Joan Elliott Pickart

• May-2006
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SHE'D LEFT HER HEART IN WILLOW VALLEY Laurel Windsong had thought leaving Willow Valley -- and her first love, Ben Skeeter -- would be the hardest thing she'd ever done. But returning home ten years later proved much more difficult. Rumors swir...

• Dec-2005
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HIS LAWFULLY BEDDED BRIDE... Wedding planner Maggie Jenkins did not want to marry.... Well, she did, but when it came to matrimony, she was jinxed. Any time a Jenkins fell in love, she endured heartbreak. Saying "I do" was not in her future -- exc...

• Sep-2005
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Before Joey, his culinary repertoire was comprised of bad scrambled eggs, his spare bedrooms gathered dust and the master bedroom seemed destined to remain mistress-less. But when his nephew became his 24/7 responsibility literally overnight, Mark Ch...

• Jul-2005
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Years have gone by, but I've never forgotten David Westport. His skill on the playing field -- his star quality -- was legendary. However, his heart belonged to a girl named Sandra. It was too bad they dropped out before graduation to become parents,...

• Jan-2005
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Nevada Assistant D.A. Jesse Burke loved his parents enough to give up his career -- and his dreams -- to help run the family ranch. But then his parents are killed in a car accident. And Jesse discovers he isn't their son at all.... Jesse heads fo...

• Jun-2004
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AND DADDY MAKES FIVE Every woman at the Fuzzy Bunny Day Care Center secretly longed for handsome David Montgomery to look their way. But there was only one female in the single dad's life -- his little girl, Sarah Ann -- until he lost his memory in ...

• Mar-2004
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Subject: Rugged computer programmer Harrison Parker Family History: Handsome widower/single father hired to help the Extraordinary Five siblings Deepest Secret: Protecting his true feelings for a woman who could turn his mind from business to p...

• Dec-2003
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FIRST COMES TWINS...THEN COMES MARRIAGE? Caitlin Cunningham was about to make the most heart-wrenching decision of her life. Thanks to a bureaucratic mix-up at the Chinese orphanage, this fiercely independent single mom had to choose between two o...

• Jun-2003
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She'd do anything to save her son . . .

He Was Her Last Chance . . .

For her son, Glynis Hamilton would do anything -- even confront the man who'd broken her heart years before. Once Glynis had loved Cort McBride, but, consumed by ambit...

• Mar-2003
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A powerful man is murdered in his home, and not even his wealth and privilege can hide the trail of scandal he left behind. A scandal that is about to be unmasked by Chicago's top agencies.... Reunited over a corpse, forensics detective Josh Ben...

• Dec-2002
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COURTING CAROLYN... Adoption specialist Carolyn St. John had given up on ever holding her own baby. For Carolyn knew the handicap that distanced her from others barred a future for her and any man. And then she met Ryan Sharpe.... The architect was...

• Sep-2002
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THE SINGLE MOM AND THE SEXY M.D. Mark Maxwell, now standing before his childhood sweetheart Emily MacAllister, was a drop-dead-handsome, successful doctor. Certainly no match for a single mom with twenty pounds to lose and clothing that resembled ...

• Jul-2002
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Born a triplet -- and eternally uncertain of her individual identity -- Alice MacAllister avoided family gatherings like the plague. Until duty demanded she attend a two-week wedding party, complete with visiting royalty. There, Alice met handsome...

• Dec-2001
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Now that Maggie MacAllister had met a real-life -- and irresistible -- prince, she was afraid to trust her heart! Was it possible Prince Conner Masterson could be her one and only?...

• Aug-2001
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She needed him. For not even her close-knit family could protect Jessica MacAllister from the danger that surrounded her. Lieutenant Dan Quinn might have been a ...

• Jul-2001
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MRS. MARSHALL...AGAIN? The stranger at her door swore he was family, brother to the man who'd broken her heart and left her pregnant with twins. Before long, Uncle Mack had won her daughters' affection...and made Heather feel like a woman. But exper...

• Feb-2001
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Determined to foil the town matchmakers, Lindsey Patterson and Cable Montana agreed to act as lovers. And happily, the casseroles, cookies, "courtesy" visits and phone calls stopped coming. But they hadn't foreseen their plan's glaring glitch: fallin...

• Oct-2000
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HER BEST FRIEND'S BABY When she needed a strong shoulder, a sounding board, or a champion, he was the man for the job. The bond of friendship between Richard MacAllister and Brenda Henderson was unbreachable. Then they shared one night together. W...

