Anne Mather

• Aug-2017
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One night back in her husband's bed... The inability to have a child left Joanna and Matt Novak's passionate marriage in tatters. But when Joanna asks her tycoon husband for a divorce, Matt makes it clear he expects them to remain married...

• Jan-2017
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Will she surrender to the stranger at Orchid Cay? For Lily Fielding, the small, safe Caribbean island is all she's ever known. But the appearance of an intriguing newcomer is about to change everything for this unworldly vicar's daughter,...

• May-2016
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A forbidden affair... Five years ago Abby Laurence would have given anything to be Luke Morelli's mistress. The taste of his lips and the burn of his touch offered a safety and sanctuary she craved more than anything. But Luke's love was ...

• Apr-2016
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Single mother Rachel Erskine is stunned to discover she's inherited a house in the Scottish Highlands, even though she's never heard of her mysterious benefactor. But escaping to the Highlands sounds like an ideal opportunity to get her rebellious te...

• Mar-2016
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An unwanted desire... With the death of his wife still raw, Jack Connolly's mood is dark and dangerous. He's not looking for a woman, until he meets buttoned-up but beautiful Grace Spencer, who stirs his senses back to life. Yet Jack cann...

• May-2012
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Seduction and sins... Rachel Clairborne is a blonde beauty but, tired of being judged on her appearance, she's never let a man close. For the moment she's focused on finding her mother, who abandoned her family for the sultry paradise isla...

• Feb-2011
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Too hot to handle, too strong to deny... Dominic Montoya was darkly handsome and, oh, so dangerous to know. Cleo knew he was strictly off-limits. But she couldn't turn her back on him altogether; he had information that could change her whole...

• Dec-2010
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Seduction and sins...Rachel Claiborne is a blonde beauty - but, tired of being judged on her appearance, she's never let a man close. For the moment she's focused on finding her mother, who abandoned her family for the sultry paradise island ...

• Apr-2010
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She's fought to keep their child a secret. Isobel has never forgotten the night Brazilian millionaire Alejandro Cabral took her virginity. The image of Alejandro's dark, sexy body has left a lifelong impression on her - as did his seed. He...

• Nov-2008
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He wants her as his mistress...but as his wife? Before meeting Joe Mendez, Rachel was a single mom coping with a difficult daughter and an irresponsible ex-husband. After meeting Joe Mendez, Rachel's life has been turned upside down! Joe...

• Mar-2008
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The Italian's savage passion... When Juliet meets broodingly handsome Italian Raphael Marchese, there is an instant and dangerous attraction between them. But because of the pretense Juliet has agreed to in order to help a friend, Rafe mistake...

• Dec-2007
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The marriage was over... but what about their baby? Five years ago, Jane's marriage to Demetri Souvakis ended. Devastated and betrayed, she left him and started a new life. Now Demetri needs an heir and demands a divorce. But they have one las...

• May-2007
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Because of their baby... The last person Olivia expected to see when she returned to her hometown was her ruggedly handsome ex-husband. Joel Armstrong was the reason she'd stayed away so long. The breakup of their marriage had been swift, but ...

• Nov-2006
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Shadows in the night... Liam Jameson is a world-famous writer of paranormal thrillers. But fame has its price, and now Liam lives reclusively on a remote Scottish island. Then Rosa Chantry knocks on his door and throws his world upside down. Hi...

• Aug-2006
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She had to give him what he really wanted -- a baby! Jack Riordan was gorgeous and a real man. However, Rachel had her fears about her husband: they'd grown so far apart since they'd failed to have a child. But a real man needed a real ...

• Feb-2006
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She's innocent -- he wants her! Eve Robertson lives a quiet life in a secluded village, and she wants to put her turbulent past behind her. However, her newfound stability is threatened with the arrival of Jake Romero.... Jake is tall, da...

• Dec-2005
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When passion is stronger than pride... Helen Shaw's relaxing vacation on the stunning island of Santos is ruined when she steps off the ferry and sees Greek tycoon Milos Stephanides. Years before they had a scorching affair, until, discovering...

• Jul-2005
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He wants her. But will he take her...? For two long years, news reporter Matthew Quinn was held captive by rebel forces. His dramatic escape made headlines. But Matt has returned scarred, believing that he can never love another woman.... Matt ...

• Mar-2005
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Tempting... Oliver Ferreira desired Grace more than any woman he'd ever known. However, he couldn't take what wasn't his.... Teasing... Grace worked for Oliver's brother, Tom; in fact, rumor had it that she was Tom's mistress...

• Sep-2004
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Tess Daniels's new job in Italy is off to a bad start when wealthy vineyard owner Rafe di Castelli accuses her of being responsible for the disappearance of his teenage son. It's actually Tess's younger sister whom Rafe is after -- and sh...

• Mar-2004
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The Latin lover's secret child Olivia found the comfort and passion she craved in the arms of South American tycoon Christian Rodrigues. She found something else that she'd always longed for, as well -- after one night of reckless passion,...

