Barbara Cartland Books in Order

Secret Service agent Drogo Forde meets Thekla on a street in Kozan and falls in love, only to discover she is a princess. His work and their unexpected relationship unfold amid danger and royal complications.

To escape marriage to her guardian's chaplain, orphan Pandora seeks refuge with her scandalous cousin, the Earl of Chartwood. Hoping his reputation will repel her unwanted suitor, she finds his household and her feelings unsettling.

Ankana stows away on a marquis's voyage to Siam after a body is found wearing her father's ring. Their hostile partnership develops amid a search for the missing adventurer and a gang stealing sacred sapphires.

Fleeing her stepmother after her father's death, Zenobia becomes secretary to the Earl of Ockendon. Her growing love is troubled by a mystery in his past that raises fears he may be a killer.

Penniless Noella Wakefield is persuaded to impersonate a dead namesake and approach the Earl of Ravensdale as his lost sister. The deception offers shelter, but her attraction to the man she is deceiving threatens everything.

Princess Thea flees an arranged marriage to an elderly king and meets artist Nikos in the mountains. Their immediate attraction becomes dangerous when bandits capture them, forcing him to claim that she is his bride.

In Paris in 1802, the Earl of Charncliffe rescues Comtesse Lynetta from danger following the French Revolution. Pretending to be honeymooners, they flee pursuing revolutionaries as fear and gratitude develop into a more intimate bond.

Orphaned Shamara becomes the Marquis of Peverell's ward and accompanies him on a yacht to Senegal. When they are kidnapped for ransom, her unexpected knowledge helps them face captivity while their feelings begin to change.

Heiress Eustacia takes work as a companion because she wants to be loved for herself. Falling for her employer's explorer son brings her into a conflict with his father, who refuses to finance his unsettled life.

Ila runs away rather than marry the Marquis of Rakemoore without love. After saving a boy from a fatal riding accident, she encounters his kind uncle, only to discover he is the man she fled.

Davina attends a royal ball under another woman's identity to help a struggling dressmaker. Attracted to the Duke of Norminster, she later overhears a blackmail plot in his maze, putting her disguise and safety at risk.

After losing her father, Jaela takes a young girl from Italy to meet her father, the Earl of Halesworth. Posing as the child's governess, she hopes his reluctant welcome might grow into something warmer.

Norita Combe becomes governess to the Marquis of Hawkhurst's daughter and joins them on a yacht bound for the Middle East. As the voyage continues, her feelings for her employer complicate an already unequal relationship.

Cartland recounts the romantic scandals of Romania's Prince Carol, whose relationships clash with his family's dynastic expectations. His secret marriage and subsequent affairs reveal the tensions between royal obligations and the pursuit of personal love.

This biography follows Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Franz Joseph, whose life was shaped by aristocratic traditions and court duties. Cartland examines her upbringing, marriage and difficult relationship with her powerful mother-in-law.

Solita confronts the Duke of Calverleigh, who has neglected his promise to care for her. As their relationship improves, her language skills and intuition draw attention to a Russian princess's dangerous political intrigues.

Her brother's debts force Aleda toward marriage with wealthy social climber Doran Winton, who buys both the debt and her hand. Resentment gives way to a more dangerous problem when criminals kidnap her in London.

Carla accompanies her widowed mother to Vienna, where an opera career offers escape from poverty. Concealing their identities, she meets mysterious Rako while a baron's unwelcome interest threatens the security they hoped to find.

Lavinia is asked to marry Prince Igor to help protect his principality from Russian invasion. Though attracted to him, she fears his reputation and insists on love, while danger in Dubrik puts their arrangement under strain.

Wealthy Malvina tries to find a suitable heiress for her impoverished neighbor Lord Flore, enjoying their spirited arguments more than other suitors. An abduction by a fortune-hunter turns her matchmaking plans into a struggle for safety.

