Harlequin American Romance — Multiple Authors

• Apr-1983
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Would past ghosts destroy the joy of tomorrow's promise? Keely Preston never forgot her husband, even though he was listed as Missing In Action for twelve years, half a world away. Mark was frozen in time for Keely, as the sweet, restrained passio...

• Apr-1983
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Marriage means more than sharing the same last name April Peters knew that Christopher Ramsey did not love her when they married. But Christopher's genteel Virginian background dictated that a woman about to have your baby became your wife in a hu...

• Apr-1983
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When first love failed her, it took someone special to prove love changes... It took Stacey Andersen five years to put the pieces of her life back together after her fiance walked out. As a successful businesswoman with part ownership in a small c...

• Apr-1983
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Independence--would it separate them both now and forever? When Jeannie Rasmussen met Paul Raymond for the first time, she knew that he was something special. But as a highly self-sufficient woman, Jeannie had sheltered herself from relationships ...

• May-1983
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Two fragile souls bound together by a strong and tender thread... New beginnings. That is what premiere danseuse Gabrielle Hensley promised herself after a car accident damaged her leg. Gabrielle knew she would have to keep busy while her broken b...

• May-1983
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The axis of any relationship is a matter of trust... Lindsey Madison is absentminded. She forgets little things like housekeys, pocket money, and to lock her front door at night. When she comes from Iowa to Atlanta to help her uncle in his campaig...

• May-1983
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We can have our dreams, but miracles take longer... As a VISTA worker on an Indian reservation in Arizona, Stacy Waring was used to hard times. But even her professional training as a nurse did not prepare her for a combination of a crooked doctor...

• May-1983
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The difference of needing and being needed is a thin white line Every time simple movement brought Aldora Cassidy physical pain she was reminded of her accident.... A tumble from a garden wall so badly damaged her spine that she was left with t...

• Jun-1983
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Like a swirl of brilliant colors was their canvas of passion... Vanessa VanderPoel hated the month of December. A chromist for a New York atelier she had to spend the holiday season finishing color separations on artists' lithographs. But then...

• Jun-1983
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With one look he held her hostage heart... Drew McKenna was on the run. With the threat of her ex-husband returning to their hometown, Drew was glad to have an excuse to flee to Germany to visit with old friends. When she left Los Alamos, New Mexi...

• Jun-1983
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Would she be swept away by city life, city love? Raising a child alone in Manhattan wasn't easy for Betsy Miller. But after her divorce she wanted to start fresh and stake her claim in the Big Apple. Her night-time job as a secretary in a law offi...

• Jun-1983
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She could soothe a jungle tiger, but not his untamed heart .... Lions and tigers were a part of Samantha Collins's life-style. As a trainer living in Hollywood, California, Samantha was used to working with exotic animals in lush locales. Her love...

• Jul-1983
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Only one voice was destined to sing Raven's song... Helping delinquent youth was just a part of Jamey Marsh's job as an educational consultant. In the case of one abused teen-ager, Steve Carlson, Jamey knew that a push in the right direction could...

• Jul-1983
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No limits could hold their dark star of love Regan Allison was in a desperate need of a shower. After two days of working on her garden to make her small cabin presentable, she felt entitled to a long encounter with a hot spray of water and a bar of...

• Jul-1983
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A sturdy foundation can become a lifetime of building passion Osprey Builders was slowly establishing a strong reputation and Jacqui Belpre had right to be proud of how far she had taken the small Tampa Bay construction company since her parents' ...

• Jul-1983
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Like notes on a scale they made music in the night From the moment he saw her perform on the concert stage, David Atwell knew he had to meet Elena Shubert again. The past twelve years dissolved as a memory. When David stepped back into her life...

• Aug-1983
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Would their life together be a risk worth taking? Jess Butler. The one with the hair. The famous country-western recording star. Mrs. Bret Cavanaugh. While all these descriptions fit, Jessica didn't really know who she was. She had come a long way...

• Aug-1983
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The truth shines brightly in the eyes of love For sighted people, sunshine over the lush landscape of Utah is often taken for granted. Kelly O'Neil considered herself lucky to have once seen blue sky--blind for almost a year, she moved on, concent...

• Aug-1983
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Could she change life-styles to follow the call of Eden? Jennifer Cameron worked long and hard as the fiction editor of the Fort Worth-based magazine Women Now. She was proud of the inroads she had made toward upgrading the contents of the journal...

• Aug-1983
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Would she have the courage to face love's revenge? "You owe me a child." Those words echoed over and over again in Alicia Farr's mind. When she first met famous author Ian Halsey in New York, she hardly thought she would find he...

• Sep-1983
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Nature always wins as true love claims its untamed possession... "A superwoman of the eighties" is an apt description of Evelyn Scott. Quickly climbing the corporate ladder for a New York City oil firm, Evelyn is thrown a curve when her bo...

• Sep-1983
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Playing the sport called love was all in the game... The difference between Bobbi Morrow and Blain Pearson was sizable -- in more ways than one. A star player for the Washington Bullets basketball team, Blain had known a lot of women, but was neve...

• Sep-1983
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Sometimes mistakes are made in loving regret Cassandra Spencer was nervous. She had finally made the decision to go back to work after her husband, Quinn, died, but now, in the moment before she was to meet with Quinn's ex-partner, Casey had cold ...

• Sep-1983
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Once lovers, could they still be best of friends? The idea of sharing a house in California's Topanga Canyon enticed Kelly Mitchell. On her meager salary as a physical education teacher, she found that communal living offered a high quality li...

• Oct-1983
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Would it be worth the risk to love a stranger? As Karen Morse began her long trip from Manhattan to Vermont, she felt uneasy. Karen's cousin Maida had been frantic in her plea for companionship, and knowing Maida's house was in an isolated area, K...

• Oct-1983
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In her carefully planned life, she didn't expect unscheduled love To her absolute horror, Caroline hart noticed her silk panties strewn around her bedroom, the only concrete evidence that her apartment had been burglarized. "Only a New York City p...

