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Love in the Moon
Den unga Canéda reser till Frankrike för att hämnas på Hertig de Saumac, vars far behandlade hennes far illa så länge han levde. Hon vill också hämnas på sina förnäma morföräldrar som försköt sin dotter när hon rymde från ett arrangerat giftermål för att gifta sig med den man hon älskade. Men Canédas planer går i kras när kärleken drabbar henne – kärleken till en man hon aldrig kan få. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.
151 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 1981
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Barbara Cartland
1,084 books835 followersBorn in 1901, Barbara Cartland started her writing career in journalism and completed her first book, Jigsaw, when she was just 24. An immediate success, it was the start of her journey to becoming the world’s most famous and most read romantic novelist of all time. Inspiring a whole generation of readers around the globe with her exciting tales of adventure, love and intrigue, she became synonymous with the Romance genre. And she still is to this day, having written over 644 romantic fiction books.
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
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October 30, 2021
That was... Something 🤣
September 20, 2023
The heroine’s brother has unexpectedly inherited the Earldom upon the death of their uncle and his sons. Their late father was a younger son, so they never had expectations that the title would pass to their line and they were in fact quite poor.
Their mother also came from a very aristocratic French family and was betrothed to a Duc, but fell in love with their father, and eloped with him. Because of this, their mother was disowned by her family and their parents were ostracized. So they lived very quietly and simply in the country.
When her brother inherits the Earldom, they become quite wealthy. Since both of them are good looking they are an instant success in London. It is then that they receive a letter from their estranged French grandmother, inviting them for a visit. They are even more angry and bitter, because it is only now, when they are wealthy, that the grandmother has extended an olive branch.
The brother is determined to ignore them, just as they ignored his parents. However, the heroine decides to take them up on the offer as a form of revenge. She suspects that they have fallen on hard times and now needs the support from their wealthy English grandson. The heroine also decides to get some revenge on the son of the old Duc (betrothed of her mother) who was behind the ostracism of her parents.
Now why Dame Cartland, and thus the heroine, believe that the sins of the father should fall on the son, who would have been a little boy at the time, I dont know. 🤷🏻♀️
Anyway the first thing the heroine does upon arriving in France, is to scope out the Duc. She wants to make him fall in love w her and then disappear, leaving him in agony. She knows he is married and that his wife is insane. She hears that he is a bitter man. She finds out he has a riding school on his estate, so she uses this to enact their introduction, though she makes sure he does not know her true identity.
She is an outstanding rider and has trained her horse in some unusual tricks, and she knows this is how she can get his attention. Of course since she is beautiful and accomplished, she succeeds. But she finds herself attracted to him as well. She stays for dinner and agrees to spend the night. They share a few passionate kisses, and when he says he will “meet” her in her bedroom later, the heroine runs away.
Even if her scheme works, she is now in love w the Duc and feels the agony of longing and frustration plus the despair of not being able to marry him.
She proceeds to her grandparents estate, and indeed sees signs that they have fallen on hard times. Her grandfather is senile and thinks she is her mother. Her grandmother explains that the old Duc was really in love with her mother and so distressed when she ran away. The grandmother also explains a lot of what happened at the time, and eventually, the heroine feels compassion for her grandparents.
Suddenly, the young Duc appears! Her grandmother introduces her, but he just looks through her as if he does not recognize her! He ignores her every time they are in the same room and all throughout dinner, until he leaves without ever speaking to her.
The heroine is sad and disheartened when she returns to England. She is still in despair as she waits to talk to her brother. She is having some mopey moments as she contemplates her life without her love when, suddenly, the Duc arrives!
He explains that he had already followed her and knew who she was by the time he arrived at her grandmother’s house, and was punishing her, because of the agony she put him through when she left. But now he confesses his love to her and wants to ask her brother for her hand in marriage!
Apparently his wife had died 3 year previously, but he never announced it.
HEA!❤️❤️❤️
Their mother also came from a very aristocratic French family and was betrothed to a Duc, but fell in love with their father, and eloped with him. Because of this, their mother was disowned by her family and their parents were ostracized. So they lived very quietly and simply in the country.
When her brother inherits the Earldom, they become quite wealthy. Since both of them are good looking they are an instant success in London. It is then that they receive a letter from their estranged French grandmother, inviting them for a visit. They are even more angry and bitter, because it is only now, when they are wealthy, that the grandmother has extended an olive branch.
The brother is determined to ignore them, just as they ignored his parents. However, the heroine decides to take them up on the offer as a form of revenge. She suspects that they have fallen on hard times and now needs the support from their wealthy English grandson. The heroine also decides to get some revenge on the son of the old Duc (betrothed of her mother) who was behind the ostracism of her parents.
