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This sounds like an old Anne Marie Winston

The Light Within
by Yvonne Whittal

The first I think is a Presents and is set mostly in Africa I think. The Heroine works for her father's company I believe, in photo or video work of some kind and is sent on a trip to the jungle in Africa or similar and the Hero meets her at the airport and immediately does not think she is cut out for the job. She falls ill and he has to take her home to care for her until she recovers. She then has all manner of accidents or does stupid things as they go about their business (he is acting as her guide so to speak, to show her around for the work she is doing) Like on a trek through the jungle she drinks from a lake and he gets really mad at her. There is tons of attraction. They finally get together and then there is some kind of misunderstand and she leaves back to America. I think she ends up pregnant, anyway after some time he comes to find her to tell her he loves her and they have a HEA. Sound familiar to anyone?
The second is a 2 into 1 book, the first story the hero's name is Wolfe & he saves this young woman from being attacked on the beach after a party, he takes her on his yaght (he is quite a bit older) and they end up together for several days. Her stepmother causes a misunderstanding between them. Then she comes back to town years later and ends up working for his business (unbeknown to her upon taking the job), as a buyer for his clothing shop.
The second story in the book, the heroine has red hair and the hero calls her Red. He agrees to marry her because she will lose her inheritance if not married by 25 or something and she think he needs her $ to run his ranch, but it turns he doesn't, it's because he loved her at first sight. Anyone?


Hmm,confusing? Let me clear it with an example. Think...I am reading Christmas Cowboy by Diana Palmer. Now there are five brothers(hart brothers). The novel is about Corrigan Hart. But in some places his brothers make appearances. They look big & gruf(but actually nice :) )Now some of the dialogue the Callagan Hart says makes me think....hmmm,intersting character(HE HAD SAID TO THE HEROINE IF IT WERE ME I WOULD HAVE NEVER LET YOU GO...or something like this),the author maybe have written a novel about him too...so I save the name in notepad & continue...Then when i get time,i go to google & search "Callagan HART DIANA PALMER". If there is a novel written on him,various links will appear,if not,then just random things.
Now MY problem is, I had saved the name Marcus Carrera & forgot about it. & today when i searched about him,i got a novel written on him (CARRERA's BRIDE).BUT I don't remember why in the first place I thought him interesting & saved his name. I mean in which book he appeared as specially & how? I know it sounds silly,but in some cases I read books based on the character. So please help me remember in which book he previously came in as a cameo& how..I mean the circumstances,description of him & his dialogues etc...Oh,forgot to tell,Marcus Carrera is also a DIANA PALMER character. Thanks for helping me :)

Oh, an Amazon review says he's in Renegade

Thanks a lot willafful. That's where I read about him ..Renegade :)

the h maybe from family money... she lives with her daughter and plays basket ball with an adult womans team for exercise one day a week.... ends up hurting her knee... the hero whom I think is there at the time... takes over with the little girl..... I think there is a giant dog in the story too....
ring any bells with anyone... ?

This is all she remembers.
BOOK 1 - The h was abandoned by her mother as a child, and it was quite traumatic for her. She becomes a doctor and saves the life of a man (an earl, my friend thinks) who had a heart attack, and this man is precisely the current husband of her mother. He has a son with whom h falls in love.
Book 2 - The H has a son and he doesn't know about that. The h is best friend of the boy's mother.. She starts a relation with the H by vengeance and she's engaged to him to get money to pay for the boy's operation... Her friend died in labour and the h became responsible for the boy. There's a priest who takes care of the boy, and they were raised together in an orphanage (the h, the priest and the boy's mother). She sells the engagement ring and gets the money to pay for the operation. That's all my friend can remember.

It's where the heroine gets dumped by her fiancé and she goes to a party with her coworker who is male and meets the hero.
She's drinking and her coworker I think does a car race with group but heroine stays with hero in his house and gives up her virginity that night - he falls for her hard but she is in a state of shock - she gets pregnant by him he wants her to marry him she doesn't - ex fiancé comes back into the picture he wants her back but hero is possessive and hides her in his house to rest with pregnancy
I remember a scene where she gets jealous when she sees hero in taxi with singer and she collapses ......
It's such a long time since I read it that I hope it can jog anyone's memory.