• Oct-1983
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Their love was as rare as the scent of gold... Rilla Yorke could not believe her good fortune. A reporter for a small newspaper devoted to the arts in San Francisco, Rilla was given the chance to live her fantasy--to interview famous author Richar...

• Oct-1983
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Two hearts entwined can soar beyond the fight of birds... As an architect, Myrhia Lassiter took her greatest joy in creating buildings from sketches to massive structures of glass and concrete. Through her career, Myrhia had learned to deal with t...

• Nov-1983
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A change of heart is a woman's prerogative Leslie Williams found a perfect way to combine her creative spirit and business acumen as a designer and owner of a small knitting factory in her family's home, Puerto Rico. Fiercely independen...

• Nov-1983
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They were linked together by a chain of love Cathy Whiteheart was a battered woman on the run when she met Sinclair MacDonald. She had been trying to forget the past, to swear off men, and to avoid the kind of hurt that remains after the physical ...

• Nov-1983
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Why is this man such a thorn in my side? Regan Marlowe was beginning to ask herself that question all too often. Ever since the famous Dr. Steven Blake returned to the Houston hospital where Regan worked as a pediatric nurse, her life was a shambl...

• Nov-1983
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Love twists and turns in the game of hearts "What about me, Brianna? Am I to be the villain in your next book?" Actually, Brianna St. Clair thought that Ryder Cantrell would make the perfect hero for her next historical romance novel. Tall, wit...

• Dec-1983
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Their lives became entwined in destiny's sweet errand... Claudia Cleary knew from the start that she was facing an uphill battle against red tape and bureaucracy when she began to search for her natural mother. Adopted at an early age, Claudia...

• Dec-1983
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Ghosts from the past haunt the heartbreaker mine As a scientist, D'oro Griegos approached her work with precision and professionalism. When she was hired by Bret Johnson to work on ore samples from his California mine, D'oro felt up to the challen...

• Dec-1983
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From first sight, he left her with a branded heart "Could you have an erotic dream about this man?" Joy Sanders questioned a friend while holding up a magazine advertisement. To Joy, the answer was yes. But dreaming about rodeo star Jake Travis...

• Dec-1983
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Lack of sight heightened his taste of love Briony Hammond had loved Patrick Donahue all of her life. They grew up next door to each other in Texas, with Patrick and her brother, Steve, always having little Briony tagging behind them, being a nuisa...

• Jan-1984
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Each burning caress became a touch of fire... Kate Ryker considered her two-year-old marriage over. Her husband Alex had taken a job in Saudi Arabia and Kate refused to move with him. She had her own life to live -- as founder, publisher, and edit...

• Jan-1984
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All they had left were their memories of love Matthew Jonas didn't believe in good-byes. When he thought of all the people that had walked in and out of his life during his successful career as a journalist, he knew he would meet with some of ...

• Jan-1984
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There was nothing to give her heart's ease Cassandra O'Neill was appalled and shocked when she was falsely accused of tampering with lab results in her job as a researcher. She had always done meticulous work and was extremely hurt when her co-wor...

• Jan-1984
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Love was the prize game during hunting season... The accidents had started again and Jackie Roth was frightened. It seemed as if the nightmare of her husband's death was repeating itself in a strange effort to have Jackie die and be reunited with ...

• Feb-1984
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Her life was routine until suddenly love... In the time it took to sneeze, Beth Greene hit him. As he slumped over the hood of her car, she feared the worst, but the man insisted he was uninjured. Nevertheless, Beth drove him to her store, Gree...

• Feb-1984
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Would their love finally bloom in the summer season? Not many women share Dawn Morrell's love of baseball. The smell of freshly cut grass on a perfectly manicured diamond brought sweet memories of her father vividly alive. It seemed natural to Daw...

• Feb-1984
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Nothing could prepare her for the rites of spring... As a classical ballet dancer, Monica Hamlin faced the abrupt injury-caused end of her career with great fear. She had counted on her income from a New York City dance troupe to help finance her ...

• Feb-1984
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Love defied the rules of a logical passion. Cynthia Evans didn't think there was much she could do to save her job as a marine biologist at Orian labs. She wasn't the only one to receive a pink slip -- with new management taking over, many...

• Mar-1984
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Would ambition blind her to the treasures of the heart? Pine Lake Lodge, Colorado, was no ordinary resort. Luxurious and secluded, it was where the rich came to play, to think, to forget the world. Senator John Ryan had come for all three reasons....

• Mar-1984
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Their love was born in the glow of twilight dawn. Amanda Edwards felt compelled to return to the place she had been born. She hoped that by visiting the small California town of her birth she would find the reasons for her terrible nightmares and ...

• Mar-1984
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By just closing her eyes she gave life to her fantasy lover. Patricia Dayton was one of the top models in the business. Always in demand, she had a talent for conveying a certain kind of sensuality in the way her smile caressed the camera. Only Pa...

• Mar-1984
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Fearing love, she was afraid to count the roses. The residents of Bayou Lafourche yearned for love -- not least among them Adrien Merril. He wanted someone to fill his days with laughter, his nights with passion, his house with children. He wanted...

• Apr-1984
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Accepting his love, could she repay the sweetest of debts? Lainie Randall was shocked by Rita's engagement. Not that Ethan Ward wasn't a nice man, but surely her aunt knew that marriage only hurt people -- hadn't Lainie spent a year in...

• Apr-1984
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Would she soar too high on a flight of fancy? Frank Andrews thought it was a whim. He loved his wife, Carol, he insisted, and wouldn't let her go. But love was the reason Carol had moved out of their Winter Park home. Frank believed that love was ...

• Apr-1984
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Could love ever capture the gilded heart? They had nothing in common but their love. Keith Michealson was a man who only worked when he felt like it, a man who took life easy, a man who valued happiness above all things. Jessie McVey was Keith'...

