A2: All the (BEST, IMO) HARLEQUIN (&ish) I've read (R&R 1 of 3)

(4*)- Although she wasn’t the one who poisoned the Dr’s eye drops and blinded him, she delivered them and still feels responsible, so when she learns the reclusive ex-doctor - now living on a tropical island - is looking for a secretary, she applies.

One-shot (5*)- When a injured woman with an injured dog shows up on his doorstep on Easter weekend, the town doctor finds life may have just sent his life on a tangent it may never recover from.

(5*)- Katheryn and Dickon were betrothed at a young age, but happy with it, until 13 years ago her blue-eyed beloved was abducted protecting her from pirates. They have spent all this time searching, and Dickon's father is ready to give up, but they get word of a rescued blue-eyed slave. Is it Dickon, and just who is the cold-hearted merchant who charges desperate families money just to get lost loved ones back? Will Kathryn ever find her beloved Dickon again?

(4*)- It started off rough, and grew worse when someone arranged to fill his head with lies (frustrating we don't find out who or why or see them get their's), and he drove her out only to lose her 'permanently'. But that loss was her way back in.

(4*)- Her careless desire to spend time with her brother's friend has forced him into marriage. Can he ever forgive her and give her a chance when their very manner of marrying reminds him of his cruel and manipulative mother? Will he ever see her for who she is?

(5*)- Her first love was her adopted brother, but after their first kiss he left and she never heard from him again. Six years later, as she prepares to marry the Duke who loves her, her brother, now a distinguished Navy doctor, returns the give his blessing. But why did he leave to begin with?

(5*)- What do you get if you cross Charles Dicken’s _Christmas Carole_ with turn of the era romance? You get this, and it’s quite good!

(4*)- One-shot- Physically challenged after a horrific carriage accident that should have taken his life, he has convinced himself that he has to push the girl he loves away to find a more fit and active husband who can make her happy, but what if she doesn't agree?

One-shot (5*)- After being won in a card game, her sister fled leaving her twin to take her place or for her father to default on his agreement with no way to pay. Can she possibly find happiness with a man who finds a card game an acceptable way to gain a wife?

One-shot (4*)- Before entering the convent, she is called to Italy to be a nurse and physical therapist to her sister, married into a noble family, who was injured and struggling. Our heroine quickly becomes suspicious that her sister's problems may not be accidental, and things are further complicated by the unexpected attentions of the head of family.