Patricia Wilson was a prolific author, best known for her 53 romance novels published between 1986 and 2004. Primarily set in England, Spain, or France, her stories embodied the signature style of the Mills & Boon publisher. Wilson was celebrated for her knack for crafting engaging romantic plots and evocative settings that resonated with a wide readership. Her works stand as a testament to enduring romantic storytelling.
"Wednesday's child is full of woe." Sophie Grant certainly had her woes. Her parents had died and left a trust fund she couldn't touch; her home was condemned and she'd just lost her job! She had no option but to stay with Matthew Trevelyan in his isolated Cornish house. Then her woes really began. Sophie fell in love....
Christian Durand is used to giving orders...Stephanie Caine isn't used to taking them!When Stevie is offered the chance to spend some time in the sunny Caribbean, it seems like a dream come true. She'll be sharing her holiday with her young nephew, Jean-Paul--no hardship at all. The problem is that Jean-Paul's uncle, Christian Durand, is also on the scene. How dare he presume to take control of their lives? It's time someone stood up to him.... And that someone just has to be Stevie!
I remove obstacles that stand in my way!Nick Martella wouldn't allow Joanna's love for another man to cause him any problems. Joanna, of course, resisted his high-handed attitude, but it seemed that wherever she went, whatever she did, Nick was always one step ahead of her. It was hard enought to deal with him in England, but on the small Caribbean island Nick called home, Joanna found it even more difficult to outmaneuver him. It was, though, only when Joanna realized that she was not only fighting Nick's single-minded pursuit of her, but her own growing love for him, that her problems really began!
"You are two people--a mind and a body. The mind is evasive and devious, but the body is mine." Michalis Konstantine was right. April Stewart couldn't deny the spark of attraction that had flared between them, almost from their first meeting. It wasn't much consolation to realize that Michalis was fighting and resisting that attraction almost as hard as she was. His overpowering sensuality made her aware she was losing the battle. How could she possibly be drawn to a man who made it quite clear he despised her morals and was determined to teach her a lesson for her seduction of his brother?
'I am Sofia. I am searching for my daughter, born 1st November 1972. Can you help me?' On the beautiful beaches of Crete, an old woman is handing out scraps of paper. Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known. After a tragic childhood in Athens and a soaring career as a singer, the brutal treatment of the man she loved by a tyrannical regime forced her to give up her daughter mere days after her birth. Now she longs to be reunited with her child before it's too late. Meanwhile in London, Zoe is searching too. In the two years since the disappearance of her teenage daughter, Zoe's life has crumbled apart. Her husband has left her, her son feels forgotten, and every day is a struggle. But Zoe is desperate to track her daughter down, even if she doesn't want to be found . . .
A Passionate Attraction in Romantic Spain "I have desired you since I first saw you and lifted you into my arms. It is a feeling stronger than love, señorita." Laura's job as nurse/companion to a widowed Spanish condesa had come at an opportune time. She found the Condesa delightful, but her arrogant son Rodrigo was another matter altogether. With his outrageous demands and wicked charm, he seemed to want to take charge of her life just as he oversaw everything else at the castillo. But Sister Laura Marsh, the terror of the wards, would soon show him she was a force to be reckoned with! Would she be able to resist him — or would desire prove stronger than both of them? When Laura's new life amid the grandeur of a Spanish castle was threatened by Rodrigo, the autocratic Conde de las Montanas, she determined not to succumb to his powerful temper. But would she be strong enough to resist his will?
Carrie Stuart returned to London with reluctance There she would face the bittersweet memories of the past. There she had met Matthew Silver. Meeting him again four years later was no accident. He had manipulated events to put her back in his power, and she found that the gentle, considerate lover she'd known had become an unfeeling, hard stranger. He blamed her for their breakup yet he was the one who had left. Carrie had resolved Matt would never know that her husband was a figment of her imagination and that her twin daughters were his own.
A devil's bargainJames Sanderson is domineering, handsome and cold as black stone. But beneath all his polish, gloss and sophistication, Gemma knows there lurks a savage, untamed jungle cat who takes what he wants. And he wants her.Her father's death and mitigating circumstances give James the upper hand. Gemma makes it clear she neither loves nor likes him, but the only way of gaining time is to agree to his proposition of marriage. After all, she has a great sense of self-preservation and some terms of her own that she's prepared to deliver...