• Apr-1984
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Carefully guarded, untouchable--her heart was like a museum piece. James Elliott thwarted her at every turn, outmaneuvering and outbidding her, scooping up art treasures before she could acquire them for San Francisco's Museum of American Art. It ...

• May-1984
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Newly awakened, her love blossomed Carolyn Ennis had worked hard after her husband's tragic death--too hard. tier X-ray technician's job paid the mortgage on the house Carolyn shared with her son, Pete, in lianksville, north Carolina, but financia...

• May-1984
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Would their love be consumed in the valley of fire? The woman lying unconscious in the Nevada desert was Kathy Alexander, romance writer. The man who rescued her, who at first identified himself as Lance Reynolds, was really Steven Winngate, owner...

• May-1984
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She had always believed love was a fairy tale Ami Whitelake had surrendered her dreams long ago -- or perhaps she'd never really harbored any. Ami took satisfaction in hard work, pleasure in the wonder of nature and love where she found it -- ...

• May-1984
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Stubborn and proud, she didn't see they were a love match Houston was Chelsea Norquist's home and advertising was her field. She knew nothing about boats, and intended to spend only a few days in Biloxi, signing the papers formalizing the sale of ...

• Jun-1984
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They could never forget they were mirrors ...and mistakes They were very proper Bostonians who worked hard, dressed conservatively, and ate and drank in moderation. Suzanne Lawrence, secretary to the vice-president of Southard-Colt, and Patrick Br...

• Jun-1984
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She gave him two gifts: her love and second sight Normally, Jennifer Kiel was the head librarian in the town of Southworth, Massachusetts, but on that bright autumn day Jennifer had donned cape and veil, transforming herself into Madame Voltaire, ...

• Jun-1984
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Often it is love, not politics that makes strange bedfellows The Missouri newspapers gave full coverage to the heroic rescue and to the mysterious woman who'd snatched the small boy from the fire. Mary Fitzhugh, lying unconscious in a hospital bed...

• Jun-1984
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Their dreams merged at the high valley of the sun Audrey Mathieson couldn't understand why Ken Walker had engaged the services of Longworth Advertising, where she worked. the agency usually handled small accounts in the Tucson area and had never w...

• Jul-1984
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She didn't want to kiss good night and say good-bye In a single week the peerless reputation of her art gallery was rudely insulted and Andra Carrera's impeccable taste in art was challenged. Marques Montemayor was an overbearing, egotistical boor...

• Jul-1984
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Courtroom adversaries, they locked horns over a verdict of love Casey didn't fit the profile of a young lawyer. She sneaked cigarettes in the bathroom of her Chelsea apartment to escape the wrath of her roommate, subsisted on peanut butter sandwic...

• Jul-1984
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Their love had been perfect, but for a tiny flaw... Kara Phillips thought she'd be able to avoid her ex-husband in a town as big as Longview, Texas. They led different lives now: the Pinewood Restaurant demanded all of her time and Rob had a s...

• Jul-1984
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Her camera did what her heart couldn't: capture the sun Crystal Lake was finding it harder and harder to be a career woman. How could she ever gain respect as a photojournalist when the St. Louis City magazine editor assigned her fluff pieces ...

• Aug-1984
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No matter what happened, she'd always have images on silver In the rugged terrain of Yosemite National Park, Christy Reilly risked bruises, sprains, and broken bones for her highly acclaimed wildlife photographs. Self-reliant, self-sufficient Chri...

• Aug-1984
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Would their love be consumed or ignited by desert fire? Trucker Camp Campbell rescued Dusty Macleod as she was fighting off three amorous teenagers in the middle of the Nevada desert. Homeless and penniless, Dusty possessed nothing but a fiery tem...

• Aug-1984
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To prove a point, would she risk a public affair? Liza Manchester, outspoken member of Graham University's feminist community, couldn't stand Professor Scott Harburton. Scott, best-selling author of pop psychology books, was a nightmare of...

• Aug-1984
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Innocently, she believed his elaborate deception for desire New to Long Beach, Honey Bowman had desperately consulted Happy Hearts Marriage Bureau, only to be told they did not provide fiances for just one day. So Honey was forced to compound the ...

• Sep-1984
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She held the secret to the last key After eight years, Toby had almost stopped expecting him. Hidden away in Key West, running a charter fishing boat, Toby had changed her hair, her clothes--even her walk. But when she saw Mac McQuade, she knew sh...

• Sep-1984
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Through all those years, there had been no other love The world called director Dario Napoli a genius, but for one week Eliza Rothcart had called him her husband. His sudden presence at Rothcart Productions was a bonus for the daytime drama Beyond...

• Sep-1984
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Love didn't stalk her -- she had become passion's prey Dr. Sloan Adams provoked Lacy Stewart endlessly. Trapped beside the annoyingly handsome veterinarian on the flight from Boston to Austin, Texas, Lacy only wanted to be left alone. Sloan Adams,...

• Sep-1984
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Dreams came true as she succumbed to river rapture When Michon volunteered to chaperon a group of teenagers on a trip down the John Day River, she knew her appearance worked against her. Employed by an exclusive department store in Oregon, Michon ...

• Oct-1984
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Beckoning her heart was the warmth of winter's bounty The Christmas reunion in Astoria, Oregon, was a boisterous gathering of love in many forms, but Marijane Westridge was a stranger to all of them. Her mother's recent wedding, her older ...

• Oct-1984
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She swore love wouldn't deceive her for the third time Nothing could prevent Dani Miller from organizing a union at the Intercomp plant in Somerset, Indiana -- though Vice-president Mick Cavenaugh tried his level best to stop her. To keep Dani...

• Oct-1984
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Having no tomorrows to give, he said, "Promise me today." Detective Tom Hennessey cared. He cared enough to confront teacher Merritt Reed about his nephew's grades. He cared enough to notice the little things about Merritt that signale...

• Oct-1984
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She would always remember those golden days Jordan Karshall had not suspected she'd inherited her father's wanderlust. But her days, divided between her job and her graduate-school courses, had fallen into a dull routine and the archaeolog...

