117. The Bride Runs Away - The Pink Collection

Barbara Cartland

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The beautiful Iona Langdale is walking in her favourite wood the day before her wedding, which is planned to be a huge Society event with marquees and fireworks and attended by her large family and all her smart friends from London. She is musing dreamily about how happy she will be once she is married to her next door neighbour, John Moreton, whom she has known since childhood. Beside a hut by a pool in the wood, she sees her fiancé’s horse tied up to a post and can hear voices coming from inside. She listens without really meaning to and it is John who is speaking to the Vicar’s daughter, Mary. He is telling her how much he loves her, but he has to go through with marrying Iona because he needs her money to repair his house and pay off his father’s debts and Iona is a millionairess. Iona is deeply shocked and disillusioned and, despite her wedding happening tomorrow, she decides to run away as she cannot marry John after hearing that he is so desperately in love with Mary. She sets off not knowing where she should go and after a number of adventures she unexpectedly becomes the cook at the magnificent house of the Earl of Woodbridge. The few servants in his house are frightened of him because of his bad temper which is caused by the fact that he has spent several years looking for his family’s treasure hidden by his miserly uncle before he died, but to no avail. The Earl has spent all his money in searching for the elusive treasure and now he cannot even afford to pay his servants. How Iona cooks superb dishes for the Earl, how she saves his life and how she finds the real love she is seeking is all told in this fascinating story by BARBARA CARTLAND. "Barbara Cartland was the world’s most prolific novelist who wrote an amazing 723 books in her lifetime, of which no less than 644 were romantic novels with worldwide sales of over 1 billion copies and her books were translated into 36 different languages.As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, theatrical plays and books of advice on life, love, vitamins and cookery.She wrote her first book at the age of 21 and it was called Jigsaw. It became an immediate bestseller and sold 100,000 copies in hardback in England and all over Europe in translation.Between the ages of 77 and 97 she increased her output and wrote an incredible 400 romances as the demand for her romances was so strong all over the world.She wrote her last book at the age of 97 and it was entitled perhaps prophetically The Way to Heaven. Her books have always been immensely popular in the United States where in 1976 her current books were at numbers 1 & 2 in the B. Dalton bestsellers list, a feat never achieved before or since by any author.Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime and will be best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels so loved by her millions of readers throughout the world, who have always collected her books to read again and again, especially when they feel miserable or depressed.Her books will always be treasured for their moral message, her pure and innocent heroines, her handsome and dashing heroes, her blissful happy endings and above all for her belief that the power of love is more important than anything else in everyone’s life."

Sujets

• Downton Abbey
• Mills & Boon
• Thomas Hardy
• Jane Austen
• Harlequin

Informations

• Publié par: M-Y Books
• Date de parution: 01 août 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781782135678
• Langue: English

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THE BRIDE RUNS AWAY

BARBARA CARTLAND

www.barbaracartland.com

Copyright © 2014 by Cartland Promotions

First published on the Internet in June 2014 by Barbaracartland.com

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THE BRIDE RUNS AWAY

“It was the most fortunate thing I have ever done! Here you are and I have just enjoyed a meal more than I have ever enjoyed one be fore and I recognised the Parisian touch at every scintillating mouthful.” Then the Earl said in a very different tone, “I only hope you are staying. But I will be honest and tell you, as I am sure you have been told already, that I cannot pay you for w orking for me.” “That I understand, my Lord. I would be glad to sta y for reasons I don’t wish to discuss at present, while I make up my mind where I will go next.” The Earl stared at her and then he said, “I have the strangest feeling, although I may well be wrong, that you are running away. Can that be true?” “As it happens, it is,” Iona replied. “But I have n o wish to talk about it, my Lord.” She smiled at him. “I will be very happy, if it suits you for me to st ay or rather hide for a while in your house. I will be delighted to pay for the accommoda tion by cooking for you, as you may say, with a professional touch.” “That is the best contract I have ever been offered ,” the Earl answered jovially. He held out his hand and Iona put her hand in his. As his fingers closed over hers, she had the strang e feeling that she was taking a step into the unknown without having the slightest idea of where it might lead her.

THE BARBARA CARTLAND PINK COLLECTION

Barbara Cartland was the most prolific bestselling a uthor in the history of the world. She was frequently in the Guinness Book of Records for writing more books in a year than any other living author. In fact her most amaz ing literary feat was when her publishers asked for more Barbara Cartland romances , she doubled her output from 10 books a year to over 20 books a year, when she was 77. She went on writing continuously at this rate for 2 0 years and wrote her last book at the age of 97, thus completing 400 books between th e ages of 77 and 97. Her publishers finally could not keep up with this phenomenal output, so at her death she left 160 unpublished manuscripts, somethi ng again that no other author has ever achieved. Now the exciting news is that these 160 original un published Barbara Cartland books are ready for publication and they will be pu blished by Barbaracartland.com exclusively on the Internet, as the web is the best possible way to reach so many Barbara Cartland readers around the world. The 160 books will be published monthly and will be numbered in sequence. The series is called the Pink Collection as a tribu te to Barbara Cartland whose favourite colour was pink and it became very much h er trademark over the years. The Barbara Cartland Pink Collection is published o nly on the Internet. Log on to www.barbaracartland.comto find out how you can purchase the books monthly as they are published, and take out a subscription that wil l ensure that all subsequent editions are delivered to you by mail order to your home.

