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Lilian Peake
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Lilian Margaret Peake was born on 25 May 1924 in London, England, UK. During the World War II, she moved to the countryside.
Her early ambition was to be a journalist, and she ended up working at various newspapers and magazines around England. She also married and started a family, and eventually she decided start to writing romance novels. She wrote over 65 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1971 to 1996 as Lilian Peake.
Lilian passed away in 27 May 1997.
Multi-Author Series List
Postcards from Europe
11 - No Promise of Love (Nov-1994)Book List in Order: 64 titles
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This Moment in Time
- Mar-1972
- / Contemporary Romance
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Lynne Hewlett was young and eager and full of advanced theories where her job was concerned. Christopher York not only disagreed with her along the way, but was in a position to put a stop to her. So when she began to fall in love with him she ju...
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Mist Across the Moors
- Jun-1972
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Tracy Johns spent a night with Brett Hardwick on the moors, it was due to force of circumstances and couldn't have been more innocent, but unfortunately the episode led to a lot of damaging gossip. So Tracey suggested to her friend Wayne...
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The Library Tree
- Oct-1972
- / Contemporary Romance
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Carolyn Lyle was intelligent, willing to learn, and interested in her new job -- but she was also the niece of a very influential man, and nothing would convince her boss, that iceberg Richard Hindon, that she was nothing but a spoiled, pampered darl...
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The Real Thing
- Jan-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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The job Cleone Aston had just been offered -- editor of a fashion magazine -- was going to be tremendously thrilling, and demanding, after her job as reporter on a local newspaper. But the biggest challenge was to come from her new boss -- Ellis...
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Man Out of Reach
- Apr-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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The new deputy head, Dr. Adrian Crayford, plainly regarded women as an interference in his life. "No woman can penetrate my barriers again. I'm woman-proof," he told Rosalie Parham firmly. But Rosalie was very attractive - and so wa...
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Gone Before Morning
- Jul-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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Kim needed a job, and Owen Lang needed a housekeeper--although he had made it very plain that it was only a housekeeper he wanted, and not a prospective wife. But Kim had gone to work for him under so many false pretences that it was hardly likely...
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Man in Charge
- Oct-1973
- / Contemporary Romance
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Juliet was delighted to get the job at Majors boutique, and full of ideas and enthusiasm about it -- but she found herself continually in conflict with the man in charge, the chairman's son, Drew Major. She wanted to keep the job but was it wo...
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A Sense of Belonging
- May-1974
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Carina Ascott fell in love with Marcus de Verrier, the man who was grooming her voice for stardom, his reaction was predictable. "Many students fall in love with their teachers. It's nothing unusual. An occupational hazard, in fact. B...
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Master of the House
- Nov-1974
- / Contemporary Romance
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The picture Petra had been given of Alaric Stoddard was of an arrogant and autocratic man who had little time for women except as playthings. "All women are the same," he told her firmly. "They're after two things and two things only ...
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The Impossible Marriage
- Feb-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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Old Mrs. Dunlopp thought it was, a splendid idea to leave her large house and a lot of money to her great-nephew Grant Gard and her young friend Beverley Redmund -- on condition that within six months they got married. There was one snag: the two ...
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The Dream on the Hill
- Apr-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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Nicola Dean and Connor Mitchell had both curtailed promising careers in order to help their parents, so they ought to have had a lot in common. Unfortunately, they just couldn't stand the sight of each other! Hero: Connor Mitchell Heroine:...
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Moonrise Over the Mountains
- Aug-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Ewan Pascall offered Gayle a job within his organization which carried greater responsibilities she took up the challenge, although she realized that her attempts were bound to result in failure. At least that would mean that she would never ...
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Man of Granite
- Oct-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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It was ten years now since the Kathryn's brief, youthful marriage to Jon Wright. They had parted in anger any misunderstanding, and she had never seen him again. Since then, the only important thing in Kathryn's life was security. It was f...
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Till the End of Time
- Dec-1975
- / Contemporary Romance
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Indifferent. That's how Marisa would have described her attitude to Dirk Sterling. Three years ago he had walked out on their marriage -- now she was just waiting for their divorce. But that was before Dirk came back to town - as dictatorial a...
