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Set Me Free
by Denise RobinsVictoria longs for romance, but is stifled by her mother and sister. She escapes to Paris and a loveless marriage, and begins to understand, possibly too late, what true love is all about.
Set the Stars Alight
by Denise RobinsA thrilling novel of espionage and romance set agains the sultry, exoticGold Coast of Africa. When the motion picture that blonde Gay Burnett was making went bankrupt, the beautiful English actress was stranded-and easy prey for the advances of the sinister director, Kurt Mulheim. Then she encountered a dissolute and reluctant saviour, Rick Morell. Rick, the ivory trader who vowed to distrust all women. But Mulheim had her kidnapped and sold as a white slave in darkest Ligati. Alone and terrified, Gay refused to give up hope that one day she would see Rick again-and tell him she loved him.A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen ofRomance, first published in 1941, and available now for the first time in eBook.
Shatter the Sky
by Denise RobinsOn the eve of her wedding, Karey Marsden's fiance is killed, and her world seems to come to an abrupt end.Bereft with grief, she is comforted by her father's friend, Dr Ralph Chesney. Some months later, she accepts his proposal of marriage, even though she does not love him, believing that for her love will always be just a sad memory.But soon after the wedding, Karey finds herself irresistibly drawn to Dickon Farringham, her dead fiancé's double. And then she has to face up to an agonizing choice between her duty to a husband she can never love, and her passion for a man she loves too well.
The Sin Was Mine
by Denise RobinsHis meeting with the neurotic model-girl Candy Day spells danger for the marriage of Christopher Fairfax. His beautiful and devoted wife Rose is already getting too involved in her own interior decorating career. The seeds of tragedy were already lurking behind the loving façade of the marriage.But how much was Candy Day really responsible? Did Christopher ever, at any time, see her as real?
Since We Love
by Denise RobinsJoan Parwood could have been happy working at the Great Friars Hotel.But Sally, the owner of the hotel, is engaged to marry Simon Roxley, theonly man Joan has ever loved. Joan thinks that Simon secretly returnsher love...and is proved right when Simon decides he cannot go aheadwith the planned marriage. But then comes the car crash that leavesSally blind and both Simon and Joan decide that Sally must learn thetruth...A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen ofRomance, first published in 1938, and available now for the first timein eBook.
Slave Woman
by Denise RobinsJan wanted to be more than just another possession to a man whose cruelty and indifference had long since taken over from the first flush of marriage. On a bittersweet holiday in Tangier she found a man who could give her the love and passion she wanted. Dacre Chenniston. But Dacre had to forfeit his profession for his illicit love; he was struck off the medical register. And suddenly it seemed that he would have to forfeit his love too...
The Snow Must Return
by Denise RobinsThe Château de Lurmines is a glorious new home for Dana Chesney, a pretty young convalescent who might never leave her wheelchair. For Steve it provides a luxurious background to her taxing job as Dana's companion, while prolonging her own stay in Switzerland. For Greville Chesney the presence of his daughter and her quiet friend in its flower-filled rooms helps fill an aching void.But an heiress, and in such a setting, is an irresistible attraction to any footloose adventurer who could charm her with his good looks and while away the tedious hours with dreams of romance ...
Something to Love
by Denise RobinsBeautiful young nurse Christie Paige knows what it means to long forsomeone and to have that longing crushed. She goes to the children'sclinic in the Austrian Alps to work at the side of Dr. Phillip Vereker,the man she plans to marry. Then her exquisite dream is shattered whenPhillip marries one of his patients.After a painful interlude, the immense silent grandeur of the mountains,the brilliant star-jewelled sky - it all begins to work its magic. Andinspired by powerful Maxwell Grant, the clinic's founder, her arduouswork becomes a wonderful cure for misery. But always there is Phillip -Phillip... how would she forget at such close proximity? After him, canshe ever feel the deep, unswerving passion of everlasting love?A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen ofRomance, first published in 1951, and available now for the first timein eBook.