A duke travels secretly to Java to protect an ancient Buddhist temple from looting. Meeting Sarida, an English woman immersed in Javanese culture, raises questions about their resemblance to the temple's royal figures and their growing attraction.

The Earl of Inchester is desperate to preserve his ancestral home after war leaves him in financial difficulty. A moneylender offers help on the condition that he marry the man's daughter, tying family honor to an unwanted bargain.

To challenge a marquis's contempt for debutantes, Lady Katherine persuades friends to pose as theatrical performers at his party. Parson's daughter Lavina dislikes the deception, especially when she begins to fall in love with him.

Donela flees a proposed marriage to an older lord and joins performers traveling to an aristocratic party. Substituting for an ill dancer exposes her to a world she does not understand and the intimidating Earl of Huntingford.

Gina escapes her uncle's gloomy household by becoming companion to a young ward at Ingle Priory. Suspecting that the girl's illness has a sinister cause, she must find help amid haunting disturbances and growing affection for the Earl.

Orphan Velda Armstrong seeks someone to support her little brother's education and turns to wealthy merchant Mike Medway. His power and confidence with women make accepting his help a troubling prospect for a young woman seeking security.

After her father's death, Shenda takes work as a seamstress at Arrow Castle and discovers evidence of espionage. Its owner is the stranger who once kissed her, drawing her into both romance and a dangerous counterplot.

Under pressure to marry an heiress and repair his Scottish castle, the Duke of Barenlock meets Sheinna, daughter of a rival clan's chief. Her own forced marriage threatens their growing bond and the chance to end old hostilities.

Minerva Linwood fears her brother's gambling debt will cost the family its home. Disguised as a highwayman, she confronts the Earl of Gorleston, but her desperate plan leads to imprisonment and an unexpected connection with him.

Betrayed by a woman in London society, Lord Selwyn welcomes an inherited plantation in Penang as an escape. Meeting Anona Ranson challenges his decision to abandon romance and makes him reconsider whether he can trust love again.

Fleeing an arranged marriage, Lela reaches Holland, where an art dealer urges her to sell a copied Vermeer as an original. The intended victim is the Marquis of Kyneston, whose attraction complicates her desperate deception.

Donela runs away rather than marry her stepfather's elderly friend and joins a group of performers. Standing in for an absent dancer brings her to an aristocratic party, where unfamiliar dangers and the Earl of Huntingford await.

Daniela discovers her stepmother intends to marry her to a penniless accomplice and seize her inheritance. She begs the Marquis of Crowle for help, but their escape along the Rhine brings pursuit and an unexpected romance.

Kezia and her brother hope selling a family necklace will rescue their finances. To protect her from its prospective buyer, a French marquis, they pretend to be married, creating painful complications when Kezia falls for him.

The Marquis of Okehampton becomes suspicious when a priest claims his wealthy ward Zia wants to enter a convent and surrender her fortune. His journey to investigate uncovers deception and puts both her safety and his heart at risk.

Carola agrees to pose as the Marquis of Broxbourne's wife so he can avoid an American millionaire's matchmaking while securing a business post. The arrangement becomes increasingly tangled when her feelings for the marquis become real.

The Duke of Moorminster recruits vicar's daughter Lavela and her choir for a royal theater performance. While their rehearsals draw them closer, his determined mistress and scheming cousin plot to force him into a different marriage.

Fresh from a convent school, Maxine looks to her sophisticated aunt to guide her through London's social world. Falling for Harry, a notorious playboy, leaves the inexperienced debutante trying to navigate glamorous rivals and unfamiliar expectations.

A young woman escaping a forced marriage encounters a stranger fleeing his own manipulative lover. A riding accident brings them together, but highwaymen threaten their journey toward safety as mutual understanding begins to turn into love.

Mena accompanies her mother and ambitious sister to a duke's castle while pretending to be an employed companion. Meeting a rider thrown by his horse brings an unexpected connection that complicates her sister's plans for marriage.

