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Imitation of Love
When Catherine Willoughby's brother is killed, leaving Catherine and her younger sister, Alyssa, penniless and without a home, she wonders how they will survive.
Jimmy had been working with the dashing 'Captain' helping French aristocrats escape the guillotine, but it is the shallow dandy Xander Oakley who steps in to help the girls. As Catherine spends more time with him, she realises there is more to Oakley than meets the eye. But will he still want to help Catherine and Alyssa when he finds out the truth about a letter he received from Jimmy Willoughby?
As Catherine begins to fall for Oakley, everything is at stake and she finds herself pitched headlong into danger.
Jimmy had been working with the dashing 'Captain' helping French aristocrats escape the guillotine, but it is the shallow dandy Xander Oakley who steps in to help the girls. As Catherine spends more time with him, she realises there is more to Oakley than meets the eye. But will he still want to help Catherine and Alyssa when he finds out the truth about a letter he received from Jimmy Willoughby?
As Catherine begins to fall for Oakley, everything is at stake and she finds herself pitched headlong into danger.
115 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2012
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About the author
Sally Quilford
53 books29 followersSally Quilford has had stories published in most of the major women’s magazines, and had seven pocket novels (to date) published My Weekly Pocket Novels. They have subsequently been sold to Ulverscroft Publishings Linford Romance Library, for large print publication. She has also won and been placed in many competitions. As well as running a popular competition calendar (linked to her column in Writers’ Forum magazine) Sally has judged writing competitions.
Sally is a monthly columnist with Writers Forum magazine and has also had articles published in The New Writer. Sally lives in Derbyshire with her husband and four westies. When the weather is nice enough she writes in her shed, hence her own ‘publisher’ on her Kindle ebook being labelled ‘Tales From the Shed’. Her proudest moment so far, not counting the birth of her children and the day she married, was when the King of Twitter, Stephen Fry linked to her (old) blog from his Twitter page, describing her as ‘pleasantly sane’.
Sally is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association. She is also available for workshops (mainly on writing romance and short fiction for women’s magazines).
Sally has had novellas, stories and articles published in the following publications:
Novels/Novellas
My Weekly Pocket Novels
The Secret of Helena’s Bay
My True Companion
Bella’s Vineyard
A Collector of Hearts
Imitation of Love
Sunlit Secrets
Mistletoe and Mystery
The People’s Friend Pocket Novels
Our Day Will Come (tbp 9th August 2012)
Easy Read/Bridges and Knight
Bonfire Memories (Oct 2012)
Linford Romance Library (Large Print)
The Secret of Helena’s Bay (in libraries now)
Bella’s Vineyard (in libraries now)
A Collector of Hearts (in libraries now)
My True Companion (in libraries now)
An Imitation of Love (in libraries now)
Sunlit Secrets (in libraries now)
Mistletoe Mystery (due 1.12.2012)
Our Day Will Come (due in 2013)
Siren Publishing
Command Performance – as Sally Quilford (January 2012)
Let Me Be Your Hero (The Peak of Love 1) – as Elise Hart (April 2012)
The Future Mrs. Winter – as Sally Quilford (May 2012)
A New Flame (The Peak of Love 2) – as Elise Hart (August 2012)
A Christmas Moon – as Sally Quilford (December 2012)
Articles
Writers Forum – as monthly columnist
The New Writer
The First Line
Writing Magazine
Stories
Magazines
Take A Break Fiction Feast
My Weekly
The Weekly News
Best
That’s Life Fast Fiction (Australia)
Allas (Sweden)
Dark Tales
Dark Horizons (British Fantasy Society’s publication)
Anthologies
Sexy Shorts for Lovers (Accent Press)
Sexy Shorts for the Beach (Accent Press)
The Creature in the Rose (BeWrite.net)
Several Xcite anthologies (under different pseudonym and as Sally Quilford)
Diamonds and Pearls (Accent Press)
Tears and Laughter and Happy Ever After (Blot Publishing)
Scream (Bridge House)
Going Places (Bridge House)
The Dogstar and other Science Fiction Stories (Leaf Books)
The Someday Supplement (Leaf Books)
La Fenetre (2 issues)
Sally is a monthly columnist with Writers Forum magazine and has also had articles published in The New Writer. Sally lives in Derbyshire with her husband and four westies. When the weather is nice enough she writes in her shed, hence her own ‘publisher’ on her Kindle ebook being labelled ‘Tales From the Shed’. Her proudest moment so far, not counting the birth of her children and the day she married, was when the King of Twitter, Stephen Fry linked to her (old) blog from his Twitter page, describing her as ‘pleasantly sane’.