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Heart in the Sunlight
- Jan-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Noelle went to work in Norway, she discovered it was a land of sunlight, glorious scenery, and charming people--with the exception, unfortunately, of her boss, the infuriating Per Arneson! Hero: Per Arneson Heroine: Noelle Roberts...
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The Sun of Summer
- Apr-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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Now I know, him better, thought Marilyn bitterly. Blair Barron van Heiden would allow no woman to lure him in any direction. He would pursue a relationship as far as he desired, then walk away from it as though it had never been. Holiday romances ...
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Little Imposter
- Jul-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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Cara Hirst overhears Shaun tells his aunt that he would have to be desperate to feel the faintest stirrings of desire for Cara. Humiliated, Cara vows that she will never let him know what her feelings for him are. Hero: Shaun Sutherland Heroine: ...
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The Tender Night
- Jul-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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Hurt and embittered when her fiance broke their engagement on the eve of the wedding, Shelly Jenner had vowed never to get emotionally involved with a man again. Certainly not with someone like Craig Allard, who represented everything she most dislik...
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The Distant Dream
- Sep-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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A rolling stone, Doranne had called him, a man without a care in the world. "A born nomad," Rhian agreed with a smile, "roaming through jungles and across deserts, leaving behind nothing but my footprints in the sand. And without a wom...
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Familiar Stranger
- Nov-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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"And you mean to tell me," Murray Denning growled, "that you still intend to marry him -- a man as cowardly, as craven as that." He paused. "Then you deserve everything you're asking for --every single miserable moment!" ...
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A Bitter Loving
- Apr-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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Karen went toward the painting of Glenn like someone sleepwalking. Then, in a spasm of violent, uncontrollable anger, she plunged the points of the scissors into the canvas and ripped it open. When she saw the results of her action and her brain s...
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This Man Her Enemy
- May-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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Doubt and uncertainty flooded Doranne's mind. Should she surrender? ... follow her father's example and give up the struggle? Defying Kieran's wishes was becoming increasingly difficult. Yet she remembered his grim, angry words: ...
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No Friend of Mine
- Jul-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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Elise Lennan did not welcome Lester Kings back into her life. He reminded her of all the childhood humiliation that she had endured from him. Since he made it plain that he did not like anything about Elise or her solitary life-style, what chance...
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The Little Impostor
- Sep-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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Shaun's laughter rang out just as Carp reached the door. She couldn't help overhearing what he said to his aunt. "You're not implying that I'm attracted to Cara Hirst," he said, astonishment in his voice. "My dear aunt,...
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Somewhere to Lay My Head
- Nov-1977
- / Contemporary Romance
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Liam's words came slowly. "So they were all lies he told me about you, all lies. And I believed him, everything he said about you. Well," he added, "everything's over now, finished." Everything's over, finished. The wor...
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A Girl Alone
- Feb-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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Alan's mocking words hit hard, underlining the complete disaster their evening had been. Lorraine had never felt so lonely and so miserable. She wanted to hurt Alan as he had hurt her. "Why don't you leave me alone," she said harsh...
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Passionate Involvement
- Mar-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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"Cling to the Italian in me," Sarne Brand said, and he meant it. "Steer clear of my English side." That was the side of him Tamsin didn't know; that Sarne never revealed. Inexplicably she felt snubbed, as if somehow she'd b...
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Rebel in Love
- Dec-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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She was a challenge he couldn't ignore. Lex Moran, chairman of the education committee, had the final decision on closing the village school. Katrine Hume, teacher and newcomer to the village, instead of tactfully trying to influence his de...
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Stranger on the Beach
- Aug-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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I WILL PRETEND YOU DON'T EVEN EXIST! Mr. Farrant, her only neighbor, was quite indignant that his solitude had been interrupted by Anna's arrival to stay at her ex-employer's beach cottage. She knew that to stay out of this man...
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No Second Parting
- Oct-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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Could she say goodbye again Logan Tate had walked out of Marianne's life eight years before, breaking her heart as cru as he had broken their engagement. Now he was back--a widower, with a little girl who desperately needed a mother. "I...
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Enemy from the Past
- Dec-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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"And what if I don't agree to marry you?" Slade answered her question coolly. "Your brother loses his backer -- and faces bankruptcy. You have ten minutes to think it over." "Oh," Rosalind cried furiously. "I kno...