• Jul-2000
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"Hello, Father. I'm your bastard son." His whole life, Andrew Malone had been programmed to hate the man who'd abandoned his pregnant mother. But now, watching Robert MacAllister clutch his chest and crumple to the ground, Andrew felt compassion...a...

• Jun-2000
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ANOTHER MacALLISTER BLESSING? He was just passing through town, when his life changed forever. Jack MacAllister, tried-and-true bachelor, suddenly found himself a little boy's #1 daddy pick. But the adorable tyke's single mom didn't seem as sold...

• Feb-2000
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FATHER... John Colton had searched a lifetime for the sense of belonging he'd never had. And now a secret son signaled the end of his elusive pursuit. LOVER... But what of Laura Bishop, the sensitive beauty who'd also entered his world, pe...

• Aug-1999
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DR. GALAHAD She'd awakened to find mesmerizing dark eyes regarding her with concern, and strong, sheltering arms quick to comfort. This man was her hero, her healer and a complete stranger. Just as she was to herself! She could remember n...

• Jul-1999
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SINCLAIR's SLEEPING BEAUTY Janice Jennings refused to be any man's "trophy" ever again. So she hid behind drab duds and thick glasses. And the camouflage worked. Not one man looked beneath the surface to discover the woman inside. Until Mr. Si...

• Jun-1999
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TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY.... Marriage and babies weren't what Andrea Cunningham wanted--but Brandon Hamilton was. The gregarious hotel owner had a head for business, a body for loving...and a heart as warm and welcoming as his strong embrace. Like A...

• Mar-1999
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SOMETHING ABOUT JOE... Tall, dark ...and arrogant--that was Polly Chapman's first impression of Joe Dillon. But then she took a closer look. Born with a sterling-silver spoon in his mouth, Joe chose instead to live modestly among the inner-city ki...

• Oct-1998
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THE WRANGLER, THE RICH GIRL AND THE MISSING BRIDE-TO-BE Man-of-the-land Max Carter didn't care for the pampered princess who came searching for her brother's intended bride. Besides, he didn't know where his cousin Sabrina was. But whe...

• May-1998
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When a man and woman marry, they create dreams of a lifetime together and share the hope that their house will be filled with the proof of their love--in the laughter of their children. But the path to motherhood isn't always an easy one... . It w...

• Mar-1998
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THE MAN WHO STOLE HER HEART Dana Bailey was a woman on the run, and romance was the last thing on her mind. But when her great escape led her into Detective Kurt Noble's arms, she was torn. Whitehorn's sexiest lawman could cost Dana her freedom...

• Dec-1997
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TEXAS BABY When Margaret Madison cuddled little Alison in her arms, she knew she wanted to be this needy child's mother. It didn't matter that she'd just turned forty-six. It didn't matter that she'd just married off her other "baby." But is ...

• Aug-1997
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THE WIFE HUNT Glory Carson couldn't believe she'd actually agreed to sexy Texan Bram Bishop's unorthodox proposition. For two weeks she would "act" as Bram's wife so the determined wanna-be groom could learn the husband ropes and lasso himself a r...

• May-1997
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CITY GIRL MEETS TEXAS RANCHER Reporter Amy Madison had one week to interview honest-to-goodness Texas rancher Blue Bishop. Unfortunately, the ornery cowboy wasn't what she expected. At first he seemed to resent her probing questions, then he began...

• Feb-1997
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MR. FEBRUARY NAME: Tux Bishop GAME: Private Investigator AIM: Find a suitable wife and settle down DAME: Not woman-in-jeopardy Nancy Shatner! Tux can't explain how he knows trouble is stalking a beautiful stranger. He just knows. He figures...

• May-1996
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THE MAN ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR . . . was straight out of Kathy Maxwell's dream. But she could only stare at the lone Apache, wearing nothing but formfitting buckskins and a scowl, who rose to stand at the foot of her bed. "I am Dakota," he said. "Why...

• Apr-1996
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BABY-TO-BE The matchmaking MacAllisters were at it again! And they'd targeted confirmed bachelor Ted Sharpe... Heck, the macho cop had merely befriended his needy new neighbor, pretty--pregnant-- Hannah Johnson. He'd simply brought her a crib a...

