Cirrus@Austlit

'"Princess in Secret Love Tryst" Princess Talay Rasada's reputation was compromised the minute the newspapers carried the photograph of her kissing the rugged Australian, Jase Clendon. Outraged, he wondered if it had been a desperate ploy to get him to leave her island. He wasn't about to let her intended husband's challenge drive him away no matter what danger was involved. Talay feared what would happen if Jase won her heart. He couldn't want to marry such an inexperienced woman, and she shouldn't want to marry such a seductive playboy.' (Publication summary)

She was blinded, almost deafened by the explosion of her anger, a fury that was fed by her own reaction just to the sight of this man...

When Fiona Boyd managed to acquire a large piece of land, her dreams of running a dog-training school in the depths of Tasmania seemed about to come true. But that was before she discovered her new neighbour was millionaire sheep farmer Dare Fraser. However hard she tried to keep to herself he seemed to find an excuse to bother her at all hours of the day and night. Would there be any way for her to remain truly independent from this man or would she have to submit to his every wish time and again? - back cover (Chatswood, 1990)

'All her life Johanna Coleman had been used to getting her own way where men were concerned, and now that she had decided she wanted to go on this exciting expedition among the lagoons of northern Australia's Timor Sea she didn't anticipate much trouble. Not, that was, until she met Nick Bannon, the leader of the expedition, who made it clear from the start that he wasn't having her.

'And so began a battle of wills between them – Nick, who for once had an iron hand without a velvet glove, and Johanna, who found to her dismay, in no time at all, that there was no one else in the world for her but Nick Bannon.

'But Nick, it seemed, didn't want her – now or at any time in the future. Was Johanna, for once, going to lose?' (Publication summary)

Party planner Holly Denison decides that if she is ever going to have the leading role at her own wedding party she's going to have to take matters into her own hands. Surely her best friends can fix her up with a few blind dates?

'Sure', they say. And that's how Holly meets Jake Lincoln. He's gorgeous, rich and successful. In fact he's perfect marriage material if only Holly can get him to agree! - back cover (Chatswood)

'All her life Johanna Coleman had been used to getting her own way where men were concerned, and now that she had decided she wanted to go on this exciting expedition among the lagoons of northern Australia's Timor Sea she didn't anticipate much trouble. Not, that was, until she met Nick Bannon, the leader of the expedition, who made it clear from the start that he wasn't having her.

'And so began a battle of wills between them – Nick, who for once had an iron hand without a velvet glove, and Johanna, who found to her dismay, in no time at all, that there was no one else in the world for her but Nick Bannon.

'But Nick, it seemed, didn't want her – now or at any time in the future. Was Johanna, for once, going to lose?' (Publication summary)

Back in her lush, beloved Carramer, Carissa day purchased the perfect B and B for raising her babies-to-be. Trouble was, an aristocratic 'intruder' proved she'd been swindled - her new home was actually his royal lodge. Worse, he proved to be Carissa's teenage crush, Eduard de Marigny, Marquis of Merrisand - now more irresistible than ever. Penniless and pregnant - with triplets! - Carissa had to flee. Eduard, however, had other ideas. Namely, a partnership giving Carissa a title and protection - and giving him an instant heir. Still, even with reignited passion burning between them, even with a kingdom at her feet, could Carissa wed her first and only love - and forever forsake having his heart? - back cover (Chatswood, 2003)