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Handsome, distinguished and decidedly dashing, Theo, the Duke of Eaglefield, has the world, and most of its women, at his feet. But he takes all this attention for granted and is becoming tired and bored by it all.   In fact his friend, Harry Hampton, tells him that he has no concept of the challenges and complexities faced by the ordinary man and that the people he encounters see only his riches and rank rather than the man himself. Protesting that this is untrue, Theo accepts Harry’s challenge to walk the fifty miles from Brighton to his house, Eagle Hall, in Berkshire incognito and mixing with commoners along the way. He stands to lose his finest pair of horses should he fail and so he sets forth, leaving behind the glamour of Brighton’s Beau Monde. The second morning of his pilgrimage, Theo comes across a beautiful young girl, Alysia, standing precariously at the edge of a deep pool next to a weir. She seems to be praying and, instinctively, he knows that she is about to plunge to her death in the river. After leading her to safety he hears all about her cruel and grasping stepfather who murdered her mother and who is now bent on seizing her sizeable inheritance by marrying her off to his friend, Lord Gosforde with whom he will share the spoils. Theo is transfixed by Alysia, thinking it quite ‘impossible for anyone to be so beautiful’.  Almost instantly he finds himself falling in love with this ‘very young angel who has fallen out of Heaven by mistake’ and he decides to take her on his journey on foot. But can he keep Alysia away from her murderous stepfather and be able to reach the safety of Eagle Hall unscathed?  

With the death of her mother, her father’s subsequent suicide by drowning in the English Channel, all in the foreboding shadow of imminent war, the beautiful young Fleur Garton is vulnerable to say the least. Even more so when her new love, Lucien, a French airman, is killed just two weeks after the Second World War is declared and followed after by the death of his mother.Left bereft and alone at a remote Château in German-occupied France, Fleur has to find a way home to England before the Germans discover her and in a French Resistance safe house she meets and falls in love with another airman, Royal Air Force pilot Jack Reynolds. Sadly her heart is about to be broken once more on arrival in England after a gruelling voyage of escape from France. Desperate to escape Jack’s family home, Fleur seeks employment at Greystone Priory as housekeeper-companion to the ailing mother of the renowned motor car tycoon, Sir Norman Mitcham. Instantly she falls in love with the grandeur and beauty of the house and with the arch but kindly Mrs. Mitcham. But, although she takes an intense dislike to Sir Norman, who seems cold, ruthless and aloof, she decides that this is where she will achieve her aim, ‘to hate all men, to dispense with love in her life and forget about it’.Gradually, though, as she begins to discern the man behind the façade, she warms to Sir Norman. And perhaps her heart is ready for a different kind of love from a man who will never ever break it.

Ophelias bösartige Stiefmutter, eine verführerische Schönheit, lässt keine Gelegenheit aus, ihr das Leben zur Hölle zu machen, direkt unter den Augen ihres Vaters. Eines Tages trifft sie in ihrem Salon zufällig den Grafen Rochester, einem engen Freund des Prinzregenten, der gekommen ist, um ihrer Stiefmutter einen Besuch abzustatten, wie so viele Verehrer vor ihm. Doch der Zufall will, dass Ophelia Graf Rochester nicht nur die Wahrheit über Ophelias Leben erfährt, sondern auch über das Geheimnis seines Verwalters. Er entschließt sich, Ophelia zu helfen – mit schicksalshaften Folgen

Lady Roberta Worth verbringt eine freudlose Kindheit im Haus ihrer Großmutter, bis sie als Sechzehnjährige den Entschluss fasst, ihrem Vater, der ein abenteuerliches Leben führt, nach Paris nachzureisen. Von nun an begleitet Roberta den Earl of Wentworth durch Europa und Nordafrika. Am Sterbebett ihres Vaters verspricht sie, nach dessen Tod nach Kalifornien zu fahren, um dort ihre Tante ausfindig zu machen und ihr ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Als das junge Mädchen sein Ziel erreicht, erfährt es, dass die Tante bereits gestorben ist. Um den kleinen Waisenjungen Danny, den Roberta sofort in ihr Herz geschlossen hat, zu beschützen, bleibt sie als  Haushälterin des unfreundlichen und geizigen Pfarrers in Blue River. Als der Geistliche nach einem heftigen Streit einem Herzanfall erliegt, verlassen sie und der kleine Danny fluchtartig das Dorf. Sie finden Aufnahme bei Adam, einem jungen mittellosen Maler. Roberta und Adam fühlen sich sehr zueinander hingezogen, und aus Angst vor den Konsequenzen ihrer Leidenschaft läuft Roberta davon...

1815 nach Napoleons Niederlage tanzt der Wiener Kongress. De Prinz von Metternich, der größte Diplomat und erfahrenste Liebhaber Europas, spielt eine zentrale Rolle. Doch er ist verzweifelt, weil der russische Zar dem Fortschritt des Kongresses im Wege steht. Doch dann tritt die schön Elisabeth Schönborn in sein Leben, ohne einen Heller und seines Schutzes bedürfend, und erklärt sich bereit als Spionin Österreich zu dienen. Ein Spiel von Schlag und Gegenschlag verwirrt sie zunehmend als sie sich noch dazu in den Engländer Richard Melton verliebt. Beide haben einflussreiche Feinde….

