FICTION · ROMANCE
Rachel Lindsay
Also known as: Rita Shulman Lewin, Roberta Leigh
Rita Shulman was born in 1927 in London, England, daugther of Jewish immigrants from Russia. In 1948, she married Michael Lewin and they had a son, Jeremy. She began writing with her first published romance novel in 1950, and published romance novels as Roberta Leigh (the name for which she is known best), Rachel Lindsay, Roumelia Lane, Rozella Lake and Janey Scott. She was one of the first writers to introduce strong career-minded heroines. She also had her own film company and was very successful for many years developing innovative TV series for children on British television including Twizzle, Sarah & Hoppity, Torchy and Space Patrol. As well as writing the stories, she'wrote' the music for her series, although this usually involved her humming or singing the tune into a tape recorder, after which someone else would arrange and write a score. She studied painting with Diana Raphael and Michael Chaitow, and they awakened her interest in abstract art, and she had some success as an artist before returning to writing romantic fiction. She lived in London until her death.
Most acclaimed
House of Lorraine
Nicole Herriot took a dislike to Pierre Dubois the moment she met him, and worked hard to free her uncle's world-famous couture firm from his influence. Then she found, belatedly, that her feelings towards him were changing ... yet she could not turn aside from the path she had marked out. Her loyalty was still to the House of Lorraine, and to Lucien Chausson whom she had promised to marry. While Pierre, it seemed, was himself bound to the glamorous Janice Worth. Would the situation ever sort itself out?
Tinsel Star
When diminutive PR director Lizbeth Dawson meets her playboy boss Danny Ferguson, he plays a prank on her and she is NOT appreciative. So, to one-up him, at their lunch date, she sends a package containing a stuffed snake and a terse note saying: "I can recognise a snake when I see one.”. This is a fun read, due to dialogue that's fast, witty and like a good 30's comedy. Danny has a few too many women throughout the book and doesn't appreciate Lizbeth, but love conquers all in the end !
Cage of gold
Laurel wasn't sure whether she loved Tony enough to marry him, and the holiday in Greece was to give her an opportunity to make up her mind. And there she encountered Dimitri Janis, who thought he could master everyting and everybody - including Laurel! How dared he interfere!