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Falling for Adam Life had not been easy for Henrietta Cowper, but she hoped to improve her lot. Then, shortly after she first met consultant neurosurgeon Mr. Adam Ross-Pitt, her small world changed irrevocably. She had Mr. Ross-Pitt to thank for her new job at the manor house near his home, but she was sensible enough to realize that he was beyond her reach. If her gratitude tipped into love, there was no need for him to know--even if he did continue to come to her rescue....

Just for once allow your heart to rule your prudent common sense... Tempting advice - dared Eugenie take it? A country unbringing had taught her to be practical...not to cherish romantic dreams about tall, handsome strangers! But a chance encounter one misty day in spring changed all that. Eminent surgeon Aderik Rijnma ter Salis was a very special man - he made Eugenie's life seem brighter, full of exciting possibilities! But with the gorgeous Saphira at his side, could Aderik's feelings for Eugenie ever be more than strictly professional?

"DON'T THINK YOU CAN COME SNEAKING BACK HERE IF YOU ARE EVER OUT OF A JOB!­" Florina's father was furious when, after a lifetime of drudgery, she finally developed the courage to rebel. But there was no danger of her returning home. Florina loved her new job as cook in the household of eminent consultant William Sedley. And it wasn't long before she realized that she loved her employer, too. But she had no chance of attracting his attention when he was engaged to the glamorous Wanda!

Julie Beckworth enjoyed her work as a medical secretary at Saint Bravo's hospital in London, so it was a nasty surprise when her elderly boss, Professor Smythe, announced that he was retiring. After a moment's panic, she was partly reassured when told Professor Simon van der Driesma was willing to keep her on, but Simon turned out to be a very different proposition. He was younger, more energetic, and worked Julie much harder--all of which she could have accepted if he would only call her Julie, and not "Miss Beckworth" in that cool voice! Both of them had the wrong impression of the other--what would it take for the truth to be revealed?

If only two weeks could turn into a lifetime. Charity's job as a typist at St. Augustine's Hospital certainly kept her busy but she longed for something more--something exciting in her life. So when the renowned Professor Wyllie-Lyon offered her a job at his private clinic, Charity accepted. She was thrilled to work for the brilliant and handsome doctor and to accompany him on a business trip to Norway. She was less than thrilled to find herself dreaming of a future with the professor--a future she'd heard was reserved for someone else.

Annis's life was full and happy- certainly not lacking in love. Above all, she loved Jake Royle- even more than her family. So when he proposed out of necessity, she accepted without hesitation. But would she be able to accept his lack of feeling for her?

She'd never seen a man so angry! Nurse Lucy Prendergast had not made a good impression. Falling asleep during a consultant's lecture was hardly the best way to attract the great man's attention! So she set out to correct the bad impression she'd made. Dr. Fraam der Linssen, however, seemed to have a positive genius for catching her in the most awkward situations. And anyway, why should she care what he thought? He'd already made it plain that he preferred her pretty friend, Mies.

Falling for the Professor... All the village assumed that Margo Pearson was to marry George, but unexpectedly meeting Professor Gijs van Kessel made her pause for thought. But being a plain, practical girl, Margo knew the professor was most unlikely to look her way. It took a tragic accident to bring an offer of marriage--from the professor. It was a practical proposal, but as Margo was taken into the bosom of his family over Christmas in Holland, she did wonder whether he might, someday, return her love....

There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage. Dramatic, heartbreaking and surprising, this is a story about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child. More than that, it is a story that beautifully portrays how the same emotion that can break your heart is also the one that will ultimately heal it.While the novel picks up the tale of Lexie Darnell and Jeremy Marsh that started in True Believer and will delight fans of that novel, it stands on its own as one of Nicholas Sparks's most deeply moving love stories.

Dr. Duert ter Brandt disapproved of Christina's relationship with his brother Adam, and he made sure they both knew it. True, he didn't stop Chrissy from coming to Holland to work near Adam. Still, he made it clear that her infatuation was not in the best interest of his hospital. But maybe he had other --hidden-- reasons for hoping that Chrissy would give up her notion of love at first sight…..

He should have been impossible to love-- He was overbearing and insufferable! Yet, when Brittania met Professor Luitingh van Thien who came to her hospital as a visiting consultant surgeon, she promptly fell in love with him! So, when the professor went back to Holland, Britannia followed him. There she met the beautiful and sophisticated Madeleine de Venz, who would, apparently, make a much better wife for the professor. Or would she?

Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption. When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

Gemma Prentice wasn't the most beautiful girl in the world; indeed, if anyone had described her as plain no one would have contradicted them! But she was a wonderful nurse, kind and conscientious to her patients - a real 'gem of a girl", in fact. Which was why, when she found herself temporarily out of a job, the distinguished Dutch Professor Ross Dieperink van Berhuys asked her to accompany him to Holland for a time to look after his invalid sister. Gemma was delighted to accept, and in no time had fallen in love with Holland. And there was an unexpected bonus too, in the person of the devastatingly attractive Leo de Vos.....

Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, he'd been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love. Now a grown man returning from Europe as a successful painter, Seth is settling down on Maryland's Eastern Shore, surrounded once again by Cam, Ethan, and Phil, their wives and children, and all the blessed chaos of the extended Quinn clan. Finally, he's back in the little blue-and-white house where there's always a boat at the dock, a rocker on the porch, and a dog in the yard. Still, a lot has changed in St. Christopher since he's been gone--and the most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru Whitcomb Banks. A city girl who's opened a florist shop in this seaside town, she craves independence and the challenge of establishing herself without the influence of her wealthy connections. In Seth, she sees another kind of challenge--a challenge that she can't resist. But storms are brewing that are about to put their relationship to the test. Dru's past has made her sensitive to deception--and slow to trust. And Seth's past has made him a target of blackmail--as a secret he's kept hidden for years threatens to explode, destroying his new life and his new love...

