Barbara Cartland Books in Order

Sacha impersonates her cousin Deirdre to comfort the temporarily blind Duke of Silchester in Scotland. As their shared days turn into love, Sacha fears what will happen when he regains his sight and discovers her deception.

Imeldra escapes a planned stay with her strict grandmother by posing as an orangery builder's granddaughter. At the Marquis of Marizon's estate, her curiosity about the house's art collection becomes entangled with its owner's hidden troubles.

Captain Conrad Horn must escort his cousin Delora to Antigua, where she is promised to an older governor seeking her fortune. Their voyage brings naval danger and unexpected affection, complicating the marriage waiting at its end.

Abused by her guardian, Sita finds hope when a mysterious stranger saves her during a voyage to Calcutta. Political conflict over the Ilbert Bill draws her into further danger while she longs to find her rescuer again.

Paulina accompanies Princess Margarita to Russia for an arranged royal marriage despite her father's warnings about aristocratic suitors. Falling for Prince Maximus brings those warnings to life, since her common birth stands between them.

Returning from the Napoleonic Wars, Lord Heywood finds his estate near bankruptcy and its valuables legally protected from sale. Discovering Lalita hiding in his house adds a runaway bride's predicament to his struggle to save his household.

Escaping pressure to marry, Lord Harlestone travels to Colorado and encounters a young woman being offered for sale. Recognizing a possible family connection, he intervenes to protect Nelda, beginning a dangerous journey and an unexpected attachment.

Heiress Orina travels to Mexico to escape grief, only to be kidnapped by followers of a local leader. Juarez wants her fortune to build a drought-relieving dam and intends to obtain it by marrying her.

Craig Vandervelt accepts a secret mission in Monte Carlo to investigate a missing British agent. Using his playboy reputation as cover, he watches a suspected Russian spy and enters intrigue threatening relations between Britain and Russia.

Simonetta persuades her father to take her on an artistic journey to Provence. Posing as an ordinary student brings complications when she attracts an unsettling art dealer and Pierre, a painter who wants her as his model.

Two men challenge the Marquis of Ardley's claim that he can always recognize a well-born woman. They recruit the rescued Indira for their deception, but meeting the Marquis brings feelings that complicate the planned charade.

Summoned to Scotland for a clan-unifying marriage, Alistair offers to help Arina pay for her mother's operation. In return, she must pose as his wife, creating a precarious escape from duty and an unexpected romantic bond.

Left almost penniless by her father, Ilina hopes to protect the family estate when its new duke arrives. His plan to close the house forces her to use its history and her own determination to persuade him to stay.

Lara replaces her friend Jane as governess after learning that a visiting lord has been harassing her. Hoping to expose him and gather material for a novel, she finds both danger and unexpected kindness at the Marquis's home.

Dismissed from Queen Victoria's court after a romantic indiscretion, the Duke of Ilminster returns to his country home. There he discovers Fabia, an orphan living on the estate, and finds an unexpected attachment far from court society.

When her cruel uncle threatens to sell her beloved horse, orphaned Cledra asks the Earl of Poynton to buy it secretly. His help draws him into her troubles, as her uncle's anger puts their growing attachment at risk.

Jeremy Fordcombe hopes to rescue his family's crumbling ancestral home by turning highwayman. He persuades his sister Mariota to help rob a stagecoach, sending them into a scheme whose consequences reach beyond their desperate need for money.

This collection gathers love letters written by historical figures, including Catherine the Great, Sarah Bernhardt and Richard Burton. Their correspondence records different kinds of attachment, from spiritual devotion to romantic longing, through the words exchanged with those they loved.

Colonel Ivar Harling inherits a dukedom and discovers that family wealth has not protected all his relatives from poverty. As he considers marriage to secure an heir, a scheming cousin and the plight of Alvina complicate his new responsibilities.

Diona flees her uncle's house after he threatens to shoot her Dalmatian, Sirius. Seeking work with the Marquis of Irchester, she hides her identity while trying to protect her dog from the relatives determined to find her.

Princess Laetitia devises a plan to help her brother marry the woman he loves, despite a royal marriage scheme standing in their way. Disguised as a gypsy, she meets King Viktor and finds her own feelings complicating the deception.

After her father's death, Forella escapes relatives who are arranging an unwanted marriage. Her flight on horseback leads her to the stables of a Hungarian prince, whose involvement brings new uncertainty to her search for safety and independence.

The Marquis of Oakenshaw sails to Siam on a diplomatic mission with a party of guests. Among them is penniless Tarina, traveling as her cousin's maid and concealing the social position that could change how everyone treats her.

Penniless after her father's death, Minella takes a friend's place at a party and meets the Earl of Wynterborne. When he asks her to pose as his wife in Egypt, their arrangement draws her into a complicated romantic deception.

