Betty Neels (1910–2001)
Auteur de The Chain of Destiny
A propos de l'auteur
Betty Neels was born on September 15, 1909 in Leyton, England. She trained and worked as a nurse and midwife. Upon retirement, she started her writing career. Over a 30 years period, she wrote over 130 romance novels including Innocent Bride, A Valentine for Daisy, Love and Marriage, Matilda's afficher plus Wedding, Engagement Effect, Promise of Happiness, A Girl in a Million, A Suitable Match, and An Independent Woman. She died on June 7, 2001 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Betty Neels
Christmas Miracles (A Christmas Proposal / Heavenly Angels / A Daddy for Christmas) (1955) — Contributeur — 59 exemplaires
Mistletoe Miracles (Dearest Eulalia / The Extra-Special Gift / The Doorstep Baby) (2000) 41 exemplaires
Mistletoe Magic (A Christmas Romance / Outback Christmas / Sarah's First Christmas) (1999) — Contributeur — 38 exemplaires
Harlequin Omnibus 43: Sister Peters in Amsterdam / Nurse in Holland / Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1976) 8 exemplaires
Harlequin Omnibus 51: Tangled Autumn / Wish with the Candles / Victory for Victoria (1977) 7 exemplaires
The Joy of Christmas (The Mistletoe Kiss / Outback Angel / The Christmas Marriage Mission) (2007) 6 exemplaires
Sleigh Bells and Wedding Rings (The Silver Thaw / The Christmas Basket / Mistletoe Marriage) (2009) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: A Wife for Andrew / Bitter Masquerade / Fate Is Remarkable (1975) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Harlequin Omnibus 101: Enchanting Samantha / Uncertain Summer / The Magic of Living (1979) 4 exemplaires
Heaven Around the Corner [and] Caroline's Waterloo 3 exemplaires
Harlequin Omnibus 87: The Fifth Day of Christmas / Saturday's Child / Cassandra B (1984) 3 exemplaires
Christmas Dreams (Winter Wedding / Kissing Santa / The Baby Discovery) (2008) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Nearly Weds! (Making Sure of Sarah / The Man She'll Marry / They're Wed Again!) (1999) 3 exemplaires
The Best of Betty Neels: Blushing Brides 2 exemplaires
A Convenient Marriage (The Hasty Marriage / A Wife on Paper / When Enemies Marry) (2009) 2 exemplaires
Harlequin Omnibus 73: Three for a Wedding / Winter of Change / Stars Through the Mist (1983) 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: The Little Dragon / Adair of Starlight Peaks / The Dark Warrior (1987) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: Avenging Angel / Sown in the Wind / Cruise to a Wedding (1985) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Last April Fair (Betty Neels: The Ultimate Collection) 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: The House in the Foothills / The Short Engagement / Henrietta's Own Castle (1986) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
An Unforgettable Meeting/Tangled Autumn/Wish with the Candles/Victory for Victoria (2019) 1 exemplaire
IAZUL 1 exemplaire
Pursuing Happiness : The Right Kind of Girl / Nanny by Chance / the Promise of Happiness (2016) 1 exemplaire
An Enchanting Encounter/Not Once but Twice/an Old-Fashioned Girl/off with the Old Love (2018) 1 exemplaire
A Christmas to Treasure: A Winter Love Story / A Christmas Proposal / The Fifth Day of Christmas (2020) 1 exemplaire
By Betty Neels Final Touch (Mass market) [Paperback] 1 exemplaire
Miluju tě, Daisy! 1 exemplaire
Promise of Happiness 1 exemplaire
Christmas Kisses (Roses for Christmas, Two Weeks to Remember, A Winter Love Story) (2010) 1 exemplaire
A Christmas To Treasure/A Winter Love Story/A Christmas Proposal/The Fifth Day of Christmas (2020) 1 exemplaire
The Awakened Heart & The Bachelor Takes a Bride 1 exemplaire
A Special Something/Tabitha in Moonlight/Henrietta's Own Castle/Discovering Daisy (2020) 1 exemplaire
Unforgettable Summer 1 exemplaire
A Very English Christmas (A Winter Love Story / Give Me Forever / Jed Hunter's Reluctant Bride) (2010) 1 exemplaire
2 in 1: Sun and candlelight / A star looks down 1 exemplaire
Romance Treasury: Winter Loving / The Gemel Ring / The Whispering Gate (1983) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
A Caring Heart/Sister Peters in Amsterdam/a Match for Sister Maggy/Damsel in Green (2019) 1 exemplaire
Nurse Harriet Goes to Holland 1 exemplaire
Ring In A Teacup [and] A Secret Infatuation 1 exemplaire
WISH WITH THE CANDLES D62 1 exemplaire
The Proposal (betty Neels Collection) 1 exemplaire
Tabitha in Moonlight (Harlequin Romance, 1905) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Hilltop Tryst — Original Text — 1 exemplaire
Once for All Time — Original Text — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Neels Meijer, Evelyn Jessy
- Date de naissance
- 1910-09-15
- Date de décès
- 2001-06-07
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK (birth)
- Lieu de naissance
- Devon, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Devon, England, UK
Scotland, UK
Northern Ireland
London, England, UK
Holland - Études
- State Registered Nurse
State Certificate of Midwifery - Professions
- nurse
novelist - Courte biographie
- Evelyn Jessy "Betty" Neel was born on September 15, 1910 in Devon, England, to a family with firm roots in the civil service. She said she had a blissfully happy childhood and teenage years, which stood her in good stead for the tribulations to come with the Second World War. She was sent away to boarding school, and then went on to train as a nurse, gaining her SRN and SCM, that is, State Registered Nurse and State Certificate of Midwifery.
