Ола и морской волк

by Barbara Cartland, Барбара Картленд

Маркиз Элвингтон был истинным, насквозь просоленным морским волком, невысоко ставившим женщин. Однако даже самый суровый моряк не откажет в помощи попавшей в беду девушке - особенно столь прелестной, как юная Ола, в отчаянии бежавшая от злобной мачехи.
Итак, "женщина на корабле". По старинной морской легенде - верное несчастье. Но для маркиза, впервые в жизни познавшего пламя подлинной, страстной любви, появление Олы сулит не несчастье, а величайшую на свете радость...

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction

192 pages, Hardcover

Published March 27, 2014

About the author

Born 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

Reviews

[Amor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ola - seeking for freedom from hee step mother and cousin
Marquis - who is suffering from a recently frustrating love affair
Two different predicaments voyaged across the islands of europe oh man just read the book if you want to knw what im talking about...
Completely twitterpated, charmed and enamored with this book!(leaves me wanting more)
Im all smiles while reading it
Completely hooked up with this one!
Classic story and fascinating characters
Barbara Cartland is epic!
The third bestselling author of all time indeed

[Eliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ola found herself alone with a wicked stepmother. What was she to do? Stay and be mistreated or escape and find freedom. Learn what Ola did with her life by reading the book. Interesting reading.

[MissKitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember reading this one - was quite amusing since Ola is fearless and irreverent :-)

[Amber · Rating 1 out of 5]

Zero chemistry... I'm binge reading BC right now, so I love her stuff. This just felt flat:(

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

I suppose this one was somewhat entertaining, but it was quite unbelievable.

[Miwako Sakurada · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best romance. Spicyness was not hot enough for my tastes but it was cute for its length. Nonetheless I am giving it two stars because it didn’t make me really root for anyone.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Marquis of Elvington, heartbroken to discover the woman he intended to marry has deceived him, decides to leave England and put as many miles as possible between them. Handsome, intelligent and a great favourite at the Court of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, the Marquis is used to the admiration of women and respect of men, so the duplicity of his intended wife strikes him a cruel blow. However, a thick fog makes it impossible for his yacht to leave Dover Harbour, so he is forced to remain on British soil another night. Anger swiftly chasing his sadness, he decides to visit a cheap quayside inn to escape the loneliness he feels and drown his sorrows. Sitting alone, his mind firmly fixed on how the woman he loved has betrayed him, he vows never to love or trust again. But Fate seems determined to challenge him as almost immediately he is forced to act as a 'Good Samaritan' to protect a young lady, Ola, intent on escaping the clutches of her hateful stepmother and dishonourable cousin. Blaming his act of charity on the vast quantities of brandy he consumed and against his better judgement, he offers to sail her in his yacht, The Sea Wolf, to Calais. Ola is brave, opinionated and daring - as well as possessing the most flaming red hair he has ever seen. From the moment she steps aboard, decrying men and their dastardly intentions, the Marquis is hard put to keep in step with her wild ideas and brave deeds. In turn admiring her free spirit and amazed at her lack of understanding of the ways of the world, they form a strange truce based on the fact that both vow never to marry. But Fate has not finished meddling yet and they are soon embroiled in incredible adventures, too fantastic for either of them ever to have imagined, that push their friendship to its very limits.