To recover from the tensions and problems of her stressful job in Sydney, Nurse Sarah Pendlebury goes to the idyllic Ile Thérèse clinic on the Pacific island of New Caledonia. There, to her delight, she is selected as Receptionist Nurse. But two cl...
“I know exactly what the man must be like " old, pompous, ugly and hidebound.” With these words Dr. Carla Scott is definitely tempting fate, for her new bos at the Boronia Women’s Hospital, senior obstetrician Lincoln Falconer, is none of th...
Love on the rebound is definitely not for Nurse Orana Bowe. She had come to work at the Australian ski resort of Twin Valleys to escape from a broken heart, so she is determined not to fall for the first man she meets just because he resembles Dr. Ja...
She’ll get no favors from me, vows Dr. Angus Pritchard when a friend asks him to pull strings for Nurse Patience Rainer, newly arrived to train at the Sir Richard Gregory Memorial Hospital. But when he meets her on his ward and realizes that far fr...
Giving out warmth and loving care to all her patients was not always easy. Sister Madeliene Carver found, especially when she received so little support in her private life. So Dr. Christian Galantiere’s offer of a job in a private hospital on the ...
Nurse Nerida Palmer was ready for change and excitement, but even so, she hadn’t anticipated that, within a few weeks of her arrival in Australia she would be working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. And not only that, but that she would be mar...
Dr. Clifford Ransome infuriated her! The senior doctor at the base was wrong about Janet Green! He was convinced that a frivolous romantic attraction to one of his colleagues had lured her to work in the sweltering Australian outback. And he treated ...
To a non-medical person, working in a children’s cancer ward might sound depressing and frightening, but Sister Sherie Page was enjoying every moment of her job at the Prince William Hospital in Sydney; with her cheerful little patients and high su...
Literally shipwrecked off the west coast of America, Dr, Karen Madigan had no ties to draw her back to Europe. So, after convalescing, she decided to by a general practice left vacant in Long Beach Peninsula by the death of an elderly GP. Unfortunate...
Having left Melbourne to avoid her mother's matchmaking. Sister Elspeth More was disappointed to realise after six months that she wasn't happy working on the men's medical ward in a Darwin hospital. Meeting Dr. Lachlan McLintock, she became aware ag...
Despite having trained as a nurse to satisfy her parents, Susan Taylor had always been single-minded about dancing. Offered the chance to be a featured chorus dancer in the show Penny Parade transferring to New York, she knew it was now or never. Al...
Theater Nurse Prunella Murdoch had not intended to take up a new job in Newfoundland, Canada, on her own, but when her friend dropped out Prue felt obligated, to honor her contract. A shy girl, Prue felt badly homesick for Scotland " until she met ...
A change of scene was necessary, but obstetric sister Juliet Rohan wondered about returning to Greenough, so near to Beckhill Vineyards. But eight years was a long time and surely her engagement to David Beckhill would be forgotten? Then she discover...
Through circumstance, Sister Belinda Jones had led a particularly sheltered life, so coping with unkind teasing was hard. When Dr Tom Russell overheard her saying, goaded beyond endurance, that she planned to take up agency nursing, she was astonishe...
Sister Rosalie Crane, widowed for many years, had settled into a contented rut, enjoying her work on the cardiac ward in a Plymouth hospital, and the undemanding friendship of senior surgeon Howard Trevalley. So when the new junior cardiac surgeon, D...
Sister Thea Carmichael had met Dr. Joe Stockwell while holidaying in New Zealand, and from the first, fireworks had gone off for both of them. They’d talked of a future together. But within hours of returning home to Australia, Thea’s life had be...
For nursing sister Jennie McDougall, the chance to join the medical team of the cruise ship Leeward had provided a means of escape. Once on board, Jennie had soon discovered that she was not the only one who was running away. The Leeward’s enigmati...
Louise Redding adored her job as midwife, but working with Adam Van Curen was nerve-racking and things didn't get any better when she sensed he was interested in her. When he also rented out her ground floor for his private infertility clinic, they w...
Dr. Elizabeth Marsh had kept up with her competitive family and was a respected New York cardiologist. But the price was her marriage to Australian Dr. Andy Southwell. Now their daughter Demi wanted to see her father and she came up with the most com...