• Nov-1984
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After all that had happened, she didn't dare to dream D. J. Simms had never feared a man so much. Undaunted by D.J.'s chilly facade and intimidating reputation as one of Tulsa's best lawyers, Nick Saunders had uncovered the woman who never spoke o...

• Nov-1984
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She had quite forgotten about the other half of love With his California good looks and his fascination with physical fitness, Patrick Phipps was a decided affront to Murph's sensibilities. Patrick was the kind of man who was so concerned with...

• Nov-1984
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Despite the years, the heartache, the dream never dies Consultant Jill Brandon walked into the offices of the Buena Park newspaper and received two rude shocks. One was Kent Lawrence, the paper's managing editor. As Jill tried to revamp the da...

• Nov-1984
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Can passion survive when love isn't enough? They were one of Washington, D.C.'s stellar couples. Janet Hunt was rapidly gaining recognition as the creative writer at a small advertising agency. Wiley, like his father, was making his name a...

• Dec-1984
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After years of darkness, her heart began a sunward journey Mike had been gone for two years when Jay Jennings phoned, but Vee Dubcek found herself sobbing as though he'd died yesterday. Afterward Vee was mortified -- a woman who managed a job at C...

• Dec-1984
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Her heart ached to feel the full measure of love Nothing in her experience had prepared nurse Samantha Bridges for the situation at Bumping River. The cramped cabin possessed Stone Age facilities, and Sam's two charges were beyond belief: the ugli...

• Dec-1984
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Love was simple in a world of daydreams Reality was always disappointing and Stacey had no desire to spoil the image of the Jon Callan of her daydreams. Stacey protested vigorously as she was ushered backstage to Callan's dressing room. When s...

• Dec-1984
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The rarest flower of all bloomed from twilight to sunrise To a man, the English Department of Minnesota's Fielding College objected to its newest staff member. Spearheading the opposition, Chairman Alec Thomas made it clear that he had no quarrel ...

• Jan-1985
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Ariel felt she was too old to be playing games... Scott Campbell may have looked like a surfer, Ariel thought, but he could never have been a good one. Scott seemed to be as blind as a bat. Why else would he bypass the bikinied denizens of Seal Be...

• Jan-1985
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They had truly rediscovered the garden of Eden St John was everything Eva Duncan had been promised. Almost. Lush, warm, exotic and spectacularly beautiful, it was not quite the picture of serenity and tranquillity it was cracked up to be. That was...

• Jan-1985
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Could she accept his love and her own misplaced destiny? Carla didn't recognize him at first--after fifteen years, Brigg Carlyle had changed. But the atmosphere at the Shelbyville reunion catapulted Carla into the past; and she found herself respo...

• Jan-1985
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For Thia and Luc, love became a shared obsession... It was ironic that the Stratford, Oregon, Centennial Celebration was to be held at the Warwick Inn. The old hotel had been recently purchased by Domini Developers and was to be decorated by Somme...

• Feb-1985
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How could she resist a man who ate his peas? Any man who attempted to turn an interview into a seduction, then had the nerve to invite himself to dinner, deserved exactly what he got. Liv James couldn't help feeling that actor Joe Harrington, ...

• Feb-1985
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She ran for glory but she won for love Once Emily Williams had been a fleet-footed golden-haired girl who existed for the sheer joy of running. Despite her eight-year hiatus from competition, Coach Keith Lancaster had only to see Emily on the trac...

• Feb-1985
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Fear has only one face -- courage comes in many forms For too long, Stefanie Colt had skated on thin ice. Unable to walk the streets of New York without casting nervous glances over her shoulder, unable to contemplate her responsibilities at Tele-...

• Feb-1985
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She fought for her principles -- and for her heart Venice attorney Faith Karell would never be rich and famous-she didn't want to be. Faith lived on principles and thrived on justice fairly meted out. Faith had no use for lawyers who sought newspa...

• Mar-1985
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They were never meant to become friends �" or to fall in love The rest of the family was skating when Anne Kirkland met Noah Grant. He'd obviously been invited to New Jersey for the weekend, but by whom? Noah wasn't one of Anne's sister Holly's j...

• Mar-1985
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A match made in the heavens... Over the years, Andy Timmons had developed a sixth sense for danger. A pilot in her family's Colorado-based charter service, Andy discovered that her keen instincts enabled her to chart a course around pea-soup fogs ...

• Mar-1985
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She played her part to perfection... Sparks flew the week Genie Bouchet agreed to impersonate her novelist sister, Valerie, on Pierce Stanton's popular Chicago talk show. But Genie didn't know the real reason he wanted to do the interview. He had ...

• Mar-1985
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Rani's love had strength -- what it needed was wisdom It was unlikely that Noah's Ark had contained a better menagerie than that which brayed, barked and roared on Scott Barnett's ranch in Oregon. Rani found the ranch an exciting place to work ...

• Apr-1985
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Dale took everything seriously--especially love! Dale Christensen was a visionary, pioneering medical advances that would someday restore happy, normal childhoods to sick and injured children. When Dale decided to take her first break from work, i...

• Apr-1985
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Alexa wasn't invincible--she just wanted to be Could one person renovate a rambling old house, manage a Wisconsin tree farm and raise a two-year-old daughter? For Trevor Stevens, the answer was simple: an ordinary person couldn't, but Alexa Santin...

• Apr-1985
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The choice wasn't fair: either way she could lose The town of White Rock was dying. Standing between life and death was Brent Archer, city manager of neighboring Joplin. If Brent didn't find the cause of White Rock's malfunctioning wat...

• Apr-1985
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Cameron knew he could never hold her for long... Jo Ella was like a hummingbird that brought shimmering beauty into his world for a moment then vanished. Over the years, their paths had crossed and recrossed, and though Cam understood Jo Ella's re...

• May-1985
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Their views on childbirth were as different as day and night Maura McNeill needed a gynecologist, but not for the usual reasons. As a practicing midwife, she needed a doctor willing to sponsor her to a hospital and to be her backup in case of an e...

