Barbara Cartland Books in Order

Galina and her brother face the cost of maintaining two inherited houses and look toward wealthy American society for relief. Her love for an equally poor English lord forces her to weigh family survival against her own happiness.

Pressed by his family to marry, the Marquis of Milverton accepts a wager to find a wife while traveling in disguise. His search through the countryside brings unexpected acquaintances and involvement with a dangerous gang of horse thieves.

Wenda struggles to maintain Creswell Court while her brother enjoys London society. An impending visit from the Prince of Wales forces them into risky financial improvisation, with a secret house party opening unexpected possibilities for romance.

Valeria's father's financial ruin leaves her facing a marriage chosen to pay his debts. Helping Lord Waterford restore his castle offers an escape, but her fascination with another man makes choosing a secure and loving future difficult.

Princess Zelda escapes pressure to marry royalty and travels to England to investigate a rumor about her parentage. Assuming a different identity brings her into contact with a reclusive duke whose guarded life she begins to unsettle.

Narina agrees to impersonate her lookalike friend, a Balkan ruler's wife, while the royal couple seek medical help. A wounded fugitive appears in the palace garden, drawing her into danger as Russian ambitions threaten the principality.

Tania meets Captain Rupert More after a train crash and falls in love, only for war to separate them. Escaping her stepmother's marriage plans, she trains with Florence Nightingale and follows the wounded troops to the Crimea.

Sent to investigate the Suez Canal, the Marquis of Harlington discovers a neighbor's daughter fleeing an arranged marriage in his carriage. He takes Delisia to Egypt disguised as his niece, where her abilities challenge his disillusionment with love.

Orphaned Kayla returns to England and is forced into marriage by her hostile grandfather. She and her equally unwilling husband travel to Nepal, carrying resentment into a journey that tests their assumptions about each other.

Raised quietly in England, Tarena unexpectedly learns she must become Queen of Karlova and marry to protect the country from Russia. Traveling with her uncle and a soldier escort, she faces royal responsibility while discovering an unexpected attachment.

Rupert Fitzalan returns from America to restore his neglected Scottish castle and encounters an old clan feud. His attraction to Celina, engaged to a rival's heir, complicates the search for an heirloom at the heart of the dispute.

Elissa's life with her grandmother is threatened by a cousin's gambling and demands for marriage. Loving a struggling artist instead, she faces family interference, jealousy, and threats that challenge her determination to choose her own future.

Rosetta agrees to impersonate Lord Waincliffe's sister to help persuade a wealthy marquis to finance a racecourse. The deception seems a solution to his family's money problems, but her growing involvement makes the consequences increasingly personal.

Temia discovers that a blackmailer plans to marry her by exploiting her father's hidden past. Fleeing to London brings her into the orbit of a volatile earl and his friend, where competing affections complicate her escape.

Dorianna faces marrying a wealthy man she dislikes to save her family home. With her maid taking her place at the ceremony, she escapes aboard a stranger's yacht, risking security for the possibility of a love she can choose.

Latasha is asked to marry a Balkan prince whose country needs British protection against Russia. Refusing to surrender her hopes for love, she travels there in disguise with her nanny to discover the man behind the political proposal.

Lord Lanwood learns that his nephew is imprisoned in France by men seeking access to his valuable art collection. He recruits Isa, a vicar's daughter skilled in languages, and their rescue mission draws them into danger together.

Rosella escapes an unwanted marriage by traveling to Venice with a talkative parrot. A mysterious stranger seems to offer the love she has imagined, but his connection to her enemy threatens to turn that hope into another trap.

Caterina agrees to impersonate her royal friend so the other princess can escape a political marriage with the man she loves. Marrying an English duke under a false identity leaves Caterina fearing discovery and the consequences for both countries.

Adella and her school friend Jane face different barriers to marrying the men they love. Family pressure pushes Adella toward an unwanted husband, while Jane's position as a governess places her hopes beyond society's accepted boundaries.

After her father's death, Georgina must introduce a reluctant new earl to the estate and family he has inherited. Accustomed to dressing and behaving as a boy, she is urged to conceal her independence to win his cooperation.

Orphaned Titania accompanies her domineering cousin to a Balkan court as a servant. Secret rides with the king begin a friendship that challenges his claim to have no heart, while a plot against him threatens their growing bond.

The Marquis of Fane investigates the origins of a painting and meets Cyrilla, the artist's daughter. Their attraction seems to promise happiness, but what he asks of her conflicts with the principles she cannot abandon for love.

Rejected by the woman he intended to marry, the Marquis of Darincourt helps her mistreated cousin escape. A pretend engagement protects his pride and transforms Serla's place in society, creating complications neither anticipated when they agreed to the charade.

Devona burns a miserly earl's will and falsely claims to be his daughter, hoping for protection from his successor. The lie unexpectedly makes her an heiress, attracting a fortune hunter and entangling her with the young new earl.

A bored marquis travels disguised as an ordinary man after accepting a wager that the open road will bring adventure. He meets Velina, fleeing an unwanted marriage, and her pursuers turn his excursion into a dangerous shared journey.

