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Love Cannot Fail
Following the death of her husband, the Countess of Wenlock was living in her magnificent house in London with her son, Donald, and her beautiful daughter, Salvia.
One day out of the blue Donald suddenly drops a bombshell.
He tells his mother and Salvia that he has lost all their money by trusting an American acquaintance of his who claimed that he would invest it all safely and produce big profits for the family
Donald leaves at once for America to follow the man and hopefully recover all or part of their money.
Sylvia knows that she has to do something quickly to save them from losing their home and their treasures as they now cannot even afford to pay their servants.
She goes to Thomas Cook’s, the renowned travel firm, and asks them to arrange for a family coming from abroad, preferably a rich one, to visit England to stay at their lovely house instead of going to a hotel.
Thomas Cook’s oblige by sending them an American and his wife who are coming to London to introduce their attractive daughter to the Beau Monde.
To make some money quickly Salvia then finds herself a job as secretary to Lord Carville who is writing a book in three languages and fortunately she herself is fluent in all three.
How she helps him with his work, which she finds fascinating, and makes a lively contribution to his thoughts.
How she and Lord Carville set off together on an unexpected visit to Paris, although Salvia knows that her mother would have misgivings about her travelling abroad unchaperoned with his Lordship.
And how after all they are able to find what they are both seeking is told in this romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.
One day out of the blue Donald suddenly drops a bombshell.
He tells his mother and Salvia that he has lost all their money by trusting an American acquaintance of his who claimed that he would invest it all safely and produce big profits for the family
Donald leaves at once for America to follow the man and hopefully recover all or part of their money.
Sylvia knows that she has to do something quickly to save them from losing their home and their treasures as they now cannot even afford to pay their servants.
She goes to Thomas Cook’s, the renowned travel firm, and asks them to arrange for a family coming from abroad, preferably a rich one, to visit England to stay at their lovely house instead of going to a hotel.
Thomas Cook’s oblige by sending them an American and his wife who are coming to London to introduce their attractive daughter to the Beau Monde.
To make some money quickly Salvia then finds herself a job as secretary to Lord Carville who is writing a book in three languages and fortunately she herself is fluent in all three.
How she helps him with his work, which she finds fascinating, and makes a lively contribution to his thoughts.
How she and Lord Carville set off together on an unexpected visit to Paris, although Salvia knows that her mother would have misgivings about her travelling abroad unchaperoned with his Lordship.
And how after all they are able to find what they are both seeking is told in this romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.
171 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2017
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About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,074 books835 followersBorn in 1901, Barbara Cartland started her writing career in journalism and completed her first book, Jigsaw, when she was just 24. An immediate success, it was the start of her journey to becoming the world’s most famous and most read romantic novelist of all time. Inspiring a whole generation of readers around the globe with her exciting tales of adventure, love and intrigue, she became synonymous with the Romance genre. And she still is to this day, having written over 644 romantic fiction books.
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
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December 29, 2017
Can this really be from the Queen of Romance?
I have been a die hard fan of BC since I started reading her books in my teens. Now in my fifties, I still love them! I feel like they're old friends & I'm back for a visit. I just want to curl up, ignore everything & everyone & just dive into a lovely romance that can be familiar or I've read a dozen times but I still love it - or ones that I know can even make me cry a little & touch me deeply. These are the books so previous to me. But this story I have a hard time believing it even belongs in the same category as the rest - where is the danger, the excitement, the saucey, sassy, heroine & the clever, womanizing hero who has to save her or be amazed at her cleverness & beauty in one so young? Where's the intrigue or brutalized heroine who needs rescuing & rescues the hero - her love - right back? Where is any of THAT, the stuff that makes Barbara Cartland romances, her romances?
This book is so lacking in any of the usual lovely familiar story lines that I love so, that I have a hard time believing it's hers! Can it be a knock off or a ghost writer or whatever they're called? Because it is just too boring & too lacking to be a real BC book......am I way off base for feeling this way? Am I crazy?
I have been a die hard fan of BC since I started reading her books in my teens. Now in my fifties, I still love them! I feel like they're old friends & I'm back for a visit. I just want to curl up, ignore everything & everyone & just dive into a lovely romance that can be familiar or I've read a dozen times but I still love it - or ones that I know can even make me cry a little & touch me deeply. These are the books so previous to me. But this story I have a hard time believing it even belongs in the same category as the rest - where is the danger, the excitement, the saucey, sassy, heroine & the clever, womanizing hero who has to save her or be amazed at her cleverness & beauty in one so young? Where's the intrigue or brutalized heroine who needs rescuing & rescues the hero - her love - right back? Where is any of THAT, the stuff that makes Barbara Cartland romances, her romances?
