Books Published in December 1987

• Dec-1987
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MISCONCEPTIONS Jacob Cade had strong opinions about which women were off-limits and which weren't. Kate Walker belonged in the second category -- hadn't he once thrown her off his ranch for misbehaving? He'd never stopped wanting her, ...

• Dec-1987
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In the raging passion of desire, they discovered the glorious ecstasy of their love He'd caught only a glimpse of her from the window of his carriage, but the young Russian prince knew he had to have her. Within minutes, Lady Katherine St. John wa...

• Dec-1987
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"Can't you see how much loving someone hurts?" Justin de Wolfe's words were prophetic for Caroline Maxwell. Drawn to Justin by a fierce mutual passion, the usually sensible Caroline married him knowing that he couldn't love her...

• Dec-1987
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1099. In the feuding English court, gentle Lady Madelyn suffered the cruel whims of her ruthless brother, Baron Louddon. Then, in vengeance for a bitter crime, Baron Duncan of Wexton -- the Wolf -- unleased his warriors against Louddon's main. Exquis...

• Dec-1987
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THE BASHFUL BRIDEGROOM It should have been the perfect marriage for beautiful Georgiana Burton. The husband her parents had picked for her, Lord Ralph Middleton, Earl of Chartleigh, was wealthy, handsome, noble, and kind. Unfortunately, he did not...

• Dec-1987
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Philip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of Alexander Kilbracken, the Earl of Ruthven. Frances Kilbracken, informed of the earl's arrival and his mission...

• Dec-1987
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Tina Harrington's eccentric household displeased the denizens of moneyed, clannish Palm Beach--especially handsome, high-powered Drew Landry. Yet, against his will, Drew was drawn to Tina's collection of human strays--and most of all, he was drawn to...

• Dec-1987
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In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life. Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ...

• Dec-1987
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TOYLAND There they were, just as he remembered. Rooms and rooms of them. Dolls. Toy soldiers. Clowns. When he was a kid, his Aunt Cary's toy collection should have been a child's paradise. But instead he had been terrified by their staring eyes an...

• Dec-1987
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A MAN WHO LIVES BY HIS OWN STRICT CODE -- AND THE HEADSTRONG WOMAN WHO'S DETERMINED TO CRACK IT When her car died on a deserted road high in the Rockies, Teddy Tyler half expected danger--but being captured by Zach Steele was terrifying... and thr...

• Dec-1987
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"I want you to be my fiancee." Julian Forrest's words were businesslike, but Merissa's first instinct was to run from the threatening brilliance of the raw male look of the man. Yet she agreed to his madcap scheme to pose as his...

• Dec-1987
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At eighteen, Princess Victoria of Kent became Queen Victoria of England, bitterly resented by most of her royal relatives. Willful, enchanting, tender, passionate, regal, her unique personality gave to an age its style and essential character--and ev...

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She was not in the entertainment business! Two weeks on Australia's Great Keppel Island as paid companion to ten-year-old Simon Matthews afforded Nyree a timely escape from a misguided love affair. Roaming the glorious untouched beaches in ...

• Dec-1987
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RINCEWIND -- was the most truly inept wizard the flat earth of Discworld had ever known. He was a wizard with only one spell, a spell he would never dare to say, one of the Eight Great Spells froth the magical Octavo. So powerful was this magic that ...

• Dec-1987
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THE LADY Possessed of an innocent, ethereal beauty, Alexa Ashley knew nothing of the burning hatred Adam Foxworth felt for her family. Abducted by his men, held prisoner aboard a notorious privateering ship, she succumbed to Adam's masterful s...

• Dec-1987
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" ...you might see a stranger across a crowded room... " When Laurian saw the tall handsome man browsing in the bookshop, the lyrics of the romantic old song came instantly to mind. For this was what it was like: the sudden burst of attrac...

• Dec-1987
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He was a puzzle worth solving From the moment she laid eyes on him Madeleine knew that Jordan Sumner was to be the special man in her life. All her instincts told her so. Jordan was far from indifferent to her, but he imposed a restraint on the...

