Marjorie Lewty

Philippa Price was no man's slave! Philippa vowed that she'd never again be "manipulated and pushed around" by the men in her life. Which was why she told Bart Marchant, the attractive consultant her brother had hired against her wishes, that she wasn't interested in him--not for business and certainly not for pleasure. But Bart seemed determined to change her mind. He supported her business decisions and encouraged her to live her life the way she wanted. And that left Philippa wondering whether she could really trust Bart. If not, once more she'd fallen in love with the wrong man.

She planned a holiday, not a honeymoon! — Three years ago Lucie had fled a life of luxury in Paris and Guy Devereux, a jet-setter she intended to steer clear of and a powerful banker her father insisted she marry! — Now, secure in her independence, Lucie felt she could not refuse a repentant father's invitation to a holiday reunion in the Cayman Islands. But in that paradise setting, Lucie discovered that this time she had no choice but to accept Guy's proposal -- regardless of why he wanted her.

Loving him meant heartbreak for sure! Lisa's letters to her cousin Emma were full of glowing details about the new man in her life, Trent Marston. Then Lisa suddenly decided to marry Richard Southall. What had happened? All Emma had to do was meet Trent Marston to know. He was the callous, self-centered type who merely amused himself with women's affections. And her dear uncle had hired this man to manage the family firm! How was Emma going to cope with working for him ...and loving him?

She should have been happy to be back home Sue had been delighted when Luke Masters arranged her return to England. Now she was miserable. Luke was a good organizer. She wondered if he'd organized their wedding yet. If so, he hadn't mentioned it--and his ex-wife's words rang in Sue's ears. "He's adept at wriggling out of things at the last moment." Surely he wouldn't, Sue told herself desperately. Luke was brave, honorable, everything a man should be. But, in reality, she didn't know Luke at all. Only that she loved him....

They'd been so happy early in their marriage Villa Favorita on the Riviera had been their private paradise, the place where Hal and Joanna had shared all their feelings. Yes, Hal had showered Joanna with mink and diamonds, too, but her real happiness had always stemmed from his love. Then, three years ago, when Hal's fortunes had plummeted, her husband not only lost everything--he drove Joanna away. Which made it doubly hard for her to be the real estate agent handling the sale now that Villa Favorita was again on the market. Could she help sell their villa to a total stranger? Not a chance--not once Hal showed up.

Kate had always adored Cornwall, and when the wealthy business tycoon Damian St. Ewan offered her a job there for two months - despite the fact that she didn't like tycoons in general and Damian St. Ewan in particular - she decided the opportunity was too good to miss. She had taken it for granted that the job in question was a secretarial one, so she was astounded when she arrived in Cornwall to learn that Damian had had something quite different in mind. It appeared that he wanted a temporary fiancee, to keep another woman at bay. And something told Kate that she would be playing with fire if she agreed . . .

He would do anything to get what he wanted Piran St. Just had told her so himself, and Polly was soon to find out how true his words would be. A wife would make it easier to win custody of his nephew Jules, and the little boy had become very attached to Polly during her stay in Paris. Barely a week after meeting Piran, and almost without her realizing what was happening, Polly was being fitted for her trousseau!

Working for me will be a baptism of fire." That was Harn Durrant's promise, and he proved to be a man of his word. But the position gave Gemma the experience she needed to begin her career-and the chance to pay Harn back for firing her stepsister. Yet her vengeance was soon displaced by a disturbing attraction, even though Harn would always regard her as a teenager. "I've never gone in for cradle snatching," he'd said. And Gemma quickly learned that the consequence of mixing business with pleasure...was heartache

"God preserve me from rich men's daughters!" Only Susan saw the irony of Gideon North's contemptuous statement. She wasn't rich at all--but she was pretending to be Della Benton, who was. A free holiday on Grand Cayman island had made the deception seem worthwhile, until she had to fool the attractive yet arrogant Gideon. For Della's despicable father had made some kind of deal with Gideon--using Della as bait! "And God preserve me!" Susan prayed.

Susan Lester was confused by her feelings. Mark Harrington had been standing close behind her as she looked through the microscope, and he drew away quickly. Humiliated, she wondered if her pounding heart were audible all over the lab. Young Meredith unconsciously came to her rescue. "Is it what you thought it was, Uncle Mark?" Mark shook his head. "No, but I have something here that will interest you." Meredith was fascinated, but Susan could hardly wait to get away. "We mustn't bother Uncle Mark any longer," she said. "He has work to do." Obediently, Meredith slid from the stool and thanked his uncle. "A pleasure," Mark said. Susan followed Meredith out, recalling her own earlier words to Mark: "It would be most convenient for you to have a lovelorn maiden drooping around the place!" She also clearly remembered that Mark had readily agreed.

"He gets under your skin," Averil's sister Sara had said of William Randall, and Averil's reply had been, "Well, he won't get under mine!" Yet she was to find this disturbingly attractive man was in her thoughts all too often as her visit to Cornwall continued. How did William feel?

"A time for everything...a time to love" Daniel's eyes gleamed as he quoted the words. At seventeen Cassandra had fallen in love with Daniel Marshall. She had been bitterly hurt by his rejection of her in favor of his career. Seeing him again, Cassandra, now personal assistant to a famous interior designer, realized she was as vulnerable as ever where Daniel was concerned. And there was no guarantee that this time would be any different....

Just how far was she expected to go? Karen knew she had to avoid antagonizing millionaire Saul Marston at the Acapulco conference if she wanted him to save her financially troubled company. And she was prepared to put aside her personal dislike of the man and be accommodating in order to create a favorable impression. But that didn't include sleeping with him. He couldn't make that a condition for investing in the company, could he?

When Stefanie's husband-to-be ran off with her bridesmaid on the eve of their wedding, she resolved to escape the subsequent sympathy from friends and family. Quinn Branson gave her the means to do it. He shared Stefanie's predicament, and her feelings, for Stefanie's bridesmaid was also his fiance. When he offered Stefanie six months in the Pacific, it seemed the perfect place to mend her heart. The trouble was, they had to be married. And Stefanie soon found that a makeshift marriage to a man as sexy as Quinn was fraught with more temptations and complex emotions than she could ever of thought possible!

"A young man of doubtful parentage struggles to become a physician but is railroaded to prison for a murder he did not commit. When he is released in 1941, he has become a cynic, and founds in Los Angeles the popular 'Healthopathy Clinic,' where a gathering of medical quacks and cultists minister to a host of neurotic patients, many from the Hollywood colony."--Baird & Greenwood.