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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.

Nuori kotiopettajatar Melita on lukenut voodoosta jonkin verran. Eräänä yönä hän päätyy uteliaisuuttaan kasvokkain voodoorituaalin kanssa. Keskellä yötä orjat toimittavat uskonnollista rituaaliaan, kunnes yksi heistä – vanha nainen – huomaa Melitan. Hän huudahtaa jotain kielellä, jota Melita ei ymmärrä. Sitten hän käskee Melitaa pelastamaan Comte Ettiennen varmalta tuholta.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Alusta se oli ainoastaan liiketoiminnan sopimus. Varia sai valtavan summan rahaa ja upeat vaatteet, jotka hän käyttäisi Ranskassa Sir Edwardin hemmoteltu poian Ianin "morsiamena". Ianille järjestelmä oli tuskin siedettävää, sillä se merkitsi hänen upean tyttöystävänsä Lareenin jättämistä. Varialle se oli jännittävä seikkailu, vaikka hänen oli käytettävä miehen, jonka hän ei koskaan naimisi, sormusta.

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.

Kuka oli salaperäinen muukalainen, joka pelasti Sitan kun hän epätoivossaan yritti hukuttautua, julmaa setää pakenemassa. Hän oli kadonnut yhtä nopeasti kuin hän oli tullut, ja Sita ihmetteli, saisiko hän koskaan enää nähdä häntä. Muukalainen oli sanonut, että heidän kohtalot olivat yhdistyneet, mutta miten Sita voisi löytää hänet, kun hän ei edes tietänyt hänen nimeään?

Pakenen katkeraa rakkaustarinansa markiisi Elvington jättää Lontoosta ja omaisuutensa, ja matkustaa Doveriin, missä hänen jahti voi ottaa hänet pois Englannista. Majatalossa hän tapaa nuori Caroline, joka myös on pakomatkalla - hänen äitipuolensa uhkaa takavarikoida hänen omaisuutta. Marquis ottaa hänet mukaan laivallen, ja matka menee Välimerelle.

Lara ei kuulunut palvelijoihiin, eikä herrasväkeen. Kotiopettajattarena, hän oli helppo saalis asunnon miespuolisille vieraille. Mutta Lara ei ollut puolustuskyvytön. Herra Magor oli todellakin ottanut hänen huoneen avaimen, joten hän ei voisi lukita ovensa - mutta hän odotti oven takana ladatun revolverin kanssa. Kukaan ei voinut auttaa häntä - kaikkein vähiten kyyninen ja kyllästynyt markiisi Keyston, joka kuitenkin sai hänen sydämen lyömään nopeammin.

Nerita kieltäytyy jäädä riippuvaiseksi sukulaistensa hyväntekeväisyyteen isän, syöksynyt perikatoon epäonnistuneella spekuloinnilla, tehtyä itsemurhan. Esiintymällä kotiopettajattarena hän saa työtä markiisi Wychbolds kotitalouksessa. Pian hän kuitenkin huomaa että upea talo kätkee salaisuuden - salaisuus, joka ehkä voi selittää miksi markiisi osoittamaa enemmän kiinnostusta uuteen kotiopettajattareen, kuin omaan poikaansa.

Can you fall in love with someone before you meet them? Valona, the eighteen-year-old daughter of the deposed Prince of Piracus believes she can. Beautiful, spiritual and aching for adventure Valona is convinced that the perfect man exists because she has seen him in her dreams; all she has to do is find him. With no royal bride to offer the elderly King, it seems the only way to save Larissa from the threat of the encroaching Russian army is for Valona to take her place.

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.