Books Published in January 1996

• Jan-1996
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The importance of leaving a legacy hadn't hit Zane, a soldier of fortune, until he'd fuly considered his upcoming mission. Call it vanity. Call it ego. Call him a fool. But it was more than that. Zane believed that marrying Lesley was his last chance...

• Jan-1996
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In a heavily guarded mansion in a posh Virginia suburb, a man and a woman start to make love, trapping a burglar behind a secret wall. Then the passion turns deadly, and the witness is running into the night. Because what he has just seen is a brutal...

• Jan-1996
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Jessica Stanton -- otherwise known as The Black Widow -- had once been a wife in a marriage rocked by scandal. But in Nikolas Constantino's arms she found a peace she had never thought she would know. His lips told her of the delights that were t...

• Jan-1996
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THE BIG, BAD BODYGUARD AND THE SUBURBAN MOM Dangerous Mike Blackburne took a bullet -- bravely. Made a four-story nosedive -- manfully. But recuperate in -- shudder! -- the suburbs? That unnerved the big, bad bodyguard.... Thank heaven for Ms. ...

• Jan-1996
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It was the trial that electrified the world. Not only because of the defendant, Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs captivated the world's heart. Not only because of the victim, Will Shepard, the world's most glamorous athlete. But also because ev...

• Jan-1996
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A perfect wife? Everyone in her family had agreed that Mary Pagett would one day make some man a perfect wife. The problem was that the only man Mary had ever even thought about marrying was eminent Dutch heart specialist Roel van Rakesma. Fro...

• Jan-1996
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The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding, powerful, boldly erotic, the infamous Lord Ware felt no need...

• Jan-1996
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All little Amy Walsh wanted was a daddy by the upcoming New Year. And she had one all picked out - Travis Keegan. So what were a widowed mom and a single dad to do? Both Veronica and Travis had 'No falling in love' as their New Year's resolution. But...

• Jan-1996
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Able to ride, wield a sword, and throw a dagger as well as any man, Ainslee of Kengarvey is more warrior than maid. Yet even her awesome skill as a horsewoman cannot help her outrace the knight who hotly pursues her. An Anglo-Norman who has won fa...

• Jan-1996
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Jordan Adams proposed a marriage of convenience to single mom Kelly Flint because he thought it was time they settled down with a perfectly compatible, always-dependable FRIEND. After all, they'd both learned the hard way that love only leads to hear...

• Jan-1996
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NOTHING TO LOSE Pippa invented a past for herself, because anything was better than facing the truth. But when her antics led her into serious trouble, she had to throw herself at the mercy of a powerful Irish chieftain. EVERYTHING TO GAIN Aidan...

• Jan-1996
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WHENEVER YOU NEED ME... She had given him the most precious gift of all -- the gift of life. But something more than a mere blood transfusion linked Wyatt Hatfield to the stranger who had saved him. Something that allowed her to call out to him ...

• Jan-1996
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WHEN SHE WAS BAD, SHE WAS BETTER! On the outside, Carlie McDaniels is a shy, no-nonsense schoolteacher. But on the inside, there's another Carlie -- a sultry, sexy femme fatale -- burning to get out. One night, she does. And lady-killer Tyler ...

• Jan-1996
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Last stop marriage....first stop passion! Jayne THINKS she wants stability more than she wants Dan's love. Dan KNOWS that traveling the world from A to Z is more important than stability. Result: their marriage is over...or is it ? When Jayne...

• Jan-1996
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Do you want to hear a secret? Holly did. She learned a terrible secret, and now her friends know it too. Someone wants to make sure they never talk about it. Someone who'll go to any length to keep them quiet. Lying... Threats... Even murder....

• Jan-1996
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THE GIFT Annie Trimble lives in a solitary world that no one enters or understands. As delicate and beautiful as the tender blossoms of the Oregon spring, she is shunned by a town that misinterprets her affliction. But cruelty cannot destroy the l...

