful yacht. Before long she was embroiled in a rollicking adventure. Dressed as a man to avoid detection, Selina fell into one scrape after another, yet always knowing that the Marquis would rescue her. But she was despairingly sure that he saw her only as a child and she was beginning to long for more.

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.

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.

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.

Barbara Cartland a conquis des millions de lecteurs à travers le monde et écrit plus de 700 romans où l'amour triomphe toujours. Dans la chapelle du château, tandis que le pasteur prononce les paroles rituelles qui vont l'unir pour toujours au marquis de Craigmere, Silva tremble de tous ses membres. Sous le voile de dentelle, elle s'est coiffée d'une perruque aussi bouclée que la chevelure de sa cousine. « Mon Dieu, pourvu que personne ne découvre l'imposture ! » songe-t-elle.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern ist Melinda mittellos und auf die Güte ihrer Verwandten angewiesen. Doch die schöne junge Frau entfacht ausgerechnet das Begehren jenes Mannes, der ihrer Cousine versprochen ist – und fällt somit in Ungnade. Um eine Zweckehe mit einem alten, lüsternen Freund ihres Onkels zu entgehen, flieht Melinda nach London. Dort trifft sie eine mysteriöse Lady, die ihr einen kuriosen Vorschlag macht: Für fünfhundert Guineas soll sie vorgeben, den berüchtigten Marquis von Chard zu heiraten.

Verworrene Wege, jede Menge Geheimnisse und die aristokratische Gesellschaft ziehen die Leserschaft dieses Doppelbands der zeitlosen Romansammlung von Barbara Cartland in ihren Bann. "Der Clan der McNarn" und "Hochzeit mit dem Ungeliebten" bilden dieses Buch. Nachdem der Herzog von Strathnarn mit 16 Jahren nach London gezogen ist, kehrt er Jahre später in die Highlands zurück, nur um festzustellen, dass sein Neffe entführt wurde. Um eine Freilassung zu erwirken, soll er der Herzog die Tochter des Oberhaupts des Clan der Kilcraigs heiraten.

Follow a vicar's daughter's innocent deception at a glamorous house party in A Change of Hearts. Witness a proud Marquis, spurned by one woman, entangled in a scandalous charade with another in A Battle of Love. And familiarize yourself with bookish Leonora, who finds herself torn between arrogant Mr. Chandos and the captivating Señor de Guarda in Hiding from Love. With scandalous secrets, hidden identities, and desires that cannot be denied, this collection is filled with unforgettable love triangles that will leave you breathless.

American heiress Lexia and proud Marquis Francis' genuine friendship is tested by jealousy and unexpected rivals in "The Waters of Love". "Wanted - A Royal Wife" sees free-spirited Lady Latasha considering a royal marriage for duty's sake before finding friendship and true love where she least expects it. In "Love at Last", clever Lady Cecilia helps the dashing Prince Ivan search for a bride, never expecting their camaraderie to spark a deep and dangerous love...