FICTION · ROMANCE
Elizabeth Chater
Also known as: Chater Elizabeth
Most acclaimed
A Time To Love
Extras: ONE: A Note from the Author, TWO: An Early Preview of Barbara Delinsky's upcoming novel, The Passions of Chelsea KaneOn a luxurious Caribbean villa Arielle Pasteur hopes to find the solitude she desperately craves. Until devastatingly handsome fashion photographer Chris Howe shows up, sparking memories of her painful past. Can Arielle trust him with her fragile heart?A Barbara Delinsky classic, first published in 1982.New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky demonstrates her incomparable talents for capturing the deepest desires of the human heart in this breathtaking story, first published in 1982, of misunderstanding, fulfillment, and love.It is the ultimate in luxury and privacy -- a villa nestled amid brilliant sunlight and gently waving palm trees on a secluded Caribbean beach. There Arielle Pasteur hopes to find the solitude she desperately craves.Instead she ends up sharing her sensuous surroundings with a man who sparks memories of a painful past she thought she'd put behind her. Devastatingly handsome fashion photographer Chris Howe seems like an overbearing, egotistical chauvinist. Yet behind the glittering celebrity facade lurks a tenderness that begins to soften Arielle's protective shell. But before she can trust him with her fragile heart, she must learn to trust herself.
The Marriage Mart
1983
Athena was always considered to be too intelligent for her own good. Her grandmother would like nothing more than to pull Athena’s nose out of those useless books and marry her off to the first eligible bachelor around. When they arrive in London to fulfill the grandmother’s plan of transforming Athena from a pauper to a princess, they are both in for a surprise: the only man Athena has eyes for is a man she loathes. After she shamelessly offends the Duke, Athena wants nothing more than to repair the damage of their first meeting. But the Duke has already begun his campaign of slander against the ugly ducking. Soon Athena realizes she has blossomed into a swan. Will the belligerent Duke realize her newfound beauty and the burning desire inside him or will he destroy her only chance of marriage.
Angela
Angela's past keeps coming back to haunt her. When she meets a kindly and attractive farmer she explains that her rogue of a stepfather planned to force her into a loveless marriage with his nephew. Richard Bennet instantly believes her story. Who could not believe such an exquisite, but terrified creature? Now she has taken residence on his land and in his heart, but the doubts are beginning to develop. Could her stepfather be telling the truth about Angela Swan's shameful past, proving her tearful words a fraud, or is her story and her love genuine?