• Feb-1996
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THE BABY WAGER Sure, her best friend's brother was drop-dead gorgeous. But as long as Deedee Hamilton had known him, ex-cop Ryan MacAllister was also oddly aloof. So the matchmaking MacAllister clan might be wagering on Cupid, but Deedee knew ...

• Nov-1995
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MR. NOVEMBER Name: Forrest MacAllister -- confirmed bachelor / family man Marital Status: single (but who needed a wife with all the MacAllister babies around?) Honors: MacAllister family Baby Bet Champion The most important thing in Forrest'...

• Aug-1994
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In AMBER, SING SOFTLY, Joan takes us back to the Texas of 1875. Amber Prescott is a frontierswoman struggling to keep her homestead and family together, and the last thing she needs is a wounded gunslinger on her doorstep. Drifter Logan Wade knows he...

• Feb-1993
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DREW--Too Ruggedly Handsome for Any Woman's Peace of Mind... He'd never met a woman at gunpoint before, but when the tall beauty holding a shotgun ordered him to leave her mountain, Drew Sloan decided he wasn't going anywhere! Memory Lawson was ...

• Apr-1992
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TONY -- HIS VOICE COULD MAKE THE CLOTHES SLITHER OFF HER BODY.... Tony Murretti knew exactly what he wanted when he hired Mercy Sloan to design the grounds of his new home -- but he never expected what he got: a spellbinding redhead who made him ...

• Jan-1992
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A Drop-Dead Gorgeous Dreamboat... Pierce Anderson figured he had to be hallucinating-why else was a woman-sized chicken begging him to unzip her? But when a dream girl emerged from the feathers with the bluest eyes and sweetest smile he'd ever see...

• Sep-1991
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The Impossibly Gorgeous Stuffed Shirt... Robert Stone expected the worst when his widowed mother told him she was staying in Tucson with a "friend" instead of returning to New York--had this lonely, wealthy woman been suckered by a con artist? Ro...

• May-1991
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Chism Talbert had loved her first, and best - but he had broken her heart. He was the caretaker's handsome son. She was Minta Westerly, the privileged girl who'd surrendered to him one starry summer night - then been abandoned when he abruptly left t...

• Feb-1991
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The Sinfully Gorgeous Detective... It was an unusual assignment John-Trevor Payton had agreed to handle for wealthy, eccentric Colonel Blackstone: find and get to know Paisley Kane, the man's daughter by a beautiful Frenchwoman who'd been too much...

• Nov-1990
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Her Man of the Mist... In the foggy cocoon of night, Alida Hunter bared her soul to a mysterious stranger on a shadowy beach, then surrendered her body and her heart-but ran away without ever learning his name! The rugged man with summer-sky eyes ...

• Oct-1990
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The Sexy Beast of the Beach... James-Steven Payton was built like a dream, handsome beyond belief-and he was Dr. Maggie O'Leary's new neighbor! But when the gorgeous hunk climbed through her window to invite her to a party, Maggie was convinced t...

• Aug-1990
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The Brash Baby Doctor... Handsome pediatrician Preston Harper wanted a baby, but not a wife--until delicious, distracting Dinah Bradshaw appeared in his office carrying Jenny, the child who'd made her an instant mom! He'd carefully mapped out his bu...

• Jul-1990
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Slade Ironbow was big,dark and dangerous,a man any woman would want--and the one rancher Becca Colten found impossible to resist! Nobody could Tame the rugged half-Apache with the devil's eyes,but when honor and a secret promise brought to the Bon...

• May-1990
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Men just didn't enter the door of Amnity Ames's crafts shop -- especially not breathtakingly handsome hunks like Tander Ellis! He made her stomach flutter, her mouth water, and her heart tap dance like Fred Astaire. Tander told Amnity he'd decided ...

• Mar-1990
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Katha Logan threw herself into Vince Santini's arms, determined to rescue the rugged ex-cop from the throng of reporters outside city hall. Vince enjoyed being kidnapped by this lovely and enchanting nut who drove like a madwoman and intrigued him w...

• Dec-1989
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She was blonde, beautiful, and had the longest legs he'd ever seen, but was Dr. Joy Barlow really good for what ailed architect Declan Harris? He'd been working night and day since his partner had died in an accident, and now this psychologist was pl...

• Aug-1989
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Bliss Barton woke up with her first hangover -- and a half-naked hunk in her bed! Giving her s smile that would melt icebergs, Dutton McHugh found Bliss enchanting, a sleep-rumpled beauty with a halo of auburn curls -- and a feisty temper only he cou...