Until death or another woman us do part? Helen and Nick Darnell had been happily married for twenty years or had they? Helen began to feel uneasy after their twins went to university, especially when Nick decided to go to a conference in Boston with...
Karen was blinded with love … for the wrong man! Nurse Karen Graham was racked with guilt when she discovered that her manipulative ex-boyfriend was desperately sick with TB. He had all but destroyed their relationship and her, and had left her es...
Could he have really forgotten? Dr. Megan Stone found it difficult to work so closely with Dr. Callum Priestly. She could never forget the passionate night they had spent together two years previously, and her feelings for him were becoming more int...
Randall was jumping to conclusions… Leaving England to take up a job at the Diabetic Center in Bermuda, and looking forward to marriage with her fiancé was supposed to be a new beginning. But shortly after her arrival the engagement ended and Sum...
Were rule made to be broken? Nicole Martin was looking forward to her one-year exchange stay in Colombus, Ohio, to give her space to recover from a claustrophobic relationship in her native Australia. She tried to make it clear to her new boss, obs...
One miracle for the baby " another for Jenny? When Dr. Jennifer Powell’s adopted sister Heather was in a serious accident, it was clear that Heather couldn’t be saved " but her baby could, and neonatal specialist William Hartman fought for T...
Wilde by name, wild by nature: That had certainly been true of Luke in his youth, but it was a changed Luke Wilde that confronted Francesca Brady when she returned to her hometown to take over her father's practice. Now he was Dr. Wilde - her only r...
Decision time… After a fairly traumatic recent past, Dr. Paula Nichols made a new start, moving from cold Ohio to warm Arizona to work in a pediatric clinic. Working with Dr. Max Costain was a joy, but still, she was astonished to find herself fli...
Dr. Harry Jones is pretty sure that it is a mistake having Rebecca Irwin work in their Southshore practice As daughter of his partner, surely her father will make allowances he wouldn’t with someone else? Unfortunately for Harry, Rebecca overhears ...
A DOUBLE BUNDLE OF JOY! Surrogate mother Julie Gregory was suddenly the only mother for the beloved baby she was carrying. And the baby's handsome father wasn't even aware she or the baby existed! Yet millionaire businessman Tom Callahan didn't inte...
Spending Christmas with his sister Rachel’s in-laws should have been a pleasure for pediatric surgeon Angus Ferguson, even though she was set on matchmaking! But it was Caitlin Gray who caught his attention, until he found she was engaged to Scott,...
Dr. Julius Marr had been deeply impressed by the commitment Stephanie Reid had shown to her dying mother, but after it was all over he didn’t know how to stay in touch " until there was a vacancy for a receptionist at the practice. Working with S...
Dr. Grace Gaines had been devastated by the loss of her baby, more so as it had become clear her husband Marcus had not wanted the child. Their marriage under threat, Marcus had taken a six-moth breathing space, but he would be back on Friday, wantin...
Following her cousin's tragic death, surrogate mother Julie Gregory was suddenly the only mother for the baby she was carrying. Then she discovered that the baby's father, Tom Callahan, wasn't even aware that she or the baby existed! And ...
THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT... Still reeling from learning her late sister had borne a child, lawyer Meg Jonas prepared to confront her niece's father with a custody suit. But Adam Callahan had a bombshell, too -- news even more shocking than Meg's ow...
When nurse Lucy Beckett’s daughter Charlotte makes a new ‘best friend’ at school, Lucy is shocked to discover that the friend is Ellie, daughter of Dr. Malcolm Lambert, whose dying wife was nursed by Lucy six years ago. Now Lucy and Malcolm are...
Connor Callahan had just met Allie Todd, but he immediately felt an overwhelming need to protect her. And to understand why she turned to ice whenever she held her baby niece. He sensed that beautiful Allie was weathering her own storm -- one even fi...
She wanted him--not his money... Dr. Marshall Irwin's passionate love affair with his practice nurse is going well; they are head over heels in love with each other.... But overnight Aimee's life is plunged into crisis: she's financial...
In-flight attraction... From what paramedic Anna Brewster had heard about Finn McConnell, her new colleague on Tasmania's air ambulance service, she didn't think she would even like the man. When a powerful attraction flowed between them she knew ...