• Sep-2003
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Jake McCabe separated from his wife, Isobel, convinced that the daughter she gave birth to was not his. Insistent that Emily was Jake's child, Isobel struggled on as a single mother. But now Jake finds himself in Isobel's life once more --...

• Jun-2003
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Seduced ... by a Latin lover! Two years ago in Miami, Abigail Leighton spent one unforgettable night with irresistible, enigmatic Alejandro Varga. But malicious lies broke them apart, and Abby left determined to forget about Alejandro forever. ...

• Feb-2003
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Demetri Kastro has dark suspicions about Joanna, the young and very attractive woman who has escorted his father home to Greece. Though the elderly millionaire is ill, Demetri is certain Joanna isn't what the doctor ordered! However, Demetri&#...

• Nov-2002
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The wanted wife! Sara was beautiful, secretive -- and haunted. Matt Seton was both intrigued and annoyed by his unexpected houseguest. She wouldn't tell him where she was from, but he could tell she was running from something. Common sense ...

• May-2002
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The price of seduction... Was it possible Cassandra had a son, even though she'd been married for less than 24 hours before she was widowed? Her brother-in-law, Enrique de Montoya was caught off-guard. He couldn't forget that he'd t...

• Feb-2002
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A wealth of passion... The arrival of wealthy businessman Gabriel Webb in Rachel's life is about to change everything.... Gabriel seems sincere in wanting to help single mom Rachel and her young daughter. But she isn't prepared when he ...

• Oct-2001
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Discovering the savage truth... Pregnant and single, Isobel Dorland yearns for a real family life. But though she's head over heels in love with the father of her child, she knows that he's in no position to offer her marriage. Resolvin...

• Apr-2001
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A night of desire, a lifetime of passion? Ally Sloan's flattered when a gorgeous stranger seeks her out. Single again, after years in a loveless marriage, a heady night of desire is just what she needs to boost her confidence and remind her th...

• Oct-2000
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Innocence betrayed... Memories of a long-ago summer night still taunt Laura Neill. With all the provocative innocence of youth, she stole into her stepbrother Oliver's bedroom, and discovered love and fleeting happiness in his arms. Drive...

• Jun-2000
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The tycoon's trap... With her financial situation so precarious, Paige Tennant has walked right into Nikolas Petronides' hands. It's obvious that he's not forgiven her for waling out on him years ago. But what else could she have d...

• Oct-1999
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Would a lie keep them apart? SEA, SUN AND... MATTEO Expecting sun and relaxation from her stay with a friend in Italy, Grace Horton actually found herself walking into an emotional minefield. Her friend was clearly set on marrying Matteo di Falco...

• Jun-1999
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She never meant to fall in love... Alex Kellerman's life had fallen apart at his wife's untimely death, which ultimately cost him custody of his baby daughter. Now, fighting to win his daughter back, he didn't need any further rumors to...

• Apr-1999
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Olivia Haig had mixed feelings about going to stay in Los Angeles to write up film star Diane Haran's rags-to-riches life story. This was the woman, after all, who had seduced Olivia's husband away from her. What if she turned the tables ...

• Dec-1998
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A new year...a new start...a new baby. The miracle Felicity could only dream about has finally happened -- her husband, missing, presumed dead, is alive and well -- and coming home! But much has happened in their four years apart and Morgan seems ...

• Jun-1998
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Falling for a younger man Megan Cross hasn't been back to the Caribbean island of San Felipe since her parents' ugly divorce and her mother's second marriage. Now her mother's husband is desperately ill and wants Megan's forgiv...

• Apr-1998
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He had to protect her from himself! Life was complicated enough for William Quentin without his ex-wife turning up on his doorstep. He'd been crazy about Francesca, and the agony of her betrayal still haunted him. Will knew he should heed his ...

• Oct-1997
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Some secrets just won't stay hidden Why had Jaime Harris left a perfectly good job to come to work for his stepmother, Catriona? Dominic Redding was curious--and intrigued. Jaime had come to Bermuda with a purpose--to find out more about Ca...

• Jun-1997
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He could still make her want him.... Maggie would never have made the journey to Northumberland to see her ex-husband if it hadn't been for their rebellious teenage daughter. Lindsey had formed a disastrous relationship and Neil was the only p...

• Mar-1997
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Temptress -- or tormentor? Was Isobel Herriot a marriage breaker? Patrick Shannon's sister certainly believed her husband was having a torrid affair with Isobel. But when Patrick paid a visit to Isobel's Cotswold craft shop he couldn'...

• Feb-1997
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HE WAS DESPERATE TO REMEMBER... Jake wasn't sure why he'd agreed to take his twin brother's place on the flight to London. Nor why he'd agreed to commit Nathan's crime. Maybe it was misplaced loyalty, maybe it was the memory of t...