The Story of Veronica
by Denise RobinsIn 1939, war clouds are gathering. Veronica Hallard is happily marriedand living in Lagos with her husband Charles, until he sends her back toEngland ahead of him. But he doesn't arrive as expected - his boat istorpedoed.At first Veronica refuses to believe he is dead. Her broken heart causesher to suffer a complete nervous collapse. Her only consolation is thefriendship of Boyd Mansell, who she met on the voyage home.In Boyd, she finds new happiness and a new marriage, and the memory ofCharles begins to fade. Until one day, fate delivers another cruel blow- Charles returns from the dead!A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen ofRomance, first published in 1946 and now available for the first time ineBook.
Strange Meeting
by Denise RobinsWhen Clare Farramond goes to the historic home of Sir StephenFinch-Boyes, there to act as a tutor to his young daughter, Isabel, itis with sadness in her heart.For still alive within her is the memory of Michael - the man who hadbeen her whole world - the man who had sworn her his undying love. Theman who had betrayed her. A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen ofRomance, first published in 1952, and available now for the first timein eBook.
Strange Rapture
by Denise RobinsSpringtime in Venice, romantic, enchanted city of dreams where anythingcan happen. Sara is too young, too full of love and life to want themagic to pass her by. She would give anything to be out there by theglittering water, floating in a gondola through golden Venetianafternoons and moonlit evenings with the man of her dreams.But the man she loves has never noticed Sara. Nicholas Pelham is toobust flirting with her employer, the exquisitely beautiful Olive. Untilthe night that all that changes and Sara's dreams come true.But dreams of love can crumble and turn to dust...A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen ofRomance, first published in 1932, and available now for the first timein eBook.
The Strong Heart
by Denise RobinsWhen Rose Bennett meets Cliff Patterson at a party it's love at first sight for both of them. Within weeks they are engaged and Rose is blissfully happy. Cliff has to return to South Africa, but he promises to send for her as soon as possible. As she waits in London, the future seems crystal-bright to Rose. Little does she know that she still had to learn the difference between true love and infatuation.When she meets Ashley Rivers, a different kind of man who falls madly in love with her, she finds herself in the middle of a struggle that can only be met with a strong heart and unbreakable honour.
Sweet Cassandra
by Denise RobinsWould he ever marry her?Cassandra's happy homelife vanished with her mother's remarriage to a man Cass called the "General." He was an overbearing tyrant, used to his own way, who considered Cass a nuisance. Yet he did not hesitate to pass judgement on her boyfriends--and he absolutely forbid her to marry Kevin Martin. And her timid mother agreed with him.Leaving home would cut her off completely from her mother. But her love was too strong and Cass moved out, expecting to become Mrs. Kevin Martin. But then an accident postponed the marriage and Cass was left in limbo. She couldn't go back home, but neither could she live in sin...
Sweet Love
by Denise RobinsEnchanting Tanya Massison is the toast of Bohemian Chelsea.An artists' model and exquisite dancer, she is vivacious, alluring - and a breaker of men's hearts. Life is for living, and Tanya lives every minute to the full, without a care in the world.All this changes, however, when Cecil Lemsford, a married man, kills himself for love, and Tanya meets Gordon Hays. For the first time ever she falls deeply, irrevocably in love. But their happinessis short-lived, as a tragic coincidence transforms passion into anger and despair...
Sweet Sorrow
by Denise RobinsFate throws them together – a disastrous flood, an isolated stone house, a handsome and successful surgeon, and a lovely young girl. He saves her life – and steals her heart – as the floodwaters advance on their little refuge.When the waters finally recede, Celia knows that dashing Guy Denver is her life’s only love. And Guy – though married to a woman who will never set him free – returns her passion, but his sense of honour will not let him speak.Will the sweets of sorrow soon turn to bitterness… or love fulfilled?
