“It is going to be hard to wait, my precious, but it will really not be for very long.”
“Even now I cannot believe that it is all going to be so easy,” Valda said. “It was so lucky that Mama knew your aunt and that they were girls together when they were young.”
“What did they say before I arrived?” Roydon asked.
“My stepfather, despite the fact that you thought my name was Burton, was quite convinced you were a fortune-hunter.”
“That is exactly what I am!” Roydon cried. “For I cannot believe that any man could gain a more glorious, golden, valuable fortune than to be married to you. Even if you had not an exceptional talent for taking snapshots!”
He was teasing her and Valda laughed.
“You have not seen them yet! It will be so mortifying if they don’t turn out.”
“In which case we shall have every excuse for spending part of our honeymoon in the Camargue so that you can try again.”
“Do you mean that?”
Valda’s question was breathless.
“I cannot imagine anywhere else I would rather be alone with you,” he answered.
“Or I with – you,” she whispered.
“We were both looking for wild horses,” he said, “and I found someone very beautiful and very wild. Someone who I want to look after and keep beside me both day and night in case she should escape me.”
There was the deep note in his voice that Valda knew so well and although it was hard to see his eyes in the darkness she knew there would be a touch of fire in them.
“I cannot help feeling – wild when I am with – you,” she whispered. “You – excite me and your kisses – sweep me away from the world – and up to the stars.”
His lips were very close to hers as she spoke and now he pulled her almost roughly against him and his mouth was on hers.
Then there was that rapture that ecstasy and that wonder which made her cling to him with a passion that equalled his own.
‘I shall always be wild where he is concerned,’ she thought.
She surrendered herself to the demand of his lips, feeling his arms holding her closer and still closer until it was hard to breathe.
He lifted his head and proclaimed in a voice that was triumphant,
“You are mine and there are no more obstacles, no more difficulties! We have won, my darling! We have overcome them all, and now we can be together forever!”
“For – ever!” Valda repeated against his lips.
She had found the answer. It was Roydon!
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OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES
The Barbara Cartland Eternal Collection is the unique opportunity to collect as ebooks all five hundred of the timeless beautiful romantic novels written by the world’s most celebrated and enduring romantic author.
Named the Eternal Collection because Barbara’s inspiring stories of pure love, just the same as love itself, the books will be published on the internet at the rate of four titles per month until all five hundred are available.
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Elizabethan Lover
The Little Pretender
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
A Duel of Hearts
The Saint and the Sinner
The Penniless Peer
The Proud Princess
The Dare-Devil Duke
Diona and a Dalmatian
A Shaft of Sunlight
Lies for Love
Love and Lucia
Love and the Loathsome Leopard
Beauty or Brains
The Temptation of Torilla
Fragrant Flower
Look Listen and Love
The Duke and the Preacher’s Daughter
A Kiss for the King
The Mysterious Maid-servant
Lucky Logan Finds Love
The Wings of Ecstacy
Mission to Monte Carlo
Revenge of the Heart
The Unbreakable Spell
Never Laugh at Love
Bride to a Brigand
Lucifer and the Angel
Journey to a Star
Solita and the Spies
The Chieftain Without a Heart
No Escape from Love
Dollars for the duke
Pure and Untouched
Secrets
Fire in the Blood
The Ghost who Fell in Love
Hungry for Love
The Wild Cry of Love
The Blue-eyed Witch
THE LATE DAME BARBARA CARTLAND
Barbara Cartland, who sadly died in May 2000 at the grand age of ninety eight, remains one of the world’s most famous romantic novelists. With worldwide sales of over one billion, her outstanding 723 books have been translated into thirty six different languages, to be enjoyed by readers of romance globally.
Writing her first book ‘Jigsaw’ at the age of 21, Barbara became an immediate bestseller. Building upon this initial success, she wrote continuously throughout her life, producing bestsellers for an astonishing 76 years. In addition to Barbara Cartland’s legion of fans in the UK and across Europe, her books have always been immensely popular in the USA. In 1976 she achieved the unprecedented feat of having books at numbers 1 & 2 in the prestigious B. Dalton Bookseller bestsellers list.
Although she is often referred to as the ‘Queen of Romance’, Barbara Cartland also wrote several historical biographies, six autobiographies and numerous theatrical plays as well as books on life, love, health and cookery. Becoming one of Britain’s most popular media personalities and dressed in her trademark pink, Barbara spoke on radio and television about social and political issues, as well as making many public appearances.
In 1991 she became a Dame of the Order of the British Empire for her contribution to literature and her work for humanitarian and charitable causes.
Known for her glamour, style, and vitality Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime. Best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels and loved by millions of readers worldwide, her books remain treasured for their heroic heroes, plucky heroines and traditional values. But above all, it was Barbara Cartland’s overriding belief in the positive power of love to help, heal and improve the quality of life for everyone that made her truly unique.
THE WILD CRY OF LOVE
Barbara Cartland
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