• May-1985
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On a muddy road near Dawson Springs, they met again Gwen Nolan looked at the face she had not seen in twelve years and heard echoes of all their breathless promises and whispered dreams. Memory stretched across the chasm of years and bridged the d...

• May-1985
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Randy Brinnad just didn't know his place Housekeepers were supposed to be women. Kind, deferential women who helped smooth the hectic lives of busy executives. Randy Brinnad didn't qualify on any account. Yes, he arrived at the Lovall's Shreveport...

• May-1985
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She could share his home, but what about his heart? Lissa Cavender had dealt with her share of crazy clients in the past, but Jared Stone astonished her. He had not gotten anywhere with her by telephone, so he just showed up one night at the class...

• Jun-1985
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His unique spirit awakened her soul Faith Billiard had only fallen from a stepladder in the Little Creek church when Ken Chapman caught her... yet he behaved as though she'd fallen from the clouds like a gift from heaven. But that was typic...

• Jun-1985
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Onstage the scars never showed The band Tough Cookie would go straight to the top. Talent manager Michael Stone knew that the first time he heard them play in a Los Angeles club. But it was the lead singer who particularly caught his attention. Dr...

• Jun-1985
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Clay had not changed a bit -- but Sarah had Sarah would never have returned to Galveston had it not been for her mother-in-law, who was very ill. It was Sarah's love for Allison that had firmed her resolve -- that and the knowledge she wasn...

• Jun-1985
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The clock in Emergency read 3:00 a.m. Bleary-eyed, Cassie removed the bits of Pacific Coast Highway embedded in his skin while the patient complained loudly. Then she saw the scar. It couldn't be. But how many men had long scars on their po...

• Jul-1985
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She could share his love but not his life All of a year and most of her money had been spent renovating Whaler's Inn. On the eve of its opening, Aviva Thompson sat serenely, basking in the quiet of a Carmel night and the pleasant glow of a job wel...

• Jul-1985
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The embarrassing evidence was unmistakable She'd forgotten how to date. Was it the blossoming of spring in Shreveport or the chance phone call that caused Meg Bronson to take a fresh look at Robert Clark Dowell? Suddenly, the man she'd always c...

• Jul-1985
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Love was their greatest fear and their only salvation They met in tragedy on a snowy Reno street. There was no time for questions -- there was only her need and his sudden, ferocious desire to help her. It didn't matter who they were any more ...

• Jul-1985
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They sought freedom--and found love Travis Hoyt emerged from the night to pluck her from a rainswept doorway. His manner was rough, his face forbidding, but Cathy Donnelly gratefully accepted his offer of sanctuary from the storm. Soaked to the sk...

• Aug-1985
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She couldn't escape the past until she found a future The only truth in Hillary Michaels's life had been her love for Anton Roeffler. ButAnton would never believe that--how could he? When she'd arrived in Altus, Arkansas, four years ago, Hillary h...

• Aug-1985
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Real love began with knowledge and grew with understanding Sally Jo Hampton had borne all kinds of indignities as Sally Storm, Oklahoma City's most popular weathergirl. But when the station manager decided to change her image from simpering to sul...

• Aug-1985
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People couldn't change �" not really No matter how much Lori Black wished otherwise, she was born and bred a longer. It was a legacy she'd inherited from her father, a lumberjack of few needs and fewer words who'd taken his daughter with him as h...

• Aug-1985
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She changed houses into homes and loneliness into love Sage McKenna had a unique reputation in her little South Carolina town. People called upon her when their houses needed remodeling or repairs, because she could do the jobs better than anyone....

• Sep-1985
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They raced time, truth and the call of their hearts Morgan Buckmaster had been labeled one of the finest actors in the Western world. Delia Wilde had to agree--he'd certainly come a long way since they'd last seen each other seven years earlier. D...

• Sep-1985
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All in a day's work... Gwen Blackshire had always been intrigued by the Pacific beach house next to hers -- and somewhat curious about its occupant. In all the years she'd been living there she'd never even met him; Gwen assumed he was...

• Sep-1985
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He saw her clearly through the eyes of love Dana MacKenzie hoped for a challenging job at the weekly paper in Warrenton, Oregon. What she got was chaos and uproar. The office was managed by a smart-mouthed teenager who squeezed in work hours betwe...

• Sep-1985
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People cope with life and love in many ways... Sara Morrow had discovered a unique method of starting over. She went back in time. As Mrs. Willoughby of Long Island's restored Old Harkum Village, Sara baked bread in a brick oven and dreamed of ...

• Oct-1985
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Love was so easy when they first met The Tulsa nursery often hired prisoners on the work-release program, so nursery manager France Marriott was unfettered by fear or suspicion. She didn't know what Stephen Foley had done -- she only knew that...

• Oct-1985
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A thoughtless boast teased them with love -- and sudden death Despite his charm, Greg Fisher was a fool. To have wagered his career, his reputation and most probably his life against the possibility of finding a legendary mine! Oh, Anne knew he th...

• Oct-1985
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For Cassie Muldoon, life itself was an act of courage John Howard's search for Cassie led him to Flat Top Mountain in North Carolina--to a small cabin inhabited by a woman as shy and lovely as a doe. People traveled miles for Cassie's soothing tea...

• Oct-1985
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Life offers few second chances -- and none without a price It was the warmth of April's love that stretched across the years and the miles to comfort Russ in the dark days of his captivity. It had come when he'd needed it most -- and now t...

• Nov-1985
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They were the best show in town What do you get when you cross a New York city slicker with a beer-drinking, pool-shooting good old boy? The citizens of Rock Ridge, Georgia, couldn't rightly tell, what with all the fur flying. The hostilities comm...

• Nov-1985
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Nothing ever happened on Muscatoon Island After two years of devouring mystery novels and acting as a part-time cook for the Muscatoon Inn, Jeannie MacPherson realized that her vacation from her sensational ice-cream empire was definitely losing i...

