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Love by the Lake

by Barbara Cartland
Anthony Wren
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Lady Lolita Vernon, daughter of the late Earl of Walcott and Vernon, has run away.Her stepfather, Ralph Piran is forcing her to accept the attentions and perhaps an offer of marriage from his business partner, Murdock Tanner, who is very rich but old and repulsive.While she is trying to cover her tracks in London she bumps into a small boy, Simon, who is weeping because he has been beaten cruelly by his stepmother.Because it seems a strange coincidence and because Lolita is desperately sorry for the small boy, she listens to his story and agrees to take him to his uncle, Lord Seabrook, who lives in a castle by Lake Ullswater.When they arrive at the castle, Lord Seabrook accepts Lolita's suggestion that she be employed as Simon's governess, calling herself Mrs. Bell.Lord Seabrook is being pursued by Lady Cressington, one of the great beauties of London, and she has stolen a valuable necklace from the fiancé she has jilted.How Lolita unwittingly starts a chain of events which alerts her stepfather to her whereabouts, how she attempts to run away again this time from Lord Seabrook, and eventually finds the happiness she is seeking is all told in this enchanting romance by Barbara Cartland. If you liked Downton Abbey, you will love Barbara Cartland.
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Publisher: Blackstone Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781504768993
  • File size: 118782 KB
  • Release date: October 18, 2016
  • Duration: 04:07:27

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  • ISBN: 9781504768993
  • File size: 118920 KB
  • Release date: October 18, 2016
  • Duration: 04:07:26
  • Number of parts: 4

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Fiction Romance Historical Fiction

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Lady Lolita Vernon, daughter of the late Earl of Walcott and Vernon, has run away.Her stepfather, Ralph Piran is forcing her to accept the attentions and perhaps an offer of marriage from his business partner, Murdock Tanner, who is very rich but old and repulsive.While she is trying to cover her tracks in London she bumps into a small boy, Simon, who is weeping because he has been beaten cruelly by his stepmother.Because it seems a strange coincidence and because Lolita is desperately sorry for the small boy, she listens to his story and agrees to take him to his uncle, Lord Seabrook, who lives in a castle by Lake Ullswater.When they arrive at the castle, Lord Seabrook accepts Lolita's suggestion that she be employed as Simon's governess, calling herself Mrs. Bell.Lord Seabrook is being pursued by Lady Cressington, one of the great beauties of London, and she has stolen a valuable necklace from the fiancé she has jilted.How Lolita unwittingly starts a chain of events which alerts her stepfather to her whereabouts, how she attempts to run away again this time from Lord Seabrook, and eventually finds the happiness she is seeking is all told in this enchanting romance by Barbara Cartland. If you liked Downton Abbey, you will love Barbara Cartland.
Expand title description text
Fiction Romance Historical Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Blackstone Audio
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781504768993
    File size: 118782 KB
    Release date: October 18, 2016
    Duration: 04:07:27

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781504768993
    File size: 118920 KB
    Release date: October 18, 2016
    Duration: 04:07:26
    Number of parts: 4

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
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