Leona Ruckley lives a quiet life at Ruckley Castle on the Sussex coast, bound by duty to her reckless older brother, Sir Hugh. But Hugh's mounting debts have drawn him into a dangerous alliance with a ruthless smuggling gang that uses the caves beneath their castle to conceal its illicit trade. As Hugh falls deeper under the control of the gang's merciless leader, Lew Quayle, Leona finds herself trapped in a world of deception, violence and secrets.

When Lord Chard arrives at the castle, Leona's situation becomes even more perilous. Determined to destroy the smuggling operation, he poses a direct threat to her brother and to everything she has struggled to protect. Caught between loyalty to her brother and her growing feelings for the man sworn to bring them to justice, Leona faces an impossible choice. And, as the authorities close in on the smuggling gang, can Leona save her brother, or must she sacrifice not only her future but her heart?

Barbara Cartland was the most prolific and popular romantic author of the Twentieth Century enchanting millions of readers with her unequalled tales of pure romance, dashing heroes, beautiful heroines, and of course, her trademark happy endings.



Now, as a tribute to Her Majesty the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee and to Barbara’s enduring appeal to romantics everywhere, her publishers have launched her past collection - The Eternal Collection.



The collection includes - Elizabethan Lover, The Little Pretender, A Ghost in Monte Carlo and A Duel of Hearts which were all in circulation at the time Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952. The books are available at the Kindle Store at Amazon.co.uk – or from Amazon.com.



Ian McCorquodale, Barbara Cartland’s son, said, “My mother would have been so delighted that modern technology can now make her glorious and timeless romances so readily available to new generations of readers all over the world.” weniger anzeigen expand_less