Loveswept — Multiple Authors

• May-1983
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His strong callused but gentle hands kneaded the muscles in her legs that had allowed her to dance like a vision before her injury. Blair Simpson had enclosed herself in the magnificent fortress of her dancing, and no man had ever breached the walls...

• May-1983
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Hijacked! Derry had been pirated from the church, from under the very nose of the man she was suppose to marry... hijacked by her audacious ex-husband! Clearly Aaron Lathrop didn't intend to let her go. Derry remembered every painful detail th...

• May-1983
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He commanded her to look up at him. Shivers of anger and uncontrollable desire warred within her, but Tara Burns was determined not to give Damon Mallory the satisfaction of knowing her feelings. When he'd walked out of their marriage, she'...

• May-1983
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The sweet warmth of the Texas night caressed her. He stood in the shadows, then moved toward her like quicksilver through the moonlight with a lean, hungry, cat-like grace. The silver-haired stranger whose ice-blue eyes pierced her private dream wa...

• May-1983
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The battle was on from the moment they met...as Ryan Davis tried to outmaneuver the lovely Abigail Lawrence. From the first Abigail knew she'd met her match in the clever, urbane, and devastatingly handsome Back Bay businessman. And Ryan admitted...

• May-1983
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Dan Murdock was impossibly virile, tormentingly gentle...and fiercely determined to have Casey Farrow. But a car crash had left its indelible marks on her breathtaking beauty and erased her future. What were Dan's motives for pursuing her? Guilt?...

• Jun-1983
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When Jiggs O'Malley awakened in a strange hotel room, all she saw were laughing eyes of a devilish stranger...all she heard were his teasing taunts about their "night together"...and all she remembered was -- nothing! That was just the b...

• Jun-1983
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The Conus -- one of the loveliest shells in Pacific waters... but it harbors a creature with the deadliest sting. Taylor Winfield likened Rachel Davidson to that contradictory, impenetrable shell. But her spoiled, shrewdly calculated facade crumble...

• Jun-1983
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Blaise Hamilton made her feel like the most desirable woman on earth, no matter if years had passed since her heart had quickened with desire. Inflamed by his warm caresses, Pat soared to heights she'd never imagined, opening herself to emotions she...

• Jul-1983
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Sabrina hugged the steering wheel as she maneuvered her truck around the racetrack. She sensed Jacy in heated pursuit, recalled his arms clasping her to his unyielding chest. His touch had sent hot shivers up and down her spine, and she'd nearl...

• Jul-1983
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He brought her back to life, kicking, screaming, and fighting every step of the way. Shannon Douglas hated Michael Brady from the moment he threw open the doors and brought the tingling breezes of life into her shadowy existence. Under his fiercely...

• Jul-1983
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Like a force of nature P. Lee Payne strode into Karen Hunter's office demanding to know why she was stalking him. Intrigued by his moody sensitivity, thrilled by his vulnerability, Karen was determined to interview the brilliant but mysterious ph...

• Aug-1983
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Who was this mysterious lover courting her on the office computer, sending her roses, nicknaming her Tiger Lady, his princess of love and desire? And how could he compete with the irresistible Larry Hart, who came to repair the computer and stayed t...

• Aug-1983
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Fiercely proud of her independence, Brenna Sloan felt her assurance crumble under Michael Donovan's forceful approach. They were both fighters--but Brenna wasn't strong enough to reach out for the love she needed, and Michael knew only how to...

• Aug-1983
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From the moment she appeared across the crowded room, he had eyes only for her. Darius Chadwick felt his chest tighten with desire as Cygnet Melton, in golden silk, glided into his life. Their passion flared in a brilliant, unforgettable encounter....

• Sep-1983
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A tornado brought them together in a storm cellar, where the unleashed forces of nature rivaled the tempest outside! But Maggie Sims and Mark Wilding were anything but perfectly matched. He was a tall, irresistibly handsome playboy who was used to ge...

• Sep-1983
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Jane Smith sneaked aboard Jake Dominic's yacht on a dare, never dreaming she'd collide with the bronze playboy-director in the flesh! But the muscled arms that captured her were inescapable--and suddenly Jane found herself agreeing to a month...

• Sep-1983
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She meant to fire a warning shot, but instead Lily Dunbar's aim faltered and she grazed the hunter himself. She had ventured too far into the wilderness of Reece Wakefield's vast Chilean ranch, now an oncoming storm thrust her into his arms and he re...

• Oct-1983
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Leslie Pfarr hadn't been back at her father's resort for an hour before she found herself pitched into the lake. Only one person could be responsible -- Eric Nordstrom! The brash teenager who'd made her childhood a constant torment had ...

• Oct-1983
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Witty, unconventional JoAnna Radcliff fell off a ladder into brilliant heart surgeon Paul Houghton Welling's arms. But one look at him told her he belonged in the stuffy Philadelphia society world she'd escaped for a cottage in Pigeon Cove. She firml...

• Oct-1983
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Morgan Saunders fled the Minnesota winter for a vacation in romantic Martinique, where she found the love of a lifetime in Jason Falco. His sensual caresses awakened her to passion, and promised a glorious future in his arms. But when a heartbreaki...

• Nov-1983
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For all Sloan Fairchild knew, Hollywood had moved to San Francisco when movie-star-handsome Carter Madison stepped into her elegant bed-and-breakfast inn. Though he wrote mysteries rather than movies, Carter cast Sloan as the heroine of SLEEPING MI...

