Love for Sale

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Barbara Cartland

Pandia looked down at the book in her hand. Then as if he could not wait for her answer Lord Silvester asked: "Have you thought about me?" "It would be... difficult to think of anything... else." "That is what I hoped," he said. "Your face is always before my eyes, and even when you are not there I feel you beside me." He paused, then he said: "Look at me! I want to see your eyes! I want them to tell me what you think." The way he spoke made Pandia quiver, and once again the flicker of fire was there. She knew as they moved within her that she wanted him to kiss her, and she was afraid when he looked into her eyes that he would know exactly what she desired. Very slowly she obeyed him because it was impossible to do anything else. As she raised her eyes to his she was spellbound. She could see the fire blazing within him, and as something wild and wonderful leapt within her, she was drawn to him as if by a magical power that was irresistible....

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(by) Barbara Cartland

England, 1799. Alyna saw no escape. Her mother, a selfish and cruel woman, insisted that she marry the wealthy Prince Ahmadi of Kahriz, a man who made the beautiful Alyna cringe in horror. She saw only one way out -- a cold leap into the Thames. And she would have done it if one man had not saved her. That man was Lord Dorrington, London's famous dandy, pupil of Beau Brummel, and the most sought after bachelor in England. But now the danger had just begun for Alyna. Hunted by the Prince and his allies, she was trapped in a desperate web of agonizing fears, murder and intrigue. Could Lord Dorrington save her one more time?

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(by) Barbara Cartland

Beautiful innocent Jacinda was defiant when Helen, her ravishing and impulsive mother, took her sister Fleur and fled the Castle. Since then, Jacinda had dedicated herself to her wilful and exhorbitant father, Lord Buckingham Coombe. But his scandalous behavior had driven her childhood love from her. And finally, one drunken night, he had sold the Castle, the last remnant of the family's opulence, to a stranger from London. All that was finest in her life had been torn from her. Jacinda vowed to avenge herself. She would marry Morgan Wright, the dashing rich stranger her father had sworn to eternal enmity. But Jacinda's troubled heart soon wavered from hatred. Little did she realize the overwhelming power of determination and love....

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Barbara Cartland

The Prince of Wales buys for Carlton House an exquisitely painted 15th century picture of "The Virgin of the Lilies" by Stefan Lochner. Both he and his close friend the Marquis of Fane are entranced by it. They are, however, stunned when the dealer brings them a picture by Van Dyke painted a hundred and fifty years later, and the Madonna in it has the same beautiful face as the Lochner. How the Marquis is determined to track down the forger. How he discovers Cyrilla and how their love for each other brings them both misery and frustration until eventually they find happiness. About a girl who forges art and gets caught. The Marquis put his arm around her, kissing her passionately, possessively, until she turned her face away. "I will not frighten you," he said, imploring, "but, my darling, you are not only divine and ethereal, but also human. Let me take you away -- find a house -- we will be alone!" He kissed her once again and departed. It was then she gave a cry that seemed to come from the very depths of her being, "I love him," she sobbed, "I love him. But... I am not a... I cannot do... what he asks!"