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Året är 1929, och Fiona är ensam och utfattig i London. Det enda arbete hon kan finna är som danvärdinna på den flotta nattklubben Paglionis’s, som bara besöks av det finaste societetsfolket. Det är här som hon möter den förmögne, och stilige, Jim McDonald. Men en framtid för dem båda verkar omöjlig, för Jim är redan lovad till en annan kvinna ... Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer.

När markisen av Heroncourt återvänder från kriget gör han det som en krigshjälte. Tillvaron på hemmaplan, som till en början är fridfull, övergår snart till att bli en ny sorts plåga. Markisen är uttråkad och fördriver sin tid genom att inleda meningslösa affärer med vackra kvinnor, något som om möjligt tråkar ut honom än mer. Vardagen är grå och långsam tills en dag då hans granne Lady Mimosa plötsligt knackar på hans dörr. Den unga kvinnan berättar om sin kusins fruktansvärda planer att begå mord och ber markisen om hjälp.

Den unga vackra Sona McCarron reser med sin far till Skottland för att gå på bröllopet mellan markisen av Inver och en av döttrarna till klanens överhuvud. Väl där träffar Sona den charmerande Torquil McCarron, som försöker vinna hennes hjärta. Men Sonas hjärta har andra planer. Hon blir istället hopplöst förälskad i markisen av Inver, den blivande brudgummen ... Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer.

När hertigen av Kingswood får veta att desperationen över en trolös kvinnas svek har drivit Richard, hans unge kusin och arvinge, till att döda en man får han ytterligare bekräftat det han redan visste. Alla kvinnor är likadana - opålitliga, lättsinniga och ytliga. Själv har han svurit på att aldrig gifta sig. Men han måste försöka hitta en hustru åt Richard, någon som kan få honom att glömma, någon som kan bli hertiginna på Kingswood och föra deras namn vidare.

Lord Melbourne var uttråkad - av älskarinnan, av Londons alla baler och fester, av Lady Ramsays otaliga försök att snärja honom, till och med av att vara en av de ledande figurerna i societeten. Men så träffar han den temperamentsfulla Clarinda Vernon, en fantastisk skönhet som öppet visar sin avsky för honom. Och det retar honom att han inte får veta orsaken. Även efter Clarinda blir indragen i hemska omständigheter och han räddar henne vägrar hon avslöja anledningen till hennes förakt.

The beautiful Martina Bradshaw has sadly lost both her beloved father and her loving mother. They live in the little Kent village of Preston Bailey where her father, a talented musician, had written his music, which had never been successful with the public. Now Martina has to find a way of making money to pay her household of Mrs.

The Marquis of Darincourt who is the greatest matrimonial catch in the Beau Monde decides at last that he will get married and has chosen Lady Charlotte Warde to be his wife. He has been pursued for years by every debutante and ambitious mother, but he has, however, preferred the sophisticated married women who amuse him with their provocative wit and attractions. He is a hero from the war with Napoleon and the Duke Wellington had twice awarded him the Gold Medal for Bravery.

The beautiful Belinda Lanwick has not attended the dinner party given by her cousin as she is still in mourning following the death of her beloved father. However, when the guests were leaving, she saw Lord Ian Cheddington and thought him exceedingly handsome. She knew that he was one of the most sought after young men in London and was considered the most eligible bachelor in the Social world. It is then that she overhears an indiscreet conversation between her cousin and a Countess.

Colonel Storton has set his mind on his beautiful daughter, Alvina, marrying a man with money and a grand title. When Lord Hillborough became their next door neighbour in the country, the Colonel considered him to be an excellent husband for Alvina, but she found him repulsive and could not bear even to be touched by him. She therefore decided to leave her home and run away to avoid having to marry a man she did not love and could never love. When she saw a large and impressive yacht at a nearby Port, she went aboard and hid as a stowaway.

Following the death of her husband, the Countess of Wenlock was living in her magnificent house in London with her son, Donald, and her beautiful daughter, Salvia. One day out of the blue Donald suddenly drops a bombshell. He tells his mother and Salvia that he has lost all their money by trusting an American acquaintance of his who claimed that he would invest it all safely and produce big profits for the family. Donald leaves at once for America to follow the man and hopefully recover all or part of their money.