• Nov-1983
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The antique white Mercedes was headed straight for her! Cassie retaliated with lightning speed, hurling a rock that smashed the antique car's taillight and brought the driver face-to-face with her. The price Jake Kilrain exacted -- a passionate...

• Nov-1983
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Her dark eyes and haunting voice earned gypsy -Sheena Reardon fame as Ireland's mournful dove. Yet to Rand Challon the young Irish-American singer was not just a lark whose brilliant plumage was obscured... but a flesh-and-blood woman whom he desired...

• Dec-1983
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He was the Cougar Club's star attraction, mesmerizing hundreds of women in the smoky glare of a spotlight, his hips swaying in the provocative motions of love. But in the dusty attic of a deserted mansion, Philip Brooks captivated his chosen lady...

• Dec-1983
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Arlie was reckless, wild, a little naughty -- but in the nicest way! Whenever she got into a scrape, Dan was always there to rescue and comfort her. He had been her first crush, her uncured case of puppy love -- and she was still his beloved albatr...

• Dec-1983
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Kelly McKenna would get her story and prove herself to her editor -- even if it meant using a bit of blackmail. She'd try anything to get dashing inventor-genius Nick O'Brien to take her along in his experimental balloon to Mexico. And though Nick ...

• Jan-1984
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Daredevil and dreamer, Bree Graeme returned to her family farm between exploits to heal a few bruises and build up steam for her next adventure. But there she collided with Cane Taylor -- and the instant intimacy between these two strangers was as po...

• Jan-1984
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Janna Cannon scaled the high walls of Rafe Santine's private estate, afraid of nothing and determined to appeal to the powerful man who could save her beloved animal preserve. She bewitched his guard dogs, then cast a spell of enchantment over him as...

• Jan-1984
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It wasn't easy being Wonder Woman, but executive Holly Johnson had no choice -- she was a powerful presence at the office, an unstoppable force on the racquetball court, and too much woman for the men she knew... until Dick DeWitt came into her life....

• Feb-1984
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Feisty and beautiful private detective Honey Winston had been duped by a client into invading Prince Rubinoff's hotel suite by concealing herself in a too-small room service cart. When cigar smoke flushed her from her hiding place, Honey rose to ...

• Feb-1984
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C.J. Adams had been teased enough about her seeming lack of interest in the opposite sex. On a ski trip with her five best friends she impulsively embraced a handsome stranger, pretending they were secret lovers--and delighted lawyer who joined in h...

• Feb-1984
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Iris Ouverson had poured her energies into the family farm she cultivated with her sister, and the appearance of John Lang was unexpected -- and infuriating. Suddenly the land was theirs to share, an idea she couldn't accept. But John was determi...

• Feb-1984
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Unpredictable heiress Sami Adkinson had endeared herself to the most surprising people--from the bag ladies in the park she protected... to the mobster who appointed himself her guardian... to her exasperated but loving friends. Then Sami was arreste...

• Mar-1984
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When Princess Rubinoff hired Sabrina Courtney to deliver very special birthday wishes to her husband's best friend, she never warned her that Alex Ben Rashid had a powerful weakness for red-haired ladies...an omission that made their first meeting a ...

• Mar-1984
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When tragedy made Sarah Blackstone president of her family's corporation, she had put her personal life on hold. But, promising herself one last adventurous fling before her thirtieth birthday, she bicycled up the Hudson to visit the farm that had b...

• Mar-1984
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Most women would have jumped at the chance to interview Nick Rutledge, the reigning romantic hero of the silver screen. But Shane McCallister considered the assignment a demotion from her usual serious features -- and she resented having to profile ...

• Mar-1984
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Angie Jones was suspicious of politicians, especially handsome vote getters like Senator Sam Clements. But when an explosion trapped them in a cave for hours alone, her resistance to his devastating charm weakened as they clung together waiting to b...

• Apr-1984
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Who was Dr. Cory Antonelli, anyway, and why did he have to come and claim his half of Aunt Ida's house, the home that had been Kirsten's refuge all her life? From the moment she found him asleep in her bed, Kirsten knew her cozy existence in ...

• Apr-1984
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Jenny Cashman had dreamed of returning from school in Europe to declare her love for Steve Jason, the rugged casino owner who had adopted her as a young girl when her father had died. She tried everything she could to make him see her for the woman s...

• Apr-1984
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In costume Crissy Brant was transformed into Tulip Bloom, the saucy mountain girl who could turn a local folk tale into an unforgettable memory... and captivate toy manufacturer James Prince III in an instant. One moment she was regaling the crowd w...

• Apr-1984
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Marilee O'Neil had never turned from a challenge, even when it meant piloting a friend's hot air balloon in a race. But when she was forced to make an unscheduled landing on a wheat farm, she set it down smack in the middle of a swimming pool -- and...

• May-1984
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One moment Ben Garrison felt that his life was headed nowhere; then a woman wearing only an oversized trenchcoat, who had no idea who she was or where she belonged, changed everything! Ben named her Sunny for the open, loving way she faced the world...

• May-1984
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When singer Rex Brody took Tamara Ledford in his arms, he knew suddenly that the lady he'd been singing to all along was no longer just a hopeful fantasy. But could he convince her that his feelings were as sincere as the powerful desire that swept ...

• May-1984
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When she heard the waves crashing against the rugged Baja coast, Lisa Saxon felt their power echo within her heart. And when she turned to find Christopher, her ex-husband, standing just yards away, her pulse quickened in frustration and desire. Sh...