• Nov-1985
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It was more than he'd bargained for A week's isolation on a spit of land off the New Hampshire coast was a sure-fire cover story for Mark Elliot's magazine -- if he lived to tell it. Before he'd even left the dock, though, the Meye...

• Nov-1985
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It began as a challenge... For Dallas McCabe, America's most famous reporter, no problem was too complex, no injustice too minor. She would do anything for a story. Even trek up a mountain outside Burrowsville, South Carolina, through fourteen...

• Dec-1985
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Garbage wasn't anyone's cup of tea Yet examining a month's haul of garbage was, in theory, no different from a prehistoric dig--a precise, painstaking science. But when Raine Webber and her University of Maine anthropology class arrived at the hun...

• Dec-1985
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In just one day her life spun out of control Brooke Waters had to be talked into the event -- it wasn't her style to attend a big bash in Central Park, especially when it was held for people with unusual names. Nor was it like her to be attrac...

• Dec-1985
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Was love worth the risk? With the opening of her exclusive interior-design boutique Cathryn Mulqueen thought she'd attained all her goals -- she was chic, successful, a local celebrity whose photograph appeared regularly in the West Palm Beach...

• Dec-1985
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It was different when it was your own life Lainie Tucker couldn't believe that Griffin had left Los Angeles. After a whirlwind courtship and seven short months of marriage, how could he leave? Lainie would have counseled one of her clients to ...

• Jan-1986
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She could picture his face First he'd stare, incredulous. Then he'd laugh. Then he'd treat her to a long assessing look, and their friendship would dissolve right before her eyes. Melanie Randell could picture it all, but with no husband and no...

• Jan-1986
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All the evidence pointed to one conclusion Marriage was not invented for a couple like Susan Trent and Steve Markham. For one thing, their jobs were polar opposites. As sheriff, Steve was obligated to keep the peace. As a consumer-advocate reporte...

• Jan-1986
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Their paths should never have crossed But in a town as small as Heritage, Missouri, such things were inevitable. In one day, Elaine Farrell encountered Judge Nathan Stewart not once, but twice. The first time, he lectured her about speeding. The sec...

• Jan-1986
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For months, she'd prepared for nothing but this moment She'd moved to Tulsa, disguised her features and changed her name. She'd carefully chosen time and place so that the encounter would seem perfectly innocuous. Now she found herself staring at ...

• Feb-1986
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What do you do when a convict comes calling? Get him a pastrami sandwich and a beer. At least that's what Madelyn Shaffer did when Eddie Mello appeared at the door of her Manhattan apartment. To say that Madelyn was in shock was putting it mildly....

• Feb-1986
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Success didn't have the power to destroy Or did it? Meg Lindstrom had always been afraid to find out. After her sister's heroic death, Meg had given up her career as a photographer and opened up a limousine service, but a camera was never ...

• Feb-1986
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She didn't need or want it, yet there it was Money. A river of it, pouring from the slot machine and pooling at Lucia Bowen's feet. Cameras clicked, a crowd gathered and Lucia felt ill. She should have stayed by the Baccarat Room, pretendi...

• Feb-1986
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For Eve, there could be no second thoughts, no regrets Blacklisted by the mill owners in Wrayville, North Carolina, Eve Triopolous had exhausted all conventional options. What Derek and Kelly Lang offered was not precisely a job but more of a serv...

• Mar-1986
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A lonely old lady. A fortune. A missing heir. Eleanora Jassamine Wiley, known as E.J. to her friends and associates, knew the combination would attract every con man in fifty states to San Francisco. Which was why, as Honoria Fitzgerald's atto...

• Mar-1986
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What was so bad about a few phobias? Everyone had them. Teddi Ansel had an aversion to snow and a touch of claustrophobia. Well, perhaps she had more than a touch, but her fears hadn't prevented her from returning to Vail to celebrate her parents'...

• Mar-1986
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Christy Shannon was no shrinking violet Her years as a guidance counselor had accustomed Christy to the complexities of family life, and her inherent tenacity demanded that she stick with the problem until she solved it. The problem in this case w...

• Mar-1986
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Tara's instinct for survival failed just when she needed it most The hitchhiking contest wasn't the smartest move of Tara Jefferson's career but the stakes were well worth the risk. Tara needed to prove she was no different from any other student ...

• Apr-1986
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Time was running out With only three weeks in which to perform a miracle, was it any wonder Maggi Cole was in a panic? The whole world seemed to be conspiring against Maggi, producer of the biggest charity extravaganza New York had ever seen. P...

• Apr-1986
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White knights don't charge into a person's life every day They especially don't narrowly avoid killing you when doing it. But after he picked Elena Matthews off the ground and checked her for broken bones, Bill McDuff cheerily explained his servic...

• Apr-1986
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Raine wanted one more chance to be young and free Sharing a passion for motorcycles and the open road, the motley assortment of bikers called themselves the Retreads, and on any other day Raine Kennedy would have given them a wide berth. As a duti...

• Apr-1986
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Ordinary people weren't Grant Stockard's style He'd proven that during the first altercation he had with Victoria Wescott in the backyard of her Reston, Virginia, home. Busy, important and very proud, her new neighbor was openly disdainful of Vict...

• May-1986
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Their relationship was wonderful and utterly unique For five years, Roberta Frankel and Kyle Stratton had written to each other regularly, yet they couldn't merely be called pen pals. They'd first met on a beach in Madison, Connecticut -- ...

• May-1986
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It was a long way from Scot's Cove to Hollywood But in two years, Sharon Ott had learned enough about the world to know what Brad Fielding wanted. He was the new vice-president of a highly successful record company, and she was the label's hottest...

• May-1986
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Suzanna knew there was no stopping him John Campbell Harris was like a human tornado, heading straight for the Kern River Valley, California--and for Suzanna Day. Suzanna wouldn't have been able to get out of his way even if she'd wanted to--she w...

