Jacqueline Thornton was going to have a lot to live up to: first, working at the Bernard Thornton Memorial Hospital at Barryvale and, second, known to everyone as the daughter of her famous father. But the biggest challenge of all was going to be ...
The brilliant surgeon, Paul de Meillon, had saved Catherine from spending her life as a cripple; when he also fell in love with her and married her, she was sure life had nothing more to offer. But Paul would not believe that she felt more than ju...
Vicky had only herself to blame. Agreeing so hastily to the proposal by Conrad de Jungh for a marriage of convenience was, in retrospect, foolish. Yet, what else could she have done? Only when they reached her new home on the remote South African ...
"I'll be perfectly frank with you, Kim," Ursula Bennett said with calm deliberation. "Why don't you give up? Go back where you came from and leave Adam alone. Can't you see he desperately wants his freedom?" Kim stared ...
It was a simple lie But he doubted her Tessa stared at Matthew's unrelenting face. "It alters everything." he exclaimed furiously. "Everything between us has been destroyed by your deliberate deceit." She had known he...
"You can't deny you enjoy my company!" Brett challenged. Samantha wouldn't admit it. Perhaps she was starry-eyed about Clive Wilmot; though her father disliked him, she was sure he was the only man in the world for her. Brett Ca...
Although she had never met him, Toni felt through his letters that she knew the unknown benefactor who had been so kind and generous to her ever since she was a ten-year-old orphan, and she relied on him heavily. So it was a sad blow when he wrote to...
She was a fool for loving him Helen met Simon Savage when she went to Brock Castle as governess to his young daughter. She quickly learned what everyone in the village had said was true. The famous South African playwright was a harsh, embittered ...
Her peace of mind was wholly shattered Olivia Logan had used an unexpected legacy from her aunt to set up a book and stationery store in the bushveld country of 'northern Transvaal -- something she'd long looked forward to. She was leav...
It should have been a dream come true But Joanne Webster's marriage to the eminent Dr. Daniel Grant was to be for mutual convenience. "Love doesn't enter into our agreement," he had informed her coolly. "It is a fabricated e...
"You won't get away from me this time." Rudolph's voice was arrogant. "Because if you try running away, I'll come after you. You're going to marry me, Janey, and give our son a name!" Janey had to agree for the c...
"There is one way -- you must marry me." Melanie could hardly believe she'd heard Jason Kerr correctly. Her father's death had left Melanie and her grandmother without much money, but they had hoped to manage. Then Melanie learn...
The past would not let her love again Anna Lindsay left Johannesburg for Durban, hoping to forget her one-sided love affair. Never again would she make a fool of herself over a man. Her disillusionment made her reject the advances of handsome S...
Fear kept her from starting a new life At home, Lisa would never forget the tragic consequences of her accident--a scar and the loss of her fiance. A job on a distant Karoo farm offered a solution. Unfortunately, the job meant working for the d...
"Can you think of a better solution?" Laura's mind searched frantically for alternatives. She simply could not marry this cold cynical man. But her newly orphaned niece, Sally, needed both Anton DeVere and her for a stable home Iife. ...
He'd shattered every one of her defenses Even at their first meeting, Roxana had feared Marcus Fleming. But she had fallen in love with him anyway -- a dynamic man whose life-style would be severely hampered by her blindness. "I won'...
Her situation was desperate Caroline Adams needed money; Gustav de Leeuw needed a wife. So he offered to settle her debt if she'd act as his wife. Their marriage was to be temporary. Caroline soon realized it wasn't entirely a businessl...
Surely love couldn't stem from animosity Jennifer had to get away from Cape Town. It had been six months since her fiance's death, and the very streets held memories .... Rather than quit nursing, she accepted a private position in the ...
Dane had no wish for commitment He regarded all women as potential bedmates. And Jessica, newly arrived doctor in the Transvaal town, resolved that she would never be one of them. Her relationship with Dane Trafford would be strictly profession...
Why was he different from all other men? Abbey was bewildered by the attraction she felt for Hammond Scott. Until she'd met him, her life had been well-ordered. She was to marry a man who loved her and was approved of by her parents. Then s...
How could her father have made such a will? "Shall jointly inherit the entire estate on condition they are married within thirty days of my death." Kate was incredulous. She hated Rhyno van der Bijl, but by ignoring the conditions, she ...
Morgan had no defenses left against Carl Carl Ziegler erupted into Morgan's and swept her off her feet with his practiced charm. Her father warned that Carl was not the marrying kind, but Morgan chose to ignore him, obeying the counsel of h...
