Books Published in April 1997

• Apr-1997
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If I want to get married & have a family (& I do) it's time for a plan!! Starting now. --From Hallie McCarthy's diary The alarm on Hallie's biological clock is buzzing. She's hitting the beg three-O and there's no prospect of marriage, no man in ...

• Apr-1997
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He could still make her want him.... Maggie would never have made the journey to Northumberland to see her ex-husband if it hadn't been for their rebellious teenage daughter. Lindsey had formed a disastrous relationship and Neil was the only p...

• Apr-1997
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Charlotte Arkendale knew all there was to know about men. After all, she'd made a career out of steering marriage-minded women away from untrustworthy members of the opposite sex. Yet nothing could have prepared her for Baxter St. Ives--an arresti...

• Apr-1997
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They had been inseparable as roommates in college, Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe. But in the more than twenty years that followed, the three had moved on with their lives. By chance, each would find herself alone for a few weeks one summer, wrestling w...

• Apr-1997
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Delaney Wescott, a beautiful security expert, is urgently summoned to New York after Lucas Wayne, a rock star turned movie star, is attacked and almost killed in his hotel room. His assailant is Rina Cole, a sultry sex-siren actress - and an old flam...

• Apr-1997
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Something worth fighting for! Sandra's first instinct was to burn the anonymous letter. Its malicious message couldn't be true: Do you know where your husband will be tonight? Do you know who he'll be with? Sandra adored Mark now as...

• Apr-1997
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Dear Reader: Rohan Carrington, Baron Mountvale, proud scion of a family renowned for its philandering and charm, is bewildered. He has received a letter stating that his late, younger brother, George, ruined a young lady. But how could this be pos...

• Apr-1997
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THOSE WATKINS BOYS! THAT WILDE WOMAN! When handsome single dad Slade Watkins came to town, all Riverton wagered that a wedding was in the offing. The hapless widower hadn't a clue about taming his two rambunctious sons--until pretty Danielle Wilde...

• Apr-1997
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MORE THAN JUST A DADDY Little Joey knew his father was absolutely perfect, but the toddler craved a mother too. Then he blundered into Molly Eden's backyard and knew he'd found the mommy of his dreams. Joseph Ross was entranced by his son's cho...

• Apr-1997
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He was totally outrageous! One minute, the sexy-as-sin cop was rescuing Emily Cooper from drunken hoodlums. Five minutes later he was tearing his clothes off in front of a group of voracious women. What kind of man was he -- and why couldn't Em...

• Apr-1997
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Lady Emmalene Eberhart was dying to DO IT. She even begged the King to make her husband do it to her -- because she wanted to be a good wife. But then her husband died, and Emmalene was still as much a virgin as on the day she wed. Suddenly, the ...

• Apr-1997
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In a realm where magic is life, Joram was one of the Dead. Born without power, he was denied his royal birthright and sentenced to the Turning--his mind to be imprisoned inside a husk of living stone. Yet at the last moment, Saryon took his place...

• Apr-1997
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Summoning the dark powers of their family to bring back their dead daughters, Angelica and Simon Fear unflinchingly begin an act of black magic that calls for the sacrifice of two innocent girls....

• Apr-1997
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Fear Street -- Where Your Worst Nightmares Live... Emma and her best friend Sydney always share their secrets. And now they have a big one: They found a duffel bag filled with cash and swore never to tell anyone. But Sydney broke her promise -- she ...

• Apr-1997
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IT'S A NO-SNOOZE SITUATION! Matt hates his tiny bedroom. It's so small it's practically a closet! Still, Matt's mom refuses to let him sleep in the guest room. After all, they might have guests. Some day. Or year. Then Matt does it. Late one nigh...

• Apr-1997
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Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS!Your parents are going away so your super-cool grandma is coming to stay with you. But when you go to meet granny at the train station you start seeing double -- double grannies!There's on...

• Apr-1997
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Has he had a horrifying life? -Was RL Stine a SCARY kid? -Did he have a WEIRD family? -Did his friends at school think he was STRANGE? - Why does he like to TERRIFY his readers? -Where does he get the frightening ideas for his stories? All ...

