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Publisher: Hookline Books
After a row with her mother, Kathryn collects her belongings and slams the door for the final time. It’s 1974 and the beginning of a new life – but how much can Kathryn really leave behind?
The beautiful Lady Celita Dale, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Langdale, is dismayed to hear that her best friend Judy’s father, Lord Waterforde, intends to marry his daughter off against her will to the Duc de Sahran who lives in the exotic South of France and whom she has never even met. Worse still, Judy is secretly in love with a charming young man called Clive Cunningham. Despatched to Provence to meet the Duc at his Fairy tale château the two girls are in despair until the resourceful Celita colludes with the dashing Duc in a subtle deception. To appease Lord Waterforde instead of proposing to Judy, the Duc declares his undying love for Celita, thus freeing Judy to marry her beloved Clive. The ruse appears to work until the Duc’s jealous former lover lures Celita into mortal danger. Just as she realises that she has lost her heart to the handsome Frenchman, she is also about to lose her life –Show book
Handsome, wealthy and some might say spoilt, Hugo, Lord Roxburton, the ‘Don Juan of St. James’s Street’ has all London’s beauties falling at his feet. But, one day when skiing in the mountains above St. Moritz, one of those feet lets him down. In agony from an injured ankle, he’s at the mercy of the icy elements – until a lovely Swiss girl called Utta comes to his rescue. And instantly his whole life and outlook are transformed.Discovering that this innocent young beauty is a gifted skater competing for the Swiss Championship, he’s suddenly revolted by the attentions of high society fraud Carole Munton. When he finds out that Utta is none other than his deceased, older brother Andrew’s long-lost daughter, Hugo is determined to take her to Rox, his English family estate, to meet his sister Pamela and Grandmother Lady Loth.Utta arrives in London bewitched and bewildered by its glamour. How is she to know Carole is lying when she claims to be pregnant with Hugo’s child? How is she to know the evil in her heart or that of the predatory ‘talent scout’ who tries to seduce her? Overwhelmed by the hopelessness of her love, Utta flees to the closest thing to home she can find, working at a tawdry London ice rink where the man who gave wings to her heart can never find her…Show book
By edict of her Godmother, the Queen, lovely young Clotilda is shipped off to an obscure Balkan nation to marry its sexually depraved and sadistic reigning prince… Her reluctant escort: a dashing and devilish Marquis, loved by London Society’s ladies as much as he’s loathed by their jealous husbands… As his innocent young charge is attacked and then kidnapped by murderous brigands, he loses his heart… And the Marquis’s royal punishment becomes an all-consuming labour of love.Show book
The beautiful golden-haired Orlina Runford is the daughter of the renowned author, Sir Nicholas Runford . She lives very quietly in the country helping her dedicated father translate ancient manuscripts from all over the world and, as she is so intelligent, she learns many languages including Ancient Greek. To her surprise her great friend, Lady Sarah Lonslow, arrives unexpectedly, She is the daughter of the Marquis of Avingforde, whose nearby house was burnt down and Sarah had then gone to London after her husband dies and was acclaimed a great beauty. Sarah has come to ask Orlina for a very great favour. Because Orlina has been such a success in the plays they arranged as children, Sarah asks her to pretend to be her chaperone at a party given by the Earl of Kentallan on his superb yacht. Sarah has made up her mind to marry the Earl who was, however, determined to avoid marriage. Because he was so rich and handsome women pursued him relentlessly and Sarah has little chance of succeeding where so many others have failed. At the same time she is determined to have her own way, but the Earl refuses to let her join his party unless she provides herself with a chaperone. The only person she can trust to do it is Orlina, who finally succumbs to Sarah’s blandishments and is dressed in elaborate gowns and hats to conceal her glorious golden hair, Made up as an elderly woman, she goes with Sarah to the Earl’s yacht to find a party of two attractive men and two dancers from the London stage. It is only when they hurry on the Earl’s insistence to the Mediterranean and on to the Aegean Sea that Orlina is convinced that he is on a secret mission on behalf of the British Government. How Orlina dramatically saves the Earl’s life, how he discovers her secret and how Sarah as well as she find unexpected happiness is all told in this exciting romance by BARBARA CARTLAND.Show book
Cat wasn't interested in a brief fling! She'd been hurt in the past by a two-timing fiancé who'd been using her to find out a lucrative secret. She felt she would never trust a man again -- until she met her new neighbor, the dark, enigmatic Caleb Reynolds....The gorgeous bachelor was intriguing, his little son was adorable. Yet Cat couldn't help being suspicious of Caleb's motives. She longed to surrender to his passion, but that would also mean trusting him with her well-guarded secret....Show book
A beautiful Scottish Robin Hood meets her match in the New York Times–bestselling author’s historical romance with a fairytale twist. Max Romanovin, Oxenburg’s warrior prince, is escorting his grandmother to a house party deep in the Highlands when he and his entourage are robbed by a group of ruffians led by a man the locals have dubbed “The Scottish Robin Hood.” The battle-savvy prince instantly realizes there’s something different about this thief, and it’s not just the Scottish accent—it’s the fact that “he” is really a “she.” Lady Murian, a young widow out for revenge against the powerful earl who killed her husband and stole his birthright, is now living in the woods with her family’s banished retainers. To stay alive, she and her band of men rob rich nobles coming to visit the evil earl. But when she ambushes the Prince of Oxenburg’s golden coach, she gets far more than she expected. For when the prince uncovers her true identity, she’s afraid that he might be the real thief . . . of her heart.Show book
