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BEST REVIEWED BOOKS — APRIL 1988

Best Reviewed

Ride the Pink Horse
Dorothy B. Hughes

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The Gospel Singer
Harry Crews

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  • Diana Palmer

    THE PAST FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM Diego Laremos had never forgotten the last night he'd spent with Melissa Sterling five years before. She'd fled their home after a bitter dispute, hoping to escape their unhappy marriage. He hadn't forgiven her ...



  • Mary Balogh

    PASSION BEFORE PRIDE Theirs should have been the perfect marriage. Sarah was as wildly in love with the Duke of Cranwell as he was with her...until, on their wedding night, Sarah was forced to reveal the secret of her past. And that, midst great p...



  • Judith McNaught

    This is the story of Alexandra Lawrence, an artless country girl, and her tempestuous marriage to Jordan Townsende, the rich and powerful Duke of Hawthorne. Swept into the endlessly fascinating world of London society, free-spirited Alexandra becomes...



  • Charlotte Lamb

    Maddie couldn't forget his voice One midnight, the stranger's thrillingly masculine voice spoke on Maddie's phone-in radio show. She was intrigued, but she cut him off, acting by instinct. The next morning, as a favor to her boss,...



  • Catherine Coulter

    His hungry lips met hers and the sensation built like raging fire... She wanted more... She wanted... Diana Savarol vowed to stay away from her cousin, the rakish and hot-tempered Lyonel Ashton, during her visit to London -- for she knew that ...



  • Michelle Reid

    She was gloriously happy -- too happy! The initial encounter between Alec Stedman, an arrogant photographer, and Jessica Christhanson, a fiery theater star, had sizzled with hostility. But in due time, the currents between them changed from antago...



  • Sherryl Woods

    Hospital psychologist Mallory Blake had heard rumors that ace surgeon Justin Whitmore utterly lacked compassion. But when he reached out to one of her young patients, Mallory glimpsed the warmth beneath his frosty exterior. Why would such a caring ma...



  • Margaret Way

    She'd feared this man from the first. Now the knowledge that he had power over her was devastating. A cruel despot of a father had left Sara Richardson emotionally scarred, and as an intelligent woman, she vowed to stay clear of such men....



  • LaVyrle Spencer

    One kiss... could change her life forever. Emily -- With her sky-blue eyes, big dreams, and strong will, she was engaged to a man whose touch left her aching for something more. Tom Jeffcoat-- The new man in town, he was a handsome and infuri...



  • Louis L'Amour

    As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials! The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the “ancient enemy,” and their abandoned cities haunt the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest. F...



  • Kay Hooper

    SHE WAS BORN OF MYTH ... BUT THEY LOVED AS MORTALS They were of two different worlds and during one fateful summer, those worlds would converge in a spectacular mountain valley. Siri, warrior, sorceress and siren, the gorgeous Keeper of the last ...



  • Elizabeth Lowell

    FROM THE FRYING PAN ... Lisa Johansen, world traveler, had tasted the exotic and seen the extraordinary. But when a rancher called Rye came into her life, he ignited a feverish desire foreign to her mind, her body, her soul . . .. Rye was certa...



  • Barbara Delinsky

    His was a potent cure As if juggling two jobs, her studies and visits to Rowena Carlin weren't enough, Karen Drew was sick, miles from home in a blizzard and her car had died. Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, she collap...



  • Dorothy Garlock

    SHE FOUGHT AND RODE BETTER THAN ANY MAN... BUT WAS HELPLESS IN HIS ARMS Amy...I'll be back." For eight years Amy Deverall clung to the words Rain Tallman had whispered, as he kissed her and rode away. Smart as a whip, and as eager for life...



  • Sally Wentworth

    He seemed determined to ruin her holiday Storm desperately needed a break from her high-pressure singing career. She sought refuge on the primitive Indonesian island where her engineer brother worked. As an escape, it proved decidedly disconcer...



  • Nelson DeMille

    On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger--a U.S. POW on the run with an incredible secret to reveal to an unsuspecting world. The secret concerns "The Charm School," a vast and astounding KGB consp...