• Apr-1997
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SIMPLY WILD The wealthy owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart has seen and done it all. Now, bored with saloons, gambling and loose women, he feels a restless yearning -- for what, he doesn't know. Until he meets a woman as fresh and p...

• Apr-1997
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A priceless treasure for collectors and fans, The Harlequin Tea Set brings together nine brilliant Christie stories that have remained long out of print--until now. In "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," featuring Hercule Poirot, the legendary detec...

• Apr-1997
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Cannibal mutants endanger the future of a post-apocalyptic America in this explosive adventure from a USA Today�"bestselling author.   After the apocalypse destroyed what was left of America, Rebel leader Ben Raines helped create the Tri-States...

• Apr-1997
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BOSS + BABIES = LOVE Her handsome boss was finally about to kiss her--until a baby began wailing at the top of its tiny lungs! And since single mom Marissa Rogers was the hired help, she had to leave those elusive lips to give his baby--or maybe h...

• Apr-1997
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Bedding Bianca.... Adam had always been in love with Bianca, but his feelings weren't quite returned. Bianca did care for him, but as a best friend. His was the shoulder she'd cry on, and he never let her down... Until the day Bianca co...

• Apr-1997
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She was a sweet taste of heaven after a journey through hell.... He stopped her for speeding on a Wyoming back road, but when Andrea McPhee couldn't resist teasing Sheriff Will Tanner about his roadside manner, the green-eyed rebel really got unde...

• Apr-1997
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Motive: To protect her son Everyone around Abby Connor believed she was guilty of killing her ex-husband. Now even she wasn't certain of her own innocence--or her sanity. She'd lost chunks of time, botched simple tasks, misplaced things .... Could...

• Apr-1997
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SOON YOU'LL BE MINE... At first Ann Carson thought the notes were a prank. Then came more sinister threats...and the eerie awareness that someone was watching her. Ann dreaded the long, hot summer nights -- until rugged policeman Clay Clinton ...

• Apr-1997
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IS IT POSSIBLE? During Desert Storm, Rosie Armstrong's husband went off to war. He didn't return. She was told that he was missing in action -- and presumed dead. For years, she couldn't accept that Nick was dead, couldn't believe it. But she...

• Apr-1997
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He was gorgeous as sin, but definitely off-limits.... He'd saved her from a drenching storm, had gently placed her in a steaming tub, and looked great in firelight, but was that reason enough for Kayla Grey to kiss a handsome cowboy with reckless ...

• Apr-1997
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Bestselling author John Sandford takes all the action and suspense of his acclaimed Prey novels and heads west to the dark gleam of L.A. - where the Night Crew works. A mobile unit of video freelancers, they prowl the midnight streets for news to sel...

• Apr-1997
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Separate bedrooms? When Trent de Havilland waltzed into Alethea's life, it was a relief to have some adult male company for a change. Her mother, sister and three young nieces were driving her mad and she was desperate to leave home. Then Tren...

• Apr-1997
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Christa and her brother David left Boston with hope of making a fortune in the timber country near Seattle, Washington. But cholera had taken their parent on the journey west, and now an isolated cabin near Puget Sound was all they possessed. Until...

• Apr-1997
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Can their marriage survive the truth? Lucie has everything. The perfect husband, a cherished son and a new baby on the way.... Her marriage is blissful--until a secret in her past returns to haunt her. How can Lucie tell her husband, a glamorou...

• Apr-1997
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In one horrific, terrifying moment, Dynah Carey's perfect life is shattered by rape, her future irrevocably altered by an unwanted pregnancy, her doting family torn apart. Her seemingly rock-solid faith is pushed to the limits as she faces the mos...

• Apr-1997
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Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found o...

• Apr-1997
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Bridin’s destiny is to rule a faraway fairy kingdom, but another sits on her rightful throne, so the enchanting lady is forced to flee into the mortal realm. Bridin awaits for the man who can help her return home, but the stranger who shows up is ...

