Books Published in September 1996

• Sep-1996
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Presents a heartwarming anthology of three novels featuring Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy, a trio of angels whose acts of love and answering of prayers help remind readers of the true sprit of Christmas. Reissue....

• Sep-1996
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It didn't add up! Ellie was only interested in one-to-one relationships, so, as rakishly handsome as he was, Daniel Thackery wasn't her kind of man. But she had to keep him talking: he certainly seemed to be up to no good and--even more im...

• Sep-1996
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Someone has killed one of the most powerful men in the U.S. Senate--and the whole world is watching. Someone has murdered a small black girl on the mean streets of Washington--and no one seems to care. But only D.C. homicide cop Alex Cross suspects t...

• Sep-1996
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DECEIVING THE DUKE There was no reason for a lord as handsome and high and mighty as the Duke of Bridgewater even to glance at a humble vicar's daughter like Miss Stephanie Gray. No reason except the Duke was in need of amorous amusement, and ...

• Sep-1996
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Even a once-in-a-lifetime love... When Halston Parker calls his daughter Caitlin to his deathbed, she's shocked to discover that her ex-husband, Dex Madaris, has been summoned as well. It's been four years since Caitlin felt the heat of Dex's touch,...

• Sep-1996
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Feared and disliked for both her poison pen and ice-queen persona, gossip columnist Amanda Dart finds the tables have turned. When an anonymous gossipmonger begins faxing the scathing details of Amanda's sexual indiscretions to national opinion maker...

• Sep-1996
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Former allies in the IRA, Sean Dillon and Martin Brosnan have chosen different paths. Now Dillon is a terrorists for hire, a master of disguise employed by Saddam Hussein. Brosnan is the one man who knows Dillion's strengths and weaknesses...and bril...

• Sep-1996
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Bride of Fear The dark power of the Fear family consumes all those connected with it. No one can escape the evil of the family's curse--not even the Fears themselves. Savannah Madison doesn't believe that. She marries Tyler Fear. But then she goes...

• Sep-1996
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In the wake of several terrible accidents at Fear Park, Diedre Bradley pursues a relationship with the intense and mysterious Robin Fear and learns of his plans to destroy the park, even at the cost of Diedre's life. Original....

• Sep-1996
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TALK ABOUT A HORROR STORY... Nobody loves a good story like Justin's dad. He's a famous writer and story collector. That's how Justin and his sister, Marissa, ended up in Brovania. Their dad is searching for an ancient manuscript called The Lost Lege...

• Sep-1996
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It was a knight to dismember. . . Your cousins, Kip and Abbey, have come to visit you from jolly old England -- and guess what they brought with them? Two huge crates, each containing a suit of armor and a curse. But it doesn't matter, 'cause you'r...

• Sep-1996
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Join Merry Hanson, a very modern sixteen-year-old living in Pennsylvania's Amish country, as she faces the true-to-life struggles and heartfelt triumphs of growing up to be the best she can be in God's eyes.House of SecretsWhen Chelsea Davis's mom va...

• Sep-1996
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MELODY LOGAN KNEW HER BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, HAILLE, WAS UNHAPPY IN THEIR HARDSCRABBLE MINING TOWN.... But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safe -- until a dreadful mine accident ripped her from her family's moorings. She ...

• Sep-1996
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IT TAKES A MINX TO TEMPT A ROGUE... Beautiful and feisty Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's estate, prefers to wear breeches rather than dresses, and answers to the unlikely name of Hen...

• Sep-1996
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Full-length novella, the wedding of Jeff Birmingham of THE FLAME AND THE FLOWER and his new bride Raelynn inflames the jealous ire of a determined rival......

• Sep-1996
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TWENTY POUNDS OF PERFECTION The moment Malcolm Evans laid eyes on tiny Robin Winslow, he was hooked. An enchantress in pink cotton rompers, she brought back feelings Malcolm woe have sworn he'd buried for good. AND A MOMMY TO MATCH Christa W...

