The Unwanted Wedding

Barbara Cartland

чэр 2014 · The Eternal Collection Кніга 90 · Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd

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The heart-breakingly handsome Duke of Tynemouth is appalled to find that his torrid affaire dÕcoeur with the alluring Aline, Countess of Langstone, is destined to end, because Queen Victoria insists that he marries one of Prince AlbertÕs German relatives, who is fat and ugly.ÊTo refuse is unthinkable, so, in desperation, he agrees to pre-empt his Monarch by cynically marrying AlineÕs innocent young niece, Honora.The beautiful Honora is horrified at the prospect of marrying a man she has never met, let alone love, but she has little choice.ÊHeartbroken and facing a life without the love she has always dreamt about, a husband who seems to hate her and a wedding night she dreads, she flees and falls prey to an even worse fate.ÊNow that he might lose her forever, the Duke realises that it is not hate for Honora that beats in his heart. It is love!ÊBut has his awakening come too late?

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Barbara Cartland was the world's most prolific novelist who wrote an amazing 723 books in her lifetime, of which no less than 644 were romantic novels with worldwide sales of over 1 billion copies and her books were translated into 36 different languages. As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, theatrical plays and books of advice on life, love, vitamins and cookery. She wrote her first book at the age of 21 and it was called Jigsaw It became an immediate bestseller and sold 100,000 copies in hardback in England and all over Europe in translation. Between the ages of 77 and 97 she increased her output and wrote an incredible 400 romances as the demand for her romances was so strong all over the world. She wrote her last book at the age of 97 and it was entitled perhaps prophetically The Way to Heaven. Her books have always been immensely popular in the United States where in 1976 her current books were at numbers 1 & 2 in the B. Dalton bestsellers list, a feat never achieved before or since by any author Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime and will be best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels so loved by her millions of readers throughout the world, who have always collected her books to read again and again, especially when they feel miserable or depressed. Her books will always be treasured for their moral message, her pure and innocent heroines, her handsome and dashing heroes, her blissful happy endings and above all for her belief that the power of love is more important than anything else in everyone’s life.