If only they'd met in other circumstances "Are you accusing me of lying?" Count Berini denied all knowledge of Petra's friend Sara, the girl he'd run off with. But Petra had seen them drive away together in Carlo's red Ferrari—and now Sara had disappeared. Petra's blood ran cold. Most people came to Venice to fall in love. Yet here she was, a mere au pair girl, accusing a respected Venetian count of kidnapping—seduction at the very least. Then gradually she was drawn in by Carlo's charm, wooed by his almost mesmerising masculinity to the point where she almost forgot the circumstances that had brought them together.
Author
Doreen was born on 1936 or 1937 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She married Donald Alfred Hornsblow, with whom she has a son Keith, in 1968. The family lived in Braughing, England. Doreen began her publishing career at a Fleet Street newspaper in London, where she thrived in the hectic atmosphere. She started writing after attending an evening class and sold her first novel to Mills & Boon in 1977, she published her novels under the pseudonym Sally Wentworth. Her novels were principally set in Great Britain or in exotic places like Canary Islands or Greece. Her first works are stand-alone novels, but in 1990s, she decided to create her first series. In 1991, she wrote a book in two parts about the Barclay twins and their great love, and in 1995, she wrote the Ties of Passion Trilogy about the Brodey family, that have money, looks, style, everything... except love. Doreen was an accounts clerk at Associated Newspapers Ltd. in London, England, and accounts clerk at Consumers' Association in Hertford, England. In 1985, she was the founding chair of the Hertford Association of National Trust Members, and named its life president. She also collected knife rests and she was member of The Knife Rest Collectors Club. Doreen Hornsblow died from cancer on 30 August 2001, at 64 years of age.