• May-1984
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Take one irrepressible mystery writer named Gypsy, add a slightly smashed VW called Daisy, a piratical cat named Corsair, toss them into the path of a cool architect with a glint in his eyes -- and stir up more romantic excitement than one sleepy se...

• Jun-1984
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Melinda Franklin had sawdust in her veins, bright blue paint streaks in her blonde hair, and a dream that wouldn't die: to keep Franklin's an old-fashioned circus. When banker Evan Kessel arrived to review her loan application, he found her h...

• Jun-1984
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A gorilla for a client? Straitlaced patent attorney Laurel Fortier couldn't believe it when toy inventor Thane Prescott appeared for their appointment covered with black fur and wearing a devilish grin under his shaggy mask. In no time at all Thane...

• Jun-1984
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The cabin walls were paper-thin, and painter Jessica Winslow couldn't help overhearing the angry fight going on next door. Suddenly a door slammed, and a car raced away into the night, stranding the man who'd lost the argument. It seemed on...

• Jun-1984
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Joy Barton had adored her foster brother Brent for as long as she'd known him, which was nearly all her life. When she'd stood on the brink of young womanhood, she'd offered him her heart -- and all of herself. But Brent had rebuffed he...

• Jul-1984
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She usually didn't play the part of damsel in distress...but this ill-fated camping trip was reducing her to roles she'd never expected to encounter. When Pierce Reynolds appeared in the midst of a thunderstorm to offer her and her two small boys din...

• Jul-1984
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It began as wildly as a movie chase scene, as Casey O'Neil pulled every trick she could think of to evade process server Michael Cooper, even to faking a heart attack and donning clever disguises. Casey would stop at nothing to avoid the summons fro...

• Jul-1984
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When Shay Flynn selected blueblood lawyer Adam Wickwire as the perfect father for the child she longed to have, she saw only one problem: how to seduce him into helping her get her wish -- and then vanish forever from his life. Her parents' example h...

• Jul-1984
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Her horoscope had read "Romance may crash into you," but psychologist Tanya Stanchek was unprepared for the consequences! Her idea of a dream lover was the darkly handsome prince of the high seas she'd viewed through her binoculars, a ma...

• Aug-1984
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Stuntwoman Kendra Michaels was just about fearless: tumbling down mountains and falling off horses were second nature to her. Until the night she met Joel Damon, though, she'd never been swept off her feet and into the arms of a man. Joel was a so...

• Aug-1984
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Taylor Neal's new play had second act trouble -- but bigger problems loomed when her director and ex-husband, the brawny Irishman Sean O'Brien, moved into her apartment during rehearsals. The explosive passions that had drawn them together before ha...

• Aug-1984
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Entrepreneur Micah Steele had built an empire by going after what intrigued him and making it his. Now he wanted Delphi Reed, whose classic beauty echoed ancient Greece, when mortal men made love to goddesses. Only when Micah began to probe the lov...

• Aug-1984
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His voice murmured huskily through the night, reaching out to embrace her senses across the airwaves -- and Charity Jane Webster was smitten! Deejay Rory Runyon was a perfect fantasy love, calling her "darlin'" and sharing love songs with...

• Sep-1984
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With a madcap's bravado and a gypsy's soul, Billie Callahan had escaped from wild situations before -- but when a sandstorm gathered around her in the Sedikhan desert, she felt like Pauline in silent-film peril. Suddenly through the shifting...

• Sep-1984
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It took a heartbreaking tragedy to bring Kelly O'Brian and Jake Caldwell together. Jake dried her tears with tender kisses, kept her close to his heart, and drew her into the warmth of his family -- a charmed circle of support. In Jake's mother Kel...

• Sep-1984
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Blaze Holland had a delicious secret identity, friends she adored, a perfectly contented life -- so when she shared a ride during a blizzard with roguish visiting professor Taylor Shay, she was definitely not looking to fall in love! There was no de...

• Sep-1984
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WANTED: MAN. Must be over six feet tall and weigh at least two hundred pounds. Must own large house on considerable acreage. Must like animals. Must have job with flexible hours. Preferably single. Call Pepper. The classified ad was provocative ye...

• Oct-1984
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Scented with delicate fragrance of apple blossoms, the warm air swayed Laurian Bryant's senses, left her helpless to resist the seductive courting of the celebrated violinist who owned the orchard near her music camp. Mesmerized by Keska Lahti, ...

• Oct-1984
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When Dr. Jon McCallem arrived on the peaceful Minnesota island, he was as burned out emotionally as Jenny Larson had been when she'd sought sanctuary there. Appointing herself as visiting nurse, Jenny prescribed the perfect cure -- teaching Jonny ho...

• Oct-1984
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Toby Baxter never remembered the instant she met Jake Hammond, but that moment had bound them together forever. Toby felt an unfamiliar exultation when Jake gently brushed her cheek with his fingers, summoning forth a sensation of warmth and womanli...

• Oct-1984
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Ten years had passed since Dani Quinn had graduated from high school in the small Texas town, ten years since the night her elopement with Logan Webster had ended in disaster. Now Dani approached her tenth reunion with breathless uncertainty. Logan w...

• Nov-1984
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She'd vanished into the raging waters of the Caribbean -- suddenly, shockingly lost to the man who loved her but wouldn't make her his wife. When Reesa Hawke was pulled from the sea, she had lost all memory of her former life. A new identity, a new...

