When the Earl of Meridan agrees to cancel Sir Edward Belvil’s enormous gambling debt in exchange for his daughter’s hand in marriage, he expects to wed the beautiful Hester. But Hester loves another, and it is her younger sister, the irrepressible Lucinda, who boldly offers to takes her place.

It promises to be the most talked-about marriage in London society. Yet Lucinda is nothing like the demure blonde bride Meridan had anticipated. Dark-haired and outrageously frank, she possesses a startling knowledge of the world and a spirit that refuses to be tamed.

As Lucinda transforms herself into London’s most fashionable woman, captivates the Prince of Wales and wins the admiration of Meridan’s friends and even his enemies, the Earl finds himself increasingly challenged by his unconventional bride. Her spirited ways and disarming frankness are the very things he cannot understand, or control.

But with Napoleon’s dark shadow falling across Europe and danger threatening Meridan’s very life, will he discover what Lucinda truly means to him before it is too late?

A sparkling romantic adventure of transformation, courage and passion, in which a most unpredictable bride may prove to be the making of her Earl.

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