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Run for Your Love
- Feb-1980
- / Contemporary Romance
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He was the man of her dreams! Fortunately Olivia was not deterred by her first dramatic encounter with the man at the lonely Yorkshire farmhouse. She had returned to nurse him--and stayed to, marry him. She was amazed, later, to learn that her ...
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Dangerous Deception
- Apr-1980
- / Contemporary Romance
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"What's Brodie's, stays Brodie's" It was the family motto of the huge transport firm, and an apt one as far an Anona Willis was concerned. The Brodies gave nothing away -- not even compensation for the tragic accident that had ...
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A Ring for a Fortune
- Sep-1980
- / Contemporary Romance
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All that she needed was a wedding ring Then the money would be hers, to use for a very special reason. Her late grandfather's will had put Jasmine Hayman into an impossible situation. Hadn't he visualized that she might ask any man to m...
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A Secret Affair
- Jan-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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"Your mind has been warped by cynicism." Alicia's accusation was bitter. "I'm a realist," Todd said with a shrug. "I've had my fill of women and I've vowed never to marry. But if any woman offers me the benef...
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Gregg Barratt's Woman
- Apr-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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Nothing was too much to ask... Tanis Foster would do anything to help her sister, Cassandra, walk again. And that included standing in the rain to earn money selling Cassandra's paintings by the roadside! She never imagined a customer like ...
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Promise at Midnight
- May-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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Did she want Marsh's help to snare Calvin? At home Shona had never questioned her relationship with her flautist fiance. But now, working as Calvin's piano accompanist aboard the cruise ship Sea Wanderer, Shona's mind filled with doubt...
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Strangers Into Lovers
- Sep-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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"I am cured, of both the illness and you." Randall West's words rang in Gillian Taylor's head. Their love affair had ended abruptly. Randall had been dying... and knowing this, Gillian hadn't been able to face him. So she had r...
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Capture a Stranger
- Dec-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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Katherine Matthews had married Luis de Freitas because he needed money and she had plenty of it - at least, she thought he needed money. But once married to him and living in his home in Madeira, she discovered that he had been deceiving her from the...
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Across a Crowded Room
- Dec-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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Mixing business and pleasure was unwise Lisette had inherited the family business after her father's death, and it had been a real struggle to keep Baird Shoes afloat. But the company was still sinking fast. There was only one man she could...
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Day of Possession
- Apr-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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Ilona only wished she could forget him Drake Warrick was an attractive, dynamic man. He was also a perfectionist--and Ilona s' boss. So when her work did not measure up to his high standards, he fired her. But he was still present in her ...
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Stay Till Morning
- Jun-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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Who But a heartless monster like Brent Napier would callously turn a girl out of the only home she had? Linette thought bitterly. And, having turned her out, couldn't he be content with that? No, it seemed he couldn't. True, he found her somewhere el...
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Bitter Revenge
- Aug-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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She could not shake the tragic past... Carla Howard still had nightmares, even after three years. But tragic as her fiance, Crispin's, death had been, another face haunted her waking mind. For on that fateful night when Carla had broken her en...
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No Other Man
- Dec-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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It had been concern for her mother, at the mercy of her bullying father, Lucas, and no other reason, that had made Suzanne refuse to go abroad with Ross Beckett, whom she had loved so dearly - and as a result, he had left her in anger and bitterness ...
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Passionate Intruder
- Jul-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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All she wanted was to start over. The sensational press had ripped her character to shreds, blaming her for the drowning death of her famous fiance. On an isolated Scottish island Sharon hoped to strengthen her broken spirit. There she met Calu...
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Night of Possession
- Feb-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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She lost herself in his eyes. The last thing Lisa Maynard wanted on her holiday in the exotic Canary Islands was the company of a handsome stranger, so she kept her distance. Her cool demeanor hid her bitter disappointment in love from even her...
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Come Love Me
- Apr-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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Why wouldn't Gareth listen to reason? Naomi Pemberton reluctantly agreed to a two-year separation from her fiance. Although she knew Gareth Gill was the only man for her, he wanted her to be sure. Then he returned, but by that time Naomi wa...
