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2 | 1969 | Sister Peters in Amsterdam | Peters | Adelaide | 25 | Blankenaar van Essen | Coenraad | Baron | sister, Children's ward, outpatients & casualty | Grotehof Hosp, Amsterdam | Dorset | Amsterdam, vc homes near Noordwijk & Rye | Volvo, Rolls Royce | nice, country; parson dad | professor, sr. consultant in pediatrics | Nellie | Tweedle & Mrs. Tweedle, chauffeur Henk | labs Castor & Pollux | after end | pretty, vivid red/brown | snooty aristocrat Freule Margriet Keizer | children's bus crashes | Neth - Alkmaar, Delft, Medemblik, Arnhem | Visiting Consultant, one baby boy, Coenraad, nicknamed Champers; Stars Through the Mist, Champers & 18m.o. Lisa & Adelaide pregnant | Dutch don't like her red hair; he's blind in one eye, related to parents' murders by Nazis | 1361 | my vs. M&B 651 | |||||||||||||||
3 | 1969 | Nurse in Holland (orig: Amazon in an Apron, also A Match for Sister Maggy) | MacFergus | Maggy | 24 | van Beijen Doelsma | Paul | 36 | 12 | sister, Women's Medical | St. Ethelburga's, London | Inverness-shire | Aultostish estate | Balk (Friesland); Leiden; south of France | Rolls-Royce convertible; Daimler Sovereign | nice, country, factor dad | consultant in stomach ailments | Pratt & Mrs. Pratt, gardeners, groom Piet (Fries); Anny (Leiden) | unnamed dogs | horses Biddy & Cobber, unnamed others? | after end | tall, well-built, nicely rounded, chestnut/ | casual gf Stien van der Duren | his mother has heart attack; she helps troublesome former patient in Amsterdam | Neth - River Vecht/Loenen, Leiden, Amsterdam, Franeker, Afsluitdijk, Sneek, Alkmaar | she's 6 feet, he's 6'4" or 6'6"; her Scottish accent comes & goes; she rides his horse, expertly; he has old folks' home in Utrecht | 1385 | my vs Harl #51385 | ||||||||||||||
4 | 1969 | Visiting Consultant (orig. Blow Hot, Blow Cold; also Surgeon from Holland) | lashings of whipped cream w/cherries on top | 11 | Greenslade | Sophia | Sophy | 25 | van Oosterwelde | Maximillan | Jonkheer | 39 | 14 | sister, surgery | unnamed, London | London | London (pleasant part) | Maarsen, nr Utrecht | Bentley (UK), Rolls (Neth) | nice, London; parents dead, many sibs and grandmother | Professor of surgery | Sinclair, late Dad's batman | Goeden | mixed-breed dog, the Blot; cat, Titus | spaniel, Meg; bulldog, Jack | 60 - scrubbing up with him | after end | pleasant; plain but lovely when she smiles; magnificent eyes; mousey hair; charming figure; barely middle height | mistaken id - she thinks he's in love with Tineke van der Widje | made-up boyfriend | fire in hospital during tricky operation | Neth - Utrecht, Spakenburg | van Essen, Coenrad & Adelaide | Sister Peters in Amsterdam | good one, nice hero & interesting supporting chars. | 1409 | #1409 under title Surgeon from Holland, my vs. from 'Best of BN' series | |||||
5 | 1970 | Nurse Harriet Goes to Holland (orig: Tempestuous April) | mince pies | 7 | Slocombe | Harriet | Haughty Harry; Harry | 24 | Eijsinck | Friso | 34 | 10 | staff nurse, Men's Surgical (due promo. to Ward Sister) | St. Nick's, 40m from Dartmoor | Devon | edge of Dartmoor | outside Franeker | AC 428 Fastback, Bentley, Land Rover | nice, country, dr. dad | GP | Wim, Letje, Anna | bulldog J.B., mutt Flotsam | after end | small, pretty, blonde/blue | forceps birth during flood & storm | Neth - Franeker, Leeuwarden, around Friesland, Delft, Amsterdam, Den Haag | A Matter of Chance, sons Friso, 4 & Toby, 2 & girl, 3mos | she's also a midwife; she sees Queen Juliana in the Keukenhof | 1441 | |||||||||||||
6 | 1970 | Damsel in Green | boeuf en croute | 8 | Rodman | Georgina | George | 23 | van den Berg Eyffert | Julius | 33 | 10 | staff nurse, Casualty (just qualified); loaned to nurse his nephew | St. Athel's, London | Essex | Chickney | Debden (Essex); nr. Maarternsdijk | Silver Shadow drophead coupe (RR); Aston Martin DBS saloon | nice, country great-aunt w/polio | prof of anaesthetics | Moggy (Mrs. Mogg) | grdr Mr. Legg, Mrs. Legg, Stephens & Mrs. Stephens, Milly (UK); Hans, Lenie, Pankie (Neth) | cats Ginger & Toto, black lab Robby (UK); Great Dane Andersen, Schippershond Flip (Neth) | after end | good-looking but not pretty, medium height, plump, light brown/brown | criminal schemer Therese LeFabre | she wears her mother's diamond ring at dinner one night | she & his young cousin fall through ice while skating | none, really | Doelsma, Paul & Maggy | A Match for Sister Maggy/ Nurse in Holland/Amazon in an Apron | A Small Slice of Summer, toddler Polly, 2mo old Ivo; | lots more George & Julius in 'Small Slice of Summer, A' | 1465 | my vs. Best of Betty Neels series | |||||||
7 | 1970 | Fate is Remarkable | NR | NR | Dunn | Sarah Ann | 28 | van Elven | Hugo | 40 | 12 | sister, outpatients dep't | St. Edwin's, London | Wiltshire | Richmond (London); Wester Ross (nr. Inverness) | Iso Grigo; Rover TC 2000 | nice, country; colonel (ret'd) dad | Sr. Consultant, medical | Alice Miller (London); Mrs. MacFee (Scotland) | two labs, corgi (parents') | basset hound, Edward; Jack Russell, Albert; adopt deceased patient's cat Timmy | halfway through | beautiful, serene, pretty figure, grey eyes | ex-gf Janet | rotter bf Steven, Surgical Registrar | She runs away to their Scottish cottage, thinking he wants a divorce to marry Janet. | Scotland - Highlands | Neth - Alpen-aan-der-Rijn, Ams, Soestdijk, Vierhouten, more | France - Avignon, Nimes | Uncertain Summer, twins Hugo & Rosemary 1yr | she smokes cigs at parties for something to do w/her hands; ranch mink costs 900 guineas; he's Dutch but doesn't have a home there | 1498 | my vs. Harlequin #51498 | |||||||||
8 | 1971 | Tulips for Augusta | lashings of whipped cream | 10 | Brown | Augusta | Gussie (colleagues); Roly (family) | 23 | van Lindemaan | Constantijn | 33 | 10 | staff nurse, men's surgical, sent to Private Patients | St. Jude's, London | Dorset | nr. Kingstag | Alkmaar | Silver Shadow convertible, Mini | nice, country, father vet | GP? | daily treasure Mrs. Crisp | hskpr Jannie | spaniel Stanley, Jack Russ's Polly & Skipper, donkey Bottom, Persian Maudie, tomcat Fred | after end | no beauty but not plain, curves in the right places, pale copper/vivid green | well-dressed Susan Belsize, actually his ward though he once thought of marrying her | casual bf houseman Archie Dukes | her great aunt has angina attack; boy in quarry; patient rips out tubes while big emergency take-in | Neth - Alkmaar, Alkmaarder Meer, Velsen & coast road; Amsterdam | great aunts in Alkmaar, she speaks Dutch; RSO George England from Mombasa - black as coal | 1529 | my vs M&B Collector's Edition | ||||||||||
9 | 1971 | Tangled Autumn | Devenish | Sappha | 24 | van Duyren | Rolf | 32 | 8 | private nurse; former sister, women's surgical | she was at Gregg's, London | Gloucestershire | Dokkum | Rolls-Royce, Mini, Landrover | nice Cotswolds mother | consultant, stomachs | Annie (hkpr), Jans (chf-grdn), Joke (maid), Mrs. Burns (cook) | Alsatian Charlie; rescued mutt puppy Hush | after end | extremely pretty; /brown | womanizing ex-fiance consultant Andrew Glover | bad pregnancy on island in terrific storm; she falls in canal rescuing puppy | Scotland - Ullapool, Inverewe, Balmarca, Auchtertyre, Lochcarron | Neth - Dokkum | Enchanting Samantha, baby Rolf | 1569 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | 1971 | Fifth Day of Christmas, The | Pennyfeather | Julia | 22 | van den Werff | Ivo | 29 | 7 | staff nurse (newly qualified), Private Wing; private nurse to his wd be fiancee | St. Clare's, London | Somerset | Stoke-cum-Muchelney | Oisterwijk | Jensen Interceptor | nice country parents dead, selfish bro 16yrs olders | gp & anaesthetics | hkpr Bep, daily Lien | OESheepdog Ben | after end | above avg height, nicely rounded, striking beauty, black/brown | brainy, wispy liar Marcia Jason (recovering from polio) | dull, smug bro's friend James, wd be fiance (offstage) | snowed in in Scotland; crash on M1 w/deaths; she gets lost in rainy cold woods & falls asleep risking exposure; polio in village | Neth - den Haag | rather a bit too much about how smart women are undesirable wives | 1641 | |||||||||||||||
11 | 1972 | Wish with the Candles | Hastings | Emma | 27 | Teylingen | Justin | 40 | 13 | theatre sister | William & Mary's, Southampton | Dorset | Mutchley Magna | Oudewater | Rolls-Royce Corniche | nice, country, down-on-luck mum, bro & sis | prof of surgery, chests | Janeke, grdr Jan | spaniel Flossie, two cats, hens | Gordon setters Bess & Caesar | after end | nicely curved, 5'3", brown/hazel, homely | mistaken id his lovely cousin Saskia Teylingen | they meet when she hits his car; elderly neighbor falls in well; appendicitis strikes her during op | Neth - Oudewater, Gouda, Schoonhoven, Wijk bij Duurstede | he's red/green; sis in med school & she wanted to be a dr.; his family dead, bro & sis killed in Dutch underground | 1593 | |||||||||||||||
12 | 1972 | Victory for Victoria | Parsons | Victoria | 23 | van Schuylen | Alexander | 34 | 11 | staff nurse, Men's Medical | St. Judd's, London | Guernsey | Wassenaar; Loenen | Mercedes-Benz SL 350 coupe | nice, country | Consultant, chests | daily help Mrs. Dupres | Juffrouw Boot | cats Mabel & George | after end | lovely, slim, medium height, copper/tiger | troublemaker Nina de Ruiter | wolf & troublemaker Jeremy Blake | boy overdosed on cannabis chokes her on ward | Eng - Guernsey, Herm, Cotswolds (Bibury, Malmesbury, Savernake), Essex (Saffron Walden, Long Melford) | Neth - various brief | early love & lots of courtship, w/kissing | 1625 | ||||||||||||||
