Books Published in August 2000

• Aug-2000
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Welcome back to Buffalo Valley, a town in North Dakota not unlike the real towns that are part of my family's history. You'll find that the spirit of hope is ever strong in Buffalo Valley, and the people here -- many of whom first appeared in Dakota ...

• Sep-2000
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown comes another masterful creation, a riveting novel of suspense, revenge, and unpredictable twists and turns.... Identical twins Melina and Gillian Lloyd haven't considered switching places sinc...

• Aug-2000
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HIS ONLY CHANCE Undercover agent Chance Mackenzie knew that the best way to capture an elusive terrorist was to use the man's daughter as bait, so he cleverly seduced Sunny Miller and set out to discover her father's whereabouts. Sunny's own innoc...

• Aug-2000
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What would make the perfect man? That's the delicious topic heating up the proceedings at a certain table of professional women at their favorite restaurant, Ernie's, tonight: Mr. Perfect. What qualities would he have? Would he be tall, da...

• Aug-2000
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Zachary Bronson has built an empire of wealth and power--now he needed a wife to help secure his position in society...and warm his bed in private. But not just any woman will do for a man whom all of London knows is not a gentleman. Then he unexpect...

• Aug-2000
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For the first time ever, Abby Mitchell feels that the world is her Oyster. Her first book has found a publisher, a daring new surgery promises to take away the birthmark that mars her lovely face; and there's a new man in her life, a man who sees bey...

• Aug-2000
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THE HEIRESS: Accused of a horrific crime, Sheena was forced to flee her home at Castle Ogof, her heart and her mind tormented by what she had seen. With no one to turn to for help, she went aboard the Dark Sapphire as a stowaway, seeking deliverance ...

• Aug-2000
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Heather Reed thought she was making the right choice when she decided to raise her daughter, Angel, on her own. But three years later, Heather realizes she needs help. Her career as an actress is faltering and Angel's more than she can handle alone. ...

• Aug-2000
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Sorry. The single word was written on the mirror. In front of it hung the body of Andy Fallon, a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic accident? Either way, it wasn't murder. At least not according to the ...

• Aug-2000
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Twice the combined might of Ynis Aielle's greatest heroes and wizards has hurled back the demon armies of Morgan Thalasi. Always the Black Warlock has rebounded, stronger and more evil. But never has he wielded such power as now. With the Staff of...

• Aug-2000
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Gabe Kasper, heartthrob of Buckhorn County, could have had any woman he wanted - if he'd had a mind to settle down. Which he didn't. The freedom of being a jack-of-all-trades with no one to answer to suited him just fine. And then a prickly, uptight,...

• Aug-2000
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Will her pregnancy lead to a proposal? Isabella's first love affair has ended in disaster. Pregnant and alone, she's fled to England -- to the only man she trusts enough to help her, Paulo Dantas.... Paulo is unprepared for Isabella whe...

• Aug-2000
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One stolen night... Cristabel Valdez yearns to say yes to her boss-to Jared's dinner invitations and the sensual promise behind them. An intimate involvement with him is dangerous, but can she risk just one night to remember? Jared King will ...

• Aug-2000
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ENTER THE SCARIEST PLACE OF ALL.... INSIDE THE MIND OF R.L. STINE! These are my scariest stories ever," says R.L. Stine, "because I wrote them at the Nightmare Hour." You know when that is...it's when the lights fade, the real world slips into sh...

• Aug-2000
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Her future and the lives of her young siblings, is in the hands of a fancy “Englischer” from Portland.... Lydia Cottrell, eldest of five Amish orphans, made a promise to her dying mother to "keep the family together." But soon she discovers t...

• Aug-2000
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A mystery baby, an expectant uncle and a pregnant teenager! Dr. Abby Maitland was used to existing in a goldfish bowl, but life at her family's renowned maternity clinic had never been tinged by scandal...till now! Kyle McDermott knew that rais...

• Aug-2000
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THE STORKVILLE SCOOP "From the Stork's Mouth..." Who do those precious abandoned twin babies belong to, and what were they doing on Hannah Brady's doorstep? And just what, exactly, is going on between the lovely day care owner and pediatrician J...