Sally is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association. She is also available for workshops (mainly on writing romance and short fiction for women’s magazines).
Sally has had novellas, stories and articles published in the following publications:
Novels/Novellas
My Weekly Pocket Novels
The Secret of Helena’s Bay
My True Companion
Bella’s Vineyard
A Collector of Hearts
Imitation of Love
Sunlit Secrets
Mistletoe and Mystery
The People’s Friend Pocket Novels
Our Day Will Come (tbp 9th August 2012)
Easy Read/Bridges and Knight
Bonfire Memories (Oct 2012)
Linford Romance Library (Large Print)
The Secret of Helena’s Bay (in libraries now)
Bella’s Vineyard (in libraries now)
A Collector of Hearts (in libraries now)
My True Companion (in libraries now)
An Imitation of Love (in libraries now)
Sunlit Secrets (in libraries now)
Mistletoe Mystery (due 1.12.2012)
Our Day Will Come (due in 2013)
Siren Publishing
Command Performance – as Sally Quilford (January 2012)
Let Me Be Your Hero (The Peak of Love 1) – as Elise Hart (April 2012)
The Future Mrs. Winter – as Sally Quilford (May 2012)
A New Flame (The Peak of Love 2) – as Elise Hart (August 2012)
A Christmas Moon – as Sally Quilford (December 2012)
Articles
Writers Forum – as monthly columnist
The New Writer
The First Line
Writing Magazine
Stories
Magazines
Take A Break Fiction Feast
My Weekly
The Weekly News
Best
That’s Life Fast Fiction (Australia)
Allas (Sweden)
Dark Tales
Dark Horizons (British Fantasy Society’s publication)
Anthologies
Sexy Shorts for Lovers (Accent Press)
Sexy Shorts for the Beach (Accent Press)
The Creature in the Rose (BeWrite.net)
Several Xcite anthologies (under different pseudonym and as Sally Quilford)
Diamonds and Pearls (Accent Press)
Tears and Laughter and Happy Ever After (Blot Publishing)
Scream (Bridge House)
Going Places (Bridge House)
The Dogstar and other Science Fiction Stories (Leaf Books)
The Someday Supplement (Leaf Books)
La Fenetre (2 issues)
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
August 22, 2025
A short but action-packed historical novella, set during the French revolution. Catherine is the heroine, strong-minded and intelligent, and she rather despises Mr Oakley, her brother's wealthy friend.
After a family tragedy they're drawn together, and there are inevitable clashes and misunderstandings typical in a light story of this type. But the main characters are sympathetically drawn and three-dimensional, and the writing is fast-paced and very readable. The eventual outcome is predictable, but the climax is tense and makes the book almost impossible to put down.
Only available for the Kindle, as far as I know.
Longer review: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/...
After a family tragedy they're drawn together, and there are inevitable clashes and misunderstandings typical in a light story of this type. But the main characters are sympathetically drawn and three-dimensional, and the writing is fast-paced and very readable. The eventual outcome is predictable, but the climax is tense and makes the book almost impossible to put down.
Only available for the Kindle, as far as I know.
Longer review: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/...
February 21, 2019
Xsander and Catherine
One of the best books i have read
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They had a love 💘 that would last
A love that
Nothing could come between a must read
One of the best books i have read
.
They had a love 💘 that would last
A love that
Nothing could come between a must read
August 24, 2014
This is a short love story with spies, murder, lies and other outrageous episodes. For the length of the book it was filled in well enough without being more detailed. A nice one sitting read.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews