Books Published in December 1982

• Dec-1982
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"We have to escape or die," Zach told her Suddenly Tamara's holiday in the Caribbean had turned into a nightmare. On a guided tour of a rain forest she had been captured by guerrillas! Only through the strength and comfort of fellow ho...

• Dec-1982
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Nick's magnetism was overwhelming! Infatuated, Rachel offered no resistance to Nick's seduction. Then he insisted she marry him--not because he loved her, but because of the result of his own unbridled passion. "No child of mine," ...

• Dec-1982
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No one could envy her position As Lady Manderly's companion, Jemima responded cheerfully to her eccentric whims and demands. But then Jemima Mason was capable of coping with almost anything. The exception was her employer's nephew, Professor Al...

• Dec-1982
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TREE TRIMMINGAND SLEIGH RIDING . . . Christmas festivities were the furthest things from Leslie Stiles' mind when she left the city for her aunt's house in Vermont. The season held bitter memories for Leslie, and she hoped to avoid all the...

• Dec-1982
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Mirjana -- reckless yet innocent, a princess of the Ottoman Empire, desperately begs El Cid to rescue her from the caravan taking her to a loveless marriage... El Cid -- fierce and ruthless, legend and power, betrays Mirjana, taking her captive t...

• Dec-1982
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Erienne Fleming despairs for her future. Her father, Avery, mayor of their small town in the north of England, is awash in gambling debts. Her brother has been maimed in a foolish duel for the family's honor. It is Avery's intent to pay his debts and...

• Dec-1982
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The pain went straight to her heart Excluded from her father's will, Laura Mallory was banished from her home by her cold unfeeling stepmother. Fate offered a solution in the form of Blaise Hunter, but he accepted her as his young daughter...

• Dec-1982
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ONE HEART TO GIVE... For Susanne, working with famous novelist Nick Merridew was an exciting challenge. But when she met his brother Richard, it was love at first sight. Then, just weeks before their wedding, a car accident left Susanne blinded...

• Dec-1982
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RESTLESS HEART The trail west had started as a joyful adventure for young Lenora Adamson, but in mid-journey, tragedy struck, leaving her orphaned, alone, and doomed to die on the arid plains. But just as she was despairing, she was rescued by han...

• Dec-1982
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She wasn't going to give up easily To compete in a man's world, Leigh knew she'd have to be twice as good at her job. For even though she was a qualified, experienced pilot, her new boss made it clear he'd get rid of her as soon as...

• Dec-1982
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All she wanted was to start over. The sensational press had ripped her character to shreds, blaming her for the drowning death of her famous fiance. On an isolated Scottish island Sharon hoped to strengthen her broken spirit. There she met Calu...

• Dec-1982
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Morgan had no defenses left against Carl Carl Ziegler erupted into Morgan's and swept her off her feet with his practiced charm. Her father warned that Carl was not the marrying kind, but Morgan chose to ignore him, obeying the counsel of h...

• Dec-1982
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He must never guess her true feelings As far as Adam was concerned, their marriage was a businesslike arrangement. Both had suffered the pain of rejection, and both had vowed to avoid any future emotional ties or commitment. "Our marriage s...

• Dec-1982
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A SPIRITED YOUNG BEAUTY PAYS A HANDSOME PRICE FOR AN ENGLISH LORD THE DUTIFUL DAUGHTER Young and lovely Tracy Bodmin was as spirited and independent as the America she came from-but love for her father made her yield to his heart's desire. ...

• Dec-1982
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THE DEVIL WITHIN A MAN OF MANY TALENTS... With his carefully groomed Southern manners, Yale Ransom might have stepped straight out of Gone With The Wind. But stockbroker Dara Bancroft sensed a primal force beneath the glossy surface of her prosp...

• Dec-1982
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Was Kirsty to blame for her broken heart? Neil had once been Kirsty's sole reason for living. Then he disappeared without a word, and she had changed from an impulsive girl willing to give herself in love to a cautious, bitter woman determined...