Rosaleena prepares to inherit an Irish estate but knows little about her father's unexplained death. Meeting Colonel Joyce angers her guardian and starts a journey into her concealed family history, where danger and romance become inseparable.

Penniless Rosilda expects to become a junior teacher until a Foreign Office official offers her work escorting a princess home. Their secret journey through Central Europe faces revolutionary threats, testing Rosilda's courage and her relationship with her commanding companion.

Under pressure to marry, Lord Springdale meets Mellina, who is fleeing her father's choice of husband. They escape aboard his yacht posing as brother and sister, hoping to find partners they can choose for themselves.

Queen Victoria wants a British royal bride for Prince Ivor of Samosia to strengthen his country against Russian influence. Linetta, the daughter of an exiled prince and a pianist, becomes the candidate for this politically important marriage.

Royden and Malva refuse to let their fathers choose their futures. They plan to pretend they are married, take a honeymoon, then announce a divorce, hoping the threat of scandal will end their families' interference.

Childhood friends Vanda and Robert recoil when their families arrange their marriage. Escaping together through Europe seems the perfect solution, until jealousy and unexpected danger complicate a friendship neither has thought of as romantic.

Returning to England, wealthy Georgina Malton wants a husband who loves her rather than her fortune. When a shipboard band's pianist falls ill, she takes his place, opening an unexpected path beyond the life her money defines.

Eleta Renton's stepfather wants her to marry an older duke to further his business interests. She escapes by becoming governess to the Marquis of Teringford's difficult daughter, seeking independence instead of the marriage imposed on her.

On the eve of her wedding, Iona learns that her fiancé loves another woman and wants her fortune. She runs away and becomes cook to the Earl of Woodbridge, whose search for treasure has exhausted his money.

Clive, Earl of Bourne, faces a royal command to marry and a father who will withhold money unless he complies. He escapes toward Land's End, where an encounter with a highwayman draws him into another person's troubles.

Orphaned Lola refuses an unwelcoming uncle's guardianship and finds work embroidering for the Marquis of Halaton. A journey toward Italy brings danger when Macedonian partisans kidnap them, turning her search for independence into a struggle for safety.

American heiress Madelina Winston comes to England to investigate her father's family while her stepmother pursues an aristocratic marriage for her. Attraction to Oliver de Burge complicates those plans, and her father's past threatens their developing relationship.

Orlina agrees to pose as an older chaperone so her widowed friend can join the Earl of Kentallan's yacht party. The deception places a young woman accustomed to scholarly work amid a determined widow's romantic campaign.

After overhearing a suitor's interest in her inheritance, Colena swaps identities with her cousin to escape fortune hunters. A retreat to the country brings further complications when the women discover stolen paintings at their destination.

Orphaned Calina wants to visit her father's grave in Egypt, but travelling alone presents difficulties. She adopts a widow's identity and alters her passport, hoping the disguise will let her undertake a journey her circumstances otherwise restrict.

Returning from military service, the new Duke of Rockcliffe discovers he is guardian to Nelita, his commander's wealthy daughter. Her reckless behaviour challenges his authority as he tries to protect her from danger and fortune hunters.

The Marquis of Craigmere seeks a quick marriage to escape a mistress's plans for divorce and scandal. He chooses an impoverished duke's daughter, but Natalie loves someone else and enlists her cousin Silva to help.

Viscount Trent intends to marry Marigold, a society beauty, until he learns of her calculations about another man's inheritance. Her cousin Salvia becomes involved as the discovery challenges his expectations and turns his thoughts toward revenge.

Sent to investigate French ambitions in Southeast Asia, Lord Templeton needs a wife to avoid royal marriage schemes. Amina agrees to play the part, making a diplomatic disguise the starting point for danger and unexpected feelings.

The Earl of Langdale loses a fortune through his mistress, the Comtesse de Courche. His daughter Zela secretly takes work as the Comtesse's secretary in London, determined to discover what happened to her father's money.

Fleeing her stepmother's cruelty while her father is abroad, Vanessa rides north on her horse. An encounter with an unexpectedly educated highwayman leads toward employment with the Marquis of Westfield and his difficult young niece.

Lady Diana's stepfather wants to exchange her title for an American millionaire's wealth. With her former butler's help, she escapes into work as governess to Lord Anthony Clayton's unruly younger brother, seeking control of her own future.

Orphaned Ariana welcomes the prospect of marrying an Albanian prince who fell in love with her portrait. Kidnapped on her journey to his castle, she finds herself attracted to the brigands' leader, caught between duty and desire.

Julia's wealthy stepmother wants her married and out of the house, but neither Julia nor the proposed bridegroom agrees. His yacht offers an escape to Scotland, where she hopes to find the clan her mother came from.

Karla disguises herself as an older aunt to chaperone her married half-sister's secret trip to Paris. A planned meeting with a lover draws her into aristocratic rivalries and horse racing, complicating a deception meant to help her sister.

