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Ê The Beautiful Vanora Is Helping Her Uncle, Lord Blairmond The Distinguished Statesman Who Lives In London, To Write His Autobiography, When She Has An Urgent Call From Her Brother, Ewen, To Return Immediately To Scotland. He Has Just Become Chieftain Of The Mckyle Clan And She Wonders Why He Wants Her. The Mckyles Have For Years Fought With The Macfiles Whose Chieftain Is The Earl Of Glenfile. The Earl Has Also Returned To Scotland Because His Father Is Dying And He Has Been Tricked And Deceived By Two Women He Has Been Having Affaires-de-coeur With In London He Comes To The Decision That He Will Never Fall In Love Again And Trusts No One. Vanora Finds When She Reaches Scotland That Her Brother Wants Her To Steal Back From The Macfiles The Sacred Stone Of The Clan Mckyle, Whose Chieftains Have Used It Down The Centuries When They Accepted The Allegiance Of Their Clansmen. Ewen Has Seen That The Earl Is Advertising For A Librarian And Thinks That Is A Good Excuse To Get His Sister Into Killdona Castle In Disguise. When Vanora Refuses To Do What He Wants, He Threatens To Have Her Exiled From The Clan Which Is Something She Contemplates In Horror. Finally She Goes To The Castle, Which She Finds Very Different To What She Had Expected. Êit Is Filled With The Most Marvellous Treasures Including Books She Had Always Longed To Feel And Read. She Saves Some Of The EarlÕs Greatest Treasures From Being Stolen And Finally As He Is So Handsome, She Falls In Love With Him. She Is Certain That, When He Knows Who She Is, He Will Never Speak To Her Again And Drive Her Away From His Castle. How The Mckyles Get Back Their Stone And How The Earl And Vanora Find Real Love Is Told In This Exciting And Unusual Story By Barbara Cartland. The beautiful Vanora is helping her uncle, Lord Blairmond the distinguished Statesman who lives in London, to write his autobiography, when she has an urgent call from her brother, Ewen, to return immediately to Scotland. He has just become Chieftain of the McKyle Clan and she wonders why he wants her. The McKyles have for years fought with the MacFiles whose Chieftain is the Earl of Glenfile. The Earl has also returned to Scotland because his father is dying and he has been tricked and deceived by two women he has been having affaires-de-coeur with in London He comes to the decision that he will never fall in love again and trusts no one. Vanora finds when she reaches Scotland that her brother wants her to steal back from the MacFiles the sacred Stone of the Clan McKyle, whose Chieftains have used it down the centuries when they accepted the allegiance of their Clansmen. Ewen has seen that the Earl is advertising for a librarian and thinks that is a good excuse to get his sister into Killdona Castle in disguise. When Vanora refuses to do what he wants, he threatens to have her exiled from the Clan which is something she contemplates in horror. Finally she goes to The Castle, which she finds very different to what she had expected. It is filled with the most marvellous treasures including books she had always longed to feel and read. She saves some of the Earl{u2019}s greatest treasures from being stolen and finally as he is so handsome, she falls in love with him. She is certain that, when he knows who she is, he will never speak to her again and drive her away from his castle. How the McKyles get back their Stone and how the Earl and Vanora find real love is told in this exciting and unusual story by BARBARA CARTLAND The beautiful Konstantina Millbank has become an orphan after her adored parents have both suddenly died. In the autumn of 1892 she finds herself in a country East of the Danube en route to live with her recently appointed Guardian, the shadowy Countess Mordhile Megherny. Konstantina knows nothing of her Guardian except that she is a recluse who lives at Megherny Castle - the Castle where Konstantina's own mother grew up, loveless and lonely. Much time has elapsed since then, but the past and its passions are far from dead. Encountering the brooding and handsome Prince Gregor Razghadi, Konstantina finds herself enmeshed in a disturbing story of love and betrayal. Between the enchanting moments she comes to spend with the Prince by moonlight and the bewildering life she leads at Megherny Castle with only her Guardian, the unappealing Baron Schenck and the mysterious Madame Zand for company, she is forced to confront the workings of her own heart. Her trust is shattered when Konstantina suspects that Prince Gregor is not, and never will be, free to love. Meanwhile, the Countess Mordhile has her own reasons for keeping her young and vulnerable Ward under her strict control. How the web of conflicting intrigue surrounding Konstantina eventually unravels. How she tries to escape from her Guardian and Megherny Castle as well as her own heart. And how she finds out that her prayers are answered and that love can be hers, despite so much turmoil, is all told in this exciting romantic story The beautiful Iona Langdale is walking in her favourite wood the day before her wedding, which is planned to be a huge Society event with marquees and fireworks and attended by her large family and all her smart friends from London. She is musing dreamily about how happy she will be once she is married to her next door neighbour, John Moreton, whom she has known since childhood. Beside a hut by a pool in the wood, she sees her fiancé's horse tied up to a post and can hear voices coming from inside. She listens without really meaning to and it is John who is speaking to the Vicar's daughter, Mary When She Agrees To Help Her Brother, Who Has Just Become A Scottish Chieftain, Steal Back A Sacred Stone From The Macfile Clan, Vanora Mckyle Fails To Take Into Account The Charms Of The Dynasty's Reigning Earl. Original.