Барбара Картленд — библиография

Красавица Ванда Шонберн на своем первом балу вальсирует с прекрасным незнакомцем в маске. Волшебные звуки вальса увлекают их к мечте. Очарование юности и наивное восхищение светом привлекают к девушке восторженные взоры. Ричарду Мелтону приказано изображать русского царя на венском костюмированном балу. Там он знакомится с красивой девушкой в маске. Волшебные звуки вальса увлекают молодых людей к прекрасной мечте. Но обоим есть что скрывать... При венском дворе политические интриги переплетаются с любовными, и Ванду неумолимо затягивает в их сети. Внимание высочайших особ навлекает на нее неприятности, а вспыхнувшее между молодыми людьми взаимное чувство вызывает яростную ревность влиятельной княгини, которая решает погубить девушку...

Jigsaw - первый роман будущей королевы дамского романа Барбары Картленд

Английский виконт знакомится во Франции с прекрасной девушкой и с первого взгляда влюбляется в нее. Но множество препятствий встает на пути их любви. Император Наполеон требует, чтобы юная красавица вышла замуж за его астролога, а виконта желает заполучить первая дама французского двора…

Престарелая куртизанка мадам Блюит отправляется со своей осиротевшей племянницей Мистраль в Монте-Карло. Таинственную графиню Секрет и её прелестную племянницу мадемуазель Фантом сразу же начинают преследовать богатые и именитые поклонники.

St?rmisch, gut aussehend und elegant selbst in der Schlacht, hat der Herzog von Kingswood schon viele Herzen der Sch?nen der Gesellschaft gestohlen. Aber er selbst ist ein Eiszapfen, den niemand schmelzen kann und entschlossen, niemals zu heiraten. Um das Familienerbe zu erhalten z?hlt er auf seinen Vetter Richard, der heiraten und S?hne haben soll. Zum Schrecken des Herzogs jedoch l?sst sich Richard von der Sirene der Society und bekannten Sch?nheit Lady Delyth Maulden einfangen, was schnell zur Trag?die wird als er diese in den Armen eines anderen findet, diesen erschie?t und schlie?lich die Waffe gegen sich selbst richtet. Mit Richard auf der Schwelle des Todes, muss der Herzog nun schnell andere Pl?ne machen....

Als Major Iain Huntley die sch?ne junge Brucena Nairn kennenlernt, rettet er sie vor einer tobenden Menge auf einem Bahnhof in Indien. Doch weit davon entfernt, ihm dankbar zu sein, ist Brucena emp?rt, und zugleich unwissend dar?ber dass Iain Huntleys Order besagt, keine Europ?er nach Saugor reisen zu lassen. Sie ist auf dem Weg zu ihrem Vetter, Captain Sleeman und dessen Frau Amelie, um f?r diese als Nanny zu arbeiten und so ihrem kritischen Vater zu entfliehen, der sich einen Sohn w?nschte und nur Fehler in ihr sieht. Aber Brucena findet viel mehr unter der indischen Sonne als nur ein Obdach bei Freunden…

Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters in Neapel ist die verwaiste, v?llig verarmte Forella gezwungen, nach England zur?ckzukehren. Dort soll sie bei ihrem Onkel, dem Marquis von Claydon, und dessen blasierter Frau leben. Doch die Marquise sieht in ihrem jungen, h?bschen M?ndel eine ernsthafte Konkurrenz und beschlie?t, Forella schnellstm?glich zu verheiraten. Auf einer Abendgesellschaft des wohlhabenden ungarischen Prinzen Janos Kovac wird die Marquise von ihrem Geliebten, dem Earl von Sherburn, einer anderen Frau wegen abgewiesen. In grenzenloser Eifersucht beschlie?t sie, sich zu r?chen. Mit Entsetzen mu? Forella feststellen, da? man sie zu einer Heirat mit einem v?llig Fremden zwingen wird . . .

