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BEST REVIEWED BOOKS — DECEMBER 2000

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Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies
Ken Kalfus

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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
Walter Moers

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Clouds in Memphis
C.J. Hribal

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The Carpenter's Pencil
Manuel Rivas

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  • Nora Roberts

    Darcy Gallagher has always believed in the pull of fate, the magic of legend ... and the importance of money. She longs to find a rich man who will sweep her away--into a world filled with glamour and adventure, and the exotic life that is her destin...



  • Anne Mather

    A night of desire, a lifetime of passion? Ally Sloan's flattered when a gorgeous stranger seeks her out. Single again, after years in a loveless marriage, a heady night of desire is just what she needs to boost her confidence and remind her th...



  • Jude Deveraux
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    New York Times bestselling author JUDE DEVERAUX unravels a ghostly murder mystery in an ancient Scottish castle....



  • Brenda Jackson
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    Welcome to Leo's �" Where Anything Can Happen A proper lady lets loose on Open Mike Night -- and opens her heart to a different kind, of man.. A Texas Ranger and a candy shop owner have a blind date--with a deliciously unexpected outcome... ...



  • Stephanie Laurens
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    A new year brings new scandal when a rake awakens in the bed of the flame-haired temptress who had seduced him years before. All of society has them bedded, but can he convince her to become wedded?...



  • Sara Craven

    A motive for marriage? Cressy was astonished when Draco Viannis proposed. From the moment she'd met the gorgeous Greek, Cressy couldn't get him out of her mind. The passion between them was mind-blowing -- but had it just been a holiday af...



  • Lisa Jackson

    The Millionaire CEO: Thorne McCafferty His Reputation: Rich, rugged and ruthless. He would rather lose his fortune than get caught at the altar. His Dilemma: Not letting a beguiling beauty take possession of his heart. Thorne had returned to...



  • Sherryl Woods

    REVENGE IS SWEET... The wealthy, powerful Delacourts had destroyed her family, and Maddie Kent wanted revenge. So she cozied up to Tyler Delacourt, the dynasty's youngest son. SEDUCTION IS SWEETER... But who knew the last Delacourt bachelor ...



  • Emma Darcy

    If only Lucy's sexy boss, James Hancock, would see her as a desirable woman -- not just his sensible secretary! Unbuttoning Lucy's prim suits is indeed on James's mind....But will he lose the best assistant he's ever had? Lucy is ...



  • Jeffrey Archer

    A masterful collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behavior, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with the breathtaking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark. ...



  • R.L. Stine

    That tall boy walking so confidently into the party is Ross Arthur. This isn't a surprise party, but Ross has a frightening shock in store. You see, standing across the room is Ross's identical twin. The problem? Ross doesn't have a twin. It looks as...



  • Julia Quinn

    1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the ...



  • Beverly Barton

    WHEN A SHOCKING SCANDAL EXPOSES SOUTHERN SECRETS... As the blazing heat of summer gives way to sultry September, a shroud of suspicion settles over Noble's Crossing, a sleepy Alabama town. Nothing is as it seems--and never will be again. Lane Noble G...



  • Jill Shalvis

    Sheriff Riley McMann couldn't believe his ears when Holly Stone announced that she'd be taking over the only cafe in Little Paradise. She looked as if she hadn't worked a day in her life, and besides, he had to eat there! But he was soon working up q...



  • Jill Shalvis

    All Katie Wilkins wanted for Christmas was to get Santa Claus under the mistletoe, because beneath that Santa suit was her ideal man -- or so she thought. But it wasn't nice, safe Mr. Perfect who kissed her senseless. Horrors! It as Bryan Morgan -- w...



  • Elizabeth Lowell

    Rewrite of Valley of the Sun Nevada's rugged, majestic beauty is a balm for the aches of Hope Gardener's heart. But the ranch she loves is dying of thirst, thanks to the worst drought the area has ever seen. Hope needs a miracle--and one day it co...



  • Kim Lawrence

    An intimate vendetta! Josh Prentice has a broken heart, and there's only one way to mend it: revenge! He plans to seduce Flora, and then jilt her. But he hadn't expected to find it so hard to walk away.... Locked into an intensely sensu...



