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Rose Burghley
Newest Release
April 12, 1908 ~ December 3, 2013 (105)
Ida Crowe was born on 12 April 1908 in Lewisham, Kent, England, the daughter of a single mother and a unknown father, that rumoured to be a Russian duke, who her mother met at a ball in Greenwich. From narrowly escaping being smothered with a pillow by the nurse who attended her birth, she traveled to Morocco alone as a teenager after suffering a mental breakdown. She began to write while still at school encouraged by her mother, and at 20, she sold her first three novels to George Newnes, where she met her future husband, Hugh Alexander Pollock, married with Enid Blyton, and divorced to Marion Atkinson. Nearly fifteen years after, he divorced, and they married on October 1943. In 1950, her husband had to declare bankruptcy, and she decided to write popular contemporary romances, and after her success, she also wrote historical romances and other type of books. She is also a recognised oil painter and makes model houses.
Book List in Order: 13 titles
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And Be Thy Love
- Jan-1958
- / Contemporary Romance
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Appearances can be deceiving -- but love? " Is it necessary to know all there is about a person before its possible to fall one love with him? The mysterious Frenchman's challenging words echoed Caroline's own thoughts. She was certain...
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Love in the Afternoon
- 1959
- / Contemporary Romance
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Stephen Lestrange, aged thirty-seven, had reached the afternoon of his life before he decided to get married. Rich, attractive, a highly successful portrait painter living a glamorous life in Paris, having his own way in everything, could such a man ...
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The Sweet Surrender
- 1959
- / Contemporary Romance
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David Falcon was plaugued with adoring women but there was one girl who disliked him. The local Welsh folk knew it as Llanlyst, Castle of the Watching Eyes. When Paul Hilliard agreed to accompany her employer to this completely isolated castle on ...
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Bride By Arrangement
- 1960
- / Contemporary Romance
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Chloe enjoyed the quiet pace of her life as secretary-companion to Madame Albertin in a remote house on the coast of Cornwall. But her peace was suddenly shattered by the arrival of her employer’s nephew, the disturbingly attractive Pierre. He was,...
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A Moment in Paris
- 1961
- / Contemporary Romance
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Diane goes to work for the 37 year old Comte Philippe de Chatignard who wants his beautiful 18 year old American fiancee tutored to make her more suitable as a Comtesse so that she will fit in with his friends. This is the story of Diane's love com...
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Highland Mist
- Jan-1962
- / Contemporary Romance
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Toni was thrilled at the prospect of a trip to Scotland with Charles Henderson. Would he finally notice her? But then she met Euan MacLeod and the handsome Scottish doctor stole her heart away. And that created problems, for suddenly Charles was very...
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The Garden of Don Jose
- Jan-1964
- / Contemporary Romance
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Would her visit end in a lifetime stay? Lois Tarrant, a model for an exclusive London designer, flew to Madrid to deliver a trousseau to a wealthy Spanish bride, and intended returning to London the following day. A brief trip, she thought, but sh...
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Bride of Alaine
- Jan-1964
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Amanda Wells, stranded on the Island of Ure, stumbled for shelter to Urquhart Tower, the home of Alaine Urquhart, the manservant took her for the Bride of Alaine, the heiress whom legend foretold would restore the family fortunes. But it was ...
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Man of Destiny
- Oct-1965
- / Contemporary Romance
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Caroline, as governess to little Richard de Fonteira, was rather apprehensive about meeting his grand-sounding uncle, the Marques, who was to take charge of the boy's upbringing. The Marques, however, turned out to be perfectly charming. It was hi...
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A Quality of Magic
- Jan-1966
- / Contemporary Romance
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When her uncle invited her to come out to Africa for a visit, Juliet knew he was hoping for an engagement between herself and her cousin Colin. Juliet wasn't averse to the idea -- until she met the most eligible bachelor in Manitola!...
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The Afterglow // Alpine Doctor
- Jan-1966
- / Contemporary Romance
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Lacey Cavendish enjoyed her job as English teacher at an exclusive girls' finishing school in Switzerland -- but she certainly had no intention of following the example of her young charges and falling in love with the school doctor, Roger Soames...
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The Bay of Moonlight
- Jan-1968
- / Contemporary Romance
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The lovely Bay of Moonlight, in southern Portugal, was the perfect setting for romance. But Sarah was only too conscious that she could have feelings for no other man while Philip Saratola was around -- feelings, unfortunately for Sarah, shared by Ph...