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Desperate Defiance
Love's Young Dream
To be alone with him was everything Vivian desired. To feel Jimmy Loring's tender lips on hers, to hear his longing words of love was like a dream of ecstasy. Then one night, as they stood together 'neath the shadow of a summerhouse in Monte Carlo, Vivian's dream was shattered. His love was hers no more. He was gone!
Before she could recover from her shock, or summon the breath to whisper his name into the moonlight, she sensed another's presence among the shadows of the quiet garden. A mystery man whom she could not see, but whose voice compelled her to keep a secret. That secret would sweep her half way round the world on a perilous rendezvous with love!
To be alone with him was everything Vivian desired. To feel Jimmy Loring's tender lips on hers, to hear his longing words of love was like a dream of ecstasy. Then one night, as they stood together 'neath the shadow of a summerhouse in Monte Carlo, Vivian's dream was shattered. His love was hers no more. He was gone!
Before she could recover from her shock, or summon the breath to whisper his name into the moonlight, she sensed another's presence among the shadows of the quiet garden. A mystery man whom she could not see, but whose voice compelled her to keep a secret. That secret would sweep her half way round the world on a perilous rendezvous with love!
190 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published November 1, 1975
About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,054 books849 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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March 7, 2025
This one feels rather colonialist. Most non-English people are likely to be either violent rapists and murderers, dirty, superstitious, peasants, or friends of the MMC who are great, The FMC's father is a cartographer and the three of them get into a great deal of trouble in Tibet. I'm not sure why they were there but I skimmed some and may have missed the explanation. The MMC has an extreme case of instaluv, proposing after little interaction. I didn't think he had enough reasons to love her and she wasn't much better off. Granted he saved her life a couple of times but then again she wouldn't have needed saving if he didn't drag her family into the adventures to begin with. She has several other male admirers in the course of the story. Several people die.
October 28, 2024
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