  • Carla Cassidy

    THE AGENT: Seth Greene, determined operative -- and estranged husband and father. THE MISSION: Infiltrate his ex-wife's home -- and gain her much-needed expertise. THE DEVASTATING DISCOVERY: Seth is still very much in love with his ex.... Their ...



  • Dean Koontz

    THIS IS THE STORY OF A BOY WHO LOSES HIS SIGHT. AND THEN MYSTERIOUSLY REGAINS IT. IT IS THE STORY OF A COURAGEOUS BAND OF SEEKERS. AND A RELENTLESS KILLER. IT IS THE STORY OF ALL THAT IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD. AND ALL THAT IS TERRIBLY WRONG. IT ...



  • Catherine George

    All Jessica wants is a baby, but her new husband, tycoon Lorenzo Forli, is reluctant to start a family. When he's delayed coming home on Christmas Eve, Jess wonders if their marriage has a future. But Christmas night brings them both The Extra-Specia...



  • Victoria Alexander
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    When their midnight elopement is foiled, a handsome young earl and his dazzling debutante swear to love each other forever -- no matter what. Now it's midnight once again...can their love be rekindled with one perfect kiss?...



  • Jeffery Deaver

    Two men of words. One seeks only peace. The other, violence... Aaron Matthews is a man with a gift: he can talk anyone into doing almost anything. As a psychologist he used that talent to help people. Now he's using it against one man in a deadly ...



  • Jonathan Kellerman

    A brutalized corpse discovered in a remote region of the Hollywood Hills plunges psychologist-detective Alex Delaware into a landscape of rage and madness as he struggles to solve this most baffling of homicides. To some, Eldon Mate was evil perso...



  • Rachel Gibson
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    She's attending her high school reunion as a newly formed ravishing beauty; he's now sexy, successful, and determined to give her her come-uppance. What will happen when the clock strikes twelve?...



  • Ken Follett

    January, 1958--the darkest hour of the cold war and the early dawn of the space race. On the launch pad at Cape Canaveral sits America's best hope to catch up with the Russians--the Explorer I satellite. But at the last moment, the launch is delayed ...



  • Lindsay Armstrong

    The heiress bride and her rough, tough husband... Angus Keir, a self-made millionaire, considers Domenica to be a social butterfly. Her privileged background is in direct contrast to his own. But their fortunes are reversed when he saves her famil...



  • Jane Porter

    The Italian Solution... Soon Meg's secret would show -- she was pregnant! However, she was determined to keep it to herself while she visited her hometown in California and came to terms with her future as a single mom. But there was no foo...



  • Rochelle Alers
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    Welcome to Leo's �" Where Anything Can Happen A proper lady lets loose on Open Mike Night -- and opens her heart to a different kind, of man.. A Texas Ranger and a candy shop owner have a blind date--with a deliciously unexpected outcome... ...



  • Allison Leigh

    Runaway heiress Darby White thought she knew nothing about family, but suddenly she was caring for a passel of orphaned children. And while they weren't her own, Darby couldn't turn her back on desperate new dad Garrett Cullum's pleas for help -- not...



  • Leanne Banks

    "YOU'RE NO LONGER MY ASSISTANT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MY WIFE!" CEO Michael Hawkins had made an executive decision. After making his secretary, Kate Adams, pregnant in an unexpected night of passion, Michael asked for her hand. Kate didn't want to be...



  • Daniel Silva

    Once a key operative in secret Israeli-intelligence missions, Gabriel Allan is on the run from his past, assuming a quiet life as a meticulous restorer of priceless works of art. But now he is being called back into the game. The agent with whom he i...



  • Rosemary Rogers

    The fire of their passion sparks as Steve and Ginny reunite in London. Their years apart have taken a toll, but nothing can change the fierce emotion that burns between the two. The lovers have made a pact to look beyond the hurts of yesterday and lo...



  • Carolyne Aarsen

    HEAVEN HELP HER... Cory Luciuk couldn't forget her painful childhood -- or forgive Matthew McKnight for his role in it. Now the man who stood for everything she loathed was back in her life, claiming to hold the key to Cory's future -- and...



