Author: | Barbara Cartland | ISBN: | 9781908411013 |
Publisher: | Dolman Scott | Publication: | November 3, 2014 |
Imprint: | Dolman Scott | Language: | English |
Author: | Barbara Cartland |
ISBN: | 9781908411013 |
Publisher: | Dolman Scott |
Publication: | November 3, 2014 |
Imprint: | Dolman Scott |
Language: | English |
Can you fall in love with someone before you meet him? Valona, the 18-year-old daughter of the deposed Prince of Piracus, believes she can. Beautiful, spiritual, and aching for adventure, Valona is convinced that the perfect man exists because she has seen him in her dreams; all she has to do is find him. Valona is excited when she is asked by her wealthy relation the Duke of Inchcombe to become lady in waiting to his sister Lady Rose. Together they will travel to the Balkans, where Lady Rose is to make a politically astute marriage at the request of Queen Victoria. Having lived in impoverished seclusion all her life Valona believes that her dreams of travel are finally coming true. However, after helping star crossed lovers Lady Rose and the Marquis of Dorsham find true happiness it seems that it is Valona’s dreams of romance that will be shattered. With no royal bride to offer the elderly King, it seems the only way to save Larissa from the threat of the encroaching Russian army is for Valona to take her place.
Can you fall in love with someone before you meet him? Valona, the 18-year-old daughter of the deposed Prince of Piracus, believes she can. Beautiful, spiritual, and aching for adventure, Valona is convinced that the perfect man exists because she has seen him in her dreams; all she has to do is find him. Valona is excited when she is asked by her wealthy relation the Duke of Inchcombe to become lady in waiting to his sister Lady Rose. Together they will travel to the Balkans, where Lady Rose is to make a politically astute marriage at the request of Queen Victoria. Having lived in impoverished seclusion all her life Valona believes that her dreams of travel are finally coming true. However, after helping star crossed lovers Lady Rose and the Marquis of Dorsham find true happiness it seems that it is Valona’s dreams of romance that will be shattered. With no royal bride to offer the elderly King, it seems the only way to save Larissa from the threat of the encroaching Russian army is for Valona to take her place.