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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.

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.

Die Katharer sind vernichtet, der Süden Frankreichs, Papst und König unterworfen. Baron Olivier de Termes muss Frau und Kind verlassen und seinen Kreuzzugseid einlösen, um seiner Ächtung als Ketzer zu entgehen. Denn König Ludwig IX. von Frankreich zieht in den Kampf für das Heilige Land. Die Kreuzritter erdulden unsägliche Strapazen und Leid und Olivier gewinnt das Vertrauen des Königs. Doch er verliert das seines Sohnes und seiner Landsleute, mit denen er einst für die Freiheit ihres Glaubens und Landes gekämpft hatte.

Hinter ihr Europa. Vor ihr das Meer und das Outback. Und die Strafkolonie des Geliebten. Wir schreiben das Jahr 1809. Catherine Glenfield, eine junge, hübsche und gescheite Britin, bricht von Portsmouth ans andere Ende der Welt auf, um ihre Liebe wiederzufinden. Ihr Ziel ist Australien. Auf einer spannenden und emotionalen Reise hat Catherine nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Eine entlegene Sträflingskolonie, in der sie John Billings vermutet, den Mann ihres Herzens.

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.

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.

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.

Diego Rodriguez Acosta macht sich 1869 von Sevilla aus auf die Reise, um sein zukünftiges Erbe anzutreten: die Kakaoplantage seines Vaters bei Caracas in Venezuela. Der eigentliche Erbe, Diegos älterer Bruder Ernesto, ist ein Jahr zuvor unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben gekommen; die Reise ist also durchaus mit Zweifeln verbunden. In Venezuela angekommen, sieht er sich mit den Schatten der Vergangenheit und einem dominanten Vater konfrontiert.

Als Margret eines Tages durch den Wald vom Schloß zurück nach Hause läuft, trifft sie den jungen Maler Paul Beaulieu. Ein Impressionist, der, wie die anderen die dieser Bewegung angehören, von Kritikern verachtet wird. Paul und Margret verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick, doch schon bald trübt sich der blaue Himmel über ihnen. Margret soll ihren Cousin William heiraten, und mit ihm nach Paris reisen. Margret muss sich entscheiden zwischen Wohlstand und Armut, Vernunft oder Liebe.

Amelias Stiefschwester ist offiziell mit Julius Verton verlobt, liebäugelt aber damit, mit dem reichen Lord Rothwyn durchzubrennen. Als Sophie ihre Meinung ein weiteres Mal ändert, schickt sie Amelia zum vereinbarten Treffpunkt, um Lord Rothwyn die Botschaft zu überbringen. Schäumend vor Wut heiratet Lord Rothwyn stattdessen Amelia, auch um eine Wette zu gewinnen, denn seine Freunde waren überzeugt, dass Sophie nicht auftauchen würde.

Young, happy and deeply in love, the future looks rosy for local beauty Lilliana Parker and her beau Robert, the dashing Earl of Sherborne. Their friends and family wait with baited breath for news of their inevitable engagement, certain that nothing can harm the charmed life of this golden couple. However, fate has other plans and the Earl is called to rejoin his Regiment in India on a mission that is both dangerous and vital to Queen and country.

If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland. Beautiful Jasmina Winfield is a thoroughly modern American girl who likes to make her own decisions. A skilled and daring horsewoman, she is used to taking care of herself and takes orders from no one - especially not a man. Arriving in Yorkshire from Missouri to visit her relations, the Duke and Duchess of Harley, Jasmina is captivated by the sad romantic tale of her near neighbour the reclusive Earl of Somerton.

Ilitta schafft es, den Herzog von Marazion ständig aufs Neue zu überraschen. Mit ihrem Verhalten im Rasthof, wo sie sich zum ersten Mal begegnen, ihrem seltenen Talent als Künstlerin und besonders Menschen als Tiere darzustellen, seien sie gut oder böse, und ihrem Mut als sie mit Waffengewalt gefangen gehalten werden. Nachdem sie zusammen Gier, Verrat und allerlei Gefahren überstanden haben, fürchtet Ilitta jedoch von der verführerischen Comtesse de Soisson ausgestochen zu werden und läuft davon.

"No, Papa! I cannot believe that you no longer want me here." When Marina Fullerton's beloved mother dies in a tragic riding accident, she is horrified when her father sends her away from the family home in Harley Street, saying he is unable to bear her near him. She finds herself packed off to stay with family friends in Paris, chaperoned by her faithful maid, Ellen. Soon Marina finds herself captivated by her French host's good-looking son - but is he what he seems?

For years, Celina Storton had been in love with Robin, the Earl of Torrington, but he spent his time in Paris, pursuing beautiful women and the more the merrier. Then his mother's illness forced him to return to England, where she demanded that he marry quickly, as she had not long to live. She had chosen his bride for him - Celina. He was horrified by this threat to his liberty, but since Celina was an old friend and as he loved his mother, he agreed.

"Get away from me. As far as I am concerned, David, you are dead to me and this entire family!" The handsome Viscount Kennington has never enjoyed a good relationship with his father, the Earl, but he loves his grandparents and they love him. But when a family scandal is aired after the sudden death of the Viscount's grandfather, the Marquis, the family feud grows worse. The Viscount retreats to the huge mysterious house in Devon left to him by his grandfather.

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.

Protected by loving parents, young, beautiful and happy, Lady Ravina Ashley has the world at her feet. Unused to harsh words, she is taken aback when a stranger at a ball in London takes her to task for her behavior towards a clumsy suitor. But Ravina hopes that one day she will fall madly passionately in love and refuses to think of marriage to anyone until then.

Davina is the younger daughter of Lord Shelford and she has fallen for an actor who did not meet her father's approval. He has banished her from London to his newly acquired country seat, Priory Park, where Davina felt lonely, but not for long. She soon meets the Delverton brothers who live nearby, and also their mysterious companion, Jed Barker. There are dark secrets surrounding Priory Park and the Delverton family, but Davina cannot help becoming attracted to the handsome Lord Delverton despite his indifference to her.

Es ist das Jahr 1564. Der Schauplatz ist die kürzlich von Spanien unter Kolumbus wiederentdeckte Neue Welt. Um ihre Macht gegenüber dem zur Großmacht gewachsenen Spanien zu stärken, greift Königin Elisabeth I. von England zu höchst inoffiziellen Mitteln. Unter ihrer Herrschaft erhalten englische Freibeuter die Erlaubnis, spanische Handelsschiffe zu überfallen, um dadurch deren Majorität zu untergraben.