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Lucy wasn't a bright career girl like her two sisters. All she wanted was to find a man she loved…
and settle down with him. But Mr Right seemed to be peculiarly elusive. Until the day she encountered paediatrician William Thurloe. Not that she had the faintest hope of ever attracting his interest with the glamorous Fiona as direct competition! 1990.
Lady Cordelia and her brother, the Earl of Hunstanton, had sailed with Captain Mark Stanton to Valetta where the Earl…
was to become a Knight of the Order of St John. Afterwards he wanted his sister to enter the Convent of St Romanica. As Cordelia remembered and felt again the strange wonder that Stanton's kisses had aroused in her, she realised she could never contemplate becoming a nun. 1994.
Leonora Crosby was irritated to be always caught out in awkward moments by the new village GP, James Galbraith. She…
was engaged to Tony, but James's stalwart support as Leonora tried to keep her parents' decrepit manor house running smoothly made her doubt the wisdom of her engagement. Even so, there was little point in admitting she loved James, when he showed so little sign of caring for her. 1997.
"You have no family, no home and no prospect of marrying". Professor Duert ter Laan-Luitinga's solution to Venetia's problems was…
for her to marry him; a marriage of convenience for both partners. Foolishly she agreed, and found herself wishing with all her heart that the stranger whom she had married would one day grow to care for her as much as she loved him. 1990.
Suzannah Lightfoot was alone in the world, when Guy Bowers-Bentinck came to her rescue. "He's so tiresome and ill-tempered and…
impatient and he must hate the sight of me", Suzannah reflected as fate kept throwing them together. It was because of this she wasn't prepared to join the queue of females wanting to marry him, wasn't it? 1989.
Araminta Smith had first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing…
that her plain but honest looks weren't about to catch her a husband, she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon's interest in her. Since he was also a confirmed bachelor, the professor's proposal had come as an even greater surprise. A marriage between them, as he pointed out to her, would be infinitely practical - and Araminta was nothing if not practical. But then... what about love? 1995.
Woman physician Taylor Bestman receives a cold welcome from the citizens of Gooding, Texas, and especially from Karl Van der…
Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes her first patient ... against his will. Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this surprising and determined woman. 2010.
Diane's heart went out to vulnerable, ten year old Kirsty, but warning bells sounded in her head when she met…
Kirsty's dynamic, outspoken uncle, Nik Channing. He was determined to make her think twice about her life and her father's remarriage, and there was definitely a disturbing magnetism about him which she found hard to handle. 1989.
Sun and candlelight: Alethea Thomas is more than grateful when Dr Sarre van Diederijk saves her pride from being crushed…
by another man. So when Sarre asks her to marry him and become a mother to his children, Alethea accepts. Only when she gets to Holland does she realise the enormity of the task. A star looks down: Professor Alexander van Zeust's four young nieces and nephews need someone to care for them temporarily. As soon as he meets Beth, the professor knows she's the one to help him. Beth is kind, loving and gets on well with the children, so everyone's happy. Except Beth - who's fallen in love with her employer! 2003.
When Thad McKane, the new sheriff of Goldtree, Kansas, uncovers a connection between the crime he's investigating and singer Sadie…
Wagner, the woman he's courting, he wonders if she's as innocent as she seems. 2012.
Brodie Nicol returns to New Zealand to visit her friend Una. While driving to Una's home, Brodie is caught in…
a snowstorm and seeks refuge at a nearby farmhouse - only to find that the farm is being looked after by her ex-fiance, Guthrie. Clearly Una had planned a little matchmaking. But what Una doesn't know is why Brodie had ended her engagement to Guthrie two years ago. 1995.
When Todd travels to Virginia to bring his widowed mother to his Texas farm, illness alters his plan. Maggie makes…
a living by selling soaps and perfumes, using old family recipes. Marriage is the farthest thing from her mind - until Todd shows up on her porch, seeking help for his ailing mother. Maggie's heart skips a beat. And when the handsome Texan proposes to her, life suddenly begins to change for the dark-haired beauty. 2011.
Stephen Whittaker has his whole life planned, but when he loses his true love - Alice - a gradual undetected…
spiral begins. When everything starts unraveling, who will Stephen turn to? 2005.
Shortly after Karola and Jakob were betrothed, Jakob emigrated from Germany to America, promising to send for Karola as soon…
as he had a home for her. "Promised to Me" is a story of love renewed as Karola and Jakob build a life together out of the rubble of broken promises and shattered dreams. c2003.
Une romancière pour la jeunesse se lie d'amitié avec un aveugle et se retrouve obsédée par un ami de ce…
dernier. Cet ami qui vient de mourir était un homme effacé et plutôt solitaire auquel on ne connaissait qu'une passion: la photographie des chiens et des bâtisses. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1998.
Priscilla was in love with her boss, but he was engaged to someone else. In getting as far away from…
Peter Lockhart as she could, she meets Rosina Claremont who offers her a job. Peter arrives on the scene again announcing he is Rosina's nephew! How could Priscilla get this man out of her life? 1990.
Odela est ravie : après un long séjour à Florence, elle rentre en Angleterre. Elle va enfin retrouver son père,…
le comte de Shalford, et Libellule, sa jument préférée et la campagne qu'elle aime tant. Mais sa belle-mère en a décidé autrement. Bals, réceptions et autres soirées attendent Odela, qui doit faire son entrée dans le monde et être présentée à l'aristocratie londonienne. Pour elle, qui ne rêve que de promenades à cheval, c'est une véritable punition. Pour la comtesse, c'est une aubaine : elle va pousser son amant à épouser Odela, qui vient d'hériter d'une fortune colossale. Odela tombera-t-elle dans le piège ? Se laissera-t-elle séduire par un aussi vil personnage ? 2005. Titre uniforme: Sleeping princess.
For years Adam Burke has concealed his scarred face and his broken heart. Then without warning, his fortress begins to…
crumble when con artist Corrine Hammond and her maidservant, Rachel, arrive. Rachel's haunted eyes and exquisite drawings stir Adam - and somehow he knows his life will never be the same. Followed by “Measure of grace”. 1995.
Major Ernest Pettigrew (Ret'd) is not interested in the frivolity of the modern world. Since his wife's death, he has…
tried to avoid the constant bother of the village women, his ambitious son and the suburbanization of the English countryside. He prefers to lead a quiet life, upholding the values that people have lived by for generations - respectability, duty and a properly brewed cup of tea. But when his brother's death, and a love of Kipling, sparks an unexpected friendship with the widowed village shopkeeper, Mrs Ali, the Major is forced to confront the realities of the twenty first century. 2010.
" Invitée dans un château de Suisse en compagnie d'auteurs des quatre coins du monde, la romancière Marjolaine Danserot est…
loin de se douter que ce séjour chambardera son existence. Pour cette femme au grand cœur et un artiste au passé ténébreux, ce voyage dans un décor enchanteur déclenchera un coup de foudre fulgurant. Cependant, quand la dure réalité les rejoindra, la distance et les obligations familiales éteindront-elles ce feu ardent ou le transformeront-elles en une authentique et merveilleuse histoire d'amour? " -- 4e de couv.