13 | 1972 | Saturday's Child | Trent | Abigail | 24 | van Wijkelen | Dominic | 40 | 16 | private nurse, shop clerk | unnamed, Amsterdam | London | London, Cromwell Rd. | Amsterdam, nr. Eernewoude | Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow | nice country parents now dead | consultant prof in surgery - GI? | Bollinger | Mevrouw Boot, daily woman for rough, driver Jan, Bollinger (Ams); Joke, her daugher & son-in-law (Fries) | Great Dane Colossus, she finds kitten Annie | after end | ordinary, nicely-rounded person, mousy/brown | they drive 1,000+ miles through Spain, France, etc. w/his sick 3-y.o. niece | Spain - a bit around Bilbao & up to Pyrenees | Neth - v. little Amsterdam, though she lives there for most of book | Stars Through the Mist, Abigail pregnant; The Gemel Ring, baby boy | she makes 20GBP/wk less 12.5% agency fee | 1666 | ||||||||||||||
14 | 1972 | Uncertain Summer | Potts | Serena | 24 | van Amstel | Gijs | Jonkheer | 36 | 12 | sister, Accident Rm | Queen's, London | Dorset | Maiden Newton | Zierikzee | Bentley | M - Mini | nice, country; rector Dad | GP & pediatrics | Mrs. Palmer 2x/wk | Japp & Lien | family: two dogs & several cats; hero gives her basset hound pup, Gus, after marriage | dachshund German, cat Hemel | 159 - after waiting up for him to return from late-night, stormy birth | halfway through | pretty; slim, small dark hair and eyes | cousin's fiancee Adriana van Hoijden | hero's flighty cousin Laurens van Amstel | subway crash early, heroine on train; two children fallen through floor later | Neth - Zierikzee, Dreishor | van Elven, Hugo & Sarah | Fate is Remarkable | 1801 | |||||||||
15 | 1972 | Tabitha in Moonlight | Queen of Puddings | 9 | Crawley | Tabitha | 25 | van Beek | Marius | 38 | 13 | sister, men's orthopaedic | St. Martin's, in a West Country cathedral city | Dorset | Veere, Rotterdam | Bentley T convertible | mean, selfish stepmother & stepsister | orthopaedics | Meg | Hans, Anneke (hsmd) | takes in patient's cat Podger | Keeshond Smith | after end | unremarkable face, marvelous shape, pale brown/hazel | her mercenary 18 y.o. stepsister Lilith | headwound in locked house & cig starts v. small fire; stepsis strands her on island | Eng - Lyme Regis, Stoke Fleming, Churston Ferrers, Chittlehampton | Neth - Veere, Middelburg | she drives a Fiat 500; father intestate so steps get family house etc.; house val'd at GBP 20K; lots of sailing | 1905 | ||||||||||||
16 | 1973 | Cassandra by Chance | queen of puddings with dollop of whipped cream | 9.25 | Darling | Cassandra | 23 | van Manfeld | Benedict | 35 | 12 | nurse, planning midwifery training | none | Scotland - sis lives there temp. | Rhenen | Aston Martin DBS V8; Daimler Sovereign | nice, country sister & bro-in-law w/2 kids | ENT surgeon | Jan, who was in a concentration camp, Miep | cat | at end | tall, ordinary face, jolie-laide, pale brown/hazel | his b.f's fiancee Paula van der Pol | rector on Mull fancies her | niece falls into loch; dredger-barge accident | Neth - around Utrecht | UK - bit of talk of Mull | he's blind at first; he has no family | 1689 | |||||||||||||
17 | 1973 | Three for a Wedding | Brook | Phoebe | 27 | Van Someren | Lucius | 34 | 7 | Night Sister, medical block; paediatric nurse | St. Gideon's, London; St. Bonifacius, Delft | Dorset | Magdalen Provost | Delft | Jaguar XJ12 (claret) | nice country parents dead, nice sister & aunt | paediatrics, fibrocystitis | Else | unnamed dogs and cats | puppy, Rex, they rescue and he gives to adopted son | after end | beautiful, middle height, little plump, corn/sapphire | nasty governess-cum-secretary Maureen Felman | cas bf & wd be fiance med registrar Jack | unconscious elderly woman; his adopted son locks her in abandoned attic; sociopath- ic governess beats puppy | Neth - Delft, Leiden, Amsterdam | 1705 | |||||||||||||||
18 | 1973 | Winter of Change (later Surgeon in Charge) | Pettigrew | Mary Jane | 22 | van der Blocq | Fabian | Jonkheer | 40 | 18 | staff nurse, Women's Surgical; private nurse to his uncle | Pope's, London | Cumberland | Keswick | Groningen | Rolls Royce Corniche; replica pre-war Jaguar SS | reserved grandfather, ret'd colonel dies early | Prof of surgery | Mrs. Body, Lily | Mevrouw Hol | dog Major | after end | small, delicate bones & tiny waist, pleasant but not pretty face, honey brown/dark | fortune hunting psuedo-cousin Mervyn Pettigrew | she knocks herself out whilst walking | UK - Cumberland, Yorkshire | Neth - Groningen | 1737 | repub'd as Surgeon in Charge, 1980 | |||||||||||||
19 | 1973 | Stars Through the Mist | Culpeper | Deborah | 27 | van Doorninck | Gerard | 37 | 10 | sister, operating theatre | Clare's, London; Grotehof, Amsterdam | Somerset | Chantry | Amsterdam, Domwier | BMW 3 OCSL, Citroen SM | nice, country; absent-minded historian father | consultant surgeon, orthopaedics | Wim, Marijke, Mevrouw Smit cleans | Jack Russell Smith, two cats | early in third chapter | tall, big; pretty, even beautiful; pansy eyes | his offensive alleged friend Claude van Trapp | tractor roll-over, retainer in Friesland cuts hand, she gets hit by truck in Fiat, both lost in mist in Scotland w/schoolgirls | Neth - Delft, Amsterdam, Volendam | van Essen, Coenraad & Adelaide (Sister Peters in Amsterdam) | van Wijkelen, Dominic & Abigail (Saturday's Child) | he's a Calvinist; he's often discontented with life; she's 5'10" & he's 6'2" | 1761 | ||||||||||||||
20 | 1973 | Enchanting Samantha | cheese board, the | 4 | Fielding | Samantha | 24 | ter Ossel | Giles | 35 | 11 | staff nurse, women's surgical then Private Patients; private nurse to his friends' sister | Clement's, London | Dorset | Langton Herring | Haarlem | Rolls-Royce Merlin | nice, country grandparents; parents died when she was 12 | GP? medicine | hkpr Juffrouw Klara Boot, cook Ria, maid Corrie, daily Mevrouw Plat | cat Stubbs | cat and kittens, Alsatian King recently deceased | after end | small, pleasantly plump, pleasing enough, brown/hazel | mistaken id her patient Antonia van Duyren | her roomie makes up fiance Jack | bomb goes off in Picadilly Circus | Neth - Haarlem, some Friesland | van Duyren, Rolf & Sappha | Tangled Autumn | Frieslanders wear old-fashioned costume | 1777 | ||||||||||
21 | 1974 | Gemel Ring, The | digestive biscuits/ beans on toast | 2.5 | Dawson | Charity | Cherry (family) | van Tijlen | Everard | 40 | Sister, men's surgical | St. Simon's, London | Devon | Utrecht | Lamborghini Espada; Daimler Sovereign | S - MG Midget | nice, country, no longer wealthy, ret'd military dad | Prof; intestinal med & surgery | Potter & Mrs. Potter | English setters Nell & Bliss | cat & kittens | 70 - at Eng hosp, after discussing him w/another doc (he's not there) | after end | tall (5'10"), well-built, almost-beautiful face, red-brown/green, striking looking | surg. reg. ambitious Clive Barton | man faints waiting for ferry (early); fire in hosp after patient has coronary; old woman falls in street | Neth - river Vecht, Loenen, Utrecht | Oosterwelde, Max & Sophy (Visiting Consultant) | van Wijkelen, Dominic & Abigail | she was Gold Medalist, speaks Fr & Ger., drives an MG Midget (Adv. Cert); thinks he's avaricious @1st | 1817 | |||||||||||
22 | 1974 | Magic of Living, The | Birch | Arabella | Bella (sister looking for favors) | 22 | van der Vorst | Gideon | 38 | 16 | student nurse, trained for children | Wickham's, London; unnamed, Doesburg Neth | Essex | Little Sampford | Doesburg | Bentley | S - family Triumph | selfish aunt, uncle & cousins | medical director | Emma, her niece Hanneke, gardener Jaap, others | Old Eng. Sheepdog, George; cats, Crosby, Tatters & kittens | 96 - at bfast at his house | after end | unremarkable features, pale brown/hazel | heroine's beautiful cousin Hilary | mistaken -- cousin says heroine engagd to rector's annoying son Bertie | children's bus crashes early; heroine aboard | Neth - Veluwe, Arnhem | heroine stammers when emotional; children are called spastics | 1841 | ||||||||||||
23 | 1974 | Cruise to a Wedding | Pearce | Loveday | 27 | de Wolff van Ozinga | Adam | Baron | 37 | 10 | theatre sister | Royal City, London | Kent | Tenterden | Akmarujp (nr Sneek) | Rolls-Royce Corniche | nice, country, ret'd solicitor dad | prof of surgery | Sieska, her husband & daughter | golden retriever Digger, tabby cat Moggy | after end | tall, not thin, charming face, deep brown/brown | she's threatened by three youngsters nr. hospital | Madeira - Funchal, Camara de Lobos, more | Portugal - Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais, Estoril | bad one - hero's a jerk, central plot device is absurd | 1857 | |||||||||||||||
24 | 1974 | End of the Rainbow, The | Randle | Olympia | 23 | van der Graaf | Waldo | 40? | 17 | nurse, aunt's nursing home | none | London | Middelberg | Lamborghini Euraco S; Daimler 66VP; trades Lamb. for R-R Corniche Convertible | mean aunt; parents long dead | Professor, GP? | hkpr Emma, maid Joanna | they get a Welsh collie, Niko | very early | pleasant; on the short side, thin, warm brown/grey | sly would-be wife Elisabeth de Val; mystery voice on phone | daughter (not his biological!) runs away at instigation of bad Elisabeth | Neth - Zierikzee, Veere | van Amstel, Gijs & Serena; van Beek, Marius & Tabitha | Uncertain Summer; Tabitha in Moonlight | 1881 | ||||||||||||||||
