Books Published in April 1982

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WHY DID SHE FIND IT SO HARD TO LEAVE WYOMING? Family obligations had led Samantha Evans to the land of windswept plains and towering mountains. But she had every intention of returning to the East after her sister's baby was safely born. Un...

• Apr-1982
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The lush night released undreamed-of passions When a tropical storm battered the tiny Caribbean island of Indigo, Ruth Jason's sheltered life was dramatically changed. Young and vulnerable, having lived virtually alone with her father on the i...

• Apr-1982
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SHE FELT LIKE CINDERELLA AT THE BALL! Whisked from typing pool obscurity to overnight fame as The Nightstar Girl--the ultimate model for Rayven Cosmetics' sensational new perfume--Caren Ainsley felt that at any moment the dream would vanish, that ...

• Apr-1982
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A dream of love -- lost and betrayed Merrin Sinclair had vowed she would shed no more tears for Blase Stanhope or for the life they might have had together. Six years ago his distrust had driven her into an empty marriage on the rebound that ha...

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COULD FAIRY TALES COME TRUE? When her adoptive parents died, Jody Hendrick felt that her life was over, for they had left her almost nothing with which to make her way. When she found out that a distant relative had left her half of a luxury h...

• Apr-1982
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SHE FOUND ADVENTURE ON THE WINDSWEPT PRAIRIES -- AND A THRILLING, BOUNDLESS LOVE! Lovely, copper-tressed Tucker Houston, was a fiercely independent orphan, determined to become a schoolteacher and find a better life, in the rich new lands of the W...

• Apr-1982
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In 1914, Germany arms for war and the allies are preparing their defences. Both sides need Russia. The Earl of Walden and Winston Churchill plan a secret Russian alliance, but a man steals into England, intent on leaving his mark on history. Fate cat...

• Apr-1982
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A DUKE'S DESPAIR! Tansy Tamerlane was headed for yet another position as governess when her distant cousin Ashley, Duke of Avanoll, invited her to London to act as a sensible chaperone to his flighty sister, Lady Emily. But the captivating...

• Apr-1982
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Why was he different from all other men? Abbey was bewildered by the attraction she felt for Hammond Scott. Until she'd met him, her life had been well-ordered. She was to marry a man who loved her and was approved of by her parents. Then s...

• Apr-1982
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Love played no part in the engagement ‘between Lord Robert Rathbone and Bethany Castle. Her heart was given to a man who could never be hers, and her fiancé was a ruthless womaniser forced ~ to marry for family reasons. Suddenly Bethany discover...

• Apr-1982
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LOVE WAS NOT PART OF THE BARGAIN SHE MADE WITH LONDON'S WEALTHIEST NOBLEMAN AN ACTRESS IN LOVE Jessica O'Neill was the toast of London society--a stunning actress who had appeared from nowhere to take the stage by storm. But not even her most a...

• Apr-1982
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HER HEART'S KEEPER... Elissa Sheldon fought her way up the corporate ladder -- and into Wade Taggert's arms. Her sultry innocence intrigued him, and he set out on a campaign of seduction that stripped her emotions bare and left her quivering i...

• Apr-1982
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No one ever dreamed that Prudence Mallow, who wrote novels and was not London's most ravishing beauty, would ever capture the heart of the dashing Lord Dammler. The fact that he wrote poetry was, of course, a bond with his beloved. But he cherished h...

• Apr-1982
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THEY CALLED HIM “BLACK JACK” GAMBLE, AND CHLOE THOUGHT HIM THE VERIEST ROGUE. Chloe Barwick was struggling to run her impoverished family estate because her brother Edward wanted to become a poet. Suddenly Lord Carnforth's wealthy nephew, lack...

• Apr-1982
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She couldn't let her mother be so foolish Gayna was shocked when her mother announced suddenly that she was remarrying. Hadn't her father's desertion proved that men were not to be trusted? But her arguments fell on deaf ears, and i...

