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BEST REVIEWED BOOKS — NOVEMBER 1994

Best Reviewed

The Afterlife and Other Stories
John Updike

Best Reviewed

Hunters and Gatherers
Geoff Nicholson

New Books List: 499 titles

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  • Johanna Lindsey

    BETRAYED In all the world, no man exists who can tame Alexandra Rubliov. A fiery and beautiful free-thinker, Alex's steadfast refusal to marry has frustrated her hapless father. And so he creates a "long-forgotten" agreement and sends his rebellio...



  • Lynne Graham

    Revenge is a dish best served cold... For one moment after Chrissy Hamilton overheard Blaze Kenyon making a cruel joke at her late mother's expense, she knew the heady sensation of revenge -- but then she realized she'd lost control, and h...



  • Carole Mortimer

    A battle royal? Lyon Buchanan was the man who had just about everything--looks, power, sex appeal, money. Was there a woman in his life, though? And, if not, had he frightened them all away? Silke Jordan reckoned that Lyon wouldn't know love i...



  • Jude Deveraux
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    When the weather outside is frightful, what better way to warm up than with four tales of love and adventure from your favorite romance writers. Slip into a bubble bath or curl up in front of a roaring fire - and let Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught, A...



  • Danielle Steel

    From a house on the edge of her family's dusty  farmland airstrip near Chicago, the child Cassie  O'Malley would sneak into the night to look at the  planes sitting shimmering in the moonlight. Her  World War I...



  • Betty Neels

    Just for once allow your heart to rule your prudent common sense... Tempting advice -- dared Eugenie take it? A country upbringing had taught her to be practical...not to cherish romantic dreams about tall, handsome strangers! But a chance encoun...



  • Betty Neels

    Mistletoe magic! For Olivia Harding, the offer of employment at an exclusive private girl's school had come as something of a godsend. With little experience, she hadn't expected to find a job so easily, let alone one that still bought her into co...



  • Mary Balogh
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    Bringing together five all-new Valentine's Day stories by some of the most extraordinarily talented and highly acclaimed Regency authors, this charming collection celebrates the passion and magic of the most romantic day of the year. Mary Bal...



  • Mary Balogh

    Once they were lovers. Isabella was a fledgling actress, struggling to survive. Jack Frazer was a youth as innocent as he was handsome, consumed by love for this girl whom he could never make his wife. Their year together was bliss; their parting...



  • Mary Balogh
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    Ring in the season with these festive Regency stories from five highly acclaimed authors. Mary Balogh tells of a lonely schoolmistress who celebrates Christmas for the first time and receives the best gift of all -- love. Sandra Heath shows us the be...



  • Linda Lael Miller

    I will love you beyond forever, in heaven or in hell, in life or in death.... She is a creature of the night. Beautiful. Seductive. Immortal. Her kiss brings the mercy of death to wounded soldiers at Gettysburg. Her courage defies the darkest schem...



  • Judith McNaught
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    When the weather outside is frightful, what better way to warm up than with four tales of love and adventure from your favorite romance writers. Slip into a bubble bath or curl up in front of a roaring fire - and let Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught, A...



  • Stephanie Laurens

    The Dashing Duke... -- Lenore Lester was perfectly content with her quiet country life, caring for her father, and having no desire for marriage. She took steps to remain inconspicuous and tried her best to show indifference -- but no avail! The ir...



  • Lisa Jackson

    In one night of loving, legendary rodeo rider Jenner McKee had stolen Beth Crandall's heart. Now, with a chip on his shoulder as daunting as the mighty McKee fortune, Jenner could rob Beth of something even more precious-the son he'd unwittingly fath...



  • Sharon Sala

    YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON QUEEN Of all gambler Johnny Houston's remarkable daughters, big sister Queen has shouldered the responsibility of caring for the family since she was a child. Now that they're all grown up, the flame-haired beauty f...



  • R.L. Stine

    Terrified by ghostly visions that lead her to a shallow grave, Ellie Anderson is stunned when she discovers the body of a girl had been was murdered two years earlier and finds herself drawn further along the path of the killer. Original....