• Jun-1989
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Holly Chambers was beautiful... but she appeared to be dead! Justin Hope was shocked at the sight of bodies lying everywhere. What disaster had befallen the pretty Wisconsin town, and how could he help the lovely woman lying on the grass before him? ...

• May-1989
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Shep Templeton was alive! The award-winning journalist, the only man Emily Templeton had ever loved, hadn't died in the Pataguam jungle, but was coming home--only to learn his wife had divorced him. Eight months before, after a night of reckless pass...

• Mar-1989
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When painter Finn O'Casey discovered Liberty Shaw dusting the shelves of his favorite old bookstore, he impulsively sneaked a kiss in the stacks! With her laugh like wind chimes and the biggest brown eyes he'd ever seen, Liberty Shaw was a potent fan...

• Feb-1989
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SHE DARED TO BECOME ALL THAT A WOMAN YEARNS TO BE Jake Whitaker was the movie kingdom's most brilliant and powerful producer, until his life ended in a violent car accident. Now his lovely daughter Lindsey, with her tumbling auburn hair and natura...

• Jan-1989
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When ruggedly virile Nick Capoletti emerged from the shower wrapped only in a towel and a knock-em-dead smile, Pippa Pauling felt lightheaded with longing and tempted beyond resistance! No man this sinfully gorgeous had ever come to the cozy mountain...

• Nov-1988
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Gun drawn, Jared Loring quickly entered his suite above the casino he owned-and confronted the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Tabor O'Casey heard the steely command in his voice, felt the potent heat of his gaze, and sensed the jeopardy in whic...

• Oct-1988
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Alison Murdock tried her best to remain proper and professional, but how could she describe her unusual inheritance to the most handsome and exciting man she'd ever seen? Tucker Boone was rugged, tanned, with sky blue eyes any Texas cowboy would be p...

• Aug-1988
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When devastatingly handsome Colonel Mark Hampton flew into the snowy Montana mountains on a secret rescue mission, Eden Landry wanted to run, to hideout it was too late. He'd already cast his spell, lit a fire inside her that threatened to consume th...

• Jul-1988
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Everyone in Harmony, Oklahoma, called her Miss Annabella, the librarian who dressed in drab browns and resembled a sparrow, but when gorgeous blue-eyed ladykiller pilot Terry Russell heard her sultry, sexy voice, he sensed the vibrant woman underneat...

• Jun-1988
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Patrick Mullaney was a hunk of a heartbreaker, a gorgeous specimen with tanned muscles and a lethal smile -- and a bum knee that had probably ended his brilliant football career. When Lux Sherwood appeared at his door almost hidden behind a six-foot...

• Apr-1988
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Ever since a brief encounter with wealthy and beautiful January St. John had left him with a broken nose, Houston Tyler couldn't get the classy lady out of his head... or heart. He had to see January again--and prove she was out of his league! Then t...

• Mar-1988
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It had to be jet lag, or some crazy dream; Samuel Garter decided when he discovered adorable Austin Tyler hanging upside down from a huge hole in the ceiling over his bed! But she was deliciously real, an unlikely construction worker with silky aubur...

• Feb-1988
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Fletcher McGill was back in town, and Nancy Forest was haunted by memories of the man who'd been her first love, the man who'd left her six years ago in the middle of the night, furious at her refusal to run away with him. He'd shattered her dreams,...

• Jan-1988
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There was definitely a naked man asleep in Cassidy Cole's bathtub! With his ruggedly handsome face and "kissin' lips," Sagan Jones was a single woman's dream, and how could she resist a smoothtalking vagabond with roving hands who promised he'd stay ...

• Nov-1987
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Cabe Malone pulled the lovely auburn-haired stranger into his arms and tried to quiet her weeping. Why, the ruggedly virile man wondered, had she chosen to seek solace in the half-finished house he was building? And how had her yearning seized his ...

• Oct-1987
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Blake Pemberton knew he had to be dreaming, or else he'd lost his mind -- there was an enchanting green-haired alien standing next to his bed! But it was Nichelle Clay who froze at the sight of the sinfully gorgeous man wrapped in one thin, rumpled ...

• Aug-1987
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Petite and perky, Tricia Todd shocked herself as much as the seventeen-year-old burglar when she whipped out her nephew's water pistol and threatened to shoot him. She more than got her man-she got two men. Freddy, the felon, and Silence Walker, the ...