• Nov-1996
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Whose baby? Sara Reed has a secret. Returning to her husband's family home after his death isn't easy for Sara. Her mother-in-law clearly despises her, but the person she most dreads seeing again is Alex. Her husband's brother, h...

• Mar-1996
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Is Helen Gregory a woman of passion ? To outsiders, Helen appears to be a typical cool English blonde. Only Matthew Aitken guesses that her icy exterior hides a warm and vibrant woman ...and he wants her! In the heat of Barbados Helen finds her...

• Aug-1995
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"Lingering passions..." When Quinn Marriott is asked to track down reclusive Julia Stewart, he knows it will mean trouble. Quinn once knew Julia more intimately than anyone realizes and believes that he caused her to shun the limelight. Ov...

• Apr-1995
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Virgin or wanton...? Oliver Lee is a man with a shadowed past. He is suspicious of everything and everyone...so when he meets Fliss, he thinks her innocence is an act. Fliss may be innocent, but when Oliver's around she can't help behaving...

• Feb-1995
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Wedlocked? Rachel's marriage had ended in bitterness and tears. Ben had been unfaithful to her, she was sure, though, of course, he had denied it. Now their only point of contact was their small daughter, Daisy, and that suited Rachel. But whe...

• Nov-1994
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He'd always been a law unto himself Rafe Lindsay, Earl of Invercaldy, was lord of all he surveyed. But the days when a nobleman held the right to seduce any village maiden he fancied were long gone. Not that the message had reached Rafe! B...

• Jul-1994
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One night was all she'd wanted... Few of Beth's students would have recognized her as the seductive charmer who crashed a posh London party, commanded the immediate attention of Alex Thiarchos, brazenly seduced him...and disappeared. Bu...

• May-1994
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Heart of paradise India had been thirteen when Nathan Kittrick was banished from Pelican Island. Now, shrouded in scandal, he'd come home, heir to his father's multimillion-dollar holiday resort -- a man determined to claim what was rightf...

• Jan-1994
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Where there's smoke... Running into Conor Brennan after eleven years produced a disturbing uneasiness Olivia couldn't quite understand. She'd always played doting aunt to the son of her closest friend. But now the boy had grown into a ...

• Oct-1993
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Second chances Joanna has convinced herself she's left the past behind. But coming back to Tidewater has resurrected best-forgotten emotions. She'd assumed Cole's ailing father simply wanted to beg her forgiveness--after all, the famil...

• Aug-1993
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The two men in Madeline's life so far - her late husband Joe and her boss, Adrian - had been kind and uncomplicated, both only wanting to cherish and look after her. But now another man had come surging into her life - Nicholas Vitale. Handsome, ...

• Jul-1993
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Sexual compulsion She was sensitive and naive--and incredibly innocent--and he was about to ruin her life. There was no justification for what he was doing. After all, Greeks respect their women; they don't take advantage of them. But he, o...

• May-1993
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No escape Was it pure luck that Ben Russell had chosen to buy the old Priory? Certainly it couldn't have had anything to do with Jaime Russell or her teenage son, Tom. It had been fifteen years since she'd seen her ex-husband's brother...

• Mar-1993
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The man of her fantasies belonged to another -- her daughter Slim, lovely Laura Fox didn't look like the mother of a twenty-one-year-old, although her safe, predictable life--save the occasional run-in with her headstrong daughter--quite befit...

• Dec-1992
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Too hot to handle Camilla hadn't seen Virginia in years, but she certainly couldn't ignore her childhood friend's urgent plea to come to Hawaii. Her cool reception from Virginia's husband was both unsettling and understandable; Vir...

• Sep-1992
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Olivia didn't expect returning home to be easy. And it wasn't. Especially when it was Matthew Ryan who met her at the airport when she returned to England for her grandmother's funeral. Matt and Olivia had once been passionate lov...

• May-1992
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"I'm just asking you to dinner." Morgan didn't understand Catherine's reaction to his invitation. "I'm not asking you to go to bed with me." Yet Catherine was wary. After a failed marriage, despite her continued se...

• Mar-1992
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Could love be blind? One night of passion--that was all they'd shared. And that had been ten years ago. But the experience had changed Helen's life. She'd certainly tried to forget the past, but she knew she hadn't succeeded. An...

• Apr-1991
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She had one week - and that was all It was Abby's one chance to turn back the clock to the carefree days when she and Jake had explored his island retreat in the Bahamas. Abby had loved Jake and she had lost him. And not just Jake, but Dom...

• Nov-1990
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Divorce had seemed the only solution There'd been no possibility of a reconciliation when Rachel's marriage to Matthew Conroy broke up. Not only had her husband looked elsewhere for love--but he'd looked to Rachel's own Cousin Barb...

• Mar-1990
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Cass fled to Italy, and to Ben Scorcese. He was the one person in the world who could help her. And help she desperately needed. So it was a shock to find that she'd only added to her problems instead of solving them. She was a grown woma...