O Visconde Frome est? apaixonado e pretende casar-se com Claribell Stamford o mais r?pido poss?vel, com uma das mais destacadas beldades da sociedade londrina. Ela ? jovem, bonita, charmosa e rica e na verdade ele a considera como a parceira perfeita. A ?nica desvantagem, ? que ele precisa da permiss?o de seu tio, o Duque de Alverstode, antes de a propor em casamento. O Duque, que ? um homem mais cauteloso e experiente com as artimanhas de aspirantes a mulheres jovens, sugere ao sobrinho, uma visita ? casa de Claribell para conhecer o seu pai, Sir Jarvis, o conhecido propriet?rio de cavalos de corrida. Assim, o Duque poder? conhecer melhor…

The beautiful Lencia is the image of her dear departed Mama and so is still the apple of the eye of her widowed father, the Earl of Armeron. Knowing how deeply Lencia and her younger sister, Alice, are missing their mother, their father promises to take them to see the fabulous historic Ch?teaux of the Loire Valley in France of which the most exciting and impressive of all is Ch?teau Chaumont. But to their chagrin, their hopes are totally dashed when the Earl returns from a trip to the South of France with a new wife on his arm, a stepmother who sees Lencia's beauty as distinct competition for her husband's attention and so she becomes increasingly hostile to the two sisters. Nevertheless the sisters have their hearts set on their French adventure and set off in secret, Lencia disguised in her late mother's clothes and her make-up to look like an older Society lady who is chaperoning the young Alice. By sheer chance they happen to meet on their journey the dashingly handsome Duc de Montrichard, the Guardian of Ch?teau Chaumont, who on an impulse invites them to stay with him in his own sublime Ch?teau! And soon, while Alice's heart is fit to burst with excitement as they start to explore his Fairytale world, Lencia's is becoming filled with love for the dashing Duc. But, tragically, it seems that her love is doomed since it is based on deceit!

After their family mansion burns to the ground, the lovely Erlina Sherwood and her little brother, the 6th Baronet of Sherwood go to the neighbouring estate to ask if they can stay at Meldon Hall. It is just about the only habitable residence in the village left after the Marquis of Meldon on inheriting the family seat disavowed the place and everyone in or near it. Because of his neglect, the Hall has fallen into disrepair – and since local workers and even the Vicar haven't been paid most of the local houses are falling down and most of the villagers have left the area in despair. Expecting only to find the Hall's caretaker in residence, Erlina is taken aback to find a strange man sitting alone in the darkness of the shuttered drawing room – Soon she is discover why the embittered and blind «Wicked Marquis» has so cruelly neglected his people and property. Meeting his greedy, unscrupulous cousin and his beautiful lover, she also realises there are people in the world who far more wicked than the Marquis, with whom she is falling in love.

Things had been bad enough for the inspiring and beautiful young Helga Wensley when her much-loved father died some five years ago, leaving her and her mother in penury. Recently her ailing mother too has passed away, which means that her stepfather, Sir Hector Preston, is now her Guardian. To make matters worse he promises her hand in marriage to a cruel and uncouth man called Bernard Howell, a Fate that she considers worse than dying. As her mother suggested soon before her death, Helga goes for help to her estranged Aunt Millicent, a glamorous actress from the notorious Gaiety Theatre – and her life changes forever. Putting herself forward for a 'role' paying her one thousand pounds in which she pretends to be the fianc?e of the dashing Hugo, Duke of Rocklington, Helga finds herself with the most sought-after bachelor in the whole of the Social world at his fabulous country seat, Rock Castle. And, despite Aunt Millicent's firm instructions not to fall in love with the Duke, Helga is smitten and finds that playing the part of the lovestruck fianc?e requires no acting at all. But all that changes when by chance Helga again meets the dreaded Bernard Howell, who pursues her brandishing his horse whip and she races back to Rock Castle to the Duke to save her –

After an evening dinner with renowned French ballet dancer and beauty, Nicole de Pr?t, handsome young buck about town, the Marquis of Sarne, is stirred from a deep sleep to realise that he has been drugged and then rendered unconscious. And he is in a strange bed in a strange house somewhere in London. Far worse though is the revelation that in his stupor someone has married him to some young servant girl he does not even know by his bitter enemy, Lord Kirkhampton. To avoid the likely scandal and humiliation that his predicament will bring him, he decides to take his 'bride' to his house in Grosvenor Square and there to arrange a divorce as best he can. But soon he realises that this girl was not a willing participant in Lord Kirkhampton's deceitful trick nor is she the plain servant girl he had assumed at first. In fact Romana Wardell is startlingly beautiful and attractive, remarkably intelligent and every bit as appalled by their situation as he is. Then the more that the reluctant newlyweds become acquainted, the less the urgency they feel to put this forced 'marriage' to an early end. Perhaps after all she has the makings of a Marchioness of Sarne!

