Tyson Dale, ein englischer Major kommt nach 13 Jahren Militärdienst nach Hause zurück. Während er in verschiedenen Schlachten in Indien und Europa gekämpft hatte, starben seine Eltern und der Landsitz der Familie verarmte und wurde sehr baufällig. Sein Großvater, Lord Wellingdale hatte Tyson dem Adelstitel als nicht als würdig angesehen, da die Heiratsurkunde seiner Eltern nicht gefunden werden konnte. Auch das Geld seines Vaters, dem ältesten Sohn Lord Wellingdales, war verschwunden. Tyson wird Zeuge einer geplanten Entführung einer sehr schönen und minderjährigen Erbin, Evangeline Charlwood. Beide – der Entführer aber auch ihr Vormund wollen sie zu einer Hochzeit zwingen. Tyson bringt das Mädchen nach einer tollkühnen Rettungsaktion auf seinen Landsitz 'Revel Royal'. Wird es Tyson gelingen, Evangeline vor einer ungewollten Ehe zu retten? Werden die beiden 'Revel Royal' wieder in seine frühere Pracht verwandeln können?
Der kürzlich ernannte Earl of Avondale, ist seit dem Tod seines Bruders Vormund seiner Nichte Manella. Der Earl hat schon seit jungen Jahren den Familienbesitz verschwendet und versucht nun, sich mit der arrangierten Heirat seiner Nichte zu bereichern. Als er auch ihr Pferd Heron und ihren Hund Flash verkaufen will, reitet Manella weg. Auf dem Schloss des Earl of Buckingdon findet sie eine Anstellung als Köchin, da die Köchin erkrankt ist und der Earl Besuch erwartet. Manella hat von ihrer französischen Großmutter gelernt, französische Gerichte zuzubereiten und sie schafft es alle mit ihren Gerichten zu beeindrucken. Der Earl ist ein hochdekorierter Kriegsveteran und und die junge Manella bewundert ihn sehr. Die Besucher versuchen, Manella zu überreden, dem Earl eine Droge ins Essen zu mischen. Manella gelingt es den Earl vor dieser Intrige und ungewollten Handlungen zu retten und verbringt ein paar schöne Tage mit ihm. Die Missetäter wollen sich jedoch an Manella rächen. Wird Flash sie warnen können? Und wird der Earl sie aus den Händen von Pferdedieben retten können? Werden die beiden die Liebe finden, die sie verdienen?
Der Herzog von Darlington führt das unbeschwerte Leben eines Junggesellen. Das ändert sich schlagartig, als er sein Mündel Felica zu sich nimmt. Vor vielen Jahren hatte er das Kind aus der Gewalt seines brutalen Vaters gerettet und in einem Internat untergebracht. Felica, inzwischen eine entzückende junge Dame, hat nun ihre Ausbildung beendet und soll eine Zeitlang bei ihm leben, bis er den richtigen Ehemann für sie gefunden hat. Darlington spürt bald, daß Felica ganz anders ist als die meisten Mädchen ihres Alters: Wegen ihrer schrecklichen Kindheitserlebnisse hat sie panische Angst vor Männern. Als er sie abermals aus großer Gefahr befreien kann, erkennt er, daß er sich unsterblich in sie verliebt hat. Wie, so fragt er sich, kann er Felica ihre Angst vor Männern nehmen, so daß sie seine Liebe vielleicht erwidern kann?