• Nov-1984
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The man was definitely shoplifting! Furious that no security guard had spotted him, Shelley Pride captured him in a citizen's arrest. But the devastating smile of the thief weakened her grip... and her determination, especially when she discovered ...

• Nov-1984
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Everything about Reeve Laughlin was a challenge -- and China Payne seized the gauntlet he offered with both hands. Her nutty mother's scheme had thrown them together; they had to keep her from putting out a contract on her fifth husband -- who happe...

• Nov-1984
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Her students looked like little angels, and Maggie Linden was thrilled to be tutoring the four nephews of renowned journalist Nick Brannon. Her enthusiasm was just slightly dimmed when she learned her new charges had already sent fourteen teachers p...

• Dec-1984
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In the isolated sanctuary of her Montana ranch, no one could hurt Brooke Kennedy, whose gift had led her to build a wall of ice around her heart. One person had stormed those barricades: her friend Pepper, who embraced the world and meddled in the ...

• Dec-1984
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Jami Simpson was a vision in blue -- officers' blue -- when she ordered the suspected burglar up against the wall of the doctor's office. True, he looked more like a Greek god than a criminal, but Jami was taking no chances. When she began to frisk...

• Dec-1984
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Mike Bradford scarcely knew what hit him! Tackled by a pint-sized dynamo, he was thrown to the pavement, safe from a runaway trash can. His rescuer rebelled when he insisted on carrying her to the infirmary to attend to her bloodied knee, but Jamie B...

• Dec-1984
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One moment writer Whitney Jordan was strolling the aisles of McNeil's Department Store, plotting the untimely demise of a soap opera heartthrob; the next, she was nearly knocked over by a real-life stunner who implored her to be his fiancee! The ...

• Jan-1985
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Monte Carlo was a long way from Plum, Texas, Kate Sullivan thought as she studied the glittering society party she'd crashed. Feeling out of her element, she escaped into the protective darkness of the garden to catch her breath -- and instead fe...

• Jan-1985
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New York actor Daniel Collins was perfect for the role of the brash Petruchio in the summer stock production of KISS ME, KATE, and Chris Burns had all she could do to keep her mind on her costume designs and away from his devilish grin and roving lip...

• Jan-1985
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The fog hung low over the Golden Gate, an appropriate setting for Allison Jones, for whom Phillip Marlowe and Sam Spade were more real than fictional, and whose offbeat occupation as a pet detective allowed her to live out her fantasies. Searching f...

• Jan-1985
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Ashlee Martin had always known she was psychic -- and that she had a twin sister from whom she'd been separated from birth. Now, years later, she was going to meet Amber Rose Aames, her only true blood relative, and her sister's adoptive fam...

• Feb-1985
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Oh, why had she let Ann talk her into this masquerade, Allison thought wildly as her twin's fiance Davis embraced his "bride-to-be." Even two days seemed forever to the shy, serious scientist pretending to be the graceful, charming, sexy ...

• Feb-1985
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It was one thing to select pillows for America's number-one movie heart-throb -- and quite another to fall asleep while trying them out! Paige Cunningham blushed when her client Kellen Davis discovered his decorator in such a compromising position, ...

• Feb-1985
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Trapped! Alone in a stuck elevator, Savvy Alexander felt her terror growing and fought it the only way she could -- by inflating the helium balloons for her party business as a distraction. When that didn't work, she curled up on the floor and pray...

• Feb-1985
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Her skates sparkled as Dany Alexander spun on the glistening ice, tracing patterns in moonlight, lost in a shimmering fantasy. Suddenly Anthony Malik appeared beside her, matching his gliding steps to her own. With a cool, driven passion he had sha...

• Mar-1985
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The light in the library flicked on without warning, and cat burglar Troy Bennett was caught in the act! With her green eyes daring him to stop her, she came face-to-face with the righteous Dallas Cameron, whose dark virility left her breathless. Dal...

• Mar-1985
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A child was lost on Shadow Mountain, and only Tracy Walker and her tracking dog Wolfe knew the mist-shrouded peak well enough to bring her safely back to her father's arms. Adam Grayson was captivated by the aura of mystery that surrounded Tracy and...

• Mar-1985
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Filling in for a friend who needed the night off, Sheridan Todd rode the red velvet swing high above the Las Vegas casino floor. Suddenly the swing broke from its moorings -- and only the deep voice of a handsome stranger kept her from succumbing to...

• Mar-1985
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Part gypsy, part untouched golden child of the sea, Kate Gilbert was the most bewitching woman Beau Landry had ever seen. Rashly he agreed to help rescue her friends, risking his ship, his crew, even his life. But Kate was no damsel in distress, he d...

• Apr-1985
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Everyone in town had plans for Abby Fisher and Joe Gilbraithe -- throwing them together every chance they got -- but no matchmaker could guarantee they'd fall in love. Besides, the ex-pro quarterback had a romantic game plan all his own, and Abby...

• Apr-1985
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It began as an eating contest between lovers, and before a winner was declared, barbecue sauce was everywhere! Suddenly Billy Theodore found herself under attack by a laughing Matthew Duncan, who seemed determined to rid her of her clothes! Billy had...

• Apr-1985
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Desperate to elude his pursuing fans, TV hero Captain Wonder, alias Mike Taylor, raced through the parking lot. When two little girls beckoned him into their camper, he dove in and slammed the door in relief! The twins were thrilled to be alone wit...

