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The Duke of Laverdale is anxious to be Master of the Horse. The Duke therefore brings to an end his affaire de coeur with Lady Sybil Mersham, and decides that he will be married is confident that he will then be appointed Master of the Horse.A s he has always avoided debutantes or young women, he asks the Marquis of Coleburn to help him. The Marquis is delighted and tells the Duke that he has the perfect wife for him in his daughter Oleta.When the Marquis tells her she cannot refuse the Duke, Lady Oleta runs away.When the Duke arrives to stay with the Marquis, he is horrified to learn that Lady Oleta has ridden off on her own. He tells the Marquis he will follow her himself.How the Duke finds Oleta in a dangerous situation and how he saves her. How, not knowing who he is, she is impressed by his cleverness, his kindness and his bravery. How when they finally escape from horsethieves he takes her to a place where they both dream the same dream of love, is all told in this exciting book by Barbara Cartland.
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About Barbara Cartland
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) was one of the world’s most prolific novelists, writing an amazing 723 books in her lifetime, of which no fewer than 644 were romantic novels. Worldwide sales of her books have approached or exceeded one billion copies. Her first book—an immediate bestseller—was written at the age of twenty-one. The demand for her books was so strong that over her last two decades Cartland increased her output and wrote an incredible 400 romances, penning her final one at the age of ninety-seven. Her books have always been immensely popular in the United States, where in 1976 a pair of them occupied the top two spots in the B. Dalton bestsellers list—a feat never achieved before or since by any author. Cartland became a legend in her own time, and her books will always be treasured for their moral message, her pure and innocent heroines, her handsome and dashing heroes, her blissfully happy endings, and above all for her unwavering belief in the positive power of love.