• Apr-1997
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THE PRETENDER An orphan from London's East End, a fugitive from the poorhouse, Violet Cooper was tired of sleeping on stoops and being hungry and cold. But she dared to enter a world forbidden to her and her kind. Even marriage to a gentle, el...

• Apr-1997
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Outback Cattle Station -- Father and Daughter in Need of Love How could Chessie prove to Raefe Stevenson that she wasn't spoiled? The handsome Outback cattle rancher needed a nanny for his small daughter, Jess, and suddenly Chessie saw her ch...

• Apr-1997
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The Game of Matchmaking The players--Maureen O'Malley and Bridget Kingsford Two mothers with marriage on their minds--for their kids. Little do they suspect that they have done their work too well.... The pawns--Daniel O'Malley and Rose Kingsf...

• Apr-1997
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WHOSE BABIES WERE THEY? When single mother Justine Murdock found baby twins abandoned on her doorstep, she saw the Murdock chin and big green eyes in those sweet little faces. Oh, maybe she was just imagining the family resemblance. Or maybe she w...

• Apr-1997
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DANGER BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.... Powerful, predatory, irresistibly male, Matt Sterling has been called a solider of fortune-and worse. But for Eve Blackwell, he's the perfect man for a dangerous job: to track down Alejandro Delgado, Eve's wealthy e...

• Apr-1997
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Just one person can save the children from a terrifying future. But to do so, she must master her past. Beth Wright, a newspaper reporter, is hot on the trail of a story that could expose something very ugly at the St. Clair Children’s Home. Someon...

• Apr-1997
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White's newest thriller takes Doc Ford to Havana, where a friend is being held by the Cuban government. Still haunted by his suspected involvement in a plot against Castro, Ford leaves Florida and ventures to Cuba--where he finds himself entangled in...

• Apr-1997
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Pride and prejudice! Holly knew she wasn't beautiful, but still hoped that one day she'd find a man who would love her and wed her! Trouble was, the only man she had ever really wanted was Pierce Sutherland! What chance did she have wit...

• Apr-1997
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HOW TO MARRY... One hot cowboy! - Keep a lasso handy. - Saddle a fast horse - Chase him into the sunset. Maggie Porter planned to find a cowboy husband, not a job! Yet, when she rode onto Jake MacIntyre's ranch, she agreed to stay -- as nanny to Ja...

• Apr-1997
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A MOTHER'S ULTIMATE SACRIFICE... A BROTHER'S DARK OBSESSION... AND ONE WOMAN'S DESPERATE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL... Something dark and dangerous had long shadowed Skye Dearborn's life. She had seen the fear of it in her mother's eyes. It was ther...

• Apr-1997
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The price of deceit... It has been twelve years since they met -- Felicia had been only a child -- no wonder Joshua Tagget doesn't recognize her. But Felicia remembers him and how he betrayed her stepsister. And now, by making his attraction t...

• Apr-1997
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Nurse Jill Craig was not easily impressed, especially when the flirtatious and very handsome surgical doctor Zach Samuels blew into her ward and proceeded to charm every single patient -- young and old! She was even more irritated with herself for be...

• Apr-1997
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If having a baby with a stranger is what it'll take to save her daughter's life...Beth McCabe is willing to have one. Is the stranger? Nate McCabe hasn't seen or spoken to his identical twin brother, Rob, for fifteen years. Now Rob is dead an...

• Apr-1997
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Meet the Fortunes--a family whose legacy is greater than riches. Because where there's a will...there's a wedding! THE COWBOY He'd always been an outsider. And Grant McClure liked it that way. Stepson to the Fortunes, he'd made his own destiny...

• Apr-1997
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ROMANCE ON ICE When businessman Noah Gordon arrives in the quaint town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to sell off one of his "Roller Fun" skating rinks, no one is more surprised than the rink's manager, Francie Piccard. Because of her, Roller Fun is...

• Apr-1997
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WHY MUST SEDUCTION BE A SPORT ENJOYED SOLELY BY GENTLEMEN? For Abbie Fairchild, an art teacher and aspiring artist, the opportunity to spend a week at Penfel Hall with its grand art gallery is a dream come true. But the field trip takes a scandalo...