• Apr-1985
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The searing summer heat stunned journalist Tracey Tate when she arrived in Texas on assignment to profile a working ranch. But it was nothing compared to the way rancher Matt Ramsey set her blood to boiling. Intimidatingly masculine and infuriatin...

• May-1985
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Courtney Meade only meant to dissuade Jared Calhoun from shooting Ebeneezer, her son's pet hawk, when she dove over the fence and tackled him. But the gun he held went off... and wounded her furious neighbor in the foot! All the way to the hospital J...

• May-1985
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In the silvered moonlight Monte Carlo shimmered like a thousand precious gems, and Chrystal Remy stood alone, the glittering essence of the resort's timeless magic. Having bid for and won the services of Damon Dance to appraise her aunt's villa full ...

• May-1985
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When they played racquetball, Pippi sensed Jeremy's controlled power, his lean body graceful as a jungle cat. But when they went for coffee later, the image vanished, replaced by that of her dear best friend. Always there for her each time a roma...

• May-1985
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Chelsey Star groaned when she spotted the shattered windshield of the blue Ferrari, her joy at hitting a home run suddenly evaporating. How would she ever pay for it, and how could she face its owner? When Mitch Brannon jogged over, his tanned, rugge...

• Jun-1985
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Surgeon Greg Wilder wanted to court the feisty and beautiful widow who'd been caring for his four kids, but she just wouldn't let him past her doorstep! Sure that his interest was only casual, and that he preferred more sophisticated women, Maggie M...

• Jun-1985
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Bewitched by her dark eyes and captivating smile, Alex Kouris was stunned by the depth of his desire for the mysterious woman across the cafe. Rhea Morgan went still, full of wonder at the flash of yearning she'd felt when her eyes met those of the s...

• Jun-1985
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"So, is the handsome doctor there?" her mother asked over the phone from Brooklyn. What could Susan tell her, that he was right there beside her, but they still were worlds apart? Raised in a large, loving Jewish family, Susan Posten was all passion,...

• Jun-1985
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Ever since 1862, when a dashing Yankee captain had negotiated a "surrender" with the lady of the house, there'd been a unique family tradition at Magnolia Trails. Now, so many years later, a brash Yankee entrepreneur named Kane Benedict had come to t...

• Jul-1985
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At first they just watched each other, he from the courtyard bench, and she from her office window, until the suspense was too intriguing to resist. When wily detective work revealed to lawyer Jeff Webster that he'd spent two weeks gazing at Robin Ke...

• Jul-1985
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"You'll never marry a dull man. Crystal, even if you think you want to!" Pug Moffitt promised the delightful green-skinned witch who'd sought shelter in his gourmet food shop one rainy Halloween night. But Crystal had spent too ma...

• Jul-1985
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Luke Hudson was a fantasy mountain man, all tanned muscle and brazen desire, and Kyla Trent had never felt more cherished and excited than in his arms. During her week in the Sierras Luke showed her the beauty of the wild, teaching his city girl its ...

• Jul-1985
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In the months since her divorce Molly Buchanan hadn't been able to banish her ex-husband Nicky from her mind -- or her heart. When her aunt Harriet insisted Molly join her on a trip to Los Angeles she'd won in a contest, Molly hoped the vacation woul...

• Aug-1985
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Gary Wolf watched from across the convention hall as Kalinda. Queen of Space, greeted her adoring fans. Suddenly she looked up and met his gaze, and her reaction was astonishment at the quickening in her heart. But when they were introduced, actress ...

• Aug-1985
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When Cade Hamilton came looking for dancer Lita Jamison, he believed the worst about her-that she'd shot his brother Jeremy during a lover's quarrel. But instead of hating this woman he'd never met, he was overwhelmed by an explosive passion to make ...

• Aug-1985
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Whether revitalizing the department store empire his grandfather had founded, or relentlessly pursuing a woman he desired, Linc Reynolds wasn't afraid to break tradition or encounter resistance--he was that sure of himself! But falling in love with h...

• Aug-1985
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They were destined to be adversaries from the moment they met! Preservationist Maggie Merriweather had vowed to ruin opening day of hunting season by playing "Taps" on her silver trumpet to warn the ducks away. When banker Adam Trent discover...

• Sep-1985
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Dashing industrialist Alex Doral had never before met a woman who frankly admitted she intended to marry for money, but when Rachel Kirkland told him her plans he was more than intrigued by her honesty--and her fragile beauty. Sensing she hadn't the ...

• Sep-1985
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Dempsey Turner-Riley was delightfully eccentric, a woman who lived by whim and embraced the unpredictable. When James Halloran opened his door to find her selling vacuum cleaners, he sensed that his utterly safe life had been burst wide open, and his...

• Sep-1985
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By day she was the brash and playful Emerald the Clown, entertaining at parties and charming the San Francisco tourists. But underneath the white makeup and floppy costume, Gem McAllister was a woman who delighted in shattering expectations, especia...

• Sep-1985
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Jill Tinsley prized her hard-won independence, and viewed her struggle to make a go of her house painting business as a challenge that made her stronger, built character. But when, in the middle of rescuing a trapped cat, she found herself in Chip Ch...

• Oct-1985
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"Dear Mit," his letter began, and Marilyn Pearson was transported instantly back to childhood, when Colly Rankin had been her very best friend, sharing secrets and daring her to do wild things. They'd lost touch after college, but now he was coming b...

• Oct-1985
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Why had she let her mother persuade her to join the bird-watchers retreat? Mary Ann Gilcrest fumed--she had no business in the great outdoors! Then gorgeous Bill Benson offered to share his binoculars, and Mary Ann was drawn into his search for the r...