• Oct-1989
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She'd been told she was Jessica Devlin. They said she was the illegitimate daughter of a recently deceased millionaire. Because a horrible accident had wiped out her memory, she was recuperating at the Yorkshire estate of her father's cou...

• Nov-1988
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Jared's return could ruin her Robyn hadn't seen him in six long years. Now he was about to return to the family home in England, summoned by his ailing father upon the death of his older brother--Robyn's husband. Robyn prayed he wou...

• Jan-1988
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He had never believed in her Isabel Ashley, a successful model, had no desire ever to see Alex Seton again. Throughout a disastrous marriage to his cousin, which ended in divorce, Alex had been hostile, believing she was unfaithful and interested ...

• Aug-1987
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She could see no future for herself Sara's hopes of becoming a famous dancer were shattered when an ankle injury abruptly ended her career. For Sara it was the end of her world. At first she didn't take seriously the offer of a job. Wha...

• Jan-1987
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NEVER SAY NEVER It was her grandmother's death that drew Helen Michaels back to Castle Howarth and the man who had shattered her world ten years ago--the man she still despised. Rafe Fleming followed in his father's footsteps and was no...

• Jul-1986
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Morgan didn't play Holly's kind of game Morgan Kane arrived on Pulpit Island in the Caribbean with strict instructions: collect his boss's daughter and bring her back to London. Holly Forsyth had no intention of leaving her job at t...

• Mar-1986
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Once he'd made her feel so special Perhaps that was why he had succeeded where other men had failed. If Laura had not been so naively flattered by Jason's attentions three years ago, she might have recognized him sooner for what he was, in...

• Dec-1985
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Could it be more than infatuation? "You're still the most beautiful woman I've ever seen," Ben Seton/Dickon told Shelley. And admittedly she was more than flattered by his interest in her. But how could she take him seriously? B...

• Aug-1985
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Could he ever belong to her? Antonia was devastated to learn that the very attractive man she had met at Celia's party was none other than Reed Gallagher, Celia's fiance. He hadn't acted like a man in love, but perhaps their sort of pe...

• Jun-1985
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The demands of a young woman's heart are Hidden in the Flame... Catherine huddled in the ashes of the but she had shared with her father. Her eyes could not focus on his dead body. Her mind would not admit that their life together was over. ...

• Aug-1984
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You never forget your first love Ten years ago, Jordan Lucas fell innocently in love with a musician visiting her Caribbean island home. She experienced the soaring flight of first love and the bitter crash of betrayal. She needed no reminder ...

• Apr-1984
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"I'll be more wary in the future." Rachel Fleming wished she had never stopped to help the stranger in distress. But it was too late now. The tables had turned. Alexis Roche was no helpless victim. He was a seasoned hunter committe...

• Oct-1983
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Fate forced Lani St. John to an impossible choice when her adolescent dreams became a wrenching reality. For Jake Pendragon, the brilliant concert pianist she had loved from afar for years, reentered her life with an undeniable, devastating attractio...

• Sep-1983
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"It will never work," her friend warned Helen winced at the frank assessment of her chances for romantic happiness. For she had loved Heath since childhood, and as she'd grown into a woman, her emotions had deepened and changed in ways...

• Jul-1983
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She thought of him as her father's friend Matthew Wilder had been a brilliant medical researcher who had suddenly disappeared from Joanna's life. Her memory of him was vague. When they finally met again on a remote Florida key, he bore ...

• Apr-1983
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She had made her choice years ago As a girl, Jaime had learned how powerful love can be in the arms of a wealthy Italian count, Raphael di Vaggio. Yet she had rejected him to pursue her career. He had found someone else and for five years Jaime...

• Jan-1983
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"He's quite famous--and notorious." Cassandra had been warned, and she didn't care. After enduring a disastrous marriage she was now ready for an affair with no strings attached. But Jay Ravek was not like any man she'd know...

• Nov-1982
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The lush night released undreamed-of passions When a tropical storm battered the tiny Caribbean island of Indigo, Ruth Jason's sheltered life was dramatically changed. Young and vulnerable, having lived virtually alone with her father on the i...

• Nov-1982
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"Our marriage was a farce," Piers said. Abby couldn't deny Piers's statement. Time had certainly proven that true, but the young Abby had loved him with all the passion within her. At that time she could not have foreseen the ...

• Sep-1982
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Could she disguise her love for Jared? Rhia couldn't refuse to impersonate her sister - after Valentina had fled - to aid in Glyn Fraser's recovery. It was Val's fault the young man had been blinded in a car crash. Jared Fraser, Gl...

• Jun-1982
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Alex was not the man she expected him to be The time for Olivia's revenge had come. Her elderly husband, Henry Gantry was dead. She'd take Henry's monument to himself, his fabulously wealthy corporation, and either sell it or put it in...

• Mar-1982
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She couldn't bear the unexpected truth Sara gladly accepted the offer of acting as companion to her youthful Aunt Harriet. Her father had recently died, and she welcomed the solace the English countryside offered. But life in Harriet's...

