After a disagreement with her stepmother, Sandra is banished to the desolate English countryside to live with an aged aunt. Bored and restless, she escapes to the glamourous seaside resort of Brighton as the cantankerous Dowager Countess of Kyle's young companion. Sandra meets the handsome, but cynical and sarcastic Earl of Kyle and immediately despises him. Nevertheless, there is a spark between them and Sandra wonders if she could really fall for a man who makes her blood boil so. A classic tale of enemies to lovers played against the backdrop of Regency England. Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Julia Quinn and Lisa Kleypas.Barbara Cartland wrote over 700 novels and was most famous for her historical romances. A prominent figure in London society, the young Cartland began her writing career as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express. After marrying into the McCorquodale family, she began writing romance and holds a Guinness World Record for the most number of books published in one year: 191. She is beloved worldwide and even counts the young Princess Diana as one of her many fans.
Barbara Cartland
**Barbara Cartland** (1901–2000), surnommée la *« Reine du roman d’amour »*, est l’une des autrices les plus prolifiques du XXe siècle, avec plus de **700 romans** à son actif. Connue pour ses récits romantiques et ses intrigues historiques, elle a marqué la littérature sentimentale par son style unique et ses héroïnes inoubliables. Son œuvre, traduite en 36 langues, continue de séduire des millions de lecteurs à travers le monde.