25 | 1974 | Heaven is Gentle | Proudfoot | Eliza | 28 | van Duyl | Christian | 37 | 9 | sister, Men's Medical | St. Anne's, London | Dorset | hamlet near Nijmegen | Bentley convertible; Porsche 911s | nice, country, dad ret'd civil servant | professor (asthmatics) | Hub, Magda, Nel, others | finds tabby Cat who has kittens Primus & Secondus | Alsatian Willy, two cats, Magda's cat, adopts Cat, Primus & Secondus | after end | small, shapely, very pretty, bright gold/hazel | patrician fiancee Estelle van der Daal | she gets lost in a terrible storm | Scotland - Loch Lurgain | Philomena's Miracle (1978); married ~3yrs; baby Chris; Christian & Walle went to med school together though Walle shd be ~4yrs younger | set mostly in Highlands | 1921 | |||||||||||||||
26 | 1975 | Henrietta's Own Castle | boeuf en croute | 8 | Brodie | Henrietta | 29 | van Hessel | Marnix | Jonkheer | 40 | 11 | sister, Women's Medical; aide at old-folks home | St. Clement's, London | London; don't know about childhood | London | Gijzelmortel | Rolls; Citroen estate car; Range Rvr | S - Mini named Charlie | none - parents dead, long-lost aunt dies leaving Dutch cottage | consultant in abdominal surgery | hkpr Klara, chauff Jan | he gives her a kitten she names Henry | lab, Willy; corgi, Muff; Siamese, Thor; cat, Nolly | 63 - he's patting her kitten and eating her just-baked bread | after end | tall, well-built, dishy, dark hair | would-be gf Loes Rietveld | dull colleague Roger Thorpe, dismissed early; mistaken id his agent Pieter van der Zande | passenger jet crashes nr. village; mare in trouble foaling | none to speak of | 1937 | ||||||||||
27 | 1975 | Star Looks Down, A | Partridge | Beth | 24 | van Zeust | Alexander | 36 | 12 | staff nurse, Recovery Room; mother's help to his sister | St. Elmer's, London | Somerset | Langton Magna | London (Kbrg); Kenton Mackerell (Sset); Dwaarstein | Citroen CS; Aston Martin | nice London brother; selfish country half-brother | Professor of surgery | Mrs. Trugg at former home | Mrs. Silver, Miss Powers daily (London); Mrs. Burge & son Jack (Sset); Silver & Ria (Neth) | black labs Gem & Mini; cat Mops; donkey; horses Prince & Kitty; adopts her horse, Beauty & pony, Sugar | after end | plain, slim, titian/violet | she discovers girl w/ectopic in hosp. hall; his nephew rock-climbs too high; nephew steals boat and sails away w/sibs | Eng - London, Cheddar Gorge | 1954 | my vs: M&B 1047 | ||||||||||||||||
28 | 1975 | Cobweb Morning | cheese board, the | 4 | Dobbs | Alexandra | 27 | van Dresselhuys | Taro | 36 | 9 | sister, ICU | St. Job's, London | Dorset | unnamed, nr Dorchester | Leiden | Rolls | nice, country; Dad a GP | anaesthetics? | Pieters & Nel | bull terrier, Butch; cats Nibbles & Kiki | after end | very pretty; tall, well-built, dark hair & eyes | patient Penny Bright | boyfriend Anthony Ferris | Penny tries to drown his pets, she rescues w/him right behind | not much - Rotterdam a bit | she thinks he's poor at first | 1970 | |||||||||||||
29 | 1975 | Moon for Lavinia, The | Queen of Puddings | 9 | Hawkins | Lavinia | 26 | ter Bavinck | Radmer | 40 | 14 | staff nurse, theatre | Jerrold's, London; St. Jorus, Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Leeuwarden (N. of) | Bentley; Rolls-Royce Camargue | mean aunt, nice younger sister, parents dead | Prof., pathology | Mevrouw Pette (Ams), Juffrouw Hengsma (Fries) | Irish setter, Dong, mutt Pobble | halfway through | small, a little plump, neither plain nor pretty, hazel eyes | burning farmhouse w/people inside & barn; daughter & sister run away to force relationship | Neth - Amsterdam, Sneek, Delft | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | 1975 | Roses for Christmas | MacFarlane | Eleanor | 24 | van Hensum | Fulk | 36 | 12 | sister, Women's Medical | unnamed, Edinburgh | Sutherland (Scottish Highlands) | nr Tongue | nr Ezingum | Panther de Ville, Daimler Sovereign | nice, country; rector Dad | Consultant in medicine | Juffrow Witsma, Tekla | cat Mrs. Trot; dog Punch | Irish wolfhound, Patrick O'Flanelly (Flan); Mrs. Trot's kitten, Moggy | 129 - he's leaving for 1500m r-t wkend w/fiancee | after end | pretty, tall, splendid proportions, light brown/hazel | fiancee Imogen Oss van Oss | schoolboys caught in blizzard; heroine's little brother w/rheumatic fever | Neth - Groningen, Warffrum | heroine's family & work are in Scotland | 2025 | ||||||||||||||
31 | 1975 | Small Slice of Summer, A | Marsden | Letitia | Tishy (friends, family, not hero) | 23 | Mourik van Nie | Jason | 35 | 12 | staff nurse, Recovery Room | St. Athel's, London | Devon | unnamed village nr. Chagford | Utrectht (nr.) | Jensen Interceptor convertible; Iso Lele coupe | none | nice, country; rector Dad | consultant in anaesthetics | Mrs. Barnes 2x/wk | butler Jacobus, a cook, two maids, gardener | retriever, Shep; cat, Bossy | two Alsatians | 68 - cleaning up after typhoid gypsies | after end | ordinary, dark brown/blue, pretty when smiles, freckles in the sun | rotter ex-bf Mike Brent, Medical Registrar; Julius's nice young cousin Karel | she falls off a curb into his car; gypsies w/typhoid; Georgina & baby threatened by bull | Eng - Dartmoor, Shaftesbury | van den Berg Effert, Julius & Georgina | Damsel in Green | good one, lots of Julius & Georgina; she has a dress from Brit Home Stores that cost 2.99 | 2080 | |||||||||
32 | 1976 | Esmerelda | boeuf en croute | 8 | Jones | Esmerelda | 26 | Bamstra | Thimo | Baron | 38 | 12 | staff nurse, pediatrics | Trent's, London | Hampshire | Friesland nr Wijde Ee; nr Leiden | Bristol 114 | nice wealthy country mother, dad dead, no sibs | professor of orthopaedics | Nanny Toms, her niece Dora, Mrs. Pike daily | Toukje (Fries); Hannah | labs Maudie & Bert, mare Daisy | basset hound Mortimor, mutt Mutt, cat Grimalkin, Toukje's big mutt Pim | 161 - at teacher/patient's home | after end | small, thin, not much to look at, mouse/green, crippled foot | mistaken id - Ella is his sister; but he tells her he hopes to marry soon | fortune hunting heart-breaker bf orthopaedic registrar Leslie Chapman | she finds overdosed young mum & baby in woods | Neth - Leiden | de Wolff van Ozinga, Adam & Loveday | he operates on & repairs her crippled foot | 2009 | |||||||||
33 | 1976 | Edge of Winter, The | Shaw | Araminta | 25 | van Sibbelt | Crispin | 40 | 15 | sister, Accident Rm | St. Katherine's, London | Somerset | Amsterdam | Jensen convertible; Rolls-Royce Carmargue | nice, elderly, country father & aunt | Consultant (anaesthetics, leukemia?) | Jos & Frone | cat, Toby | Alsatian, Rikki; cat | after end | pretty, slim, above medium height, honey/dark blue | meddling - his aunt says he's in love w/Nelissa | Accident Rm takes bomb victims; she runs away w/almost no money | Neth - Scheveningen, drive up to Friesland & back from Ams | cousin's wife has leukemia, everyone accepts that she not be told she's got weeks to live; hero has a bad aunt | 2041 | my copy: M&B 1183 | |||||||||||||||
34 | 1976 | Gem of a Girl, A | boeuf en croute | 8 | Prentice | Gemma | 25 | Dieperink van Berhuys | Ross | 37 | 12 | Sister, geriatrics | Millbury House, small geriatric hosp. nr Salisbury | Wiltshire | village nr Vianen | Aston Martin convertible; Jaguar XL-S | nice, poor-ish orphan w/five younger sibs, nice cousin lives with | Prof. of endocrinology | hskpr Ortje, husb gardener, niece hsmaid | cat Giddy | after end | small, nicely plump, plain but charming, soft brown/brown | rotter Leo de Vos | fire @ hosp early | Neth - Vianen | 2063 | ||||||||||||||||
35 | 1977 | Matter of Chance, A | cheese board, the | 4 | Bingley | Cressida | 26 | van der Tiele | Giles | sister, medical ward; private nurse/medical typist | Royal Gen'l, London | Dorset | unnamed | Groningen, farm near Limburg, country place nr River Vecht | Bentley | nice country parents (rector dad) recently dead | Consultant in chests & GP | Beeker, Ineke, two kitchen maids | Irish wolfhound Barker | after end | tall, beautiful, very dark/brown | gf Monique de Vries | flu epidemic; car in canal | Neth - Amsterdam, Groningen, Alkmaar | Friso & Harriet | Nurse Harriet Goes to Holland | 2095 | |||||||||||||||
36 | 1977 | Hasty Marriage, The | lashings of whipped cream | 10 | Standish | Laura | 29 | van Meerum | Reilof | 38 | 9 | Sister, men's surgical | St. Anne's, London | Essex | Rodwell | halfway between Baarn & Hilversum | Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce | vague father, spoilt sister, country | consultant | Mrs. Whittaker, new hkpr | Piet & Truus, two grdnrs & a boy, mds Annie & Els | cat Mittens | sheepdog Hovis; rescued mutt Lucky | halfway through | ordinary features, light brown/hazel | her sister/his fiancee Joyce Standish, throws him over then tries to get him back | he's jealous of his partner Jan van Mijhof | dog hit by car, they fix broken legs in Casualty; car crashes on motorway while she's driving alone against his wishes | UK - Corfe Castle | she loves at first sight (2nd p); he's 6'3"; she wanted to be a dr. | 2110 | |||||||||||
