(originally titled A Runaway Star ) by Barbara Cartland is a classic Regency-style romance that follows the journey of Lady Gracila Shering as she flees an unwanted marriage. Plot Summary
Reviewers on sites like Amazon note that her stories are "clean historical romance" with "intriguing characters".
Expect a clean, sentimental story with an optimistic, "blissful" happy ending where love triumphs over adversity. Reader Reception
Lady Gracila Shering discovers a devastating truth: the Duke she is betrothed to is actually in love with her own stepmother. Faced with a "marriage too dreadful to endure," she decides to disappear without a trace. The story follows her escape and subsequent adventures as she seeks to save herself from a loveless union, eventually encountering Lord Damien, whose emotional reaction to her beauty serves as a pivotal moment in their relationship.
It is part of the "Eternal Collection" (La Colección Eterna), a posthumous series curated to bring her prolific work to new generations.
Like many of Cartland’s "Eternal Collection," this novel focuses on a high-society woman escaping a forced or deceptive engagement.