• Dec-1987
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Would they try again, or finally say goodbye? Stephanie hadn't expected to see Jordan Kendall ever again. In the years since their young marriage had ended in disaster, she had managed to build a career for herself in real estate as well as ma...

• Dec-1987
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"I'm a guide, not a nanny, sweetheart:" Aidan Sawyer was the quintessential jungle guide, and being in his company was akin to cornering a panther. Courtney Perkins realized quickly that jaguars and river bandits were not the only dang...

• Dec-1987
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After a brief but unforgettable encounter with Ken Holloway Millie Blake never expected to see him again-certainly not taking refuge inside her hall closet! Mistakenly suspected of a crime, Ken swore that it wasn't true, and Millie couldn't help ...

• Dec-1987
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"YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT, MISS BRIGHT. STILL PLAYING THE COUNTRY BUMPKIN TO MAKE ME APPEAR A FOP." So said Lord Monteith during the usual repartee to which he treated Samantha when he stopped with his mama in the country. For her par...

• Dec-1987
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A WORD TO THE WISE Corrie James, editor of a life-style column for a local newspaper, had a knack for solving other people's problems. "No commitment--no dice" was her motto on relationships. It always worked for her readers, but her own love lif...

• Dec-1987
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Michael Harris made a worst-case scenario for love. When Sophie Peters was hired as nanny to Nick and Abby Dorset's children, her fantasies were fueled by the love her employers shared. Sophie wanted that same caring, trusting kind of love, but sh...

• Dec-1987
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OLD FLAMES REKINDLED He'd once loved her so much that he'd been willing to let her go. Now popular soap opera star Brad Crawford was attending Penny Blackwell's wedding -- to another man! But when the groom didn't show up, Brad kne...

• Dec-1987
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Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the life-styles of the rich...

• Dec-1987
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HELL IN A HOSTILE LAND A ruthless army of young Communist fanatics prepares to unleash a series of terrorist atrocities throughout Red China. The brutal acts of sabotage, hijacking and assassination are designed to appear U.S. or Soviet backed, an...

• Dec-1987
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Her love for Jordan was a cruel trap! Grief-stricken by her friend Paul's tragic death, Lyall Summers had never expected to fall in love-- and certainly not with Jordan Jameson, one of London's wealthiest men. Jordan had appeared so sud...

• Dec-1987
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A QUEST FOR TREASURE With dreams of scuba diving in the relaxing warm waters of Bermuda, Kate Walker left New Jersey for sand, sun and surf. On her very first dive, however, Kate got much more than she bargained for -- she discovered sunken treasure...

• Dec-1987
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IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED but it had. And in the years since then, Kit McHennessy had never been able to escape the memory of her one night of love with Justin O'Niall. Now she was back in Ireland again, back in the tiny village of Shallywae a...

• Dec-1987
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Men were not to be trusted! Adair had learned that from experience. She had built a wall around herself to exclude all men, and she ensured their lack of attention by deliberately making herself dowdy and unattractive. Thane Callahan, a rancher...

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UNDER WATCHFUL EYES Kari Kerns had reached a crossroads and needed a change to figure things out, but her travels through rustic Amber, Wyoming, hit a snag when she witnessed a bank robbery. Life began to get complicated... . And Sheriff Nate N...

• Dec-1987
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Beautiful Dimity Cranford tries to rescue her people from her despised enemy and all but loses her heart to him... SHE NEVER DREAMED BEING A TRAITOR WOULD ENDANGER HER LIFE AND HER HEART.... Impetuous Dimity Cranford bravely sets out to rescue ...

• Dec-1987
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Christmas comes but once a year For Jesse Lawson, even that was too often. A legal-aid lawyer who fought a never-ending battle against poverty and injustice, he thought Christmas was a time-wasting, energy-sapping distraction from the realities of...

• Dec-1987
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Could she explain the child that never was -- Rowan's husband Leone Cortese, before he was killed, told his aristocratic Italian family that she had given birth to a baby boy. An heir to the vast Cortese estate. Only it wasn't true. An...

