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På en bal i Buckingham Palace får den förtjusande diplomatdottern Tatika Lynch en förmögen och inflytelserik friare. Men lord Crowley är en ond människa och för att undkomma honom flyr Tatika till Skottland och blir sällskapsdam hos änkehertiginnan av Strathcraig. Men där finns en hemlighet och för att få klarhet i mysteriet och för att få den man hon älskar måste Tatika gå tilbaka i det förflutna.

Artonåriga Alida bor på nåder hos släktingar på ett kallt ogästvänligt slott. Dagliga förödmjukelser och grymheter gör hennes tillvaro til en plåga tills hon får en oväntad chans att komma till sina drömmars land - tsarernas dramatiska Ryssland. Ödet låter henne till och med träffa sin drömprins. Han är hennes kusins blivande man, men ingenting kan hindra henne från att älska honom med en kärlek het nog för att sätta den ryska snön i brand.

I åratal uthärdade Lydia Bryant ett äktenskap med en man som var sjuk. Efter hans död åtar hon sig att vara sällskapsdam åt Ann Taverel och följer henne till Egypten där Ann skall återförenas med sin mor. Vid ankomsten till Kairo får Lydia en chock. Anns mor är invalidiserad. Hon lever bara i det förflutna och hennes make, Gerald Carlton, dricker för att glömma sitt olyckliga äktenskap. Undere samma tak bor dessutom Geralds väninna, lady Hugley.

Skye Standish är ung, vacker och rik. Hennes äventyrslystnad driver henne att resa till den sydamerikanska staten Mariposa, trots att hennes kusin, diplomaten Jimmy Donaldson, försöker hindra henne. När Skye beger sig in i landet upptäcker hon att det står på gränsen till en revolution. El Diablo, den fruktade gerillaledaren, korsar hennes väg och deras möte får högst oväntade följder.

Den unga, vackra och förmögna Quenella vill till varje pris undkomma en uppvaktande tysk prins och väljer att ingå ett konvenansäktenskap med den nyblivne lorden Rex Daviot, som just utnämnts till viceguvernör i Indien. Hon är bitter och skrämd och tror sig hata alla män. Men de äventyr och strapatser som det unga paret utsätts för i Indien för dem samman - och Quenella mjuknar och mognar till kvinna.

Markisen av Troon har så gott som beslutat sig för att fria till den skandalösa lady Dilys då han plötsligt blir utsedd till förmyndare åt dottern till en bekant som hastigt avlidit. Flickan anser att markisen bär skulden för faderns död och grips av ett glödande hat till honom. Men lady Dilys missförstår situationen och blir svartsjuk på henne. Flickan måste bort till varje pris.

Sir Normann Melton har inte alltid varit en förmögen man. Beslutsamhet och framåtanda har fört honom fram till chefsposten på ett stort företag. Sir Norman hyser en viss misstro mot kvinnor. Trots detta djupnar hans bekantskap med Carlotta Lenshovski till kärlek. Förskjuten av den man hon verkligen älskar går Carlotta med på att gifta sig med sir Norman. Det blir ingen bra början på deras äktenskap... Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) är den mest produktiva författaren i det tjugonde århundradet.

Can money buy you happiness? Impoverished Lady Viola and her twin brother David Northcombe find that their fortunes change dramatically when their entrepreneurial father dies unexpectedly, leaving them a vast fortune that will change their lives forever. Returning home to England, still reeling from their dramatic change in circumstances, fate seems to have smiled on them when the handsome, but impoverished, Duke of Glentorran dramatically rescues them from the perils of the sea off the coast of Scotland.

Tania, the lovely daughter of the late Lord Amesly, leaves her school in Paris and is travelling by train to Boulogne when her train crashes into another one. She is helped and befriended by a charming young Englishman - Captain Rupert More - and with him she reaches the ferry and unexpectedly meets two friends of her parents, Charles and Selina Bracebridge. Rupert becomes captivated by Tania, but since he is a soldier he may be sent away to war at any moment and cannot declare his hand.

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.

The beautiful Aurora Hartnell has just left her Finishing School in Paris and returns home to Hadleigh Hall. It is Christmas Eve and she hears that an eligible bachelor, Lord Moreton, has moved into nearby Elton Hall. Aurora dreams that he is handsome, tall and exciting - until she meets him and finds that he is none of them. In no time Aurora has received an unwelcome proposal of marriage from Lord Moreton, but he appears to be strangely close to her intimidating stepmother, Lady Hartnell.

Rupert Fitzalan has succeeded his grandfather, Lord Fitzalan. Leaving behind his life in America, Rupert goes to claim his inheritance in the Scottish Highlands. This includes Castle Fitzalan, which he last saw at the age of eight. A series of revelations awaits him. First, the Castle is a wreck. Then there is the Fitzalan feud with the MacLeans, who are demanding the return of an heirloom they claim has been stolen from them. They are desperate to obtain it and attack and kidnap Rupert. Finally he meets the beautiful Celina Stirling who is engaged to her cousin, Hamish MacLean.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Francis, the Marquis of Wimborton needed an heiress. Lexia had money and her father wanted her to marry a Lord. But she was a spirited girl, raised in America and she wanted to choose her own husband. The Marquis was too proud to court her, especially as he believed her heart was given to Wayne Freeman, an American that her father had brought her to England to avoid. They unexpectedly became the best of friends, escaping together from family pressures and boarding a cruise liner in search of their dreams.

When John Chester returned to England after suddenly inheriting a Dukedom he knew his life had changed forever. But he didn't know just how much. Gina Wilton was like a breath of fresh air. But she was also everything John disapproved of in a young woman, independent, assertive, always ready to contradict him. Yet she had ideas about restoring his dilapidated castle, and he found he needed her help. The more they were together, the more he noticed how pretty she was, how witty and sparkling.

Michael, the Earl of Danesbury was being hounded to marry Lady Alice Randall, a woman he did not love. Even the Prince of Wales was determined to force him into marriage. Michael fled to his dilapidated ancestral castle for the first time since inheriting his title. There he heard a girl singing and fell in love. She was Bettina, daughter of an eccentric Major, a genius with gardens plants and herbs. Determined to put the castle gardens in good order, Michael hired the Major and found himself becoming more and more enchanted with Bettina.

At the ball that was to change her life, Rona Trafford danced with a mysterious Harlequin. She learned that this prospective suitor was being unfaithful to another, and so fled to Paris, taking up a job as a governess. Her employer's brother joined them. Unknown to her, he was concealing a dramatic secret, one that threatened to destroy them both. How they confronted danger, and how Rona learned more about the Harlequin, is told in this exciting romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.