It has to do with a self-made millionaire who returns to help out his dead friend's sister (who sings at a bar or something) but she wants nothing to do with him because she blames him for killing her brother by giving him money for drugs. I think she needs protection from some men, and of course this rich man can give it to her. I remember vague details like the fact that she always lives on first floor because she was in a fire when she was young and this guy has a slide type thing from his penthouse for her. I also remember that he was surprised to find out she is a virgin. Lastly, if I am not mistaken they spent a lot of time on his yacht which she always called a boat.
I hope these details are coherent.Honestly, I can only remember bits and pieces.



All I can remember of the first is that the hero and heroine get stuck in this mansion that I believe the heroine is restoring or something for the hero. They get trapped there due to a storm that takes out the bridge that leads to the house.
The other is where the hero and heroine have known each other since teenage years. The heroine's grandfather had tricked her into believing that the hero had stolen something of value from her, as well as slept with women to help support his family. They grow apart and end up disliking each other until they're reunited and they learn the truth behind what happened when they were young.


Thanks so much. Yes that is the book. Have a great day!

I think it may be a lynne graham book but hero saw heroine when she was swimming in the sea near her villa which her teacher dad used to always go with and hero and he falls hard but fast forward some years later and her father marries Heros intended fiancé but he doesn't care since he likes her but I think she escapes the engagement and leaves with her dad and step mum but I think the step mum and dad die.....I can't remember anything else so if anyone remembers the book please can you let me know as it's bugging me :-)

It's verra similar to :

Hero saw her skinny dipping & insta luv ensued. Slowpoke that he is, waited 6 years before rocking her boat.

It's verra similar to :

Hero saw her skinny dipping & insta luv ensued. Slowpoke that he is, waited 6 years before rocking her boat."
Thank you so much Verity - it's the one :-)




This is all she remembers.
BOOK 1..."
Sorry Carla, I can't help. Neither one sounds like any HP that I've read.

Gul wrote: "Hi im looking for a mills and boon/harlequin i read some time back but forgot the name of author and the book.. So it goes like this... Its set in australia.. and the guy is alpha hero and he is ne..."


Gul wrote: "Hi im looking for a mills and boon/harlequin i read some time back but forgot the name of author and the book.. So..."
Roub Hi.. unfortunately its not that one...
My book was set in Australia... i think it was Presents.... and i just can't remember any other scene.. Its been years since ive been searching for it :(


That sounds exactly like Baby Of Shame, except it's one child, not twins.



I'm looking for an older Harlequin. The h was going into the convent and the hero said something along the line of " You are running away from life to hide in a convent."
Please help me find this book. If you have any other older harlequin romance novels that feature the nun convent theme please recommend.


She doesn't actually go into a convent, but it had been her dream.



She doesn't actually go into a convent, but it had been her dream."
I liked this one =)



She doesn't actually go into a convent, but it had been her dream."
Loser take all is in my top ten...i just found it online afer searching forever for it, i hadnt read it since i was a kid..but i read it last week.Just as good.

It's where the heroine gets dumped by her fiancé and she goes to a party with her coworker who is male and meets the hero.
She's drinking and her coworker I ..."
Lol read this last week too...it was good.

Sorry, it's not familiar to me.

I'm looking for an older Harlequin. The h was going into the convent and the hero said something along the line of " You are running away from life to hide in a convent."
Chrisolu,
Laurey Bright (SSE) :
- When morning comes = Heroine wants to be a nun / grew up in a convent.
- Fetters of the past = H/h from above show up briefly in the spin-off.

to gul: i was pretty sure it was the one i told u! do lmk when u find the ONE, i gonna read it!:)
Maria wrote: "Hello everyone! This HP I'm looking for is one of the oldies I'm sure. Problem is I can't remember the title or author. Here goes: the H is an attorney who helped put her father in prison where he ..."


Is there a shelf for HP writers who write under multiple names?


I don't know what this is but it sounds good. Please pass along the title when you discover it. :-)

It sounds really familiar and i think the heroine sister was a model who had a baby and the heroine raises her as the sister dies right and I remember there was a boat scene where the Other Woman throws her off the boat and it's the only time the girl shouts out for her father (she never calls him by that) and he jumps in and saves her.....I think it may be a penny jordan book but I'm looking around just in case ....did it have a scene like that as I think the other woman regrets pushing her and shocks herself ?!?
I'm gonna have to rack my brains big time for this one lol
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