• Aug-2000
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New York Times bestselling author: The man they call the Drifter has arrived in Colorado -- with ice water in his veins and vengeance on his mind . . .Frank Morgan rides with a brace of six guns, a reputation for knowing how to use the...

• Aug-2000
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Eloisa James, the acclaimed author of Potent Pleasures, returns to Regency England with an unforgettable new heroine--a genteel but naughty innocent who gets more than she bargains for when she finally says yes to love. To her legions of adoring s...

• Sep-2000
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WHAT IF YOU CAN ENTER A MADMAN'S CRUEL MIND AS HE PLANS HIS VICIOUS CRIMES? WHAT IF YOU CAN SEE THE TERRIFIED FACE OF HIS PREY AS HE MOVES IN FOR THE KILL -- BUT YOU CAN'T STOP HIS FRENZY ONCE HE STRIKES? Psychic Cassie Neill helps the L.A. polic...

• Aug-2000
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Tempted...by a tycoon ! Harry Wilde was one of Sydney's most eligible tycoons, but Tanya, an ordinary girl from the outback, fascinated him. Tanya needed Harry's help to become a businesswoman. However, she realized that Harry saw her ...

• Aug-2000
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Baby and the Boss - Kim Lawrence Nia's strictly professional relationship with her boss is in danger of becoming more personal... When Jake Prentice finds himself with a baby in his care, he turns to Nia for help - and realizes she could be more to h...

• Aug-2000
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To love, honor...and trust? Ten years ago, Janet had been devastated when Wade Holt announced that their wedding was off! A jealous friend had spread lies about Janet having been unfaithful.... Janet was stunned. Wade had always been the only man ...

• Aug-2000
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She was known as Inca, a woman whose beauty was rivaled only by her legendary power -- a power that had earned her a price on her head. Sworn to protect her, rugged mercenary Roan Storm Walker struggled against his all-too-human emotions. For Inca wa...

• Aug-2000
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Assignment: Seduction - Cathy Williams Robert Downe respects Melissa's need to keep a businesslike distance between them. Until they're thrown together on a Caribbean assignment - and the steamy atmosphere isn't due to the tropical climate, but to a ...

• Aug-2000
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The boss's baby Ruth had been overwhelmed by Franco Leoni from the moment she became his secretary. A shy reverend's daughter, Ruth was stunned when such a dynamic, handsome man took an interest in her. She knew she shouldn't, but she ...

• Aug-2000
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When Sayre Baxendale summoned Astra to his executive office, she knew without doubt that her only option was to quit her job. Sayre seemed pleased at her resignation, but he had no intention of letting Astra disappear from his life. Instead he ins...

• Aug-2000
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A mistress...or revenge? Sheikh Nicholas al Rashid: hailed in his homeland as the Lion of the Desert... Amanda Benning: beautiful stepdaughter of Jonas Baron and interior designer, commissioned to refurbish Nick al Rashid's already luxuriou...

• Aug-2000
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Born to a Scottish father and a Chinese mother, Troth Montgomery dreamed of someday traveling to Scotland, until the death of her father condemned her to a shadowy life as an interpreter in Canton. Then Kyle Renbourne, viscount and adventurer, discov...

• Aug-2000
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A beautiful thief... Lord Lambeth can't help but be captivated by lovely Marianne Cotterwood though he knows she's hiding a secret. The desire he feels for this mysterious woman is powerful, as is his need to unravel her mystery... A lost...

• Aug-2000
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Shakespeare, Arkansas, is home to endless back roads, historic buildings, colorful residents -- and the occasional murder. It is also home to Lily Bard, the local karate expert/cleaning woman with a particular knack for finding skeletons in closets. ...

• Aug-2000
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THE MARINE AND THE VIRGIN No woman was going to spring her mantrap on Sergeant Nick Paretti! And that included Gina Santini. They'd agreed to publicly play boyfriend/girlfriend, and Nick had never intended to keep up the pretense in Gina's bedroom...

