Romance Treasury: Proud Citadel / Gentle Tyrant / The Cornish Hearth

Proud Citadel After six months’ separation from her fiancé, Glen, Judy had come to Morocco determined to prove that, however pampered her life had been, she could adapt to being the wife of a poor fruit farmer. She hadn’t expected it to be easy, but she wasn’t prepared for the strange situation that greeted her. Gentle Tyrant Laurie resented Quin McAdam’s purchase of Cloch Aros, her grandfather’s estate, even though she knew it was impossible for grandfather to keep it up. But what she resented most was Quinn’s attempt to win her over. It was difficult to maintain her rigid stand, however, when Quin showed her that he could be charming, too! The Cornish Hearth Anna St. James came like a pilgrim to Cornwall, her late mother’s old home. Her decision to stay there, and build a new life for herself, however, was all mixed up with Piran Trethowen. And no matter how hard the jealous Wendy Morris tried to drive them apart, Anna couldn’t get over the feeling that she belonged there.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.