Romance Of A Lifetime - by Carole Mortimer - Harlequin Presents - # 1468 - 1992.

"Forget him and find someone new."
That was the advice Beth’s worldly wise mother gave her. "It’s the only way to get over a disastrous affair."
Beth wasn’t sure she really wanted to see more of attractive Marcus Craven. Not that Marcus was giving her any option; his pursuit of Beth following their chance meeting in Verona had been decidedly single-minded.
But something held her back from confiding in him. She had the strange feeling that Marcus knew more about her past than she would ever have revealed. And, to be honest, Beth was also afraid to fall in love again.

Return Engagement - by Carole Mortimer - Harlequin Presents Plus - # 1671 - 1993.

Lightning That Lingers.
Cyn was certain the Harcourt wedding would finally launch her bridal consulting and catering business. But anticipation turned to shock when she met the groom, Wolf Thornton, the man she’d once intended to marry.
Clearly, the upcoming union was not a match made in heaven. And if Wolf could still kiss her with such passion, then he had not right to marry Rebecca Harcourt at all! But how far could Cyn go to assuage her own burning needs.

Red Rose For Love - by Carole Mortimer - Harlequin Presents - # 522 - 1982.

Love led only to heartbreak.
Eve had survived the ordeal of Carl Prentiss, but the experience left her a sadly changed woman. Her trusting heart was now safely buried.
Never again would she love, least of all a rich man who thought his money could buy him everything, including her. So, despite his persistence, Bart Jordan didn’t stand a chance with Eve.
She was allowing stubborn bitterness and fear to ruin her life, but if Bart were to treat her as Carl had done, the result would be the same anyway.

Point Of No Return - by Carole Mortimer - Harlequin Presents - # 479 - 1982.

“I don’t care for wheeler-dealers!”
Even before she knew him personally, Megan disliked Jerome Towers, the wealthy landowner plotting to buy out her family’s farm.
And when she eventually did meet him, he was as arrogant as she’d expected. Quite unexpectedly, though, she became deeply captivated with him, enough to care what he thought of her in return.
She certainly didn’t want him to discover that she’d been accused of a scandalous relationship with his half brother, Roddy. But to her utter dismay, Jerome’s opinion of her seemed to grow worse and worse.

Perfect Partner - by Carole Mortimer - Harlequin Presents - # 571 - 1983.

She was obsessed with getting even.
Juliet was determined to make the arrogant, chauvinistic Jake Matthews pay for his public criticism of her best-selling novel. How dared he go around ruining people’s careers!
Jake’s analysis of Juliet didn’t stop at her writing, however. "You’re not ready for love, but you challenge me," he said, "and I intend to face that challenge.
Ready or not, Juliet fell in love, throwing her well-ordered life into confusion and her innocent heart into turmoil. For if he didn’t respect Juliet herself, he’d never respect her feelings for him.

One Bridegroom Required!- by Sharon Kendrick - Harlequin Presents - # 2011 - 1999 - Wanted: One Wedding Dress Series.

Rule number 1: For the perfect wedding . . . find a groom.
Holly Lovelace had the perfect wedding dress, but she was certain she’d never find the right bridegroom. Meeting Luke Goodwin changed her mind; he was rich, seriously sexy, only he wasn’t interested in wedding bells.
Luke couldn’t deny that Holly was incredibly desirable, but in his experience, that meant trouble! Beautiful women were never faithful to their men. But Holly believed that marriage was for a lifetime, and she simply had to convince Luke that she was a one-man woman, so long as that man was Luke!

Mistress Material - by Sharon Kendrick - Harlequin Presents - # 1867 - 1997 - Forbidden Series..

“I want you to become my mistress.
Suzanna was stunned. She was no longer the naive seventeen year old who had thrown herself at Pasquale Caliandro; now she was renowned model Suki.
Other men might proposition her, but Pasquale had bitterly rejected her, seven years ago. True, the electrical charge between them was as strong as ever, but what was that without any tender feelings? He must be mad or have a very warped sense of humor! But, she thought Pasquale never joked about business, and being his mistress was business.

Winter Sunlight - by Susan Alexander - Harlequin Presents - # 1031 - 1987.

She loved Max too much to love him.
Sophie Carter was good at her job, the best her agency had to offer. When the von Hartogs, an eminent Austrian family, needed a substitute nanny, she was asked to fill in.
Sophie never socialized with her employers. Maximilian von Hartog, however, uncle of her two charges, refused to take no for an answer.
In the quaint snow covered village of Kitzbuhl, Sophie fell in love with the determined baron. But when Max offered marriage she refused. There was so much he didn’t know about her, so much she didn’t want him to know.

Knight To The Rescue - by Miranda Lee - Harlequin Presents - # 1702 - 1992.

Damsel In Distress.
Audrey needed someone on her side for once and Elliot Knight appointed himself. But playing gallant rescuer was harder than it looked, especially for someone as vulnerable as Audrey, fresh on the rebound and tempting as sin.
Audrey knew she was deliberately playing on Elliot’s capacity for compassion, but she couldn’t let him walk out of her life, good deed done. The oh-so-brief feel of his lips on hers had been heaven. Somehow she had to convince her enigmatic hero that this was no fairy tale, but the real thing.

Mask Of Scars - by Anne Mather - Harlequin Presents - # 92 - 1975.

Christina's brother and sister-in-law were running a hotel in the Algarve, that lovely unspoiled part of southern Portugal, and when the long university vacation began it struck her as a good idea to go and visit them.
At any rate, it seemed a good idea until she realized just how unwelcome she was. Her sister in law was so obviously anxious to get rid of her that Christina was thankful when she was offered a job by the local lord of the manor, Dom Carlos Ramierez, but it was not long before she began to have her doubts about that too. Dom Carlos was positively feudal in his attitude to women in general and Christina in particular, and the last thing she wanted was to find herself falling in love with him.
But need she have worried, when it turned out that Dom Carlos had a highly suitable fiancee in the background, a meek Portuguese girl who was clearly going to make him a much better wife than an argumentative young English student!