Ring of Crystal

by Jane Donnelly

She'd never sought a man's affections

Annie Bennett had always had a steady supply of suitors, but much to her parents' dismay, no one had ever captured her heart -- not even the man she'd once almost married.

But when she came up against the forceful new editor of her hometown newspaper in Wales, Annie knew she'd met the son-in-law of her parents' dreams. And she was afraid she'd met her match.

It came as a crushing blow for Annie to realize she'd been waiting for Adam Corbett all her life, although he refused to take her seriously.

Genres: Harlequin Romance

188 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

Jane Donnelly began earning her living as a writer as a teenage reporter. When she married the editor of the newspaper she freelanced for women's mags for a while. After she was widowed she and her 5 year old daughter moved to Lancashire. She turned to writing fiction to make a living while still caring for her daughter, she sold her first Mills & Boon romance novel as a hard-up singleparent in 1965. She wrote over 60 romance novels for Mills & Boon until 2000. Now she lives in a roses-round-the door cottage near Stratford-upon-Avon, with four dogs and assorted rescued animals. Besides writing she enjoys travelling, swimming, walking and the company of friends.

Reviews

[Margo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stalkerific heroine who pines after withholding older man. She's the town beauty who has a lot of people gunning for her because she has her pick of the men. He is amused and tolerant but correctly thinks she is a child.

[Simsbury · Rating 1 out of 5]

Honestly the worst book I've read in ages. The heroine was a childish stalker who hounded the hero relentlessly. She had no personality apart from being extremely superficial and vain.
The hero was just a token dummy and we don't really find out anything about him at all.
Every single character in this book sucks, from the heroine's parents to her friends. The OW pops out occasionally (the hero apparently dated her for 70% of the story but we find this out much later).
I'm going off this author now. Can't take much more.

[Anuradha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this long before now I'm so happy to read this again

[RomLibrary]

She'd never sought a man's affections

Annie Bennett had always had a steady supply of suitors, but much to her parents' dismay, no one had ever captured her heart -- not even the man she'd once almost married.

But when she came up against the forceful new editor of her hometown newspaper in Wales, Annie knew she'd met the son-in-law of her parents' dreams. And she was afraid she'd met her match.

It came as a crushing blow for Annie to realize she'd been waiting for Adam Corbett all her life, although he refused to take her seriously.

[Madhulika · Rating 1 out of 5]

Totally stupid book. It was a drag, but since don't like to leave a book halfway, I finished it.

[Sandy Arsenic]

I remember this one years ago