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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.The angel and the professorGemma Prentice might have no looks to speak of, but she had something better – a kind and conscientious nature, which made her a wonderful nurse – to her patients she really was a ‘gem’ of a girl!So when she unexpectedly found herself out of work, the distinguished Dutch professor, Ross Dieperink van Berhuys, unhesitatingly asked her to accompany him to Holland to look after his invalid sister. Gemma accepted – even though she knew Ross was never likely to see her any more intimately than as his sister’s nurse…

The third book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner’s ‘Children of Violence’ series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.‘“The personal life of a comrade would be arranged so that it interferes as little as possible with work," he said. Martha had not imagined that the «personal talk» with Anton would arise like an item on an agenda; she now felt frivolous because she had been looking forward to something different …’The ‘Children of Violence’ series established Doris Lessing as a major radical writer. In this third volume, Martha, now free of her stultifying marriage to Douglas, is able to pursue the independent life she has wanted for so long. Her deepening involvement with South African revolutionary politics draws her into a world of fierce commitments and passionate idealism. A time of great change, Martha's young womanhood brings not only immense happiness when she embarks on an affair with a fellow party member, but also great sorrow – for the pain of abandoning Caroline, her baby daughter, left at home with Douglas, never diminishes …