(Magna Large Print Series)

Some scars wound too deeply to heal Amber's once lithe body had been crippled and disfigured by a horrible accident. The prospect of never walking again disheartened her, but much worse was the pain she felt when her fiance suddenly abandoned her. Time had done nothing to heal her broken heart. And though she could walk again, resuming her nursing career was out of the question. Then a stranger offered her employment, a home and the money for a necessary operation. All she had to do was become his wife!

Young Spanish gardener attempts to help 9-year-old Nicholas back to health and to offset the negative influence of a doting father.

181 pages ; 18 cm

After the sun wakes the rooster, and the rooster in turn wakes other animals, a boy catches some fish to fry for his parents' breakfast.

Corinne's flashing emerald eyes bid men fulfill her any desire. She was the scandalous darling of Boston's gilded age. SWORN TO REVENGE Now she had sailed half round the world to Hawaii, to ruin the man who had ruined her ... who had taken her, despoiled her, and left her humiliated by her own awakened longings. RAVISHED BY PASSION Corinne hated Jared Burkett as deeply as she wanted his manly, sensuous passion. And Jared ached to possess Corinne, though she would force him to hurt her again. Their love, so violent, so reckless, would either destroy them, or give them completely to the wild abandon of tropical nights in paradise.

The lush night released undreamed-of passions When a tropical storm battered the tiny Caribbean island of Indigo, Ruth Jason's sheltered life was dramatically changed. Young and vulnerable, having lived virtually alone with her father on the island, she lost her heart, not surprisingly, to the shipwrecked Dominic Howard. Worldly, mysterious and handsome, he exuded a powerful attraction. Later, in London, Ruth struggled to build a new life for herself, always haunted by her lover's image. But she knew their love was impossible. For although Dominic's spell still held her, he was bound to another woman....

How Could Such a Love Have Died? Caroline asked herself the useless question. Her marriage to the distinguished lawyer, James Fox, had been nearly ideal. Now there was nothing between them but cold contempt. In her loneliness Caroline turned to her old friend Jake Redway, the successful actor. He offered companionship - and was willing to offer much more. But she could not relinquish the austere, driven husband who had once held her heart. He had become brutal, icy; every encounter with him was dangerous. Caroline had to save him - no one had ever needed her more!

Gilbert Averell avoids some of the rigours of taxation by living for part of each year in France - but he is unhappy about the number of weeks he spends away from his native country. So when his look-alike friend, Georges, suggests that they swap passports for a short spell, Gilbert seizes the opportunity. However, a number of incidents, involving Gilbert's sister and nephew, begin to suggest that Georges's offer was not made out of simple friendship.

On an ordinary train journey to Scotland, Sheila Grant becomes embroiled in a plot that is anything but: a chemist has gone missing, an artist has been kidnapped, and a poet has been murdered. As Sheila begins to understand the significance of the situation, she realizes her life is in grave danger and must flee across the Scottish Highlands in search of aid. In London, Appleby is trying to piece together a kidnapping, a death, and a disappearance as the world wavers on the brink of another war. He has no idea he is Sheila’s best hope of survival. When the clock is ticking and no one is quite who they claim to be… will Appleby find Sheila before it’s too late?

Juliet was, surprisingly, sick and tired of being a poor little rich girl. Being a millionaire’s daughter with every material thing she wanted was all very well, but the price for it all was too high – complete subservience to her domineering father’s wishes in everything. At last Juliet had had enough; she ran away, changed her identity and found herself a job on the other side of the world – as companion to an invalid girl on a sunny Caribbean island. But Juliet soon found that her situation had not improved in the least, for not only was her new employer the Duque Felipe Ricardo de Castro, every bit as overbearing as her father had been, but she lost no time in falling – hopelessly! – in love with him.

She wanted the impossible--his love! Learning that her grandfather was critically ill was a severe shock for Lisle. Then she discovered that he planned to give Jake Allard control of their family business and arrange a marriage between her and Jake! It would never work--Jake detested her. And yet he was willing to give the marriage a chance for convenience sake. "I want your social acumen and your body," he'd said. But Lisle wanted more--she wanted his love. And that seemed to be reserved for another woman!