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Betty Neels Books in Order

140 books are credited to Betty Neels, published between 1967 and 2013; 6 of them appeared after Betty Neels's death in 2001. The first book is Waiting for Deborah (1967) and the newest is The Doubtful Marriage (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Betty Neels is the pen name of Evelyn Jessy Neels.

Books
140
Published
1967–2013
Confirmed
1 of 140 titles
Pages on record
27,192 in 121 of 140 books
Reading time
453–680 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 27,192 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 121 of 140 titles with a page count on record.

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Betty Neels (15 September 1909 - 7 June 2001) was an English author of more than 134 romance novels, born in Leyton. Mills & Boon published the novels first in the United Kingdom, and Harlequin reprinted them in North America. Neels wrote from 1969 until death, and the books are noted for being especially chaste. The catalogue lists 140 books, including Nurse in Holland (1969), Sister Peters in Amsterdam (1969) and Tempestuous April (1970). Doctors, nurses, surgeons and the Netherlands recur in the subjects, and Dr Fforde is a named series.

How many Betty Neels books are there?

Betty Neels has 140 books, released between 1967 and 2013. 6 of them were published after Betty Neels's death in 2001. They include 2 series and 129 titles listed outside any series.

Betty Neels Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 140 Betty Neels books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Waiting for Deborah by Betty Neels (1967)
  2. Cover of A Match for Sister Maggy by Betty Neels (1969)
  3. Cover of Nurse in Holland by Betty Neels (1969)
  4. Cover of Visiting Consultant / Blow Hot, Blow Cold by Betty Neels (1970)
  5. Cover of Fate is Remarkable by Betty Neels (1970)
  6. Cover of Tangled Autumn by Betty Neels (1971)
  7. Cover of Damsel In Green by Betty Neels (1971)
  8. Cover of The Fifth Day of Christmas by Betty Neels (1971)
  9. Cover of Uncertain Summer by Betty Neels (1972)
  10. Cover of Tabitha In the Moonlight by Betty Neels (1972)
  11. Cover of Wish with the Candles by Betty Neels (1972)
  12. Cover of Victory for Victoria by Betty Neels (1972)
  13. Cover of Saturday's Child by Betty Neels (1972)
  14. Cover of Winter of Change by Betty Neels (1973)
  15. Cover of Cassandra by Chance by Betty Neels (1973)
  16. Cover of Three for a Wedding by Betty Neels (1973)
  17. Cover of Stars Through the Mist by Betty Neels (1973)
  18. Cover of The Gemel Ring by Betty Neels (1974)
  19. Cover of Cruise To A Wedding by Betty Neels (1974)
  20. Cover of The Magic Of Living by Betty Neels (1974)
  21. Cover of The End of the Rainbow by Betty Neels (1974)
  22. Cover of Heaven is Gentle by Betty Neels (1975)
  23. Cover of A Star Looks Down by Betty Neels (1975)
  24. Cover of The Moon for Lavinia by Betty Neels (1975)
  1. 1
    Waiting for Deborah1967 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967224
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  2. 2
    A Match for Sister Maggy1969 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969304
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  3. 3
    Sister Peters in Amsterdam1969 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969218
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  4. 4
    Nurse in Holland1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  5. 5
    Visiting Consultant / Blow Hot, Blow Cold1970 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970304
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  6. 6
    Tempestuous April1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970192
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  7. 7
    Fate is Remarkable1970 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970224
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  8. 8
    Tulips for Augusta1971 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971189
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  9. 9
    Tangled Autumn1971 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971218
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  10. 10
    Damsel In Green1971 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971224
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  11. 11
    The Fifth Day of Christmas1971 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971304
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  12. 12
    Uncertain Summer1972 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972224
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  13. 13
    Tabitha In the Moonlight1972 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972224
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  14. 14
    Wish with the Candles1972 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972216
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  15. 15
    Victory for Victoria1972 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972224
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  16. 16
    Saturday's Child1972 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972224
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  17. 17
    Winter of Change1973 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973304
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  18. 18
    Cassandra by Chance1973 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973224
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  19. 19
    Three for a Wedding1973 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973224
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  20. 20
    Stars Through the Mist1973 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973219
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  21. 21
    Enchanting Samantha1973 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973188
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  22. 22
    The Gemel Ring1974 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974224
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  23. 23
    Cruise To A Wedding1974 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974224
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  24. 24
    The Magic Of Living1974 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974224
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  25. 25
    The End of the Rainbow1974 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974218
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  26. 26
    Roses for Christmas1975 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975192
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  27. 27
    Heaven is Gentle1975 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975224
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  28. 28
    A Star Looks Down1975 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975224
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  29. 29
    The Moon for Lavinia1975 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975218
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  30. 30
    A Small Slice of Summer1975 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975304
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Betty Neels books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

White Weddings in order

3 books
  1. 2. Innocent Bride
  2. 5. Matilda's Wedding
  3. 7. Emma's Wedding

Final Touch in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Final Touch
  2. 2. A Happy Meeting

Dr Fforde in order

2 books
  1. 1. Always and Forever
  2. 2. The Doctor's Girl

Kids and Kisses in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Valentine for Daisy

SEALed with a Kiss in order

1 book
  1. 1. Dearest Love

Holding Out For a Hero in order

1 book
  1. 3. The Bachelor's Wedding

Baby Boom in order

1 book
  1. 3. The Right Kind of Girl

Standalone books

129 books

129 Betty Neels titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Betty Neels Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Betty Neels books run from Waiting for Deborah (1967) to The Doubtful Marriage (2013), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Betty Neels in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Betty Neels books in order?

You only need to read Betty Neels books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Betty Neels

Start with Waiting for Deborah (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Betty Neels book?

The Doubtful Marriage (2013) is the newest Betty Neels book released so far.

Is there a new Betty Neels book coming?

No next Betty Neels book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Betty Neels at a glance

Died
Betty Neels died in 2001, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Betty Neels are still being published after Betty Neels's death in 2001; the newest appeared in 2013.
Release pace
Betty Neels books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
27,192 pages across the 121 of 140 books with a recorded length, a median of 219 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Betty Neels books, 44 of 140, were published in the 1970s.

What the Betty Neels books are about

129 of the 140 Betty Neels books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: contemporary romance is tagged on 97 of 129. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Contemporary romance 97 of 129 books
  • Man-woman relationships 40 of 129 books
  • Physicians 32 of 129 books
  • Romance, Contemporary, Medical 32 of 129 books
  • Nurses 30 of 129 books
  • Fiction in English 17 of 129 books
  • Marriage 13 of 129 books
  • Surgeons 12 of 129 books
  • Vintage Mills & Boon 9 of 129 books
  • Netherlands 8 of 129 books
  • Sweet romance 8 of 129 books
  • Young women 8 of 129 books