Penniless Jacoba answers an advertisement to care for an elderly invalid, unaware it is a prank aimed at the bitter Earl of Kilmurdock. His hostile welcome and subsequent injury leave her torn between fear and growing affection.

Novella hides a wounded stranger in her home's secret passage and discovers he is a government agent investigating smugglers. Carrying his coded message draws her into a dangerous operation against a neighbor and deepens her concern for him.

Narda travels to Fez with the Marquis of Calvadale, hoping to recover a family necklace stolen by a sheikh. Their mission becomes a struggle for her freedom when traffickers capture her and the marquis must intervene.

Pythia replaces her cousin in a political marriage arranged by Queen Victoria for the King of Vultarnia. Concealing her identity while trying to win her husband's love becomes harder when a Russian plot threatens their country.

Ashamed of her brother's theft of art, Nikola finds unexpected help from the Marquis of Ridgmont. He takes her to Turkey on a secret diplomatic mission, where danger tests their connection and gives her a chance to help him.

Odela learns her stepmother intends to marry her to a lover seeking her inheritance. Taking refuge with her former nanny at the Marquis of Trancombe's house offers hope of love, but a thief brings fresh danger.

Norina flees after discovering her stepmother plans to poison her for an inheritance. Disguised as a secretary, she finds work with a temporarily blinded French marquis, but threats follow her as affection grows between them.

Lady Aletha secretly joins a horse-buying expedition to Hungary and pretends to be her father's employee's granddaughter. Falling for a Hungarian prince turns that disguise into an obstacle, since he believes she lacks the noble birth required for marriage.

Sedela impersonates a family ghost to warn the Marquis of Windlesham about his lover's betrayal. Their growing closeness after his return home promises something different, but enemies threaten Sedela before either can secure a future together.

After an arranged marriage leaves her widowed, Aldrina becomes Queen of Saria and faces an ambitious prince's unwanted pursuit. A retreat to a palace by the sea brings love that seems impossible to reconcile with royal duty.

Tila hopes an American millionaire's restoration of Staverly Park will save the home she loves. Her attraction to Clint grows, but the dangerous bargain she made to protect the estate returns to threaten his life.

Olivia hopes the new Earl of Chadwood will help her orphaned family, but his harsh treatment brings disappointment. When she finds him badly wounded, caring for him opens a difficult path toward understanding and possible love.

Lady Marcia rejects her father's plan to marry her to a French duke, who is equally reluctant to wed. Their shared love of riding draws them together, while a deadly family plot threatens the future she begins to imagine.

Drena's grandmother encourages marriage to the Duc de Saulieu, but overhearing him plot against her with his mistress sends her fleeing. A stranger offers help, drawing her back toward the chateau and the danger she escaped.

Nadina, a governess in Constantinople, saves British agent Lyle Westley from his pursuers. When the Grand Vizier demands she become his third wife, she turns to Lyle, and their flight toward England brings danger and romance.

Alina agrees to impersonate an older chaperone so her friend can travel to Rome to reclaim a lost romance. Her own attraction to their host, Lord Teverton, makes the deception increasingly difficult while another suitor pursues her.

Carmela takes her friend Felicity's place in a guardian's household so Felicity can marry the man she loves. Discovering kindness beneath the Earl of Galeston's stern manner draws Carmela toward him, but her false identity threatens their bond.

Gina returns from finishing school to find her widowed mother facing a captain's schemes against her fortune and reputation. Seeking help from the Marquis of Mortlake draws Gina into danger and a relationship she had never expected.

Charisa mourns Vincent, the heir to Mawdelyn Priory, while his successor sells family treasures and pursues her. Learning Vincent is alive reveals a plot against his life, forcing her to risk herself for the man she loves.

Disillusioned by an ambitious prospective bride, the Marquis of Mounteagle wagers that he can live as a coachman. Meeting an orphan in danger tests his disguise and his hope of finding someone who values him beyond wealth and rank.

