Silver Lady - by Mary Lyons - Harlequin Presents - # 1610 - 1991.

Lost At Sea.
Francesca Patterson and Matthew Sinclair share a stormy past. In fact, the animosity they feel toward each other is equaled only by the disturbing undercurrent of unresolved attraction between them. Matt is the trustee of Francesca’s inheritance. She needs her money now, but Matt is going to make her work for it. Literally.
As chief cook and bottle washer aboard his yacht, Silver lady, and salve to his demanding guests, Francesca’s been sentenced to eight weeks of hell on the high seas. And each scorchingly hot day in paradise is fueling a dangerous passion that is all too close to flaring out of control.

The Silver Casket - by Patricia Lake - Harlequin Presents - # 578 - 1983.

Laura knew there was no future for them.
Right from their first meeting, Laura felt that Tom Farrell would change her life.
Somehow he brought her painfully out of her cocoon of work and uninvolvement as no one else had done. At last she was fully aware of herself as a woman; aware of new dreams coming into her life.
But Tom Farrell had made it perfectly clear that he could offer nothing but an affair, and loving him as she did, Laura realized that for her it just wouldn’t be enough.

Perfect Passion - by Patricia Lake - Harlequin Presents - # 501 - 1982.

She had ruled love out of her life.
Fay’s every instinct urged caution from the moment she met writer Gabriel Winters, even though his clear gray eyes reflected his deep attraction to her. Love, Fay reminded herself, had taught her a bitter lesson once. She wouldn’t tempt fate again.
But she hadn’t realized the stubborn strength of Gabriel’s passion, or the power of her own echoing response.
Nor did she suspect at first the shadow that darkened Gabriel’s past. A shadow that filled her with anger, and mistrust of the man she now knew she loved.

Moment Of Madness - by Patricia Lake - Harlequin Presents - # 593 - 1983.

“You’re blinded by adolescent dreams!”
The memory of Jase’s humiliating rejection still cut Lexa to the quick.
True, as a teenager she had worshiped her handsome stepbrother with the idolatry usually reserved for rock stars. But as Lexa matured, infatuation blossomed into love and abstract adolescent passion became a physical craving that jolted her with all the power of an electric current whenever Jase was near.
He thought of her as a child. How could she convince him she was a woman, with needs as strong as his own?

Fascination - by Patricia Lake - Harlequin Presents - # 986 - 1987.

He penetrated all her defenses.
Pretending indifference to Jordan Hayes was too much of a challenge to Lise Holbrook’s acting abilities. From the instant they met at a party in London, the wealthy patron of the arts dominated her thoughts.
Lise was still emotionally scarred from a brutal encounter in her youth, and she tried to distance herself from Jordan, instead she found him difficult to trust, and impossible to avoid.
Home again in San Francisco, Lise was amazed to find Jordan there, too. But the real shock came when her convalescent grandfather asked her to marry the powerful businessman, right there in the hospital room.

A Step Backwards - by Patricia Lake - Harlequin Presents - # 570 - 1983.

"Dan’s my only hope” Joe said desperately.
Cathy felt she was being pulled two ways. She could ignore her brother’s plight or appeal to Dan, the husband she had left, for a loan.
In the end, she had no choice, for Joe was in serious trouble. Dan agreed to provide the money on one condition. “I want you back as my wife.” he demanded.
Could she do that? The reason she had left had not changed, neither had her consuming love for him. And again, it seemed, her life was out of control.

Trail Of Love - by Amanda Browning - Harlequin Presents - # 1742 - 1995.

You’re in trouble with a capital T!”
Kay Napier was a happy, intelligent young woman who had been brought up in a loving home. But then lightning struck.
The first bolt came in the disturbingly attractive shape of Ben Radford.
The second - the unraveling of a well-kept secret - was a very challenge to her identity. She wasn’t who she thought she was! But then something else came to light.
Ben wanted her body, but not her love. He was marrying Nita!

Savage Destiny - by Amanda Browning - Harlequin Presents - # 1724 - 1995

He was just using her.
Five years before, Pierce had married Alix one day and rejected her the next. And why? Because she had been his route to a fleet of ships and his revenge. He had been passionate and she had been in love, but once was enough for Alix to have her fingers burned.
Now he was back and as demanding as ever. She must now marry him to help her sick father and the ailing family business, and again she had no choice. But this time things were different. Before she had to love him, now she hated him. She was determined not to suffer again as she had before, but was he too hot to handle.

Perfect Strangers - by Amanda Browning - Harlequin Presents - # 1055 - 1988.

She must not lose him a second time!
Doctors had ordered Zoe Winthrop not to try to see Ross Lyneham. His amnesia following the accident had robbed him of all memory of her. But Zoe was compelled to find out if there was still a chance for happiness.
She longed to tell him who she was and what they had once meant to each other. Yet she dared not, lest he discover that the woman in his past whose cruel betrayal caused his deep distrust of woman was Zoe, herself.
Surely there must be some way out of their situation.

A Promise To Repay - by Amanda Browning - Harlequin Presents - # 1432 - 1992.

“A very devious, dangerous man.”
That was how Kate described Aidan Crawford. She had been looking forward to ruining him, had thought about little else than the prospect of revenge.
When the opportunity came, however, she found herself against a worthy adversary, a man with devastatingly masculine wiles.
Until Aidan kissed her, she had thought herself frigid, unable to respond physically to a man. Why did it have to be Aidan who melted the ice that encased her? And was passion enough to free her from the shadows of her past?