37 | 1977 | Grasp a Nettle | mince pie/boeuf en croute | 7.5 | Wren | Janet/Jenny | 25 | van Draak te Solendijk | Eduard | 40 | 15 | sister, junior theatre | Creed's, London | Somerset | Den Haag (nr) | Panther de Ville J72; Bristol 412 | nice aristo aunt, parents dead | Prof. of surgery | aunt's butler Grimshaw; hkpr Florrie, lodgekpr Trott, chauf Dobbs | Hans & Hennie | Great Dane, mutt, cat, donkey | after end | pretty, average height, nicely rounded, coppery/hazel | would-be gf Margaret Creed, heroine's lazy cousin | dull, too-easygoing suitor Toby Blake | she's trapped at top of estate tower when steps crumble; 6yo nephew wanders off in Amsterdam | Madeira - Funchal etc | Canaries - Lanzarote: Teguise, Haria; Tenerife; Las Palmas | Neth - Scheveningen, Alkmaar | heroine & aunt go on cruise; v. little menu description | 2127 | |||||||||||
38 | 1977 | Pineapple Girl | Bennett | Eloise | 23 | van Zeilst | Timon | 37 | 14 | night staff nurse, women's surgical; temp boys' school Matron | St. Goth's, London | London, formerly Somerset | London, formerly Eddlescombe | Oostertsum | Rolls-Royce convertible | nice, widowed mother, former country now poor in London | GP? | Bart, Mevrouw Metz, cook Magda | Old Eng Sdog Bluff | after end | tall, splendid figure, nut brown/hazel | small, supercilious gf Liske Haakema | she storms out into dreadful rainstorm; suicidal schoolboy on ledge | Neth - Groningen & villages, Franeker | UK - Cumbria a bit | she was Gold Medalist in her class | 2137 | |||||||||||||||
39 | 1977 | Little Dragon, The | lashings of whipped cream | 10 | Morley | Constantia | 26 | van der Giessen | Jeroen | 39 | 13 | private nurse (former Sister); mother's help for him | Surrey | Guilford | Delft | shabby Fiat, Silver Shadow Rolls Royce | straight-laced aunt, now dead | consultant prof in arterial conditions | Tarnus & Rietje, Bet | Alsatians Solly & Sheba, small mutt prince, cat Butch | 2/3 through | pretty, small & slim, brown/gray | whirlwind hits factory, he's called & brings her | Neth - Delft | he pretends he's poor w/long, involved masquerade w/help from servants, nephews & niece; she learns to cook from Rietje | 2153 | ||||||||||||||||
40 | 1978 | Britannia All at Sea | Smith | Britannia | 24 | Luitingh van Thien | Jake | 39 | 15 | staff nurse, men's surgical | St. Jude's, London | Dorset | Hoenderloo | Rolls-Royce Camargue | nice, country; antiques-dealer dad | Professor of surgery | Marinus & Emmie | Bouvier Jason & corgi Willy, horse Caesar | after end | tall, splendidly built, /brown | troublemaking wd-be fiance Madeline de Venz | dates med registrar David Ross | child w/pebble in larynx; she falls off bike, knocked out & ankle sprained | Neth - near Arnhem, Loenen, Apeldoorn - good ones | van Meerum, Reilof & Laura | Hasty Marriage, The | she wants to marry him from p14; he proposes middle, much muddle | 2169 | ||||||||||||||
41 | 1978 | Philomena's Miracle | boeuf en croute | 8 | Parsons | Philomena | 23 | van der Tacx | Walle | 36 | 13 | staff nurse, Men's Surgical | Faith's, London | Dorset | Wareham | Vilsteren | Maserati Khamsin; Daimler Sovereign | selfish stepmother & stepsisters | Anaesthetics & GP | Molly | Matthias | rents a horse near family home | horses Bess, Beauty, dr's bay; Alsatian Tinker and pups; cats Mieps & Tom | at end | honey gold/green | would-be girlfriend and adopted cousin Tritia | two dates with young Dr. Hubert Stanversen | measles outbreak; miscarrying woman in storm; 'sick' sister in cut-off cottage post-engagement; hero's snob aunt meddles | Neth - Dalfsen, Zwolle, Kampen, Coeworden | van Duyl, Christian and Eliza | Heaven is Gentle | his family refused to be adel-ized when Dutch aristocracy created | 2202 | |||||||||
42 | 1978 | Never While the Grass Grows | Lock | Octavia | 27 | van der Weijnen | Lucas | 39 | 12 | sister, casualty | St. Maud's, London | Surrey | Alresford (New Alresford? vs. Alresford in Essex) | Den Haag | Rolls, Fiat | none | absent-minded father in country-- physics prof. who dies | professor; sr. consultant in anaesthetics; GP | Mrs. Lovelace | Daan, Juffrow Hinksma, Charlie & Mrs. Stubbs (needy types from hosp.) | yellow lab, Whiskey | halfway through | tall, splendid figure, lovely face, rich brown/hazel | dates Casualty Officer John Waring; hero bad cousin Marcus | ectopic pregnancy on ship; Mrs. Stubbs appendicitis; heroine & stepdaughter in motorway crash during ice & fog storm at rush hour | Mediterranean: Italy - Palermo, Monreale, Bagheria (Sicily); Greece - Athens; Malta | Neth - Noordwijk | they both work two weeks on a cruise ship in the Med. | 2226 | |||||||||||||
43 | 1978 | Ring in a Teacup | Prendergast | Lucy | 23 | der Linssen | Fraam | 39 | 16 | student nurse (3rd yr) | St. Norbert's, London | Dorset | Amsterdam | Panther 4.2, RR Carmague, Range Rover, Mini | nice, country, rector dad | consultant surgeon | Jaap & Bantje | golden lab Daisy, hkpr's cat, rescued cat | after end | small, slim, pleasing but not pretty, enormous green eyes, mousy/green | her godfather's nice but thoughtless daughter Mies de Groot | she rescues boy in traffic, she rescues cat from torturers; pregnant woman in blizzard | Neth - Amsterdam | 2250 | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | 1979 | Sun and Candlelight | mince pies | 7 | Thomas | Alethea | 27 | Van Diederijk | Sarre | 39 | 12 | Sister, orthopaedic unit | Theobald's, London | Essex | Little Braugh | London, Groningen | Jaguar XJ-S, Bristol 603E, Colt Sapporo for her | nice country grandmother | orthopaedics | Mrs. Bustle | Mrs. McCrea, Nanny, Nel, Al, Juffrow Bril daily | cat Podge | dog Rough, puppy Nero, two cats?, mice, gerbils, white rat Caesar, Siamese kitten Neptune | halfway through | lovely, dark/dark | gf-abandoning bounder serious bf Ortho Registrar Nick Penrose | bounder walks out in rest. leaving her w/bill, no money or transport; she rescues his bad kids' kitten from tree; kids get trapped in cottage | Germany - Hamburg | Neth - Groningen a very little bit | his ex is alive and remarried! but 11-y.o. kids think she's dead!; the Brit car he buys her is really a Mitsubishi | 2275 | |||||||||||
45 | 1979 | Promise of Happiness, The | Queen of Puddings | 9 | Saunders | Rebecca | 23 | Raukema van den Eck | Tiele | Baron | 38 | 15 | nurse to hero's mum; staff nurse, medical wards | unnamed, Leeuwarden | probably whatever co. Newcastle is in | Stoney Chase | Leeuwarden (nr.) | Rolls-Royce Corniche; Porsche | slavemaster stepmother & stepbrother | Consultant, chests & hearts | Willem & Sutske | black lab Bertie, cat Pooch | Great Dane, Lola | after end | plain, thin, mouse/pansy brown, lovely smile etc. | girlfriend Nina van Doorn | Bertie lost in storm, found in canal; mean stepbrother attempts to recapture her | Norway -- Trondheim & other cities | his mother is imperious, trying, but lovable | 2301 | ||||||||||||
46 | 1979 | Midnight Sun's Magic | Brown | Annis | 27 | van Germert | Jake | 35 | 8 | sister, children's ward; nurse & cook, radio station in Spitzbergen | St. Anselm's, London | td | Goes | Bristol 303 | nice great-aunt & brother | GP & researcher | man Cor, hkpr Katrina, cook Minna, others | Irish wolfhound Mike; unnamed kitchen cats | halfway through | tall, striking face and figure, chestnut/green | catty cousin refs ex-gf Nina | earnest bf Arthur Potter; rotter Ola Julsen | man falls in fjord | Spitzbergen, several Norwegian cities | van der Graaf, Waldo & Olympia | End of the Rainbow | dr. breaks a leg | 2314 | ||||||||||||||
47 | 1979 | Winter Wedding | Seymour | Emily | 23 | Jurres-Romejin | Renier | night staff nurse, ENT | unnamed, ten miles outside London | London, Breukelen | Jaguar XJ Spider, Lagonda V12 drophead coupe | selfish, pretty younger sister lives w/, nice older sister abroad, twin baby niece & nephew | professor, ENT | Willy & Mrs. Willy (UK); Hans & Bep (Neth) | bull terrier Potter & mutt Soapy | after end | small, plump, brown/ | her mercenary 18 y.o. sister Louisa | bet-winning lab ass't, long-haired Sammy Bolt for hosp. ball | selfish sis od's babies; his grandma gets lost & injured in cold woods | Neth - Utrecht | selfish sis pawns her locket, he retrieves & gives to her for Christmas | 2338 | also in Harl. A Betty Neels Christmas, 2002, w/A Christmas Proposal | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | 1980 | Last April Fair | Cresswell | Phyllida | 26 | van Sittardt | Pieter | 39 | 13 | sister, Women's Medical; private nurse to 18yo leukemia on cruise | St. Michael's, London | Dorset | Gifford Ferris | Leimuiden (nr Leiden) | Bentley, 15 yrs old | S - Vauxhall Viva, 5 yrs old | nice, country, doctor dad | GP & hearts | Mrs. Drew (really past it) | Aap & Lympke | elderly spaniel Meg, cats | after end | very pretty, tall, slim, corn/blue | nice but dull bf, surgical registrar Phillip Mount | Madeira - Madeira, Monte, Cabo Girao, Poiso Pass, Canical, Funchal, Ponta Delgada | 2367 | ||||||||||||||||