• Nov-1981
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Sylvie reluctantly took Margot's place Sylvie's sister, Margot, was determined to become an actress. She refused to live in Greece with her husband, Leon Petronides, and their small son. So Sylvie found herself going to Greece to look afte...

• Aug-1981
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The reunion was almost unbearable Ashley Gauthier could hardly believe she was actually seeing her son. Circumstances had forced her to give him up at birth seven years earlier to her deceased husband's wealthy Arab family. Now the unexpect...

• Jun-1981
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He'd be her friend but never her lover Caroline's job as governess at a Mexican hacienda was more demanding than she'd dreamed possible. Her employer, Esteban, was an evil and vulgar man, and he wanted her. She turned for help to L...

• May-1981
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Rachel could tell something was wrong Rachel had been hesitant to spend the Christmas holiday with the Shards in their Newcastle home. After all, Liz and Rob were Jaime's parents and might have been Rachel's in-laws had circumstances been ...

• Apr-1981
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"I haven't come back into your life, James," Caroline said. She was shocked to discover that the position she had accepted as governess was the in the home of the man she had spent six years trying to forget. Aware that nothing had rea...

• Jan-1981
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The valley's fate was in Rafe's hands Everyone wanted to know whether Rafe Glyndower would turn over his father's centuries-old estate to modern lead mining. Catherine's uncle was a farmer-tenant whose livelihood would be ruined...

• Dec-1980
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He'd forgotten the love they'd shared Tobie was happy with her boyfriend, Mark, until he insisted on their flying to the Caribbean to meet his family. He was unaware that Tobie knew his half brother, Robert, all too well. Their devastating...

• Sep-1980
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She was betrayed by her own emotions! Abby considered her marriage over. Why couldn't Rachid just accept the fact and give her a divorce? In the two years since she left Abarein, the Middle East country where Rachid was crown prince, she...

• Aug-1980
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Joanna didn't know what to expect... Necessity forced Joanna Seton to accept a position as governess to Jake Sheldon's daughter. She set out for Ravensgarth, his farm in the Lake District, with a determination to make the best of what she ...

• Apr-1980
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She hadn't expected a memorable summer Julie had come to the Canadian summer resort to forget about her father's tragic suicide. Adam Price, her fiance, would handle the business details. All she had to do was relax. But how could anyon...

• Mar-1980
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"We can't sell it to someone like him!" Helen had to admit the sale of their estate was necessary. She and her mother could no longer afford to keep it up. But she couldn't agree with her mother that selling it to the popular wr...

• Jan-1980
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"You're trying to frighten me, Dion." Martha's voice was uneven, trying to conceal the fact that he was succeeding. She'd been tricked into this confrontation with her husband, and his proposal amazed her. After five years...

• Dec-1979
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The will stated that Lisel would inherit! Domine and her brother naturally expected to inherit their grandfather's fortune. It was a shock to learn it was left to a cousin they'd never heard of. And living in Peru! To make matters worse...

• Nov-1979
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Sara walked right into a dangerous trap And what made it even worse was the fact that her friend, Diane Tregower, had coldly, calculatingly sent her into it. Sara Fortune had needed a holiday away from London and Diane had offered her Raven'...

• Aug-1979
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"I want to live my own life!" But Olivia's bid for independence was swiftly rejected. Richard replied with the hard assurance of a successful businessman. "I've paid for your upbringing, Olivia, and everything you possess. I ex...

• May-1979
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Alex yearned for freedom! Brought up in a French convent, Alex had been sadly neglected by her archaeologist father. He died leaving her starved for affection, desperate to love and be loved - desperate enough to trick her father's friend, Ja...

• Apr-1979
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It was too late to turn back now Alix stood in front of the gates of the Hall apprehensively. Had she been mad in agreeing to this deception? If Oliver Morgan discovered the real reason behind her taking this job, the consequences, she knew, could...

• Mar-1979
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Emma had to admit that she was curious Jordan had said the matter was one of life and death, but since she wouldn't agree to meet him she would never know. Emma's hands trembled as she hung up the receiver, the familiar resentment she ...

• Jan-1979
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"I can't go through with the wedding!" Helen's announcement a few hours before she was due at the church stunned her family--especially since she gave no reason. But how could she explain that a man she'd known less than a w...

• Dec-1978
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Miranda refused to listen to warnings. She didn't love Mark Sanders, but that didn't matter. He was heir to the estate where her mother was housekeeper. As Lady Sanders, Miranda could ensure a better life for her mother as well as herself...

• Nov-1978
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Carne expected her to just meekly agree "What about me? Don't I have any say in the matter?" Lesley's eyes flashed indignantly. After all, Came had ignored his wife and child for three years. Why should he be interested in them now...

• Sep-1978
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The island was a paradise of golden sands and blue skies - of burning desires...but not for Beth. Beth had come to marry Willard Petrie, a widower twice her age; a gentle man who would replace desire with respect. Or so she thought. The island ha...