Safina returns home expecting a happy reunion, only to be forced into marriage with the penniless Duke of Dallwyn. Both are victims of her stepmother's blackmail, and their unexpected connection challenges a scheme to seize Safina's inheritance.

Sadira refuses an arranged marriage intended to conceal her stepmother's affair and escapes to Morocco to study with a medical missionary. Her unwanted fiance follows, bringing a new encounter whose dangers challenge their assumptions about each other.

Abandoned and ill in Cairo, Doreen sees a borrowed identity as her chance to return to England and rebuild her life. The deception offers hope, but fear of discovery threatens the security and love she seeks.

The Duke of Eaglefield accepts a wager to walk home without revealing his rank. Along the way he rescues Alysia from despair, but protecting her from a grasping stepfather turns his experiment into a dangerous journey.

Kyla flees with her younger brother after overhearing their stepmother's plans to seize their inheritance. Their former nanny hides them at an earl's castle, where concealed identities, an unexpected ally and romance complicate the search for safety.

Valeria travels to France determined to avoid an unsuitable marriage, but her half-brother persuades her to adopt a scandalous disguise in Biarritz. Attraction to the Comte de Savin then makes explaining her apparent identity increasingly difficult.

Katerina escapes her stepmother's plan to marry her to an elderly duke and seeks help from Prince Michael. His wager with another prince over crown jewels draws her into a fresh adventure where love and danger meet.

Lady Celita accompanies her friend Judy to Provence to meet the duke Judy is expected to marry. A deception meant to free Judy for her true love draws Celita into romance and danger from the duke's jealous former lover.

Orphaned sisters Amalita and Carolyn seek a place in London Society by pretending Amalita is their widowed stepmother. The disguise allows Carolyn's debut, but falling in love makes maintaining their carefully arranged deception increasingly difficult.

Lady Vilma travels to Paris under an assumed name while her father receives medical treatment. The Marquis of Lynworth mistakes her for an electrician's assistant, and their growing romance is complicated by her deception and his expected marriage.

Orphaned Geta Naunton accepts a distant aristocrat's proposal because marriage will qualify him for a governorship in India. Traveling to join the cold Lord Roydon, she must discover whether their practical arrangement can become something warmer.

Queen Victoria chooses impoverished Toria to marry the mysterious King Inged of Klaklov. Horrified by what she discovers at court, Toria flees before the wedding and seeks help from a duke whose intentions she cannot know.

Penniless Angela Brooke agrees to replace an ill performer in a private show at the Marquis of Vauxhall's home. Her disguise as a Gaiety Girl attracts unwelcome attention, while her kindness to his daughter changes the marquis's expectations.

Salema falls for the stranger who rescues her dog from a trap, but her father plans to marry her to an elderly duke. Fleeing with the apparently penniless man means risking family approval and confronting his hidden identity.

Ordered by Queen Victoria to marry a Balkan prince for political reasons, Lady Gloria Winton resents a husband she has never met. Threatened by revolution and Russian interference, the pair must face danger before deciding what their marriage means.

Eva is left penniless in Paris after her father's death and seeks help from a courtesan. A plan involving Lord Charles Craig offers escape from her difficulties, but concealing her identity draws her into unwelcome advances and intrigue.

Princess Sola replaces her twin sister on a visit to King Ivan after illness threatens a royal engagement. Revolution turns the temporary impersonation into a demand for marriage, forcing Sola to weigh duty against her own feelings.

Impoverished Talbot Marsham unexpectedly inherits the Scottish earldom of Cairnloch and its clan responsibilities. Tara MacDowall helps him understand his people, but suspicion of his English background and a hostile relative endanger his new life.

Punished for an indiscretion, Lord Victor Brooke must escort Princess Sydella to marry a distant king. Their dangerous journey creates an attraction neither expected, leaving them caught between personal happiness and obligations to crown and country.

After losing her home in a fire, Erlina Sherwood seeks shelter with her young brother at neglected Meldon Hall. Finding its blinded marquis in residence, she begins to understand his bitterness while encountering threats from those around him.

