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Lovely young Caterina's half-English – but she feels utterly English. So much so that she scorns the wild gaiety of Venice's Carnival. It's not just homesickness, though – she's been summoned by her grandfather, the venerable Doge of Venice because he's arranged her marriage to an aging Marchese…
Horrified at the prospect of a loveless marriage to an old man, Caterina runs away, using the masked Carnival as cover, and happens to meet the Marquis of Melford, in Venice on a secret mission for England's Prime Minister – and then a single kiss changes their lives forever.
When the Marquis finds her stowed away on his yacht bound for Malta he knows he should return her to the Doge. But he doesn't. And when their yacht's blown off course in a storm, delivering them into the murderous and lustful hands of the Barbary Pirates, he dreads to think of a beautiful young virgin's fate. The Marquis arranges a hasty prison wedding to protect Caterina from the pirates' worst – and in their hearts they both hope that their marriage will last forever.
Horrified at the prospect of a loveless marriage to an old man, Caterina runs away, using the masked Carnival as cover, and happens to meet the Marquis of Melford, in Venice on a secret mission for England's Prime Minister – and then a single kiss changes their lives forever.
When the Marquis finds her stowed away on his yacht bound for Malta he knows he should return her to the Doge. But he doesn't. And when their yacht's blown off course in a storm, delivering them into the murderous and lustful hands of the Barbary Pirates, he dreads to think of a beautiful young virgin's fate. The Marquis arranges a hasty prison wedding to protect Caterina from the pirates' worst – and in their hearts they both hope that their marriage will last forever.
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- SeriesBarbara Cartland's Eternal Collection #315