Betty Neels

Megan thought she had it all - a good job, a caring family and a fiancé whom everyone agreed would make her a wonderful husband. But then her perfectly constructed world fell apart....

When Rauwerd van Kempler proposed to Tilly, he made it clear their marriage would be a convenient arrangement. But suddenly Tilly wasn’t so sure that was all she wanted from him....

Rebecca Saunders isn't Baron Tiele Raukema van den Eck's type - she's already heard him describe her as a thin mouse. But he's been very kind, rescuing her from an intolerable home life....

Emma Trent had spent most of her life looking after other people, so it was a shock to encounter a man so determined to take care of her. She was hardly in a position to turn down Sir Paul Wyatt’s proposal of marriage, even if it was motivated by convenience on his part....

Facing bankruptcy, Celine's family were forced to turn their home into a guesthouse to make ends meet. Celine found her new life hard work but great fun....

When Matilda's father retires through ill health, the family's new life in Much Winterlow is forced into reduced circumstances....

Sister Maggy MacFergus was tall and she discovered most men found this offputting....

Harriet had met the man of her dreams, the one she’d always imagined herself marrying. But Dr Friso Eijsinck was very attractive, and he seemed to be surrounded by pretty girls....

Charity thought she had it all - marriage to respected consultant Tyco van der Brons and being a mother to his two children. So why did her heart yearn for his love, too? Find out....

Alone in the world, without a job. That was Suzannah Lightfoot’s uneviable position when Guy Bowers-Bentinck rescued her....

For Olivia Harding, the offer of employment at a small private school came as something of a godsend....

Staff nurse Samantha Fielding had one golden rule: never get involved....

She swore she would never marry a rich man! As a private nurse to wealthy spoiled people, Constantia had seen the misery too much money could bring....

Georgina Rodman had been given a special nursing assignement; she was to look after the Van den Berg Eyffert children who were recovering from an accident....

Titus Taverner was a busy and successful medical man who lacked a wife....

Amelia and Tom had been engaged a long time. Too long - and she had begun to worry about why he should be so reluctant to set a date....

After the hurly-burly of the big London hospital where she had been working, Judith found it a very pleasant change to be offered a private job looking after a charming patient, Lady Cresswell, in the Lake District....

Sarah Dunn had worked with Hugo van Elven for a long time, and she was astounded when he suddenly proposed to her....

When Doctor Oliver Hay-Smythe sees how kindhearted Bertha has been put upon by her family, he decides to sweep her off her feet....

It deeply irritated Leonora that she was always being caught in awkward situations with the village's new doctor, James Galbraith - especially since she was engaged to Tony....