49 | 1980 | Silver Thaw, The | treacle tart | 6 | Crosbie | Amelia | 27 | van der Tolck | Gideon | 36 | 9 | theatre sister | St. Ansell's, London | Gloucestershire | Mansell Abbots | village between Amsterdam & Utrecht | Aston Martin Lagonda, Rolls | nice country squire father | anaesthetics | Bonny, Badger, gdnr Job | Jorrit & Tyske, md Mien, gdnr Jaap | mare Sorrel, dad's great skewbald, 2 elderly donkeys, labrador Fred, elderly work horse Trooper | Alsatians Nel & Prince, found mutt w/pups, 2 horses, donkey | after end | tall, well-built, pretty face, rich deep brown/dark | mistaken id friend Fiona Boucher | punctilious fiancee medical registrar Tom Crouch | rabbit caught in snare | Norway - Bergen, Lofoten Is., Stokmarknes, Tromso, Sortland, Trondheim | she doesn't know how to cook (wealthy fam.); London aunts, cousins have swanky parties | 2386 | my vs. Harlequin Collector's Edition | ||||||||||
50 | 1980 | Caroline's Waterloo | Tripp | Caroline | Thoe van Erckelens | Radinck | Baron | 40 | staff nurse, Women's Surgical | Oliver's, London | London | London | village nr Leeuwarden; Essex | Aston Martin Lagonda; Panther de Ville | orphaned, aunt & uninterested step-uncle | Professor, coronary specialist | Noakes & Marta (cook), Juff. Kropp (hskpr), 3 maids, grdnr | cat Waterloo | Old Eng Sdog Rex, Marta's cat Anja, pony Jemmy, horse Rufus, rescued donkey Queenie and foal Prince | halfway through | small, size 10, ordinary face, mouse-brown/hazel | beautiful young woman in car crash | she's concussed in bike accident (4th p); she rescues a donkey from tinkers; car crash outside their home | none to speak of | Raukema van den Eck, Tiele & Rebecca | Promise of Happiness, The | he's a widower, & darn cranky; she learns to ride to surprise him; she coaches the servants to sing harmony | 2393 | ||||||||||||||
51 | 1980 | Hannah | queen of puddings | 9 | Lang | Hannah | 24 | van Bertes | Valentijn | 39 | 15 | staff nurse, premies; private nurse to his nephew; agency nurse | St. Egbert's, London | London, formerly country | London, formerly country | Utrecht | Bristol | selfish widowed mother in London | pediatrics | Wilrik & Meta | bull mastiff, Nipper | after end | plain; small, well-rounded figure, wide grey eyes thickly fringed | fiancee Nerissa van der Post | arranged-date rotter Henk | hero's premature godson keeps getting sick; heroine gets lost while riding | almost none - Utrecht a tiny bit | hero is divorced | 2403 | |||||||||||||
52 | 1980 | When May Follows | boeuf en croute | 8 | Bennett | Katrina | 27 | van Tellerink | Raf | Baron | 38 | 11 | Sister, men's surgical | Benedict's, London | Dorset | Sherborne | north of Leiden; farm in Waaxburen, Friesland; London; cottage outside Den Haag | Bentley Corniche | nice, country, rector dad dead | Prof of surgery | Amy (called Mary later) | Caspel & Berthe, mds Wibrich & Jildou, gdr Franz, Mevrouw Boot, Nanny (Neth); Mrs. Thomas (London) | cat Mrs. Mogg | black Lab Boots, corgi Vondel | halfway through | tall, splendidly built, brown/dark | free-speaking Beyke van Teule | one bad date with proposition from house surgeon Jack Bentall | yacht sailing wildly w/child & unconscious boatman aboard; report of his plane crashing | Eng - Sherborne a bit, Cumbria a bit | Scotland - Edinburgh, Isle of Eriska | Neth - Katwijk-aan-Zee, Nordwijk, Alkmaar | Luitingh van Thien, Jake & Britannia | Britannia All at Sea | she's 5'10", obsessed w/her size - never meets men taller than she; his parents killed by Germans helping someone escape; lots of UK inns | 2415 | ||||||
53 | 1981 | Not Once But Twice | Forbes | Christina | Chrissy (brother, bad bf) | 27 | ter Brandt | Duert | 37 | 10 | sister, Men's Medical; then Third Sister, Accident Dep't; then private nurse to her Dutch-lang teacher | St. Athud's, London; Theophilus, Den Haag | Somerset; now London | Little Stanisford; now London | Den Haag | Daimler Sovereign; Rolls | nice country parents dead; brother London GP | hospital director | Mrs. Tate 3x/wk | Corvinus & Sally | lg shaggy dog Thomas; cat Gertrude | after end | plain with gorgeous eyes, slim, medium height; light brown/grey | hero's flightly brother, Adam | Neth - Den Haag, Scheveningen, Amsterdam, Noordwijk aan Zee | A Good Wife, dtr 2sons, married 17yrs, puppy 2catsDearest Eulalia, 3 sons 1 daughter; Christina is 45 | 2440 | |||||||||||||||
54 | 1981 | Apple from Eve, An | Blackstock | Euphemia | 27 | van Dierderijk | Tane | sister, Men's Medical | St. Cyprian's, London | Surrey | Hampton-cum-Spyway | Hampton-cum-Spyway (rents hers); Hilversum (nr) | Bentley | fallen on hard times, nice, country mum dead, dad (ret. Col) dies early | Consultant, heart | Mrs. Cross (Eng); btr Domus, cook Martje, chfr Dirk (Neth) | mutt, Boris; cat | after end | pretty, above middle height, plump, dark brown/tawny | fiancee Diana Sibley | she finds injured boy in Spain; her ward hit in gas main explosion | Spain - Jerez, Cadiz | 2463 | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | 1981 | Heaven Around the Corner | Evans | Louisa | 22 | Savage | Simon | staff nurse (just qual'd); private nurse | Royal Southern, London | Kent | Ightham, nr. Sevenoaks | Warminster (nr); Wilts | Daimler Sovereign | mean stepmother; parents dead | NOT DR!! civil engineer | Mrs. Turner; Elsa in Norway | after end | small, thin, not quite pretty, light brown/hazel | pompous suitor Frank Little | boat turns over; three men injured | UK - Ightham (Kent) | Norway - Bergen, up coast on ship to past Tromsa | terrible! she nurses his sister, supposedly liver trouble but really a party-girl alcoholic who's only allowed 2 drinks/day but is cured when she meets a nice bank mgr to marry | my vs. M&B Collector's Edition 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | 1982 | Judith | Golightly | Judith | 27 | Cresswell | Charles | sister (night), Surgical Wing | Beck's, London | td | Hawkshead (Cumbria) | Ferrari Dino 308 | nice, country, solicitor dad | NOT DR!! Prof. of history | Mrs. Turner | basset hound, Curtis; found cat family Mrs. Smith, George & Mary; found dog Arthur | Border terrier, black lab | after end | big, beautiful, splendidly built, gold/sapphire blue | Eileen Hunt | pompous bf Nigel Bloom, dismissed early | freak storm traps her under a tree branch (by the ankles) | England - Lake District | Portugal - the Algarve (Silves, Monchique) | 2500 | |||||||||||||||||
57 | 1982 | Girl to Love, A | Gillard | Sadie | 23 | Trentham | Oliver | 39 | 16 | housekeeper | none | Dorset | Chelcombe | Highgate (nr. London), Chelcombe (Dorset) | Aston Martin Volante | none - nice country granny recently died | NOT A DR!! writer for tv | M/M Woodley, Teresa, bad governess Miss Murch dismissed early | cat Tom | adopt dog, Gladstone, from pound | after end | unremarkable, thin, mouse/fine dark eyes | dates a lot of glossy women | UK - Bath, Tower of London | good one; she spends UKS 100 on a tweed coat, hat, wool dress, skirt, and M&S blouses, sweaters, dressing gown, slippers & undies | 2520 | ||||||||||||||||
58 | 1982 | All Else Confusion | Fothergill | Annis | 22 | Royle | Jake | vicar's daughter, briefly paid companion/friend | none | Wiltshire | Millbury | London (nr Green Street); Bath (inherits) | Bentley | nice, country, rector dad | NOT A DR!! factory owner, Board chairmn & fin advisor | Mrs. Wells 2x/week | Mrs. Turner (London); Bates & Mrs. Bates | Siamese Sapphro, mutt Hairy, donkey Nancy | none?! | halfway through | tall, well-built, lovely, glorious red/cornflower blue | tinkers kidnap her little sister | UK - Bath, Stow on the Wold | Portugal - Lisbon, Sintra, Cape St. Vincent, other | Italy - Pompeii | white satin wedding; she gets UKS 40 as companion; reactionary take on male/female roles | 2542 | |||||||||||||||
59 | 1982 | Dream Came True, A | Mason | Jemima | 26 | Cator | Alexander | 40? | 14 | companion | none | Oxfordshire | London | Rolls | small, nice brother in US, late father was Oxford don | Prof. of endocrinology | Clegg & Mrs. Clegg | he maybe takes on a cat she rescues | after end | almost pretty, middle height, plump, mouse/hazel | gf Gloria Egerton | she's trapped in Scottish cottage in blizzard with aristo employer & maid | Eng - Stratford-on-Avon | Scotland - Arisaig, Mallaig, Fort William | she's paid UKS 50/wk, spends 40 on bedsit | 2550 | ||||||||||||||||
60 | 1983 | Midsummer Star | Baylis | Celine | 22 | Seymour | Oliver | 35 | 13 | b&b proprietor; clinic ass't | none | td | London | Aston Martin | fallen-on-hard-times country | pediatrics | batman Barney, cook Angela, gardener Thomas | Mr. & Mrs. Pym | elderly lab Dusty | cat May; two unnamed Jack Russell terriers | mock engagement; marriage after end | big, lovely, splendidly built, dark hair | mistaken girlfriend Hilary Weatherby, actually a 12-year old | hero's married cousin Nicky Seymour | Neth - Leiden, Ams | b&b is UKS 6/nt, dinner is 3.50 | 2566 | |||||||||||||||
61 | 1983 | Roses and Champagne | treacle tart | 6 | Gibson | Katrina | 27 | Massey | Lucius | 34 | 7 | illustrator of children's books | none | Wiltshire | Upper Tew | Jaguar, Bentley Turbo | selfish younger sister, nice wealthy country parents dead | NOT A DR!! owns estate, acctg firm partner | Mrs. Beecham, Lovelace, two daily girls, Old John | butler Cobb, hmd Jane, gardener Bolt | black lab Bouncer, two cats | Great Dane, Dalmatian | pretend engagement; after end | medium ht, plump, unremarkable face, beautiful eyes, pale brown/brown | nice visitor to village Pete Johnson | earthquake in Greece | Greece - Athens, Piraeus, Sounion, Lavrion,Mesogeia plain, Marathon Bay, Kophisia, Thebes, Levadia, Hosias Loukas, Delphi | stupid premise: they have fake engagement to scotch sister's lies, but all the trimmings of idealized pastoral life, and she's got a cool job | 2597 | |||||||||||||
