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Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf. It is so secret that only his loyal valet is told. The Duke agrees and it takes him to Greece. He visits King George who is the same age as he is and whom he has known in the past. He has been a great success as King, although he was only eighteen when he took over the throne and he is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy. The Duke envies them and, although he has been pursued by a great number of beautiful women in London, he has never yet fallen in love.

Accustomed to spending fortunes on fast women and high living, Lord Wynchingham is horrified to lose a fortune in a card game and then finds that he is almost bankrupt. So when Tina Croome, his beautiful orphaned Ward, throws herself on his mercy he says that there is nothing he can do. Unless, she suggests, he uses the last of his credit to launch her into London Society and quickly attract a rich husband. Soon she has a long list of suitors, including the wealthy but odious Lord Welton who Tina reluctantly agrees to marry to save Lord Wynchingham.

Shenda, the beautiful daughter of Lord Linbury, finds herself all alone when he dies. She finds a letter he has written to his friend, the Duke of Wellington, asking him to look after and protect her. The Duke is in Paris having just won the Battle of Waterloo and Shenda travels nervously to Paris to meet him and he quickly realises that as she is young and innocent, he cannot have her to stay in his own house. He, therefore, takes Shenda to nurse one of his young Officers who has been badly wounded at Waterloo. Captain Ivan Worth, as he calls himself, is really the Marquis of Kenworth.

Returning from finishing school in France, Louisa Hatton was full of enthusiasm for the life ahead. She was convinced it would be exciting and romantic. But her parents had already planned a very suitable marriage for her to Lord Westbridge, their new neighbour. He was a cold, hard man and he wanted Louisa despite her protests. Her parents would not support her. Her father owed Lord Westbridge money.

Efter at den purunge Theolas forældre er omkommet, skal hun bo hos sin onkel hertugen af Wellesbourne. Men hun møder kun kulde og foragt i sit nye hjem, og hendes glæde er derfor stor, da hun bliver udvalgt til at ledsage sin forkælede og selvglade kusine Catherine til Kavonia, hvis konge har anholdt om Catherines hånd. Men i Kavonia ulmer oprøret, og to dage før brylluppet slår det ud i lys lue, og Theola bliver midtpunktet i et drama, der fuldstændig ændrer hendes tilværelse.

Hertugen af Brockenhurst vædder med sin ven om, at han kan ride fra London til York - alene og inkognito. På vejen møder han den unge, smukke Valora Melford, der er på flugt fra sin stedmoder, der vil have hende gift med en gammel baron. Hertugen beslutter at hjælpe hende, og skarpt forfulgt kaster de sig ud i en forrygende flugt til hest for at nå i sikkerhed... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) er den mest produktive forfatter i det 20. århundrede. I alt blev det til over 650 bøger fra Cartlands romantiske hånd.

Unge Davina Brantforde gleder seg til å debutere i selskapslivet, men så får hennes far ordre om å dra på et hemmelig, diplomatisk oppdrag, og hun må utsette sin debut. Faren blir borte mye lenger enn ventet, familien får økonomiske problemer og Davina tar jobb som kjoledesigner i en kjent motebutikk. En rik, ung enke, Lady Brant, har bestilt en kostbar kjole til det berømte kostymeballet hos Prinsen av Wales. Men så blir plutselig enken syk, og Davina får en vill ide: Hun vil utgi seg for å være Lady Brant og gå å ballet i den skjønne kjolen. Barbara Cartland (9. juli 1901 - 21.

After the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent Army of Occupation in France, the Earl of Monthurst returns to his ancestral home in England to find it in a very bad condition. Because labour had not been available during the war, The Hall, which goes back to Tudor times, was badly in need of repair, while the farms on his extensive estate were untenanted and the fields unploughed. The Earl had unwisely brought back with him a French Comtesse who was very beautiful and possessive and was obviously determined that he should marry her.

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful Policeman. At the same time the beautiful Temia Brandon is returning home from her Finishing School in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning, again. Temia discovers that her father has been hiding a dark secret for many years and is now being blackmailed by the odious Lord Alphonse who threatens to reveal the secret and ruin the family’s reputation.

Demelza is caught up in the middle of chaos when her brother rents their family home to Valient, Earl of Trevarnon and his friends during the Royal Ascot races. Infamous playboy Trevarnon wins over Demelza, despite him being married. As she explores the secret chambers and underground passages in the manor, Demelza finds herself falling for Trevarnon but knowing he can never be hers.

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.

Sir Robin Dunstead returns from India after his father's death to find that he now owns two of the largest ancestral houses in the country both containing superb art collections, but the houses and the pictures are in a very poor state of repair. Unfortunately Sir Robin's father had sold everything that was saleable in both houses and everything of value is entailed for future generations of Dunsteads. Robin is left with no income and finds he has not enough money to buy food for himself and sister Alena.

Lord Milton should have been a happy man, with an ancient title and a magnificent estate. But he was deep in debt and haunted by memories of the Crimea, where he had once been a soldier and taken part of the Charge of the Light Brigade. To take his mind off the past, he eagerly accepted the suggestion of a friend to become the manager of a hotel in Brighton, called the Paradise Hotel. He was seeking new discoveries, but he could not have guessed how startling his discoveries were going to be.

Valeria Montford is beautiful, proud and romantic. When she meets the reticent Lord Waterford in France, everything goes wrong and she hates him for making her feel humiliated. Then she meets Sir Peter Cousins - devastatingly handsome, he is much more exciting and appears strongly attracted to her. Back in England, Valeria's beloved father tells her that a cad has defrauded him of his fortune and that she is his only chance of escaping penury. The rich Lord Waterford has offered to marry her and free him from his debts.

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.

Some girls can wait a lifetime for one man to fall in love with them, but Selena Norton is so pretty that every man she meets is promptly smitten. Selena longs for someone to see past her beautiful face and appreciate the intelligent, loyal, fun girl inside. Rescued by the chivalrous, but penniless, Earl of Wakefield from the lecherous clutches of yet another unwanted suitor, Lord Tavener, Selena is delighted to finally meet a man who seems to seek only friendship. Selena cannot believe the joy that the Earl has bought into her life.

Larisas far, Sir Georg Stanton dør og efterlader sin familie ganske uden formue. For at hjælpe familien på fode igen, drager Larisa til Frankrig for at arbejde som guvernante hos en velhavende familie. På Larisas vej til Frankrig bliver hun advaret imod sin nye arbejdsgiver, Comte Raoul de Valmons uimodståelige charme og at han i egnen kendes som den berygtede greve. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer.

Den unge kvinde, Sorilda, nyder sit liv som sin onkels myndling, lige indtil han gifter sig med en kvinde, der viser sig at være stik modsat sit udseende: gudesmuk udenpå, djævelsk indvendig. Hun hader Sorilda, og hendes had vokser kun, da Sorilda hjælper hende ud af en situation, som ellers kunne have kostet hende sit ægteskab. Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) var en engelsk forfatter til romantiske romaner, der er blevet solgt i adskillige millioner eksemplarer.

Ilona kendte til smerte, hunger og til at føle sig forsvarsløs. Men nu skulle hendes trængsler være ovre, og hun var på vej hjem for at indtage den trone i Dabrozka, som hun var født til. Endvidere havde den stolte prinsesse endnu et mål: hun skulle gifte sig med prins Aladar, for at sikre fred og tryghed i sit land. Problemet var bare, at Aladar var Ilonas fars værste fjende... og alligevel blev Ilona ved med at forelske sig dybere og dybere i manden.

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