  • R.L. Stine

    READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. . . Skipper Matthews has an awesome comic book collection. His favorite one is called The Masked Mutant. It's about an evil supervillain who's out to rule the universe! Skipper can't get enough of The Mutant. Until one day he ...



  • Beverly Lewis

    Thirteen-year-old Holly is dealing with the major concerns of every preteen and teenage girl: boys, family, and school. But with the help of her friends and her faith in God, Holly is able to survive her first boyfriend and her first breakup, a c...



  • Beverly Lewis

    Thirteen-year-old Holly is dealing with the major concerns of every preteen and teenage girl: boys, family, and school. But with the help of her friends and her faith in God, Holly is able to survive her first boyfriend and her first breakup, a c...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME .... Kirk Callaghan: A loner and determined to stay that way, he'd come back to town planning to put the past behind him .... Rachel Reed: A part of that past, as alluring ever--and now with a young son in tow .... ...



  • Carla Cassidy

    THE SECOND TIME AROUND Sheriff Reese Walker thought he could tackle any obstacle head-on -- until his former flame showed up with a little girl whose eyes mirrored his own. He'd always believed he wasn't good enough to raise a child. But s...



  • Mary Higgins Clark

    Alvirah Meehan, one of Mary Higgins Clark's most beloved characters returns in these dazzling, intertwined tales of sleuthing and suspense. Alvirah, the former cleaning lady who struck it rich in the lottery, made her first appearance in "Weep No Mo...



  • Dean Koontz

    BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City.A man and a woman meet by chance in a bar. Suddenly they are fleeing the long arm of a clandestine and increasingly powerful renegade government agency -- the woman hunted for the in...



  • Cassie Edwards

    EXPLORING PASSION . . . CLAIMING LOVE! The tragedy of the Civil War had forced Lauralee Johnston into an orphanage, and years passed before she found her beloved father and heeded his dying wish: that she place her trust in the handsome Cherokee bra...



  • Catherine George

    A daddy for Christmas... Sensible Lowri had no intention of succumbing to Adam Hawkridge's careless charm. But Adam persisted, Lowri resisted--and gave in. Loving Adam had its price--soon Lowri was expecting his baby. He proposed marriage b...



  • Helen Brooks

    Dear Vicky, Things are just the same here. My life is mapped out for years ahead with a chance of anything changing... As she wrote those words to her best friend, Angel had no idea that a gorgeous stranger was about to turn her world upside d...



  • Ken Follett

    In 1866, a schoolboy drowns in a mysterious accident. Present are Hugh Pilaster and his older cousin Edward, the dissolute heir to a banking fortune and Micky Miranda, son of a brutal South American landowner. Caught in the ensuing maelstrom are sly ...



  • Lindsay Armstrong

    Reform of the rake... ? Sarah Sutherland: Twenty-six years of age, wears horn-rimmed spectacles and works as a schoolteacher: "I suppose you could say I fit everyone's picture of a typical spinster. I wish, though, that the fact I've t...



  • Vicki Lewis Thompson

    HOT ON HER TRAIL Being a drifter suited Gabe Escalante. Tough and independent, he roamed the country working as a bounty hunter. But the man of justice had a vendetta against a certain dangerous criminal. So when Gabe heard the creep was on the lo...



  • Susan Napier

    Who's been sleeping in his bed? "I can't deny that it's a common male fantasy to be seduced by a beautiful stranger who conveniently vanishes afterwards.... " Vanessa Flynn could kick herself! It had been a simple misunderst...



  • Kay Thorpe

    "You think you only have to crook your little finger to have everyone falling over themselves to please you." Brett Sanderson was a very rich businessman and his exclusive Caribbean hotel was just one of his many interests. Beautiful women were anoth...



  • Kay Thorpe

    "I'm no Prince Charming. I never was." But it wasn't until Logan Bannister's ring was on her finger that Caryn believed him and realized how far from a fairy-tale her marriage was. Did Logan even love her, or was she just a conven...



  • Terry Pratchett

    "May you live in interesting times." --Ancient Curse When a carrier albatross arrives with an Urgent Request for a "Great Wizard," Rincewind finds himself summoned to the endangered Empire of Hong, Sung, Fang, Tang, and McSweeney, where a new Emp...



