Hodder Stoughton: 1633 books

A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1957 and now available for the first time in eBook. The minute Charlotte sees Meridan Avebury, it causes such strong, passionate feelings that she believes it must be love at first sight. But Meridan is already...

When Mandy's boyfriend dies in a motorbike accident, she is left alone with a young child and little money. So when her son's uncle Jon offers her a job as his receptionist - as well as a home with him and his beautiful but spoilt wife, Gillian - she gratefully accepts. But Mandy soon becomes aware...

Eve has been brought up at Corderhay Park by her adoptive parents Jack and Antoinette Corderhay, along with her younger half-sister Anne-Marie. As they grow up, Anne-Marie becomes a spoilt, wilful young woman who will stop at nothing to get her own way. During a holiday in Paris, Anne-Marie...

When Samantha's father dies, she marries Ronnie Curtis, an up and coming author who loves her dearly. Samantha still yearns for Andrew, her student flame, but feels Ronnie will be able to support her brother, Seymour. Andrew comes back and Ronnie insists that Smantha finds out just what she...

What happens when a young man and a young woman, each bitterly distrustful of the opposite sex, not only meet but find themselves sharing the same country house? At first Luisa, returning home from abroad, finds herself hating Martyn Saunders, a young vet injured in the war. Martyn becomes engaged...

Jennifer Ames was not beautiful but she had a certain something that kept Peter Barrington in willing thraldom for ten years. One day they hoped to marry, and to speed the happy day, Jenny takes a job as governess to Lord Barclay's twin children, Michael and Marie. When Jenny arrives at the...

When Phillida Bethel takes her first holiday job as her mother's help to beautiful Suzanne Kingley, she never guesses what lies in store for her on the exotic Topaz Island. Danger, romance, adventure and excitement are to come her way in full measure. Inexperienced as she is, she has no yardstick...

'Always love life' was the message Briony Stone's first sweetheart left with her before he was killed in an air crash. It seems strange that the same thought should be voiced by Robert Baker, the young vet whom she has known such a short time, but to whom she is so unaccountably drawn. Briony,...

At first Jerry fulfilled all Lynn's dreams and desires, but her love gradually dimmed when his unfaithfulness continued. When she meets Philip Castle, Lynn finds a true friend, and as Philip's love is revealed, Lynn's own feelings taken on a new meaning.

Gina longed to share her life with the man she loved, but Charles told her love must wait. Gina must learn sophistication, devote herself to becoming a suitable wife for a fashionable author. Charles's apparent indifference saddened and frightened Gina, for she was horrified by the new Charles...

A sensitive, intensely dramatic story of a woman's search for fulfilment in love ... When her first marriage had gone on the rocks, she had sworn to herself it would never happen again. She and David had been so young, so unfitted to the monumental task of marriage and parenthood. The baby had died...

A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1944 and now available for the first time in eBook. Jonquil Mathews had lived a sheltered life with her parents in their luxurious home, until the day her fiancé Simon, an RAF pilot, was killed at Dunkirk....

A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1967 and now available for the first time in eBook. Until she met the handsome staff psychiatrist, Bill Aden, Noni Brisbane had been content with her loveless marriage to Philip, a top-flight surgeon. Then, through Bill, she learned that real love was possible forever, despite tragedy and hardship.

Sally Marsden must rebuild her career and her personal life when a car accident leaves her both physically and emotionally scarred. Sally once had everything she wanted: a promising career as a model and a photographer boyfriend. That is, until the accident which subjects her to months of hospital...