• Apr-1982
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SHE WAS DETERMINED TO PUT THE PAST BEHIND HER. Her engagement was over, and gorgeous realtor Wilhelmina Silverthorne was determined to live her life her way. She'd stick to the things she knew and trusted - fast cars and haute cuisine - and steer ...

• Apr-1982
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[Read by Rebecca Mitchell]Alice Hoffman, the bestselling author of such beloved novels as Practical Magic and Seventh Heaven, has written a powerful story of love that show's why she has been called a ''born storyteller'' (Entertainment Weekly).Wh...

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This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new lead...

• Apr-1982
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Ross was more like a brother than a fiance And Vicky suddenly rebelled against the idea of marrying him. It had all been arranged long ago between their families, to amalgamate the two large cattle stations. Neither had been consulted, and Ross...

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It was the worst winter in London's history, and the worst dilemma in Meg's. Fiery Lady Margaret Underwood thoroughly enjoyed being single and the toast of the ton. But Lady Meg also enjoyed being immensely wealthy, and by the terms of the late E...

• Apr-1982
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Andrea wanted everything or nothing Three years since Bart's death -- now Andrea felt free and at ease with herself. If someone like Bart had loved her, then someday someone else would love her again. Someone else.... But falling in love wa...

• Apr-1982
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The best-selling author of The American Heiress, The Millionaire's Daughter, and The Vines of Yarrabee returns to her own roots -- amidst the barren beauty of the New Zealand mountains -- for this masterful story of an aristocratic family pioneering ...

• Apr-1982
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Sir Michael Monford had seen her before... when he rescued her from the drunken embrace of a customer at the Crown tavern and when she had sold him fragrances at the shop called Maison Castle. Would he recognize her now in her new finery when she ...

• Apr-1982
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Millions of women adored him: Drake Sloan, star of America's favorite soap opera. But Lauri Parrish knew the kind of man he was -- selfish, egotistical, arrogant. She knew from the moment they met. Well, he wasn't her concern. As a gifted...

• Apr-1982
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Spawn Of Darkness Night after night, Gil found herself dreaming of an impossible city where alien horrors swarmed from underground lairs of darkness to destroy mankind and all the works of men. But when the wizard Ingold Inglorion crossed the Void...

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She could barely resist his soft caress, the scent of his skin, his lips pressing hungrily on hers. She could barely believe she was in his arms again. A year ago, Karyn had been a radiant bride with her whole life ahead of her But within hours th...

• Apr-1982
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Darkover, the planet of the Bloody Sun, is one of the great triumphs of the imagination. Its peoples, its sciences, human and non-human, have been brought to life and its legendry has the ring of authentic folklore comparable only to the depth and co...

• Apr-1982
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Business is booming for Nameless; he's started in on three new cases in one week. But every single one of them turns bad some way. In the first, a husband disappears from a car that Nameless has been following. In the second, a woman is mysteriously ...

• Apr-1982
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HIS WAS A POWER TOO DANGEROUS TO KEEP! On the day his town was laid to waste, Gathrid, a newly made orphan, escaped into a cave, and there was wedded to a woman, a legend, and a sword. Forged on the anvil of death, imbued with the souls of his ...

• Apr-1982
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It began innocently enough. A ski weekend in the Adirondacks. But when the blizzard began and the tour bus was forced to stop at a wayside motel for a snowbound weekend, it became something else again. All around her, wide-eyed Jennifer Lengle cou...

• Apr-1982
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BURNING HELL IN A YUMA PRISON... Getting arrested and disgraced was just another assignment for Longarm -- a way to get into the federal pen in Yuma. There he had to make friends with an old-timer who once stole and secretly buried an army payrol...

• Apr-1982
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He seemed utterly natural and perfectly human. He had total coordination and beautiful grace. He was handsome: eyes like two russet stars, eyelashes and hair dark cinnamon. Skin pale silver. He was a robot, and he could do everything a man could d...

