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Jane Donnelly
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Jane Donnelly began earning her living as a writer as a teenage reporter. When she married the editor of the newspaper she freelanced for women's mags for a while. After she was widowed she and her 5 year old daughter moved to Lancashire. She turned to writing fiction to make a living while still caring for her daughter, she sold her first Mills & Boon romance novel as a hard-up singleparent in 1965. She wrote over 60 romance novels for Mills & Boon until 2000. Now she lives in a roses-round-the door cottage near Stratford upon Avon, with four dogs and assorted rescued animals. Besides writing she enjoys travelling, swimming, walking and the company of friends.
Multi-Author Series List
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The Jewels of Helen (Jun-1991)Book List in Order: 62 titles
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A Man Apart
- Aug-1968
- / Contemporary Romance
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Everyone who knew Libby Mason hoped that she and Ian Blaney would make a match of it, and they were all quick to point out how misguided she would be to entertain any romantic ideas about the "outsider" Adam Roscoe. But wasn't it just pos...
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This Hell Called Love
- 1969
- / Contemporary Romance
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Terry Reed’s schoolgirl crush on Dane Veness has grown into a passion. But Dane’s passion had been solely for his work, his medical research on tropical diseases -- until beautiful but destructive Elizabeth came into his life. Still, Terry hung o...
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Don't Walk Alone
- Sep-1969
- / Contemporary Romance
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Life ahead for Joanna seemed predictable. She would marry Gareth Armstrong as soon as Gareth had the approval of his redoubtable parents. Then Cameron Blackford, the famous archaeologist arrived on a dig, and turned Joanna's heart -- not to menti...
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The Whispering Ones
- Oct-1969
- / General Fiction
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It was with Max Lander’s aunt that Shay had gone to work, but she soon found that it was Max Lander and his affairs that were occupying much of her time and thoughts. For Max’s young sister Monique had left home and vanished without a trace and S...
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Shadows from the Sea
- Feb-1970
- / Contemporary Romance
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Which man was for Tawny? Martin, with his roots deep in the past, or Johnny, who was ahead of tomorrow? In a tiny Cornish fishing village, she was to find her answer. ...
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Take the Far Dream
- Sep-1970
- / Contemporary Romance
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Justin Denning was against marriage for men whose jobs took them all over the world -- and he was an archaeologist himself! Sanna Smith knew that this put him out of court as a prospective husband, but it could not stop her thinking about it! Hero...
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The Man in the Next Room
- Jan-1971
- / Contemporary Romance
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Barney Hollis had no use for family ties. Or so Sian had been led to believe since working for his brother, Langley. The impression she'd gained of Barney was that of a selfish, uncaring man who was only coming home now to recover from a ca...
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Never Turn Back
- Apr-1971
- / Contemporary Romance
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"I've decided now, and I won't sell!" When she unexpectedly inherited a country property from a kindly employer for whom she'd worked less than a month, Hallie resolved to sell the house back to the man who was living in it. Af...
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Halfway to the Stars
- Dec-1971
- / Contemporary Romance
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Shena thought she had fallen in love with Rob Heward at first sight -- until she met his brother Cal, whose life was spent in "the lonely places and the high hills," and who had a fixation that women were the dimmer sex. She joked, "I sha...
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The Mill in the Meadow
- May-1972
- / Contemporary Romance
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Emma had given up her job in London to return home and look after her father -- and, she couldn't help admitting to hope for a second-chance with the man she had always loved, Mark Hurditch. That annoying Corby Kempson declared that she was wasti...
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A Stranger Came
- Feb-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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It was a bombshell when old Mr. Elsgood said that a newcomer, Stephen Harmon, was coming from London to take over the law firm of Elsgood and Elsey in the sleepy Midland town of Cheslyn Slade. Nell, Mr. Elsgood's secretary, was not at all sure...
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The Long Shadow
- May-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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Jill knew that she had treated Connal Craig incredibly badly, walking out on him only minutes before they were to have been married, and she felt that it was more than she deserved when he proceeded to behave in a civilized manner, as if nothing had ...
