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¿Puede el amor verdadero triunfar cuando el destino de la corona y del país descansa sobre tus hombros? Esta selecta recopilación de novelas de la indiscutible reina del romance, Barbara Cartland, están dispuestas a demostrar que sí, aunque los personajes que las protagonizan no lo tendrán nada fácil. Ya sea una joven reina abrumada por los asuntos de Estado y las amenazas de las intrigas que lo último que espera es enamorarse o una princesa atrapada por la responsabilidad y el destino de un matrimonio arreglado; el amor puede florecer incluso en las circunstancias más difíciles.

"Seré tu canalla, no tu héroe". Herido y devastado, el exduque de Grandhampton, lord Spencer Seaton, regresa a casa de la guerra y descubre que lo ha perdido todo. Su único objetivo es vengarse del hombre responsable de su miseria. Nada lo detendrá… excepto la señorita Joanna Digby: inteligente, sagaz y misteriosa. Es una marisabidilla que oculta su verdadera esencia detrás de una fachada y acaba desvelando que el mismo hombre que arruinó a Spencer ahora amenaza a su familia. Por azares del destino, lord Seaton se encuentra en su camino, y ella, en el de él.

A lady should never pursue a gentleman, nor write scathing exposés about him. Just because Charlotte “Cherry” Lambe understands the rules of decorum doesn't mean she believes in following them. Enjoying the freedom offered by widowhood, she has dedicated herself to promoting the cause of vulnerable servant women in England, determined to set an example in courage for her young daughter. When she receives a tip from an anonymous source, one of the greatest perpetrators in London seems to have fallen right into her hands.

Lassen Sie sich entführen in ein imaginäres Reich königlicher Familien, in dem die Männer steinreich, heiß wie der Teufel und daran gewöhnt sind, jede Frau zu bekommen, die sie wollen. Die Frauen hingegen sind unabhängige, willensstarke Temperamentsbündel, die eigentlich keinen Mann brauchen und vielleicht nicht gerade die idealen Kandidatinnen für den Prinzessinnen-Titel sind.

Margaret Lovell tries her best to love everyone. But when it comes to Lord Blackwell, she doesn't care to succeed. After the young Earl of Blackwell accused her father of cheating and tricked him out of his fortune, she has despised him for causing their disgrace and lack of security. So when she learns that Lord Blackwell is on his deathbed, she cannot help but feel a lack of sympathy. With her family's financial situation worsening, she doesn't have time to think of anything else, especially the man who caused it.

Harriet Pratt's place on the shelf is becoming more firmly solidified with each passing season. When her longtime friend Madison invites her to spend Christmas in the country, it is the perfect excuse for Harriet to escape her mother's disappointed glances. But she soon discovers that Carcliffe Castle is a place of mystery, where new adventures . . . and temptations . . . await around every corner.

She is a shy spinster by day and a celebrated opera singer by night. He is an earl in dire need of a wife—and desperately in love with this season's opera star. Can love blossom out of this tangled web of deception? This is a sweet, cheeky Regency romp where spinsters are merry, rogues are charming, and nothing is at it seems.

Lady Tamsin Bell, daughter of a duke, has everything a lady could want. She has a fine house in London, exquisite ball gowns, and a generous dowry. But she doesn't have Captain Henry Talbot. When artifacts from her private collection start to go missing, Tamsin is on the hunt—and Henry has no choice but to go with her. Because he's always been aware of Tamsin. When he was fighting war at sea, she was all that he could think of. But now that he's back, he's not good enough for her. No matter how tempting she is.

Закоренелый холостяк лорд Дориан Фэлтон не желает жениться, чем сильно огорчает свою любящую мать. Он меняет женщин как перчатки и не горит желанием связать себя с одной единственной. Поэтому, когда судьба сталкивает его с подходящей девицей на выданье по имени Агата Элдридж, леди Фэлтон решает действовать и соединить молодых людей. Только, кажется, сама леди Элдридж тоже не намерена выходить замуж и упрямо ждет своего совершеннолетия, чтобы избавиться от опекунов и самостоятельно решать свою судьбу.

¿Qué ocurre cuando dos amigos deciden intercambiarse a sus hermanas con un acuerdo de por medio? Lord Latimer, Gordon Brown, siempre se ha sentido marginado por la sociedad a causa de su aspecto desgarbado y descuidado, a pesar de ser un barón. Solo gracias a su amistad con lord Beauford, Nicholas Williams, ha conseguido ser aceptado, aunque siga sintiéndose inferior al ser su amigo un duque. Su niñez no fue fácil, pero con el paso de los años trató de mejorar su físico.

