The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 15 books · 1948 to 1980

Jane Arbor

Jane Arbor wrote more than sixty Mills & Boon romances between 1948 and the 1980s, from early hospital romances with nurses and surgeons to sunlit love stories set in Italy, Spain, Greece and further afield.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Her novels stand alone; a selection is charted.

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Jane Arbor books in order

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Standalone

15 books · Set in various settingsContemporary romance
  1. 1Each Song Twice Over1948Buy on Amazon
  2. 2This Second Spring1948Buy on Amazon
  3. 3No Lease for Love1950Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Consulting Surgeon1953Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Jess Mawney, Queen's Nurse1954Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Dear Intruder1955Buy on Amazon
  7. 7Far Sanctuary1958Buy on Amazon
  8. 8A Girl Named Smith1960Buy on Amazon
  9. 9Desert Nurse1963Buy on Amazon
  10. 10Kingfisher Tide1965Buy on Amazon
  11. 11High Master of Clere1966Buy on Amazon
  12. 12The Cypress Garden1969Buy on Amazon
  13. 13Roman Summer1973Buy on Amazon
  14. 14Smoke into Flame1975Buy on Amazon
  15. 15Where the Wolf Leads1980Buy on Amazon

Characters

0 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.