In Venice, Lucia struggles to support her dying artist father by selling his paintings. The Marquis of Wynchcombe offers help, but his growing interest in her faces resistance from a jealous mistress and Lucia's reluctance to accept marriage.

Forced into a strict convent by her uncle, Lady Ivona escapes and finds refuge with the Duc de Sancerre. His protection offers hope, but her uncle's hostility threatens the freedom and affection she has begun to find.

Rocana agrees to replace her cousin Caroline in an arranged wedding so Caroline can escape with the man she loves. Marrying the Marquis of Quorn under false pretenses, Rocana faces uncertainty about the husband who believes she is someone else.

The Duke of Tynemouth tries to evade a marriage proposed by Queen Victoria by choosing another bride. Innocent Honora becomes caught in his plan, facing an unwanted wedding and dangers that complicate her attempt to escape it.

Ordered to marry an elderly king, Princess Tora travels disguised among musicians to judge her intended husband for herself. When she overhears a plot to murder him, her search for freedom becomes entangled with an immediate threat to his life.

Poor Hermia Brooke meets a stranger while helping his horse, unaware of how their encounter will affect her future. Her wealthy relatives' marriage ambitions and a threat to the Marquis of Deverille soon draw her into danger.

With her father unconscious, Princess Ileana must defend Zokala against brigands led by General Vladilas. Her country's ill-prepared forces leave her facing a dangerous opponent whose challenge brings both political peril and unexpected feelings into her life.

Pandia agrees to impersonate her twin sister Selene at a funeral, allowing Selene to conceal an affair. Meeting explorer and writer Lord Silvester Stone, Pandia becomes caught between her growing attraction and the identity she has borrowed.

Cartland presents her personal views on growing older, covering food, beauty routines, romance and an active outlook on life. Celebrity examples accompany discussions of health foods, vitamins and herbal remedies as part of her approach to maintaining youthfulness.

Lydia accompanies her sister Heloise and the Earl of Royston to Hawaii for a royal coronation. Expected to serve her sister, she develops feelings for the earl, while a storm places them together in unexpected isolation.

After her father's death, Roberta travels to America and helps Danny escape a cruel guardian. Their journey to San Francisco brings her into the life of artist Adam Garson, whose devotion to painting complicates the possibility of love.

The Marquis of Sarne wakes to discover that an enemy has tricked him into marrying a young servant while drugged. Both he and Romana are unwilling participants, but seeking release from the marriage brings them into closer contact.

Dominica agrees to marry Lord Hawkston's nephew and travels to a tea estate in Ceylon. Discovering that her intended husband is troubled and unpleasant, she finds herself drawn instead to the uncle who arranged their match.

Octavia is left alone in Alexandria while her brother pursues a wealthy prospective bride. A stranger asks for her help, drawing her away from family financial troubles and into danger surrounding the secrets he is trying to protect.

Betrayed by Magnolia, Warren Wood retreats to Africa until an inheritance calls him back to England. Bringing Nadia into his new life, he faces renewed attention from Magnolia and must navigate old romantic grievances alongside an unfamiliar attachment.

Queen Victoria punishes the Marquis of Weybourne for his behavior by ordering him to escort Clotilda to an arranged marriage abroad. Brigands threaten the journey, while his growing feelings complicate a mission meant to deliver her to another man.

Driven from home by her stepmother's jealousy, Sandra becomes a companion to the Dowager Countess of Kyle in Brighton. Meeting the cynical Earl of Kyle brings romance, but concealed marriages and blackmail create obstacles to their happiness.

Traveling to Hawaii with her ambitious sister Heloise and Heloise's intended husband, Lydia is treated as a servant. Her attraction to the Earl of Royston becomes harder to conceal when a storm strands them together on an island.

Cartland's cookbook brings together recipes and menus intended for romantic meals, from breakfasts and soups to meat, fish and desserts. Its illustrated presentation pairs ideas for entertaining with dishes spanning several courses and occasions, including afternoon tea.

Caring for her orphaned niece and nephew, Pepita seeks help from their Scottish grandfather. His hostility toward the English makes their welcome uncertain, while her feelings for Torquil McNairn become entangled with family resentment and the children's future.

The Duke of Wydeminster wants an appointment as Viceroy of India, but Queen Victoria makes marriage a condition. Aldora's ambitious mother promotes her as his bride, forcing two reluctant people toward a match neither has chosen freely.

Theresa flees relatives who want her inheritance and finds work cooking at a French marquis's chateau. His menagerie includes a tiger, while her distrust of men complicates the attachment that begins to grow in this unusual refuge.

Stranded at an inn by fog, the Duke of Marazion encounters Ilitta, an artist seeking protection. He takes her to London to help her find work, discovering that her perceptive judgments and concealed troubles draw him further into her life.