After the hurly-burly of the big London hospital where she had been working, Judith found it a very pleasant change to be offered a private job looking after a charming patient, Lady Cresswell, in the Lake District. Her patient gave her no trouble at all--which was more than could be said for her son, the disagreeable Professor Charles Cresswell. He seemed to have taken a dislike to Judith on sight--a dislike which, it must be confessed, Judith returned with interest. And now he was turning up to spoil their pleasant holiday in Portugal....

Amelia and Tom had been engaged a long time and Amelia began to worry about why he was so reluctant to set a date. So a relaxing Norway holiday seemed just the place to discuss things. Insead, Amelia met Gideon van der Tolck- and his company became increasingly appealing.

She discovered love was the best career Joanna had had to support herself after her parents' death, and she worked hard to establish her reputation in the Parisian cabaret world. However, the night her distant cousin, Charles Carlyon, entered the cabaret, Joanna's life changed. Charles persuaded her to go to England and visit her mother's family. Joanna found that families were a mixed blessing, and that Charles was everything she ever wanted in a man!

Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be. What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.

Do love stories ever die? Can modern day gadgets like mobile phones and the 'http:\\www' era of internet bring you the love of your life? You haven't met her earlier, but commit to marry. Will you still call this a love marriage? And what if on the engagement day while you pull the ring out from your pocket, you realize what you planned was just a dream which never comes true...? How would you react when a beautiful person comes into your life, becomes your most precious possession and then one day goes away from you...forever? Not all love stories are meant to have a perfect ending. Some stay incomplete. Yet they are beautiful in their own way. Ravin's love story is one such innocent and beautiful story. He believes love stories seldom die. They are meant to stay for the generations yet to come and read them. And given that one chance to narrate his love story, this is how he began... I remember the date well: 4th March 2006. I was in Kolkata and about to reach Happy's home. I had been very excited all morning as I was going to see our gang of four after three years.

Griffin Sinclair announced that he and Dora Baxter were going to get married. This was a complete shock to Dora -- he hadn't even asked her! Griffin had created the fictitious engagement to avoid his mother's matchmaking -- and it seemed Dora had no choice but to go along with it.

He was a man without mercy. Kaara knew that before the night was over, she would become Juan de Carvallos's possession. Abducted, held prisoner, she would be ravished like some captive woman of old, a victim of the Spaniard's lust for revenge against her brother. Fear clogged Kaara's throat so that she couldn't speak. It was like a nightmare--but the man facing her was real. "You can't prevent me from doing what I want with you," Juan said harshly. "I'll keep you shackled close to me, Kaara, until you learn to love the chains that bind you."

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life—boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies—he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the appealing redhead seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him and the presence of her longtime boyfriend doesn’t help. Despite himself, Travis can’t stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, *The Choice* ultimately confronts us with the most heart-wrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

Double edged sword. Diana had waited years to exact revenge against Reece Falcon, time only fueling her hatred. Finally her obsession was to be satisfied. Reece Falcon's Achilles' heel was his son. Diana's elusiveness and cool beauty had quickly mesmerized the young man - much to his father's disgust. But when had the tables turned? When had Reece seduced Diana with his dark magnetism, weaving a dangerous spell around her emotions? And when had Diana crossed that fine line between hate...and love?

The very sight of him made her weak with desire - this "brother-in-law" shebarely knew. What cruel fate drove her into his arms and tempted her toyield to his outrageous demands?Jason Manning's arrogance knew no bounds. First he expected her to give himtheir orphaned niece, the child she had vowed to raise alone. Now hedemanded that she marry him...or lose the child in court! How could shetrust another Manning? Yet how could she resist her? Katherine hated himwith a burning passion...yet her treacherous heart kept whispering, "Yes!"

"He's a hatchet man," Bianca had warned Alix was told to get rid of the man who wanted to write her famous aunt's biography. But Liam Brant was not so easily dismissed. His writer's instinct sensed a mystery surrounding the actress, and he was prepared to use anyone and everyone to unravel it. Alix, despising herself, succumbed to his attentions. But she knew the love could only be short-lived, for the beautiful Bianca had decided Liam was a prize she wanted. Fine, Alix thought, they suit each other perfectly! But deep down, her aching weary heart protested ...

Testing the limits Short of calling out the cavalry, Sophie could only do her best when it came to handling the enigmatic Maximilian Grant and his headstrong daughter. The catalog of diseasters that had followed since she'd agreed to become the teenager's companion were as disturbing to her equilibrium as her new employer. Under Maximilian's autocratic rule, Sophie and her past were subject to enraging scrutiny. Moreover, she and the arrogant Mr. Grant alternated between being defiant adversaries and would-be lovers. Sophie knew there would be an explosive outcome - but would they emerge fighting...or loving?

Had she sold her freedom forever? Perry had married Nash Devereux years ago for expediency. He required a wife and she needed the money he was offering. She hadn't seen him since. Now she wanted to wed Trevor Coleman and that meant she had to get her "paper" marriage annulled, quietly. It seemed a simple matter to arrange--until out the blue her famous husband announced publicly, "I'm hoping for a reconciliation with my wife."