Arrogant as the devil and cold as ice - a ready-made adversary! Felipe de Santis was used to giving orders and he expected Maggie to defer to him. But she hadn't covered war zones and interviewed dictators without learning how to stand up for herself, and as far as she was concerned this assignment in Andalucia was no different from the rest. She would do things her way, and if Felipe de Santis didn't' like it he knew what he could do. What she wasn't used to was the sort of campaign he waged in order to get his own way...
Return of the stranger . . . Once Adam had been Kirsty's whole world. He was her hero. Then, in a few short moments, the magic had gone and Kirsty had fled.... Now Adam was back in Kirsty's life, blaming her for their breakup! Kirsty was determined to treat him like a stranger--with cool indifference. But then she discovered, to her cost, that this man she had loved so deeply could never be banished from her heart . . . .
Nothing was going to stop her —Not even the powerful and arrogant Mexican Jaime Carreras! Sara Lawrence had vowed to find her archaeologist father because of a deathbed promise to her mother. And that was what she would do.Carreras had warned her that her quest was foolish, and that without his help she could not be successful.Ignoring his warning — and the strange, furious pounding of her heart — Sara struck out alone on a journey fraught with disaster. And to her dismay she discovered that the words of Senor Carreras were true: all roads in Mexico led to him....
One man in a lifetime was one too many Ross Maclean was as male as they got, filled with everything Helen Andrews hated and feared: masculine aggression, sexual power, unbending strength. Defense mechanisms went on full alert the moment she laid eyes on her new boss. Helen had a family to protect, a job she needed and a past that left fear and uncertainty where there should have been flesh-and-blood woman. But Ross dared to tread where her door had closed, unable to quell his longing for this fragile beauty with the strength often. Was he strong enough to crack that fortress around Helen's heart--and offer refuge in his own?
Daphne, a young Jewish Greek artist, finds her life under threat during the Nazi occupation of Athens. In 2023 Liverpool, fine art restorer Flora is planning her Granny Daphne's 100th birthday. Nearing the end of her life, Daphne tells Flora of a valuable piece of art from her youth.
Now, she's returned to their home, Olivia is determined to discover her history and find out what caused the rift that tore her family apart. As Olivia uncovers secrets dating back to WWII, will she discover some things are best left in the past?
Stormy Surrender by Patricia Wilson released on Nov 22, 1991 is available now for purchase.
Ryan Landis had always loved and protected Lauren as long as she could remember. He had been a reassuring figure in her childhood. But now she was grown up and making her own decisions. And the last thing she wanted was Ryan interfering in her life. How dared he question her choice of husband! How could he whisk her off to California to work for him without giving her time to even think about whether she really wanted to? And what exactly did Ryan wantfrom her? The hard, arrogant businessman he had become was very different from the Ryan she remembered. But somehow he was even more exciting...
Didn't she hate great big, rough men, anyway? What Andrea Forsythe lacked in stature she made up for in determination and fortitude. But when she set off to Africa to find her missing brother, even she had trouble defending herself from the perilous embrace of construction engineer Kane Mallory--an arrogantly virile man, as dangerous as the jungle around them. Kane was the hardest, most ruthless kind of male animal. But Andrea was glad for his disturbing protection when a revolution broke out around them! Was it the adventure, the danger, the close proximity that explained her reaction to his touch--or was it a glimpse of something she had never known... and didn't want to lose?
As Summer learns more about her family's past, she begins to long for its future, and begins to track down the son she has not seen since his birth. 1916After a tragic mistake contributed to the sinking of the HMS Britannic, Gertie Smith is determined to leave the past behind.
A thrilling, dramatic and completely engaging tale of love, hope, intrigue and revenge on the island of Crete, as grandmother, mother and daughter unlock the secrets of tragic events during the Nazi occupation. A luxurious and intelligent summer escape.
Lucy didn't trust Guy an inchThe Comte de Chauvrais was the rudest and most insensitive man she had ever met.What had possessed her Aunt Wanda to accept an invitation to stay at his chateau? And why was he so interested in them? The whole affair made Lucy nervous.Especially when Guy claimed love did not exist--that it was merely a respectable cover for desire. Suddenly Lucy was strangely afraid she'd never be able to escape from the trap he had set--and the desire he aroused in her....