The Marquis of Falcon seeks a marriage that will advance his ambitions, and Elmina agrees to become his wife. Her unexpected independence and martial arts skills challenge the assumptions he makes about his quiet young bride.

Disillusioned with society women, the Marquis of Elkesley reluctantly accepts Kitrina as his ward. Her innocence draws him closer, but a sheikh's determination to force her into marriage threatens the protection the Marquis offers.

Orphaned and penniless Ilita takes work under a false name caring for a blinded Marchioness. Her employer's son suspects her motives, leaving Ilita unable to defend herself without revealing the identity her aunt has ordered her to conceal.

Idona learns that her late father gambled away his estate and even her guardianship. Now dependent on the Marquis of Wroxham, she enters a world of deception and danger while developing feelings for a man promised elsewhere.

Resting after caring for her father, Delysia is mistaken for her sister Fleur and kidnapped by Magnus Fane. She maintains the deception to give Fleur time to elope, despite her captor's contempt for his supposed prisoner.

Lord Mere travels to Florence to recover his sister's stolen necklace. There he encounters Florencia, trapped by a prince's blackmail, and sets out to free her while his feelings for the young woman deepen.

While delivering a horse for sale, Salrina overhears a plot to assassinate the Prince Regent. She brings her warning to the Earl of Fleetwood, whose suspicion of her motives complicates their effort to avert disaster.

Penniless Lady Arletta takes her friend's place as governess at a French duke's château. Posing as Jane, she faces an employer who despises the English and a dangerous cousin whose attentions make her situation more precarious.

Dorina confronts the new Earl of Yardecombe over his neglect of the parish and its impoverished vicarage. Her distrust changes when she overhears his heir plotting his death through Satanic rites, drawing her into danger.

Talbot inherits a nearly bankrupt Scottish estate and faces pressure to marry a wealthy neighbor. When he rescues the frightened Giovanna from an apparent suicide attempt, he tries to uncover the reason for her desperation.

Convinced her missing father is in danger in Russia, Vida travels there under a false name. A charming prince offers hospitality, but his contact with a secret agent raises doubts about whether she can trust him.

Farica is pursued by an earl determined to acquire her fortune and estate through marriage. Finding a wounded soldier in her woodland refuge offers an unexpected connection as she struggles to escape her unwanted suitor.

After years away, Valeda's wealthy sister Hermione returns with a proposition that promises a journey to Spain. The opportunity comes with humiliation, leaving Valeda's hopes for happiness dependent on a selfish sister's designs.

Gerald loses his family's sapphire necklace to the Marquis of Ingleton and plans to steal it back. His sister Carmella reluctantly helps, adopting a worldly disguise that leaves her struggling to protect her innocence.

After abandoning a proposed marriage, the Marquis of Raventhorpe rescues Ula from her abusive guardian. His plan to introduce her to society provokes her uncle, whose retaliation endangers the young woman the Marquis has protected.

Lord Braydon travels to Germany on a sensitive mission for the Prince of Wales. There he meets Loelia Standish, whose determination to rescue her father from the Kaiser entangles his assignment with danger and love.

Princess Giona is ordered to marry Slavonia's aging king for political reasons. Facing a loveless future in a troubled country, she finds herself drawn to the handsome leader opposing the ruler she is expected to wed.

Lady Loretta refuses the arranged marriage her father proposes and travels to Paris to expose her intended husband's affairs. With her scandalous cousin's help, she pursues a scheme that soon entangles her in deception.

Desperate to help her dying mother, Miranda tells the Earl of Kyleston that she wants to become a courtesan. His interest develops into attraction, but the approaching Siege of Paris threatens the future she seeks.

Lady Mimosa asks the Marquis of Heroncourt to protect her brother from a cousin plotting to seize his inheritance. The former soldier accepts the challenge, while Mimosa's growing affection encounters the barriers of his social expectations.

Helga seeks her actress aunt's help to escape a cruel arranged marriage. Accepting payment to pose as the Duke of Rocklington's fiancée places her beside a sought-after bachelor, with a new role and uncertain prospects.

Forced to sell their family home, Anthea and her brother remain nearby while a Marquis takes ownership. Playing piano anonymously at his house party, she overhears a murder plot that challenges her dislike of him.

After her mother's death, Clova returns to Scotland and discovers she has inherited leadership of the McBlane clan. Wealth brings a family feud and a cousin's ambitions, while attraction to the rival laird complicates her position.

Nerissa accepts her wealthy sister's request to pose as a weekend cook and help secure a desired marriage. The arrangement grows complicated when Nerissa herself becomes attracted to the man her sister hopes to win.

Filipa reluctantly joins her brother's scheme to impersonate a celebrated horsewoman at a Marquis's race meeting. His dismissive manner unsettles her, but a plot against his stallion draws her into a more urgent challenge.