Swing of Youth
by Denise RobinsRobina Frayne has a lot to learn about life. Living a boring, stultifying existence in the country, she falls prey to the first man who offers to ‘take her away from all this’. All the experience of her eighteen years is no match for smooth-talking philanderer Aubrey Mauldron.After an unpleasant experience in Mauldron’s Paris flat, she escapes back to England a wiser girl. Now less starry-eyed about men in general, she is soon to meet a particular man will will be everything that Mauldron is not: unselfish, generous, and very much in love with her. But ahead lies tragedy…
This One Night
by Denise RobinsA young girl finds glamour, adventure, and the romance of her dreams – but fate threatens her love and her life!For lovely Tona Felton, it’s a dream come true – a trip aboard the gleaming, luxurious Balkans Express to a tiny storybook country. But when her pocketbook is stolen, she is left alone and penniless… until a handsome stranger offers her aid. And, in the quiet elegance of his private railway car, he offers her even more – a lifetime of love.And Tona responds with a passion she’s never known – until, after one intoxicating night in his arms, she awakes to find him gone. Only later will she discover that her lover was a king – and that as war clouds gather over the Balkans, she will be plunged into a battle to save a country – and her love!
This Spring of Love
by Denise RobinsChristine, an orphan with high romantic ideals, agrees to aid Fiona in her elopement, but soon she finds her position as an imposter a nefarious one. Here she is, living the life of a spoilt heiress in the beautiful Lakeland district - a dream come true. But with fear of discovery and an assumed social position to maintain, separating her from an active life and the man she esteemed, the loss of her own identity assumes nightmarish proportions.
The Tiger in Men
by Denise RobinsIt was a wild and passionate night - a night that drives beautiful Fenella to marry a stranger, and begin the most hair-raising adventure of her life. Moments before, Fenella finds her blond fiancé Max with another woman, and in a blind fury she rides with the stranger through the Canadian wilderness to the magistrate's office - to become Mrs. Gail O'Shean. Then they part forever, or so she thinks.Try as she might, Fenella cannot forget Gail's handsome face and beautiful eyes. Max wants her back desperately. But suddenly, in a rush of kidnapping, bandits, and sheriff posses, Fenella is involved in a breathtaking intrigue. Three men want her, but only one loves her. Will she discover him before it was too late?
Time Runs Out
by Denise RobinsA captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen of Romance, first published in 1965, and available now for the first time in eBook. This brilliant novel by Denise Robins is a warm, human story of mother-love in a framework of terrifying suspense. When her eleven-year-old son Bing is badly burned in a train accident, Christine Ross is told by the plastic surgeon that only one thing can save the boy's life - a skin-graft from an identical twin. The information plunges Christine into a twofold crisis: To reveal to her unsuspecting husband the truth that he is not Bing's father. To find, somewhere in the wide world, the missing twin - with only two weeks in which to do it. As time runs out... This novel is one of the three Mayflower books originally published under the name of Julia Kane - the others are Dark Secret Love and The Sin was Mine.
To Love Again
by Denise RobinsIt is six months since the death of her fiancé Christopher, but Helen still feels the world contains very little that is worth living for. She thinks of herself as a one-man girl - until she meets Peter Farrington, the very image of Christopher - and realizes she can love again. But Helen stills has little chance of happiness. For although Peter seems to feel the same way about her, he is engaged to someone else...
To Love is to Live
by Denise RobinsA captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen of Romance first published in 1940 and available now for the first time in eBook.
Twice I Have Loved
by Denise RobinsEtta Hughes has been jilted by her fiancé, Rod. Bewildered and stricken, she decides to take a job as cook to the Trenders. In their beautiful house on the river perhaps her heart will mend. But here, in spite of herself, Etta becomes attracted to Mark Trender. Mark is in love with his exquisite child-like wife, Flair. It seems that once again Etta is doomed to the anguish of hopeless love. And then to complicate matters further, Rod arrives unexpectedly to dinner - with his new wife...
Two Loves
by Denise RobinsBill is handsome, tender and exciting, but Cherry knows she can't live on love alone. Phillip does not attract her as Bill does, but his wealth can buy Cherry everything she's always wanted. Cherry is determined to have them both. Cleverly concealing one's existence from the other, Cherry begins leading a dangerous double life, unknowingly pushing all three of them towards disaster.
The Uncertain Heart
by Denise RobinsA captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen of Romance first published in 1949 and available now for the first time in eBook.Linda quietly hoped that her absence abroad would awaken tender feelings in Grant. But when she returned, he was as uncertain as ever. And besides, there was a new woman in his life.