12 must-read romance books like The Cruel Count by Barbara Cartland

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The Cruel Count

By: Barbara Cartland

3.61

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In 1819, Lady Vesta Cressinton-Font travels alone to the small Mediterranean island of Katona as br…

"When a man loves as i love you,that love takes everything else from him.If i cannot have you,if you send me away,I shall then be only the empty shell of what i am now.I love you,i worship you, and i cannot go on through life without you!"

-Barbara Cartland, The Cruel Count

"When a man loves as i love you,that love takes everything else from him.If i cannot have you,if you send me away,I shall then be only the empty shell of what i am now.I love you,i worship you, and i cannot go on through life without you!"

-Barbara Cartland, The Cruel Count

"So a crown does mean more to a woman than love!You love me,but rather than admit it you will go on to Djilas because there you will take your place as a Princess and that is more important to you than anything else.I hope you find the plaudits of the crowd an adequate compensation for my kisses." -Count Czako"

-Barbara Cartland, The Cruel Count

"So a crown does mean more to a woman than love!You love me,but rather than admit it you will go on to Djilas because there you will take your place as a Princess and that is more important to you than anything else.I hope you find the plaudits of the crowd an adequate compensation for my kisses." -Count Czako"

-Barbara Cartland, The Cruel Count

If you liked the romance plot in The Cruel Count by Barbara Cartland , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

1. Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death from a cliff? Or something m… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans? book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

"Why didn't they ask the Evans?"

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"Young men are sadly degenerate nowadays."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"A woman would know all right about her own husband."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"Time, thought Bobby suddenly, was a very frightening thing."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

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2. The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when… read more

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3. The Forgotten Garden

By: Kate Morton

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denie… read more

Similar categories in Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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4. The Sittaford Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

3.76

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

"I help those who can help themselves."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"To cry at will is not an easy accomplishment."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"Emily had the kind of personality that soars triumphantly over all obstacles."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

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5. 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that froze… read more

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"Don’t go,"

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"I think, my dear, we won't talk any more about murder during tea. Such an unpleasant subject."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"Everybody in St. Mary Mead knew Miss Marple; fluffy and dithery in appearance, but inwardly as sharp and as shrewd as they make them."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

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6. A Villa with a View (Romantic Escapes, #11)

By: Julie Caplin

4.39

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape to the Amalfi Coast and feel the warmth of the Italian sun on your face, hear the sound of t… read more

Similar categories in Julie Caplin's A Villa with a View (Romantic Escapes, #11) book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
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7. The Cosy Cottage in Ireland (Romantic Escapes, #8)

By: Julie Caplin

4.25

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Snuggle up in your favourite armchair and take a trip across the Irish sea for comfort food, cosy c… read more

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  • romance
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8. Potkáme se v Praze (Romantické útěky, #10.5)

By: Julie Caplin

3.20

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Letět z Londýna přes půl Evropy na první rande se může zdát jako šílený nápad, ale Alice se rozhodl… read more

Similar categories in Julie Caplin's Potkáme se v Praze (Romantické útěky, #10.5) book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
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9. A Girl's Best Friend

By: Jules Wake

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to your new cottage in the country - complete with grumpy vet, village gossip and a giant, … read more

Similar categories in Jules Wake's A Girl's Best Friend book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
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10. The Lives of Saints (Grishaverse)

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.94

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

Length: 2 hours and 14 minutes Enter the world of the Grishaverse and Shadow and Bone, soon to b… read more

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"You can choose faith or you can choose fear. But only one will bring what you long for."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Lives of Saints (Grishaverse)

"Maybe some people are destined for one another and lucky enough to know it when they finally meet."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Lives of Saints (Grishaverse)

"There was a war, there were a thousand wars. I knew a killer. I knew a hero. They might've been a same man."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Lives of Saints (Grishaverse)

"I remember only how I fell into books, never to rise from their pages, how I was never truly awake until I began to dream of other worlds"

-Leigh Bardugo, The Lives of Saints (Grishaverse)

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11. A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)

By: Evie Dunmore

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Lady Lucie is fuming. She and her band of Oxford suffragists have finally scraped together enough c… read more

Similar categories in Evie Dunmore's A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2) book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • historical romance
"Have you perchance considered becoming a little more likable?"

-Evie Dunmore, A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)

"It would be unwise to keep talking. So naturally, she did keep talking."

-Evie Dunmore, A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)

"Bewildering. If it was truly in woman's nature to be an ever demure and pleasant sunbeam in the gloom, why then, it took an awful lot of ink and instructions to keep reminding woman of this nature of…"

-Evie Dunmore, A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)

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12. The French Chateau Dream (Romantic Escapes, #10)

By: Julie Caplin

4.22

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

You are invited to a summer of sparkling champagne, warm buttery croissants and a little bit of je … read more

Similar categories in Julie Caplin's The French Chateau Dream (Romantic Escapes, #10) book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
Cover of My (Mostly) Secret Baby (My Mostly Funny Romance #1) by Penelope Bloom

13. My (Mostly) Secret Baby (My Mostly Funny Romance #1)

By: Penelope Bloom

3.95

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

You know that instinct to run when something bad is coming?Yeah. I apparently missed out on that on… read more

Similar categories in Penelope Bloom's My (Mostly) Secret Baby (My Mostly Funny Romance #1) book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
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14. La loba de las Highlands (Spanish Edition)

By: Kate Bristol

4.31

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

Ayla McLeod lleva toda la vida enamorada de Lachlam McDonald. Está convencida de que su corazón le … read more

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15. The Christmas Castle in Scotland (Romantic Escapes, #9)

By: Julie Caplin

4.05

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Unwrap this gorgeous gift of a book for an escape to the snow-peaked caps of the Scottish Highlands… read more

Similar categories in Julie Caplin's The Christmas Castle in Scotland (Romantic Escapes, #9) book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
Cover of La mirada que encantó al conde (Del odio al amor nº 2) (Spanish Edition) by Catherine Brook

16. La mirada que encantó al conde (Del odio al amor nº 2) (Spanish Edition)

By: Catherine Brook

4.33

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Del odio al amor solo hay una mirada... o un baño de té caliente. Kristen Beckett vive por y par… read more

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17. Broken French (Mediterranean, #1)

By: Natasha Boyd

4.06

Format: 501 pages, Kindle Edition

A widowed, billionaire, single dad romance. Josie thought she was getting a promotion at her arc… read more

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  • romance
Cover of The Bookworm's Guide to Dating (The Bookworm's Guide, #1) by Emma Hart

18. The Bookworm's Guide to Dating (The Bookworm's Guide, #1)

By: Emma Hart

3.67

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

What I wanted for my birthday: Books. What I got for my birthday: my brother’s best friend playing… read more

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  • romance
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19. The Cruel Count

By: Barbara Cartland

3.61

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In 1819, Lady Vesta Cressinton-Font travels alone to the small Mediterranean island of Katona as br… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count book and Barbara Cartland's The Cruel Count

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • historical romance
"When a man loves as i love you,that love takes everything else from him.If i cannot have you,if you send me away,I shall then be only the empty shell of what i am now.I love you,i worship you, and i …"

-Barbara Cartland, The Cruel Count

"So a crown does mean more to a woman than love!You love me,but rather than admit it you will go on to Djilas because there you will take your place as a Princess and that is more important to you tha…"

-Barbara Cartland, The Cruel Count

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3.86

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Alice Oseman

4.49

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