62 | 1983 | Never Too Late | Trent | Prudence | 27 | van Vinke | Benedict | 37 | 10 | household help | none | Somerset | Appeldoorn; London | Aston Martin Volante | nice, country; rector Dad | G.P. | Mabel | Ork & Sitska, Betje, Mevrouw Smit, garden boy | elderly spaniel, Podge | large wooly dog, Henry | halfway through | pretty; tall, curvy; red/green | old friend & troublemaker Myra | pompous fiance Tony, dumped early; hero friend Everard Herrisma who loves another redhead | whooping cough in village | Neth - Appeldoorn, Loenen, Soeren, Beekbergen, Ugchelen, Zutphen, Ams | Eng - Warwick | 2626 | ||||||||||||||
63 | 1983 | Never Say Goodbye | Barrington | Isobel | 25 | Winter | Thomas | agency nurse; former sister, male surgical ward | none | London, prev. Berkshire | better side Clapham Common, prev. Hinton Bassett | London, Orford (Sussex) | Rolls-Royce, Daimler Sovereign | nice mother, former country now poor & young brother | dr - gp? | Gibson & Mrs. Gibson, housemaid, daily help, odd-job man (London); Mrs. Cobb (Susx) | tabby cat Blossom; finds ill-treated dog Friday | after end | on the small side, not pretty, neat figure & nice legs, mousey/blue | spoilt gf Ella Stokes | her mother has a stroke | Sweden - Stockholm | Poland - Gdansk, Sopot, Oliwa | my vs. M&B 2130 | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | 1984 | Polly | Talbot | Polly | 20 | Gervis | Sam | 36 | 16 | typist for Classics book; student nurse | unnamed children's hosp., Birmingham | Gloucestershire | nr. Pulchester | Elmley Castle, Gloucs. | Bentley Corniche | nice, country, schoolmaster dad | consultant prof in paedeatric surgery | Jeff & Bessy | large mutt Shylock, three cats | bull terrier Toby, OESheepdog Mustard, 2 cats | after end | no looks to speak of, plump, brown/brown | supercilious, horsy fiancee Deidre Gordon | car crash on M5 | UK - Elmley Castle | she has A levels | 2656 | my vs. M&B Collector's Edition (red cover) | ||||||||||||||
65 | 1984 | Once for All Time | boeuf en croute | 8 | Collins | Clotilde | 25 | Thackery | James | 35 | 10 | sister, Women's Medical | St. Alma's, London | Essex | Wendens Ambo | London, Ashmore (Dorset) | Bentley | nice, country, ret'd Army dad, parents die early | sr. consulting physician | Rosie | Mrs. Brice | retriever Tinker | Jack Russell Millie, Great Dane George, cat Henry | after end | pretty, tall, splendid figure, dark/dark | disrespectful wd be gf house dr. Mary Evans | bounder fiance Bruce Johnson, aspiring surgeon | patient suffers pulmonary embolism; her parents die in France | Neth - Leyden, Katwijk-aan-Zee | his mum's Dutch | 2666 | |||||||||||
66 | 1984 | Heidelberg Wedding | queen of puddings | 9 | Smith | Eugenia | 26 | Grenfell | Gerard | sister, Women's Chest Unit | St. Clare's, London | Wiltshire, now in London (Islington) | Chidcoate Magna (now London) | London (Cheyne Walk); cottage in Little Bardfield, Essex | Turbo Bentley | none | nice schoolteacher father & younger bro & sis | chests | Pringle & Mrs. Pringle; Mrs. Cobb daily at cottage | cat Plum | golden lab Muffin puppies, hkpr cat Maudie | at end | tall, generously built, lovely, dark/dark | beanpole fiancee Miriam | miserly mama's boy Humphrey Parsons, med. registrar | lad w/broken leg in sea cave in Portugal | Portugal - Ponte de Piedade, Cape St. Vincent, Sagres, Monchique, Silves, Caldas | Germany - Heidelberg a bit | Magic in Vienna; no kiddies nor preg yet | 2680 | ||||||||||||
67 | 1984 | Year's Happy Ending | boeuf en croute/ queen of puddings | 8.5 | Farley | Deborah | 23 | Beaufort | Gideon | 39 | 16 | nanny (trained) | Dorset | Tollard Royal | vintage Bentley | nice, country, bank mgr dad | NOT A DR!!! Prof. of economics | Buckle & Mrs. Buckle, gvrns Miss Timmis | cat Thomas | two Labs, Jack Russell, hkpr's cats | two-thirds through | ordinary face, sandy/green, small, rather plump | divorcee Lady Barbara Inge | Jack Russell falls in icy pond, she rescues him but gets lost in cold, dark wood | Portugal - the Algarve a bit | Neth - den Haag | 2692 | |||||||||||||||
68 | 1984 | Summer Idyll, A | mince pies | 7 | Creswell | Phoebe | 22 | Pritchard | George | 32 | 10 | student nurse (1yr); great-aunt's nurse/companion | St. Coram's, London (leaves early) | Suffolk (not reared there, though) | Woolpit | Woolpit | Bristol | nasty country tightwad great aunt dies early | GP | great-aunt's daily Susan | Mrs. Thirsk | black lab Beauty, cat Venus, kittens | early on | small, thin, ordinary features, mouse/grey | sly troublemaker Corina van Renkel | inconsiderate slick houseman bf Basil Needham; troublemaker charmer cousin Kasper Thyss van Linke | young tough tries to rob & beat her; children eat laburnum seeds | Neth - general | his mum is Dutch baroness | 2712 | ||||||||||||
69 | 1985 | At the End of the Day | Mitchell | Julia | 30 | van der Wagema | Lauris | 40 | 10 | sister, Women's Medical | St. Anne's, London | Wiltshire | Stratford Bissett | London (nr S. Audley St); nr Winchester; nr Leeuwarden | Rolls Royce | nice, country, ret'd schoolteacher dad now tutor | professor, medical presumably | Martha (UK); Beeker, Nel (Beeker's dtr) (Neth) | finds kitten Wellington; dog Gyp, cats? Muffin & Maude, pony Star, donkey Jane | sm mutt Digby, Burmese cat Ruby, moggy Minou | after end | tall w/generous curves, lovely face, red/green | unnamed blonde companion | nice but oblivious fiance Dr. Nigel Longman focused on career | they get caught, but unhurt, by a violent, mobile demonstration | UK - Bristol | he's widowed w/11yo son Nicholas; they do a lot of riding | 2729 | ||||||||||||||
70 | 1985 | Magic in Vienna | Gibson | Cordelia | 26 | Trescombe | Charles | governess (untrained) | Hertfordshire | nr. St. Albans | London (nr Wigmore St), Wiltshire (Vienna temporarily) | Jaguar | mean stepmother, nice country parents dead | consultant in anaesthetics | Cook | Thompson & Mrs. Thompson; Mrs. Bassett daily in London | after end | ordinary face, pale brown/hazel | a few beauties | self-imp. Dr. Julius Salfinger dates her at charge's suggestion | man w/stab wounds outside building next door | Danube - Altotting, Durnstein, Bratislava, Budapest | Austria - Vienna, Vienna Woods | Grenfell, Gerard & Eugenia | Heidelberg Wedding | lots of run-ons and fragments, consistent "it's" for possessive | 2741 | |||||||||||||||
71 | 1985 | Never the Time and the Place | Dowling | Josephine | 25 | van Tacx | Julius | 34 | 9 | sister, gynaecology | St. Michael's, London | Wiltshire | London (Wimpole St.); village nr. Leiden | Bentley | nice, country, GP dad | consultant in gynaecology | Mrs. Bagg daily | Mrs. Twigg (UK) Borren & Mrs. Borren, Else & Anna & daily woman, gdnr Wim & ass't Hans | black lab Cuthbert, tabby cat Mrs. Whisker | Great Dane Charlie | halfway through | tall, splendid figure, pretty face, chestnut/grey | ex-fiancee Magda van Tine | smug, staid fiance Malcolm, dumped early | multi-car crash at Burke's farm | UK - Stourhead, York | van Diederijks, Tane & Euphemia | An Apple from Eve | 2752 | my vs. M&B 2488 | ||||||||||||
72 | 1986 | Girl Named Rose, A | Comely | Rose | Werdmer ter Sane | Sybren | staff nurse, children's surgical | St. Bride's | Kent | Amsterdam | Rolls-Royce | nasty stepmother who's remarried; nice aunt in Northamptonshire | pediatric surgery | aunt's hkpr Maggie | Hans & Jultsje, maid Hanna | aunt's dog Shep | Bouvier William | after end | unassuming features, pale brown/brown | troublemaker gf Mies van Toule | self-important, cowardly houseman Percy Pride | hospital bombed while she's specialing child on respirator | Neth - Amsterdam, Scheveningen, Madurodam | ter Brandt, Duert & Christina | Not Once But Twice | she was Gold Medallist in her class | 2787 | |||||||||||||||
73 | 1986 | Two Weeks to Remember | treacle tart/mince pies | 6.5 | Graham | Charity | 26 | Wyllie-Lyon | Jake | 35 | 9 | medical typist | St. Augustine's, London | Dorset, now in London | London (nr Wigmore St.) | Bentley | absent-minded ret'd solicitor dad & impractical aunt in London | prof, sr medical consultant | Snook & Mrs. Snook | bull terrier Bertie, rescued mutt Bones | after end | tall, shapely, pretty face, dark hair | haughty beauty wd be fiancee Brenda Cornwallis | boring fiance Sidney, dumped early; just-friends New Zealander Dr. Guy Kemble | they rescue a dog in traffic; her bus hijacked and crashed | Norway - Oslo, Flam, Laerdal (Sojnefjord), Bergen | she learns to ski at his Mum's home in Flam | 2808 | ||||||||||||||
74 | 1986 | Secret Pool, The | Manning | Francesca | 25 | van Rijgen | Litrik | 36 | 11 | sister, men's & women's medical | Cottage Hospital, village near Bristol | Somerset | Utrectht (nr.); cottage near Sneek | Daimler | selfish, old-fashioned aunts (3); nice young cousin in Haarlem | tropical diseases | hkpr Winnie | Tuggs & Nel, Nanny | mastiff Thor, mutt Muff | halfway through | small, neat, ordinary face, fine eyes, mousy/hazel | she gets virus infection & falls down stairs, knocking herself out; discovers old woman in remote cottage w/bronchitis | Neth - Haarlem | she was class Gold Medallist; her cousin married Dutchman; he has a non-bio daughter w/a myelomeningocele, paralysis, club feet & slight hydrocepha- lus (not spina bifida), foisted on him by bad wife now dead | 2824 | |||||||||||||||||
