Chantilly Lace
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Reading list.
Search list.
- Harlequin Romance: Margeurite Lees, Back Room Girl; Anne Lorraine, Elusive Lady; Marjorie Norrell; A Problem for Dr. Brent.
- Harlequin Omnibus: Essie Summers (Bride in Flight/Postscript to Yesterday/Meet on My Ground); Jean S. MacLeod (The Wolf of Heimra/Summer Island/Slave of the Wind)
Books read (Start date: 10/07).
- On Blueberry Hill, Marcella Thompson. (1994)
- Marry a Stranger, Susan Barrie. (1954) Stacey marries her father's friend Martin for convenience and strives to make a good doctor's wife, though Martin does not return her feelings of love.
- Rose in the Bud, Susan Barrie. (1966) Cathleen falls in love with Edouard, who leads her to believe he is a player.
- The Marriage Wheel, Susan Barrie. (1968) Frederica is tormented by her employer, who leads her to believe he is in love with her sister to challenge her feelings.
- Imperial Splendor, Barbara Cartland. (1979) Zoia, a ballet dancer and the daughter of a famous conductor, falls in love with a Duke amid war and turmoil in Russia.
- Wildfire of Love, Glenna Finley. (1979) Carly shares quarters in rough country with Patrick amid danger and criminal activity from unknown persons.
- The Turquoise Mask, Phyllis A. Whitney. (1973) Amanda meets the family of her notorious mother and uncovers secrets about her past; she falls in love with her childhood protector, Gavin.
- A Girl in a Million, Betty Neels. (1993) Caroline, a nurse, cares for the nephew of a famed doctor; she falls in love with the doctor.
- The Lioness and the Lily, Barbara Cartland. (1981) Purilla cares for an Earl when he is injured; she agrees to marry him to rescue him from a woman who is attempting to trap him.
- A Happy Meeting, Betty Neels. (1992) Cressida meets a doctor, Aldrik, who finds her a position as a nanny for his friends; she falls in love with the doctor.
- The Empty Moon, Susan Widdicombe. (1976) Jane is drawn to a romantic old mansion and to its mysterious owner, who reveals his past to her by degrees.
- Not the Marrying Kind, Helen Dalzell. (1983) Kathryn marries Zac for convenience, but their foul tempers keep them from finding common ground.
- Terms of Surrender, Janet Dailey. (1982) Angie becomes her ex-husband's mistress so that she can be near her daughter, who does not know her mother's identity.
- Blossoms in the Snow, Megan Alexander. (1983) Laura confronts the man she believes to be responsible for ruining her sister's life and becomes embroiled in a complicated relationship with him amid a Japanese background.
- The Honey is Bitter, Violet Winspear. (1967) Domini resents marrying Paul; his tenderness early in their marriage disarms her, but his cruelty sets up her defenses.
- Where the Heart Is, Donna Vitek. (1981) Katie, affianced, fights her attraction to her stepmother's son Justin as she reconciles with her father; at her father's will she marries Justin.
- A Dream from the Night, Barbara Cartland. (1976) At the turn of the century, Olinda restores tapestries for a noblewoman, dodges the advances of her young lover, and falls hopelessly in love with an Earl.
- A Very Gothic Christmas, Christine Feehan/Melanie George. (2001) Jessica cares for a rock star's twins; his return to the island summons painful memories of the past for them both. A Highlander steps into the present to claim Rachel for his own.
- Moments of Love, Barbara Cartland. (1982) Simonetta is high-born, but longs for the freedom of being a painter like her father; she falls in love with a painter, Pierre, while she and her father are staying with the Impressionists in Les Baux.
- The Nurse and the Crystal Ball, Florence Stuart. (1969) Sue, a nurse, returns to her former fiance, Dave, who is dying, to care for him; she is faced with his brother Marv, with whom she was once in love.
- Strange Shadows of Love, Peggy Gaddis. (1964) Lindsay, a nurse, is called upon to care for her invalid aunt; meanwhile she is pursued by the doctor to whom she reports.
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