• Sep-1996
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A woman is cruelly cut down in a remote corner of Arizona, killed on her nineteenth wedding anniversary by a drunk motorist.? A year later, the driver himself dies badly, and all suspicions point to the slain woman's still-grieving husband as his mur...

• Sep-1996
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Meant to marry -- divided by scandal Anet Carruthers had always kept her past firmly where it belonged, until she met Lucas Tremaine! Lucas Tremaine, a writer of considerable prowess, was in pursuit of Anet's past--for therein lay an unreso...

• Sep-1996
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Boston's Bayside Hospital is a long way from Dr. Abby DiMatteo's humble roots, and she's elated when their elite cardiac transplant team taps her as a potential recruit. But an anguished, life-and-death decision soon jeopardizes her entire career. Sh...

• Sep-1996
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A dark desire... When, Jessica wondered, was she ever going to learn that men lied when it came to sex and money? Why, she'd almost fallen for Sebastian Slade's smooth story that he'd wanted nothing more than friendship from her aunt L...

• Sep-1996
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A MAN WITHOUT A PAST Who was the stranger on her doorstep? Why was someone trying to kill him? And what had happened to his memory? A WOMAN WITH A SECRET She had always been a model of propriety, the dutiful daughter and loving sister who pu...

• Sep-1996
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Friend -- or husband? It seemed to everyone in Pennington that Ben Fletcher had met his match in Kate Harker and was ready to settle down. But Kate didn't see it that way at all. Though Ben was tall and handsome, she was determined not to fa...

• Sep-1996
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She is an impoverished noblewoman who lives by her wits as a Tarot reader for the English nobility. He is London's most notorious cat burglar. They met one dark, glittering night. Yet even Jessamine Maitland cannot foresee the destiny that will s...

• Sep-1996
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Compelling story, a woman abandoned on the battlefield discovers that dreams can come true when an honorable commanding officer gallantly offers his name......

• Sep-1996
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Newlyweds Mark and Rita Williams are looking forward to their first Christmas together when an Alaskan blizzard grounds them in the Juneau airport. Unable to reach their home outside Tok, the couple's holiday dream appears shattered. But dreams come ...

• Sep-1996
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HE WAS A GOLDEN, BARBAROUS INVADER Like a pagan god, Rolfe the relentless rode into Castle Aelfgar to claim it and the Lady Alice as his prize. Lauded for his bravery in France, in England he was the hated enemy. Once ensconced in his new domain, Ro...

• Sep-1996
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FOR HOLDEN MASTERS, ONE WAS ENOUGH So having Taylor Angel constantly underfoot was more than any happy-to-be single man could bear. But if he wanted to get his career back on track he'd need Taylor's medical expertise. Only Ms. Know-It-All was dri...

• Sep-1996
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CONFRONTATION... The constraints of quiet widowhood have become too much for Lady Caroline Pearson to bear---especially now that her brother-in-law has idiotically, and illegally, gambled away her house. Boldly, she confront's the new owner in per...

• Sep-1996
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Welcome to Raintree, Georgia -- steamy capital of sin, scandal and murder. To her fans, Roxanne Scarbrough is the Genteel Southern Queen of good taste -- she's built an empire around the how-to's of gracious living. To her critics--and there many-...

• Sep-1996
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He belonged to another woman! Even as the champagne flowed at her engagement party, Bess realized she was promising herself to the wrong man... Her fiance was kind, loving. Bess had even looked forward to becoming the perfect wife. Until Luke V...

• Sep-1996
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THE LAST THING NINA NEEDED WAS FRED... She was beginning life fresh -- new job, new apartment. No husband. All she wanted was a puppy. A happy, perky puppy. Instead she got Fred. Part basset, part beagle, part manic-depressive. Nina loved ...

• Sep-1996
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An unexpected phone call from the biological father DJ Randall has never met leaves her reeling. Why, after fourteen years of silence, is this stranger named Bradley Atwood suddenly interested in getting to know her? And how will this affect DJ's rel...