If you do not have access to a computer you can wri te for information about the Pink Collection to the following address : BarbaraCartland.com Camfield Place Hatfield Hertfordshire AL9 6JE United Kingdom Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Titles in this series

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1. The Cross Of Love 2. Love In The Highlands 3. Love Finds The Way 4. The Castle Of Love 5. Love Is Triumphant 6. Stars In The Sky 7. The Ship Of Love 8. A Dangerous Disguise 9. Love Became Theirs 10. Love Drives In 11. Sailing To Love 12. The Star Of Love 13. Music Is The Soul Of Love 14. Love In The East 15. Theirs To Eternity 16. A Paradise On Earth 17. Love Wins In Berlin 18. In Search Of Love 19. Love Rescues Rosanna 20. A Heart In Heaven 21. The House Of Happiness 22. Royalty Defeated By Love 23. The White Witch 24. They Sought Love 25. Love Is The Reason For Living 26. They Found Their Way To Heaven 27. Learning To Love 28. Journey To Happiness 29. A Kiss In The Desert 30. The Heart Of Love 31. The Richness Of Love 32. For Ever And Ever 33. An Unexpected Love 34. Saved By An Angel 35. Touching The Stars 36. Seeking Love 37. Journey To Love 38. The Importance Of Love 39. Love By The Lake 40. A Dream Come True 41. The King Without A Heart 42. The Waters Of Love 43. Danger To The Duke 44. A Perfect Way To Heaven 45. Follow Your Heart

46. In Hiding 47. Rivals For Love 48. A Kiss From The Heart 49. Lovers In London 50. This Way To Heaven 51. A Princess Prays 52. Mine For Ever 53. The Earl’s Revenge 54. Love At The Tower 55. Ruled By Love 56. Love Came From Heaven 57. Love And Apollo 58. The Keys Of Love 59. A Castle Of Dreams 60. A Battle Of Brains 61. A Change Of Hearts 62. It Is Love 63. The Triumph Of Love 64. Wanted – A Royal Wife 65. A Kiss Of Love 66. To Heaven With Love 67. Pray For Love 68. The Marquis Is Trapped 69. Hide And Seek For Love 70. Hiding from Love 71. A Teacher Of Love 72. Money Or Love 73. The Revelation Is Love 74. The Tree Of Love 75. The Magnificent Marquis 76. The Castle 77. The Gates of Paradise 78. A Lucky Star 79. A Heaven on Earth 80. The Healing Hand 81. A Virgin Bride 82. The Trail to Love 83. A Royal Love Match 84. A Steeplechase for Love 85. Love at Last 86. Search for a Wife 87. Secret Love 88. A Miracle of Love 89. Love and the Clans 90. A Shooting Star 91. The Winning Post is Love 92. They Touched Heaven 93. The Mountain of Love 94. The Queen Wins

95. Love and the Gods 96. Joined by Love 97. The Duke is Deceived 98. A Prayer For Love 99. Love Conquers War 100. A Rose in Jeopardy 101. A Call of Love 102. A Flight to Heaven 103. She Wanted Love 104. A Heart Finds Love 105. A Sacrifice for Love 106. Love's Dream in Peril 107. Soft, sweet & Gentle 108. An Archangel Called Ivan 109. A Prisoner in Paris 110. Danger in the desert 111. Rescued by Love 112. A Road to Romance 113. A Golden Lie 114. A heart of stone 115. The Earl Elopes 116. A Wilder Kind of Love 117. The Bride Runs Away

THELATE DAME BARBARA CARTLAND

Barbara Cartlandnety eight,, who sadly died in May 2000 at the grand age of ni remains one of the world’s most famous romantic nov elists. 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 ro mance globally.

Writing her first book ‘Jigsaw’ at the age of 21, B arbara became an immediate bestseller. Building upon this initial success, sh e 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 Euro pe, her books have always been immensely popular in the USA. In 1976 she ach ieved the unprecedented feat of having books at numbers 1 & 2 in the presti gious B. Dalton Bookseller bestsellers list.

Although she is often referred to as the ‘Queen of Romance’, Barbara Cartland also wrote several historical biographies, six auto biographies and numerous theatrical plays as well as books on life, love, he alth and cookery. Becoming one of Britain's most popular media personalities and d ressed 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 Briti sh 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 wonderfu l romantic novels and loved by millions of readers worldwide, her books remain tre asured 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.