• Aug-1978
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It hadn't been easy - coming to see Tristan Ross. He might deny being the father of her dead sister's baby, but Caryn was determined to make him accept responsibility. When he finally conceded, however, his conditions were not what she ha...

• Apr-1978
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"What did you expect?" Harriet said in angry surprise. "That I'd be thrilled to see you again? That I might have forgotten what a selfish swine you really are?" Without stopping to think, she stepped forward and slapped Andre h...

• Feb-1978
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"Matt, I couldn't marry him ... it's you I love." Even as she said the words, Darrell knew their situation was hopeless. Darrell Anderson's life had been going along reasonably well until she met Matthew Lawford. He was the mos...

• Jan-1978
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"I haven't come back into your life, James," Caroline said. She was shocked to discover that the position she had accepted as governess was the in the home of the man she had spent six years trying to forget. Aware that nothing had re...

• Dec-1977
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"I tried to tell you how it would be," Jake said slowly. "You knew our marriage wasn't going to be easy, but believe me, it's the only way." Rachel felt as if she were confronted by some enormously complicated puzzle. And ...

• Oct-1977
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It has to be coincidence! Charlotte stared at the man through a mist of confusion. It was Logan. An older Logan, of course, but unmistakably the man who had ravaged her emotions and then abandoned her all those years ago. She ought to feel angr...

• Sep-1977
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Rhys took a step toward her, his eyes searching. "What's the matter, Julie," he demanded. "Have my adventures shaken that romantic imagination of yours? I know you're not indifferent. So what else is there between us?" Juli...

• Aug-1977
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"Don't be deceived, Emma," Damon said violently. "I'm not letting you go because I feel sorry for you. I'm letting you go because I have no intention of losing my self-respect over a little cheat like you." It didn'...

• Jul-1977
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Suzanne's decision to visit Villa Falcone was an impulse. Suddenly she was thrust into a family whose passions and jealousies pervaded their ancestral Italian home. Perhaps she had been meant to go, Suzanne thought later; otherwise she woul...

• Jun-1977
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The plan for revenge had filled Abby's mind. Not once had she thought of what would happen if it succeeded. Still, she didn't understand why Luke had married her. Or, indeed, how she had come to let him! It had never been part of her plan...

• May-1977
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Charlotte's heart lurched sickeningly at the thought of going away. She honestly didn't know what Alex meant when he answered his mother's question confidently. "Oh yes," he said. "I will be staying now, won't I, Charlotte...

• Apr-1977
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Six years ago Catherine Fulton and Jared Royal had met and clashed embarassingly. Now, when her father's will stipulated Jared as her guardian for the six months prior to her twenty-first birthday, Catherine was no more enthusiastic about the arr...

• Feb-1977
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Joanna loved Shannon Carne and he loved her -- but there were several overwhelming reasons why they should not marry. "All right, Joanna," Shannon said harshly. "I love you. But it's no use. It never was, and it never will be. We&#...

• Jan-1977
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"Andrea," the voice began, "I told you once that I didn't care to be mistaken for a fortune-hunter. So, with your father's permission, I contrived to play a little trick on you...." The tape continued to turn, but Andrea he...

• Dec-1976
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Morgana tried to wrench her wrist away from Luis. "Let me go!" she cried, trying desperately to control her tears. "I don't want to listen to you. What you intend to do with your life is not my concern!" But that wasn't rea...

• Nov-1976
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Susan didn't want to admit it, but Amanda was right. She shouldn't feel this way; she should try not to think about Dominic Halstad. But Susan found that even the prospect of spending time with his son was infinitely more desirable than remai...

• Sep-1976
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Justina was in a dilemma. As she listened to his words, she realized her plan had backfired. "But we're not strangers, are we?" he questioned grimly. "We're husband and wife and somehow I don't find your explanations very r...

• Aug-1976
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Emma Maxwell knew her stepmother, Celeste, must have some scheme in mind, even before they arrived in Venice. When she heard what it was, Emma wanted no part of it. Then she met Count Vidal Cesare, on whom Celeste had designs, and decided he was old ...

• Jul-1976
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Rachel had tried to escape the torture of her thoughts and memories. She had loved Joel--loved him with all the wealth of tenderness and passion she possessed. He had taken her love and destroyed it... . Now she heard Joel say, "I know what I ...

• Jun-1976
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She was no longer a schoolgirl. These past few weeks had made her a woman. But what point was there in remaining at Paradiablo? Declan despised her for revealing her immature feelings so openly; Clare no doubt found the whole affair unutterably amusi...

• May-1976
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He wasn't the marrying kind "Me - I'm a loner," Dimitri said sardonically. "I want no little woman to warm my slippers on a winter's evening and cook me exotic eastern food!" Joanne was furious, as much with herself ...

• Apr-1976
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For the first time since the break-up of their marriage, Julie began to have doubts. Should she have believed Jonas instead of Angela? But suppose Jonas was innocent? Even if he weren't, it was no use deceiving herself any longer. "I th...

