Until a distant connection, ignorant of his selfishness, applies to him for help. When Frederica Merriville brings her three younger siblings to London determined to secure a brilliant marriage for her beautiful sister, Charis, she seeks out their distant cousin the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lovely, competent, and refreshingly straightforward, Frederica makes such a strong impression that to his own amazement, the Marquis agrees to help launch them all into society. Lord Alverstoke can't resist wanting to help her Normally wary of his family, which includes two overbearing sisters and innumerable favor-seekers, Lord Alverstoke does his best to keep his distance but he finally finds himself far from bored.

    What was strange was the silence that followed. She never thought to look for her missing husband in Vienna -- until she saw him in a newsreel shot there at the scene of a deadly fire. Then she caught a glimpse of him in a newsreel shot of a crowd near a mysterious circus fire and knew it was more than strange. It was downright sinister.Vanessa is propelled to Vienna by the shocking discovery. In her charge is young Timothy Lacy, who also has urgent problems to solve. But her hunt for answers only leads to more sinister questions in a mysterious world of white stallions of Vienna. But what promises to be no more than a delicate personal mission turns out to involve the security forces of three countries, two dead men, a circus and its colourful personnel. And what waits for Vanessa in the shadows is more terrifying than anything she has ever encountered.

    and the wild Colorado territory had a — lot to learn! — When prim Sarah Perkins arrived in Belle City, the towns-people were delighted. She looked tired, meek, manageable — and - best of all - unmarriageable. A schoolmarm who would stay a schoolmarm in the woman-hungry Colorado territory.But the hadn't reckoned on Sarah's downright defiance of the town's written and unwritten rules... nor on the fact that in addition to "learnin" their children, Sarah Perkins had a thing or two to teach them.The school board revolted. So did Sarah. And when the women organized against her, she called for help from the men.They came to offer moral support, financial backing - and proposals of marriage...

    But will she find romance too? When Cathy moves into her cousin's flat she doesn't bargain on her new neighbour - hospital consultant Dr Andrew Lairg. A misunderstanding means the pair get off to a bad start. Could the tragedy of Dr Lairg's first wife be behind his brusque manner? Meanwhile, Cathy can't help becoming attached to some of the patients in the acute male orthopaedic ward. Will dear old Professor Brown pull through to make the long journey to his daughter in Australia? Can Tiny Ellis recover from his injuries caused by a serious car crash? Cathy is moved by the patients' humour and bravery as she nurses them through each night shift. She learns that courage is the one light in this ward that never goes out. And Cathy, too, will need courage to face the challenges in her personal and professional life. Another heart-warming romance and unique insight into the lives of nurses and doctors in the 1960s, with all of the trademark warmth and realism of a hospital story by Lucilla Andrews. The Light in the Ward is the twelfth novel by the bestselling hospital fiction author Lucilla Andrews. For the first time, Lucilla's novels are now available as ebooks. More at www.lucillaandrews.com

    She was ecstatic, but her joy was short-lived when she came face to face with the great man. Cold and forbidding, he proved to be a hard taskmaster. She felt her dreams can be coming true... but would she be tough enough to work under such and exacting taskmaster?

    Determined to make her own way in the world, beautiful Tony Carew, orphan-heiress to the Carew fortune, had opened a bookshop in the heart of Manhattan. Now theshop was a smashing success-and even more wonderful, Rodney Meredith entered her life. But a sinister shadow- five-year-old crime that had never had been solved-suddenly came to blight Tony's blossoming happiness. Rodney began to avoid her, and the wealthy man-about-town, Carter Holbrook, sought to replace him. Tony had no choice. She had to set out to untangle the mystery herself-no matter what dread danger lay ahead!

    And then suddenly beautiful Bianca Trael had nothing. Within hours her husband had turned against her, and her blissful marriage had been rined by the most degrading of scandals.It seemed impossible, but it had happened-and it was only the beginning of Bianca's nightmare. For the evil that had crushed her marriage now followed her to a town house in a quiet Washington suburb...a house in which trusted firends became enemies...and an unknown secret held her only chance for survival...

    Elspeth, however, was convinced she would never make a suitable wife for a minister. Dougal didn't agree -- but he didn't know of the scandal that lay like a shadow over her past.

    But Jeremy had a wild past and a background of a broken marriage. Was he any more trustworthy than Stephen had been?