• Dec-1987
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THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS When Cash Angeli found himself confronted by thugs in an alley, he never imagined a petite blonde wielding a baseball bat would come to his rescue! Kelly McCormick didn't want anything to do with this errant black knight...

• Dec-1987
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The nightmare begins before you sleep . . .By the Master of Horror, James Herbert's Moon follows Jonathan, who fled from the terrors of his past, finding refuge in the quietness of the island. And for a time he lived in peace. Until the 'sightings' b...

• Dec-1987
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Happy ever after was up for discussion In all their married life, Keri and Shafe had never been together for six completely, uninterrupted weeks. And so the casual Caribbean setting belied the seriousness of their agenda--the future of their marri...

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The High Country spelled danger Gemma Tate hired Robb Wetherill as her guide into the wild Australian bush. Despite the hardship he warned her to expect, she was determined to tackle the odds. Her search for a certain plane wreck was not only f...

• Dec-1987
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Hot pursuit... When twin sisters Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield land internships at the Sweet Valley News, they think they'll be reporting the news -- but they end up making headlines when Jessica becomes an eyewitness to murder. Then Adam Maitla...

• Dec-1987
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Off-limits... Sandra Bacon has finally found a boy to love. Manuel Lopez is kind, sensitive, and handsome, and he cares about Sandra as much as she cares about him. But there is one problem: Sandy's parents don't approve of Manuel. So the couple mu...

• Dec-1987
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A SACRET TRUST Exquisite Natalie Vallance might have perished in the snow. The Indians -- amazed at her fragile form, her brilliant red hair -- found her, called her Fire-in-the-Snow, and made her mistress of Cloudcastle, a ranch high in the majesti...

• Dec-1987
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While enjoying a fabulous party hosted by wealthy Joanna Tate, Nancy finds herself investigating a major jewel theft. Her chief problem is a rookie police detective who wants to nab the thief himself, but a rash of devilishly original murder attempts...

• Dec-1987
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, two tempestuous hearts struggle to become one. PRIDE AND PASSION WERE AT WAR IN THEIR HEARTS Handsome. Dashing. Strong. Drake Bennington is the shining prince Elizabeth Calvert has dreamed of since childhood. ...

• Dec-1987
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As "Mother Marlowe," Stacey walked dogs, nursed houseplants and dispensed advice to the lovelorn. But she had no easy answers when a runaway wolfhound landed her in the doghouse with dazzling client Sean Garrison. Sean's anger quickly turned to ar...

• Dec-1987
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"Why not marry a boss, instead of a boss's daughter?" Even as Jessica regretted blurting out her unorthodox proposal to Sam Ryder, she wondered amazedly at how circumstances had gotten so out of control. She'd set out to prove that even a forme...

• Dec-1987
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She departed for Nebraska in true terror Toby Moranti had practically grown up in the safe little New Jersey studio where she worked as an illustrator for a cartoon syndicate. Although she dreamed of branching out, she'd never considered leavi...

• Dec-1987
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A PLACE TO CALL HOME Gabe Jackson had come to Stonebridge to recuperate from a head injury. A civil engineer, he'd nearly been killed by his work in underdeveloped nations, and he was looking forward to a rest. Instead, he found a woman who met li...

• Dec-1987
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The man had to be mad! Ria had been joyously en route to the grand villa of her elderly guardian, the man who had rescued her from the slums of Sao Paolo and paid for her convent upbringing. Moments later Ria was staring into the ruggedly hands...

• Dec-1987
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Out of wrecked dreams grew hope One minute Georgina had been sailing single-handed down Canada's west coast, willing the salt breezes to show her how to go on living without her husband. The next she was being pulled from the waves by lighthou...

• Dec-1987
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SWIFT JUSTICE AND LEGENDARY GUNSMOKE.On October 26, 1881, nine men faced off in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, setting the stage for a clash that would echo through history. Within fifteen seconds, the street turned to dust as three men fell, their li...