Natasha Oakley
Description
I was born in an 'old' English county called Middlesex. You won't find it on any modern map - it's been swallowed up by Greater London and at the swish of a bureaucratic pen it disappeared. Nevertheless, I had a perfectly happy childhood there with two parents who love me and a younger brother I still like! Painfully shy, books were my passion and my first career ambition was to be an author -- mainly, I think, because I didn't fancy leaving home. Everyone seems to have one teacher who's inspired them more than any other. I met mine when I was thirteen and his name was Frank Richards, our drama teacher. He introduced me to theatre and at fourteen I walked on stage for the first time in a play he'd written. It was the beginning of a new passion. After a three-year classical theatre training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, I started my career in professional theatre under my Equity name of Jessica Dean. In 1991 I married my husband and we decided to start our family. I must have harboured some kind of daft idea that I would have a baby, put it in a papoose and carry on pretty much as before. Not surprisingly it didn't quite work out that way. I hadn't realised quite how powerful mother-love is. I had five children in six years, working only very briefly during this time. I'm blessed with an easy, happy marriage and five great children, but when illness touched our lives I started to reassess my future. It was the start of my writing career. My second submission to Mills & Boon was accepted in December 2003. I now live in Bedfordshire with my husband and my children. I love antique fairs, collect kitchenalia, paint in watercolour, and am a signer for the deaf (BSL). My house is in a constant state of disarray but I make great cakes, write books and no one seems to mind.
Books
Gorgeous Grooms
Her Stand-in Groom When Catherine is jilted at the altar, CEO Stephen Danbury rescues the beautiful bride – and accepts her offer to become his wife instead! It will fulfil the terms of his grandfather's will. But when their convenient marriage leads to an accidental pregnancy, will Stephen propose a marriage to last a lifetime? Her Wish-List Bridegroom Having sworn off men for good, Juliet has gone home – only to bump into Gregor McLeod. Greg has been number one on Juliet's wish-list as a future husband since she was a little girl. And he's still gorgeous, sexy, charming and flirtatious. But... A) She's sworn off men. B) He's got a few secrets of his own... Ordinary Girl, Society Groom Eloise Lawton has finally found her family. But now she's adrift in the high-society world where there's only one person she can depend on: broodingly handsome Jeremy Norland. As family loyalties and secrets unravel, Eloise realises that if she falls in love with Jeremy, she's in danger of losing everything.
Ordinary Girl, Society Groom
The wedding of the year! Eloise Lawton has finally found the family she's never known. But now she's cast adrift in the high-society world where there's only one person Eloise can depend on: broodingly handsome Jeremy Norland. As family loyalties and secrets unravel, Eloise realizes that if she falls in love with Jeremy she's in danger of losing everything she's fought so hard to find. Will Eloise have the courage to risk it all?
Crowned
Just as Seb had tasted normal life, he was forced to do his duty. Accepting the crown meant losing his most precious gift—the love of an ordinary girl.Now, years on, Marianne Chambers is visiting Andovaria. Seb has been given the second chance he's always longed for. But can he fight tradition and crown Marianne as his very own princess?
A Family To Belong To
Coming home to the man she's always loved. Once, Kate Gordon loved Gideon from afar, but her feelings were not returned. Gideon was married, and had the kind of family life that Kate knew she could never have. Distraught, she fled, determined never to return. Now, years late, Kate meets Gideon again. Life has changed them both.
One-Click Buy: October Harlequin Presents
One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all October 2008 Harlequin Presents with one click!They may be wealthy, powerful, influential...and devastatingly attractive. But these wary, love-shy bachelors have lost touch with their truest, deepest feelings. And it will take some very special women to reawaken their tender side and teach them how to open their hearts. Enter the world of Harlequin Presents, where international playboys, billionaires and sheikhs flaunt their power and toy with women's hearts, as innocent beauties and feisty vixens must teach them the meaning of intimacy and the true power of love. Here are eight sensationally sexy romances from Harlequin Presents filled with heartwrenching drama and scorching passion, available for one low price.Bundle includes: Purchased: His Perfect Wife by Helen Bianchin, Greek Tycoon, Waitress Wife by Julia James, One Night with His Virgin Mistress by Sara Craven, The Sheikh's Defiant Bride by Sandra Marton, Secretary Mistress, Convenient Wife by Maggie Cox, His Magesty's Mistress by Robyn Donald, Housekeeper at His Beck and Call by Susan Stephens and Business in the Bedroom by Anne Oliver.