• Aug-2000
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An Unexpected Husband Against her better judgment, Lady Gillian Marley needs to find herself a husband -- and quickly. To claim her uncle's unexpected bequest she must marry by her next birthday, which leaves only two months to find a malleabl...

• Aug-2000
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It's the pivotal fourth novel in the seven-part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He...

• Aug-2000
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A forgotten affair? Nina Dowling knew she'd lost her memory -- because when she met Ryan Flint he clearly recognized her, but Nina had no idea who he was. Had they once been lovers? Ryan was obviously hiding something. He seemed angry with Nina...

• Aug-2000
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Robicheaux first hears it from a pimp eager to trade information for his life: Mae Guillory was murdered outside a New Orleans nightclub by two cops. Dave Robicheaux was just a boy when his mother ran out on him and his whiskey-driven father. Now Rob...

• Aug-2000
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Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan fas found that being President hasn't got any easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn, the Asian economy is going down the tubes, and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman ...

• Aug-2000
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L.A. Homicide Detective Peter Decker never wanted the perils of his job to touch his family. But now his two worlds have collided. A first year rookie with the LAPD's Hollywood Division, Cynthia Decker became a cop against her father, Peter Dec...

• Aug-2000
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In the fictional Diary of a Teenage Girl, sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner reveals the inner workings of a girl caught between childhood and womanhood ... an empty life without Christ and a meaningful one with Him. Through Caitlin's candid journal e...

• Aug-2000
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Elfrida Phipps, once on the London stage and retired at 62, never anticipates going off with a man. But after a devastating tragedy, church organist Oscar Blundell asks for her companionship. So with her brown-and-white dog in tow, Elfrida begins her...

• Aug-2000
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HIS PERFECT MATCH... Larger-than-life magnate Jason Fortune didn't have time for matters of the heart -- until he was forced to work with Adele O'Neil. And though Jason couldn't deny that the fiercely independent redhead had gotten u...

• Aug-2000
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With the support of her family and friends, DJ undertakes the long and difficult process of recovery from the serious burns she received while saving horses from a deadly fire, but she is afraid she may never ride again....

• Aug-2000
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THE LOCKHARTS OF TEXAS Dani Lockhart had always fantasized about her wedding day... walking down the aisle and giving her hand in marriage to the man of her dreams just not to her enemy, Beau Chamberlain! But apparently that's exactly what she did...

• Aug-2000
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Even Witches Need Love... LOVER OR DEMON? As one of the world's most powerful witches, Tempest possesses the ability to do anything -- except mend her own broken heart. Many years ago, her lover was corrupted by his own magic power, and she...

• Aug-2000
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Rhys's Rule: Don't Get Involved! Rhys Wolfe's demanding job left no time for romance - which was fine with him. He was close friends with his gorgeous neighbor, Mariah Kelly. But that was all they were - friends. Their one night of pas...

• Aug-2000
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Once the prosecutor was a young law student. Once the dead man was an honest lawyer. Now Stella Marz stares at the body of her former lover, hanging from a doorway in a gruesome tableau. For Stella Marz, the search for Jack Novak's killer leads int...

• Aug-2000
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Isabella Chessington returns to London after assisting - and losing - her cartographer father in Egypt. Unfortunately, the dashing young lieutenant she nursed through a debilitating illness doesn't remember offering her the protection of his name. Ha...

• Aug-2000
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Man was the strong one, Logan thought. Woman the nester, who needed to be protected. But not Abby Kennedy. Tonight, she hadn't needed him to wait up for her. To be there when she got home. To listen to the events of the evening. He had been the o...

• Aug-2000
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A lunar eclipse. A twentieth-century comet. And suddenly, thoroughly modern Laura Truitt is swept off mysterious Moon Mountain, away from her enchanting Southern home-and over one hundred years into the past ... There, dashing Confederate soldier Stu...

• Aug-2000
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24 Hours begins with the perfect family. On the perfect night. About to become trapped in the perfect crime. Will Jennings is a successful young doctor in Jackson, Mississippi, with a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and a five-year-old daughter ...