Jane Arbor

There is a charming superstition in the little wine-growing town of St. Emilion-- if an unmarried girl drops two pins into the fountain and the pins form a cross, she will be married within the year. But it seemed the magic of the patron saint was not going to work for Paula. She had fallen in love with her employer, Gratien de Tourcy, and the love was plainly one-sided!

"I will marry the first man who asks!" Sara made her reckless statement in a moment of hurt and pique after being jilted by Cliff. And for better or worse, the man listening asked her. Rede Forrest had said her desire to "show" her ex-fiance suited his own plans. He needed a wife. And for reasons she couldn't quite explain to herself, Sara rashly accepted his offer. But once married to Rede--and savoring her new life in Singapore--all thoughts of Cliff were wiped out of her mind!

You could hardly have a more uninspiring name than hers, Mary Smith thought gloomily. And when you are burdened, into the bargain, with a decidedly unglamorous appearance and a quiet, mouselike personality, you might just as well give up trying -- at least, as far as the opposite sex are concerned. But Mary's prospects were not nearly as dull as she thought, and just around the corner was a very discriminating -- and very attractive -- man, who was to find quite a lot to admire in Mary Smith.

When her engagement to Bruno Cavour fell through, Clare was offered a job by the attractive Italian, Tarquin Roscuro. Thought of Bruno soon faded when she fell in love with Tarquin - but alas, he seemed no more interested in marrying her than Bruno had been.

The Feathered Shaft For various reasons, Nicola was having to masquerade as the sister of Kurt Thesige. It was a worrying situation, as, quite apart from the ever-present danger that her deception would be discovered, she soon realized that her feelings for him were far from sisterly! Wildfire Quest "We seek the unattainable" was Raoul Leduc's family motto -- but it might more aptly have been Maryan's. For she was the one who was seeking in vain for the land which her father had always felt belonged to him, but in fact was Raoul's; and she who was seeking, even more hopelessly, for Raoul's love . . . The Flower on the Rock In any other circumstances Honor would have been thrilled to be going to the lovely Pacific island of Grand'terre. But it was the family home of Piers Sabre, who had just cruelly jilted her and whom she only wanted to forget. How ironic that the first man she met on Grand'terre, Piers' cousin Arnot Lord, had not got entirely the wrong idea about her and was determined not to let her forget.

Virginia had never expected to inherit the prosperous wine business in The Rhineland -- but the manager, Ingram Ashe, refused to believe that her motives were anything but mercenary. She could only hope that in time she could make him change his mind about her. But was time on Virginia's side?

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?

A woman driver, of course!" had been Dr. Richard Guyse's impatient inward comment as he braked and swerved to avoid a collision with the open car door of the unknown but attractive young girl. He wondered briefly who she was and then promptly forgot her. That was a trick of mind training on which Doctor Guyse prided himself. He could always switch his concentration to the important details of his busy doctor's life - yesterday's operation, today's X-ray, tomorrow's problematical new case - to the exclusion of everything else. Doctor Guyse did not know it then, but his meeting with Lysbet Marlowe was the beginning of a strange disturbance in his powers of concentration.

Bad memories were best left buried The luxurious Caribbean cruise was a onetime extravagance--supposed to help Lauren forget the past and build a new life. Instead it brought her face to face with the unhappiest part of that past--Dale Ransome. He was as bitter and hurtful as ever. All Lauren wanted to do then was return home--but she stayed to help Dale's young brother with a problem. She never dreamed it would help solve her own!

Whatever he wanted, Muir usually got. Even before she knew who he was, Jess Mawney learned that Muir Forester was unusually strong willed. Now she was practically living on the doorstep of this man, a man she might reasonably have hoped never to see again. But Jess soon changed her mind about him. She wished that Muir Forester wanted her in the same determined way that was making him fight for the love of the beautiful and delicate Liane

Donna went out to a small Caribbean island to check up on her uncle's banana plantation, which wasn't doing as well as it should. Her uncle blamed the situation on his enemy and neighbor, Elyot Vance. Vance was certainly a forceful character but Donna knew she must be fair to both men. That was before she found herself becoming involved with Elyot....

Revenge was a dangerous game! Until an intriguing ad led her to financial wizard Cabot Steele, Danielle had despaired of ever avenging her aunt's death. Steele had devastated her family, and he would be made to pay! Danielle had been hired to pose as Steele's fiancee on a Mediterranean cruise, and now she could toy with him as a cat does a mouse. Who else but a fiancee could discover his weakness? Trouble was, she also discovered his strength!

Vicente was master of a lost art . . . Tania obeyed her father's last request: she contacted the Venetian glassmakers, the Massimos. And Benno Massimo whisked her away from an empty life in England, bringing her to the family villa - as his fiancee. But Benno was a cheat, and Tania also began to suspect his autocratic brother, the handsome Vicente. She risked her future - and her heart - to find out if Vicente was the man of her dreams . . . or a ruthless fraud.