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Mills & Boon presents the complete Betty Neels collection. Timeless tales of heart-warming romance by one of the world’s best-loved romance authors. She’d found…the perfect husband.Phyllida Cresswell had definite ideas about love. She knew she didn’t love Philip and couldn’t marry him. So when the chance of a nursing job abroad came up, she took it. Things didn’t go smoothly in Madeira and Phyllida found herself stranded.Fortunately, the dashing Pieter van Sittardt was on hand to rescue her. Pieter, Phylllida discovered, was a man she could love. In fact, she’d be happy to marry him. All he had to do was ask.