When a startlingly beautiful young girl with brilliant red-golden hair falls at speed from her horse before him, the dashingly handsome Osric, Earl of Helstone is uncharacteristically caught off his guard. Not only one of the richest men in England but also, in many women's opinion, by far the best-looking, 'The Elusive Earl' as he is known, is accustomed to Society Beauties falling at his feet – but not in so literal a fashion! Rushing to her aid, he finds that the girl has not fallen – but made her horse throw her deliberately in a cunning ruse to talk to him without her groom being aware. She introduces herself as Calista, the headstrong daughter of Lady Chevington and warns the Earl he must decline her mother's invitation to stay at her estate for the duration of the Epsom Races, claiming that her mother is bent on duping him into marrying Calista. Laughing at the claim, the Earl accepts the invitation to Chevington Court – and in no time finds himself tricked into a compromising position, the only escape from which is marriage to Calista – just as she warned. But just he begins reluctantly to accept he must marry the young beauty who, after all, shares his passion for horses, Calista disappears and, at the request of a surprisingly frantic Lady Chevington, the Earl goes in search of her. Finally finding her and her beloved horse performing in a circus, he tries to bring her home but falls foul of a vicious "Strong Man" and is terribly injured. And as she patiently nurses her saviour back to health, Calista realises that she is in love. If only the Earl felt the same way too.
Fábia ajoelhou-se no chão, de mãos postas e cabeça baixa. Escondido na semi-escuridão do quarto, o Duque a observava, fascinado. De repente, notou que ela estava envolta numa luz estranha, que não vinha da lua, mas sim qualquer coisa... sobrenatural! E então, ele compreendeu tudo o que, sempre tinha negado. Como Fábia costumava dizer, havia uma espécie de magia, naquela casa. As vibrações dos seus antepassados, os que lá moraram, permaneciam ali, continuavam no ar e foram essas forças misteriosas que o traíram, pois era ironia do destino, depois de tantos anos de ausência, acabar por encontrar naquela casa, a mulher que lhe estava destinada...,
Fleeing her scheming stepmother and a forced marriage, beautiful young heiress Thelma Fernhurst stumbles across a magnificent house like the Fairy Palace of her dreams. More amazing still, in its grounds she finds a circus, complete with lions and tigers and a Big Top – and loses her heart to its dashing owner, the Earl of Merstone! But the runaway's dream turns to a nightmare when Thelma discovers that the Earl has an evil, scheming relative of his own – and unless a trembling Thelma can save him from a ravenous tiger, the Circus of Love will turn to a Circus of Death!
An innocent eighteen-year-old English Beauty Aldrina becomes reluctant Queen of the sun-kissed Aegean land of Saria after an arranged marriage to a dying King… Now her husband's dead, an evil, depraved Prince lusts relentlessly after her Throne – and her body… Fleeing to an isolated "Fairytale Palace" by the sea, she meets a Greek God in human form as she helps him haul his boat ashore. And this impossibly handsome stranger – the Apollo to Aldrina's Aphrodite – changes her life forever…
It is bad enough that the beautiful Manella's heartless uncle is threatening to sell her adorable English Setter, Flash and her beloved horse, Heron. But when he dashes all her hopes and dreams with a forced marriage to an aging, decrepit but rich Duke, she flees astride Heron with Flash at her heels to a rural village where she finds employment as the Marquis of Buckingdon's cook. Out of the frying pan and into the fire, she is embroiled first in a wicked poison plot and then highway robbery And, as her trusty animals save the day and the dashing Marquis saves her life, Manella realises that she has now lost her heart.
The impoverished daughter of a renowned artist, Vanessa was making ends meet by restoring the delicate miniatures that her father was so famous for. Whilst travelling to a commission she is saved from the clutches of the odious Sir Julius Stone by the dashing, but confirmed batchelor, the Marquis of Ruckford. Ruckford is quite taken by Vanessas exquisite beauty and resolves to help and protect her in any way he can as he said, "lovely women often quite unconsciously court danger". As his words come true and Vanessa foils a Napoleonic plot, he realises his protection has turned into something more. But the Marquis has no plans for marriage. Torn between love and a shameful proposal Vanessa must make a choice. What she chooses and how this changes both their lives, are told in this beautifully visual story, set in Georgian London.
