As soon as Dorothy Elbury learned to read she was continually reprimanded for "always having her nose in a book". Years later Dorothy still spent all her free time reading until, one day, finding herself with nothing to read and time hanging heavy on her hands, she started to scribble the first paragraphs of what would eventually become her first of many Mills & Boon romance novels. Dorothy currently lives in Lincolnshire, England, with her husband of over fifty years.

THE NABOB'S RETURN
An officer in the East India Trading Company, Matthew Beresford has made a life a world away from England and his father's malevolence. Now it's time for Matthew to return home.
There he finds Miss Imogen Priestley, who's worked tirelessly to save the Thornfield estate from ruin. Cold and aloof, Matthew gradually thaws as he begins to imagine a new life-with Imogen. But he's torn-the blistering heat of India will wilt his English rose, unless he can vanquish his demons and find his home at last with her....