Orphaned Martina takes a teaching position with the Earl of Westfield's difficult young half-sister while hoping to publish her late father's music. When her pupil disappears during a storm, her new life becomes a search for safety.

Yolisa eagerly accepts her diplomat uncle's invitation to visit the Balkan country of Kavalla. She soon discovers the journey involves a royal marriage scheme and Russian ambitions, placing her hopes for adventure within a dangerous political mission.

Belinda hears that a Russian princess may be spying on Lord Ian Cheddington. Taking work as the princess's maid, she investigates the threat and must find a way to warn the man whose safety concerns her.

Sheldon takes a valet's job with his reclusive uncle, who has banned women and withheld family money since a broken engagement. A burglary leaves the duke wounded, making the search for an acceptable nurse an unexpected complication.

Princess Vasila flees Windsor Castle rather than accept the political marriage Queen Victoria commands. At a circus she meets Kelvin Ridge, himself hiding from enemies after uncovering a Russian plot, bringing two fugitives together in danger.

When her brother loses the family fortune, Salvia tries taking lodgers and finding work to save their home. A secretarial position with Lord Carville draws her into his writing and an unexpected journey to Paris.

Newly made a duke, John Chester needs Gina Wilton's help to restore his neglected castle. Her independence unsettles him, while her suggestion that he marry an heiress makes his growing attraction difficult to understand or pursue.

Tiana needs money to restore her inherited castle, while her neighbour must marry before his birthday or lose his estate. Their practical engagement seems to solve both problems, until rival romantic interests unsettle the arrangement.

Ilena escapes an unwanted marriage by becoming Lord Henry Brantford's secretary and travelling under a borrowed identity. Their voyage gives her freedom to work and explore, until the persistent suitor she fled boards the same ship.

Carina joins a travelling musical troupe as its pianist and performs masked at the Duke of Westbury's castle. Recognising him from an earlier encounter, she conceals her identity, complicating an attraction threatened by his assumptions about her.

Viola escapes a stepfather who wants to control her fortune through marriage. Determined to develop her late father's motor engine, she meets another motoring enthusiast, the Marquis of Hurcott, whose social circle complicates her hopes for independence.

Blinded during military service in India, Hugo returns to England as Earl of Ruven. Childhood friend Jacina helps lift his spirits, but the arrival of his fiancée brings deception and danger into their increasingly close relationship.

After her father's death, Lorena overhears a plot to kill the Earl of Bramfield. He dismisses her warning but employs her as his secretary, placing her close to a man whose danger becomes increasingly difficult to ignore.

Estranged from his father, Viscount Kennington retreats to an inherited house in Devon. There he meets orphaned Luella, whose persistent pursuer threatens to expose her past, drawing the viscount into a struggle against blackmail and danger.

Princess Veria warns King Martiza of a scheme to force them into marriage by manufacturing a scandal. Their shared refusal to wed becomes complicated by political pressure and Russian efforts to gain control of their neighbouring Balkan countries.

Alvina escapes an unwanted marriage by hiding aboard the Earl of Penwood's yacht. He too is fleeing matrimonial pressure, and their plan to pose as husband and wife becomes dangerous when she disappears during a stop at Gibraltar.

Alvita and her brother flee Russia before revolution, bringing family treasures to England and pretending to be royalty. A friend's offer of shelter becomes complicated when Alvita discovers their travelling companion is trying to cheat their host.

Joanna West hopes to repair her inherited home by teaching dance in a nearby castle's ballroom. Its newly titled earl also needs money, but their practical partnership is complicated by a visitor determined to marry him.

The Duke of Lavenham rescues unhappy Devinia from her cousin Penelope's household and proposes a pretend engagement to escape Penelope's marriage claims. Their arrangement brings comfort and attraction, but Penelope's resentment puts Devinia in danger.

Elvina escapes an abusive home in Lisbon by stowing aboard Lord Wye's yacht during the Napoleonic War. Concealing her age and circumstances, she accompanies him on a dangerous voyage that complicates both her disguise and her growing feelings.

After her mother's death, Gardenia arrives at her aunt's glamorous Paris home, unaware of the deceit behind its parties. Lord Hartcourt's warning draws her attention to dangers that lead beyond unwanted advances into espionage and intrigue.

Wealthy orphan Cornelia Bedlington falls for the Duke of Roehampton, unaware that her aunt has arranged their marriage to solve his financial problems. Discovering their secret relationship forces Cornelia to reconsider her hopes and fight for his affection.

Lady Caroline Faye escapes a predatory suitor and seeks refuge at Brecon Castle, where her rescuer conceals troubling secrets. A murderous plot threatens Lord Brecon, drawing her away from society into a dangerous effort to help him.

Vanda Charlton discovers highwaymen occupying the Earl of Wynstock's home and warns him before his return from France. Their attempt to enlist military help becomes urgent when the gang kidnaps her, forcing the earl to devise a rescue.

A duke retreats to Scotland seeking a suitable bride, but a planned society ball introduces him to an impoverished, mistreated niece. Their unexpected connection draws him toward her family’s troubles and a different understanding of love.