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Par Betty Neels. 1990
Lucy wasn't a bright career girl like her two sisters. All she wanted was to find a man she loved…
and settle down with him. But Mr Right seemed to be peculiarly elusive. Until the day she encountered paediatrician William Thurloe. Not that she had the faintest hope of ever attracting his interest with the glamorous Fiona as direct competition! 1990.Par Catherine Cookson. 1994
Grace Rouse, a normal and beautiful young woman, is forced to recognise that her marriage is a sham after two…
years as the wife of a country parson. She seeks to escape a mounting sense of frustration and despair by turning from the husband she has tried in vain to love to the comfort and release offered by another man. Grace is forced to wage a war between a man who can give her children and a man who passionately desires children but can only give them his name. 1994.Par Joan A Medlicott. 2001
Three seventyish friends, who live together in a North Carolina farmhouse, are busy growing and learning through life's experiences. Stalwart…
Hannah rallies the town's forces to combat a ruthless developer. Sweet, soft Grace and beau Bob open a tearoom together. And dreamy Amelia falls hard for a scoundrel who is sure to hurt her. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. 2002, c2001. (Ladies of Covington ; 2)Par Jane Peart. 1994
Ivy Austin dreams of being set free from the drudgery of the orphanage. But even after she is adopted, Ivy…
finds herself part of a plan to take orphaned and abandoned children by train to new families in the Midwest. On board the Orphan Train frightened Ivy acts impulsively to secure herself a new family. c1994.Par Robert Bernen. 1983
Par Barbara Cartland. 1994
Lady Cordelia and her brother, the Earl of Hunstanton, had sailed with Captain Mark Stanton to Valetta where the Earl…
was to become a Knight of the Order of St John. Afterwards he wanted his sister to enter the Convent of St Romanica. As Cordelia remembered and felt again the strange wonder that Stanton's kisses had aroused in her, she realised she could never contemplate becoming a nun. 1994.Par Catherine Cookson. 1997
1880s England. Young Daniel Stewart's life changes when his alcoholic, widowed father marries a distant Irish cousin, Moira Conelly. Over…
the years the cheerful Moira has many children while the father squanders their money. When his father dies, Daniel assumes the leadership of the family, falls in love with the wrong girl, and continues farming. 1997.Par Betty Neels. 1997
Leonora Crosby was irritated to be always caught out in awkward moments by the new village GP, James Galbraith. She…
was engaged to Tony, but James's stalwart support as Leonora tried to keep her parents' decrepit manor house running smoothly made her doubt the wisdom of her engagement. Even so, there was little point in admitting she loved James, when he showed so little sign of caring for her. 1997.Par Betty Neels. 1990
"You have no family, no home and no prospect of marrying". Professor Duert ter Laan-Luitinga's solution to Venetia's problems was…
for her to marry him; a marriage of convenience for both partners. Foolishly she agreed, and found herself wishing with all her heart that the stranger whom she had married would one day grow to care for her as much as she loved him. 1990.Par Betty Neels. 1989
Suzannah Lightfoot was alone in the world, when Guy Bowers-Bentinck came to her rescue. "He's so tiresome and ill-tempered and…
impatient and he must hate the sight of me", Suzannah reflected as fate kept throwing them together. It was because of this she wasn't prepared to join the queue of females wanting to marry him, wasn't it? 1989.Par L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.Par G. B Edwards. 1981
An autobiographical novel found among the author's papers after his death at the age of eighty. Ebenezer remembers his life…
on the isle of Guernsey from pastoral childhood to old age; from the time of the Boer War through World War II, when Guernsey was occupied by German troops, to the age of television and tourism. He also tells of his love/hate relationship with Liza. 1981.Par L. M Montgomery. 1980
To be 29 and unmarried is the ultimate in shame and misery in the small Canadian town where Valancy has…
grown up, and for years she has taken refuge in her imaginary 'blue castle'. Now she must face reality; a letter has turned her life upside down. It's time to leave home and seek freedom. 1980.Par Gil McNeil. 2009
Jo Mackenzie, newly widowed with two young sons and a perilous bank balance, leaves London to take over her Gran's…
wool shop in her seaside hometown. There, she finds unexpected comfort in a knitting group that meets to trade gossip and, occasionally, a new stitch. When a new man enters Jo's life, the knitting club has even more trouble confining the conversation to knit one, purl two. Some strong language. c2009.Par Betty Neels. 1995
Araminta Smith had first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing…
that her plain but honest looks weren't about to catch her a husband, she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon's interest in her. Since he was also a confirmed bachelor, the professor's proposal had come as an even greater surprise. A marriage between them, as he pointed out to her, would be infinitely practical - and Araminta was nothing if not practical. But then... what about love? 1995.Par Cathy Marie Hake. 2010
Woman physician Taylor Bestman receives a cold welcome from the citizens of Gooding, Texas, and especially from Karl Van der…
Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes her first patient ... against his will. Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this surprising and determined woman. 2010.Par Claudia Jameson. 1989
Diane's heart went out to vulnerable, ten year old Kirsty, but warning bells sounded in her head when she met…
Kirsty's dynamic, outspoken uncle, Nik Channing. He was determined to make her think twice about her life and her father's remarriage, and there was definitely a disturbing magnetism about him which she found hard to handle. 1989.Par Jack Sheffield. 2007
Sun and candlelight: Alethea Thomas is more than grateful when Dr Sarre van Diederijk saves her pride from being crushed…
by another man. So when Sarre asks her to marry him and become a mother to his children, Alethea accepts. Only when she gets to Holland does she realise the enormity of the task. A star looks down: Professor Alexander van Zeust's four young nieces and nephews need someone to care for them temporarily. As soon as he meets Beth, the professor knows she's the one to help him. Beth is kind, loving and gets on well with the children, so everyone's happy. Except Beth - who's fallen in love with her employer! 2003.Par Flora Thompson. 1967