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Rocks Under Shining Water
- Oct-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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Jenny had always been the ordinary one, her sister Caterine the one who had everything -- looks, talent, personality, and a brilliant marriage to Paul Tremain. But now, tragically, Caterine was dead, and Jenny had gone to Paul's imposing hous...
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The Man Outside
- Mar-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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Polly was delighted when the man she loved invited her to accompany him on an archaeological expedition in Scotland. But when she joined the party she discovered a fly in the ointment in the shape of Piers Hargraves, one of the most disagreeable a...
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Ride Out the Storm
- Jun-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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Priscilla an instant dislike to the domineering Jason Wyatt, before she was even aware of how he threatened her happiness and that her family. Yet she found their constant battles bring a new excitement to her life. Could it be that Jason meant mor...
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Collision Course
- Dec-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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Everyone in the village was agog with excitement because Luke Hannay, the world-famous journalist and television personality, was coming to open the new club house. Everyone, that is, but Rosemary Smith - and she was determined that her path and L...
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Dark Pursuer
- Aug-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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Connor Lammas allowed nothing to stand in his way -- and when his young brother Andrew fell in love with Kate Howard, Connor was determined to break up the affair. Kate hadn't wanted to marry Andrew in any case, but in the face of this interfe...
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The Silver Cage
- Dec-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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Even after she and Kern McCabe were married Philippa felt she must be dreaming. Why should such an attractive man want to make her his wife? But she might have come to understand his love for her--if the glamorous Lilias Storr hadn't suddenly com...
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The Intruder
- Apr-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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The happiness of Daisy's sister and her husband was threatened by the unexpected return of Richard Lingard. So the two young women carefully worked out a plot to foil him -- but the repercussions of scheming were rather surprising to Daisy......
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Dear Caliban
- Aug-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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Abbie had never really minded being just "Leo Lansing's daughter." Leo was a famous actor, and she believed no one would ever find her interesting for herself alone. Then she met the famous writer, Max Routledge, and his open dislike o...
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Four Weeks in Winter
- Dec-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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She didn't want love Not with him -- again! Tessa worried about meeting Paul Mellor again. She had made a fool of herself over Paul once and didn't want to repeat the experience. "That you won't," Orme Jared said, "not ...
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Touched by Fire
- Mar-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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"Do you know just what you're doing?" Leon's cool question brought Fran abruptly back to her senses. It was true that for her uncle's sake she had tried to be friendly with Leon Aldridge. But falling in love with him was another matter entirely...
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The Black Hunter
- Aug-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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"Call it a whim; but no you then no deal!" Coll Sullivan had been just as self-assured when he was a boy in rags. Now he was a man with power, and he oozed arrogance! He had bought their old family home -- but why did he want her, too? ...
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Love for a Stranger
- Sep-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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Why hadn't he told her who he was...? Louise was glad that her job as an interior decorator had taken her to the old manor house in Wales. Redecorating it would help take her mind off Barry, whose only interest in her had been financial. Sh...
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Spell of the Seven Stones
- Dec-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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She wanted a life without tyrants! Sophy's father had dominated her until his death. She had finally broken with her equally possessive boyfriend. Now she was free to live her own life! Moving to the Yorkshire village where she bought a pot...
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Forest of the Night
- Apr-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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Sally knew she'd never trust again! Painful memories of a shattered dream haunted her. It was still so hard to believe -- betrayal by her fiance and her best friend! Pride told her that she must get away somewhere, somehow, to recover. And ...
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Behind a Closed Door
- Jul-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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His affairs usually lasted six months Peter Craig was a very successful, very ruthless lawyer, but away from the office he had a charm that was irresistible. Janna had been attracted to him instantly -- against her better judgment. Growing up ...
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A Savage Sanctuary
- Nov-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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Could the legend possibly come true? Strangely enough, her fiance's assurance that he'd have married her even if she'd gone blind, only increased Anna's prewedding doubts. So she fled to her island cottage in Scotland. But St. M...