• Oct-1985
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When the handsome man she'd crashed into headlong produced a rose from thin air, talent agent Georgette Finlay was sure she'd found the magician she'd been seeking! Unprepared to lose his amateur status or his executive job, Murray Richards did his b...

• Oct-1985
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When R. J. Jenkins first saw her, Kelly Morgan stood drenched in brilliant colored light from a stained-glass window--an angel who took his breath away. But there were many sides to this special woman, he soon learned: the organized executive who'd b...

• Nov-1985
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Jon Riley and Brin Cassidy had begun married life as the perfect team - star and producer of the top-rated morning talk show, and wildly in love off-camera. But something had gone wrong, had turned the lovely picture into a bad dream. When Riley sudd...

• Nov-1985
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Ashley Hunt wasn't going to take her eviction notice sitting down! Whoever he was, Ryder Cantrell had no right galloping into her happy, orderly life and blowing it -- and the warehouse that was home to her plant business -- to smithereens! But when...

• Nov-1985
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It seemed to Stacey Lipton that she and Justin Marks had always been adversaries: she, the willful daughter of a conservative Senator, delighted in shattering the perfect political image that Justin, her father's longtime aide, tried so hard to pres...

• Nov-1985
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In costume Claire van Teiler was a vision from a medieval fantasy, an angel with a cloud of golden hair. When Jack Youngblood spotted her chasing what couldn't be a unicorn through his sister's backyard, he knew with breathtaking certainty that this...

• Dec-1985
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His eyes smoldered from magazine ads, his lips murmured seductive invitations across the airwaves. But in the flesh, Hooker Jablonski -- the real-life model for Stallion Man cologne -- was more gorgeously devastating than Juliet McLane had ever drea...

• Dec-1985
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Libby Carstairs was astounded when devastating fashion photographer Blake Faulkner made her the object of his reckless wager with a top makeup artist -- vowing to put her on the cover of Vogue in just six months! The masterful Blake assured Libby sh...

• Dec-1985
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"I'm not giving up this marriage without a fight!" Ross Tempest vowed, and his wife Sage shivered at the fury and hurt in his voice. Married very young to the dynamic industrialist, Sage felt she'd never belonged in his life. His family had cowed her...

• Dec-1985
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He appeared in her life with the unexpected force of a desert sandstorm, sweeping her from terrifying danger into the sweet haven of his arms. Daniel Seifert was a fierce man, used to taking whatever he wanted, but Zilah, the spirited woman he'd ...

• Jan-1986
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When Sandy Smith's ginkgo trees wilted for the third time, nursery owner Gabe London just had to investigate. And when he met the lovely manager of the Casa Grande Retirement Center, he guessed who the culprit was: his younger brother Pete, who w...

• Jan-1986
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Laurie O'Neill had led the most sheltered life possible for twenty-three years. When she arrived in Washington at midnight she couldn't help but be shocked: the nuns had never taught her how to act when face-to-face with a half-naked man! But in that...

• Jan-1986
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Sitting in a ditched car in a Minnesota blizzard, wondering why she'd ever left California, Erika Sarinaan knew her body had frozen solid. But when a bearded Viking of a savior turned up to dig her out, she felt a surprising sudden thaw in her heart!...

• Jan-1986
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Pandora had always known there was no other man in the world for her but Philip El Kabbar, the magnificently arrogant sheikh who ruled the desert land where she'd grown up. As a reckless tomboy she'd refused to go unnoticed by the fascinatin...

• Feb-1986
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Patience Burke had designed the sleek racing boat that Storm Duchene piloted, had shaped the curves that held him close as a lover while he urged Thunder's engine to terrifying speeds. When an emergency breakdown brought them face-to-face at last, bo...

• Feb-1986
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Banner Clairmont hated the idea of her beloved Lyonsgate Plantation being sold, even to dashing Rory Stewart, who seemed to know so much about her. But as they toured the grounds before that evening's costume ball, she sensed the house welcoming the ...

• Feb-1986
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From the first time he saw her, Tom Peters felt an irresistible urge to carry Helen Gallagher away with him, to dirty her pristine perfection with the lusty dust of life! She seemed so full of unshared yearnings, a woman on whom no lover would dare t...

• Feb-1986
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Cole Denver was an impossible enigma, Chalis Quinn decided. One moment he was charming, funny, and definitely interested in her, the next, he was curt, infuriating, and even downright nasty! The attraction between them was disturbingly apparent, but ...

• Mar-1986
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Pat Mahoney was every working woman's dream -- a gorgeous brawny build that filled out his white butler's coat to perfection, devastating blue eyes that twinkled with knowing humor, and could he ever cook! Hired to put Dusty Ross's life in comfortabl...

• Mar-1986
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"Beautification!" Hank Sandusky raged as he read the summons threatening a fine of $800 if he didn't mow his unruly lawn by Saturday! And who was this infuriating Ms. Bedford who'd informed on him? Hank's fury abated when he met his pretty neighbor...

• Mar-1986
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"My name," she whispered in soft, secret tones, "is Jennifer--just Jennifer--and no questions, please." Then she murmured a request so surprising that Jerome Mailer could only stare at her exquisite, shadowy profile in the bar's h...

• Mar-1986
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If he'd sailed into the harbor at the prow of a Viking ship, Molly couldn't have been more surprised. Dashing Rand Eriksson seemed to be the perfect romantic hero -- a pirate adventurer from out of a dream, and all rugged, powerful man! But M...

