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The Lioness and the Lily
Mulher Misteriosa" segue a vida do conde de Rockbrook, que inesperadamente herda um título e propriedades após a morte de seus familiares. Envolvido em mistérios e desafios, o conde deve se ajustar à sua nova posição enquanto navega pelas complexidades da aristocracia e da corte. Ele encontra uma mulher enigmática que desperta seu interesse e o ajuda a desvendar segredos do passado. O romance é marcado por reviravoltas, intrigas e a crescente paixão entre os protagonistas, mostrando como o amor pode emergir nas circunstâncias mais inesperadas.
135 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 1981
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About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,056 books837 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 23, 2023
The title is actually an amusing reference to the plot of the book.
The Hero who has unexpectedly inherited an Earldom, upon the accidental death of his uncle and cousin, now finds himself being pursued by an amoral lady.
Because the Hero is so good looking, before he had inherited the title, he finds himself being seduced by an amoral lady, the daughter of a Duke, while they are both guests at Windsor Castle. Though shocked and disgusted, he does not resist her advances and they go their separate ways after.
Months later, when he conveniently inherits the title and everything that goes with it, amoral lady has suddenly decided he would make an ideal husband. He feels the noose tightening as she attempts to trap him into marriage. She is the lioness. 😁
He goes to his country estate and gets into an accident while riding. He is nursed by the heroine and her nanny. The heroine is everything that is opposite of the lioness. She is innocent, lovely and pure of heart. She is the Lily 😁
When he finds out that the heroine is practically alone in the world, he decides, quite cold-bloodedly, to marry her to get the lioness off his back. He convinces the heroine, that they are well suited and since he has been recuperating in her home, people might talk therefore it would be a good idea to get married quickly.
The heroine agrees because she is half in love with the Hero already. She knows there is a barrier between them, but she has not figured out what it is. The Hero is still recuperating so they cannot be intimate yet.
A lot of story is told from the Hero’s POV and in it he acknowledges that he does not love the heroine in the way she wants, but he is determined to respect her and treat her well. He does admire her a lot.
A bad moment arises when there is a visit from the amoral lady and her father, the Duke. He attempts to confront the Hero about his treatment of his daughter, but loses steam when the Hero says he didnt think the Duke would accept the suit of a poor army officer, he also implies that he married the heroine before he inherited, which he never expected to in the first place.
When the heroine realizes that this is why he Hero married her, she flees to think things over and gets trapped in a cave. Of course the Hero manages to rescue her, because they have amazing telepathy (proving she is his true soul mate 😁) and it is only the thought of losing the heroine forever, that makes him realize his love for her.
So thankfully he got to that point in the end. 😳
The Hero who has unexpectedly inherited an Earldom, upon the accidental death of his uncle and cousin, now finds himself being pursued by an amoral lady.
Because the Hero is so good looking, before he had inherited the title, he finds himself being seduced by an amoral lady, the daughter of a Duke, while they are both guests at Windsor Castle. Though shocked and disgusted, he does not resist her advances and they go their separate ways after.
Months later, when he conveniently inherits the title and everything that goes with it, amoral lady has suddenly decided he would make an ideal husband. He feels the noose tightening as she attempts to trap him into marriage. She is the lioness. 😁
He goes to his country estate and gets into an accident while riding. He is nursed by the heroine and her nanny. The heroine is everything that is opposite of the lioness. She is innocent, lovely and pure of heart. She is the Lily 😁
When he finds out that the heroine is practically alone in the world, he decides, quite cold-bloodedly, to marry her to get the lioness off his back. He convinces the heroine, that they are well suited and since he has been recuperating in her home, people might talk therefore it would be a good idea to get married quickly.
The heroine agrees because she is half in love with the Hero already. She knows there is a barrier between them, but she has not figured out what it is. The Hero is still recuperating so they cannot be intimate yet.
A lot of story is told from the Hero’s POV and in it he acknowledges that he does not love the heroine in the way she wants, but he is determined to respect her and treat her well. He does admire her a lot.
A bad moment arises when there is a visit from the amoral lady and her father, the Duke. He attempts to confront the Hero about his treatment of his daughter, but loses steam when the Hero says he didnt think the Duke would accept the suit of a poor army officer, he also implies that he married the heroine before he inherited, which he never expected to in the first place.
When the heroine realizes that this is why he Hero married her, she flees to think things over and gets trapped in a cave. Of course the Hero manages to rescue her, because they have amazing telepathy (proving she is his true soul mate 😁) and it is only the thought of losing the heroine forever, that makes him realize his love for her.
So thankfully he got to that point in the end. 😳
August 15, 2017
Plot: The intriguing story of the Earl of Rockbrook marries a lovely country girl to escape the attentions of the wanton Lady Louise. But life with Purilla is not as quiet as he expected! Another great romantic adventure from Barbara Cartland.
Now I know who was the lioness mention on the book... Before I read it I was wondering who's the lioness? Now i know it's Lady Sophie and the Lily of course is Purilla... I think it's just so-so not so romantic like the others I read from Barbara Cartland
Now I know who was the lioness mention on the book... Before I read it I was wondering who's the lioness? Now i know it's Lady Sophie and the Lily of course is Purilla... I think it's just so-so not so romantic like the others I read from Barbara Cartland
April 29, 2024
I really like, when you get to see some of their married life, and not just end the story at the alter. One thing I am starting to notice, while reading my way through my mum’s old Barbara Cartland books, is that a number of them have an element of spiritualism (or whatever you call it when you can communicate with people telepathically – as long as you really love them) and I don’t know what I feel about it. To me it feels strange in books that are set in the 1850s-1890s were everyone are really religious – in a church of England kind of way, so I don’t know how “realistic” it is that so many people believe in this ability. But maybe I am spending too much time thinking about plot that are supposed to be cute romances and nothing else.
February 19, 2023
Lytton and Purilla—maybe some of the strangest MC names I’ve come across so far, and I really didn’t like either of them. Lytton is was the worst. The whole reason he set out to marry the innocent yet cheeky Purilla was because he fell for an unmarried woman’s seduction she needed to make himself unavailable before she could claim him. Of course, Purilla can tell he doesn’t love her but she agrees to the marriage anyway. Nothing short of a literal cave-in results in Lytton realizing he actually loves Purilla. But ugh he made so many statements about her needing to be trained and just generally having a foul tempter. Not one of the better Cartland heroes.
July 18, 2023
Good entertainment for a winter's day.
The plots of Barbara Cartland are very repetitive, but this one has some differences with many others with the same historical background.
It's a pleasure to read.
Monica Beltrami. Montevideo, Uruguay.
The plots of Barbara Cartland are very repetitive, but this one has some differences with many others with the same historical background.
It's a pleasure to read.
Monica Beltrami. Montevideo, Uruguay.
April 17, 2020
A man gets hurt in an accident and meets the woman he marries. There is another woman that thought he would marry her. He decides to tell his wife the truth.
January 18, 2023
The ending was forseeable but loved it none the less...sometimes just a little fluff is what you need.
August 21, 2010
purilla and the Earl of Rothbrook
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