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A Man to Watch
- Apr-1980
- / Contemporary Romance
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Her beauty became a barrier to love Harriet's beauty had brought her many things -- a modeling career, recognition, friends. Yet nothing had ever erased her unhappy memories of childhood. Then she met Jotham Gaul -- an irritating tycoon wh...
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No Way Out
- Dec-1980
- / Contemporary Romance
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Lucy's problem wouldn't go away Bad enough that Celia, her identical twin, had jeopardized her marriage by having a brief holiday affair. Worse, she had used Lucy's name. To protect Celia, Lucy had reluctantly pretended to be the gi...
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So Long a Winter
- Apr-1981
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Angela Miller had known Matt Hanlon for most of her young life -- and hero-worshipped him all the time. But when, at the age of seventeen, she made her feelings for him more than plain, he had told her, "You'll always be too young and I'l...
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When Lightning Strikes
- Jun-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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For better or worse, fate changed her life Robina was in shock -- both her beloved Uncle Randolph and their lovely old castle home were gone in one horrific fire-filled night! Had she not hated him so much, Robina would have been grateful to Le...
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Frozen Jungle
- Dec-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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It was not often that anyone got the better of the celebrated writer Duncan Keld, let alone managed to damage his reputation - but journalist Pattie Moss had unwittingly managed to do just that, with the result that Duncan, to put it mildly, had a ve...
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Flash Point
- Feb-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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He was actually trying to bribe her! Liam Sherrard really believed that Carly was after his aunt's money. She was incensed when he even offered to recompense her if she'd refuse the old lady's invitation to visit their chateau in Britt...
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Diamond Cut Diamond
- Nov-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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Was he the problem or the solution? Charlotte couldn't understand why her father didn't like her boyfriend, Jeremy Wylde. Jeremy was wonderful, and she loved him! So what was the problem? Charlotte knew the problem wasn't a "wh...
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Call Up the Storm
- Jun-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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"There's a wild streak in you." Felicity had reason to remember her grandfather's words when David Holle entered her life. She knew all about his womanizing and, being the descendant of a legendary sea witch, she vowed to repay ...
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Face the Tiger
- Oct-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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"Don't underrate yourself," Gavin said But Sophy's lifetime habit was hard to break. After all, if family and friends thought you were a dimwit, what chance did you have? Sophy had arrived at Gavin Tighe's home raging to con...
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A Fierce Encounter
- Aug-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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Martin Jackson was a form of madness Since their brief and blazing affair five years before, Lacey had not heard a word from Martin. He'd left Chadsford to pursue a brilliant career in television, and she knew he'd forgotten her completely...
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The Frozen Heart
- Nov-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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Would he still want revenge? Because of something Pattie had written about Duncan Keld for the gossip columns, a beautiful model suffered the most publicized and painful rejection London had ever witnessed. And Pattie's boss received a very bl...
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Ring of Crystal
- Jul-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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She'd never sought a man's affections Annie Bennett had always had a steady supply of suitors, but much to her parents' dismay, no one had ever captured her heart -- not even the man she'd once almost married. But when she came...
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To Cage a Whirlwind
- Jan-1986
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A family crisis once wrenched Morag Macdonald from her home. Now another crisis returned her to the wild and beautiful island in Scotland. Callum Maconnell, the castle's new laird, had caught her brother with his hand in the till and offered Mora...
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Ride a Wild Horse
- Jan-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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Maybe it was just summer madness Mell wasn't yet twenty-two, but it seemed to her that she had never been young. Her life in her small Cotswold village had been safe, predictable and decidedly unexciting. How she longed for adventure.... And it...
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Force Field
- Nov-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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Her affairs were none of his business! Maybe here, Kerry hoped, in this colorful seaside Cornish village, she could briefly escape the real-life tragedy of her father's recent death. The invitation to play Rosalind in an amateur performance...
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No Place to Run
- May-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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He must have been mad to follow her here Just when all Lucy's dreams were about to come true, with her engagement to Sir Giles Lessing, Matt Lomas tracked her down. Well, Lucy vowed, if he was looking for the woman he'd known on Strona,...
