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  The Tree of Love

  Barbara Cartland

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  Devastated by the treachery of the woman he loves, the Marquis of Kenworth leaves London and the Prince Regent’s intimate circle of pleasure loving friends, to join the Duke of Wellington’s army as plain Captain Ivan Worth.
  
  Facing hardship and the grim reality of battle he is convinced that no woman can ever be trusted to love him for himself, rather than his title, and turns his back on romance forever. Now, wounded by a shell from a French gun, he is in Paris, an invalid guest of his close friend the Duke, waiting for his wound to heal and nursing his broken heart.
  
  Into this house of despair comes Shenda, the beautiful daughter of Lord Linbury, who is orphaned after the death of her esteemed, but poverty stricken father. Alone in the world, she has travelled to Paris to fulfill her father’s last wish that she seek the protection of his old friend, the Duke of Wellington.
  Still celebrating his victory at the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke quickly realises that his new ward is young and innocent, as well as beautiful. Knowing that his reputation with women precludes Shenda from staying in his own house, he sets her the task of nursing Captain Worth.
  Despite her patient’s rages and his obvious disgust for women, Shenda enthusiastically sets to work, using her mother’s traditional herbal remedies in place of the synthetic medicines prescribed by the French doctors.
  But are Shenda’s powers of healing enough to make the cantankerous Captain change his mind and allow her to stay? Or will he cast her out onto the dirty, rough streets of Paris? As she plays her music for him, putting her heart and soul into every piece, can she soothe his troubled mind as well as heal the bullet hole in his shoulder?  Or will she be cast out onto the streets of Paris to fend for herself ?

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  Hide and Seek For Love

  Barbara Cartland

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  Intrigue and imminent danger await the young men brave enough to join ‘The Great Game’, the political conflict between the British and Russian Empire, and Captain David Ingle is one the bravest as he saves a Fort in India from attack, disguised as a Muslim Holy Man.
  
  Returning to Calcutta, David is congratulated by the Viceroy for service to his country, but warned that the Russian agents he thwarted now threaten his life. More importantly his grandfather, the Marquis of Inglestone, has died in an accident and the family title and estate is his.
  Excited at returning to England to see Ingle Hall and the lovely grounds he remembers from boyhood, he is horrified to discover that his eccentric grandfather had become a miser and allowed the estate to fall into disrepair, refusing to spend a penny on it. Even more oddly, he had withdrawn the large family fortune, in coinage, from the bank and hidden it.
  David finds Ingle Hall dilapidated and without any servants. The only ray of light is discovering the presence of a distant cousin, Bernina Falcon, and her nanny.
  Bernina is beautiful, young and very innocent, and they grow closer daily as they hunt together for the hidden treasure. 
  Just as they are exhausting their search, a girl from David’s past in India arrives, Stella Ashworth. She is stunning, sophisticated and very interested in David - now she knows he is the Marquis. Determined to get her man, Stella will stop at nothing to get a ring on her finger. 
  With threats from the Russians, pressure from Stella and the constant fear of poverty and letting down the village that rely on him, David is beset on all sides. The only person that offers him constant support and encouragement is Benina, but will that be enough to save Ingle House and all that live and work there?

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  Paradise Found

  Barbara Cartland

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  After the death of her beloved mother, the beautiful young Salrina Milborne and her father, Lord Milborne, have found themselves in straitened circumstances.
  	And now that her father has hurt his leg in a riding accident he is unable to complete the training of the horses they depend on for their income. 	Reluctantly Lord Milborne has agreed to sell one of his most precious thoroughbreds and, against his better judgement, he allows Salrina to ride unaccompanied to complete the sale some distance from their Manor House. 
  	When a vicious storm strikes, Salrina takes shelter in the stables of a Posting inn and there she overhears a conversation that will change her life. 
  	An English aristocrat is scheming with a sinister Frenchman to assassinate the Prince Regent at one of his extravagant parties at Carlton House in London!
  	In the middle of the War against Napoleon this would have a devastating effect on British morale and would hand a considerable advantage to the French Emperor.
  	Terrified, Salrina takes the news to the haughtily handsome Alaric, the Earl of Fleetwood, who at first believes that her story is a ploy to gain entry to his exclusive parties. 
  	She dislikes the arrogant Earl intensely, but is impressed by his magnificent houses in London and the country. 
  	But gradually, as she discerns his heroic hidden qualities, her hate turns to an all-encompassing love.

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  Magic From The Heart

  Barbara Cartland

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  When the lovely but demure eighteen-year-old Safina, daughter of the Earl of Sedgewick, is called home from her Finishing School in Florence by her stepmother, Isobel, her heart leaps at the happy thought of going back to her beloved home, Wick Park, and seeing her father again after living abroad for so long. 
  But to Safina’s dismay, Isobel has summoned her to return under false pretences to force her to marry the penniless Duke of Dallwyn, a gentleman she does not even know, let alone love! 
  The Duke too has been duped and Isobel is using blackmail to coerce him into this marriage with Safina. 
  So the reluctant bride and bridegroom meet for the first time at the altar in the family Chapel at the Duke’s house to seal their terrible fate. 
  The whole plot is designed to ensure that the wicked Isobel can get her grasping hands on the enormous fortune left to Safina by her adored late mother. But, as the Duke discovers before very long, there is much more to the beautiful Safina than meets the eye. 
  Finally events conspire to prove to all concerned that the magic of love is infinitely more powerful than evil.

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  Pursued by the Rich Rancher

  Catherine Mann

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  USA Today–Bestselling Author: A millionaire cowboy must woo a single mom to earn his inheritance—but can he earn her trust? 
   
  Single mother Nina Lowery could never understood the sex appeal of cowboys—until she brought her autistic son to a weeklong horse camp. Four-year-old Cody was mesmerized by the experience—and Nina had similar feelings when she met the wealthy rancher in charge. 
   
  Seduction wasn’t part of Alex McNair’s plan to earn his piece of his family’s estate. Yet plans have a way of changing. Nina and her little boy hold the key to Alex’s future. Breaking the promise he made to his dying grandmother is not an option. But neither is breaking Nina’s heart . . . 
   
  Praise for the novels of RITA Award winner Catherine Mann 
   
  “Marvelous.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Brilliant . . . gripping emotion.” —New York Times–bestselling author Dianna Love 
   
  “A great read.” —Booklist

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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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