Earl in Peril

Barbara Cartland

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Lorena Conway has devoted most of her life to being a secretary to her father, a noted historian. Sir Arthur suddenly dies and leaves Lorena with too little money to maintain her childhood home. Wondering how she will survive, the beautiful Lorena overhears a friend of her neighbour plotting to kill the Earl of Bramfield, who has recently and unexpectedly inherited from his father and whose vast estates lie near her home. Realising that she has no option but to try and convince the Earl of the peril he is in, Lorena sets out to confront him. When his elder brother died, the new Earl had to give up an Army career and return home. Now having inherited the title and estates, he is finding it difficult to adjust to his new position. He sees Lorena and listens to her tale, but cannot accept that his life is in danger. However, he offers Lorena a temporary job helping him to sort out his disorganised office and she brings her newly invented typewriter with her. Soon the Earl realises that the danger is very real and Lorena finds herself having to use all her wits to keep safe the man she rapidly becomes attracted to in a way that she never expected. Then the Earl's younger brother, the Honourable Andrew, arrives home and life at Bramfield becomes ever more complicated and perilous.

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• Publié par: Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd
• Date de parution: 12 décembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781782139966
• Langue: English

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The Earl in Peril
BARBARA CARTLAND

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First published on the internet in July 2017 by Barbaracartland.com
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THE EARL IN PERIL
Suddenly a shotgun blast shattered the peace of the morning.
Across the parkland came two men. A retriever ran ahead and brought back a dead pigeon.
One of the men was Lorena’s next door neighbour. Her father had been taken aback by Mr. Robert Preston’s rudeness when he paid him a visit after the man moved in.
“He treated me as if I was some printer’s hack,” he had exploded. “We shall have nothing to do with him.”
After he had calmed down a little, he had added,
“Apart from the way he spoke to me, I don’t trust the man. He boasts far too much of smart friends and his adventures in far-flung places. I did not deign to tell him I could match every name and place he mentioned and have many left in reserve.”
The mildest mannered of men, Lorena’s father had never before judged a fellow human being in such terms and she had decided that any contact with Robert Preston should be avoided.
She had seen him in the village enough to know who he was.
A man of average height and build, he had bushy black hair and an ugly face. His nose was too large, the eyes small and too close together and his ears ill-shaped.
When he did laugh, normally at some unfortunate happening such as an old lady slipping on ice, the sound boomed in a peculiarly nasty way.
No, Robert Preston was not an attractive man.
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She went on writing continuously at this rate for 20 years and wrote her last book at the age of 97, thus completing 400 books between the ages of 77 and 97.
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Titles in this series
These titles are currently available for download. For more information please see the Where to buy page at the end of this book. The Cross Of Love Love In The Highlands Love Finds The Way The Castle Of Love Love Is Triumphant Stars In The Sky The Ship Of Love A Dangerous Disguise Love Became Theirs Love Drives In Sailing To Love The Star Of Love Music Is The Soul Of Love Love In The East Theirs To Eternity A Paradise On Earth Love Wins In Berlin In Search Of Love Love Rescues Rosanna A Heart In Heaven The House Of Happiness Royalty Defeated By Love The White Witch They Sought Love Love Is The Reason For Living They Found Their Way To Heaven Learning To Love Journey To Happiness A Kiss In The Desert The Heart Of Love The Richness Of Love For Ever And Ever An Unexpected Love Saved By An Angel Touching The Stars Seeking Love Journey To Love The Importance Of Love Love By The Lake A Dream Come True The King Without A Heart The Waters Of Love Danger To The Duke A Perfect Way To Heaven Follow Your Heart In Hiding Rivals For Love A Kiss From The Heart Lovers In London This Way To Heaven A Princess Prays Mine For Ever The Earl’s Revenge Love At The Tower Ruled By Love Love Came From Heaven Love And Apollo The Keys Of