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  Love In The Clouds

  Barbara Cartland

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  Although Chandra’s father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world’s most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen. 
  So when the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young Chandra arrives in Nepal in her father’s place.
  An arduous journey through Nepal’s mountains follows, during which Chandra is entrusted with a sacred treasure by a mysterious wise man.  Soon the haughty Lord and the scholarly girl find another treasure that cannot be measured in money – the precious love that lies hidden in the Himalayan clouds.

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  Real Love or Fake

  Barbara Cartland

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  Handsome, athletic and pursued by women wherever he goes, it is hardly surprising that the tall striking Marquis of Kyneston succumbs to the temptation in London of a married beauty called Daphne Burton.
   
              Finding out purely by chance that she intends to entrap and blackmail him in a cynical plot, he decides that he must escape the Society world and so he heads off in his yacht for The Hague in Holland in search of great Dutch art to complete his prestigious Picture Gallery, which the King himself is taking considerable interest in.
   
              In the meantime someone else is also destined for the Dutch City at the same time.
   
              Beautiful young Lela Cavendish is mourning her mother’s death when her stepfather, Sir Robert Lawson, sends for her.
   
              Arriving at the family estate she is appalled to find that he has arranged for her to marry a wealthy much older and extremely unpleasant man whom she has only met twice let alone loves.
   
              Lela and her beloved Nanny flee to Holland to throw themselves on the mercy of her ailing aunt, the Baroness van Alnrardt.  
   
              And soon in The Hague’s Mauritshuis Museum Fate strikes when an art dealer stops to admire Lela’s excellent copy of Vermeer’s Head of a Young Girl and suggests to Lela a terrifying course of action.
   
              And that is to defraud the famously handsome Marquis of Kyneston with her copy of the Vermeer Masterpiece.
   
              But she and the Marquis find out soon enough that there other attractions in Holland besides Dutch paintings.

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  Journey To Happiness

  Barbara Cartland

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  Martina knew that Sir Hugh Faversham adored her. She was uncertain how she felt about him, but she knew she could always turn to him for help. So when her friend, Harriet, begged her for help to avoid a forced marriage, Martina went straight to Sir Hugh with her plan. She proposed that the two of them should ‘marry’, with Harriet taking her place at the altar at the last minute. Afterwards nobody could be sure who was married to whom and they would all escape on Sir Hugh’s yacht and sort everything out later. Sir Hugh tore his hair at her absurd idea, but he could not let his darling take such risks alone. So much against his better judgement, he plunged into the maddest scheme he could possibly conceive. At the last minute they were joined on the yacht by Robin, a young friend of Sir Hugh’s who was immediately attracted to Harriet. While they were falling in love Martina came to know Sir Hugh better and began to understand her own heart. But then, just when she discovered that he was the man she loved, it seemed that a stupid mistake could have left him married to Harriet after all. They would have to part for ever. How they resolved their problems and found the love they sought is told in this romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.

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  Claimed for the De Carrillo Twins

  Abby Green

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  From a USA Today–bestselling author, a woman is forced to marry the man she loved and lost to keep custody of her children in this international romance.  
   
  She’d just whispered one word. “Please.” 
   
  Cruz De Carrillo cannot forget the searing kiss he shared with his shy maid, Trinity Adams. For the moment the Spanish billionaire walked away, horrified at losing his legendary control, Trinity quickly moved on to become nanny, guardian and stepmother to his brother’s sons! 
   
  Now Cruz must protect his orphaned nephews. When Trinity refuses to leave them, he knows there is one solution—a ring on her finger! It’s the only way Cruz can keep her in his castillo, under his watchful eye, and finish what he started—this time in his bed!

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  A Heart of Stone

  Barbara Cartland

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  The beautiful Vanora is helping her uncle, Lord Blairmond the distinguished Statesman who lives in London, to write his autobiography, when she has an urgent call from her brother, Ewen, to return immediately to Scotland.
  	He has just become Chieftain of the McKyle Clan and she wonders why he wants her.
  	The McKyles have for years fought with the MacFiles whose Chieftain is the Earl of Glenfile.
  	The Earl has also returned to Scotland because his father is dying and he has been tricked and deceived by two women he has been having affaires-de-coeur with in London
  	He comes to the decision that he will never fall in love again and trusts no one.
  	Vanora finds when she reaches Scotland that her brother wants her to steal back from the MacFiles the sacred Stone of the Clan McKyle, whose Chieftains have used it down the centuries when they accepted the allegiance of their Clansmen.
  	Ewen has seen that the Earl is advertising for a librarian and thinks that is a good excuse to get his sister into Killdona Castle in disguise.
  	When Vanora refuses to do what he wants, he threatens to have her exiled from the Clan which is something she contemplates in horror.
  	Finally she goes to The Castle, which she finds very different to what she had expected.  It is filled with the most marvellous treasures including books she had always longed to feel and read.
  	She saves some of the Earl’s greatest treasures from being stolen and finally as he is so handsome, she falls in love with him.
  	She is certain that, when he knows who she is, he will never speak to her again and drive her away from his castle.
  	How the McKyles get back their Stone and how the Earl and Vanora find real love is told in this exciting and unusual story by BARBARA CARTLAND.

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  Love And The Gods

  Barbara Cartland

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  Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf.  It is so secret that only his loyal valet, Jenkins, is told.
  The Duke agrees and it takes him to Greece where he had not been for some years.
  He visits King George who is the same age as he is and whom he has known in the past.
  He has been a great success as King, although he was only eighteen when he took over the throne and he is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy.
  The Duke envies them and, although he has been pursued by a great number of beautiful women in London, he has never yet fallen in love.  He consistently refuses to marry although his family beg him to produce an heir to his ancient title.
  Before the Duke leaves Athens, he says that he must visit the Parthenon because he wants to see again the view from the top as it is the most inspiring in the world.
  When he reaches the top, the only other person there is a young and beautiful girl who he senses is about to commit suicide.
  How the Duke persuades Princess Thalia not to throw her life away in such a stupid fashion.
  How he learns that she is being forced by her uncle to marry a Russian Prince she detests.
  How he goes to Delos, the island where the God Apollo was born.
  How, when he is there, he experiences a strange and mystical feeling that cannot be expressed in words.
  Eventually the Duke finds all that he is seeking.
  All his and Thalia’s problems and difficulties are solved not only by the brains of human beings but with the help and guidance of the Gods themselves.
  This is all told in this intriguing and surprising story by BARBARA CARTLAND.

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