Lost Laughter

by Barbara Cartland

Overview

Renowned for his lavish lifestyle and a roving eye, Valient, Viscount Ockley, is completely bowled over by heiress Niobe Barrington. But it’s not just for her dazzling beauty that he pursues he with such ardour – for although he lives like a King, it’s all on credit. In reality he’s all but bankrupt and only by marrying into money can he hope to restore his ruined house to its former glory. But Niobe’s father, Sir Aylmer, won’t hear of it and arranges for Niobe to marry the ‘old and horrid’ Marquess of Porthcawl! When Niobe breaks this news, Valient storms from her house in a rage, threatening to marry the first woman he meets rather than let anyone know that she has humiliated him – As he drives away in his phaeton he meets the woman he will marry – an 18 year old beauty who has stowed away under a blanket at his feet, Niobe’s cousin Jemima Barrington, who fleeing the abuse she suffers at Sir Aylmer’s hands. And so, in a sudden marriage of convenience, the’wrong’ Barrington becomes the new Viscountess Ockley causing outrage and consternation among all but Jemima, who is already in love. The question is, will the Viscount ever overcome the his love for her cousin?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788672450
Publisher:	Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Series:	The Eternal Collection , #233
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
Sales rank:	593,658
File size:	707 KB

About the Author

Barbara Cartland was the world’s most prolific novelist who wrote an amazing 723 books in her lifetime, of which no less than 644 were romantic novels with worldwide sales of over 1 billion copies and her books were translated into 36 different languages. As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, theatrical plays and books of advice on life, love, vitamins and cookery. She wrote her first book at the age of 21 and it was called Jigsaw. It became an immediate bestseller and sold 100,000 copies in hardback in England and all over Europe in translation. Between the ages of 77 and 97 she increased her output and wrote an incredible 400 romances as the demand for her romances was so strong all over the world. She wrote her last book at the age of 97 and it was entitled perhaps prophetically The Way to Heaven. Her books have always been immensely popular in the United States where in 1976 her current books were at numbers 1 & 2 in the B. Dalton bestsellers list, a feat never achieved before or since by any author. Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime and will be best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels so loved by her millions of readers throughout the world, who have always collected her books to read again and again, especially when they feel miserable or depressed. Her books will always be treasured for their moral message, her pure and innocent heroines, her handsome and dashing heroes, her blissful happy endings and above all for her belief that the power of love is more important than anything else in everyone’s life.