Love A Castle Of Dreams A Battle Of Brains A Change Of Hearts It Is Love The Triumph Of Love Wanted – A Royal Wife A Kiss Of Love To Heaven With Love Pray For Love The Marquis Is Trapped Hide And Seek For Love Hiding from Love A Teacher Of Love Money Or Love The Revelation Is Love The Tree Of Love The Magnificent Marquis The Castle The Gates of Paradise A Lucky Star A Heaven on Earth The Healing Hand A Virgin Bride The Trail to Love A Royal Love Match A Steeplechase for Love Love at Last Search for a Wife Secret Love A Miracle of Love Love and the Clans A Shooting Star The Winning Post is Love They Touched Heaven The Mountain of Love The Queen Wins Love and the Gods Joined by Love The Duke is Deceived A Prayer For Love Love Conquers War A Rose in Jeopardy A Call of Love A Flight to Heaven She Wanted Love A Heart Finds Love A Sacrifice for Love Love's Dream in Peril Soft, sweet & Gentle An Archangel Called Ivan A Prisoner in Paris Danger in the desert Rescued by Love A Road to Romance A Golden Lie A heart of stone The Earl Elopes A Wilder Kind of Love The Bride Runs Away Beyond the Horizon Crowned by Music Love solves the Problem Blessing of the Gods Love by Moonlight Saved by the Duke A Train to Love Wanted - A Bride Double the Love Hiding from the Fortune-Hunters The Marquis is Deceived The Viscount's Revenge Captured by Love An Ocean of Love A Beauty Betrayed No Bride, No Wedding A Strange Way to Find Love The Unbroken Dream A Heart in Chains One Minute to Love Love for Eternity The Prince who wanted Love For the Love of Scotland An Angel from Heaven Their Search for Real Love Secret Danger Music from Heaven The Duke Hated Women The Weapon is Love The King Wins Love Saves the Day They Ran Away A Battle of Love Love Finds a Treasure Love under the Stars She Fell in Love The Earl in Peril
THE LATE DAME BARBARA CARTLAND
Barbara Cartland, who sadly died in May 2000 at the grand age of ninety eight, remains one of the world’s most famous romantic novelists. With worldwide sales of over one billion, her outstanding 723 books have been translated into thirty six different languages, to be enjoyed by readers of romance globally.
Writing her first book ‘Jigsaw’ at the age of 21, Barbara became an immediate bestseller. Building upon this initial success, she wrote continuously throughout her life, producing bestsellers for an astonishing 76 years. In addition to Barbara Cartland’s legion of fans in the UK and across Europe, her books have always been immensely popular in the USA. In 1976 she achieved the unprecedented feat of having books at numbers 1 & 2 in the prestigious B. Dalton Bookseller bestsellers list.
Although she is often referred to as the ‘Queen of Romance’, Barbara Cartland also wrote several historical biographies, six autobiographies and numerous theatrical plays as well as books on life, love, health and cookery. Becoming one of Britain's most popular media personalities and dressed in her trademark pink, Barbara spoke on radio and television about social and political issues, as well as making many public appearances.
In 1991 she became a Dame of the Order of the British Empire for her contribution to literature and her work for humanitarian and charitable causes.
Known for her glamour, style, and vitality Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime. Best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels and loved by millions of readers worldwide, her books remain treasured for their heroic heroes, plucky heroines and traditional values. But above all, it was Barbara Cartland’s overriding belief in the positive power of love to help, heal and improve the quality of life for everyone that made her truly unique.
“As an experiment I once wrote a novel with an unhappy ending. I was amazed by the spate of protests I received from my loyal readers.
So much so that I changed the ending when the book was reprinted and everyone was delighted.
I was wrong, I should have followed my own maxim that all true love always has a happy ending!”

Barbara Cartland
CHAPTER ONE ~ 1905
Lorena Conway took a last look at the bracket clock on the wall of her father’s study.
It had occupied pride of place there for twenty-five years and to Lorena it seemed a symbol of all the happy times that she had spent there.
“You drive a hard bargain, Miss Conway,” said the dealer, reaching up to lift the clock off its bracket.
He spoke to her cheerfully and Lorena knew that they were both satisfied with the price that they had agreed.
“It’s a fine item,” he added, laying the clock onto a cloth and proceeding to wrap it securely. “And it will go to a good home, I can assure you of that, Miss Conway.”
Lorena had known the dealer for several ye