by Penny Jordan (1984)
Their marriage had gone up in flames. Jake Harvey was every woman's secret type. During their brief and volatile union, Kate had been wildly jealous, dangerously insecureand he'd never reassured her with words of love--only of desire. Kate went up like dry tinder every time Jake touched her, and she resented that power over her almost as much as she abhorred his career. Finally he threw her out, saying, "Come back when you've grown up. " But Jake had come to her instead. And Kate's fuse was as short as ever when it came to him, his work and the latest woman clinging to his arm.
Amy Andrews
Facing her estranged husband Fletcher was always going to be heartbreaking for nurse Tessa King. Especially as Fletcher has one last favour to ask - with his mother critically ill, he needs Tessa to pretend tragedy never tore their marraige apart. Impossible when your husband's the one man it hurts your heart to touch but the one man you can't resist.
Tessa Radley
Widowed billionaire Nick Valentine should have known the new nanny was too good to be true. And when Candace Morrison revealed her hidden designs on his baby daughter, Nick was ready. The sexy schemer would definitely get what was coming to her, but that wouldn't include Nick's child. Candace knew Nick had been deceived--but not by her. She was stunned by her boss's fierce response to the truth--and to their undeniable chemistry. Now she'd stop at nothing to prove her shocking claims about the little Valentine heiress. But would it make them a family ... or tear them apart?
Flora Kidd
"No strings" was what they both agreed to But a price had to be paid, and when events separated them, Karen bore their child alone. She had loved Val desperately and refused to trap him into a marriage he did not want. Then, seven years later, he discovered their son's existence and snatched Tony from under her nose. "If you want him, you'll have to come and get him," he told her. But it was not that simple, for memories and his still potent attraction undermined all her efforts to fight him.
Betty Neels
SHE NEEDED TO BELIEVE IN HERSELF! Victoria was a very pretty girl, but with three sisters even prettier than she was, Victoria had developed a bit of a complex about her looks. So when attractive Alexander van Schuylen made it clear he liked her, she really didn't expect much more from him. How could she, when he was so impressed with her sisters' beauty? But if his feelings for Victoria actually did run deep, she could be in danger of losing him--entirely through her own fault!