The Tycoon's Princess Bride
Black-hearted billionaire Domenic Vincini wants the lush riches of rival island Niroli, including the jewel in Niroli's crown--Princess Isabella Fierezza. She's forbidden, but to Domenic, a man scarred inside and out, that makes her innocence all the more appealing. If Isabella gives in to temptation she'll tie herself--and her kingdom--to its sworn enemy....
Wanted
Betrayed by his first wife, Simon Grimshaw won't marry again. But sultry nights in Singapore can be lonely--nothing a beautiful English mistress wouldn't fix! Bethan Conway answers an advert to become a wife, believing it will help her secret search for her missing brother. But Simon isn't the ugly old man she was expecting. He's a hot-blooded bachelor who wants a woman in his bed--a position Bethan's more and more tempted to fill!
Desert Fantasies
DUTY AND THE BEAST Rescued from the clutches of a lascivious prince, Princess Aisha Peshwah quickly realises she’s jumped out of the frying pan and headfirst into the fire. Her rescuer is Zoltan Al Farouk bin Shamal – an unashamed barbarian! CINDERELLA AND THE SHEIKH Kissed by the desert prince! Life has been tough on Pollyanna, constantly at someone’s beck and call. So when she journeys to the desert with magnificent Sheikh Rashid, it feels like a dream! MARRYING THE SCARRED SHEIKH Sheikh Khalid al Harum was Quishari’s beloved playboy until a fire marked his chiselled features. When he meets beautiful, sweet Ella Ponti, she sees the man beneath the scars…
Accepting The Boss's Proposal
Miles Kingsley's lazy smile and glinting blue eyes cause every woman he meets to instantly fall a little bit in love with him. He's always walked effortlessly through life, with his fast car and bachelor lifestyle--until he hires a haphazard new secretary, recently divorced, with two kids.... He wasn't meant to love her...or even like her! But Jemima's effervescent charm and wicked sense of humor have Miles reevaluating everything. She certainly isn't bedazzled by his usual gifts or flirty one-liners. So how is Miles going to convince this single mom to accept his very romantic proposal?
Millionaire Dad
Nick Regan-Phillips: a millionaire, whom the world assumes has it all...but he's got a secret that he's kept from the world--he's a single dad. Nick's daughter, Rosie, is deaf. Nick missed the first five years of Rosie's life, but now she's come to live with him he's struggling to communicate with her.... Lydia Stanford: beautiful, courageous, award-Stanford: winning journalist. And seemingly the only person who can help Nick forge a bond with his daughter.... But when their fragile relationship is tested, will Lydia realize how much this millionaire dad really means to her--and needs her--before it is too late?
The Tycoon's Princess Bride (Harequin Presents)
Black-hearted billionaire Domenic Vincini wants the lush riches of rival island Niroli, including the jewel in Niroli's crown--Princess Isabella Fierezza. She's forbidden, but to Domenic, a man scarred inside and out, that makes her innocence all the more appealing. If Isabella gives in to temptation she'll tie herself--and her kingdom--to its sworn enemy....
Mills and Boon Christmas Treasury of Romance
Hardback, By (author) Lucy Monroe , By (author) Heidi Rice , By (author) Liz Fielding , By (author) Alison Kent , By (author) Julia James , By (author) Margaret Moore , By (author) Pamela Toth , By (author) Debra Webb , By (author) Karen Martyn , By (author) Natasha Oakley
At the Boss's Command
These ruthless bosses always have their way! ♡Taking on the Boss Darcy Maguire Tahlia is professional, capable and driven to succeed. So she is horrified to find that gorgeous mystery man Case has been given the promotion she’s worked so hard for! Then arrogant Case turns out to be her boss undercover, and their rivalry changes into up-close-and-personal meetings! ♡Millionaire Boss’s Mistress Madeleine Ker Anton Zell: handsome, assured, and one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. He needed a new PA fast and Amy was ready for the challenge. Falling for the tycoon was an occupational hazard she was determined to avoid – no matter how hard he tried to seduce her! ♡Accepting the Boss’s Proposal Natasha Oakley Charming and devastatingly handsome Miles has always walked effortlessly through life, with his fast car and bachelor lifestyle – until he hires a haphazard new secretary. Now single mum Jemima’s effervescent charm and wicked sense of humour have Miles re-evaluating everything…