• Apr-1986
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Tracy O'Brien never expected to meet Prince Charming in the supermarket--especially when she was dressed in an old romper without a stitch underneath, and carrying a bucket of cleaning supplies! But Anthony Delano was suddenly there beside her, all p...

• Apr-1986
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She had a "look," a style that went beyond beauty, a gift that had made Rana Ramsey a modeling legend. But when she began to feel like a precious object, always sought after but not for herself, she ran -- to a rickety boarding house in a small Texas...

• Apr-1986
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When television producer Alice Spencer announced, "I need a man!" and headed down to the Boston harbor to find her perfect specimen, she only planned to hire her "catch" for a series of commercials. She hadn't figured on falling f...

• Apr-1986
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If she'd known Jace Dalton was an Air Force test pilot, Heather Wade would never have let him near her, let alone invite him home for dinner! She'd had more than enough of men risking their lives in planes after her husband had died in a fiery crash,...

• May-1986
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Luke MacGregor couldn't have picked a worse time to crash-land his plane in her pasture, Delilah Beaumont thought furiously--after all, she was expecting the births of over ninety lambs at any moment, and she certainly didn't like treating a man's he...

• May-1986
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Joey Stewart bet that is he wished hard enough, the handsome doctor who'd fixed his broken arm at the clinic would ask his sister Lainie for a date. Lainie warned the boy she had devoted herself to raising that he'd better hope for something ...

• May-1986
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Ellen Farrell screamed as she raced her little car down the highway �" it felt terrific to let off all that steam! Then she noticed she had company: an utterly gorgeous driver was keeping pace with her, and giving her the most devastating smile she'...

• May-1986
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Caine Saxon had to wonder: if good things came in threes, could the delightful Post triplets be too much of a good thing? His brother had been engaged to one until a furious argument broke it off. Now his own head was spinning over Juliet Post, who&#...

• Jun-1986
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When Martie Fleming fell out of a tree into Paul Donovan's garden, she felt the world--and her heart--spinning out of control! But when the devilishly handsome man who helped her up turned out to be a minister, free-spirited Martie ran for cover. Wit...

• Jun-1986
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He dropped from the sky in an ancient biplane like a barnstorming pilot of days gone by, utterly destroying the placid existence Krissa Colbrook had insisted on since the death of her young daredevil of a husband. Looking like a vagabond without a pe...

• Jun-1986
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When a stunning woman appeared from nowhere to embrace industrialist Morgan Abbott, she shattered his perfect composure and set his libido on fire! Who was this mysterious beauty, and why had she chosen to bestow her sensual favors on him before dis...

• Jun-1986
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The dollhouse collection was spectacular, antique dealer Victoria Blair admitted -- worth every mile of her trip from San Francisco to Sunshine, New Mexico -- but she never expected the hostile reception rancher Sage Lawson gave her. Suspicious of h...

• Jul-1986
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Devastatingly handsome actor Derek Morgan was Romeo, a highwayman, and James Bond all rolled into one, and Amy van Teiler felt that her most romantic fantasies had come to life when he led her onto the dance floor for a fairy-tale waltz. The theme o...

• Jul-1986
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It began as a daring, desperate scenario to flush out a terrorist, a man whose crimes were serious enough for Sedikhan security chief Clancy Donahue to kidnap a stunning American singer to act as bait. A man who'd never known any true lover but d...

• Jul-1986
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At first he heard only her voice in the darkness. Then, when the lights clicked on, Noah Thorne knew he was in for something just a little wild! The revelation that interior designer Alex Bennet had been a lion tamer for four years both delighted h...

• Jul-1986
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"Oh!" Clarice Jenkins fumed at the audacity of Mr. Grady O'Toole. It was bad enough that he'd set up his tacky tamale stand right next to her uncle's elegant restaurant, but then he had the nerve to stand there bare-chested selling his wares! Why, it...

• Aug-1986
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Keith Webb froze in astonishment as management consultant Charlotte Smith introduced herself. It was impossible that a figment of his imagination -- a woman he'd invented to discourage a young girl's crush on him -- could be so delectably alive, so ...

• Aug-1986
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Kira Rubinoff and Zack Damon had never met-but when their paths finally crossed, the Tamrovian princess and the powerful industrialist sensed they were not strangers. Desperate to enlist Zack's help in freeing a beloved friend from imprisonment, Kira...

• Aug-1986
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The "Dear Ben" column should be scrapped! an incensed Chapel Barclay had written to the newspaper. Why, the man encouraged men and women to put romance in their lives at the expense of relationships based on a true meeting of the minds! But...

• Aug-1986
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Once James Paden had been the high-school bad boy --too dangerous to flirt with, but too gorgeous to ignore? Now Laura Nolan faced him as a woman, about to lose the home that had been a symbol of the good life in her small town to a man whose desir...

• Sep-1986
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Alan Spencer knew his blind date with an important client's eligible daughter would be a disaster -- weren't all such arranged encounters? But from the moment he met Glory Wainwright and looked into her sapphire-blue eyes, he began to believ...

• Sep-1986
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Only a year before, they'd shared a wildly passionate affair that seemed to be the love a lifetime -- until the day when reckless and lovely Charley Tremayne vanished from Reese McDaniel's arms. Leaving with no explanation, no promise to return, Cha...