She never got over her crush on Grant Liz had become a successful author, Grant a famous surgeon, in the years since she had worshipped him and he had called her "the horror." Now, his career ruined by an accident, deserted by his fianc...
Six years hadn't changed anything Susan had no desire to see Greg Delaney again. The passionate union that had claimed both of them during their wild, rebellious days had ended, and the man she had fallen in love with had become a stranger. ...
Even his hatred had not destroyed her love Six years ago Tricia's happiness with Kyle had been cruelly shattered by a vicious lie that made him blame her for his father's death. Tricia was honor bound not to reveal the truth, and in the...
"Your eyes harbor dark secrets." The truth in Rick's remark flustered Dale. When her parents were killed in a plane crash, Dale was thrust out of her lonely world at boarding school into a new life with her handsome guardian, Rick C...
He had the strangest effect on her Loren desperately wanted to impress Steve Beaumont, but she wasn't making a very good job of it. First she nearly lost his South African engineering company a two-million-dollar contract; then she spilled ...
After fours' separation, Alison had been forced to return to her husband Dirk du Bois; blackmailed by his threat to take away their little son from her if she didn't agree. But it was clear that Dirk hated her now, and was indifferent to her ...
She was equal to almost any task As part of a skilled medical team, Margot Huntley was sensitive and alert to the needs of her job She had to be--especially since the arrival of Jordan Merrick, the new senior surgeon. Margot had never forgotten...
Could Cara's love cancel the debt? "Marry me, and your father can have twelve months more on his loan." Vince Steiner's insolent, faintly sensuous smile told Cara she was as much an object of desire to the South African constructio...
She could free him if only he'd let her Emma was dissatisfied with her life as a teacher in Durban. So when Julien Perreau offered her a job as governess on the exotic island of Mauritius, Emma felt only a small amount of trepidation. The a...
Nothing was the way she had imagined it! Excitement filled Sarika on the flight home to Bombay. Working in her father's firm, now that she had her degree in architecture, would earn his respect, if not his affection. To find her parents awa...
Past and present came shatteringly together! Christie understood Lyle Venniker's shock at meeting her again. She felt the same. If she'd known he was supervising the archaeological dig in South Africa, she'd never have applied for the ...
Amy tried to hide from the dangers of loving "We'll meet again." Luke Tanner's parting words on their first evening together sounded more like a threat than a promise to Amy Warren. Still hurting four years after tragedy had ended ...
"In less than a year I shall buy your farm." Byron Rockford's words challenged and infuriated Frances King. Since childhood Frances had dreamed of cattle ranching, so when her offer for Thorndale was accepted she was ecstatic. But B...
She had ignored his warnings. . . . Sherry had known there was no possibility of commitment with Rollo van Cleef. Yet she'd abandoned her principles to spend one precious night with this one man, who from the moment they'd met, she felt sh...
He was being overprotective .. . Maura was determined to strike out on her own. Her decision to teach school enraged Clayton, her stepbrother, and the administrator of the family's considerable wealth. Ten years older than Maura, Clayton ha...
His contemptuous eyes still haunted Alexa Ever since that horrible night when Revil Bradstone had caught a disheveled Alexa fleeing from his brother-in-law's hotel room, he had despised her. Her plea of innocence had fallen on deaf ears. No...
What chance did she have to renew their love? Only days before their wedding, Julia had sent Dr. Nathan Corbett from her life. She'd lived with her deed for five long years--years filled with pain and guilt. Now suddenly he was back, and Ju...
"Women are fickle incapable of loyalty!" Megan didn't know how to react to Chad McAdam's bitterly distorted view of women. She'd met the attractive South African on the game preserve where she worked--and wilted under his scath...
For Sarah, there seemed to be no easy answers The misery of a bad marriage and her resolve to avoid future complications had led Sarah Courtney to throw herself single-mindedly into work. When she had to follow the doctor's advice to relax ...
Take it or leave it Rafe had made his position clear when Jo protested he was demanding payment in blood. If Jo wanted to save her brother and the family business, she had to marry Rafe and bear his child. Not that Rafe was a total stranger--he...
In the eye of the beholder Kerry had earned a stunning reputation as a photographer and it was no wonder that Max Harper wanted her--in a professional capacity, of course. Kerry was the best--she was brilliant at capturing everything that was u...
After five years, Jenna Reeves was still haunted by the tragedy of her husband's death. As a journalist in Cape Town, she worked long hours and pushed herself to the limit. Forced, eventually, to take a break, she finds herself staying in her aunt's ...
Fate had thrown them together on the island of Mauritius; a man preparing himself to face the inevitable, and a woman tormented by guilt after the death of a lifelong friend.Their emotions had been raw and exposed, and they had both needed someone to...