  • Christine Rimmer

    THE TURNING POINT They had met before--but under the worst of circumstances. The last time Caitlin O'Neill had seen Jake Strand, he'd been wearing little more than a smile. She'd hardly noticed; her world had been tumbling down around her. Since t...



  • Kasey Michaels

    COMING ATTRACTIONS As the manager of America's oldest operating drive-in, Sharon Wheeler felt she was preserving an important part of the past. Her eyes saw a hundred old movies and a thousand dreams in the faces of the families who packed the pla...



  • James Lee Burke

    Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective's badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana's bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his lif...



  • Yvonne Whittal

    What chance did she have to renew their love? Only days before their wedding, Julia had sent Dr. Nathan Corbett from her life. She'd lived with her deed for five long years--years filled with pain and guilt. Now suddenly he was back, and Ju...



  • Anne Weale

    She'd been a fool to accept his proposal! Accompanying Diego Montfalco and his young daughter to his village-restoration project in Spain was a job that appealed to Lucinda Radstone. She'd grown fond of his little girl, and she loved Spain...



  • Lucy Gordon

    MEMORIES When Philippa Davidson awoke in an attractive, sunny bedroom, she realized she had no idea where she was -- or who she was, either. A face had haunted her, but when she opened her eyes she knew that the dark Italian man beside her was mor...



  • Margaret Mayo

    He was her first love--now she hated him When lawyers summoned her to St. Lucia to accept her inheritance, Alice Alexander was apprehensive. She and her mother had been disowned before Alice's birth, and Alice was bitter toward her unknown gra...



  • Sara Orwig

    He kissed her with aching tenderness, sending tantalizing sparks of excitement through her. She shivered in anticipation.... When Comanches threatened golden-haired Caroline Brandon, a spirited young orphan fleeing the wreckage of the Civil War, a...



  • Sara Orwig

    Even a near-collision with a stick of dynamite couldn't stop Hilary Wakefield from confronting Brink Claiborn face to face! The brash, impossible man had avoided her calls and ignored her letters--now he'd have to tell her why he refused to sell her ...



  • Christopher Pike

    It was only a high school play -- until death walked on stage. Melanie was the new girl in town, a little lonely, a little bored. Then she auditioned for the school play and won the starring role. Suddenly she had a whole gang of exciting friend...



  • Christopher Pike

    No one knew how the girl had died. They found Karen Holly in the mountain stream, her skull crushed. There was only one witness to the tragedy, Karen's boyfriend, Jason Whitfield. He said a grizzly had killed her. But a lot of people didn't believ...



  • Anthony Horowitz

    There was no escaping it . . . thirteen-year-old David Eliot was a disappointment to his parents. But to be sent to Groosham Grange? Talk about no escape! Hidden away on a lonely island, Groosham Grange is a school that is unknown to the outside wor...



  • Orson Scott Card

    Using the lore and folk magic of the men and women who helped settle a continent and the beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Orson Scott Card has created an alternate frontier America where folk magic works, and has colored the entire hi...



  • Belva Plain

    THE MAGNIFICENT SAGA BEGUN IN EVERGREEN CONTINUES Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, and encompassing World War II, Belva Plain's new novel weaves the threads of history into a brilliant tapestry. As vivid events plunge the wo...



  • Marilyn Pappano

    HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER . . . Christopher Morgan's brother had been caught selling government secrets, and that made Christopher a suspect, too. After his eventual release, he headed for the mountains to rethink his life. That was where Shelley Ev...



  • Stella Cameron

    She ran for her life Emily Smith's late-night job became a panicked run when she found herself being followed by a menacing shadow through deserted downtown streets. Even the sleek sports car that drew up alongside her caused her skin to crawl...



  • Sandra Field

    She hadn't traveled this far to find a lover! Tascha Dennis hadn't crossed a continent for romantic adventure. She'd left Montreal for Whitehorse convinced that somewhere in the Yukon wilderness was the father she had never known. B...



