Barbara Cartland

"Lord Mere is visiting Italy to recover a valuable necklace stolen from his sister when he discovers there is much more than theft behind the jewellery's disappearance. When he meets Flrencia, who is engaged to her family's long-standing enemy, Vincente de Gorizia, Lord Mere quickly realizes she is desperately unhappy and marrying, against her will, a man with an unsavoury reputation. In resolving to save her, Lord Mere risks everything; at stake...

Handsome, world-renowned archaeologist Lord Yelverton arrives in Mexico searching for ancient treasure — more artefacts like the carved jaguar bone he possesses. However, in order to explore the sacred cave where more treasures may be found he needs the endorsement of a man called Ajax Audenshaw in Acapulco. Arriving, he finds Audenshaw is a promiscuous painter, surrounded by children born of different women. Among them, Tula, a young golden-haired,...