• Jan-1996
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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is back, packing a whole lot of attitude - not to mention stun guns, defense sprays, and a .38 Smith & Wesson. This time around, she's on the trail of Kenny Mancuso, a boy from the working-class burg of Trenton, New Jerse...

• Jan-1996
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A devil in blue jeans... Trouble blew in like tumbleweed -- the same time Delaney's new ranch hand, Cooper McLeod, showed up. His rock-hard, denim-clad body was enough to make her knees go weak. But sin itself danced in the cowboy's indigo...

• Jan-1996
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NICOLE LOGAN'S RESOLUTION: To deliver the twins who had her feeling like the eighth wonder of the world. And January was the perfect due date, because her babies signaled a beginning. Nicole's life would once again be hers. Free from the shadow of...

• Jan-1996
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THE MESSAGE WAS WRITTEN IN BLOOD: BRING ME THE HEAD OF SMOKE JENSEN! A hard term in Yuma prison gave Ralph Tinsdale and his gunhawk sidekicks time to nurse a deep hatred for Smoke Jensen, the man who put them there. A bloody escape gives them a chan...

• Jan-1996
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Nobody is grieving over the death of Donald Wolf, a biotechnology corporation executive whose numerous criminal activities included illegally trading industrial secrets...and rape. Too many people, in fact, are almost too eager to take responsibility...

• Jan-1996
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Shared past...shared future? Marsh Faulkner: this handsome, irresistible man from the Outback is determined to get his own way. What he wants he usually gets...and now he wants Roslyn! Roslyn Earnshaw: beautiful, bright and independent. She esc...

• Jan-1996
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The year is 1916. The place is a tiny New England village called Camden--where a newly divorced woman learns that love can be more special the second time around ... When free-thinking divorcee Roberta Jewett returns to her hometown of Camden, Mai...

• Jan-1996
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TO LOVE AND PROTECT For six years, Jeannie Alverson had thought about Sam Dundee's haunting blue eyes, his warm touch. His was the face she saw in her dreams. He was the man she never expected to see again. But now he had returned...to protect her. ...

• Jan-1996
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A little white lie.... I'm terribly sorry, Hannah could hear herself saying, I don't know what came over me. I simply couldn't let that coldhearted ambitious lady take you for another ride. When you lost the last six weeks from your me...

• Jan-1996
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AN END OFFERS HOPE OF NEW BEGINNINGS Grace Dorian is a national treasure. She is The Confidante, America's favorite advice columnist. Her wisdom and guidance over two generations have helped millions, including her daughter Francine and grandd...

• Jan-1996
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A FORGOTTEN WIFE He'd escaped with his life, but after his traumatic kidnapping and daring rescue, Morgan Trayhern's memory had been stolen from him. Now only his wife, Laura, could return this hero to love - and reawaken the passion of th...

• Jan-1996
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"Wednesday's child is full of woe." Sophie Grant certainly had her woes. Her parents had died and left a trust fund she couldn't touch; her home was condemned and she'd just lost her job! She had no option but to stay with Matt...

• Jan-1996
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When a will leads to wedlock.... Zach says: "Why did I have to be the one left with my father's mistress? Still, I know her type, and she should have been easy to dismiss. After all, Eve Palmer didn't actually climb the corporate ladd...

• Jan-1996
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Past midnight, Chyna Shepherd, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend's family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edger Foreman Vess, has entered the hous...

• Jan-1996
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10...9...8... He swirls you across the dance floor one last time... 7...6...5... You uncork champagne, don your party hat and grab your noisemaker... 4...3...2... He wraps his arms around you and you look into his eyes... 1... His lips meet your...

• Jan-1996
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An angel in her background! Maybe her stepdaughter was right! Imogen was only a young widow; perhaps she did need to fall in love again. But she required a positive angel of a man to restore her faith in herself, and such men did not grow on trees...

• Jan-1996
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10... 9... 8... He swirls you across the dance floor one last time... 7...6...5... You uncork champagne, don your party hat and grab your noisemaker... 4...3...2... He wraps his arms around you and you look into his eyes... 1... His lips meet your...