Returning unexpectedly to Paris, Lord Kirkly agrees to help the desperate young heiress Otilia Ashe. His involvement in her scheme threatens to draw the cynical aristocrat into complications he had little reason to expect.

With her father gravely ill, Rozella becomes involved in a spying mission in Constantinople. She must help counter an international conspiracy while seeking the trust of Lord Mervyn, the hostile spymaster directing her work.

Crisa's father agrees to marry her to an elderly American millionaire in exchange for money to sustain the family estate. Taken to his New York mansion, she finds wealth brings confinement rather than happiness.

The Duke of Wynchester discovers Janeta hiding in his carriage to escape a forced marriage. Facing pressure from her scheming stepmother himself, he proposes an engagement that could protect them both but invites further hostility.

Thelma flees her stepmother and an arranged marriage, finding refuge at a magnificent house with its own circus. Attraction to its owner, the Earl of Merstone, is complicated by the scheming relative threatening him.

Zorina falls in love with Rudolf after meeting him at Hampton Court Palace. Their promising connection faces an unwelcome obstacle when her mother arranges for her to marry his aging father instead of the man she loves.

Gytha's grandfather insists she marry one of two cousins to protect her inheritance. She asks Lord Locke to thwart them through a false engagement, provoking her family and his lover while seeking freedom from their plans.

Arilla sees little prospect of finding a suitable husband in the countryside and wants to meet a wealthy suitor. Her handsome but impoverished cousin Harry helps her devise a scheme to reach London.

Alecia agrees to impersonate her cousin Charis on a visit to a guardian in France, allowing Charis to marry secretly. The deception becomes alarming when the young General Lord Kiniston expects his supposed ward to marry him.

Lucille's romance with the Marquis of Shawforde alarms his family, who send Lord Kenyon to intervene. Mistaking her sister Delia for Lucille, he becomes entangled in misunderstandings as espionage adds danger to their romantic disputes.

After a stagecoach accident kills a dancer, Ilouka agrees to perform in her place at an Earl's private party. Her singing and dancing draw attention, but the guests' conduct makes the unexpected engagement increasingly troubling.

Yursa visits a French duke's castle while her grandmother hopes to arrange their marriage. The plan makes an enemy of Zelée, whose sinister intentions place Yursa in danger as her connection with the Duke grows.

The Marquis of Quinsborne finances an adventurer's search for an ancient Roman treasure and joins the expedition. Deep in the Tunisian desert, attraction to the adventurer's daughter adds a personal stake to his journey.

Valencia overhears a scheme to drug the Earl of Dolphinston and force him into marriage for his fortune. The vicar's daughter intervenes to protect him, only to find her own heart caught in the danger.

Corena's father is held hostage in Greece, and saving him requires leading antiquities collector Lord Warburton into a trap. Smuggled aboard his yacht, she faces a painful conflict between family loyalty and growing love.

Vicar's daughter Selma loves the Duke of Mortlyn, but he barely notices her. When an attempt on his life leaves him ill, her knowledge of herbs and healing brings her into his life.

Orphan Katrina Darley is forced into an engagement after her jealous aunt discovers the Duke of Lyndbrooke in her room. A marriage intended to preserve her reputation leaves her vulnerable to rivals with hidden plans.

Penniless Ina Wescott seeks help from her aunt Rosie Rill, a retired actress with a notorious reputation. Her search for security brings her into the life of cynical Viscount Colt and an unexpected romantic entanglement.

Left destitute by her father's gambling, Valessa accepts money to participate in a house-party charade. She does not realize that her employer intends to use her against the Marquis of Wyndonbury in a revenge plot.

Singer Isa McNaver returns to the Scottish Highlands to recover from illness and overhears a plot involving lost clan treasure. Warning the Duke of Strathnaver draws her into danger and an unexpected attraction.

Vina inherits valuable jewels after her father's death, attracting relatives eager to arrange her marriage. When she discovers that debt-ridden Lord Edgar wants her fortune, her determination to marry for love puts their plans at risk.

A duchess rescues impoverished Felicita from starvation in Lisbon, then asks her to impersonate a wealthy niece. Behind the generosity lies a plan to break the heart of the son of the duchess's former lover.

Isla substitutes for an ill performer at her father's benefit show, then is lured to a nobleman's house by alarming news. Escaping his intentions leads her to the Marquis of Longridge and an uncertain romance.

Blackmailed by a former lover, the Marquis of Anglestone accepts a dangerous wager to enter Mecca in disguise. Medina Tewin, posing as an Arab boy, is determined to protect him during the journey.

Valessa Chester believes a paid role in a house-party prank could rescue her from poverty. Discovering that the charade targets an attractive marquis forces her to confront a scorned woman's plan for revenge.