Sue is trying to forget a broken love affair when she meets Ross Bryant. Handsome and successful, he is everything any woman could want -- but Sue isn't just any woman. Although she allows Ross to make love to her, her whole being is still wrapped-up in the tortured affair with the married Paul. Bewildered and shattered, Sue contemplates the two men in her life -- the darkly handsome Ross, the debonair Paul who desperately wants her back. But how does a woman choose, or reject? How can she settle for a love less true and passionate than the one she knew?

Jonquil Mathews had lived a sheltered life with her parents in their luxurious home, until the day her fianc? Simon, an RAF pilot, was killed at Dunkirk. Prompted by Simon's best friend, Adrian Hepworth, Jonquil was determined to do her bit for the war effort, and joined the WAAF. Adrian had fallen in love with Jonquil, and as she went through her training, made new friends and learned her trade, he kept a watchful eye on her, always hoping that despite the dangers of wartime, they would eventually be together...

When Judith and Rocky elope to Gretna Green they sincerely believe marriage will solve all their problems. But the elopement proves to be the beginning of an entirely new set of difficulties... Rocky begins to wonder if his parents were right - is he even in love? Were they too young after all? And in the background Gavin, Judith's boss, watches her disillusionment with a concern which is growing into something more...

Emma is sixteen years old and in love with Andrew, but he's engaged to Julie, Emma's beautiful elder sister. When their two families go to France on holiday together Emma is perturbed by Julie's casual attitude to the engagement and her interest in Yves Courtelle, another guest at the hotel. Emotions become hopelessly entangled, and for the four young people, the holiday threatens to end in tragedy as they struggle with feelings which are stronger than they are.

It's 1962, and Jacqueline is fighting the temptation to ignore moral standards and conventions with her fianc?, Chris. Confused by her conflicting feelings, she accepts the offer of a three-week working holiday in Switzerland. Away from home and the steadying influence of Chris, she finds herself desperately attracted to the handsome Antoine. Jackie, still deeply in love with Chris, holds out against Antoine's charms - but then an unlucky skiing accident undermines her good intentions...

So This is Love is one of a large collection of romance novels by Patricia Robins who is also known as Claire Lorrimer. The list of her romantic novels includes: Sapphire in the Sand, Under the Sky, Second Love, Love must wait and Love cannot die.

Sally Marsden must rebuild her career and her personal life when a car accident leaves her both physically and emotionally scarred. Sally once had everything she wanted: a promising career as a model and a photographer boyfriend. That is, until the accident which subjects her to months of hospital treatment for facial injuries, and leaves Mike Chancery too guilt-ridden to continue their relationship. With her career cut short, a skiing holiday in the Austrian Alps provides a change of perspective. A young ski instructor, Johann, starts to play a minor role in Sally's recovery... but then, by an unfortunate coincidence, Mike arrives at the same resort. Heartache, jealousy and love become interwoven, and it seems the idyllic Alpine resort Sally has chosen is set for an emotional showdown.

When Samantha's father dies, she marries Ronnie Curtis, an up and coming author, who loves her dearly. Samantha still yearns for Andrew, her love from student days, but feels Ronnie will be able to help her support her wheelchair-bound brother, Seymour. Andrew comes back and Ronnie insists Samantha finds out just what she feels. When Paula, an ex girlfriend of Ronnie's tells lies to Andrew and tries to cause trouble for Ronnie, Samantha finds she must decide who she really cares for.

Gina and Charles Martin are young and passionately in love. Their marriage is perfect until Gina learns that she cannot have children. Her husband's failure to understand the effect this has on her precipitates a need for a baby which grows into an obsession. Gradually the young couple's relationship deteriorates until they are little more than strangers and their intense love little more than a memory. Gina hopes first to adopt a baby, then to foster a child, before she seeks a solution outside the law, leading to an unexpected and moving conclusion.

For Dick and Tammy, life was a struggle. With both finances and marriage failing Tammy turns to a family friend, Adam, for support when she realizes that baby Richard is not responding as he should. They are devastated to learn that baby Richard is severely deaf. Will this be the final straw, or will their love for their son keep Dick and Tammy together?

'Always love life' was the message Briony Stone's first sweetheart left with her before he was killed in an air crash. It seems strange that the same thought should be voiced by Robert Baker, the young vet whom she has known such a short time, but to whom she is so unaccountably drawn. Briony, now married to the snobbish, unimaginative Charles, realises too late that she has disregarded her lover's advice, running away from life into marriage with a man she likes and respects but doesn't love.

The minute Charlotte sees Meridan Avebury at a wedding, it causes such a sudden feeling in her heart that she believes it must be love at first sight. But Meridan is already engaged to the beautiful Phillipa, who is dangerously ill. And while they don't deny their feelings for each other, Charlotte and Meridan are unwilling to take their own happiness at Phillipa's expense. However, Meridan becomes troubled by divided loyalties and struggles to find where duty really lies.

Evelyn, Gay and Margaret are sisters. When their widowed mother dies, the caring Evelyn is thrust into looking after Margaret, who was born blind. Gay, always pursuing her own interests, is happy to be taken out by the rich Gordon de Verriland, leaving Evelyn wondering if she will ever meet someone herself. Then, when Nicky March comes into Evelyn's life, could he be the one for her? Or will Gay's selfishness ruin her hope of love?

When Mandy's boyfriend dies in a motorbike accident, she is left alone with a young child and little money. So when her son's uncle Jon offers her a job as his receptionist - as well as a home with himself and his beautiful but spoilt wife, Gillian - she gratefully accepts. But Mandy soon becomes aware of Jon's unhappiness, as well as her own growing love for him. Perhaps if she accepts the attentions of Mike Sinclair, an attractive Irish bachelor, it will help her to keep her true feelings hidden...

Kerry loved her husband, artist Luke Austin, but he was often unfaithful to her, and had several girlfriends. Patient Steve loved Kerry though, and had done for years, staying faithful to her through all the tempestuous period of her marriage.

Gina longed to share her life with the man she loved, but Charles told her love must wait. Gina must learn sophistication, devote herself to becoming a suitable wife for a fashionable author. Charles's apparent indifference saddened and frightened Gina, for she was horrified by the new Charles who she couldn't understand. In bewilderment, she turned for help to Peter and by doing so resolved her problems and found the love for which she had waited.