  • Margaret Mayo

    Separate rooms? Not in this marriage! Anna and Oliver Langford had married in haste, and now everything was falling apart. Oliver had a made a fateful mistake and lost his wife's trust. Now he seemed to think he could seduce her into forgiving hi...



  • Lori Copeland

    Sara followed her dreams and discovered the love of her life. But will she have cause to regret marrying Walker McKay? The Rancher Takes A Wife The last thing Walker McKay wants to do is go courting--but it's time to settle down and raise some...



  • Caroline Anderson

    As teenagers they'd been flirtatious friends. On returning home as adults Ruth and Mac found their feelings had changed -- with a passion. Ruth needed a man capable of commitment and Mac, on the rebound, was hardly the type. She focused her attention...



  • Caroline Anderson

    A family worth fighting for At last--a man to share her life with, have kids with. And Adam Bradbury, the new pediatric surgeon, seemed to feel the same. He was a devoted father with a burning desire to seek sanctuary in Anna's arms. Their pass...



  • Richard North Patterson

    A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal...



  • Richard North Patterson

    Long estranged from her blue-blooded New England family, attorney Caroline Masters is summoned home to defend her niece against charges of murder. Police found twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen blood-splattered and incoherent near the scene of the crim...



  • Lenora Worth

    For too long, Nate Welby had gone through the motions of fatherhood, numbed by sorrow and anger. Now another lonely yuletide season loomed -- and with it, the knowledge that he'd never be able to give his youngest daughter the one gift she wanted mos...



  • Merline Lovelace

    SPECIAL REPORT: Peril and passion over Texas Skies SAM HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas (AP): U.S. Marshals' Flight 407 “Con Air” was hijacked before takeoff today, 108 aboard... A daring midair transfer puts pilot Suzanne Delachek at ...



  • Judy Christenberry

    NEWS FLASH: TYLER PLAYBOY DATES ...A SINGLE MOM?! Rumor has it that our resident attorney Quinn Spencer has been offering Molly Blake more than legal advice these past cold winter nights. Does this sandy-haired stud, who has broken hearts all over...



  • Leigh Greenwood

    The freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky -- they get into a man's blood until he knows there is nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love of a good woman. VAL...



  • Tara Taylor Quinn

    Come home to Shelter Valley where love lasts and families matter Miranda Parsons is content with her life. She has a great job, a wonderful family, a lovely house. She has good friends. And she lives in a town where people know her, care about her...



  • Susan Fox

    Tracey couldn't believe she'd written off Ty Cameron's car, nor that he was insisting she pay for it -- by working for him! And that meant living with Ty, who seemed determined to get to know her.... But Tracey had learned to be wary ...



  • Victoria Pade

    A COWBOY'S CHRISTMAS Texas cowboy Matt McDermot was craving his first white Christmas on his family's Wyoming ranch. But a blizzard delivered more than Matt bargained for: a petite, pretty motorist stuck in a snowbank, a bump on her head, her memo...



  • Catherine Spencer

    Jilted bride gets pregnant! Getting jilted at the altar was bad enough, but falling for the sympathetic stranger at her honeymoon hotel was much worse! Jenna Sinclair didn't regret it, though; one passion-filled night with Edmund Delaney prove...



  • Ann Major

    ONE NIGHT WILLA LONGWORTH FOUND A FORTUNE... AND A MAN What does a woman do when she finds cold hard cash at her feet? With a family against her, a son to nourish and a passion to extinguish, Willa did what any woman would do -- she took the money...



  • Dusty Richards

    Spur Award-Winning Author, winner of the 2007 Spur Award for Best Original Paperback Novel for The Horse Creek Incident. "Dusty Richards writes with the flavor of the real West." -- Elmer Kelton  BLINDED BY BLOOD Bobby Budd rode out of Colorado...



  • Don Pendleton

    ENEMY OF THE STATE A Polynesian guerrilla force, determined to sever all ties between the U.S. Government and Hawaii, is getting ready to turn paradise into hell on earth, courtesy of nuclear weapons -- unless the government returns the islands to...


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