'Can respectable Cleo find love with black sheep Jacob
'1858.
'Alone in Nugget Gully, a goldrush town in Australia, Cleo sets up business as a milliner. Independent and respectable Cleo is determined to be successful but finds herself in financial difficulty.
'Also in Nugget Gully is disreputable black sheep Jacob Raines. He comes to Cleo's aid when she needs him, and grateful as she is, if her association with Jacob was known her reputation would be ruined. And yet, despite everything, Cleo and Jacob cannot stay away from each other. Scandal follows, but will they have a happy ending?' (Publication summary)
'Content with her humdrum life, Miss Dorothea Darent has no intention of marrying. She knows that her unfashionable curves and outspoken ways make her a disastrous match for any gentleman of the town. The scandalous Marquis of Hazelmere is equally intent on remaining single — but when he encounters Dorothea, he's entranced. He doesn't expect Dorothea's unconventional charm to take society by storm...but when the lady is surrounded by suitors, the confirmed rake must fight for his beautiful prize!' (Synopsis)
Richmond : Mills and Boon , 1992