"Você é uma jovem muito sortuda! Você irá casar-se muito em breve com Lord Waltingham! Disse o padrasto de Daniela Colwyn anunciando-lhe que iria casar-se com o seu amigo, a quem ele presava por ser rico e recatado. Daniela Colwyn ouviu, com horror, as palavras do seu padrasto, que iria se casar com um homem que tinha idade para ser eu pai e a quem ela desprezava. Sem pensar, juntou uns quantos pertences e fugiu de casa. Desprotegida, sem dinheiro ou amigos que a socorressem, Daniela viu-se forçada a integrar um grupo de teatro, substituindo uma das cantoras das Belles, que se encontrava doente, e que pertencia a Basil Banks show. Three Belles, espetáculo de Music Hall, iria ao Castelo do Conde de Huntingford alegrar uma festa exclusivamente masculina. Daniela, cantou, com tanta intensidade e emoção, transmitindo na sua performance, rara tristeza e solidão, que o Conde ficou perplexo e arrebatado por ela. Imediatamente se declarou, oferecendo-lhe mais do que amor, a quem estava só no mundo e sem destino seguro. Que iria ela fazer perante este comportamento do Conde? Ela estava presa a uma teia de mentiras e a uma armadilha que não sabia como iria sair…
When the Duke's affair is discovered and he is challenged to a dual by the angry husband, he escapes to Scotland in search of a wife. The Duke's mother invites three society girls to a ball she has organised in their magnificent castle, one of which, she tells the Duke, he must choose as a bride. However the father of one of the girls refuses to send his only daughter, and hatches a plot to disgrace the Duke by sending instead his niece Yseulta, to whom he is bitterly unkind as her father had disgraced the family name. Dressed in a threadbare old black dress, Yseulta is distressed and frightened but happy to be far away from her abusive step-father, and soon falls in love with the beauty of the highlands, the home of her ancestors. But the beauty is tarnished as she discovers a starving family and then, as events turn against her, in desperation she tries to throw herself into the sea. In this beautifully told story, reminiscent of a fairy tale, we discover how love and kindness can truly conquer all.
Jilted by her fiancé Tim, Mela MacDonald felt nothing but despair. Desperate to heal her wounded heart she travels from Canada to war torn England, to work for her Uncle, an important government official in the war effort. But on her arrival she finds her Uncle has been murdered – set on unravelling the mystery of his death, she teams up with Peter Flacton, an up-and-coming politician. As their investigations put them in a compromising position, and still too miserable to care what happens to her, Mela makes a reckless decision. But what she hadn't counted on was meeting Tim again. Told in her own words, Mela describes how they solve the mystery of her Uncle's death and how she discovers where her true love lies, in this passionate adventure of love and intrigue.
Poor Wade. Not only does he have to cope with his immense wealth, a Social standing outranked only by Royalty and the devastating looks that have beauties falling at his feet… now he has inherited the Dukedom of Mortlyn. It is all so boring! Worse still, his staff expect him to waste time accommodating some pretty Rector's daughter. Why? he demands – and to his amusement and scorn he is told the villagers believe she is a 'White Witch' who cures them of all ills. But, when he meets the wise, mysterious and beautiful Selma, his scepticism dissolves. Now and forever, he is utterly spellbound.
Left penniless and alone after her parents' sudden deaths, beautiful young Alina Langley is desperate to earn some money to pay off their debts when, quite out of the blue, her friend the glamorous Denise Sedgewick, arrives at her home from London in a smart carriage. Now a famous Society beauty she has come to ask Alina for help. The man Denise loves has gone to Rome, upset after Denise deliberately made him jealous at a party and Denise is desperate to follow him and win him back. Her plan is to travel with her cousin, Lord Teverton, who is on a special Diplomatic mission for the Prime Minister, but her father will not let her go without a proper chaperone. Since there is no one else she can really trust, she persuades Alina to pretend to be her mother, Lady Langley. Dressed as a sophisticated woman of nearly forty when she is just twenty, Alina meets the unfriendly but handsome Lord Teverton, who is instantly entranced by her. The trouble is, so is the persistently amorous Prince Alberto Borghese, who pursues Alina with considerable determination and cunning. And when Lord Teverton comes not once but twice to her rescue, Alina realises that she has fallen completely in love with him, but how can she explain that she is not the woman of the world she pretends to be but a simple girl who has never before been kissed?
