Welcome to Penhally Bay!
Nestled on the rugged Cornish coast is the picturesque town of Penhally. With sandy beaches, breathtaking landscapes and a warm, bustling communityâit is the lucky tourist who stumbles upon this little haven.
But now Mills & Boon>® Medical⢠Romance is giving readers the unique opportunity to visit this fictional coastal town through our brand-new twelve-book continuity⦠You are welcomed to a town where the fishing boats bob up and down in the bay, surfers wait expectantly for the waves, friendly faces line the cobbled streets and romance flutters on the Cornish sea breezeâ¦
We introduce you to Penhally Bay Surgery, where you can meet the team led by caring and commanding Dr Nick Tremayne. Each book will bring you an emotional, tempting romanceâfrom Mediterranean heroes to a sheikh with a guarded heart. Thereâs royal scandal that leads to marriage for a babyâs sake, and handsome playboys are tamed by their blushing brides! Top-notch city surgeons win adoring smiles from the community, and little miracle babies will warm your hearts. But thatâs not allâ¦
With Penhally Bay you get double the reading pleasure⦠as each book also follows the life of damaged hero Dr Nick Tremayne. His story will pierce your heartâa tale of lost love and the torment of forbidden romance. Dr Nickâs unquestionable, unrelenting skill would leave any patient happy in the knowledge that sheâs in safe hands, and is a testament to the ability and dedication of all the staff at Penhally Bay Surgery. Come in and meet them for yourselfâ¦
Maggie Kingsley says she canât remember a time when she didnât want to be a writer, but she put her dream on hold and decided to âbe sensibleâ and become a teacher instead. Five years at the chalk face was enough to convince her she wasnât cut out for it, and she âescapedâ to work for a major charity. Unfortunatelyâor fortunately!âa back injury ended her career, and when she and her family moved to a remote cottage in the north of Scotland it was her family who nagged her into attempting to make her dream a reality. Combining a love of romantic fiction with a knowledge of medicine gleaned from the many professionals in her family, Maggie says she canât now imagine ever being able to have so much fun legally doing anything else!
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Dear Reader
When my editor phoned to ask if Iâd like to take part in an exciting new Medical⢠Romance series called Brides of Penhally Bay, I said, âUmmmâ¦who, or what, is Penhally?â The minute she told me about the fictitious Cornish town I was interested. Then, when she told me the names of the other authors who would be taking part, I was hooked. But it was when she told me in what way sheâd like me to contribute I knew I would never be able to say no.
There was Tom Cornish, for a start. On the surface this man has it all. Good-looks, a high-powered job as head of operations at the worldwide rescue team of Deltaron, and the complete dedication of his team. But does Tom really have it all? And what about Eve? She and Tom havenât seen each other in twenty years, and sheâs now a dedicated, responsible nurse, a pillar of the community. But she has a secret. A secret which will rock Tom on his heels and change both his and Eveâs life for ever.
I confess I grew to love both these characters. They got into my head, and into my heart, and when I finally said goodbye to them it was one of the hardest things Iâve ever done. Theyâd become friends. People Iâd both laughed with and cried with. People I desperately wanted to help. And one of the joys for me as a writer has been that all the writers who contributed to the series had the same aim. We all wanted to create something really special to commemorate Mills & Boonâs one hundredth birthday. I think we succeeded with the Penhally series, and I hope you do, too!
Best wishes
Maggie
CHAPTER ONE
A WRY smile curved Eve Dwyerâs lips as the door of St Markâs Church creaked open then closed again. Somebody was cutting it fine. Very fine. Another five minutes and the wedding ceremony would have begun, and curiously she glanced over her shoulder to see who the latecomer might be only for the smile on her face to freeze.
It was him. His thick black hair might be lightly flecked with grey now, and there were deep lines on his forehead that hadnât been there twenty years ago, but Eve would have recognised the man walking rapidly towards an empty seat near the front of the church anywhere. Tom Cornish was back in Penhally Bay and, if she hadnât been sitting in the middle of a packed pew, surrounded by her colleagues from the villageâs medical practice, Eve would have taken to her heels and run.
âGood heavens,â Kate Althorp, the villageâs senior midwife, whispered from Eveâs left. âIs that who I think it is?â