• Mar-1976
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Her situation was impossible, Ryan realized, more impossible than even Alain could imagine. What had he said? "We are married, Ryan. I suggest we attempt to salvage something from the wreck." But friendship was something she and Alain c...

• Jan-1976
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An odd combination--young in years, mature in emotions. But that was Sophie. From childhood, Sophie's whole world had revolved around her stepbrother, Robert, and her feelings had not lessened with the years. But how could she get anyone to...

• Dec-1975
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"Miranda," Rafael said through clenched teeth, "I beg of you, do not drive me too far!" Rafael was annoyed. No woman of his own nationality had looked at him in quite that way before. Had she no respect - this girl from England! D...

• Oct-1975
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Patrick had warned her: "If you marry me there's no going back. If you decide you don't like Venezuela, I doubt if I could ever bear to let you go. Our marriage is a contract, and our commitment to that marriage can be based on nothing le...

• Sep-1975
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He wanted her, but did he love her? Jake Seton was all wrong for Ashley Calder. He was too old, too sophisticated, too wealthy -- his social sphere too far from her own. And he was engaged to be married. Even her cousin Karen had seen the signs...

• Aug-1975
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Karen Sinclair was deeply ashamed of her brief, inglorious love affair with Alexis Whitney seven years earlier. Since then she'd settled down - with an interesting job and a steady boyfriend. Everything was so calm and pleasant that when Alex...

• Jul-1975
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Seven years ago, Caroline had considered Gareth Morgan unsuitable as a husband. Now she was to find herself part of Gareth's life again when she got a job in Central Africa where he was living. And Gareth wasted no time in telling her. "If yo...

• Jun-1975
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It would be easy, Eve Hollister told Sophie. All she had to do was to go to Trinidad and pretend to be the granddaughter of the wealthy Brandt St. Vincente for four weeks and the money she needed would be hers. But when Sophie met the disturbin...

• May-1975
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Christina thought the long university vacation would be an excellent time to visit her brother and sister-in-law in southern Portugal. But she soon realized that she was unwelcome and she was thankful when she was offered a job by the local lord of t...

• Mar-1975
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It was on the invitation of the elderly Marquesa de Mendao that Malcolm Trevellyan and his young wife Rachel were staying at the imposing quinta in Portugal. But Rachel was far from happy there. Malcolm was being embarrassingly rude and demanding ...

• Jan-1975
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Susannah met and fell in love with Fernando Cuevas in London. She little thought when she traveled out to Spain to work for a wealthy family that the child she had come to teach was Fernando's child and that she would be meeting Fernando himself ...

• Dec-1974
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Helen simply couldn't believe her eyes when, stranded in the snow in the wilds of Cumberland, she found herself confronted by a leopard! But luckily it was a tame one, and its owner, the mysterious Dominic Lyall, was able to offer Helen shelter i...

• Nov-1974
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Perhaps Tamar had been too young when she fell in love with Ross Falcon, master of the Big House, Falcon's Head, in her Irish village home. At any rate, it had all ended in disaster, with Tamar's heart broken, her life in ruins -- and Ross...

• Oct-1974
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Six years ago Julie's world had turned upside down; she had married Michael Pemberton and left England--and Robert. Now Michael was dead, and Julie and her small daughter, Emma, had come home again--only to learn that Michael had appointed Rob...

• Sep-1974
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The child of a broken marriage, seventeen-year-old Tamsyn wasn't at all looking forward to going to Wales to visit the father she hardly knew -- until she arrived there and met Hywel Benedict. Her first feelings of antagonism towards him soon ...

• Aug-1974
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There had been two men so far in Madeline's life--her late husband, Joe, and her boss, Adrian. Both had been kind and uncomplicated, wanting only to cherish and look after her. But now another man had surged into her life--Nicholas Vitale. Han...

• Jul-1974
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It was only desperation that had brought Dionne back to the Camargue, that remote, still little-known part of southern France that had been so important -- and so tragic -- a part of her life three years ago. Back she had to come to the Mas St. Sa...

• Jun-1974
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Emma Seaton was comfortably if unexcitingly engaged to Victor Harrison; he was a wealthy business tycoon, and Emma could look forward to a life of ease and luxury with him -- but was that all she wanted from life? She became even more aware of her...

• May-1974
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Sancha was thrilled with her assignment--to interview the famous author, the Conte Cesare Alberto Venturo di Malatesta. Entering his palazzo was like stepping back into the Renaissance, its poverty-stricken appearance at odds with his success. The...

• Apr-1974
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Why do some women always manage to fall for a man who they know from the start can never be any good to them? Julie Kennedy, like most girls, had hero-worshipped the famous television singer Manuel Cortez from afar, but it had never entered her he...

• Mar-1974
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Jarrod guarded Sara even against himself Sara Robins had never even heard of Jarrod Kyle until he became her guardian. He was far removed from anyone Sara, at seventeen, had known in the small, quiet world she'd lived in until her grandfather&...