• May-1987
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Going on a husband hunt wasn't Courtney Marshall's idea of a good time, but the young widow wanted to give her two children a father, and figured that somewhere out there was a nice, reliable man who could fill the job. Then disturbingly handsome Luk...

• Feb-1987
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Mallory Carson's mother knew exactly what her daughter needed. a sexy, virile son of a gun in her bed! But Mallory wasn't getting anywhere finding one, so she took matters into her own hands... even enlisting the matchmaking help of the Tucson police...

• Nov-1986
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Pounced on by a screeching cat, then tackled by a mountain of licking dog, Hunter Emerson knew instantly that life around Brenna MacPhee would never be dull! With her mop of honey blond curls and eyes that shone with wicked humor, Brenna knocked the ...

• Oct-1986
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It was just too tempting to make architect Graham Kimble her final research subject for her dissertation, Autumn Stanton decided when she agreed to fill in as his secretary. Determined to prove that women controlled men's reactions by how they chose...

• Aug-1986
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The "Dear Ben" column should be scrapped! an incensed Chapel Barclay had written to the newspaper. Why, the man encouraged men and women to put romance in their lives at the expense of relationships based on a true meeting of the minds! But...

• Jun-1986
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The dollhouse collection was spectacular, antique dealer Victoria Blair admitted -- worth every mile of her trip from San Francisco to Sunshine, New Mexico -- but she never expected the hostile reception rancher Sage Lawson gave her. Suspicious of h...

• Apr-1986
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If she'd known Jace Dalton was an Air Force test pilot, Heather Wade would never have let him near her, let alone invite him home for dinner! She'd had more than enough of men risking their lives in planes after her husband had died in a fiery crash,...

• Nov-1985
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Ashley Hunt wasn't going to take her eviction notice sitting down! Whoever he was, Ryder Cantrell had no right galloping into her happy, orderly life and blowing it -- and the warehouse that was home to her plant business -- to smithereens! But when...

• Oct-1985
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When R. J. Jenkins first saw her, Kelly Morgan stood drenched in brilliant colored light from a stained-glass window--an angel who took his breath away. But there were many sides to this special woman, he soon learned: the organized executive who'd b...

• Sep-1985
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Jill Tinsley prized her hard-won independence, and viewed her struggle to make a go of her house painting business as a challenge that made her stronger, built character. But when, in the middle of rescuing a trapped cat, she found herself in Chip Ch...

• Aug-1985
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Whether revitalizing the department store empire his grandfather had founded, or relentlessly pursuing a woman he desired, Linc Reynolds wasn't afraid to break tradition or encounter resistance--he was that sure of himself! But falling in love with h...

• Jul-1985
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At first they just watched each other, he from the courtyard bench, and she from her office window, until the suspense was too intriguing to resist. When wily detective work revealed to lawyer Jeff Webster that he'd spent two weeks gazing at Robin Ke...

• May-1985
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Chelsey Star groaned when she spotted the shattered windshield of the blue Ferrari, her joy at hitting a home run suddenly evaporating. How would she ever pay for it, and how could she face its owner? When Mitch Brannon jogged over, his tanned, rugge...

• Apr-1985
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The searing summer heat stunned journalist Tracey Tate when she arrived in Texas on assignment to profile a working ranch. But it was nothing compared to the way rancher Matt Ramsey set her blood to boiling. Intimidatingly masculine and infuriatin...

• Mar-1985
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Filling in for a friend who needed the night off, Sheridan Todd rode the red velvet swing high above the Las Vegas casino floor. Suddenly the swing broke from its moorings -- and only the deep voice of a handsome stranger kept her from succumbing to...

• Feb-1985
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It was one thing to select pillows for America's number-one movie heart-throb -- and quite another to fall asleep while trying them out! Paige Cunningham blushed when her client Kellen Davis discovered his decorator in such a compromising position, ...

• Dec-1984
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One moment writer Whitney Jordan was strolling the aisles of McNeil's Department Store, plotting the untimely demise of a soap opera heartthrob; the next, she was nearly knocked over by a real-life stunner who implored her to be his fiancee! The ...

• Sep-1984
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Blaze Holland had a delicious secret identity, friends she adored, a perfectly contented life -- so when she shared a ride during a blizzard with roguish visiting professor Taylor Shay, she was definitely not looking to fall in love! There was no de...