Kirjahaku

Intends to conjure up a period when addressing work colleagues by their first names was frowned upon, wives could expect to receive a weekly allowance of five shillings from their husbands, and hats were ubiquitous. This title offers an insight into the manners of an England.

El asesinato de tres oficiales ingleses en la India sirvi de aviso para Vincent, heredero del Marquesado de Mawdelyn, de que su vida corr a peligro a su regreso a Inglaterra, ya que los compa eros muertos hab an sido confundidos por l. Mientras tanto, en el Priorato de Mawdelyn, un primo lejano de Vincent hab a asumido el t tulo de Marqu s, pensando que el verdadero heredero estaba muerto. C mo regresa Vincent a Inglaterra y tiene que hacer frente a las maquinaciones de su primo, perteneciente a una secta sat nica, y c mo es ayudado en su lucha por el amor de la joven Charisa Templeton, nos es narrado en esta apasionante novela de Barbara Cartland.*Originalmente publicada bajo el t tulo de: El Impostor por HARLEQUIN IBERICA, S.A.El Amor Ataca a Satan s porHarmex S.A. de C.V.

Shenda se dirige al Castillo Arrow a trav s del Bosque cuando su perro cae en un trampa. En el camino encuentra a un apuesto forastero quien lo libera con facilidad, luego de deshacerse de la trampa el desconocido la toma en sus brazos, la besa y se aleja cabalgando.Poco tiempo despu s, al fallecer inesperadamente su Padre, Shenda se ve forzada a convencer al Ama de Llaves para que le permita quedarse en el Castillo a trabajar.Cuando el Conde regresa, Shenda encuentra un mensaje de un esp a de Napole n.C mo con la ayuda de ella, el Conde descubre quien es el traidor, es relatado en esta emocionante novelada de Barbara Cartland.*Originalmente publicado bajo el t tulo de: -El Beso de Un Extra o por HARLEQUIN IBERICA S.A.-El Beso de Un Extra o por Harmex S.A. de C.V.

When Angus McKeith knocks on the door, the lives of Fiona Windham and her niece and ward Mary-Rose are changed forever. Following the recent death of Fiona's father, Lord Ian Rannock, and sister, Rosemary, the child has become heir-presumptive to her Scottish uncle, the Duke of Strathrannock, who has summoned Mary-Rose to his castle in Scotland. Reluctantly complying, but insisting that she accompany Mary-Rose, Fiona finds the Duke handsome, yet distant and cold. Ostracised by the Highland community after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, the Duchess, and a bitter feud with his father, the Duke has withdrawn from Society and seems an insensitive, even brutal man.Soon, though, as Fiona's innocent beauty warms the Duke's cold heart and love between them blossoms. But when she attempts to solve the mystery that traps him in the past, Fiona finds herself in mortal danger at the hands of a woman possessed by a deranged desire for vengeance.

A bela e ador vel Lady Aletha Ling, aguardava ansiosamente pela sua primeira temporada social. Mas o seu pai, o Duque de Buclington, sabia muito bem que a aristocr tica posi o da sua querida filha, cheia de riqueza e beleza, seria a presa perfeita para todos os ca adores de fortuna. Assim, querendo proteg -la a todo o custo, fez um casamento arranjado, custando a Aletha, todos os seus sonhos t o esperados. Assustada, ela decide fugir, viajando com o mordomo do seu pai at Hungria, onde ele est supervisionando, a compra de alguns belos cavalos. Ambos viajam mascarados, ela vai como sua neta e plebleia. V o para a Hungria e na sua viagem, conhece o Pr ncipe Mikl s, pelo qual se apaixona Mas agora como plebleia, como se poder apaixonar por um Pr ncepe, se fugida, n o tem condi o social para poder se apaixonar por um Nobre. Mas ser que Aletha, revelaria o seu segredo? Ser que o Pr ncepe Mikl s, apaixonado, seria capaz de renunciar a sua Croa? E na Hungria, os violinos ciganos vibravam, enchendo o ar com uma doce melodia de ironia... e s Aletha poderia decidir o seu destino...

Waif-like beauty Elvina is tiny and immature after years of malnourishment and indeed she looks far younger than her seventeen years. Weak, however, she is not. Hardened by years of beatings and abuse at the hands of her half-crazed Portuguese stepmother and sickened by her father's constant drunken behaviour, Elvina is determined to escape Lisbon and flee to her native England. Despite the dangers of the Napoleonic War, which is raging in Spain and Portugal, she dyes her skin to make herself look Portuguese and stows away aboard the yacht of the handsome and heroic Lord Wye, bound for London with urgent dispatches from the Duke of Wellington to the Prime Minister.When she is discovered on board, the kindly Lord Wye believes her story that she is a thirteen-year-old fleeing the War to join her English sister and takes pity on her. He agrees that he will take her to England in his yacht, but first he must call in to Spain for more intelligence to show the Prime Minister and the weather suddenly becomes increasing tempestuous.And amid a terrible storm at sea and captured by the French only to fight their way free, a deep friendship under fire is kindled between Elvina and Lord Wye and soon becomes an all-consuming love when they arrive back in England.And then other dangers to their love for each other begin to emerge.

Young Lady Lettice Burne is outstandingly beautiful with fair hair like sunshine and a flawless pink-and-white complexion. Yet her father, the Earl of Alderburne, desperate to find a wealthy suitor for her to pay off his mountain of accumulated debts, is resigned to the fact that she is immature and empty-headed and therefore unlikely to make the brilliant marriage that he had envisaged for her.So, when the handsome, dashing and rich Maximus Kirby expresses interest in her hand, the Earl is eager to send her to join him in Singapore.Maximus Kirby has been hugely successful in the Far East in trading and has started many profitable businesses that have brought unexpected prosperity to many poor communities.Lettice cannot possibly go to him in Singapore alone. So her sister Lady Dorinda goes, posing as her companion - albeit reluctantly, knowing that she is assuming her usual guise of 'ugly sister' thanks to the disfiguring eczema on her face and body that she has suffered from since childhood.To Dorinda's delight and astonishment the tropical climate miraculously cures her skin complaint and now everybody can see that she is every bit as beautiful as Lettice, including Maximus Kirby.Once in Singapore Dorinda and Lettice face great dangers which Maximus Kirby and Dorinda have to defeat and Lettice becomes more and more determined that she will not marry Maximus Kirby. And will Lady Dorinda finally find the love and the 'Magnificent Marriage' that her disease has always denied her?