Betty Neels Books In Order
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Always and Forever | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doctor's Girl | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Final Touch Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Waiting for Deborah | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Match for Sister Maggy | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sister Peters in Amsterdam | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nurse in Holland | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Visiting Consultant / Blow Hot, Blow Cold | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tempestuous April | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fate is Remarkable | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tulips for Augusta | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tangled Autumn | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Damsel In Green | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fifth Day of Christmas | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uncertain Summer | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tabitha In the Moonlight | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wish with the Candles | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Victory for Victoria | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saturday's Child | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Winter of Change | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cassandra by Chance | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three for a Wedding | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stars Through the Mist | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enchanting Samantha | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gemel Ring | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cruise To A Wedding | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic Of Living | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End of the Rainbow | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roses for Christmas | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heaven is Gentle | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Star Looks Down | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moon for Lavinia | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Small Slice of Summer | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Henrietta's Own Castle | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cobweb Morning | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Edge of Winter | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Esmeralda | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Gem of a Girl | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hasty Marriage | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Dragon | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grasp a Nettle | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Matter of Chance | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pineapple Girl | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Philomena's Miracle | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Britannia All at Sea | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never While the Grass Grows | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Promise of Happiness | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sun and Candlelight | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Sun's Magic | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ring In A Teacup | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Winter Wedding | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When May Follows | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Last April Fair | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caroline's Waterloo | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silver Thaw | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Apple From Eve | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Not Once but Twice | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hannah | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heaven Around The Corner | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All Else Confusion | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Girl to Love | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Judith | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never Too Late | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Dream Came True | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midsummer Star | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roses And Champagne | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never Say Goodbye | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Polly | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year's Happy Ending | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once For All Time | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Good Wife | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heidelberg Wedding | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Summer Idyll | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Magic In Vienna | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never the Time and the Place | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
At the End of the Day | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two Weeks to Remember | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Girl Named Rose | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Pool | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Gentle Awakening | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Off With The Old Love | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stormy Springtime | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Two Paths Meet | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paradise for Two | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Course of True Love | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chain of Destiny | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Need to Say Goodbye | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hilltop Tryst | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fateful Bargain | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Convenient Wife | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girl with Green Eyes | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Suitable Match | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roses Have Thorns | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Little Moonlight | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Most Marvellous Summer | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Romantic Encounter | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Kind Of Magic | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Unlikely Romance | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Old-Fashioned Girl | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Quiet Professor | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Girl In a Million | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
At Odds with Love | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wedding Bells for Beatrice | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Christmas Wish | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two For The Heart | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Awakened Heart | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dearest Mary Jane | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fate Takes A Hand | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Secret Infatuation | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bachelor's Wedding | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fortunes Of Francesca | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marrying Mary | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Kiss for Julie | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Only By Chance | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Daughter of the Manor | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vicar's Daughter | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mistletoe Kiss | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Ideal Wife | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nanny by Chance | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Winter Love Story | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Can Wait | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Discovering Daisy | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Independent Woman | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Innocent Brides To Be | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Making Sure of Sarah | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doubtful Marriage | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
A Christmas Romance | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dearest Eulalia | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Proposal | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Ordinary Girl | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Mistletoe Magic | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Betty Neels Christmas | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Baby Boom Books
Oh, Baby! | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reform of the Rake | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Right Kind of Girl | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For Baby's Sake | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three Little Miracles | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First-Time Father | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two-Parent Family | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
His Brother's Child | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
McAllister's Baby | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Found: One Father | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby in the Boardroom | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Santa's Special Delivery | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mail-Order Mother | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Billionaire Daddy | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Project | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Project: Daddy | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Surprise | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Wedding for Baby | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Battle | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby, You're Mine! | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Kids and Kisses Books
A Valentine for Daisy | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Leonie's Luck | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Ties | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Battle | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dinosaur Lady | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sullivan's Law | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nutcracker Prince | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Santa Sleuth | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kisses and Kids | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bachelor's Family | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Business | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire Beneath the Ice | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Family Man | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
McTavish and Twins | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Almost a Father | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Last Chance Marriage | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Make-Believe Mother | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Farelli's Wife | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sealed with a Kiss Books
Dearest Love | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angels Do Have Wings | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invitation to Love | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wanted: Wife and Mother | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legally Binding | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
P.S. I Love You | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best for Last | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return to Sender | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Undercover Lover | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of White Weddings Books
A Wedding Worth Waiting For | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Innocent Bride | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shotgun Bridegroom | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marrying Mr. Right | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Matilda's Wedding | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Faithful Bride | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Emma's Wedding | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bridegroom's Vow | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Convenient Wedding | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Royal Proposition | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bridegroom on Her Doorstep | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Christmas Miracles | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nearly Weds! | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Convenient Marriage | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Betty Neels
Evelyn Jessy “Betty” Neels was a prolific British author of more than 134 romance novels starting in the year 1969 and continuing until she died, into her 90th year. All of these books were published by Harlequin or Mills & Boon. Her work is known for being especially chaste.