Ilesa reluctantly helps her worldly half-sister Doreen conceal an affair from the duke Doreen hopes to marry. When he invites their family to his home, his interest in Ilesa turns the deception into a source of jealous conflict.

Left without family money, Josina seeks help from the Duke of Nevondale and discovers his dangerous affair with a married woman. Attraction grows, but his proposal to protect their reputations falls short of the love she wants.

Ivana escapes a stepfather who intends to sell her as a wealthy man's mistress and finds work with the Earl of Lorimer. Her command of French draws her into wartime espionage, while her unwanted suitor continues pursuing her.

Wealthy orphan Zarina refuses her guardian's plan to marry her to an older duke. She offers to save childhood friend Rolfe's debt-ridden estate in exchange for a pretend engagement, then joins him on a voyage to India.

The Marquis of Melverley offers protection to orphaned Christina Churston after finding her pursued by an unwanted suitor. Their growing affection brings hope, but his inheritance-hungry cousin threatens the safety Christina has begun to trust.

Kasia escapes an arranged marriage and becomes governess to the Duke of Dreghorne's unruly nephew, hoping to prove she can earn her living. Affection develops with her employer, but kidnapping places both Kasia and the child in danger.

After rescuing Lady Lynda from drowning, the notorious Duke of Buckington marries her to preserve her reputation. She insists on a marriage in name only, but their Greek honeymoon and a dangerous archaeological search challenge that agreement.

Orphaned and penniless in Milan, Luella Hanley accepts work escorting a young Italian boy to his English father, a duke. The journey promises a way home, but unexpected danger and romance complicate her seemingly straightforward task.

Vara McDorn becomes reader and guide to the blinded Earl of Dornoch, helping him understand his Scottish clan. As affection grows, threats from a rival relative endanger him, while Vara worries what restored sight might mean for their bond.

Odella Wayne suspects a circus fortune-teller is gathering British naval secrets for Napoleon's agents. Reporting her fears to the Marquis of Midhurst draws her into an undercover mission where protecting her country also puts her heart at risk.

Stranded in Spain after losing her parents and godmother, Claudia agrees to pose as the Marquis of Datchford's wife. He misunderstands her background, and their attraction makes his offer increasingly difficult for the young woman to accept.

Lady Athina rescues a mistreated child and takes him to his uncle, the Marquis of Rockingdale. A pretend engagement helps the marquis satisfy royal expectations, but protecting the boy from his stepfather soon becomes their urgent shared concern.

An inheritance allows Mavina Lonsdale to travel to India in search of her father's resting place. Reserved Major Willoughby Wicke offers protection, and their journey toward her father's regimental fort brings enemy agents and unexpected attraction.

Alicia loses her memory in a train accident while traveling to an arranged marriage she dreads. Taken in by a performing troupe, she unknowingly heads toward the home of the young ruler she was supposed to wed.

Jilted for a wealthier title, the Earl of Ardwick encounters Lupita and her young brother fleeing a cousin who covets the boy's inheritance. Protecting them suggests a way to avenge his humiliation, but Lupita awakens unexpected feelings.

Barbara Cartland recalls her life, marriages, famous friendships, and experiences around British royalty in this autobiography. Personal anecdotes share space with her views on health, public causes, and the place of love and faith in her life.

Penniless in Tunisia, Mimosa impersonates her missing wealthy cousin to find a way back to England. The Duke of Alrock's interest leads her toward romance and archaeological exploration, while her cousin's reputation brings blackmail and danger.

Lencia and her sister secretly travel to France after their new stepmother blocks a promised holiday. Disguised as an older chaperone, Lencia accepts a duke's hospitality, but falling for him makes her assumed identity a painful obstacle.

Lady Imilda escapes an arranged marriage by hiding at her intended husband's neglected estate under a false introduction. Discovering highwaymen using the house, she must warn the returning marquis even as her feelings for him begin to change.