In 1939 she was called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service, which later became the Queen Alexandra Reserves, and was sent to France with the Casualty Clearing Station. This comprised eight nursing sisters, including Betty, to 100 men! In other circumstances, she thought that might have been quite thrilling! When France was invaded in 1940, all the nursing sisters managed to escape in the charge of an army major, undertaking a lengthy and terrifying journey to Boulogne in an ambulance. They were incredibly fortunate to be put on the last hospital ship to be leaving the port of Boulogne. But Betty's war didn't end there, for she was posted to Scotland, and then on to Northern Ireland, where she met her Dutch husband, Johannes Meijer. He was a seaman aboard a minesweeper, which was bombed. He survived and was sent to the south of Holland to guard the sluices. However, when they had to abandon their post, they were told to escape if they could, and along with a small number of other men, he marched into Belgium. They stole a ship and managed to get it across the Channel to Dover before being transferred to the Atlantic run on the convoys. Sadly he became ill, and that was when he was transferred to hospital in Northern Ireland, where he met Betty. They eventually married, and were blessed with a daughter. They were posted to London, but were bombed out. As with most of the population, they made the best of things.
When the war finally ended, she and her husband were repatriated to Holland. As his family had believed he had died when his ship went down, this was a very emotional homecoming. The small family lived in Holland for 13 years, and Betty resumed her nursing career there. When they decided to return to England, Betty continued her nursing and when she eventually retired she had reached the position of night superintendent.
Betty Neels began writing almost by accident. She had retired from nursing, but her inquiring mind had no intention of vegetating, and her new career was born when she heard a lady in her local library bemoaning the lack of good romance novels. There was little in Betty's background to suggest that she might eventually become a much-loved novelist.
Her first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam, was published in 1969, and by dint of often writing four books a year, she eventually completed 134 books. She was always quite firm upon the point that the Dutch doctors who frequently appeared in her stories were *not* based upon her husband, but rather upon an amalgam of several of the doctors she met while nursing in Holland.
To her millions of fans around the world, Betty Neels epitomized romance. She was always amazed and touched that her books were so widely appreciated. She never sought plaudits and remained a very private person, but it made her very happy to know that she brought such pleasure to so many readers, while herself gaining a quiet joy from spinning her stories. It is perhaps a reflection of her upbringing in an earlier time that the men and women who peopled her stories have a kindliness and good manners, coupled to honesty and integrity, that is not always present in our modern world. Her myriad of fans found a warmth and a reassurance of a better world in her stories, along with characters who touched the heart, which is all and more than one could ask of a romance writer. She received a great deal of fan mail, and there was always a comment upon the fascinating places she visited in her stories. Quite often those of her fans fortunate enough to visit Holland did use her information as an itinerary for their travels!
Betty Neels died peacefully in hospital on June 7, 2001, aged 91. Her career with Mills & Boon and Harlequin spanned 30 years, and she continued to write into her 90th year.
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Betty Neel à Girlybooks (Octobre 2015)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 260
- Aussi par
- 58
- Membres
- 7,980
- Popularité
- #3,038
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 238
- ISBN
- 1,865
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 10
Becky is one of the most passive and dull heroines I've ever read about and the Baron is so arrogant and unpleasant that it was quite difficult to keep reading at times. Becky spent a few years being literally a slave of her stepmother and stepbrother. The Baron helps her escape and employs her as his mother's nurse, where Becky is kind of a slave again, as the Baroness forgets about little things like wages or time off. Everybody, from the Baron to servants, keep repeating how boring and unattractive Becky is, plus the Baron has a mistress, who is beautiful and charming and who practically lives with him. And suddenly, completely out of the blue (for me, at least), the Baron decides to marry Becky and it's the end of the story.
Wait, what? How did it happen? - don't ask me. I have absolutely no idea.
The book was short, but it took me the whole week to finish it - I just couldn't read more that a chapter at one time. It's so forgettable, that I already don't remember any details and I literally just finished it! The language was not bad and I believe some poeple may truly enjoy it - but it's definitely not for me. I'm not going to read any other books by this author.
The review was first published on a blog: https://dominikasreadingchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-promise-of-happiness-...… (plus d'informations)