• Jan-1996
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BEHIND THE LINES is W.E.B. Griffin's powerful novel of World War II -- and the courage, patriotism, and sacrifice of those who fought it. By 1942, the Japanese have routed the outnumbered American forces and conquered the Philippines. But deep in the...

• Jan-1996
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Three months in paradise, all expenses paid. It's an invitation Dr. Alex Delaware cannot refuse. Revered scientist Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland has invited Alex to a remote Pacific island to help him organize his papers for publication. Yet the ple...

• 1996
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Once they thought nothing would stand in the way of their happiness. Once they dreamed nothing but beautiful dreams filled with love and success. But now, for Joelle Dawson and John Monroe those fantasies-those heartfelt promises whispered under moon...

• 1996
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The year is 1349, the place, England. As the bubonic shadow across the land, Mary Beckett finds herself alone and desperate. Her father, a physician who has been accused of consorting with the devil, has been murdered. Even her own interest in medici...

• 1996
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England in the Middle Ages is far from a jolly place for an unprotected young woman. Yet the savagery of her stepbrother and the devious schemes of her stepsister have given golden-haired Helena Talbot little choice. She must find shelter elsewhere. ...

• Feb-1996
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All men are just the same. And Christy Conners can give plenty of real-life examples! She's seen her own father betray her mother, and she's seen her own heart broken into little pieces. No, Christy has decided never to trust a man again. A former...

• Jan-1996
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SHE WAS CALLED BELLE FROM HELL.... As fierce and indomitable as any man, Isabelle of Langston rules the family lands with an iron hand after her father's death. But the brazen beauty meets her match in Hugh Fauconier, bold knight and rightful Saxo...

• Jan-1996
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Marriage merger! Honor was convinced Ryan Bailey was looking for a "careful," suitable wife. She was equally certain he'd never consider her an ideal candidate! And she was glad. Getting involved with Ryan would be a bad idea. For one ...

• Jan-1996
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WHERE ARE ALL THE REAL MEN? SHE WONDERED.... For Lady Diana Davenport, they existed only in her books and dreams. There she could lose herself, becoming the licentious Diana, goddess of the hunt -- far from the rigid restraints of eighteenth-century...

• Jan-1996
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"YOU DON'T VOLUNTEER FOR SLUGFESTS WITH VAMPIRES. IT SHORTENS YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY" And you don't fall in love with a werewolf. It interferes with your work. Especially when you're a preternatural expert, like me. My business brings me up close an...

• Jan-1996
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Confessions of... PASSION REVENGE OBSESSION Whiskey River is a quiet Arizona mountain town--until it's rocked by murder. The death of Laura Swann Fletcher, the beautiful wife of charismatic senator and presidential hopeful Alan Fletcher, make...

• 1996
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The alien spaceship is in his sights. His finger is on the Fire button. Johnny Maxwell is about to set the new high score on the computer game Only You Can Save Mankind. Suddenly: We wish to talk. Huh? We surrender. The aliens aren't supposed to ...

• 1996
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Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do something when they find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley ...as long as it's not the kiss of life. But there's more to Mrs Tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch of dubious bla...

• Jan-1996
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ALL NIGHT LONG... Dumped by her boyfriend and dropped from WBBB'S prime time, radio producer Allie McGuffey had nowhere to go but up. She planned to make temporary DJ Charlie Tenniel a household name -- despite his objections. Footloose Ch...

• 1996
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Sheriff Caleb Stensrude of Soldahl, North Dakota, is almost glad he has nowhere to go on this Christmas Eve. Temperatures are dropping, snowdrifts are mounting, and the winds are howling something fierce. A blizzard's brewing, and all living things s...

• Jan-1996
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She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would never look back. The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway in 1880, and after three long years of...

• Jan-1996
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A Baby On Her Doorstep The towheaded toddler in the pretty pink stroller came with a blankie, a teddy and a note. Unfortunately, she didn't come with instructions. Like who she was or who her parents were. As concierge of Bride's Bay, Joanie Gr...