She had the dream dress, the shoes... and a secret. For "Lady Catrina" was really plain, poor Catrina Brown -- and she didn't belong at the glamorous ball she'd so boldly crashed. Cat's mission was desperate, yet success seemed within her reach. Unti...
Months ago, rancher Grayson McCall had impulsively married single mom Jill Brown to rescue her from a bad situation. They'd shared a brief, stirring kiss and then parted, sure they'd never meet again. Now Jill -- and her little boy -- arrived in M...
The woman he's loved for so long... Obstetrician Alec Rostrevor has burned his bridges; he's moved twelve thousand miles to Australia with his baby son to make midwife Erin Gray his bride. Just as everything is going right, Alec's baby contracts a...
Duty-bound to serve his country, Prince Stephen Serkin-Rimsky readily agreed to marry a beautiful stranger to safeguard the throne. Stephen wasn't prepared for the consuming passion Suzanne Brown's innocent kisses aroused in him -- or that their marr...
The sexual attraction was instantaneous. American surgeon Candace Fletcher felt it as soon as Dr. Steve Colton met her off the plane as she arrived down under. He was gorgeous - tanned, lean, muscular Australian male - several years younger than he...
Paramedic with a passion A&E doctor Byron Black hoped to make a new life for himself and his daughter. Maybe even date a little. As a single parent, it had been too long. He knew he would cope with the pace of the emergency department, but was unpre...
HER SECRET HERO For months, heiress Lauren Van Schuyler didn't know the identity of the man who'd saved her life and that of her unborn child. He'd kept her calm and safe, then slipped away in the chaos of their rescue. But when she met her new bo...
To: King Loucan of Pacifica From: Your Loyal Subject Carrag We joyously received your message that you have found three of the four lost royal siblings of Pacifica. But I understand the eldest, the beautiful Thalassa, is still missing. We pray yo...
It started as one night of passion -- but since Will Braggett has become a partner in Maggie Lawless' medical practice, it has turned into a steamy affair! Will, though, is a single dad: his priority is his little boy, Daniel. Will isn't ready to ...
IN THE NEWS: Holt Evans, yacht racer. Known for breaking records--and hearts FAMILY HISTORY: Golden boy of the Evans family yachting empire DEEPEST SECRET: He's finally fallen in love...with someone he shouldn't Holt Evans never lost--not at rac...
Sister Annabelle Drew had been shattered when one of her guests cried, "Stop the wedding" -- just as she'd been about to say "I do." Surgeon Dylan Calford had no regrets -- he was convinced that Annabelle's groom was completely wrong for her -- until...
Four days ago, Libby McGraw had never even heard of Brady Buchanan. But if his claim was true, her carefully constructed life was about to be blown apart. One glance at the silky-haired baby cradled in Brady's arms told Libby more than any blood test...
E.R. Professionals: Dr. Byron Black / Paramedic Hayley Morris... Dr. Byron Black almost lost it when his little girl was rushed into E.R. But the crisis passed, his daughter was stabilized - and Byron realized the paramedic who'd brought her in was...
Would family secrets force them apart? When Isabelle Bonnet returned to France she was determined to heal a long-standing family rift. However, she wasn't expecting to encounter Dr. Jacques Ransan. He soon became her lover, and Isabelle knew s...
A love that can overcome all the odds? Delivering babies all day while knowing she would never have one of her own was hard enough for midwife Katherine McConnell. Harder still, on her first date with gorgeous obstetrician Gian Di Luzio she discov...
A spark of attraction has just ignited between GP Pete Croft and midwife Emma Burns. Given the chance, their passion would set ablaze. But Pete's ex-wife is ill and his young twin daughters need him most right now. Even if it breaks her heart, Emma m...
Down-to-earth, dependable Cecelia Rankin was not the kind of woman who believed in dreams-come-true...but that's exactly what seemed to be happening! She kept dreaming of her gorgeous, millionaire boss Nick Delaney -- no surprise there -- but with a ...
The last thing single mom Caroline Archer was looking for was romance -- her ex had put her off men for life! So she was surprised to feel an attraction for her new colleague, Declan McCulloch, who'd come from Ireland to work in their busy department...
At eighteen years old Nell Cassidy was forced to give up her first love, the very striking Bren Forsythe. Now a successful A&E consultant, she's back in Glenfallon, and Bren is the new surgeon! Nell has her reasons for keeping people at a distance...