Her books have many recurring themes. The main female and male characters often get brought together by circumstances before their love has a chance to flourish. The male protagonist was often a Dutch surgeon. While the heroine was typically either a “splendidly built” queen-sized lady or a Cinderella. A character would often have an expertise in antiques. And family pets are also common.
She was insistent that these Dutch surgeons were not based on her husband, however upon an amalgam of many of the doctors that she met while she was nursing in Holland.
She was born on September 15, 1909 in Leyton to a family with firm roots in Civil Service. She spent her childhood and her youth in Devonshire. She was sent off to boarding school, and then went to train to become a nurse, gaining both her State Registered Nurse (SRN) and State Certificate of Midwifery (SCM).
In the year 1939, she got called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service (TANS), and was sent on to France with the Casualty Clearing Station which was made up of eight nursing sisters (including Betty), and up to a hundred men until the invasion of France in 1940. During the invasion, all of the nursing sisters were able to escape in the charge of an army major, undertaking a lengthy and horrifying journey to Boulogne in an ambulance. They were quite fortunate to be put on the last hospital ship to be departing.
She got commissioned into the TANS as a Sister on May 30, 1941. Later on, she worked in Northern Ireland and Scotland. While in Scotland, she met a Dutchman, called Johannes Meijer. They got married in the year 1942 and in 1945, they had a daughter, named Charlotte.
The couple lived in London, and later moved to the Netherlands, where they spent thirteen years, where she continued her nursing career. When the family went back to England, she continued her nursing. When she at last retired, she’d reached the post of Night Superintendent.
Betty’s hobbies included animals, reading, old buildings, and, of course, writing. Her writing career began almost by accident, since there was actually very little in her background to even suggest she may eventually become a much-loved novelist.
It all started when she overheard a woman in her local library bemoaning the lack of good romance novels. Even though she’d retired from nursing, her mind didn’t have any intention of vegetating. So she got herself a typewriter and developed what was to become a fantastic loving relationship with her millions of adoring readers all around the world.
She died peacefully in a hospital at the age of 91 on June 7, 2001.
“Saturday’s Child” is a stand alone novel that was released in the year 1972. Abigail worked hard for a living. And was expecting to go on earning her living since no guy had shown any signs of wanting to marry her. Least of all that mysterious Professor Dominic van Wijekelen.
He certainly admired her nursing skills, and confidently asked her to take on his private cases, which took her from London on to Holland then Spain. However all he seemed to feel for her was intense dislike. Did he not trust women? Or was she too plain? Whatever the reason, there was very little that she could do about any of it.
“Cassandra by Chance” is a stand alone novel that was released in the year 1973. He only needed her as a nurse, not as a woman.
Benedict van Manfeld was one of the most surliest, most unfriendly guys that Cassandra had ever met in her life. However when she learned that he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon that severely damaged his vision during some accident, her attitude changed.
He asked her to go off to Holland with him and be his nurse. She agreed, and soon started feeling something much deeper than mere sympathy for him. However with Paula, his close friend, close by, why should he even notice Cassandra?
“The Hasty Marriage” is a stand alone novel that was released in the year 1977. Laura had always been used to taking second place to Joyce, her pretty little sister. If Joyce wanted it, she got it. It was, therefore, no surprise to Laura that when she fell in love with Reilof van Meerum, the attractive Dutch doctor, he picked Joyce instead.
However when Joyce walked out on him to marry some other, much richer guy, Reilof asked Laura to marry him. He needed a wife, and Laura, so it seemed, would do just as well as anybody else. So she accepted, however could she truly expect to be happy at all with a guy that didn’t love her?
“Winter Wedding” is a stand alone novel that was released in the year 1979. Would she ever have a proper marriage of her own? Some folks may believe that Emily Seymour was a tad prim and proper.
Emily preferred to think of herself as sensible. Unfortunately, all of the good sense in the whole world could not stop her from falling in love with Professor Renier Jurres-Romeijn.
This professor hardly seemed to even notice her, though. He was much too busy making his plans for his winter wedding. However who exactly was intended bride?
“Judith” is a stand alone novel that was released in the year 1980. After the hustle of the huge London hospital where she was working, Judith found it a rather pleasant change to be offered a private job looking after Lady Cresswell, a charming patient, in the Lake District.
Her patient gave her zero trouble whatsoever, which is more than can be said about her son, the rather disagreeable Professor Cresswell. He appeared to have taken an immediate dislike of Judith. Which is a dislike Judith returned with interest, to be quite honest. And now he was showing up to ruin their pleasant holiday in Portual.
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I have a book by Betty Neels that is not on your list
“A Christmas To Remember” ?
Hello – that one is an omnibus, and we don’t list those. The story by Betty within it is called The Mistletoe Kiss and is listed above. Cheers 🙂
Had no idea this was available. I have more than 100 books by Betty Neels and it will be great to know what I have and what I might be missing. Thank you!