Paris, 1802. The French Revolution is over, but Madame Guillotine still casts a long and bloody shadow over the last of the Aristocracy. In the bowels of the Château de Marigny, the beautiful young Comtesse Lynetta hides in terror – until her Knight in Shining Armour appears. Smitten by her delicate loveliness, the dashingly decadent Darril, Earl of Charncliffe rolls her up in a rug like Cleopatra and whisks her away under the nose of Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Posing as honeymooning newlyweds, they flee with a gang of bloodthirsty revolutionaries hard on their heels and, hardly daring to believe that she has not lost her head to the guillotine, a trembling Lynetta suddenly knows that she has lost her heart.
Lovely Elita Garson knew she must escape. She must be freed from her golden chains to make her own life and her own friends. When she walks out of the luxurious London hotel she has been staying in, she takes nothing but a single suitcase - and her hopes of an independent life. She quickly finds work as an airhostess on a privately chartered plane, and then secures a better job working for the elderly passenger she met onboard. Excited by her new freedom, Elita soon discovers that life has turned very complicated, mysterious and at times dangerous. Complicated by falling head over heels in love with a hotel valet, of whom she knows little about – mysterious and often violent goings on with her new employer, and danger when she is drawn into a web of theft, lies and deception. In this exciting romantic tale set in beautiful Copenhagen, can Elita give up the luxuries she was born to and find the happiness she is searching for?
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 Châteaux of the Loire Valley in France of which the most exciting and impressive of all is Château 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 Château Chaumont, who on an impulse invites them to stay with him in his own sublime Château! 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!
O Duque seguiu seu instinto. Alguma coisa lhe dizia que Elfa tinha procurado refúgio no bosque. Correu pela trilha entre as árvores e finalmente chegou à clareira, onde ficava o pequeno lago, misterioso e encantador. Sobre a relva, viu algo brilhando ao luar. Era o vestido de Elfa. Então, das águas do lago cheias de lírios, surgiu uma figura esguia, uma ninfa etérea, de corpo prateado, como se de uma Deusa de tratasse. O Duque ficou paralisado, sem fôlego, com os olhos fixos naquela visão de sonho. A princípio, pensou que fosse uma alucinação, mas era Elfa, uma criatura linda e completamente nua, saindo da água, voluptuosamente…
A spoilt, rich child with a financier father and an immaculate pedigree, Diana’s a glamorous and beautiful young ‘girl about town’ with an enviable social life. That means she has her pick of London’s most eligible bachelors – including handsome ‘ladies man’ Hugo, Lord Dalk, who pursues her relentlessly, as much for her social standing as for her beauty. But although Hugo ‘ticks all the boxes’, something in Diana tells her she deserves more in a man. So when friends Loelia and Jack Standish introduce her to an altogether different kind of man – their philosopher friend Barry Dunbar, ‘one of the greatest young intellects in Europe’ she’s intrigued. But when she meets him, she hates him. He’s dismissive of her trivial lifestyle and unimpressed by her beauty. Tragically, Diana’s world is turned upside down when her father is found dead by his own hand because his financial empire has crashed, taking with it many companies and countless investors’ precious ‘nest eggs’. Alone, penniless and cast out by the society she loves, Diana runs away from it all, including Hugo, and finds herself work as a teashop waitress, where she falls ill with pneumonia. Only now does she realise she’s in love with Barry Dunbar, only to learn that on his oriental travels, he has become a Buddhist monk. Has she discovered the love of her life just days too late?
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 is 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.