The Mill in the Meadow / A Stranger Came / The Long Shadow

by Jane Donnelly

The Mill in the Meadow
Emma had given up her job in London to return home and look after her father -- and, she couldn't help admitting to hope for a second-chance with the man she had always loved, Mark Hurditch. That annoying Corby Kempson declared that she was wasting her time -- but what did he know about it? And what business was it of his anyway?

A Stranger Came
It was a bombshell when old Mr. Elsgood said that a newcomer, Stephen Harmon, was coming from London to take over the law firm of Elsgood and Elsey in the sleepy Midland town of Cheslyn Slade. Nell, Mr. Elsgood's secretary, was not at all sure that she was going to like the change - especially when she overheard Stephen Harmon saying, "My secretary works for peanuts. Come to think of it, that's about what she's worth."

The Long Shadow
Jill knew that she had treated Connal Craig incredibly badly, walking out on him only minutes before they were to have been married, and she felt that it was more than she deserved when he proceeded to behave in a civilized manner, as if nothing had happened.

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

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.