Chosen by a dying alien to take her spacecraft back to the planet Amaryllis, Melanie Ross must conquer her fears amid a superior race. Her husband, an undercover cop, has been killed, and she fears for her life. Escorting the craft gives her a means of escape.
Ahead of her are shocks and surprises. Reve, commander of the planet's Starship bears an inexplicable resemblance to her dead husband. Melanie feels a strong attraction for the alien, and the passion that flares between them transports her far beyond what she has ever known. Reve literally transports her to the stars and beyond.
Stefan Soultanakis, head of a successful fashion house is reserved and controlled. Georgie McNamara, his recently promoted assistant designer, is flamboyant vivacious and fun loving.
Stefan decides to find an unemotional wife; one who will fit into his organized lifestyle.
But Stefan's life is turned upside down by Georgie, a whirlwind with a zest for life that he finds refreshing. He begins to lose interest in his plan to find an uncomplicated wife.
During a dream the Lord of Highgrove Manor, Essex, who possesses a deep knowledge and fascination for ancient history, drops back in time to the year 450AD. When he meets Haesal, a noblewoman he is sent to rescue, Brys knows he has found the lover who has invaded his dreams.
Haesal's belief in fairy folk and sorcerers helps her to better understand Brys's sudden appearance in her world.
Most Celts have fled to the west of Britain, to evade the Germanic invaders. Brys realizes his mission is to see Haesal and her brother Ginald safely back to their home near Tintagel in Cornwall. The journey is long and hazardous and there are many dangers to be faced, not only on the road, but when they reach their destination.
Recently widowed Tess Barrett is relishing her new state of independence, not dreaming her world is about to be rocked on its axis by Jack Donovan, the man she spent many hours fantasizing about when he worked for her bully of a husband. Trapped in a marriage with a tyrant who eroded her confidence and humiliated her Tess sees herself as plain and dowdy; what would a now rich, successful, handsome, younger man see in her?
But her reserved nature bewitches Jack as much now as it did when he was a raw young man. Determined, now she is free, to go after her he uses his desire to buy her dead husband's construction company as an excuse. Sure his marriage to a selfish woman collapsed in part because of his infatuation for Tess Jack yearns for a woman who can give him unconditional love. Unsure of his motives Tess can't understand what Jack sees in a woman nearing middle age with grey in her hair. Jack finds their age difference immaterial and sets out to overcome her self- set barriers.
Kate Emmanuel is terrified of getting hurt, so steers clear of emotional involvements: until she goes to stay in Liam Austin's house. Liam, an architect, designed and built the house that Kate falls in love with on first sight. She is also immediately drawn to the house’s owner. They appear to both have the same objections to marriage.
The attraction between Kate and Liam reaches boiling point and, thinking there is no logical reason why two mature people can't enjoy a casual relationship, she agrees to an affair; with no emotional entanglements. But her attraction to Liam changes the course of her life, forcing her to toss away her convictions and follow the dictates of her heart.
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More Thoughts and Feelings contains stories and poems to suit every taste.
TRICIA McGILL
Leah, a landscape designer, inherited her love of gardening from her eccentric aunt. When contracted to work on private investigator Sean Russel's garden, Leah becomes involved in a series of unpleasant experiences involving his cases. Despite her increasing attraction to Sean, she soon begins to wonder how she happened to become enmeshed in such mayhem.
Amy Morgan is content in the country town where she was born. Everyone expects her to marry Tony Bowen. Seven years earlier, teenager Amy declared her love for Tony’s older brother, Andrew. Only Amy knows the love he spurned still smolders inside her.
Andrew left town to make his fortune in Melbourne. Now a wealthy man he is sick of the grind of long hours, and the country town beckons. Amy is convinced Andrew will soon tire of the slower pace. But Andrew has plans—he intends building a health complex plus sport's store. Amy and Tony realise a relationship built on friendship alone wouldn’t work and when Andrew proposes she accepts—but her insecurities and mistrust threaten to split them apart.
"Cosseted all her life, Lani Morgan inherits a fortune, but yearns for a loving family. The chance to grab that arrives when two youngsters talk her into taking a flat in their house. Their father, Ryan, is enchanted by the air of intriguing melancholy about his new tenant. Will Lani’s lonely heart find the love she wants above all else?"
Andrew Macallister, a wealthy Australian architect, takes life too seriously. Elizabeth Rowan, his outgoing and fun-loving PA, is a foil for sombre Andrew. She is passionate about Celtic lore and language. He reluctantly answers a plea from his two old aunts to go to Scotland before his uncle dies even though he has no real desire to visit the land his father left under a cloud many years ago. Liz persuades Andrew to take her along.
In the draughty and dilapidated castle they find a strange cloak and badge in a disused attic which set off a course of events that propel them back in time to 1050 where they meet Travis, Andrew's double.
When Beth Anderson visits her friends in Scotland to help renovate the dilapidated castle Andrew inherited she isn't prepared for the story Liz relates of how they were swept back in time to 1050.
Beth discovers their method of time-travel, but the Travis she meets is now driven by revenge and set on annihilating all his enemies. He has little time for another woman from the future. Amid the violence and bloodshed a great love grows—a love that must overcome many obstacles.
In White Clover we met Travis and his clansmen. In My Highland Love we are reunited with them.
From the horrors of the 1914-18 war to present times Traces of Dreams follows the lives of Londoners, Alicia and Mathew, as their working-class family struggles in a world where their only riches are their unfailing strength and capacity for selfless love.
Despite insurmountable odds Alicia is the beacon that lights the way for her family and sustains them for generations. Through illness, tragedy, and loss Alicia must cope with all life throws at her. When everything you love is destroyed you can just give up or carry on. Alicia’s way is to carry on.
Strong-willed Sara, one of Alicia’s daughters is almost defeated by the setbacks she encounters, but following her mother’s example escapes an intolerable situation to forge a new life for herself in a new country. But always she yearns for the love she is forced to leave behind.