This book is so lacking in any of the usual lovely familiar story lines that I love so, that I have a hard time believing it's hers! Can it be a knock off or a ghost writer or whatever they're called? Because it is just too boring & too lacking to be a real BC book......am I way off base for feeling this way? Am I crazy?
January 25, 2019
Après ma petite déception sur le dernier Barbara Cartland que j’avais lu, j’espérais que celui-ci me ferait retrouver tout ce que j’aime chez cette écrivaine que j’ai toujours adoré lire. Et ce fut le cas, j’ai bel et bien retrouvé une intrigue qui me fait dire que oui j’aime cette plume.
Sylvia est une jeune femme de 20 ans qui ne manque pas de caractère, ni de ressources, ni d’idées. Lorsque son frère annonce qu’il a malencontreusement perdu la fortune familiale et qu’il part en Amérique afin de retrouver leur argent, elle et sa mère ne vont pas avoir d’autres choix que de se débrouiller. Sylvia va alors avoir une idée de génie, qui pourrait rapporter de quoi vivre, mais qui sait ce que l’avenir réserve à cette jeune femme intrépide ?
Elle entreprend donc de se rendre à l’agence de voyage afin de mettre une de ses idées en place, une fois cela fait, direction l’agence de placement afin de trouver un boulot qui lui conviendrait sans pour autant dévoiler qui elle est réellement. Sylvia a l’avantage de parler plusieurs langues, ce qui convient parfaitement à la place de secrétaire que Lord de Carville propose. Direction le domicile de ce Lord afin de décrocher ce boulot. Lord de Carville est écrivain, il a besoin que son ouvrage en cours soit traduit en 3 langues différentes, ce qui est dans les cordes de la jeune femme.
L’intrigue est bien menée, et j’ai adoré cette aventure où une jeune femme ne se laisse pas abattre par le fait que sa famille se retrouve sans le sous, alors que les factures et les domestiques doivent être payés. Qui sait si dans cette aventure elle ne trouvera pas autre chose que l’argent nécessaire à leur survie ? Après tout, Lord de Carville est plutôt bel homme ^_^
Une romance historique qui nous fait voyager et rencontrer une jeune femme comme je les aime, avec du caractère malgré l’époque qui veut que les femmes ne soient pas l’égal de l’homme, une jeune femme qui ne se laisse pas abattre et qui a une volonté à toute épreuve.
Sylvia est une jeune femme de 20 ans qui ne manque pas de caractère, ni de ressources, ni d’idées. Lorsque son frère annonce qu’il a malencontreusement perdu la fortune familiale et qu’il part en Amérique afin de retrouver leur argent, elle et sa mère ne vont pas avoir d’autres choix que de se débrouiller. Sylvia va alors avoir une idée de génie, qui pourrait rapporter de quoi vivre, mais qui sait ce que l’avenir réserve à cette jeune femme intrépide ?
Elle entreprend donc de se rendre à l’agence de voyage afin de mettre une de ses idées en place, une fois cela fait, direction l’agence de placement afin de trouver un boulot qui lui conviendrait sans pour autant dévoiler qui elle est réellement. Sylvia a l’avantage de parler plusieurs langues, ce qui convient parfaitement à la place de secrétaire que Lord de Carville propose. Direction le domicile de ce Lord afin de décrocher ce boulot. Lord de Carville est écrivain, il a besoin que son ouvrage en cours soit traduit en 3 langues différentes, ce qui est dans les cordes de la jeune femme.
L’intrigue est bien menée, et j’ai adoré cette aventure où une jeune femme ne se laisse pas abattre par le fait que sa famille se retrouve sans le sous, alors que les factures et les domestiques doivent être payés. Qui sait si dans cette aventure elle ne trouvera pas autre chose que l’argent nécessaire à leur survie ? Après tout, Lord de Carville est plutôt bel homme ^_^
Une romance historique qui nous fait voyager et rencontrer une jeune femme comme je les aime, avec du caractère malgré l’époque qui veut que les femmes ne soient pas l’égal de l’homme, une jeune femme qui ne se laisse pas abattre et qui a une volonté à toute épreuve.
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