Books like Pretence by Roberta Leigh

A love marriage on shaky ground: Jane Roberts marries Nicholas Hamilton, unaware that his union is motivated by a will that would disinherit him if he refused.

Stella Percy and Matthew Armstrong, a spirited yet contrasting couple, navigate love, ambition, and lingering pasts in a tale of honest attraction and the pursuit of true affection.

A novel about a man who gives his daughter with Down syndrome to a nurse, sparking controversy and gaining widespread attention in the media.

Tessa, a successful surgeon with a demanding career, and Patrick, a driven businessman building an empire, clash over love and family life in a battle of wills that could reshape their futures.

Leslie seeks revenge against divorce lawyer Dane Jordan by planning to marry him and force a divorce, all while keeping her emotions in check.

A single‑mother career woman navigates the lingering romance of a former lover who tries to lure her back into a dangerous affair.

Julia becomes the bodyguard for executive Rees Denton and falls in love with him.

Sometimes a lie seems kinder than the truth ... but what happens when that lie destroys everything you love? . When Tess is sent to photograph Greg, a high profile paediatric heart surgeon, she sees something troubled in his face, and feels instantly drawn to him. Their relationship quickly deepens, but then Tess, single mother to nine-year-old Joe, falls pregnant, and Greg is offered the job of a lifetime back in his hometown of Boston. Before she knows it, Tess is married, and relocating to the States. But life in an affluent American suburb proves anything but straightforward. Unsettling things keep happening in the large rented house. Joe is distressed, the next-door neighbours are in crisis, and Tess is sure that someone is watching her. Greg's work is all-consuming and, as the baby's birth looms, he grows more and more unreachable. Something is very wrong, Tess knows it, and then she makes a jaw-dropping discovery ... Praise for The Missing One : 'A moving and suspenseful tale of the secrets a family keeps' Rachel Hore. 'A gripping page-turner' Sunday Times . 'Creepy and tense, this novel is brilliantly gripping' Closer . 'A compelling emotional mystery' Lucy Clarke. 'Beautifully written ... a wonderful thriller' Sabine Durrant.

A large type book of English fiction by Mervyn Jones.

A lined navy SEAL must protect a pregnant woman with no memory of her past while danger lurks, turning a routine repossession into a suspenseful hunt for truth and safety.

An unlikely American soldier becomes the hero in this thrilling World War II story of sniper skills and survival.

SOME WOMEN ARE BORN TO LOVE -- OTHERS HAVE TO BE TAUGHT! Paula Grayson controlled a publishing empire. At twenty-eight she was a beautiful, powerful woman, too powerful for most of the men she knew--until Gregory Scott entered her life. Paula had no plans for romance when she met Gregory. They were adversaries, playing for high stakes in a legal battle neither could afford to lose, a battle that would bring them together and wrench them apart--a battle that would teach a woman who thought she knew everything, the startling 'facts of love'.

Across two centuries in New York, a nurse on Ellis Island and a widowed fabric‑store owner confront love, loss, and a mysterious scarf that links their lives and the city’s most tragic moments.

In Camilla Way’s gripping psychological thriller, Clara suspects her boyfriend Luke’s disappearance is linked to her long‑gone sister Emma’s vanished twenty years earlier, uncovering darker family secrets than anyone expected.