• Dec-1982
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SHE FEARED THE MAN SHE LOVED At sixteen, Renee Fontaine's cascading black hair and soft, full curves drew the suitors of St. Louis like bees to spring's first flower. But the dazzling beauty had eyes only for Marshall Westlake, the handsome lawyer w...

• Dec-1982
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THE HEART'S SURRENDER Before she even knew he was her boss, ravishing Leslie Grand abandoned herself to a dark, compelling stranger for a single, wanton night. How could she tell him she wasn't that kind of woman, that it had been love at first s...

• Dec-1982
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STRANDED . . . Lacy's first trip to Guatemala seemed doomed from the start. First her friend was called home unexpectedly, then Lacy's luggage and handbag were stolen...until finally she was rescued by the enigmatic Jordan Stone. But w...

• Dec-1982
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He could neither forgive nor forget Nothing Olivia could say would diminish Nick Baretta's hatred for her. The woman who had cruelly rejected and deceived his brother Greg would suffer for her callousness. Now, though she was innocent, Oliv...

• Dec-1982
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Embroiled in seething rebellion, Sworn to defend the tottering throne of ancient Nemedia, Pursued by the luscious and shameless Sularia, Cimmeria's bravest, most exciting hero challenges the magic-spawned menace that cannot die: The invincible, diabo...

• Dec-1982
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BEHIND THEM LAY DEATH, BEFORE THEM THE UNIVERSE... The Senyas dancers--they practiced their unique skills on their home planet, Deva, their smooth skin glowing with complex energy patterns as they learned the power dances and mentally mastered the...

• Dec-1982
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HE WANTED HER HEART -- FOR THE PLEASURE OF BREAKING IT DID HE LOVE HER OR DID HE ONLY WANT REVENGE? He had Jace's eyes--dark and compelling. Those eyes carried Vanessa back ten years to the magic of Jace, the glow of their love. But Jace wa...

• Dec-1982
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Leigh swore she'd never love again! In the two years since she'd left the Far East, Leigh's pain at losing her young husband, Patrick had not eased. Revisiting the exotic, alluring island of Singapore with its ornate temples and cos...

• Dec-1982
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Laura knew there was no future for them Right from their first meeting, Laura felt that Tom Farrell would change her life. Somehow he brought her painfully out of her cocoon of work and uninvolvement as no one else had done. At last she was ful...

• Dec-1982
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Lady Francesca de Lisle outrages the Winchester elite when, under the penname of Lady Alethia, she writes a column for the local newspaper describing the antics, rivalries, and peccadilloes of the most prominent social families. ------------- The D...

• Dec-1982
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Vietnam vet Mallory has been everywhere and done everything—from hippie life to construction work, from covering a reporter’s beat to walking a cop’s—before finally returning to small-town Iowa to try his hand at writing. In b...

• Dec-1982
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SHE WAS TORN FROM THE ARMS OF LOVE AND IMPRISONED IN THE HOT EMBRACE OF PASSION... Sultry Tampa, crossroad for gallant soldiers of the Spanish-American War, was the beloved home of young Jessica Manning. Her elegance and delicate beauty entranced...

• Dec-1982
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Dallas knew she was in over her head from the moment she met Nick. Her feelings for her devastatingly handsome colleague washed over her like a tidal wave: He was irresistible, dangerous and more exciting than anyone she had ever known. She fought...

• Dec-1982
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The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne.“A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement.” -- The New York Times Book ReviewI...

• Dec-1982
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LARA CLAYTON KNEW WHAT BRANCH TAGGART WANTED. Now that her father was dead, Branch probably thought the feud was ended. But he hadn't reckoned on one person. Lara was determined that he would not own her or the ranch. It didn't help to ...

• Dec-1982
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The hangman's noose was waiting for Bart Foraker unless he could reach the safety of the Mexican border. Wanted for a crime he didn't commit, Bart swore he'd come back to clear his name. Right now, escape was the only thing on his mind....

• Dec-1982
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Jens Wylie would never leave Earth, but his heart was with the brave men and women of the first Mars Expedition, enchanted by the siren song of the stars. As U.S. Undersecretary of Space, he thought he could share some small part of that bold adventu...