  • Connie Mason
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    Georgia, 1864. In a Civil War field hospital a Christmas birth rekindles the flames of a long-ago love--and brings promise of peace on earth and goodwill toward men....



  • Lauraine Snelling

    Accepting an offer to be the television spokesperson for the Chrysler Corporation, horse-racer Trish Evanston finds her dreams shattered by an accident that sends her into surgery, until an out-of-body experience makes her realize a higher purpose. O...



  • Cathy Gillen Thacker

    Extra Extra -- Read All About It LOVE AND MURDER IN TEXAS It was the hottest case in Austin, and Susan Kilpatrick was the hotshot lawyer who was handpicked to defend charismatic attorney general Jake Lockhart. The sensational trial would sk...



  • Day Leclaire

    "Toni isn't your nephew--she's your niece!" "You're kidding!" Luc grinned in amazement. "That's wonderful!" Grace struggled to control her temper. "You're missing the point. If the police had disc...



  • Donna Fletcher

    WHAT ARE NEIGHBORS FOR... ...if not to lend a helping hand? When Harmony's newspaperman needs some neighborly assistance after an accident, he gets more than he bargained for. Because Maisie and Minnie Parker are determined to help him mend his br...



  • James A. Michener

    In this remarkable novel, Pulitzer Prize�"winning author James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging and the folly ...



  • James A. Michener

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has been writing for over seven decades. This book presents Michener's analysis of his own writing and that of his peers--his reflections, remembrances, and stories of his youthful encounters with the e...



  • Margaret Mayo

    Saira was convinced that Great-Aunt Lizzie would never willingly have sold her beloved Honeysuckle Cottage. And in her will Lizzie had bequeathed the cottage to Saira. So how dared Jarrett Brent claim ownership? He must be bluffing. Or, worse, he'...



  • Leigh Michaels

    Together they'd be the perfect family At least that's what Mack Burgess insists. He thinks he's found the solution to all their problems, but Wendy Miller has her doubts--what about love and commitment? Or would this marriage be just a...



  • Anne McAllister

    Eligible tycoon seeks perfect bride! Damon Alexakis had looks, wealth, power. What he didn't have was a suitable wife.... Kate McKee was the perfect choice. Beautiful, intelligent, she was the adored nanny of his sister's twins; and she...



  • Sara Orwig

    Rachel Kearney: When her father returned from the War Between the States, it wasn't the joyful reunion she'd expected. For he was on the run from the law...and now Rachel, her sister, brother and baby cousin had to flee Vicksburg, and the onl...



  • Justine Davis
    in

    The Crystal Dove by Justine Davis A crystal dove is a harbinger of good fortune for a cynic who doesn't believe in miracles -- even if he receives the woman of his dreams for Christmas. Ghosts of Christmas Past by Marilyn Campbell Charming C...



  • Joan Wolf

    Filled with the lyrical beauty of a now-vanished world, this magnificent novel unfolds during the last great ice age, amid the mist-shrouded mountains of the Pyrenees in prehistoric France. When tainted spring water fatally poisons the women of the t...



  • Leigh Greenwood
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    Virginia, 1880. When she cares for a sick widower and his daughter, a lonely spinster discovers that her to dreams of a happy marriage aren't as fleeting as visions of sugarplums....



  • Joan Smith

    THE MISTLETOE HAD HEARTS IN TURMOIL THIS SEASON... Jane Ramsey was thrilled to receive an invitation to spend a country Christmas with Nicholas, heir to Lord Goderich, who was -- by his own proclamation -- ready to settle down at last. Yet her hop...



  • Joan Smith
    in

    The scathing reviews by the notorious food critic, Monsieur Bongoift, had all but ruined Cybele Leigh's dining establishment. Now she decided it was high time she turned the tables!...



  • T. Davis Bunn / Davis Bunn

    Stalked by bands of assassins, they risk the ravages of the desert to save a nation from the hand of tyranny. In Morocco, Jake Burnes and Pierre Servais have rescued Pierre's twin brother from his kidnappers, but their reunion is overshadowed by mo...


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