Elizabeth Hoy

Ann was wildly excited at arriving in North Africa with her father on an archaeological expedition. Her excitement, however, was tinged with regret when she fell instantly in love with Paul Tarrant, an Englishman who had been brought up among the Arabs, and had, all too soon, to leave him when the expedition set off into the Sahara. Then disaster struck, for Ann's father was killed in a skirmish between desert tribesmen, and it seemed tragically certain that Paul's had been the hand that fired the fatal shot. But the unhappy tangle was eventually to be cleared up, leaving the way open to a happy future for them both.

If only he had never met her sister! When Susan’s headstrong young sister, Jan, eloped in the face of her parents’ opposition to her fiancé, there was nothing Susan could do but follow her and try to bring her back. Her problems were eased by Iain MacDowell, a man who in helping her shortly found his way into Susan’s heart. But her sister was to cause even more pain. Iain fell in love, too — with Jan!

Sea voyages did odd things to people. And Sally decided that she was no exception. She'd been employed on the ocean liner for only a few days, yet there she was falling in love with a man she scarcely knew, and furthermore, a man obviously in love with someone else. Determinedly Sally pushed the ship's handsome officer from her mind and resolved not to allow herself to give in to wild infatuation. Now, if only she could check her tears whenever she saw him with the beautiful Daphne Draycott!

Alison had been offered a wonderful opportunity to work on an archaeological expedition near Cairo, and she was sure she would love every minute. But the domineering Scott Crane seemed determined to spoil everything. How dared he interfere!

Marnie had left London and an unhappy romance to work at a ski resort in the French Alps. 'See you on the ski slopes,' she had said to Robert the day before she went. She certainly didn't imagine that he would take her literally and follow her out there. What would David think?

Which should she choose? Tod, kind, reliable, rich, who could do so much for her mother and sisters — or Paul, poor, proud, free and dangerously attractive? And had she the choice, indeed? Did Paul even care for her? These were the problems forever at the back of Stella’s mind as she sat at her easel in a little mountain village, trying to capture on canvas the golden light of a perfect Italian summer.

Alison had been offered a wonderful opportunity to work on an archaeological expedition near Cairo, and she was sure she would love every minute. But the domineering Scott Crane seemed determined to spoil everything. How dared he interfere!

The Guarded Gates The assignment in Spain was a challenge and Dionis was assured by her sister that her new fiance had the authority to make changes on behalf of the owner. But Don Juan Vicente de Velez y Stebelo knew nothing of the plans to redecorate his villa, as Dionis discovered at their first, eventful meeting. Pay Me Tomorrow Ismay had gone to see Keith Otterbury on a matter pertaining to her sister when he made his preposterous offer. The little she had heard of him hadn't been good, so his offer of marriage to save her family from financial disaster had to be regarded with suspicion. But did she really have any choice in the matter? The Darling Pirate Escaping the unwanted attentions of a suitor, Maggie Jefferson left London for a position in Jersey, in one of the island's luxury hotels. The first person she met was Alain Hautger, who enjoyed a vagabond existence in spite of the earnest efforts of others to reform him. But was he really as carefree as he seemed?