検索キーワード： 著者 "Barbara Cartland" すべてのカテゴリー

Den stilige markisen av Oakenshaw blir ombedd av utrikesministern att besöka Siam för att stärka förhållandena de två länderna emellan. Markisen fruktar att det kommer bli en otroligt lång och tråkig resa, och ber därmed några i hans bekantskapskrets att följa med på hans yacht. Den vackra lady Branwell, nybliven änka och societetsdam, tackar entusiastisk ja. Men hon kan inte åka själv! Hon bestämmer sig för att ta med sin fattiga kusin Tarina, som följer med under förklädnad.

Det började som en affärsuppgörelse. Varia blev lovad en enorm summa pengar, och en otroligt vacker garderob, för att spatsera runt i Frankrike som "fästmö" till Sir Edwards bortskämda son Ian. För Ian var hela uppgörelsen ett hinder, för det betydde att han var tvungen att lämna sin vackra flickvän Loreen. För Varia var det ett äventyr, trots att hon var tvungen att låtsas älska en man hon aldrig skulle gifta sig med. Men hon hade inte räknat med den stiliga fransmannen Pierre, som tar henne med storm.

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.

Det skulle bli en lång och tråkig resa till Paris, tänkte Earlen av Hawkshead, sittandes i sin ståtliga vagn på den skumpiga vägen. Utan förvarning rycks sidodörren upp, och in flyger en ung kvinna. Med oskyldig blick ser hon sig skrämt om. Hennes ögon fastnar på Earlen. Han fylls av en stark lust att beskydda denna söta varelse, och det dröjer inte länge innan hennes friska läppar närmar sig hans... Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

Sir Norman Melton har ikke altid været en hovedrig mand, men stædighed og ambitioner har ham til toppen som ejer at et stort firma. Trods hans indgroede mistro overfor kvinder bliver han draget mod den smukke Carlotta Lenshovski, og han forelsker sig efterhånden dybt i hende. Carlotta, som er blevet svigtet af den mand, hun virkelig elsker, siger ja til at gifte sig med Norman for pengenes skyld, men det er ikke ligefrem den bedste start på et ægteskab...

The beautiful Lola Fenton lives happily in a small cottage in the depths of Worcestershire, but she is suddenly orphaned when her father and mother are killed in a railway crash. Her uncle, the Earl of Kencombe, comes to the funeral and then tells her that, as she has no money, she will have to come and live with him. He obviously has no wish for her to do so, but feels that it is his duty as her legal Guardian.

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.

Prince Serge of Tamrush, who himself had been sent a bride by Queen Victoria to save his Principality from invasion by the Russians, was now being asked by Prince Igor of Dubrik for the hand of his beautiful daughter Lavinia for the same reason. He decided not to tell Lavinia of Prince Igor’s request until after her birthday party. It was on that occasion she would meet Prince Igor for the first time and her father hoped that they would be attracted to each other.

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.