Der Tod ihres geliebten Vaters hat die kunstbegabte und idealistische Tempera und ihre sch?ne und etwas verwirrte Stiefmutter Lady Rothley ohne Liebe und Geld zur?ckgelassen. Als Lady Rothleys weibliche Reize eine Einladung von niemand anderem als dem Herzog von Chevingham ihn nach S?dfrankreich zu begleiten an Land ziehen, scheint sich das Schicksal zu wenden. Eine Heirat mit dem attraktiven, aristokratischen Duke w?rde das Ende aller Sorgen bedeuten. Aber ohne Zofe anzukommen ist undenkbar, weshalb Tempera sie verkleidet begleitet. Kann diese Reise nach Monte Carlo all ihre Sorgen beenden? Ist es Liebe – oder ist es Betrug?

In St. Petersburg on a mission to glean intelligence for the Prime Minister on the likely intentions of Czar Alexander with regard to the ongoing war in which both Russia and the UK are at war with Napoleon's France, the dashing and eminently eligible bachelor Duke of Welminster is beset by diplomatic problems. The War aside, there is the issue the Princess who is pressing upon him the attractions of her daughter Tania. At thirty-three, the handsome Duke has vowed never to marry but has no choice but to agree to meet the young woman. But when he does, he finds Tania dancing with another young girl called Zoia. This other girl seems to him 'as if she moves amongst trees covered with blossom and the whole world awakens with spring'. Instantly he is entranced. Then when he discovers she is the daughter of famous French composer Pierre Vallon and she plays for him, he is utterly smitten. But after he suffers a near-fatal injury and Zoia and her father are forced to flee the city or die, it seems that love is doomed by War.

When her chaise is damaged in an accident far from her home, the beautiful young Lady Athina Ling has no choice but to stay at a nearby Posting inn while awaiting its repair. There she is appalled to hear the pitiful screams of a young boy who is being savagely beaten by the 'gentleman' who appears to be his Guardian. After bravely going to the child's rescue, Athina discovers that he is Peter, the nephew of the handsome Marquis of Rockingdale whose estate neighbours her own and that he, Peter, is the heir to a very considerable fortune. Seeing the child's horrific wounds, the Marquis agrees to help Athina protect and look after him – but he also needs her help with a great problem of his own. Namely that he must become engaged to be married before Queen Victoria will allow him to take up the important position of State he craves of the Master of the Horse. Which the Marquis is superbly qualified to excel at as he has been closely involved with the breeding and training of horses all his life. So to help protect the boy, Athina agrees to a pretend engagement to the Marquis to satisfy the demands of the Queen. But the threat is far worse than either of them could ever have imagined. As they strive together to save the boy from his murderous stepfather, they begin to realise that their engagement is no longer a pretence and that, in fact, this is love!

The lovely young Nerissa Stanley, her brother, Harry, and their father, a distinguished academic writer on Elizabethan architecture live a threadbare existence in their family home. So when her beautiful elder sister, Delphine, pays a surprise visit to her and Harry and then offers them a large sum of money, they have no option but to accept. Delphine, who abandoned the family several years earlier to marry the rich elderly Lord Bramwell is now widowed they learn for the first time. But she is now set on marrying another rich and prestigious aristocrat – the imperious and handsome Duke of Lynchester. Ashamed of their meagre lifestyle, she demands that her siblings pose as cook and butler in return for three hundred pounds, while she entertains the Duke in style in her ancestral home. But, after the superb dinner is over, the Duke wanders into the kitchen unexpectedly and, instantly transfixed by the beauty, grace and charm of Nerissa, insists that the whole family joins his house party at his magnificent stately house, Lyn, which is not too far away. There Nerissa discovers the secret curse of the Lynchester Dukes that they will never be happy once they inherit the title and then, through her special perspicacity and a vivid dream, when she talks to the ghost of a long dead Duchess, she puts the curse to rest. The Duke's heart is now set forever on Nerissa and he risks life itself and their future happiness in a cunning but perilous gamble when both of their hearts are at stake.

Der gutaussehende und begehrte Herzog von Oswestry l?uft Gefahr von der ebenso sch?nen wie hinterlistigen Lady Marlene eingefangen zu werden, von der er sich gerade nach einer ungest?men Liebesaff?re getrennt hat. Indem sie vorgibt, ein Kind von ihm zu erwarten, will sie ihn vor den Altar schleppen oder, so droht sie, sie wird einen Skandal heraufbeschw?ren, etwas das er niemals akzeptieren k?nnte. Obwohl er bisher immer geschworen hatte, niemals zu heiraten, erscheint es ihm jetzt unausweichlich – bis ihn ein sch?nes junges M?dchen vor seiner Haust?r anfleht, ihr auf der Flucht vor einem teuflischen Plan zu helfen…