Monday, December 1, 2014

Love by Moonlight

Love by Moonlight is #122 in the Pink Collection and was published in November 2014. Konstantina Millbank is an orphan and traveling to her new guardian in her mother's home country. She meets the handsome Prince Gregor, the only young person in this elderly household.

This cover is identical to the UK Corgi cover of The Shadow of Sin http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2009/05/shadow-of-sin.html  another great Francis Marshall illustration!

Monday, November 17, 2014

Blessing of the Gods

Blessing of the Gods is #121 in the Pink Collection and was published in October 2014. Lord Springdale is surprised by a girl who jumps into his carriage, thinking it's for hire. Mellina is escaping a forced marriage and since they have the same problem, they decide to run away together to Tunisia.

This cover is identical to Camfield #59, The Goddess of Love. http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2011/07/goddess-of-love.html

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Love Solves the Problem

Love Solves the Problem is #120 in the Pink Collection and was published in September 2014. It's the new story by Barbara Cartland of Lady Sheila Rosswood who was a pauper after the death of her father. She takes up a position as secretary to Viscount Stone and is able, with his help, to gain back some of the money her father had lost!

This cover is identical to Camfield #85 Love at First Sight http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2012/01/love-at-first-sight.html

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Crowned by Music

Crowned by Music was published in August 2014 and is #119 in the Pink Collection. A Balkan prince needs an English bride and Linetta is the relative of Queen Victoria who is chosen. She is determined to get to know him without his knowledge that she is his future bride, so she travels as a governess.

This cover is identical to Bantam #64 A Duel with Destiny http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2009/08/duel-with-destiny.html  I think these early covers of Francis Marshall some of his best!

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Beyond the Horizon

July 2014 is the publication date for Beyond the Horizon # 118 in the Pink Collection. Rosilda Harvey is given a choice to stay at her school as a junior teacher but decides to take a job as companion to one of the students who is a princess of Montdeaves in company of Sir Andrew Dexter. Adventures ensue as they return the princess to her country.

This cover is identical to an early Jove book entitled The Horizons of Love. http://www.amazon.com/The-Horizons-Love-Barbara-Cartland/dp/0515055697

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Bride Runs Away

The Bride Runs Away is #117 in the Pink Collection and was published in June 2014. Iona Langdale is wedding her best friend the next day when she overhears him telling another of his love and reason why he can't marry her! She runs away and ends up at the home of the Earl of Woodbridge who is searching for the family treasure!

This cover is identical to Camfield #128 Safe in Paradise http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2012/04/safe-in-paradise.html

Sunday, June 29, 2014

A Wilder Kind of Love

A Wilder Kind of Love is #116 in the Pink Collection and was published in My 2014. Rosaleena is a rich heiress and becomes the sole owner of Rosscullen House upon her birthday. However the mystery of her father's death and a mysterious colonel end up showing her the path of love!

This cover is identical to Bantam #150 Love Wins http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2010/10/love-wins.html

Saturday, May 24, 2014

The Earl Elopes

The Earl Elopes is #115 in the Pink Collection and was published in April 2014. Clive, the son of the Duke of Shelbourne, is commanded by Queen Victoria to marry a German princess. Appalled, he decides to run away and make it look as if he's eloped. On his way, he meets a beautiful girl and ends up working for her father, a general, and finding love in the most unusual place!

This cover is identical to #175 Bantam A Duke in Danger. http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2010/12/duke-in-danger.html

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

A Heart of Stone

A Heart of Stone is #114 in the Pink Collection and was published in March 2014. Incidentally, or maybe it's just a story, this title was published around 1998 with a bodice ripper type cover. If anyone has a copy, I'd love to see a photo! I looked high and low for it!

Vanora is called back home after the death of her father and her brother is now the head of the clan. He wants her to steal back the stone that the rival MacFiles stole and that is important to the chieftain. She gains entrance to their castle by masquerading as a librarian but soon realizes that this earl isn't like she was taught. Soon she is able to help him and ends up falling in love. How can these two from rival clans be together?

This cover is identical to Camfield #135 The Eyes of Love http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2012/04/eyes-of-love.html

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

A Golden Lie

A Golden Lie was published in February 2014 and is #113 in the Pink Collection. It is the story of Devona and the lie that caught her up in a web of misunderstandings as the new Earl of Narbrooke thinks she is a relation instead of a poor dependent when he succeeds to his uncle's title and estate.

This cover illustration is identical to the UK cover of The Horizons of Love http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2012/05/horizons-of-love.html

Saturday, February 1, 2014

A Road to Romance

A Road to Romance was published by BC Pink collection in January 2014 and is number #112 in this collection. The Marquis of Whisinford and his friend Lord Alfred Middleton make a bet at White's with an older Duke that they'll find an adventure if they disguise themselves as ordinary men and ride across England! The Marquis immediately meets Velina and helps her out of an unwanted marriage.

This cover is identical to Love Comes to the Castle, a UK publication http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2012/06/love-comes-to-castle.html

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Rescued by Love

Rescued by Love is #111 in the Pink Collection and was published in December 2013. Ivor and his sister Weena flee the Caucasus and travel to their mother's native England to escape the Russian revolutionaries. They plan to live on the sale of a few valuables until they can each make an advantage marriage!

This cover is identical to Camfield #134 The Spirit of Love http://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2012/04/spirit-of-love.html