• May-1986
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Loud, lawless and unlivable--that was Alyce's Alley At least, it should have seemed that way to Patty McIntosh. The three nightclubs on the infamous Key West street featured ear-shattering rock bands. The local population consisted of thieves, smu...

• Jun-1986
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All night the Porsche raced toward Phoenix Leah Cornish knew she was gambling her future on a man she'd only met once, but did she have a choice? Guy Hamilton seemed to understand her, and his kind eyes had not judged. He'd offered her his...

• Jun-1986
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Love could be the most dangerous game of all An innocent quest for a friend's watch took Holly Reynolds to Tijuana. Holly didn't recover the memento, but after being subjected to the horrors of multiple propositions, a barroom brawl and a ...

• Jun-1986
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Leslie couldn't shake that eerie first impression Michael Bradshaw was certainly unique. His oddly hued eyes lent him a mystical air, a quality that was confirmed by his abilities. For hours the scientists at the Maryland research center watch...

• Jun-1986
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A baby was the only solution for complicated lives Neil and Ellie Cavanaugh dreamed of, planned for and talked endlessly about having a child, yet Ellie's pregnancy seemed to happen at the worst possible moment. Her law career was taking off past ...

• Jul-1986
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Cousin Gail had told a whopper But Maggie Sinclair didn't know it. If Maggie had known, she would have been calmer during the family reunion on her Kansas City farm. She might not have fluttered nervously from group to group, avoiding a man who de...

• Jul-1986
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The rules were strict: no press and no professionals But what about partners? Daisy wondered. For it seemed that, rules or no rules, Peter Devlin had signed on for the duration of the madcap hunt for Cornelius Van Renn's legacy. Daisy's feelings w...

• Jul-1986
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Did Cinderella discuss dirty dishes at the ball? No way. Cinderella knew how to make the most of a dream come true--and so did Jenny Marshall. When David Foster materialized in the middle of Jenny's Mexican vacation, Jenny wouldn't let reality spo...

• Jul-1986
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Jenna Macklin couldn't deny her nature Something in her needed to help. It was why Jenna was a physician, why she worked in the emergency room of a big-city hospital -- and why she'd come back to Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, to search for...

• Aug-1986
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Love in the eighties -- was it possible? Larkin Walker had always thought that the challenge lay in finding it. Her many tasks as director of The Learning Center on Long Island had always given her little time to eat, let alone socialize. Then Dr....

• Aug-1986
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Roz was a champion of dogs in distress Her ability came naturally, but it forced her into an unnatural situation: for rescuing a tiny bundle pitched from a car, Rosalind Locklear was made executrix of a fortune and co-inhabitant of a Bel Air mansi...

• Aug-1986
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Colin Grey was in need of a wife That was fine with Mickie Oliver, young entrepreneur and budding corporate giant, for she earned her living in Manhattan as a professional wife. For a fee, Mickie and Company cleaned, shopped and ran errands -- all...

• Aug-1986
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Black sheep had a certain reputation Gabe Updike, well-respected owner of a Denver construction company, successfully lived it down. Lynn Tresca, however, seemed to bask in her reputation as a black sheep and troublemaker. Why else would she have ...

• Sep-1986
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Should one man kiss you while another hides in your closet? The look in Wynn Ransome's eyes told Terry Caputo she'd have to decide quickly. On one hand, Wynn Ransome was Le Club's most eligible male, which was saying something, considering the cli...

• Sep-1986
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Mollie Devlin had gone a little crazy Boot camp could do that. Long weeks at the marine base at Quantico, Virginia, had left Mollie as limp as yesterday's lettuce, both physically and mentally. Put plainly, Mollie was in no shape to tell a goo...

• Sep-1986
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America's favorite fantasy was the world's biggest pest To millions of American women who watched Code Zero every Monday night, smooth-talking, steely nerved Kevin Dawson was the ultimate sex symbol. To Dr. Kate Larimer, he was the ultimat...

• Sep-1986
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Some people fell in love, others were bamboozled into it Carrie Sutherland had unusual standards. A free spirit from the San Fernando Valley, Carrie wouldn't date anyone whose apartment wasn't a wreck and whose life wasn't in constant uproar. Carr...

• Oct-1986
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Was it possible to be haunted by the living? Rachel Anderson had worked for years at the Aspenridge Hotel without encountering a hint of the supernatural. But ever since the arrival of Jared Donnelly and his three great aunts, Rachel's nerves ...

• Oct-1986
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In Peaceable Kingdom, Georgia, people were walking on air Julie Andrassy watched in distress as her relatives succumbed to the family madness, taking to the sky, as their feet remembered how to master the thin wire. Most triumphant was Stephen Mar...

• Oct-1986
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She couldn't afford to make a mistake Beth Dunning was a public figure in the San Diego medical community, and it was a well-known fact that public figures couldn't expect to have private lives. Or private affairs. Which was why, no matter how she...

• Oct-1986
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What happens when all your dreams come true? Amelia Jenkins had just been clobbered by life's little ironies. She had waited years for the phone call from New York asking her to interview for the perfect job. And when had the telephone rung? Right...

• Nov-1986
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She could drive a man to unnatural acts No one but Charlie Cossini and her construction crew had ever proven immune to the lure of Haleiwa, Hawaii. Benjamin Valentine Gilmour, a man who gave new meaning to the term "idle rich," considered Charlie'...

• Nov-1986
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Love was an act of faith for Barbara Private investigator Daniel McGuinn appeared to be an open book--but one that shut tight if you tried to read the pages. Barbara Emerson should have been suspicious of a man as elusive as Dan, but instead she h...

• Nov-1986
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"Be daring," Katie's sister said So Katie Powers, staid Bostonian in the middle of an otherwise sensible vacation in Japan, followed the advice ... and was trapped with Tom Sagan in a trail that dangled high over a bottomless ravine, w...