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A Woman in Love
- Oct-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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There was no tenderness in Cormac Daly He was scarcely even human. So when he fired Lynda from his London advertising firm, then offered her another job, she had to wonder at his motives. He couldn't be suffering from twinges of conscience....
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Never in a Lifetime
- Feb-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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On a visit to her friend in Scotland, Jacqui White had met Fraser Grant and fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with him. Then, rather late in the day, she discovered that he was not free to marry her and had, apparently, no inclination to disenta...
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Ice Into Fire
- May-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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She equated love with heartache ... After her parents' thirty-year marriage ended in a soul-searing separation, Fran promised herself she would avoid getting burned by love. No man would get under her skin. However, one man managed to undo ...
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Elusive Paradise
- Jan-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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Lynsey Thorpe issued the challenge lightly. It was a fun thing, meant to brighten up a friend's post-wedding party. "Who'll be prince to my Cinderella?" she asked. The man who answered was in earnest--a handsome stranger who wov...
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Love in the Moonlight
- Mar-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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His holding her again was her dream ... Katya Collett tried to convince herself that she'd come to her sister's guest house in Cornwall only for a holiday. But deep down she knew it was Farrant Dominick's presence drawing her there. ...
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Take This Woman
- Nov-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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She needed cash -- not compromise Giving in to millionaire Scott Baird's sensual charms filled Kirsten's fantasies from the moment they met. Doing so, however, would confirm Scott's cynical view that women easily traded their lovemakin...
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The Bitter Taste of Love
- Mar-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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Their differences threatened to drive them apart. Jemma Hale loved her job as company counselor, and nothing would persuade her to give it up. Not even falling in love with Arne Drummond. She understood his longing to become an artist, and she ...
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Dance to My Tune
- May-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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There'd be no sentiment involved Their marriage would be a business deal only, according to Rik, but Jan couldn't help wondering. She had accepted the assignment as just another job--to track down Rik Steele and reconcile him and his fa...
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Forbidden Attraction
- Oct-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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It would be an uphill task Yet Christine didn't hesitate to help her friend Suki Day, whose singing career had ended after a serious accident. To make matters worse, Suki's boyfriend had callously rejected her, robbing her of the will to fight. ...
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Climb Every Mountain
- Nov-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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Wade Bedford wasn't looking for commitment. "I've fought shy of personal involvement," he said. "That way, there's no tearful woman constantly begging me to come home." But as a TV foreign correspondent, he was used to ...
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Irresistible Enemy
- Aug-1992
- / Contemporary Romance
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He was no knight in shining armor Although Reece Denman was her best friends brother, Bella Harrison didn't trust him an inch. Confident, assured, successful, Reece wouldn't let sentiments stand in the way of a successful deal. Unfortu...
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Undercover Affair
- Feb-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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Wedding-bell blues How did one behave when hired as a temporary fiancee? Max Mackenzie left Sally Dearlove no room for guessing--his commanding kisses established a very definite agenda for their promotional tour of New Zealand. Spending time w...
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Gold Ring of Revenge
- Aug-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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All that glitters When Jerome Dower stole her heart, her dignity and her car, Rhea Hirst suspected his brother might know the whereabouts of his wretched sibling. Though normally a woman who always landed on her feet, this time one of them actuall...
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Stranger Passing by
- Feb-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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An offer she couldn't refuse? When powerful Brent Akerman announced his intention to close down his chain of fashion accessory shops, somebody had to ask him to reconsider. Crystal Rose was elected. Brent was open to suggestions and he didn...
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No Promise of Love
- Nov-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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Destination: Switzerland Attractions: Lake Lucerne, chocolate and Rolf Felder Abigail Haley had been blindsided -- first by Rolf's car, then by his animal magnetism. His job offer would allow her to stay in Lucerne longer than her meager fi...
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Innocent Deceiver
- Dec-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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"You will allow no man into your bed except me!" How dared Brendan Stewart take such a high-handed tone with her? He wasn't capable of distinguishing between love and lust. And, until he learned that important lesson and trusted Terri ...
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Carmichael's Return
- Jul-1997
- / Contemporary Romance
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Family secrets? Brett Carmichael walked out of nowhere into Lauren Halstead's life. All she knew about him was that he had gorgeous brown eyes and a long, lean body. He didn't seem to have a heart... or a past. Brett had come home after...