Books like Touch the Stars by Barbara Cartland

In Victorian London, the Earl of Ardwick seeks revenge after being jilted, but finds unexpected compassion when he meets the young orphans Lady Lupita Lang and her brother.

After a life‑threatening explosion, former lady-in-waiting Stella Marsden is brought back to health by a famed surgeon. Struggling with heartbreak and scandal, she must rediscover love and hope.

When Michael Dare rescued her from a mob of reporters, Diana Dragas was both frightened and exhilarated by the gallant charmer with the devilish gleam in his eyes. She'd hated the media since a scandalous lie had driven her father into an early retirement -- and Michael didn't dare tell her he was a reporter. Even more, Michael was as forceful as he was handsome and Diana, brought up a proper diplomat's daughter, treasured her freedom. Loathe to let a domineering man like Michael into her life, she knew he could too easily overwhelm her with waves of sheer pleasure. Still she risks her hard-won independence only to learn that Michael has cruelly misled her. Can Michael prove to her that she's wrong in distrusting him? Or will his passionate determination only convince her that he's out to enslave her with his fierce lovemaking?

In a 19th‑century French setting, a young woman faces a forced marriage to the Earl of Kensalf to save her father's honor. When a chance guide leads her to Fez, Morocco, she discovers a new destiny and love.

LL HER LIFE SHE HAD PLAYED IT SAFE Now, having left a bad marriage and set up her own public-relations business in Denver, Kate Welles Brock was getting the first taste of what it felt like to really live. But living meant taking risks. Philanthropist Paul Florian's interest in the needy--and in her--appeared to be genuine, but he was so closemouthed, Kate couldn't help but have doubts about him. She was, however, as determined to ferret out Paul's secrets as she was to prove to her father, once and for all, that she deserved to succeed him as chairman of Corminco International....

When the Duke of Brockenhurst challenges society by traveling secretly from London to York, he meets Valora Melford, rescues her from a cruel betrothal, and together they find love amid daring adventures.

Lina, the spirited daughter of the Earl of Wallingham, escapes an arranged marriage by becoming a lady's maid—only to be drawn into a plot to dupe a French rogue, the Duc de Saverne.