The Incomparable

by Barbara Cartland

Amorita Howe and her brother attend the Earl of Eldridge's country house party, hoping to win money for their beloved Nanny's operation, but the glamorous and notorious Earl soon has plans of his own for the shy Amorita. Original.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance

164 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Born 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

Reviews

[Dana Sobh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rate a book according to how much I get attached to it. If I like the story, I wouldn't put it down till I have read it all. 'The Incomparable' was another one of those books that I had to keep reading to find out what's next!
I'm in love with Barbara Cartland's work!

[Nadia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good thing about these books -- after a while you forget most of them so you are reading it for the first time. Again.

[Kimberly Karalius · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Earl Roydin suddenly comes into money via inheritance, he decides to throw a party to honor his friends where he’ll give money to the winners of the horse races AND to whoever brings the most charming Cyprian to the party. Harry is on the brink of starvation despite his title and needs to win every race in order to turn around his decaying castle—and pay for his nanny’s surgery. However, his mistress Millie is being taken care of by a richer man, so she can’t join him at the party. What can he do? His sister, Amorita, volunteers to pretend to be his mistress… though she’s ignorant and thinks she’s posing as an actress 🫢🫢🫢 Oh well. It works. She ends up winning the esteem of Roydin’s staff and charms Roydin’s most wild horse. She wins the lady’s horse race while Harry wins the major races. She even wins the Incomparable competition by walking demurely on stage in an Angel costume, holding a baby doll 💀 (which apparently made Roydin think “I want that baby to be my son in her arms,” which is kind of cute but totally hilarious).

When Roydin tries to explain that he was supposed to win the winning mistress, Amorita has to refuse. For obvious reasons. He kisses her but she stays steady and leaves with Harry (who had been drugged unconscious by a jealous scheming mistress) and they settled in and began to work out how to spend their winnings wisely. Roydin quickly figured out her real identity and found her in the garden in her home, where all loose ends are tied up and they decide to get married. I was actually surprised at how sweet the romance part of this was, and how nice Roydin was considering the quirky, envelope-pushing party and competition he arranged. I did also appreciate spending time with the minor characters like Harry and Millie, who have a complex arrangement that kind of makes you feel bad that Harry, even at the end, can’t afford to have Millie as his number one girl.

[Kristi Einberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some female characters are way to naive, don't know anything about that OTHER world. Kinda annoys me. Their innocent questions, hard to explain them things. But overall i enjoyed this book. I mean, it's Cartland.

[Mojca · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 ½ - 3 stars