An Old-Fashioned Girl (Betty Neels Collection)

By Betty Neels

Mills & Boon presents the Betty Neels collection. Timeless tales of heart–warming romance by one of the world's best–loved romance authors.

Patience knew she couldn't be more different from the sort of women Dutch surgeon Julius van der Beek seemed to attract. After all, she was a quiet country girl with a somewhat unique taste in clothes–and an assertive personality to match!

Yet she was attracted to him. Not that she had a hope of making him notice her, particularly with the glamorous Sylvia van Teule already at his side…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781460892237

Betty Neels

Romance readers around the world were sad to note the passing of Betty Neels in June 2001.Her career spanned thirty years, and she continued to write into her ninetieth year.To her millions of fans, Betty epitomized the romance writer.Betty’s first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam,was published in 1969, and she eventually completed 134 books.Her novels offer a reassuring warmth that was very much a part of her own personality.Her spirit and genuine talent live on in all her stories.

Reviews for An Old-Fashioned Girl (Betty Neels Collection)

[nancynova · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Patience is a country girl with a sharp tongue and in need of a job. Julius, a Dutch surgeon, rents her old house and needs a "general factorum" to deal with the village shopkeepers, messengers, post & to run interference with his housekeeper who has managed to alienate the village. Of course, he falls in love with her.