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Apesar de ter herdado uma vasta fortuna de sua madrinha, a jovem Susanna sente que essa riqueza acabou se tornando sua maldição: sua mãe está determinada a casá-la com o empobrecido e endividado Duque de Southampton. Um casamento arranjado com uma garota rica salvaria o título de nobreza desse homem arruinado, mas deixaria Susanna eternamente infeliz... Cruel e rigorosa, sua mãe costumava dizer a todos que Susanna era o "patinho feio" da família, por isso sua fortuna era a única qualidade que poderia oferecer em um casamento.

Haar vader en moeder trouwden uit liefde. Een schande, zo vinden de adellijke pleegouders van Alida Shenley. Als dochter van een ballerina zonder stand moet ze oppassen niet in de ‘zondige’ voetsporen van haar moeder te treden. Om een volgend schandaal te voorkomen, wordt ze thuis bruut behandeld. Alida krijgt zware straffen en zal nooit mogen trouwen. Maar wanneer ze haar rijke nicht vergezelt naar Rusland, lijken de kaarten anders geschud. Terwijl haar nicht geheimzinnige plannen smeedt, komt de nobele Prins Vorontski op Alida’s pad.

A bela Lucretia Hedley sempre adorou a propriedade Merlyncourt e o seu belo e jovem senhor: o Marquês de Merlyncourt. Ele era o solteiro mais cobiçado de toda a Inglaterra... Mas eis que de repente Lucretia se torna sua esposa e amante através de um casamento arranjado para salvar as propriedades da família do Marquês! Lucretia sabia o quanto ele estava costumado às mais sofisticadas beldades da corte. Poderia ela com a sua pureza e juventude conquistar o amor do Marquês? Será que ele ficará logo entediado e ela acabará por perder seu próprio esposo?

Rimasta senza genitori, Alita Lang vive nel castello dello zio, il duca di Langstone, da cui non è autorizzata a uscire: di fatti non è mai stata vista da estranei, tanto che nessuno sa della sua esistenza. Il suo unico interesse sono i cavalli dello zio, di cui si prende cura con amore. Tutto però è destinato a cambiare quando, all'ippodromo privato del duca, Alita conosce il ricco americano Clint Wilbur, un uomo così diverso da lei, eppure così affine. Improvvisamente il cuore di Alita galoppa più veloce dei cavalli, così forte che è impossibile ignorarlo.

Para fugir dos avanços de Lady Dilys, uma bela viúva que quer obrigá-lo a se casar, o Duque de Ilminster se retira em uma casa de campo construída pela Rainha Elizabeth. Como se sentia feliz ao rever o seu lar encantado que não visitava desde pequeno! Quando se aproximou do pequeno templo místico que protagonizou tantas de suas lembranças, ele percebeu que já havia alguém ali... Quem ousou invadir seu esconderijo secreto? Aborrecido, ele percebeu que a intrusa era uma linda mulher que parecia brilhar com sua pureza branca.

För att hindra lord Sheldon att gifta sig med Fleur Langford planerade Magnus Fane att kidnappa föremålet för sin systersons ömma låga. Men han begår ett misstag och för bort Fleurs syster Delysia i stället. För att hjälpa sin syster bestämmer sig Delysia för att försöka lura sin arrogante fångvaktare så länge som möjligt. När Magnus Fane så småningom upptäcker sitt misstag, ger sig Delysia i väg i en våghalsig flykt, medveten om att hon förlorat sitt hjärta till en man som hon trodde hatade henne.

Engeland, de 16de eeuw. De 18-jarige Lizbeth valt als een blok voor Rodney Hawkhurst, maar de aantrekkelijke zeeman is niet geïnteresseerd in haar: hij wil het geld van haar vader (om een eigen schip te kopen) en de hand van Lizbeths oudere zus. Lizbeth overweegt zich bij de feiten neer te leggen, maar als ze het geheim van haar zus achterhaalt, beraamt ze een gewaagd plan: zich vermommen als jongen en aanmonsteren op Rodneys schip. Maar piraterij is een gevaarlijke onderneming. Avontuur en romantiek, verteld met de vaart en flair die zo typisch zijn voor het werk van Barbara Cartland.

The Duke of Lavenham learns from a letter that the beautiful Lady Penelope who he finds fun and amusing, is telling her friends that she is going to marry him. The Duke is horrified as he has no intention of marrying anyone for many years to come and he hurries to visit Penelope to discuss the matter with her and tell her that he has no intention of marrying anybody. As he is leaving the house, a young girl sobbing hysterically jumps into his carriage and begs him to take her away.

The beautiful Joanna West’s parents had been killed in a very nasty road accident and as she is the only child she inherits her father and mother’s house in the County of Huntingdonshire. When she sees the condition of her house, she realises at once that it will need a great deal of money to be spent on it to make it as warm and cosy as her mother had done.

The lovely red-haired eighteen year old Lady Viola Francis is orphaned. She and her fortune are in the power of her stepfather, the sinister Sir Rudolph Vane. Violas late father, the Earl of Galhampton, was passionately interested in motor cars and from an early age Viola worked with him on his engines. Now she wants to fulfil his ambition to build one that can be sold to the growing numbers of people keen to acquire this new and expensive form of transport. Sir Rudolph, however, has other plans for her and her fortune and wants her to marry the ineffectual Lord Carncross.

