The Wonderful Dream — Barbara Cartland

When Claudia Anderson's mother and father are killed in a fire at the theatre, Claudia goes to live with her godmother, Lady Bressley, who takes her to Seville, Spain. Unfortunately, Lady Bressley is killed in a coach accident and Claudia is once again alone. Stranded and penniless in a Spanish Inn, Claudia agrees to a desperate scheme -- she will pose as the wife of the splendid Marquis of Datchford, to save him from an alliance arranged by his Spanish host... The Marquis believes Claudia to be the daughter of an acclaimed Actor, and thus able to play the part of a Lady of Quality. What the dashing Peer cannot suspect is that the lovely orphan is of noble birth herself! The mistaken -- and smitten -- Marquis makes Claudia a shocking proposition, a proposal the innocent beauty cannot but refuse... But true Love will always prevail -- and true hearts surrender to their happy Destiny!