75 | 1987 | Stormy Springtime | Queen of Puddings | 9 | Collins | Meg | 23 | Culver | Ralph | housekeeper, his receptionist | none | Hertfordshire | Hertingfordbury | London, Much Hadham (Herts) | Rolls | selfish sisters | consultant, radiology | Betsy | Rosie (London), Mrs. Trugg (MH) | tomcat, Silky; dr. finds dog, Lucky; finds cat, Nelson | bull terriers, Ben and Polly | 111 - he asks her to hskp during Ams vacation | after end | small, plump, grey eyes heavily fringed | unnamed mean girlfriend | pregnant woman in car breakdown | Neth - Amsterdam | 2855 | ||||||||||||||
76 | 1987 | Off with the Old Love | boeuf en croute | 8 | Downing | Rachel | 25 | van Teule | Radmer | 35 | 10 | sister, theatre | unnamed, London | Hampshire | Wherwell | London; Leeuwarden (N. of) | Rolls; Mercedes | nice, country; GP dad | Prof., abdominal surgery | Bodkin & Mrs. Bodkin (UK); Bratte, Mieke (Neth) | lab, Mutt; cat, Everett | labrador, Toby (UK); two Jack Russells (Neth) | after end | big, charming, dark brown/dark | rotter bf Melville Grant | Switzerland - Basle, Freiburg, Kolmar, Badenweiler | Neth - Leeuwarden, Franeker, Zoutkamp, Lauwers Meer, Dokkum, Oostermeer, Grouw | good surgery scenes & chars | 2874 | |||||||||||||
77 | 1987 | Doubtful Marriage, The | treacle tart | 6 | Groves | Matilda | 26 | van Kempler | Rauwerd | 34 | 8 | nurse, uncle's GP practice | unnamed, N. London | Oxfordshire | Leiden, London | Rolls; Rover | nice, country uncle; parents long dead | Consultant | hkpr Emma | Cribbs & Mrs. Cribbs (Eng) Jan & Bep (Neth) | German Shepherd, Dickens | halfway through | tall, splendidly shaped, very pretty, chestnut/brown | old friend & troublemaker Nikky van Wijk | rotter fiance dull Leslie Waring from the Manor | car crash on mtn road on Tenerife; bomb in grocer's in Leiden | Eng - Oxford | Neth - Leiden, Groningen, den Haag | Canary Is - Las Palmas, Arucas, Maspalomas, Tenerife | Werdmer ter Sane, Sybren & Rose | A Girl Named Rose | 2891 | ||||||||||
78 | 1987 | Gentle Awakening, A | boeuf en croute w/some QofPuddings | 8.25 | Payne | Florina | 27 | Sedley | William | Sir | 39 | 12 | cook | Wiltshire | London (Kbrg); village nr. Wilton | Bentley | mean, selfish father; nice Dutch mother dead; nice Dutch cousins | paediatrician | Nanny, Mrss. Datchett & Deakin, Mr. Meek (country); Jolly & Mrs. Jolly, Shirley (city) | dog Bobby, cats Mother & Child adopted from shelter halfway through | after end | small & thin, not pretty, ordinary face, eyes lift face from ordinary, gingery/hazel | mean fiancee Wanda Fortesque | arrogant rotter Felix Troost tries to foist himself on her | Pauline injured chasing runaway dog | UK - Stourhead, Wilton | Neth - Schudderbeurs, Haamstede | he has a nice daughter, Pauline; long desc. of cousin's Dutch wedding | 2914 | |||||||||||||
79 | 1988 | Course of True Love, The | mince pies | 7 | Brown | Claribel | 28 | van Borsele | Marc | Baron | 36 | 8 | physiotherapist | St. Jerome's, London | Wiltshire | nr. Tisbury | London (nr. Wigmore St.); village s. of Leeuwarden | Rolls-Royce | nice, country, solicitor dad | consultant in orthopaedic surgery | Tilly, cleaning lady (UK); Warmolt & Sieke (Neth) | cats Enoch & Toots, family lab Rover | two bull terrriers | pretend engagement; after end | tall, magnificently built, pretty, gold/green | sly stalker & car-crash survivor Irma Cooper | bomb in hosp. waiting room; she's trapped on tower in Leeuwarden (fear of heights and lifts) | Neth - Franeker, northern coast, Leeuwarden, Bolsward, Hindeloopen | bit stupid - he insists she pretend they're engaged to ward off his stalker - but lots of dinner & dancing therefore | 2933 | ||||||||||||
80 | 1988 | When Two Paths Meet | Marsh | Katherine | Katie (late mother, hero) | 21 | Fitzroy | Jason | 36 | 15 | companion; nurse's aide | unnamed, Salisbury | Wiltshire | nr. Wilton | Salisbury | Bentley | none | mean, selfish brother & sister-in-law | Consultant in medicine & GP | Coker, Mrs. Spooner | yellow labs, Charlie & Flo; cat, Joseph | 7 - first sight over rescued baby | after end | small, rather thin; ordinary face; beautiful grey eyes; pale, soft brown hair | would-be girlfriend Dodie Grainger | hero's nice cousin Edward (hero's mistake) | he discovers abandoned newborn at beginning | Eng - Salisbury, Stourhead | he has a car phone, she's seen them on TV | 2956 | ||||||||||||
81 | 1988 | Paradise for Two | madeira cake | 5 | Makepeace | Prudence | 25 | ter Brons Huizinga | Haso | 33 | 8 | surgical sister (former) now companion/nurse to godmother & her sister | Somerset | Kollumwoude | Daimler | nice aunt & godmother, parents dead | prof of surgery (abdominal speciality) | Ellen, Winnie daily | Wigge, maids | bouvier Prince | after end | tall, splendidly built, charming face, russet/hazel | gf snooty adel Christabel van Bijl | self-important, boring bf Walter; fortune hunter Jerome Blake | her godmother in diabetic coma; his mother w/peritonitis | Guernsey - St. Peter Port, Herm, and around | 3004 | |||||||||||||||
82 | 1989 | Fateful Bargain, The | Grenfell | Emily | 23 | van Tecqx | Sebastian | 34 | 11 | student nurse, women's med then men's ortho; nurse to his sis w/polio | Pearson's, London | Kent | London (Knightsbridge); Delft | Bentley | nice, country dad, former bookkeeper crippled w/arthritis | consultant in orthopaedics | Mrs. Owen daily at dad's | Mrs. Twig (UK); Bas & daughter Anneke (Neth) | tabby cat Podge | St. Bernard Sidney, Jack Russell Pepper, tabby cat in kitchen | after end | small, plump, pretty shape, nice little face, pale brown/grey | gf Beatrix van Telle | burglar knocks her out | Neth - Delft (lots of it!) | van der Geissen, Jereon & Constantia | The Little Dragon | he's a widower | 3024 | |||||||||||||
83 | 1989 | No Need to Say Goodbye | Payne | Louisa | 26 | van der Linden | Aldo | night sister | St. Nicholas's, London | Much Hadham, London | Jaguar XJS (UK); Rolls-Royce (Neth) | three nice younger sibs | senior medical consultant | Potts & Mrs. Potts | dog Dusty | St. Bernard Bernie | after end | tall, splendid figure, serenely beautiful, dark/brown | car/cottage crash in pouring rainstorm | Neth - Utrecht | van Rigjen, Litrik & Francesca | The Secret Pool | 3036 | |||||||||||||||||||
84 | 1989 | Chain of Destiny, The | Lightfoot | Suzannah | 22 | Bowers-Bentinck | Guy | 35 | 13 | docent; cataloguer; companion; nursery-school aide | Elliot's, London | Wiltshire | London (Belgravia); Great Chisbourne | Bentley | nice aunt dies early | Professor of neurosurgery | Cobb & Mrs. Cobb (London); Trudy (GC) | cat, Horace | dachshund (long-hair), Henry | after end | small, no pretensions to beauty, pretty figure, rich red/grey | would-be gf, troublemaker Phoebe Davenish; recup'g patient Julie van Dijl | fire in nursery school | Neth (den Haag, Oudewater, Vaasen, Sneek, the Vecht) | not a lot of meal descriptions | 3053 | ||||||||||||||||
85 | 1989 | Hilltop Tryst | madeira cake | 5 | Browning | Beatrice | 26 | Latimer | Oliver | 37 | 11 | helps dad in vet surgery | Dorset | Hindley | Dorset; London (nr Grosvenor Sq) | Rolls-Royce | nice, country, vet dad | cardiology | daily help Mrs. Perry | Jenning& Mrs. Jenning, grdr Old Trott & two grandsons, strapping girl (Dst); Rosie (Ldn) | dog Knotty, cat Wilbur | Lab Mabel, donkey Kate, two horses, Rosie's cat Popsie | after end | pretty, splendid size-14 proportions, brown/soft brown | near-fiance James Forbes; vet practice-hunting bounder/stalker Colin Wood | her dad has non-fatal heart attack; she chases a burglar at great-aunt's in Wilton | Cornwall - Polperro | Europe - Utrecth, Zons (Germ), Cologne, Copenhagen, Brussels *but mostly just shopping | lousy European travelogues, though lots of hotels named and Polperro sounds lovely | 3071 | ||||||||||||
86 | 1990 | Convenient Wife, The | boeuf en croute | 8 | Forbes | Venetia | 22 | ter Laan-Luitinga | Duert | 35 | 13 | student nurse (2nd yr) | St. Jude's, London | London (Hampstead) | London (Hampstead); Delft | Bentley | nice granny in London, dies early | neurosurgeon | Todd & Mrs. Todd; Domus & Truus | cat Orthia, black lab Digby | halfway through | small, pleasantly plump, ordinary face, soft mouse/magnificent grey | mistaken id, his ward's bad boyfriend Jan | bomb at Woolworth's before start; ward lies about Jan being heroine's boyfriend | UK - Findon, Brighton, Sonning, Moreton-in-Marsh, Woodstock, Salcombe | grandma lived in Sussex before; Venetia age a guess | 3084 | |||||||||||||||
87 | 1990 | Girl with Green Eyes, The | Lockitt | Lucy | 25 | Thurloe | William | 35 | 10 | children's aide in orphanage | City Royal, London | London | London (Chiswick) | Rolls Royce | oblivious overachieving parents & 2 successful sisters | consultant in pediatrics | hkpr Alice | Trump & Mrs. Trump | cat Mrs. Simpkins | mutts Robinson & Friday, hkpr's cat Thomas | after end | pretty, pale brown/green | troublemaking, predatory widow Fiona Seymour | legionnaire's disease in her orphanage | Neth - the Veluwe, Utrecht, Arnhem, Amsterdam | van Rijgen, Litrik & Francesca | The Secret Pool | she falls in love at first sight (p.6) | 3105 | |||||||||||||
