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Aux bons soins de Belinda
La princesse Natacha Karlova cherche une femme de chambre. Se présenter au 25 Curzon Street. " Cette annonce parue dans le journal a attiré l'attention de Belinda de Landwick. Une idée audacieuse germe aussitôt dans l'esprit de la jeune fille. La princesse n'est-elle pas cette aristocrate russe soupçonnée d'appartenir aux services secrets de son pays ? Pour Belinda, qui s'ennuie seule à Londres, c'est l'occasion d'en avoir le cœur net... et de mettre un peu de piment dans son existence. La lady se métamorphose donc en soubrette. Mais on ne s'aventure pas impunément chez les espions de haute volée. Belinda risque gros. Quand les choses se gâteront, qui la protégera ?
160 pages, Paperback
Published July 31, 2002
About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,345 books874 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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February 10, 2016119pgs, She lost her father, and now her mother. Her stepfather has spent the family fortune. He makes her trick the 18Lucky 19 Logan, who has made a fortune with his legendary ability to find diamonds, gold and other precious metals wherever he travels. She finds out he is a generous man, and when they kiss, she falls in love.
June 11, 2011
Another silly romance novel for me
to escape into. Very simple but
I still found it enjoyable.
to escape into. Very simple but
I still found it enjoyable.
April 11, 2023
Bereaved of her beloved father at sixteen, and now her mother, Belinda Wyncombe's only comfort is that she still has the family's home. Until she finds her irresponsible stepfather, Captain D?Arcy Rowland, has squandered their money and fraudulently mortgaged the house. This means he faces jail while Belinda faces penury, unless she complies with her stepfather's shameful scheme to gain and ruthlessly exploit the trust of the famed adventurer ?Lucky? Logan, who has made a fortune with his legendary ability to find diamonds, gold and other precious metals wherever he travels. Every fibre of Belinda's being recoils from such deceit ? more so when she finds that Marcus ?Lucky? Logan is not the greedy fortune hunter of her imagining but a generous, handsome and heroic man. When murderous thugs come for Marcus in the dead of night, it is Belinda who raises the alarm and saves his life. And when he kisses her, Belinda is suddenly, utterly, in love ? but surely her love is doomed by her deceit?
Traveling the world, Marcus Lucky Logan unearths one astounding discovery after another--securing the fortunes of those who invest in his finds and making a name for himself. Belinda Wyncombe is having the opposite problem--her stepfather gambled away all their money. To avoid going to jail or a workhouse, she comes up with a plan to find the secret to Lucky Logan's success.
Spoiler alert:
Pot boiler. Barbara Cartland books have unsatisfactory endings. Forty-five years ago I was less critical and could not wait for the romantic ending with a kiss but now I find all the dangling threads she leaves hanging are annoying. In this book, for example, it appears that it all happens in a single day, all too conveniently each jigsaw piece slots in quickly. She gets the job, trunks delivered, eats lunch, employer naps, Marcus arrives, she saves him and falls in love, she finds the answer and leaves and her step father is magically rich. She returns home and Marcus arrives the following day.
The identical tigers were wasted, eyebright should have been dealt with, her step father should have remembered her....
There should have been.....
but then I am finding such cases in every one of her books, slap dash writing at best. A rush to the ending, scattering story bits and just leaving them instead of putting flesh on the bones of the story. I believe this is the case with most of her later books. This was not a good Barbara Cartland.
Traveling the world, Marcus Lucky Logan unearths one astounding discovery after another--securing the fortunes of those who invest in his finds and making a name for himself. Belinda Wyncombe is having the opposite problem--her stepfather gambled away all their money. To avoid going to jail or a workhouse, she comes up with a plan to find the secret to Lucky Logan's success.
Spoiler alert:
Pot boiler. Barbara Cartland books have unsatisfactory endings. Forty-five years ago I was less critical and could not wait for the romantic ending with a kiss but now I find all the dangling threads she leaves hanging are annoying. In this book, for example, it appears that it all happens in a single day, all too conveniently each jigsaw piece slots in quickly. She gets the job, trunks delivered, eats lunch, employer naps, Marcus arrives, she saves him and falls in love, she finds the answer and leaves and her step father is magically rich. She returns home and Marcus arrives the following day.
The identical tigers were wasted, eyebright should have been dealt with, her step father should have remembered her....
There should have been.....
but then I am finding such cases in every one of her books, slap dash writing at best. A rush to the ending, scattering story bits and just leaving them instead of putting flesh on the bones of the story. I believe this is the case with most of her later books. This was not a good Barbara Cartland.
February 12, 2017
Relaxing read.
I love the historical tit bits that are included to wet the interest. As always the characters are realistic, fulling developed and interesting to get to know during the course of the book.
I love the strength and determination of the heroine even as she face the challenges of her unknown situation. The easy going mature yet strong capabilities of Lucky Logan make the story a very interesting read.
I love the historical tit bits that are included to wet the interest. As always the characters are realistic, fulling developed and interesting to get to know during the course of the book.
I love the strength and determination of the heroine even as she face the challenges of her unknown situation. The easy going mature yet strong capabilities of Lucky Logan make the story a very interesting read.
May 31, 2022
This book did what I needed - gave me a nice, little escape. I found myself intrigued to see how Belinda was going to get through her task to try to secure means to keep her home, after her stepfather squandered away all their money after her mother died.
The passion between Belinda and Lucky Logan - which arrived later than I expected - was sweet and titillating at the same time. On to my next Cartland book now... bought quite a few recently and I'm glad.
The passion between Belinda and Lucky Logan - which arrived later than I expected - was sweet and titillating at the same time. On to my next Cartland book now... bought quite a few recently and I'm glad.
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