The beautiful Georgina Malton is in America with her father, who is making large amounts of money in opening gold mines and is becoming even richer by investing in newly discovered oilfields. Georgina desperately wants to return to England because she finds that men are only interested in her for her father’s money and she is very disillusioned by a European Prince who claims that he loves her but it is her riches he is after. She so wants to be loved for herself. So she and her Nanny set sail for England and her father promises to follow soon.

The beautiful Lady Diana Dinsdale’s father has died and shortly afterwards her mother dies as well and she is heartbroken at the loss of both her beloved parents. After the Earl of Dinsdale’s death, her mother had married again to William Walker, a rich businessman who is cynically seeking to improve his standing socially to help his financial interests to make him even richer. And now Diana is all alone except for her grasping stepfather.

King Martiza of Salamos has fallen asleep when he suddenly becomes aware that something is moving in his room. To his astonishment he finds that it is Princess Veria who has come for his Coronation which is to take place the very next day. She, as her father has died, is now ruling the State of Kavolana which is a smaller Balkan country bordering on his.

Michael, the handsome Earl of Monkford, returns from fighting in the Napoleonic War to find that his beloved home, Monk Hall, once a Monastery, has become thoroughly dilapidated from lack of money. tAnd his estate has been sadly neglected with broken down farms and barren fields. tHis mother, the aging Countess, and his cousin, the beautiful Linka, who he grew up with, have done their best to keep everything going with much difficulty.

Sir John Gilmour has received a letter from his old friend Gavron Murillo, who lives in Paris to say that he only has a very short time to live and wants to see him urgently before he dies. Gavron, who was of Oriental appearance and a very rich man, had helped Sir John and his father with their finances when they had been almost on the point of bankruptcy and he had made them very wealthy. When Sir John arrives at Gavron’s bedside, the old man tells him that his dying wish is that he should marry his daughter, the beautiful Melita.

The beautiful redheaded Tiana Weston sets out to visit her inheritance in Dorset with high hopes. It had been her parents’ dream to restore Castle Rose to its former glory as it is now a dilapidated ruin and only a small part is fit to live in. But Tiana soon discovers that enthusiasm and determination alone do not pay the workmen or keep property developers at bay and soon she is faced with a dreadful dilemma. Her handsome and aristocratic next door neighbour Richard, the Earl of Austindale, also faces considerable problems.

The beautiful Konstantina Millbank has become an orphan after her adored parents have both suddenly died. In the autumn of 1892 she finds herself in a country East of the Danube en route to live with her recently appointed Guardian, the shadowy Countess Mordhile Megherny. Konstantina knows nothing of her Guardian except that she is a recluse who lives at Megherny Castle - the Castle where Konstantina’s own mother grew up, loveless and lonely. Much time has elapsed since then, but the past and its passions are far from dead.

When Madelina Winston, a beautiful American heiress, arrives in England, she has at first only one thought on her mind, to try and trace her late father’s English family. Her stepmother, Mrs. Winston, has other ideas. Madelina might have beauty and a fortune, but as far as Mrs. Winston is concerned she lacks the crowning glory of life, an English title. Mrs. Winston knows that there are many impoverished aristocrats hoping to marry money and wastes no time in setting about finding a likely candidate for Madelina’s hand.

The Earl of Langdale tells his beautiful daughter, Zela, that, having gone to London on a visit, he has become involved with the Comtesse de Courché, who is one of the famous beauties of the London Season. She is much admired by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and many aristocrats.

The handsome Viscount Trent finally makes up his mind to accede to the pleadings of his family and get married. He is twenty-seven and for a long time they have been begging him to take a wife and produce an heir to his illustrious title, his famous stately home and his vast estate. On the whole he finds debutantes extremely boring and has enjoyed a number of affaires-de-coeur with older married women. However there is one girl, Marigold Marlow, he considers outstanding and she is the acknowledged great beauty of the Season.