When Keelan Hunter's half-sister died in childbirth leaving twin premature babies, he was the obvious person to step in and become their new father. After all, he was a consultant pediatrician. But he needed help -- so he hired a nurse, Jessica Russe...
When Lucas Halliday saw Reba Grant for the first time in months, he was in for a shock: Reba was pregnant -- with his baby -- and she'd just gone into labor! Reba couldn't believe it -- this baby was coming way too early. And Lucas was har...
"Can I beg you on my bended knees to stick around for a bit, Sierra?" Ty said. Every woman on the entire East Coast would have dreamed of receiving such an offer from the handsome millionaire businessman who now graced the cover of A-list magazine...
The Italian millionaire medic was back in her life! After successfully avoiding pharmaceutical millionaire Niccolo Conti for the entire conference, Dr. Alison Lane got on a tour bus to find the last seat was next to the tall, dark Italian. The las...
THE SHOCK OF HIS LIFE! Shallis hadn't been expecting to find him sitting in his father's chair in the small-town law practice: Jared Starke. Devastatingly good-looking. Hotshot big-city corporate lawyer. And the former Miss Tennessee had a...
Gorgeous Dr. Ripley Taylor is a lifesaver in more ways than one. Not only as a doctor, but also to his fellow doctor Jo Middleton -- he helped her out of her king-size rut (all work and no play, TV dinners with her cat) and revitalized her love life!...
Wealthy businessman Gino di Bartoli couldn't put his finger on exactly what was different about the high-profile horticulturist he'd hired to landscape his villa. But somehow "Rowena" seemed warmer, sexier, more vivacious...and he was suddenly attrac...
Flight doctor Christina Farrelly and G.P. Joe Barrett have been in love for two years -- part-time. Joe spends a week every month at the Crocodile Creek Medical Center, where Christina works. He lives for their time together, and can't give her more ...
Jacinda had run to Sydney to lose a man, not find one. So why couldn't she forget Callan Woods, the Australian who'd looked every inch the handsome cowboy? An ex-scriptwriter from L.A. and a cattle station owner -- Jacinda knew they were a...
Ever since Today's Woman called Brant Smith the hottest property in the Outback, he'd been hounded by unsuitable women. So when a fancy red car pulled up in his driveway, he thought it was another. And the reality was no better -- Misha, a f...
The engagement of wealthy Australian rancher Dustin Tanner is just the scoop journalist Shay Russell needs to save her flagging career. But when she races to the Outback to interview the happy couple, she finds the story's gone bust. And then a sudde...
When Jake Logan joined the Children's Connection, the hospital was overjoyed to have one of the country's top fertility specialists on staff. But when I first laid eyes on the esteemed doctor, I was shocked. The hotshot hire was my former hig...
A child who needs his father... Janey Stafford never expected to become a mum, but now she must raise her vulnerable little nephew, who has lost his mother. Janey's only wish is to ensure the boy's happiness--she'll even go in search of Luke, the ...
UNEXPECTEDLY EXPECTING! Carmen O'Brien has a lot on her plate -- including raising her orphaned siblings. And if that isn't enough, a gorgeous, sexy new man has just entered her life -- Jack Davey. But who has time for gorgeous, sexy ne...
After a whirlwind seven-week courtship, Linnie finds herself looking down a twelve-mile aisle, suffering from a near-fatal case of bridal nerves!...
FROM SHY MOUSE -- TO MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE? When successful millionaire businessman Ben Radford first met Rowena, he thought her frosty and uptight. But once Rowena started designing his garden, he was determined to discover why she'd put u...
A family for keeps Time with his son is precious to surgeon Nick Devlin. He knows he hasn't been there enough for his boy, but going to Crocodile Creek Kids' Camp will change all that. The last person Miranda Carlisle expects to see at the camp is ...
The doctor takes a family! Tammy Prunty is an excellent neonatal-intensive-care nurse--and a single mom of five children! There's simply no time in her life for relationships. Besides, she's sworn off men for good! Her gorgeous colleague, neonatal...