Sun, sea - and seduction Emily was no longer innocent or vulnerable enough to fall for a ruthless man like Alexi Karivalis. In the five years since their love affair ended, she had channeled her emotions into building a career-her work had become her only love. But under the scorching sun on a tiny Greek island, Alexi's reappearance in her life raised alarming suspicions - that the man she would once have gladly died for was now swindling her grandfather AND skillfully working his way back into her heart.
"Sent away to convent school at the age of six, Irini McGuire has never really known her celebrated archaeologist mother, Bridget, who lives on the paradise island of Santorini. So, when Irini receives news that Bridget has been injured at a dig and is in coma she knows it is time to return to the island of her birth. Discovering her mother's notes, and driven by rumours that her mother's injury was no accident, Irini starts to reveal the dark secrets behind her family's separation. Can she unearth the truth about her parents and her past before it is too late?"--Publisher description
Alex Thorne není blázen: ví, že žena, která přijela jako sekretářka jeho nevlastního otce, něco skrývá. Avšak odhalit její tajemství není tak jednoduché, jak se mu zpočátku zdálo!
Štěstí pod vrcholky hor - Když Laura Hughesová zdědí neočekávaně ranč, okamžitě se svým mladším bratrem opustí Anglii a vydají se do neznáma. Otcovo dědictví však není takové, jaké si ho oba představovali. Lauřina nevinnost a přirozený šarm okouzlí jejího nového souseda Cala Wexforda . Ten jí nabídne práci, aby si mohla svůj pobyt v Kanadě prodloužit, a Laura s díky přijímá! Utajená dvojčata - Vicky Suttonová se po mnoha neúspěšných pokusech otěhotnět vzdala naděje, že by někdy mohla mít děti. Až neuvěřitelná shoda náhod a podvodné jednání ředitele kliniky pro umělé oplodnění jí sen vyplnilo a Vicky se stala matkou dvojčat. Ale mezi ní a dětmi stojí jejich otec, bohatý anglický aristokrat James Thayer.
Zdá se, že pro krásnou Abigail bylo setkání s Loganem prokletím. Toho muže si kdysi vzala, ale jejich manželství záhy zkrachovalo. A tentýž muž se nyní pokouší přivést ke krachu i rodinnou firmu, kterou Abbie vede se svým otcem. Cožpak její útrapy nikdy neskončí?
Catherine ani sama neví, jak se jí vlastně podařilo získat místo u obchodníka Damona Kinga. Rozhoduje se však navzdory svému mládí a nezkušenosti obstát, a nikdo – ani samotný Damon King – jí v tom nezabrání!
Angličanka Sarah přijíždí do Paříže, aby splnila slib, který dala umírajícímu otci - setkala se s jeho dlouholetou milenkou a životní láskou. Po seznámení s jejím synem Armandem začne Sarah tušit, že cesta do Francie bude i pro ni osudová.
Catrina má svého snoubence Garyho ráda, i když ji jeho polibky příliš nevzrušují. Zato, když přijede jeho tajemný bratranec Zade...!! Catrina konečně poznává sama sebe.
Výprava k vrcholkům And představuje pro Alisu velké nebezpečí, a to nejen proto, že hory mohou být zrádné. Nejvíce ji ohrožuje mužné kouzlo Luca Sancheze – člověka, jehož názory na ženy jsou předpotopní. Právě díky němu však může objevit ten největší poklad: lásku
Sedmatřicetiletá Angie, která vyrůstala v Londýně, vždycky chtěla poznat tajemstvím opředenou minulost své matky. Krátce před vlastní svatbou se proto vydává do odlehlé krétské vesnice, kde navštíví svou umírající babičku. Stará žena se chce zbavit břemene v podobě pohnuté historie a tak začíná vyprávět. Před Angie ožívá srdcervoucí obraz nacisty okupované Kréty i příběh nekonečné lásky. Dokážou ženy tří generací společnými silami zacelit rány, které na dlouhé roky potrhaly jejich rodinné vztahy?
Maggie Howardová je úspěšná novinářka, která si může vybírat ty nejzajímavější případy. Není proto příliš nadšena, když jí šéf přikáže, aby napsala článek o bývalém slavném španělském jezdci na koni. Ovšem jen do chvíle, kdy se s ním setká...
Když se Stephanii naskytne příležitost strávit dovolenou v karibské oblasti na ostrově Svaté Lucie se svým milovaným synovcem Jean-Paulem, vypadá to jako sen. Jenže by se tu neměl objevit panovačný Jean-Paulův strýček Christian.
