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The Windmill of Love
The breathless heart-fluttering tale of beautiful debutante ‘Valeria’ in glamorous, super-sophisticated Biarritz, Royalty’s favoured French resort. Where at once she is shocked to the core by the lewd dancing at the celebratedly sleazy Moulin de la Mer and swept off her feet by the genteel and dashingly handsome Comte de Savin! But their whirlwind romance is surely doomed – for soon she must disappear to meet her future groom never again to set eyes on the love of her life…
- GenresRomance
154 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2022
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About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,056 books837 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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August 15, 2019
Lovely short story.
March 21, 2021
Valeria’s father and grandmother want to see her marry Duc Claudius but she’s heard rumors about all the women he’s seen since his wife passed (she was mentally ill aka Rochester style, but at least Claudius didn’t hide her in an attic), so she doesn’t like the sound of that! But he’s a handsome and rich widower and Vala must be grateful that she’s going to travel to France to meet him—and marry him if she falls in love.
When Vala’s father is thrown from his horse and can’t go on the trip, Vala’s pleasure-seeking brother becomes her chaperon... and all he cares about is seeing the Can-Can dance. He creates an elaborate plan which involves Vala posing as a widow so she can get into the Moulin de la Mer with her brother. There, she meets Ramon, the kind-hearted Compte who shares his table with Vala and her brother and offers to be her tour guide after her brother ditched her to hang out with the dancers. Vala and Ramon fall in love (sealed when Ramon saves Vala from being attacked in her hotel room by a rabid admirer). But after her brothers gets into trouble, she has to leave without telling Ramon who she really is and where she’ll be! Will they ever seen each other again? What about Claudius?
The romance was actually pretty good for the most part. It was solid, slow-building, and exciting as it ran parallel to Vala’s chaotic brother. But Claudius says some off-putting things to Vala (not romantic, nope) that killed the mood and yanked me out of the narrative. He seemed like a totally different person than the man who slowly won her trust and love. But hey, this is a thing that happens with Cartland men sometimes when they fall in love. Disappointed but not surprised.
When Vala’s father is thrown from his horse and can’t go on the trip, Vala’s pleasure-seeking brother becomes her chaperon... and all he cares about is seeing the Can-Can dance. He creates an elaborate plan which involves Vala posing as a widow so she can get into the Moulin de la Mer with her brother. There, she meets Ramon, the kind-hearted Compte who shares his table with Vala and her brother and offers to be her tour guide after her brother ditched her to hang out with the dancers. Vala and Ramon fall in love (sealed when Ramon saves Vala from being attacked in her hotel room by a rabid admirer). But after her brothers gets into trouble, she has to leave without telling Ramon who she really is and where she’ll be! Will they ever seen each other again? What about Claudius?
The romance was actually pretty good for the most part. It was solid, slow-building, and exciting as it ran parallel to Vala’s chaotic brother. But Claudius says some off-putting things to Vala (not romantic, nope) that killed the mood and yanked me out of the narrative. He seemed like a totally different person than the man who slowly won her trust and love. But hey, this is a thing that happens with Cartland men sometimes when they fall in love. Disappointed but not surprised.
April 11, 2023
Good reenacting of a lost era.
A very convoluted plot, to finish as always by B.C.
The love story could be overseen from the first chapter.
As always, I believe that the whole novel could be written in about three chapters, overlooking the repeated back remembering of dead loved ones.
Monica Beltrami. Montevideo, Uruguay.
A very convoluted plot, to finish as always by B.C.
The love story could be overseen from the first chapter.
As always, I believe that the whole novel could be written in about three chapters, overlooking the repeated back remembering of dead loved ones.
Monica Beltrami. Montevideo, Uruguay.
January 9, 2021
Nice sweet story. Lighthearted, simple and graceful. I reread it with a great pleasure soon after reading for the 1st time. Good piece to switch from heavy thoughts
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