Golden Harlequin Library

NURSE IN INDIA by Juliet Armstrong Can one bury the past? Put it behind one forever? Nurse Stella Hantley, travelling in India as secretary-nurse to kind Miss Jellings, would have answered "Yes" to that question. She found it hard to believe that she had ever danced on the stage and dreamed of becoming a star; and the episode which had shattered her career was little more than a shadowy memory. She was safe now and could reach out to take the happiiness which Roger Fendish, she knew, was on the point of offering her- and then Allegra, lovely and treacherous, came suddenly back into herlife, seeking for a second tme to rob her of all she valued. THE GENTLE PRISONER by Sara Seale Here is the tender story of Nicholas Penryn, who lived as ann embittered recluse in a remote part of Cornwall. Badly scarred, he could not believe that any woman could be other than repulsed by him- until his strange marriage to a young girl whose gentle ways at last touched even his unhappy heart. THE HOUSE OF SEVEN FOUNTAINS by Anne Weale The air journey from England to Malaya takes rather more than three days and nights. During that flight Vivien sat next to a tall, dark, handsomedoctor - and he hardly spoke to her except to put her markedly in the wrong during an annoying incident in Rangoon. So she was more surprised than pleased when she reached the House of Seven Fountains, the lovely Chinese-style mansion which had been left to her by her godfather, to find him making free use of her swimming pool. Still, he had been her godfather's friend, and doctors have a way of becoming necessary whether one wants to see them or not. And as their relectant acquaintance grew, both were forced to acknowledge that their first inpressions had been mistaken.

Never to Love by Anne Weale After a hard, poverty-stricken childhood, Andrea had managed to become a successful fashion model. She had grown up in proverty and fear and she decided that the next step was to marry a rich man. Determined to marry only for money and security, and when Justin Templar - handsome, rich, young and intelligent - asked her to marry him, she was delighted to accept. It seem like an ideal situation, but why did Justin want to marry her? Then she began to realise what it was to live without real love. What sort of future had she created for herself? And was there any way of escape? A Long Way From Home By Jane Fraser (pseud. of Rosamunde Pilcher) It was a far cry from the lonely, windswept island of Folda, in the Hebrides, and the simple life to which Katy Kelsey had been accustomed, to the luxurious surroundings of her wealthy grandfather's Mediterranean villa. As she lay, blissfully idle, on the villa's private beach, Katy felt rather like Cinderella—for only a few days ago she and her grandfather had been strangers to one another, and it was only the fact that she was now alone in the world, and destitute, that had given her the courage to seek him out and ask his help. Now he was urging her to stay with him for good, and the prospect of a life of luxury—and the constant company of her new friend Adam Maxwell, the family solicitor—was very tempting. But what was she to do about the all-important Jamie Donald? The Golden Rose by Kathryn Blair To Gwen, the prospect of a visit to Portuguese East Africa would have been an exciting one at any time, but now she hoped, too, that it would help her to recover from an unhappy love affair. As for the motive behind her uncle's invitation, it a seemed straightforward enough one. He wanted to send his small motherless son home for an English education. True, he had hinted at opposition from his wealthy Portuguese in-laws, but surely thought Gwen, it was only a matter of putting his foot down. Not until she arrived did Gwen realize that opposition to her uncle's plans came from a different quarter - from the powerful and self-assured Duque de Condeiro, whose position as the boys godfather made him a doubly formidable opponent. But Gwen was determined to help her uncle and, incidentally, to get the better of that annoyingly imperious autocrat.