Best of
Romance

1973

Moonraker's Bride


Madeleine Brent - 1973
    The way she tackles this task leads to her being thrown into the grim prison of Chengfu, where she meets Nicholas Sabine - a man about to die.He asks her a cryptic riddle, the mystery of which echoes through all that befalls her in the months that follow...She is brought to England and tries to make a new life with the Gresham family, but she is constantly in disgrace and is soon involved in the bitter feud between the Greshams and a neighbouring family.There is danger, romance and heartache for Lucy as strange events build to a point where she begins to doubt her own senses.How could she see a man, long dead, walking in the misty darkness of the valley? And who carried her, unconscious, into the labyrinth of Chiselhurst Caves and left her to die?It is not until she returns to China that Lucy finds, amid high adventure, the answer to all that has baffled her.

Red Adam's Lady


Grace Ingram - 1973
    She is not wealthy. She prizes her virginity. And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle—young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. On one of his nights of drunken revelry he abducts Julitta. Though she fends him off, keeping her virginity, he has sullied her honor. Then, to the astonishment of all, he marries her. Red Adam’s Lady is a boisterous, bawdy tale of wild adventure, set against the constant dangers of medieval England. It is a story of civil war and border raids, scheming aristorcrats and brawling villagers, daring escapes across the moors and thundering descents down steep cliffs to the ocean. Its vivid details give the reader a fascinating and realistic view of life in a medieval castle and village. And the love story in it is an unusual one, since Julitta won’t let Adam get closer than the length of her stiletto. Long out of print though highly acclaimed, Red Adam’s Lady is a true classic of historical fiction along the lines of Anya Seton’s Katherine and Sharon Kay Penman’s Here Be Dragons.

Cassandra by Chance


Betty Neels - 1973
    But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely damaged his sight in an accident, her attitude changed. Benedict asked Cassandra to go to Holland with him as his nurse. She agreed…and soon began to feel something deeper than sympathy for him. But with his close friend Paula nearby, why should he even notice Cassandra?

The Omnibus Three Favorite Regency Romances: Faro's Daughter / The Corinthian / The Nonesuch


Georgette Heyer - 1973
    The beautiful young must find a way to restore herself and her aunt to respectability, preferably without accepting either of two repugnant offers. One is from an older, very rich and rather corpulent lord whose reputation for licentious behavior disgusts her; the other from the young, puppyish scion of a noble family whose relatives are convinced she is a fortune hunter.Lady Mablethorpe was aghast. Her young son Adrian was marrying Miss Deborah Grantham--a gambling-club wench! Thus she sent her trusted nephew, the vastly wealthy, clever, and imperturbable Max Ravenscar, speeding to the faro tables to buy the hussy off. To Ravenscar's surprise, Deborah turned out to be remarkably handsome, witty, and--he could scarcely believe it--well-bred. Nevertheless, he expected she'd be grateful for the price he offered to give up her young suitor. Arrogant Ravenscar comes to buy her off, an insult so scathing that it leads to a volley of passionate reprisals, escalating between them to a level of flair and fury that can only have one conclusion....The CorinthianPenelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boy's clothing, she's fleeing from London when she's discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, himself on the verge of the most momentous decision of his life.When Sir Richard encounters the lovely young fugitive, he knows he can't allow her to travel to the countryside all alone, so he offers himself as her protector. As it happens, at that very moment Sir Richard could use an escape of his own...The NonesuchWhen they learned that Sir Waldo Hawkridge was coming, the village gentry were thrown into a flurry. The famed sportsman himself! Heir to an uncounted fortune, and a leader of London society! The local youths idolized "the Nonesuch"; the fathers disapproved; and the mothers and daughters saw him as the most eligible--and elusive--man in the kingdom.But one person remained calm. When she became a governess, Ancilla Trent had put away romance, and at first she could only be amused at the fuss over Sir Waldo. But when he ignored the well-born beauties of the district, a shocking question began to form: could the celebrated gentleman be courting her?

The Heart Listens


Helen Van Slyke - 1973
    Tale of one woman's lifetime - ranging from Boston of the roaring 20's through the deco-glamor of 30's Manhattan to the glittering California of the 70's - spanning decades of personal triumph and tragedy, crisis and ecstasy.

Enchanting Samantha


Betty Neels - 1973
    Perhaps one shouldn't get involved with one's patients? Yet .. .

Three for a Wedding


Betty Neels - 1973
    Three for a Wedding by Betty Neels released on Apr 11, 2006 is available now for purchase.

Stars Through the Mist


Betty Neels - 1973
    As she had been secretly in love with Gerard for some time, Deborah accepted his terms and hoped for the best. It might all have worked out very happily, had Gerard's friend Claude van Trapp not done his best to try and spoil things!

Silent Song


Lucilla Andrews - 1973
    Then she comes face to face with the one man she never expected, or wanted, to see again. "Arguably the best of all writers of hospital fiction." Nursing Times Four years ago, Anne was widowed after a car accident on her honeymoon. Now she is finally looking to the future. She enjoys the challenges of her job as a senior staff nurse in the Cardiac Unit of St Martha's Hospital. Ann's quiet life is turned upside down when she attends a New Year's Hogmanay party in Edinburgh. She is attracted to the handsome and charming Alistair Cameron - but then she meets his cousin, George Farler ... George was the kind stranger who supported Anne in Spain when her husband was killed. But it is clear that neither of them want to be reminded of those painful days. That is made more difficult when they begin working alongside each other at St Martha's. And then, Anne learns that George is secretly nursing a tragedy of his own. It will take more life and death situations, both in and out of the hospital, before Anne and George can understand whether it is possible to bury the ghosts of the past and live for the present, and the future. A heart-warming romance set in the early 1970s, with all of the trademark sensitivity and realism of a medical story by Lucilla Andrews. Silent Song is the eighteenth 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 Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and her Nightingales series, Jean Fullerton, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries.

The Fighters


Colin D. Willock - 1973
    A panoramic novel about the fighter war in the West 1939 - 1945.