Now why Dame Cartland, and thus the heroine, believe that the sins of the father should fall on the son, who would have been a little boy at the time, I dont know. 🤷🏻♀️
Anyway the first thing the heroine does upon arriving in France, is to scope out the Duc. She wants to make him fall in love w her and then disappear, leaving him in agony. She knows he is married and that his wife is insane. She hears that he is a bitter man. She finds out he has a riding school on his estate, so she uses this to enact their introduction, though she makes sure he does not know her true identity.
She is an outstanding rider and has trained her horse in some unusual tricks, and she knows this is how she can get his attention. Of course since she is beautiful and accomplished, she succeeds. But she finds herself attracted to him as well. She stays for dinner and agrees to spend the night. They share a few passionate kisses, and when he says he will “meet” her in her bedroom later, the heroine runs away.
Even if her scheme works, she is now in love w the Duc and feels the agony of longing and frustration plus the despair of not being able to marry him.
She proceeds to her grandparents estate, and indeed sees signs that they have fallen on hard times. Her grandfather is senile and thinks she is her mother. Her grandmother explains that the old Duc was really in love with her mother and so distressed when she ran away. The grandmother also explains a lot of what happened at the time, and eventually, the heroine feels compassion for her grandparents.
Suddenly, the young Duc appears! Her grandmother introduces her, but he just looks through her as if he does not recognize her! He ignores her every time they are in the same room and all throughout dinner, until he leaves without ever speaking to her.
The heroine is sad and disheartened when she returns to England. She is still in despair as she waits to talk to her brother. She is having some mopey moments as she contemplates her life without her love when, suddenly, the Duc arrives!
He explains that he had already followed her and knew who she was by the time he arrived at her grandmother’s house, and was punishing her, because of the agony she put him through when she left. But now he confesses his love to her and wants to ask her brother for her hand in marriage!
Apparently his wife had died 3 year previously, but he never announced it.
HEA!❤️❤️❤️
December 8, 2025
4⭐️ This story was really cute and I quite enjoyed it. I bought this book at used bookstore for $1 after seeing the glorious and extremely extra photo of the author. Plus, the cover was pink so I couldn’t say no.
Approach this book like watching a 1920’s historical romance and it reads better. I really enjoyed the drama between Caneda and the Duc. It was very similar to the back and forth tension to modern erotic romances.
No there is no smut in it but that does not mean I won’t still call it Granny Smut.
Approach this book like watching a 1920’s historical romance and it reads better. I really enjoyed the drama between Caneda and the Duc. It was very similar to the back and forth tension to modern erotic romances.
No there is no smut in it but that does not mean I won’t still call it Granny Smut.
February 26, 2025
Times have been tough for young Lady Canèda Lang and her brother Harry and they neither seek not expect help from the aristocratic French family that ostracised their mother Clémentine de Bantôme in their outrage at her running away to marry their father, Gerald Lang, whom they considered beneath her.
Worse still, the couple incurred the wrath of the much older and powerful Duc de Saumac, to whom Clémentine was betrothed and so a bitter vendetta began.
Then, overnight, Harry discovers that he is now an Earl! He has unexpectedly inherited the Earldom of Langstone with an ancestral Castle and a large and prosperous estate.
Hearing the news, their French grandmother invites them to stay - evidently the de Bantômes have fallen on hard times themselves and now have the nerve to ask for help.
Apparently their vines have contracted the deadly phylloxera disease that is ravaging vineyards all over Europe and has badly damaged the family's finances.
Harry is determined to refuse the invitation, but Canèda is set on journeying to the Dordogne to meet the family and the Duc de Saumac - and to wreak her revenge on them for all the years of misery they have caused..
But on arrival it is not hatred but love that she finds in beautiful Périgord!
Worse still, the couple incurred the wrath of the much older and powerful Duc de Saumac, to whom Clémentine was betrothed and so a bitter vendetta began.
Then, overnight, Harry discovers that he is now an Earl! He has unexpectedly inherited the Earldom of Langstone with an ancestral Castle and a large and prosperous estate.
Hearing the news, their French grandmother invites them to stay - evidently the de Bantômes have fallen on hard times themselves and now have the nerve to ask for help.
Apparently their vines have contracted the deadly phylloxera disease that is ravaging vineyards all over Europe and has badly damaged the family's finances.
Harry is determined to refuse the invitation, but Canèda is set on journeying to the Dordogne to meet the family and the Duc de Saumac - and to wreak her revenge on them for all the years of misery they have caused..
But on arrival it is not hatred but love that she finds in beautiful Périgord!
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