Item category 1: Romance

The beautiful Stanton sisters were called the four Venuses by their late father who was obsessed with Greece. He, however, dies, leaving them with no money. So they decide that their brother Nicky, the new Baronet, must finish his time at Oxford.

Isabella, the eldest Beverley daughter, is married and living in Ireland. The family's expectations now fall on 19-year-old Jessica. She must marry well enough to retrieve the family fortune and regain the home gambled away by their father.

Lord Dominic Merrell was enjoying his holiday in Paris with his friend, though the distractions of the nightlife were not helping his decision of whether to marry Adela. Then he met the beautiful Claudine Maynard.

Joanna of Navarre's childhood was dominated by her cruel and scheming father, Charles. He introduced her to the arts of healing and sorcery that were to brand her with the unwarranted reputation of witch.

Meg Bowering goes to Melbeck House to nurse the rich, elderly Mrs Peacock. Meg is attracted to Mrs Peacock's nephew Geoffrey, but he is a gambling man and Meg could never have foreseen the dreadful chain of events which were to follow.