Elizabeth Oldfield
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Nadine Hoskinson started writing as a teenager, when she had articles published in magazines and newspapers. Payment was in guineas - which tells you how long ago it was! On marriage, her creative instinct was diverted into the production of a daughter, and a son. When in the 80's her husband's job took them to live in Singapore, she resumed writing. She had articles published in magazines and newspapers in the U.K. and Singapore. Later, she decided to write a book, but first she would practice on a small book. The only small bookd, that she had were Mills & Boon romances. A chance attempt at romantic fiction proved successful. Her first books was published 1982 as Elizabeth Oldfield, and she went on to write forty genre romances for Harlequin Mills & Boon. These were marketed in their millions, and in many different languages, around the world. She had enjoyed writing it during 18 years, but she retired from romance in 1998 to travelling with her husband. In her sixties, she decided to return to write, and in 2007, she was published again.
Books
Reluctant Father
Revisit a tale of unexpected family and love from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer Blake Donavan is a loner, and he likes it that way. There’s no room in his life for love …that is, until a little girl shows up on his doorstep and calls him “Daddy”! As a bewildered Blake struggles to come to terms with newfound fatherhood, he’s thrown for another loop. The woman he loved and lost, Meredith Blake, is back in town. And there might just be a chance for Blake and Meredith to give family a second chance…
Dream Hero
He'd taken advantage of her innocence! Television star Bryce Cameron had deliberately misled Caitlin and, because she was a novice reporter, the pretense had almost cost her her career! He'd pretended to be Slattery, the devastatingly amoral detective he played on the screen-and she'd believed him. "Slattery is a figment of the imagination, he tried to convince her when they met again. "And I'm me." Nevertheless, his sexual charisma was just as potent in real life as in fantasy. And Caitlin, although she found him difficult to resist, had no intention of becoming just another "Slattery" conquest.
Close Proximity
Happy ever after was up for discussion In all their married life, Keri and Shafe had never been together for six completely, uninterrupted weeks. And so the casual Caribbean setting belied the seriousness of their agenda--the future of their marriage. Keri's blueprint for that included having her foreign-correspondent husband knuckle down to domesticity. She could no longer settle for sporadic visits from her husband for the rest of her life. But even so, Keri knew that all Shafe had to do was touch her and she was putty in his hands. She only hoped that what she wanted, Shafe wanted, too.
Fast and loose
Bachelor in paradise
Erin tried to bury her heart in her work When British author Erin Page went to Florida to interview Jago Miles, star of a TV soap opera, she expected to meet a vain celebrity. Instead, Jago intrigued her. In spite of his generous salary the bland actor didn't own a car or a house. Wednesdays he disappeared, no one knew where. And from the beginning he declared parts of his life ''off limits'' to Erin's questions. As she uncovered the truth, Erin was irresistibly attracted to Jago. But, she told herself, emotional involvement would jeopardize her work--and her heart.
Submission
The French Quarter: when darkness falls, the games begin...The Game: SubmissionThe Players: Alan Chevalier, homicide detective. Molly Laraway, murder victim's twin.The Object of the Game: Give your lover all you've got...but take even more.When sexy Molly Laraway shows up asking about her dead sister's murder investigation, hardened detective Alan Chevalier tells her to go home and let him do his job. But with the oh-so-gorgeous lady saying she won't leave his side until he solves the case, he decides she could be useful to him—on the beat during the day, and in bed at night.Molly's no fool. She knows the tough-as-nails New Orleans detective spells trouble. But he's the only one who can track down the "Quarter Killer." Besides, something about this darkly attractive man makes her want a taste of danger. And she has no doubt that taste will only whet her appetite....
Fighting lady
Secrecy has become a way of survival After her husband's death, Jenna landed a prestigious job with a newspaper opposed to working mothers. So she fiercely guarded the secret of her son's existence by becoming a loner. But attractive new photographer Sam Wood was not affected by Jenna's brush-off. To sidestep advances, she had to increase her deception and let him believe that her husband was still alive. At all costs, Jenna had to keep the truth from Sam. For there was another secret that Jenna could never admit--not even to herself.
Florida Fever
"We're all products of our pasts, " he said Having to work for a living was new to Nicole, but when her parents' deaths left her with practically nothing, she was grateful to find a job working for Drew Benedict. But her new boss was convinced she was a rich brat and detested her luxurious past. Still, once his hostility faded, Drew became a very appealing man. Then he discovered some skeletons in her closet, and his disapproval grew. And Nicole had to accept that there was no future in loving a man who was determined to condemn her.
Rendezvous in Rio
There were faults on both sides And in time Christa had to admit that perhaps Jeff wasn't entirely to blame for the breakdown of their marriage. That's when she'd rushed back to England with their son, Marcus--feeling that as in the past Jefferson Barssi had ridden roughshod over her feelings. Now, she was willing to return to Brazil for the possibility of a reconciliation. If only she could be sure that's really what Jeff had in mind and that he wasn't planning simply to use her for purposes of his own!
Flawed Hero
IT WAS A BIT OF A CULTURE SHOCK Especially to Abby, a lifelong landlubber, who now found herself running a cruise business in Granada. Of course it was only temporary --- just until she helped her aunt sort out a few problems she was having with the locals. Problem number one was Josh Donner, the wickedly attractive owner of the only rival firm on the island. What Abby hadn't bargained for was the devastating effect Josh would have on her. Could she trust a word he said?
Too far, too fast
He was her first, her only love Hogan was so strong, so confident and committed that Leah hadn't realized tennis would always be his mistress Then Wimbledon had loomed closer, and Hogan's victories became cliff-hangers. But in the end everyone lost. Leah, as his publicist, had been blamed, sacrificed and ultimately banished to Hong Kong, Hogan's accident had forced him out of competition, and Leah's boss had lost his star investment. Now Hogan was on the comeback trail. Once again he was a publicist's dream, a red-hot commodity. But as far as Leah was concerned, Hogan was still too hot to handle.
Touch and go
When Sarah Trent was engaged as governess to seventeen-year-old Lucilla Hildred, she didn’t bargain for a series of sinister occurrences—scary noises, the nocturnal rattle of claws against glass, a sabotaged bicycle. Then there is a neighbouring burglary, leaving a set of muddy footprints—but whose? Sarah comes to suspect that someone is trying to kill the orphaned Lucilla, sole heir to a fortune. Is it visiting American John Brown, or could Lucilla be playing a deceptive game of her own? Someone is poised, waiting like a snake to strike, and Lucilla may not be the only prey…