Llega la apasionante historia del duque Beauford. ¿Puede un libertino que no conoce el amor enamorarse de una mujer desesperante? Beauford, Nicholas Williams, siempre lo ha tenido todo, pues es un atractivo duque, salvo el amor. Su vida siempre ha girado en torno al libertinaje y el desenfreno, hasta que descubre que está arruinado. Desde ese día se centra en buscar a una rica heredera con quien casarse, pero su mala reputación le cierra todas las puertas.

With his facility for languages and gift for diplomacy, Thomas Pearce is perfectly suited for his recent position in the Foreign Office. Or so he imagines until he receives his first assignment. Instead of a safe consular post in a friendly country, Thomas is going to France to rescue Sabine Rousseau, the illegitimate daughter of Britain's premiere. Sabine and Thomas must make their escape, and it won't be easy. Her uncle considers her a ticket to curry favor with Napoleon and won't let her disappear without a fight. To avoid detection, the couple must pretend to be amorous newlyweds.

Eleanor Palmer is relieved when her fiancé cries off the marry another woman but horrified when he suggests the dissolute Marquess of Grenville as a replacement. Eleanor may claim descent from the lusty King Charles II, but this proper English lady has no interest in the pleasures of the flesh. She'd rather read the Classics. Nathaniel St. Clair is infamous for his wicked ways—drinking, gambling, and fornicating—but he's willing to give up all but one of his vices to initiate the lovely Miss Palmer into the joys of lust. Maybe a little dirty Latin poetry will aid his cause.

When Laura Farnsworth discovers the blood-stained body of a man wearing the distinctive red coat of the British army, her first instinct is to let dead dogs lie. But then the man proves himself to be very much alive by grabbing her ankle and mumbling incoherently. After twenty-five years in His Majesty's service, Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Langston never expected to wake up in heaven, much less being tended an angel. An angel who happens to be an American. As the long-widowed Laura nurses him back to health, the attraction between them heats from a simmer to a boil.

Lady Jane St. Clair should be happy. After all, she's betrothed to the man she adores. But the Earl of Chester is a notorious rake who has dallied with London's loveliest women, and "Plain Jane" can never hope for his fidelity. Unless she can find another way to compete... Gerard Nash is resigned to a lustless marriage and, for appearances, has given up his mistress. But celibacy is not for him, and in the weeks before his wedding, he frequents London's poshest brothel. There, a masked woman with the body of a goddess brings him exquisite pleasure. There's just one catch.

Lord Waincliffe breaks his horse’s bridle out one day and calls at the nearest house for help so that he can ride home in safety. It belongs to Terence Stourton, a Professor of Literature, and he meets his daughter, Rosetta, who repairs the bridle for him. Not only does he think that Rosetta is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, but he feels there is something unusual about her. Only when he returns home, does he realise that she bears an extraordinary resemblance to his sister, Dolina.

Thomas Clark is a wealthy aristocrat. Sandy Price was the girl next door. They grew up spending their summer holidays on the same country estate, but Sandy couldn't stand Thomas and he hasn't crossed her mind since. Years later, an unexpected turn of events brings Thomas back into her life. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Thomas is set to inherit everything on one condition: he marries Sandy Price - otherwise the entire estate will go to charity. Thomas must find a way to make this happen.

Wild and carefree Winifred Langston has nursed a crush on her best friend's older brother for years, but Conrad Pearce has never deigned to notice her. Little does she know that Conrad has been concealing his attraction to her beneath his stuffy, respectable exterior. But when Conrad hears of Freddie's plans for one last wild caper before she's sent to London for her first season, he's convinced to teach her a well-deserved lesson. He intercepts her disguised as a highwayman only to find he can't resist the sensual beauty hidden beneath the maddening hellion's exterior.

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful Policeman. At the same time the beautiful Temia Brandon is returning home from her Finishing School in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning, again. Temia discovers that her father has been hiding a dark secret for many years and is now being blackmailed by the odious Lord Alphonse who threatens to reveal the secret and ruin the family’s reputation.

Scotland, 1750, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. Iona’s mission is to gain the trust of the Duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a "pretender", Iona struggles to hold her nerve.