Historical Romance Saga

Cledra berättar för Lennox, earlen av Poynton, att hennes grymme farbror har misshandlat hennes häst. Lennox tror knappt sina öron. Men snart förstår han att det inte bara är hästens liv som är i fara, utan även Cledras! Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

Överste Maldon lämnade ingenting efter sig åt sina tre döttrar. Därför måste Andrina försöka finna lämpliga äkta män åt sina bedårande yngre systrar. Hon reser till London och övertalar en avlägsen släktning, hertigen av Broxbourne, att hjälpa dem. Hertigen visar tydligt sin motvilja för hennes plan. Men trots hans otrevliga sätt kan inte Andrina undgå att fascineras av honom, även om hon intalar sig att hon hatar honom. Vad är det som gjort honom så bitter? Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) är den mest produktiva författaren i det tjugonde århundradet.

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.

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.

Cosmo, o Conde de Wynterborne, seguro e confiante, abriu a porta que separava seus aposentos do quarto de hóspedes. A escuridão era total e ele estranhou, pois estava acostumado a encontrar as mais variadas lindas mulheres, esperando-o, ansiosas por ele, para viver momentos de amor e prazer, inesquecíveis... E agora? Como explicar aquela jovem atriz, que viera ao seu Palácio com a intenção clara de lhe fazer companhia, que tinha de dormir inocentemente ao seu lado e deitar os seus lindos cabelos loiros, sobre o travesseiro?

Yamina, era una hermosa y bella joven rusa, que al huir de Constantinopla por la guerra de Crimea, buscó refugio en un harén. Huyendo de la multitud y caso la capturasen la hubieran ciertamente, asesinado cruelmente. Al albergarse en el harén, su vida y su inocencia, también se encontraban en peligro. Yamina decidió escaparse de nuevo, escondida en un baúl que había sido enviado como un presente de la favorita del Sultán. Dentro del baúl, ella es llevada a bordo de un barco próximo a zarpar.

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.

Steve traveled to Portugal to be with her brother and found a culture entirely different from her own – for better and for worse. When she encountered the handsome Dom Manoel, she realized that he was looking for a feminine trophy, not a wild case like Steve. Could they reconcile each other’s desires? The memorable love tale set in romantic Portugal dates back to the 20th century and was written by Anita Charles, a pseudonym of the prolific romance writer Ida Pollock.

England, Saint Albans 1850. Grayson Brisbin, Duke of Croyden, hat fünf Probleme. Er muss seine Schwestern verheiraten, bevor er selbst in den Stand der Ehe treten kann. Dies stellt sich schwieriger heraus als gedacht, denn wie findet man einen Ehemann, der es nicht nur auf Geld und Ansehen abgesehen hat? Als der Duke of Leeds, Graysons Freund, in das Leben von Celeste tritt, ist sie sich sicher, dass sie noch nie einen so arroganten Menschen kennengelernt hat. Doch in Driscoll Spencer steckt mehr, als Celeste zuerst vermutet... besonders seine Küsse sind außergewöhnlich.

Любовта не може да се отрече, да се отхвърли. Бях я намерил там, където най-малко очаквах. След дълги години на съмнения, че някога ще позная истинския възторг и вълшебството ѝ.

Ein Muss für alle, deren Herz für dramatische Liebesgeschichten schlägt! Während ihr Vater im Sterben liegt, regiert die schöne Prinzessin Ileana von Zokala ihr Land. Als Briganten Zokala überfallen, macht sie sich furchtlos auf, um das Räuberlager aufzusuchen. Doch ihr Hochmut wird ihr zum Verhängnis. Ileana gerät in Gefangenschaft des gefürchteten Anführers der Räuberbande. Es gibt nur einen Ausweg aus der Gefangenschaft: Ileana muss ihn heiraten. Barbara Cartlands Bücher bringen alle romantische Herzen zum Höherschlagen.

Für alle Fans von exotischen Liebesgeschichten: der rasante Roman "Liebe unterm Tropenmond" von Bestseller-Autorin Barbara Cartland Allein der Gedanke an eine Heirat mit Lord Bantham bringt Vita Ashford zum Erschaudern. Der Mann ist alt genug, um ihr Vater zu sein! Um einer Ehe mit ihm zu entgehen, bricht Vita zu einer gefährlichen Reise aus dem viktorianischen England auf. Das Ziel: die syrische Wüste, wo ihre Kusine Jane bei einem Beduinenstamm wohnt. Umgeben von verfeindeten Stämmen und verwirrenden Gefühlen muss Vita viele Gefahren überstehen.

La joven y bella huérfana, Lady Ina, viviendo en el Castillo de los tíos, se refugia en la pintura para amenizar su soledad. Un día percibió que tenía extraños poderes, cuando dibujaba, sentía como si entrara en trance y pintaba escenas del futuro. Ina estaba desconcertada por el sofisticado mundo de la sociedad londinense. Su tía Lucy, Lady Wymonde, contrariada, acepta la petición de su marido, de que ella fuera la acompañante de su inocente sobrina huérfana en las aclamadas fiestas de Londres.

In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining a life beyond the kitchen and fields of the wealthy family they both work for, they plot to leave their homeland, marry, and raise the child Kathleen is secretly carrying. The luck of the Irish, however, is not on their side. Soon, they find themselves swept up in circumstances they never could have fathomed. Kathleen is forced to marry against her will and immigrate to New Zealand.

After being rescued from her kidnapping by a handsome highwayman, she returns home only to find her marriage prospects drastically reduced. Her father expects her to marry the repulsive Lord Lewes, but Jane has other plans. All she can think about is her highwayman, and she is determined to find him again.

Mary Ellen’s father didn’t - exactly - trade her for a house. Marrying the wealthy and handsome Randall Coulson isn’t something she wants to do, but, being an obedient daughter, she agrees to the marriage. Randall Coulson wants Mary Ellen for one reason: to give him sons. He has no desire to form a bond of love or friendship with his young bride. His own heart is already taken. This bittersweet story of love, lies, and family secrets takes place during a turbulent period of American history, where the perception of women and their role in society changed during one lifetime.

Growing up in fear of their cruel, drunken father, Olivia Bone and her siblings haven't had an easy start in life. But when Livvie's fiancé, Joe, is killed at Ypres, and he bequeaths her his house in Islington, it seems like the Bone family might finally escape the worst street in North London. Though their new life is anything but settled, at least Livvie has a good friend in Matilda Keiver and a better one in Lieutenant Lucas Black, her old boss at the Barratt's sweet factory. Lucas and Livvie might be from very different worlds, but he treats her with kindness and respect.

The choice was hers - fame and fortune or true love. Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, lives up to the promise of her fiery red hair and Italian ancestry. Her lovely singing voice and good looks lead her to her great ambition - to go on the stage and see her name top of...

Sebastian Ross es el hijo bastardo del marqués de Worrington y, como tal, nunca ha tenido un lugar en la casa familiar. Cuando su madre muere inesperadamente, su sueño de ocupar un puesto al lado de su padre se desvanece. El destino quiere que, años más tarde, y ante la muerte de lord Jerome Colum, Sebastian sea el único heredero al marquesado. Aprovechando ese nuevo poder, decide vengarse de todos aquellos que le hicieron pasar un infierno. Pero cuando aparece Elizabeth Berkly, una joven de quien estuvo enamorado en el pasado, su venganza se tambaleará. ¿Ganará el amor a las mentiras?

To look at one was to see the other. For her family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful -- a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the First World War escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Hendersons' life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine-year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that for the sake of his son he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could managa, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefield of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have.