Returning to his family estate after a long absence in India serving under the much-loved and now-deceased Viceroy, Michael, the handsome Earl of Rayburne, is appalled to find that his estate and the local village have gone to rack and ruin. It seems that his uncle to whom he had entrusted them has embezzled everything that the Earl owns, including the contents of Rayburne Castle and has decamped with his loot to America. Penniless and unable to pay the estate’s workers and pensioners, who are on the verge of starvation, he has no choice but to throw himself on the mercy of Lord Frazer, the owner of the neighbouring estate and his family’s bitter enemy in an age-old land dispute over a wood. To the Earl’s astonishment the hateful Lord Frazer offers him not a loan but a gift, amounting to fifty thousand ponds, in order to combine their two estates. But there is one other condition. The Earl must marry Lord Frazer’s young daughter, Ansella, whom he has never even met. Although now he can begin to rescue the estate and its people from ruin, the Earl is in despair, certain that Lord Frazer’s daughter will be an ugly harridan who can never become the beloved ‘Lady in the Castle’ like his late and much-loved mother. But everything changes when he finally sees his bride after their Marriage Service. She is beautiful! Her face is heart-shaped and her hair is pale gold like the sun at dawn – little wonder that soon the young Earl of Rayburne realises that he is falling in love.

Lady Isabel Fane flieht in aller Eile aus England – ihr einziger Gedanke ist, ihrer gemeinen Stiefmutter zu entkommen. Ihr Bruder hilft ihr und bucht die Schiffsreise nach Indien für sie – mit einer falschen Identität. Dort angekommen würde sie ihren Onkel Colonel Hobart aufsuchen. Aber schon an Bord gibt es Schwierigkeiten – der gutaussehende Major Meredith erkennt sie aus der Kaserne ihres Bruders wider und tut alles, um ihre wahre Identität aufzudecken. Aber das Abenteuer endet nicht mit der Seereise. Einmal in Indien angekommen, trifft sie auf Unruhen und drohenden Krieg. Und auf einmal liegt ihr Schicksal in der Hand von Major Meredith…

Der Marquis von Ruckford war nicht nur reich, ein herausragender Sportsmann und ein Kunstkenner, sondern auch ein gutaussehender Junggeselle, der keinesfalls heiraten wollte bevor ihm nicht der Sinn danach stand. Vanessa war eine arme Malerin, die ihr Geheimnis vor der modischen Welt des Londons des Prinzregentens geheim hielt. Als Ruckford sie aus den Klauen Sir Julius Stones rettete, warnte er sie daß schöne Frauen oft schrecklichen Gefahren ausgesetzt seien. Seine Worte würden wahr werden, denn Vanessa sollte viele Risiken eingehen um den Prinzregenten zu retten bevor die Lippen Ruckfords von den ihren Besitz nehmen würden.

Zum ersten Mal ist der gutaussehende, selbstsichere Earl von Helstone richtiggehend überrascht. Die junge Dame hatte im Park allem Anschein nach einen furchtbaren Sturz von ihrem Pferd erlitten und der Earl lief ihr zu Hilfe. Doch dann begriff er, dass sie es nur gespielt hatte. Sie stellt sich dem verdutzten Earl als Virginia vor und bittet ihn darum, den Gesellschaften ihrer Mutter fernzubleiben - denn Lady Chevington hatte beschlossen, dass es an der Zeit war ihre sture Tochter mit dem Earl zu verheiraten. Und sie hat einen gerissenen Plan. Doch der Earl ist nur vage amüsiert von Virginias Geschichte - bisher hat es noch keine von Londons Schönheiten geschafft, ihn vor den Altar zu schleppen. Aber vielleicht hat er es diesmal mit einer überlegenen Gegnerin zu tun...

The beautiful Belinda Lanwick has not attended the dinner party given by her cousin as she is still in mourning following the death of her beloved father. However, when the guests were leaving, she saw Lord Ian Cheddington and thought him exceedingly handsome. She knew that he was one of the most sought after young men in London and was considered the most eligible bachelor in the Social world.

The beautiful Martina Bradshaw has sadly lost both her beloved father and her loving mother. They live in the little Kent village of Preston Bailey where her father, a talented musician, had written his music, which had never been successful with the public. Now Martina has to find a way of making money to pay her household of Mrs.

Sir John Gilmour has received a letter from his old friend Gavron Murillo, who lives in Paris to say that he only has a very short time to live and wants to see him urgently before he dies. Gavron, who was of Oriental appearance and a very rich man, had helped Sir John and his father with their finances when they had been almost on the point of bankruptcy and he had made them very wealthy.

The beautiful Lady Diana Dinsdale’s father has died and shortly afterwards her mother dies as well and she is heartbroken at the loss of both her beloved parents. After the Earl of Dinsdale’s death, her mother had married again to William Walker, a rich businessman who is cynically seeking to improve his standing socially to help his financial interests to make him even richer.

The beautiful Vanessa Shotworth was being made extremely unhappy at the way she was being treated by her stepmother while her beloved father was away in India with his Regiment. When she was late for breakfast because she had been out riding on a lovely summer’s morning, she was humiliated by her stepmother by being told to scrub the kitchen floor or she will not be given anything to eat.

Since the death of her almost bankrupt father, the beautiful Andrea Clerefall has been reduced to the status of a drudge under the stern eye of her stepmother and her two unpleasant stepsisters. Her only friend is her late mother’s old Nanny, Hattie, who is teaching her the art of embroidery. When Andrea encounters by chance the new Viscount at nearby Mannerly Hall and falls for his considerable charms, she never dares dream that her fortunes will soon be closely entwined with his.

When Madelina Winston, a beautiful American heiress, arrives in England, she has at first only one thought on her mind, to try and trace her late father’s English family. Her stepmother, Mrs. Winston, has other ideas. Madelina might have beauty and a fortune, but as far as Mrs. Winston is concerned she lacks the crowning glory of life, an English title.