Smoke into Flame

by Jane Arbor

When her engagement to Bruno Cavour fell through, Clare was offered a job by the attractive Italian, Tarquin Roscuro.

Thoughts of Bruno soon faded when she fell in love with Tarquin -- but alas, he seemed no more interested in marrying her than Bruno had been.

Genres: Romance, Harlequin Romance

283 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1975

About the author

Eileen Norah Murphy Owbridge was born on 8 September 1903 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, she lived in Preston, Sussex, England, and passed away on 4 February 1994 in Worthing, West Sussex.

Under the pseudonym Jane Arbor she wrote over 55 romance novel for Mills & Boon from 1948 to 1985. She started writing doctor-nurse romances, and many have been reedited with diferent titles, that included the words "nurse", "doctor" or "surgeon". Later, she focused her writing in foreign settings like the continental Europe, the Caribbean, Morocco...

Reviews

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for Eurovisionathon!

Country: San Marino

This was the only book that all of the participants could find that was set in San Marino. It is a Mills and Boon romance novel following young Clare who was engaged to a man called Bruno, however, after a fight with members of his family, she flees from the scene and ends up meeting Tarquin. He is Italian and senses that Clare needs an escape, so offers her a job in San Marino that involves being a companion to a young sixteen-year-old girl as her parents battle a divorce. These novels personally aren't for me and my interest throughout did decrease towards the end. The story felt a little too predictable.

[Sandra The Old Woman in a Van · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this 1963 Harlequin romance was like a cultural anthropology exploration of an era and mores long gone. As for an experience of San Morino it felt like a day excursion on a holiday to Italy. In that regard it met its objective as a stop along my around the world literary journey. I searched for a long time for an English language offering set in San Marino and this was it.

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When her engagement to Bruno Cavour fell through, Clare was offered a job by the attractive Italian, Tarquin Roscuro.

Thought of Bruno soon faded when she fell in love with Tarquin - but alas, he seemed no more interested in marrying her than Bruno had been.