• Nov-1986
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Randy thought she had charge of her own destiny That is until Matt Mallory, with his famous Midas touch, came to Scannon Cove, Oregon, to set up the Cove Mallory Inn. At first he was just a customer buying a car at Stanton Motors, Randy's deal...

• Dec-1986
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"Something's coming. And it involves a man." The tarot and the pendulum were in agreement, but Sybil Richardson was dubious. Despite her position as secretary of the Society of Water Witches, Sybil's psychic skills were notoriously mediocre. When ...

• Dec-1986
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Andrea Kirkland was up to her ears in romance The newest resident of Laurel Valley had learned quickly that Virginians take love very seriously. Business was brisk at Weddings Unlimited, and expanding in ways Andrea had never dreamed. She counsele...

• Dec-1986
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Obsessions were for people who had time And Nancy Frey made sure she didn't have a spare minute. She taught an unorthodox version of the English curriculum to some of Manhattan's toughest kids. Then, when she wasn't accidentally breaking the rules...

• Dec-1986
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Patrick O'Donnell had returned from the dead Ecstasy was called for, and gratitude that Patrick was alive and well. But, in plain fact, Megan was terrified of seeing Patrick again. They'd been newlyweds when he had been sent overseas, and ...

• Jan-1987
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"Women aren't supposed to be rolling stones..." Will Anthony complained of Nuala Kemp's nomadic life-style. She traveled from town to town, delighting children with her story telling at fairs and libraries. But one stormy night in ...

• Jan-1987
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Was it a declaration of love or war? As Cassy studied Bram Palmer's contented smile, she wasn't sure what she'd gotten herself into. No Stewart would invite a Palmer home for coffee, and no Palmer would accept. The mill-owning Stewarts...

• Jan-1987
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She got more than she bargained for... Cassie Grant wanted to get back to her roots. The richness of Wyoming's history and her love of the land lured her back to the Circle P Ranch. But when her brother left her in charge of the cattle roundup...

• Jan-1987
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Tracking grizzly bears was dangerous business... But Calley Stewart was not afraid. After all, she was doing what she had been trained to do. However, having to share her job as well as her tent in the Montana wilds of Yellowstone with rugged Dea...

• Feb-1987
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Sara Grant chose the wrong time to lie Insisting that she knew all about horses and hiking, she badgered Cody Wolf into taking her on his search for the downed Cessna and Sara's missing nephew. Unfortunately, she then had to prove she could be jus...

• Feb-1987
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Disasters come in threes... That's what her mother always said, and now Susan Rivers could attest to it. First her teenage brother--accompanied by his blaring radio and guinea pigs Lusty and Dusty--was thrust upon her for the summer. Then she ...

• Feb-1987
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Lindsey had one word to describe Ben McCauley Only a scoundrel would have promised Lindsey Halloran three weeks of work on the idyllic island of Maui and then, just when she was settled into her new job, ask her to play a starring role in a high-s...

• Feb-1987
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She liked herself the way she was Jennifer Bradford thought it absurd when Dr. Julian Caldicott diagnosed her as a classic case of severe Type A behavior. In fact, she didn't understand why Future Visions magazine was so concerned about stress...

• Mar-1987
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Richard Alonzo Reed was doing it again Having watched her buddy fall in love a zillion times, Samantha shouldn't have panicked at the telltale signs she observed while visiting Lonny's home in Spring Lake, New Jersey. But how else could sh...

• Mar-1987
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Time was Alanna's ally And she never knew it until Kyle Stafford arrived on Lake Erie's South Bass Island. Time, which aged and mellowed the fine wines of her family's vineyards, had worked subtle changes on her feelings for Kyle, deep...

• Mar-1987
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Which was better: a man or extra closet space? As Deputy Richie Stuart applied the tape measure for the new shelves, Phoebe Tripp pondered this problem, latest of a series that plagued her. Does a swearing-in count when the sheriff-elect is wearin...

• Mar-1987
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Rob and Lisa were trying to have a romance It wasn't going well. A woman like Lisa deserved candlelit dinners and moonlit beaches, but with an energetic six-year-old on his hands, Rob's life was a merry-go-round of Girl Scouts and class co...

• Apr-1987
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Life was getting interesting Strange comings and goings, odd disappearances--Joanna Stratton's Manhattan apartment building sizzled with intrigue. At the heart of it was Ryder O'Neal, who was supposedly incapacitated by a broken leg but wh...

• Apr-1987
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What does it take to make someone happy? For Monica Tye it took fast-paced days that began before dawn and ended at midnight. For her daughter, Stacie, who was on her way to becoming Aspen's latest championship skater, it took a dizzying sched...

• Apr-1987
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Nick's expression said it all Abby Winston had been worrying what her neighbor would think when he noticed the sparse furnishings of her Seattle apartment, and wondering what she could give him for lunch. She'd entirely forgotten herself -- until ...

• Apr-1987
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Didn't Anne know any decent men? Jason's duties didn't include meddling in Dr. Anne Eldridge's social life -- he'd been hired to cook Anne's meals and clean her Irvine, California, home. But someone had to protect Anne from...

• May-1987
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Treasure chest or Pandora's box? Rebecca Whitaker's newly acquired antique trunk had better contain treasure, because it was bringing her nothing but trouble. She was besieged by would-be buyers and plagued by a series of break-ins at her Glenacre...

• May-1987
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All right, maybe Jenny wasn't perfect Business meetings brought out the worst in her, finances unnerved her and aeronautics unhinged her. Despite these shortcomings, Jenny Whitfield was determined to keep the California hang-glider company she'd i...

• May-1987
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A man and a woman reunited after a long, harsh winter Eric McLean no longer thought of it as an ending. He returned to Platteville, Wisconsin, to attend his father's funeral and to close a chapter of his life. His feelings changed when he saw Chry...

• May-1987
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Small wonder Destiny felt mutinous Rafe Janeiro turned even a summer in Digby Head, Maine, into sheer misery. No colas, no spicy foods, no late hours and no work. Worst of all, when Destiny protested, Rafe retorted with "doctor's orders.&#...