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Fetters of Gold
- Jan-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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Dinah wasn't a gold digger, and she'd prove it Yet convincing powerful entrepreneur Marcus Christophi of that wasn't easy. Especially with her fiance, Nic, Marcus's weak-willed younger cousin, suffering memory loss from an accident...
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When We're Alone
- Feb-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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It was difficult to say no to him Colin Radbrook had made a name for himself as an investigative reporter -- and wasn't easily deterred from reaching his goal. And Livvy admitted that in other circumstances she might have succumbed all too ...
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The Devil's Flower
- Jan-1991
- / Contemporary Romance
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Tough, uncompromising and an expert at handling the women in his life. Ben Doyle was pretty well a legend in his own lifetime. Definitely not the sort of man to be easily taken for a ride. Not that Emmy wanted to tangle with him. But somehow everythi...
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The Jewels of Helen
- Jun-1991
- / Contemporary Romance
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A spoiled brat who liked her own way Eight years ago Max Torba thought Anni was self-centered-and that she didn't care if her demands made life impossible for those who loved her. Now, meeting again at Max's home in Turkey, it was clea...
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Once a Cheat
- Mar-1992
- / Contemporary Romance
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'He's dangerous and he's deadly'. Rosalyn had no intention of marrying Jeremy. They were friends, but, for her at least, the feelings between them didn't go far enough for wedding bells to be in order. But, she was unreasona...
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The Trespasser
- Apr-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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Once was enough Kate Kershaw could hardly believe that she'd been jilted. Again. But she decided that this time she wouldn't meekly accept her fate. She didn't think she could stand to have more sympathetic glances sent her way by well...
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Hold Back the Dark
- Feb-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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Nicolas always makes the rules Or that's how it seems to Clarry Rickard. Two years earlier, Nicolas Dargan had sent his brother, Nigel, out of the country. He'd done it to break up Nigel's engagement to Clarry, and she's hated him ...
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Cover Story
- Jun-1995
- / Contemporary Romance
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"He's not my type!" Newspaper boss Adam Shofield didn't normally have problems attracting women. Rich, successful dynamic, he had most of the qualities that appealed to the opposite sex. But Millie was impervious to his charms...
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Shadow of a Tiger
- Sep-1995
- / Contemporary Romance
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MARRIAGE IN MIND? PR consultant Alice Ashby had everything: beauty, brains and a sense of humor. The only thing she didn't have was a husband -- and she certainly didn't want one of those! If Ivan Blackmore intended to change Alice's ...
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Sleeping Beauty
- Apr-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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“Who are you behind that Mona Lisa calm?” It was a strange question for Rafe Drayford to ask. Caroline's future was mapped out for her and she had been happy with it: marriage to Christopher, the man she loved and respected, followed by a...
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Living With Marc
- Oct-1997
- / Contemporary Romance
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Love thy neighbor? Things had a way of happening around Robin Johnson. She always seemed to be in the middle of some scrape or another! She could understand why the cool, discerning lawyer Marc Hammond should have reservations about hiring Robin ...
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Max's Proposal
- Sep-1998
- / Contemporary Romance
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A suitable wife? It was a practical proposal. Max Vella, rich and famous businessman, needed a wife to organize his many social functions, and Sara needed money to help her sister. So Sara took on the role of dutiful wife, but just as she was beg...
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A Very Private Man
- Oct-1999
- / Contemporary Romance
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An idyllic life. Isolda lived with her grandfather, Count Ivan Kosovic, and life was good. It got even better with the arrival of gorgeous Nathan Coleman. The long, hot summer days drew them together, and Isolda knew something special would happen ...
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Fiance for Real
- Jun-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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The right man for Clancy When Fergus McKenzie found Clancy Lindhurst leaning perilously over the parapet of a bridge, he naturally thought the worst. Cold, wet and suffering from flu, Clancy found it hard to explain that she was really throwing aw...