A BABY BOMBSHELL! It should have been Nate Ridgeway's promotion. Instead his hotelier boss had given the job to his pampered, flighty daughter, Atlanta Sheridan, and now Nate had to "babysit" her in her new role! Although Atlanta Sheridan (Lannie t...
BACK TO...NORMAL? If only Jodie Palmer could figure out what that was. Because for most of the last year -- after a horrific car crash -- she'd been in a coma. Now she's out, back in the arms of her overprotective family. And strangely, someone else...
When the bride abandons her fifteen-thousand dollar gown right there in the church, you know the wedding is off, and there's nothing the chief bridesmaid can do about it. What's it going to take for Emma to climb back into that big white dress? And...
Love, loss and latté... "If today is a cup of coffee it has to be a big, piping hot café au lait, served in a bowl the way they often do in France. I drink it with my hands curved around the bowl for warmth... and for safety..." Susie used to...
BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT, INDEPENDENT...AND PREGNANT? Obstetrician Andrew McKinley was intrigued by his new single tenant and neighbor, who looked about ready to pop -- and also about ready to jump down the throat of anyone who even hinted that she mi...
A PRESCRIPTION FOR PASSION Burned-out doctor Scarlett McKinley needed a hero...and sexy cop Daniel Porter fit the bill. The problem was, when she'd met him six years ago while rebounding from a divorce, their five-alarm affair hadn't been enough to ...
Gerda was nine years old when she first learned that she was the descendent of swans....
At almost six-thirty, Gerda still hadn’t come down from the attic. Kitty decided it was time, therefore, for her to go up. For a long time she’d had a...
I DO...AGAIN? When Alicia McKinley agreed to a whirlwind Las Vegas wedding, she'd been swept away by the sheer romance of it all. How could she not say "I do" to Michael James McKinley, the gorgeous doctor who offered her everything she'd ever dre...
Champion barrel-racer Tegan Ash has nothing left to go home to in her native Australia and every reason to stay in the USA. But her visa is about to expire, and her prospective groom has called off their green-card wedding. Jamie MacCreadie doesn...
In this first Cherry Sisters title, Lilian Darcy shows just how tricky mixing family and romance can be! Daisy Cherry hasn't seen rugged landscaper Tucker Reid for ten years. Not since the wedding between him and her sister had been called off, ...
Melinda and Rob MacCreadie have been married for nearly thirty years, but she is the worst wife for a hard-working Montana rancher and she knows it. With their five children grown and finding love, Melinda is daunted by the idea of accepting newcome...
Independent Lee knew she had a cushy life in Aspen. A great job as a ski instructor, a luxury home (well, the caretaker's apartment, but it was right on the slopes). And a new fling with new coworker Mac Wheeler. He was handsome, athletic, sexy -...
It’s May 1996 and Marietta High School English teacher Kate MacCreadie is almost at the end of her rope, torn between the demands of her work and her heavy involvement in helping her younger brother Rob and his wife Melinda take care of their five ...
Tully Morgan hasn’t been back to Marietta for more than a few brief visits since the night of the 1996 senior prom eighteen years ago, when the chance exposure of a long-held family secret sent her running to her uncle in California in shock. She s...
Gorgeous Joe Capelli is back in town! Will a summer fling with former classmate Mary Jane Cherry lead to something more? Find out in the new installment of Lilian Darcy's The Cherry Sisters miniseries! Fifteen years ago, Joe Capelli left town to ...
A Montana River Bend Series - Book 3Orthopedic surgeon Dr Charlie Barnett barely has time to buy new socks, let alone time to fall in love. Spanish street musician Ramona Garrido-Lopez isn’t looking for love, either. With her parents depending on ...
River Bend Series - Book 4How do you stop being angry at someone when they’re gone? Kira Shepherd Blair’s older sister Neve died eighteen years ago at River Bend Park, on the night of the 1996 Marietta High School senior prom, and Kira is still m...
Everyone has baggage by the time they’re into their thirties. When single mom and Marietta High School teacher Gemma Clayton acquires a strong, family-oriented and very good-looking new neighbor over her back fence, she’s not put off by his compl...
Cleo had plenty to occupy her mind, that with her work on the Coronary Care Unit, trying to loose weight and give up smoking and dreaming about the glamorous Sir Phineas Grimes. She certainly didn’t give much thought to Dr. Tony Fitzgerald until a ...