  • Gina Wilkins / Gina Ferris / Gina Ferris Wilkins

    They had eyes only for each other Spring Reed's sister urged her to have a no-strings-attached vacation fling. "Crazy Clay" McEntire had already offered his services! But conservative optometrist that she was, Spring decided that twelve days with ...



  • Sara Wood

    There was a price to pay for her freedom When her brother gambled away her inheritance, Jemma was left entirely in Count Vittorio de Vasari di Montevecchio's power. And he was a man bent on revenge. Three years earlier Jemma had fallen it love ...



  • Piers Anthony

    Two worlds - the scientific Proton, and the magical Phaze - exist side-by-side. Now, Mach has crossed from Proton to Phaze, switching places with his counterpart, Bane. And both must learn to survive in environments alien to their own nature.

    ...



  • Colleen McCullough

    In this magical romance, set in a small town in Australia's beautiful Blue Mountains, Colleen McCullough spins a delightful tale of dreams that come true... of rebellious courage... of a plain young woman who shocks her narrow world as she transforms...



  • Mary Daheim

    FROM THE TURBULENT GRANDEUR OF THE HIGHLANDS TO THE INTRIGUE OF ROYAL CASTLES... With the bold passion of lain Fraser's pirate blood and the breathtaking brilliance of Dallas's dark-haired beauty, their tempestuous daughter Sorcha confronted...



  • Muriel Jensen

    One plus one equaled three... It was a match made in heaven. Rachel Bennett and Brian Tate loved each other; he adored her young daughter. The Oregon coastline was an idyllic place to live, and Rachel's balloon delivery service was booming. Wh...



  • Isabel Allende

    This profoundly moving tale of love, bravery, and tragedy by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende brings to life a country ruled with an iron fist -- and the men and women who dare to challenge it.Irene Beltrán is a force to be reckone...



  • Joan Elliott Pickart

    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...



  • Elizabeth Peters

    When the body of a night watchman is found sprawled in the shadow of a rare 19th-Dynasty mummy case, panic ensues. For no one doubts that the guard's untimely demise is the work of an ancient Egyptian curse. No one, that is, except that tart-tongued ...



  • Marjorie Lewty

    Could she fall in love again? Tessa Durant thought she was seeing a ghost when she first looked into the stormy eyes of Alaric Brent, the dashing young president of Brent Pharmaceuticals. He was offering her a job as a chemist in the British co...



  • Rosemary Hammond

    Desire simmered in his cold gray eyes And nothing else. No hint of affection. And while Claudia found Julian's desire a heady experience, she knew it would quickly disappear. For once he knew of her physical handicap, he'd cast her aside i...



  • Jake Logan

    SLOCUM WAS ON HIS WAY OUT OF TOWN. Then an old debt rode out of the past, looking to be paid. The brother of a man Slocum out-gunned in a fair fight was hungry for blood. No matter that the dead man was a lying. cheatin gambler. Turk knew that Slocum...



  • Judith Michael

    Laura Fairchild enters a charmed world when eccentric patriarch Owen Salinger takes her in as his protege and confidante. In the patrician circles of Boston's Beacon Hill, she acquires grace, culture - and a passionate lover in Owen's nephew, Paul. B...



  • Carolyn Keene

    Romance takes a deadly twist when Nancy's archrival falls for a ladykiller Newspaper publisher Frazier Carlton comes to Nancy with a delicate problem. He wants her to check out his daughter Brenda's new flame -- and he wants it kept secret. The tr...



  • Maura Seger

    A breathtaking novel of two fated lovers whose pride and passion become a legand. THEY DARED TO CROSS A FORBIDDEN LINE FOR LOVE From the moment he saves her from a gang of Boston toughs, Catherine Bennington loses her heart to handsome Evan O&#...



  • Maura Seger

    DID HE REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH? This was just the kind of assignment tough-minded investigative reporter David Wilson loved: the in-depth coverage of a senator's run for the presidency. The only monkey wrench in the works was the candidate's...


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