Books like The Dream Within by Barbara Cartland

A Highland romance with a dark past, where a widowed lady seeks justice and a man from the past must learn to let go...

Georgia, Countess of Maybury's second brilliant marriage to save her reputation after losing everything in a duel leads her into a forbidden love with a scarred ex-naval officer, stirring up scandal and creating a family scandal with her husband's new wife.

Vernita, an English tourist trapped in Paris during Napoleon’s siege, must pass herself off as a French seamstress while Count Axel de Storvik offers her a coveted position in the household of Emperor’s sister Princess Paulina Borghese.

A romantic tale where longing turns into destiny.

Widowed Lady Sherington finds love again at 36, but inheritance worries arise when she considers marrying the handsome Comte, and only her clever daughter Trina can help untangle the trouble.

Cynthia Standish confronts the arrogant Michael Fielding, plotting revenge while the attraction between them grows, creating a storm of romance and manipulation.

Sir Norman Melton rises from factory worker to wealthy industrialist, yet distrusts women—until his marriage of convenience with Carlotta Lenshovski, a Romanov descendant, turns into genuine love.

The impoverished and pleasure-loving Earl of Eldridge inherits a fortune and decides to share his good luck with his friends. Throwing a grand party, he instructs that they each must bring a beautiful young woman. There will be a vote to decide who is the greatest beauty - and she will then belong to the Earl. Tremulously, Amorita Howe agreed to help her brother in his audacious scheme. Their dear old nanny required an expensive operation, and the penniless pair hoped to win the lavish prizes offered by the pleasure-loving Earl of Eldridge. The Earl's country house party was a most select and discreet affair: the innocent Amorita found herself among the most glamourous--and notorious!--Cyprians of London. Bravely playing her part, Amorita captured the handsome Earl's jaded heart with her shy beauty. She then fled...but the Earl pursued his cherished quarry, spurred by the Love that is a gift from the gods. A joyous, lifelong adventure....

Olivia Lambrick, a penniless orphan of the late Earl of Chadwood, struggles with the cruel new Earl, Lenox Wood. When she nurses him back to health, a divine encounter transforms his heart, guiding his feeble reign toward compassionate love.