Zarina, rica heredera iba a ser casada por su tío y tutor con un anciano noble. Desesperada por la noticia sale a cabalgar y para su sorpresa descubre que "El Priorato" cuyas tierras colindan con las de ella están en subasta por las deudas de su propietario. Al saber que Rolfe, el hermano del fallecido heredero había llegado desde la India para supervisar la subasta, se le ocurre una idea. Con mucha renuencia Ralfe acepta su plan: ella paga las deudas de su hermano y el fingirá ser su prometido y se fugan.

Harto de la guerra, de honores y de mujeres, el Conde de Wynstock regresa a casa, a Inglaterra. Allí estaba su vida pasada y probablemente su vida futura. Lo perseguía la fama de sus hazañas frente a las tropas napoleónicas... pero, él quería ser quien era en realidad. La guerra había convertido a muchos soldados en delincuentes, y su casa estaba tomada por salteadores de caminos. Mas, surgió Vanda. Era una niña cuando el Conde se fue a la guerra, y ahora se había convertido en una mujer. Con su ayuda puso orden en la finca, en la Casa, pero.... ¿ y en su corazón?

Alicia Stanbrook, hija de un escritor muy pobre, acepta la petición de su Prima, Charis Langley, que se haga pasar por ella durante una visita a su tutor, quien es General del Ejército Británico de Ocupación, en Francia. Alicia es una bella provinciana muy tímida a quien no le agrada hacer nada fuera de lo común, sin embargo, al ofrecerle su prima una generosa suma, acepta, sabedora que con ese dinero evitará que su Padre y ella se mueran de hambre.

Jacinda bliver hos faderen, Lord Buckingham Coombe, da hendes mor forlader ham. Men hans skandaløse opførsel bliver skyld i, at hun må opgive sin barndoms elskede og til sidst må sælge slottet og familiens kostbarheder. Som en sidste udvej gifter Jacinda sig med slottets nye ejer, som faderen har svoret evigt fjendskab. Men Jacinda kender ikke til kærlighedens mysterium.

The beautiful Princess Vasila, an orphan, who has been looked after by Baroness von Bergstein in a Grace and Favour house, is astonished when an Equerry arrives to take her to Windsor Castle to see the Queen. She is not told until she arrives that Prince Gadelov of Saralovia, which is a small Balkan State, has appealed to Queen Victoria to give him a Royal British wife so that he can be protected from the grasping Russians. When the Queen tells Vasila that she is to marry Prince Gadelov immediately, she is horrified and very frightened.

El Marqués miró con asombro el cabello de oro blanco y un pequeño rostro encantador de una bella joven, imposible de no mirar. "Ella es diferente de cualquier otra persona, que yo haya visto antes" ¿Quién era? ¿Quién podría ser? Cuando el Marqués supo la verdad sorprendente acerca de ella, sabía que podía utilizar la belleza de esta joven adorable, como un arma secreta contra su enemigo. Así que él, puso en marcha sus planes, astutos y bien elaborados, para vengar un engaño antiguo. Pero no contaba con el espíritu y el coraje de Lydia.

The Earl of Rockhaven calls on his friend the Vicar, the Reverend Simon Wolverham, to ask if his beautiful daughter, Lucinda, will pretend to be his own daughter, Muriel, who is away in Scotland staying with her aunt. Fortunately the girls have similar looks and Lucinda could easily be taken for Muriel. The Earl explains to the Vicar that a certain Baron Schlesinger and his son, Kurt, from Germany have invited themselves to luncheon at his nearby ancestral home and are insistent that his daughter is present for the occasion.

The beautiful Ilena Foringham not only helped her father, who was a senior Member of Parliament, with his speeches but she also assisted Lord Witherington with his. She had always found him a tremendous bore, but when he eventually proposed marriage to her she knew that this was something that she could not bear and that she could never be happy with him. As Ilena realised that her parents also wanted her to marry Lord Witherington, she knew that she had no option but to run away.

The beautiful Alvita who had lost both her parents, was living quietly in her family home in Southern Russia. Her father had been Russian and her mother had been English. Alvita was pleased to receive a visit from her brother, Ivor, but shocked when he told her that they must leave Russia immediately, as a Revolution was inevitable and would start very soon. He had brought with him his friend, Nicholas, who said that he would help them pack up as many of their treasures as they could and make their way to England. Alvita felt a little unsure of Nicholas, but thought that perhaps she might be mistaken.

Para eludir las pretenciones matrimoniales de una millonaria norte americana, el Marqués de Broxbourne fingio estar casado. Era una mentira inocente, pero acabó por convertirse en una trampa. Pronto el Marqués se vio en la obligación de presentar una esposa, o perdería la oportunidad de rehacer su fortuna y su prestigio social. Carola Greton, su joven y soñadora vecina, estaba dispuesta a fingir ser la Marquesa de Brobourne por unos días... pero las cosas iban a complicarse más de lo que uno y otro podían imaginar.