Afraid

Barbara Cartland

mars 2024 · The Eternal Collection Bok 337 · Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd

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A chance accident leads the Duke of Darlington to visit some cousins in their country house.  Horrified by what he finds, he rescues a young child and sends her to the safety of a convent in France.

Having all but forgotten about the child he saved, five years later, on the death of her father, the Duke is once again called upon to look after the girl he barely knows. Felica has transformed from the thin and tortured child she was, but despite her newly gained wealth and beauty, her painful childhood memories have left her battered and scared – the lovely Felica is afraid of men.

Pausing his personal glittering society life, the Duke embarks on a charge to help the lovely Felica overcome her deep-set fears. But as he tries to introduce her into society, one man is determined to have her and take her fortune for himself. When the Duke saves Felicia from an attempted abduction, how far will her wicked cousin go to get what he wants? Set in Paris, as the city is rebuilding after the revolution, this compelling tale shows just how transformative true love can be.   

Om forfatteren

Barbara Cartland was the world's most prolific novelist, having written an astounding 723 books in her lifetime, including 644 romantic novels that achieved worldwide sales of over one billion copies and were translated into 36 different languages. In addition to romantic novels, she also authored historical biographies, six autobiographies, theatrical plays, and advice books on life, love, vitamins, and cookery. Cartland penned her first book, "Jigsaw," at the age of 21, which became an immediate bestseller, selling 100,000 copies in hardback in England and throughout Europe in translation. Remarkably, between the ages of 77 and 97, she increased her literary output, writing an incredible 400 romances to meet the global demand for her work. She wrote her final book at the age of 97, prophetically titled "The Way to Heaven." Her popularity was immense in the United States, where in 1976 her current books held the number 1 and 2 spots on the B. Dalton bestsellers list simultaneously, a unique achievement. Barbara Cartland became a legend in her lifetime, particularly cherished for her romantic novels. Her works are treasured for their moral messages, pure and innocent heroines, handsome and dashing heroes, blissful happy endings, and above all, her belief in the power of love as the most important aspect of life. Her millions of readers around the world continue to collect her books to read again and again, especially during times of misery or depression, finding solace in the love and happiness that define her stories.