• Apr-1982
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A Remarkably Intimate Tale of the Intrigue, Ruthlessness, and Majesty of Henry VIII's Court When country lad Will Somers lands himself the plum position of jester to the mercurial King Henry VIII, he has no idea that he's just been handed ...

• Apr-1982
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"""A funny space adventure that spoofs Star Wars while providing an easy-to-read story."" —Booklist

When Commander Toad finds a new planet that seems the ideal place for a picnic for his tired crew, he and Lieutenant Lily ...

• Apr-1982
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A PASSION FOR FREEDOM Skye Fargo was minding his own business when he stumbled into the middle of a lynching party. Common sense told him to stay out of things, but Fargo could never resist the plea of a beautiful woman in distress. A few well-pl...

• May-1982
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Fifth grader Cam Jansen puts her mental camera to work when her homemade box camera disappears from the school science fair. Then two valuable gold coins vanish from the coin shop, and Cam and her friend Eric must work twice as hard to solve both cri...

• Apr-1982
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She was the flower of Bermondsey, an East End slum, who rose to become a star. But Poppy Duveen quit the stage to marry Freddie Plummett, the only "gentleman" she had ever known--the bounder who died, leaving her in the castle and clutches of...

• Apr-1982
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"You're a cheat -- and I don't like cheats!" Hugo was furious with Tirza -- and with good cause. She had deliberately used him and lied to him. Contrary to what Tirza had thought, Hugo was a man of principle and integrity, and his damaged opini...

• Apr-1982
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Death is everywhere. A child in a playground. A playboy in a cheap hotel. A John Doe in a freight yard. A nanny and her two charges in a church pew.After twenty-six years in homicide, Lieutenant Luis Mendoza knows death is all in a day's work. But in...

• Apr-1982
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SHE COULD NEVER FORGET HIM She was Veronica McDonald, public relations consultant. He was her first--and only--client: Slade Huntington, senatorial candidate and the husband she'd left two years before. But the passion that had once flamed through...

• Apr-1982
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Alaska was the land Kelly loved. But she's left it gladly for Jack, whose kiss fired her soul - only to find he was really wealthy Jonathan Templeton III, who took her to a Boston society that chilled her as no Alaskan winter could. Fleeing back ...

• Apr-1982
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SECOND TIME LUCKY Having been mistaken in her first marriage, Shelley Armitage wasn't thinking of love -- until Jason Steele found her and taught her the meaning of desire. He urged her to feel again, to trust, to seek the light of passion ...

• Apr-1982
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But she loved the man -- not the image Nursing a Grand Prix racing driver was really no different from nursing other private patients -- except when the driver was devastatingly handsome and the nurse was tender-hearted. But Linda knew her love...

• Apr-1982
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With his startling green eyes and jet black hair, he looked like a panther. And he was rumored to be a man who loved the hunt but walked away free while his prey lay bleeding... Morgain McMichaels didn't need to be told. One look and she knew...

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New York Times�"bestselling author Jacqueline Briskin delivers a richly romantic, epic novel about the founding of the automobile industry, spanning two continents and five turbulent decades of American history In 1894, while penniless nineteen...

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Meet Victor Hasselborg, easily the most miserable Private Investigator in the entire galaxy. More comfortable with the dull routine of investigating insurance frauds than interstellar adventure, Hasselborg is bound by duty to chase a runaway heire...

• Apr-1982
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It's only because Janet Mandelbaum is no feminist that the stuffy old boys of Harvard agree to make her the first woman professor in the English department. But they're not happy about it. At a sedate and proper afternoon tea, someone slips a m...

• Apr-1982
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She had had no choice. In desperation she had bought the blond wig, flown to Las Vegas, and singled out Brad Lucas for a night of unforgettable passion -- then fled, not even waiting for the dawn. How could she know that the memory of his touch wo...