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The Winning Post is Love (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 91) (EN)
Lord Waincliffe breaks his horse’s bridle out one day and calls at the nearest house for help so that he can ride home in safety. It belongs to Terence Stourton, a Professor of Literature, and he meets his daughter, Rosetta, who repairs the bridle for him. Not only does he think that Rosetta is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, but he feels there is something unusual about her.
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The Queen Wins (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 94) (EN)
The Honourable Richard Brooke, the younger son of the Earl of Grandbrooke becomes a close friend of Prince Ivan of Karlova. The Prince however does not use his title as he is incognito. He is therefore known as Ivan Sazon. As is usual in aristocratic families, Richard, as the second son is ordained and is then appointed to a Parish in Oxford.
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The Duke is Deceived (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 97) (EN)
Princess Zelda of Brienz in Switzerland is being harassed by her father to marry a King or Prince of one of the small countries of Europe. Zelda is very beautiful and determined when she does marry it will be for love and only love and she cannot possibly fall in love with any of her father’s suitors.
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A Rose in Jeopardy (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 100) (EN)
On a hot summer’s day in 1880 the beautiful Lady Rosella is cutting a basket of blooms in her beloved Rose Garden at her aunt’s house in Hampshire. It is her seventeenth birthday and no one remembers it except for Thomas, the gardener’s boy. Later she is driven to Winchester and has an unpleasant encounter with two raucous gentlemen in the local tavern before going on to fit her first ball gown that her aunt has given her the money for just before she died.
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Falešná guvernantka
Lady Lolita Vernonová, dcera zesnulého hraběte z Walcottu a Vernonu, se rozhodne utéci z domova. Nic jiného jí, zdá se, nezbývá, pokud se nechce podřídit svému nevlastnímu otci, který se ji snaží dotlačit ke sňatku se svým obchodním partnerem.
Na útěku se dívka setká s malým chlapcem, Simonem, jehož týrá jeho nevlastní matka. Lolitě je malého chlapce líto, proto se s ním domluví, že ho zaveze k jeho strýci, lordu Seabrookovi, který žije u jezera Ullswater. Lolita se vydává za Simonovu guvernantku, aby s chlapcem mohla zůstat.
Na hradě se však objeví také lady Cressingtonová, která se chce za lorda Seabooka provdat, a přítomnost jiné krásné mladé dámy se jí nehodí. Podaří se Lolitě utajit před svým nevlastním otcem, kde se schovává? A jak dopadne její střet s lady Cressingtonovou? A najde dívka štěstí, které celou dobu hledá?
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Love and the Gods (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 95) (EN)
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.
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A Prayer for Love (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 98) (EN)
Dalma Wickham, having been in Athens to learn Greek, arrives at a British Steamer to return to London to find that they will not allow her dog, Twi-Twi, on board. Because she is turned away from the British ship, she walks round the quay and sees a most magnificent yacht. While she is admiring it, a bomb goes off at the end of the quay and the seamen leave the yacht to see what has happened.
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The Mountain of Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 93) (EN)
When the Duke of Barningforde was told by his second son, Alastair, that he had married an actress in Paris without his approval, he exiled Alastair from England with only a very small allowance. His wife, Grace, actually came from a good Scottish family and was not an actress, but had a very fine soprano voice and sang with a famous French orchestra.
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Joined by Love (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 96) (EN)
Beautiful Lady Lucilla Welton is all alone in the world, having lost both her parents in a tragic accident. She has nowhere to go and so she stays with her cruel and distant Aunt Maud, who wants to marry her off as soon as possible. An ardent suitor is at hand – the rich Texan, Harkness Jackson – but his proposal is not one Lucilla could ever contemplate.
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Love Conquers War (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 99) (EN)
After the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent Army of Occupation in France, the Earl of Monthurst returns to his ancestral home in England to find it in a very bad condition. Because labour had not been available during the war, The Hall, which goes back to Tudor times, was badly in need of repair, while the farms on his extensive estate were untenanted and the fields unploughed.
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They Touched Heaven (Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 92) (EN)
The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful Policeman. At the same time the beautiful Temia Brandon is returning home from her Finishing School in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning, again.
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The Trail to Love (Barbara Cartland s Pink Collection 82) (EN)
The beautiful Elissa Valentine has no idea what lies in store for her after the death of her beloved Papa, who was a talented artist. She travels to Yorkshire to start a new life at Fellbrook Towers as a companion to her fearsome grandmother, Lady Hartwell. She soon discovers that the luxurious lifestyle at The Towers is under threat from the wild gambling of her handsome and impetuous cousin, Falcon.
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Love at Last (Barbara Cartland s Pink Collection 85) (EN)
The handsome and eligible Prince Ivan of Rusitania urgently needs to find a bride who is very young, very pretty and very rich. His cousin, Prince Peter of neighbouring Voskia, is determined to prevent him marrying as he intends to inherit Rusitania. He needs revenge on Ivan. Peter invaded Rusitania hoping for a quick victory, instead he suffered a disastrous defeat.
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A Miracle of Love (Barbara Cartland s Pink Collection 88) (EN)
Prince Nicolo of Vienz is irritated by his family and his Prime Minister continually begging him to be married for the sake of his country and to prevent it being taken over by a neighbour. He finally agrees to meet Princess Marziale, the daughter of the ruler of Bassanz. However when she arrives, the Prince learns by accident that she is very much in love with the Comte who had been sent to escort her to Vienz.
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A Royal Love Match (Barbara Cartland s Pink Collection 83) (EN)
At The Battle of Worcester in 1651, Prince Charles with thirteen thousand troops, both English and Scottish, is heavily defeated by Oliver Cromwell and flees to France. Clive More escapes the battlefield to a friendly house and is saved from Cromwell‘s men by the Nanny of Alissa aged nine. Nanny disguises him as a girl and hides him in her bedroom.
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Search for a Wife (Barbara Cartland s Pink Collection 86) (EN)
The Marquis of Milverton strides into White‘s Club in a high state of irritation as he is being pestered by his family to take a `suitable‘ girl for his wife. He is not surprised to find that his aristocratic friends are suffering the same pressure and they gather together to complain about their plight.
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