• Feb-1974
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Fresh from a convent Sarah Winter was starry-eyed at the thought of what lay ahead of her-a trip, her first ever abroad to the. West Indies, and a challenging job as governess to three children-the nephew and nieces of Jason de Cordova, who more or l...

• Feb-1974
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Although Karen Frazer had been divorced by her husband Paul two years before, and had heard that he had since become engaged to another woman, she still loved him. But she was not yet free of him -- for Paul's married brother was pursuing Karen...

• Jan-1974
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He despised her but wanted her as a wife Jake Howard and his wife, Helen, were outwardly a perfect couple with a perfect marriage. Jake was immensely attractive, rich and successful. Helen was beautiful, intelligent and wellbred. But Jake had c...

• Dec-1973
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They loved Monkshood but hated each other! Monkshood complicated Melanie's well-planned life. Soon to marry a London lawyer, Melanie couldn't really consider living in the Scottish Highlands house she'd inherited. But she did want to s...

• Nov-1973
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Nicola had never met Jason Wilde, but she hated him for the way he had hurt and deceived her sister, and was determined to be revenged on him. So she worked out a plan that seemed fool-proof. She took a job with the oil company for which Jason wo...

• Oct-1973
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Dallas was forced to accept his charity! Dallas always felt responsible for her young sister, Jane. But Jane's announcement that she was expecting a baby by rich, young Paris Stavros --and then the news of his death in a car crash--was just to...

• Sep-1973
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It had not taken Rebecca long to fall wildly in love with Piers St. Clair -- not much longer, in fact, than it had taken her to discover that he was married. So, all too swiftly, that idyll on a romantic Pacific island had had to come to an end. N...

• Aug-1973
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She remembered Adam as an older brother So, when Maria wanted to getaway from home, who better togo and stay with while she decided what to do with her life? But she hadn't seen him for five years. The Adam she met in London now was a succe...

• Jul-1973
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Domine was surprised to find that far from being alone after the death of her guardian, Great Uncle Henry Farriday, she was con-signed to the unknown James Mannering --an attractive man who already had several equally attractive women vying for his a...

• Jun-1973
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It was five years since Rachel had left her husband Andre Sanchez, and she was only coming to him now because he was the only one who could help her beloved father. But the marriage had broken up in the first place because of the suffocating influenc...

• Jun-1973
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"Who rides the tiger dare not dismount" goes the Chinese saying -- and Dominique felt the proverb could well apply to her strange, impulsive marriage to Vincente Santos. She dared not dismount from the tiger she rode -- but what if she was th...

• May-1973
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The Conde, with his looks, his money, his castle in Portugal, was not the kind of man who could forgive anyone who tried to deceive him. When Toni Morley attempted to do just that, the Conde proceeded to exact a very subtle revenge. "Look,"...

• May-1973
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Five years ago Raphael Madralena had left Laura Fleming, renouncing their passionate relationship, to return to Spain to marry the girl he had been betrothed to since childhood. Now, he was a widower and they were to meet again. It was inevitable tha...

• Jan-1973
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It was to save her father from ruin that Stephanie had married Santino Ventura and gone to live with him in his castle in Sicily. Santino had made it clear that he had not married her because she wanted a real wife, but a companion for his small ...

• Oct-1972
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Samantha was twenty one before she learned that her mother was not, as she had always been told, dead, but very much alive and a famous and glamorous actress. So she was whisked off to London and a new and very different life, with a hard, selfish mo...

• Jun-1972
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It was to get away from a troublesome love affair that Victoria Monroe had taken on the job of governess to little Sophie von Reichstein in the Austrian alps -- but she arrived at the schloss to find another challenging situation awaiting her. The ch...

• Mar-1972
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When Carolyn joined her archaeologist father in Mexico, she found herself immediately in conflict with Don Carlos, who owned the valley where her father was searching for a Zapotec city. Don Carlos thought she was 'a typical product of the permis...

• Apr-1971
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Perhaps it was the hot tropical atmosphere of the Pacific island of Manatoa that caused the sparks to fly between Charlotte Carlisle and Patrick Meredith. But it was only when the island showed its most dangerous side that they really came to underst...

• Dec-1970
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For years, Juliet's father had used his wealth, power and influence to rule her life. But now, she was free to make her own decisions. She had assumed a new name and identity, and had run away to a job on this beautiful West Indian island. But ha...

• Oct-1969
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Debra Warren had believed during all her life that she was orphaned, until she went to San Francisco to work. She found she was the daughter of the famous actress Elizabeth Steel. There she knew Dominic McGill. Hero: Dominic McGill Heroine: Debra...

• Jul-1965
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A brief encounter or lasting love? When Caroline first saw him on the elevator, she had no idea who he was. She only knew that he was tall and darkly handsome--and that she longed to see him again. Later she would discover that the magnetic str...