by Carla Kelly (2009)
As a surgeon in the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Philemon Brittle has proved his bravery countless times. But he's never known the thrill that comes with falling in love. Until he meets the beautiful Lady Laura Taunton, who has turned to nursing the wounded as solace from her unhappy past.Philemon will need to draw upon every bit of his strength and determination to convince the marriage-shy Laura that establishing a life together is the truest path to love and happiness....
Betty Neels
Patience knew she couldn't be more different from the sort of women Dutch surgeon Julius van der Beek seemed to attract. After all, she was a quiet country girl with a somewhat unique taste in clothes--and an assertive personality to match! Yet she was attracted to him. Not that she had any hope of him noticing her, particularly with the glamorous Sylvia van Teule already at his side.
Valerie King
Plotting to capture the heart of Lord Rayneworth, her childhood dream hero, Merry Fairfield is delighted by his apparent attraction to her, until she learns of his forthcoming marriage of convenience.
Mary Balogh
In the first of a dazzling linked Regency quartet. Viscount Lygate is drawn to the many attractions of the Huxtable family, but which one of the daughters will answer his prayers?
Dianne Drake
When he adopted two young girls, paediatrician Dr Reid Adams found a new sense of purpose, but it cost him his fiancée. His girls and his little patients are now his life. Then prickly but beautiful surgeon Keera Murphy arrives with a sick and orphaned child, and turns his world upside down. Keera is clearly struggling with two-year-old Megan, who has recently been placed in her care, she's convinced she's not mother material. But Reid is determined to bring these two lost souls together, and soon realises that in opening up Keera's locked-away heart he's in danger of losing his own!