黃珮婷 Betty: 1291 books

All problems had an answer-but marriage? Francesca was naturally optimistic-and she needed to be. She'd cut her nursing instruction short in order to look after the elderly aunt who had so kindly opened her home to Franny and her brother. Financial difficulties led Franny to apply for a job...

COULD THEY REALLY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER? The future Baroness van Tellerinck isn’t exactly sure why she has agreed to get married. Perhaps it’s because the tall and broad-shouldered Raf doesn’t make her feel like a giant. It certainly isn’t a love match. She doesn’t love Raf, and...

IT SEEMED A MOST UNLIKELY MATCH When Jenny gave up her nursing job to look after her aunt, she saw it as no sacrifice. The only difficulty was her aunt’s doctor, the imposing Eduard van Draak te Solendik. Eduard managed to be both attractive and infuriating at the same time. Unfortunately...

To keep her small family together, Isobel Barrington managed to make ends meet-just!-by doing private nursing jobs. Her mother had only a small pension and her younger brother had to be educated somehow. Isobel really shouldn't have had time to fall in love with Dr. Thomas Winters-but she did...

SO MUCH FOR AN EAGER GROOM! Amelia and Tom had been engaged a long time-too long! She was beginning to worry about why he was so reluctant to set a date. So when her father first suggested that the three of them should have a holiday in Norway, Amelia thought that in such relaxed surroundings...

“It seems to me that it would be to our mutual advantage if you were to become my wife…” Faced with no home and no family, Venetia was only too aware that Duert ter Laan-Luitinga’s solution to her problems was certainly practical-albeit rather unorthodox! Yet, he seemed set on...

COULD SHE COPE WITH THE SAVAGE FAMILY? Louisa didn’t want to marry the boring Frank, and she definitely didn’t want to live with her stepmother. Luckily, after completing her training, Louisa found what sounded like a pleasant and challenging nursing job-in Norway! She was delighted. She...

“DON’T WORRY, IT WILL WORK OUT PERFECTLY.” But did he mean the wedding arrangements or their future life together? Eustacia didn’t know. After all, it was a marriage of convenience, definitely not a love match. Colin made it very clear that he wanted a down-to-earth partner who would...

They had made a binding arrangement Dutch surgeon Sebastian van Tecqx had offered Emily’s father the chance to have a life-changing operation. But favors don’t come cheap, and the doctor expected something in return. It wasn’t hard for Emily to exchange her drab nurse’s lodgings for...

It was more than a family matter Dr. Duert ter Brandt disapproved of Christina’s relationship with his brother, Adam, and he made sure they both knew it. True, he didn’t stop Chrissy from coming to Holland to work near Adam. Still, he made it clear that her infatuation was not in...

“DON’T THINK YOU CAN COME SNEAKING BACK HERE IF YOU ARE EVER OUT OF A JOB!” Florina’s father was furious when, after a lifetime of drudgery, she finally developed the courage to rebel. But there was no danger of her returning home. Florina loved her new job as cook in the household...

CHRISTMAS DELIGHTS Claudia first met Thomas when he was asked to discuss the health of her great-uncle, Colonel Ramsay. After the colonel’s death, Thomas always seemed to be around-and then, astonishingly, he proposed. It took a wonderfully delightful Christmas with his family for Claudia...

SHE STOOD NO CHANCE WITH GIDEON Arabella Birch had a less than happy introduction to Holland when she became involved in a road accident. It seemed destined that the first person on the scene should be Dr. Gideon van der Vorst, who took charge of the situation-and Arabella-in a very commanding...

“I’M NOT ATTRACTED TO THIN MICE.” So stated the urbane Baron Tiele Raukema van den Eck—and as Rebecca Saunders was both thin and mouse-like, she knew exactly where she stood with him! But he had been very kind, rescuing her when she was virtually destitute. He had even found her a job—nursing...