• Sep-1996
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Since childhood they have been together and now the war to end all wars -- World War I -- has cruelly torn them apart. But when Mary Moen receives the letter informing her that Will Dunfey is missing in action, presumed dead, she presumes nothing of ...

• Sep-1996
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Love me, love my dog! Until the moment Gil Wakeham casually strolled into her office, Jane had enjoyed being the youngest branch manager at Kell's Bank. But when Gil asked her to share his carefree existence with him, it was goodbye to stuffy ...

• Sep-1996
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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY For caterer Goldy Schulz, who's been worrying about her cash flow, the chance to work for a high-powered company like Prospect Financial Partners seems like a dream come true. But it turns out to be murder...in every sense o...

• Sep-1996
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Dr. Tricia Page arrived at the small rural clinic to cover her friend Linsey's maternity leave. But, after a disastrous first encounter with Dr. Rhys Williams and his three children, Tricia had more than a suspicion that Linsey was matchmaking. S...

• Sep-1996
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He'd been offered the deal of a lifetime... But Keir Saunders needed something extra to really impress his prospective business partners. He needed the perfect business accessory--a wife! And who better than his office manager, Jessica? ...

• Sep-1996
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Honor Roth -- As proud and beautiful as her Comanche mother, she dreams of only one man: Luke McCloud. But girlish fantasies turn to harsh reality when her father's deathbed plea to save the family ranch makes her Luke's bride in name only. T...

• Sep-1996
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Four heartwarming stories of the ties that bind. FOUR MASTERS OF ROMANCE. FOUR TALES OF LOVE DESTINED TO LAST FOREVER. ONE QUILT WEAVING A CIRCLE OF ETERNAL PASSION AND HOPE... Jennifer Blake's Pieces of Dreams It's 1843, four brides...

• Sep-1996
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"I didn't know she was pregnant when I left!" Dr. Gavin Bradley was back for one reason: Jessie Windsor. The bachelor had never forgotten his first love, or the night of passion they'd shared. But it seemed Jessie had forgotten to tell him about o...

• Sep-1996
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Alisa the vampire confronts her most mysterious foe in an otherworldly force that promises to destroy or save her when it forces her to choose between sacrificing herself and saving others. Simultaneous....

• Sep-1996
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"Daddy says your brother, Hawkins, is going to be bigger and maybe I should choose him for my project, but I like you, Hiram. You're cuter."

I didn't know what she meant, but I liked the idea of her choosing me. The soft hands rubbed my sides and ...

• Sep-1996
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HER MISSION WAS TO MA LOVE OR FOR DUTY The pampered world of the six Beverley sisters came crashing down when their father gambled away the family's exquisite estate, Mannerling. Each sister secretly dreamed of marrying some new owner of their...

• Sep-1996
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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 PROTECTOR Someone was stalking million-dollar cover girl Allie Fortune--and ex-mercenary Rafe Stone had been hired to protect h...

• Sep-1996
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THE GAMBLING MAN The way Zac Randolph saw it, he was the luckiest man on earth. The handsome devil even owned his own Little Corner of Heaven, the best saloon in California. And with every temptress on the Barbary Coast yearning to take him to parad...

• Sep-1996
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Emotional romance, a young woman's reckless scheme to defy her father's ultimatum leads to a hasty union and unexpected passion......

• Sep-1996
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HEADSTRONG Elizabeth Johnson was a woman who knew her own mind. Not for her an arranged marriage with a fancy lawyer from the East. Defying her parents, she set her sights on the handsome young sheriff of Twin Rivers. But when Dusty's virile half...

• Sep-1996
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Zoe courts a cowboy! She drives a Porsche, he drives a pickup.... She's a Hollywood socialite, he's a tough, rugged rancher who despises glitz and glamour and wouldn't be seen dead in a tuxedo! Zoe and John Dalton Hayes are worlds a...

• Sep-1996
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U.S. Marshall Ben Master stared down outlaws and desperados every day, but when he became the guardian of newly ophaned Sarah Ann, he faced trouble of a different kind. Word came that the 4 year old was lost heir to a Scottish estate, so he took her ...