• Dec-1982
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One searing kiss -- that was all it took! The barriers were broken. Her foundation was shaken. He wanted her, and, worst of all, his desire equaled her own. A gambler! Vichy moaned. Ninety-nine percent charm and one hundred percent opportunism. Sh...

• Dec-1982
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"If you so much as touch me -- with one finger -- I'll disappear so fast, you won't know what happened!" The deal was made. Cindy would work for Alan Michaels, celebrated author of children's books -- the stranger who'd sav...

• Dec-1982
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A MADMAN'S PARADISE... High in the treacherous Chisos Mountains, Confederate Colonel Bascom Sutpen still terrorizes his slaves and rides roughshod over his troops -- even though the war ended fifteen years ago! The colonel's private confederacy li...

• Dec-1982
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Why would a most independent young woman want to risk a second chance at love with a maddeningly arrogant nobleman? THE TRESPASSER When Vanessa Damery's dashing husband, Frederick, fell in battle, Vanessa locked all thoughts of romance out...

• Dec-1982
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In the spring of 1922, several months after completing "Siddhartha," Hermann Hesse wrote a fairy tale that was also a love story, inspired by the woman who was to become his second wife. That story, "Pictor’s Metamorphoses," is the centerpiece of t...

• Dec-1982
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WAS TWO WEEKS OF LOVING WORTH DYING FOR? Skye Fargo had two weeks to find Ivy Thompson. Her father wanted Ivy so badly, he kept raising the ante. His experienced wife Cordelia just raised her skirts. Skye took the money -- and everything else -- a...

• Dec-1982
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"HOW WILL YOU FIND A WAY OUT? YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO MARRY A MAN YOU DO NOT WANT. YOU ARE BEING DELIVERED TO THAT MAN BY THE MAN YOU DO WANT. AND THAT MAN MAY THINK YOU NO BETTER THAN A...A JADE OF A HIGHWAYGIRL:" When the lovely madcap Lady Magic...

• Dec-1982
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For a whole year, Elizabeth had been in love with handsome Scott Norris. But Scott didn't know she was in love with him. The love letters Elizabeth wrote to Scott stayed in her desk drawer -- until now! Would the thief show the letters to Scott?...

• Dec-1982
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Why couldn't she practice what she preached! As coach of her son's Little League team, she found it easy to say, "We win some, we lose some." Was she the sore loser? Or was it the better part of valor to be content with what she ha...

• Dec-1982
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LOVE WITH A PERFECT STRANGER... and in a perfect setting: aboard the Orient Express. Against all reason, Torey had given her heart, eared away by the romance of her surroundings. But in less than twenty-four hours the trip would he over and Peter W...

• Dec-1982
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Alaine's heart never had so much as a sporting chance of escaping unscathed once she met ballplayer Doug Morrow. The tough, charismatic pitcher was used to having his own way, and Alaine soon stopped trying to fight their mutual attraction. What ...

• Dec-1982
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As the beautiful, fair-haired Angel Sherwood sailed from England to Louisiana, she sensed that her destiny flowed with the rough waves of the ocean. Frightened by the harsh sea, Angel prayed that perhaps, just perhaps, she would find happiness and ro...

• Dec-1982
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Death and tennis meet in one of impossible crime master John Dickson Carr’s most memorable cases. John Dickson Carr is famous for his puzzling “impossible crime” plots in which corpses are discovered in scenarios that seem to lack any logical e...

• Dec-1982
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Retired CIA agent Wallace Mahoney is approached by Sonja, an Israeli intelligence agent. There's a mole in the Mossad, and they need an outsider to help uncover him. Against his better judgment, Mahoney agrees to help -- and finds himself entangled i...

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After the crash that took her memory and altered her appearance, Lilly Parker began to search for the identity that eluded her. As she searched she could not escape the memory of Kirk Remington, the husband of whose love she had never been sure. As a...

• Dec-1982
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When Nelda and Lute made love, their hearts and bodies sang in a rapturous duet... until the death of their infant daughter drove them into discord and destroyed their marriage.... Years later, Nelda returns to Iowa, anxious to reassess her futu...