88 | 1990 | Suitable Match, A | Queen of Puddings | 9 | Crump | Eustacia | 22 | Crichton | Colin | Sir | 36 | 14 | path. lab assistant; nanny & uncle's help | St. Biddolph's, London | London (nr Portman Sq), Turville | Rolls-Royce | nice grandfather, formerly wealthy country, now poor London | consultant in cancer treatments | Samways & Mrs. Samways (country); Grimstone & sister Miss Rosie Grimstone (city) | mutt Moses, cat Madam Mop | halfway through | tall, splendidly built, pretty, dark/dark | ex-gf Gloria Devlin | nephew runs away from mean grandma in Yorkshire | UK - Amesbury, Castle Cary | ter Brons Huizinga, Haso & Prudence | Paradise for Two | his country place nr windmill used in Chitty CBB movie; bigger wedding than usual | 3131 | |||||||||||||
89 | 1990 | Roses Have Thorns | Fletcher | Sarah | 28 | Nauta | Radolf | 36 | 8 | receptionist; companion to his dying g'ma; housemaid | St. Cyprian's, London | Kent (now London) | London (Knightsbridge); Minster Lovell | Rolls-Royce | nice country parents dead, nasty stepmother | professor | formerly: cook, Nick, Becky | Brindle & Mrs. Brindle (city); Mrs. Boot, Wills (ML) | cat Charles | golden lab Trotter, donkey, elderly horse, pony, dog, 2 cats | after end | small, too thin, pleasant face, pansy eyes | she's knocked out rescuing an elderly knight-consultant from three muggers | none! | he thinks she's "a proud piece, but he liked her for that" | 3149 | ||||||||||||||||
90 | 1991 | Little Moonlight, A | Proudfoot | Serena | 25 | Dijkstra ter Feulen | Marc | Baron | 35 | 10 | typist (medical) | Royal, London | London (East Sheen) | Oosterzum, London | Bentley Turbo RLWB | selfish, lazy mother; nice aunt and vicar uncle in Dorset | general medicine? | Sadie, long retired | Cor (Ams); Bishop & Mrs. Bishop (London) | cat, Beauty (stray comes to her door late in book) | mutt Harley | after end | smallish; ordinary face with beaky nose; mousy/hazel | she rescues a woman from a London canal, he finds them & joins in | Neth - Amsterdam, den Haag, Madurodam, Oosterzum | 3161 | ||||||||||||||||
91 | 1991 | Most Marvelous Summer, The | ffinch | Matilda | 26 | Scott-Thurlow | James | 38 | 12 | social secretary; ass't matron; companion to his grandfather; temp nanny to his goddaughter | none | Dorset | Abner Magna | London (nr Wigmore St); Stoke Fleming | Rolls-Royce | nice, country, rector dad | orthopaedic surgeon | Mrs. Coffin 3x/wk | Twigg & former nanny Mrs. Twigg, Maisie (London); Emma Truscott (Devon) | cat Nelson | dog she finds Theobald, golden Lab Canada | after end | pleasantly plump, lovely face, copper/green | cold fiancee Rhoda Symes | dog hit by car; cook severs two fingers; employer's daughter falls down stairs breaking many bones | UK - Devon | she loves in first sentence; he was orphaned young, is emotionally cold due to kind but distant grandparents | 3185 | ||||||||||||||
92 | 1991 | Final Touch, The | Queen of Puddings | 9 | Pearson | Charity | 23 | van der Brons | Tyco | 39 | 16 | staff nurse, Women's Surgical | unnamed, Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Scotland, Portugal | Rolls-Royce | stepmother in France, selfish unkind fashion-model stepsister | surgery - burns unit | Jolly & Mrs. Jolly | lg shaggy mutt Samson, two cats Crispin & ? | halfway through | plain, charming figure, lovely eyes, brown/ | fashion model stepsister Eunice | rotter bf doctor Cor van Kamp | housefire, she rescues two kids | Neth - Amsterdam, Leiden | he has twin dtrs, wife ran off & died in car crash | 3197 | |||||||||||||||
93 | 1991 | Kind of Magic, A | Macdonald | Rosie | 25 | Cameron | Fergus | Sir | 35 | 10 | shorthand typist for solicitors | The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh | Highlands (in Wiltshire at beginning) | Glenfinnan, Edinburgh (Moray Place) | Rolls Royce | nice, country, Scottish, down on luck a bit, selfish granny | prof. of orthopaedics | Mrs. MacFee (hskpr), Old Robert | Hamish (country); Mrs. Meikle (city) | labrador Hobb, cat Simpkins | mum's Jack Russell Bobby, labrador Gyp | after end | tall, Junoesque, splendidly built, lovely face, dark/dark | she sees him with Grizel, his cousin (he's said he's planning to marry) | she pretends to be involved w/local GP Dr. Ian Douglas | injured boy on moor late at night in rain | Scotland - Highlands (Rannoch, Fort William) | strong Scottish setting | 3208 | |||||||||||||
94 | 1992 | Unlikely Romance, An | boeuf en croute w/tiny helping of QofPuddings | 8.1 | Doveton | Beatrice | 23 | van der Brink-Schaaksma | Krijn | 38 | 15 | student nurse (2nd yr) | Timothy's, London | London; village nr. Leiden | Bentley | dutiful, resentful aunt & uncle, selfish female cousin | professor of endocrinology | Mies & Gladys (UK); Rabo & Wolke (Neth) | mutt Caesar, tabby cat Gumbie (UK); Great Dane Samson, cat Percy (Neth) | one-third in | small, nicely plump, hardly pretty, charming smile, beautiful eyes, pale brown/hazel | his troublemaker cousin Andre ter Vange | she gets lost in fog near their house | UK - Lavenham, Lawshall | he's very absent-minded | 3222 | ||||||||||||||||
95 | 1992 | Romantic Encounter | Napier | Florence | 25 | Fitzgibbon | Alexander | 36 | 11 | nurse to hero in his consulting rooms, former sister | Colbert's | Dorset | Gussage Tollard | London (Knightsbridge); Mells | Rolls-Royce | nice, country, vicar dad | thoracic surgeon | Mrs. Buckett 2x/wk to do the rough | Crib & Mrs. Crib (city); Nanny (Mells) | cat Charlie Brown; elderly Lab Higgins | mutt Monty, cat Melisande | 161 - dinner w her fam, mum serving fruit tart | after end | beautiful, splendid person, copper/blue | snobby Eleanor Paton | lorry crash req's he amputate driver's leg | Eng - Mells (Somerset, not Cots) | 3249 | ||||||||||||||
96 | 1992 | Happy Meeting, A | Preece | Cressida | 24 | van der Linus | Aldrik | 35 | 11 | companion; mother's help | Leiden Medical School | Somerset | Minton Cracknell | Leiden; Janslum (Friesland) | Bentley | mean stepmother (very mean), recently deceased father | unspecified | Moggy (Miss Mogford) | Mies (Leiden); Wester & Tyske (Fries) | mutt Caesar (she finds at start of book), St. Bernard Mabel, tabby cat Smith | after end | small, no looks, thin, beautiful eyes; mouse/unspecified | poss. fiancee, mean Nicola van Germert | nanny, w/infant, breaks leg in storm, she sets out to find & he shows up to rescue | Neth - Leiden | van der Brons, Tyco & Charity | The Final Touch | Dearest Love, twin boy & girl 2mos, C. no beauty but so happy cd pass for beautiful | 3267 | |||||||||||||
97 | 1992 | Quiet Professor, The | mince pies | 7 | Rodner | Megan | 28 | van Belfeld | Jake | Baron | 39 | 11 | sister, women's surgical; orphanage assistant | Regent's, London | Buckinghamshire | Little Swanley | London (Richmond); village nr Castricum | Rolls Royce | nice, country; solicitor dad | professor of pathology | Thrimble & Mrs. Thrimble (UK); Litman, his son Dirk, hkpr, maids Stookje & Mies | elderly Lab Janus; family cat Candy; London cat Meredith | golden Lab Rosie, greyhound Swift, unnamed cat | after end | tall, splendidly built, pretty, dark/brown | frugal fiance Oscar Fielding falls for her sister; mistaken id engaged Dr. Timuss | she gets lost in terrible storm on beach and finds baby | Neth - Alkmaar, around Castricum, Leiden | they test patients for AIDS | 3279 | ||||||||||||
98 | 1992 | Old-Fashioned Girl, An | boeuf en croute w/ Queen of Pud 4 afters | 8.5 | Martin | Patience | van der Beek | Julius | household factotum (owners' niece), shorthand-typist-mother's help | Norfolk | Themelswick | London (Chiswick), Rijnsten | Bentley | nice, country great-aunts | consultant surgeon | Mrs. Dodge part-time | Miss Murch, Dobbs, hmd Jenny (UK); Dobbs (bro) & Mrs. Dobbs (Neth) | sm. mutt Basil, bouviers Josh & Lulabelle, tabby cat Wisp | after end | unassuming features, nice little figure if a trifle plump, charming legs, lovely eyes, mouse/grey | wb gf Sylvia van Teule | blizzard snows them in for several days | Neth - Den Haag, some countryside | he's taking 6 mos off to write a book | 3287 | |||||||||||||||||
99 | 1993 | Proposal, The | Haley | Francesca | Fran (sis, his gdtr/her charge Peggy) | 25 | Pitt-Colwyn | Renier | secretary-companion; governess/hskpr | Regent's, London | unnamed, now in London | London; Pomfritt Cleeve | Bentley | none | nice younger sister lives with | Professor, cons, coronary specialist | Peak & Mrs. Peak (city); Blossom (female, country) | cat & kittens that he takes on early | one-eyed mutt Brontes | 77 - he leaves her w/Peggy at grandparents | after end | tall (5'10"), splendidly built, pretty face, tawny/vivid blue | mistaken - selfish mum, actress & best-friend widow Eloise Vincent | his goddaughter/her charge gets chickenpox | none to speak of | his mother is Dutch | 3299 | 2-in-1 volume, Two for the Heart, w/E. James's The Engagement | ||||||||||||||
100 | 1993 | Girl in a Million, A | boeuf en croute | 8 | Frisby | Caroline | 24 | van Houben | Marius | student nurse | Hampshire | Basing | Amsterdam; London (Chiswick); Friesland | Bentley | nice aunt; parents dead | anaesthetics | Fram & Anna (Neth); Breeze & Mrs. Breeze (UK) | aunt's cat Theobald | dog Neptune, cat Jane; Mrs. Breeze's cat Blossom | after end | small, too thin, light brown/grey | mistaken -- nice houseman w/fiancee in Birmingham | she gets measles | Neth - Amsterdam, Linneaushof, Haarlem | UK - Basing | 3315 |