• Sep-1986
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Dr. Ellen Stanford admitted it was a reckless idea to bring a perfect stranger home to pose as her fiance -- but how could she face another family reunion without him? She'd devoted her life to her work, teaching sign language to a gorilla named...

• Sep-1986
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When his uncle insisted that Jared Stone cozy up to Amber Aames to learn if her family's bank was planning to takeover of his, Jared was indignant -- but intrigued enough to meet the golden-haired lady in question. When Jared entered her gift shop, ...

• Oct-1986
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For a dozen grateful bachelors Meri Kincaid played the role of wife in every way but romance -- cleaning, shopping, laundry -- even if it meant leaving too little time for her own life! Then lucky number thirteen entered the picture.... Businessman ...

• Oct-1986
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Dr. Case Flynn, hospital heartthrob, was finally on the run -- and Dr. Sharla Shakarian was just the woman to catch him! Renowned for sweet-talking nurses into his arms, Case found his fail-safe Irish charm didn't work with the lovely but forewarned...

• Oct-1986
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It was his laugh that had stolen her heart, Dovie Brown realized immediately -- that husky chuckle as he released the beautiful rainbow trout. But before she could meet the mystery fisherman, she slipped into the river -- and the next thing she knew...

• Oct-1986
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It was just too tempting to make architect Graham Kimble her final research subject for her dissertation, Autumn Stanton decided when she agreed to fill in as his secretary. Determined to prove that women controlled men's reactions by how they chose...

• Nov-1986
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Determined to face her fear of water, Maddy Gordon signed up for beginner swimming, and found herself surrounded by seven-year-olds! And why did her instructor have to be golden-muscled Olympic swimmer Zack London, whose grin still gave her goose bu...

• Nov-1986
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It was an impossible match, Kelly Malloy fumed when ordered to team up with Brandt Madison. If the man was such a good journalist, why was he working for one of the sleaziest rags at the checkout counter? But once she met the devastatingly handsome m...

• Nov-1986
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Kevin Ross knew how far he'd come since his lonely childhood--now he had a wonderful family of friends, a thriving business...and a secret dream he refused to confess, even to himself. When gorgeous Suzy Keller swept into his life. Kevin felt a sudde...

• Nov-1986
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Pounced on by a screeching cat, then tackled by a mountain of licking dog, Hunter Emerson knew instantly that life around Brenna MacPhee would never be dull! With her mop of honey blond curls and eyes that shone with wicked humor, Brenna knocked the ...

• Nov-1986
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Heirs to a great dynasty, the Delaney brothers were united by blood, united by devotion to their rugged land...and known far and wide as THE SHAMROCK TRINITY. Powerful men...rakes and charmers...they needed only love to make their lives complete. ...

• Nov-1986
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Heirs to a great dynasty, the Delaney brothers were united by blood, united by devotion to their rugged land...and known far and wide as THE SHAMROCK TRINITY. Powerful men...rakes and charmers...they needed only love to make their lives complete. ...

• Nov-1986
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Heirs to a great dynasty, the Delaney brothers were united by blood, united by devotion to their rugged land ... and known far and wide as THE SHAMROCK TRINITY. Powerful men... rakes and charmers... they needed only love to make their lives complete...

• Dec-1986
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If Ben Adams heard thunder in the hills, he never suspected that the storm would bring a minx of a woman who was more trouble than a sack of wildcats! Kate Midland decided she'd do anything to save a doomed magnolia tree -- even if it meant seduc...

• Dec-1986
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Lucy Reardon and Finn Mundy were strangers -- but not to calamity! From the instant Finn spotted Lucy's black net stockinged legs perched on a ladder outside his bedroom window, he was an accident waiting to happen-and she was the fuse on the...

• Dec-1986
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Tricia Riley had been raised on a Virginia cattle ranch, but she was too tenderhearted to think like a cowboy. When fierce, unyielding Chase Colby was hired to manage Green Hills, she vowed to have nothing to do with him. He was too much like her fat...

• Dec-1986
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Hawaii was Eden, Stacy Livingston thought -- a jungle of exotic flowers in a land that time forgot. When Keith Mactavish's lips touched hers in sensual invitation, she trembled...and she learned it wasn't only the fire goddess Pele who contro...

• Jan-1987
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Scandalized! The ladies on Leigh Carter's tour of the lovely mansion couldn't have been more shocked--or dazzled--when she opened a bedroom door to reveal a nearly naked hunk with a devilish grin... and a thirst for sensual revenge! Peter Webster pur...

• Jan-1987
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Kate Polanski and Adam MacHugh both insisted they worked best alone, but fate -- and their editor -- had other plans! When a fast-breaking story on stolen art made them partners under duress, reporters Mac and Kate leapt headlong into the fray, tempt...

• Jan-1987
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Risking his fife to save the stunning American woman from certain death. Sandor Karpathan felt his rebel's heart fill with fierce desire, and he knew no power on earth could stop him from possessing her! Alessandra Ballard was dizzyingly beautiful, b...

• Jan-1987
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When gorgeous Matt Callahan came to town, he set off fireworks -- and Liz O'Neal felt her senses sizzle as if everyday were the 4th of July! Living next door to the devastatingly handsome mystery man threatened to shatter her respectable bank man...

• Feb-1987
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Amy Logan had a robot named Herman, a mystery-writing aunt, and the bluest China doll eyes Todd Cunningham had ever seen! The night her musical bed woke the neighbors, Todd came to investigate--and discovered the lovely inventor in baby-doll pajamas ...

• Feb-1987
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Mallory Carson's mother knew exactly what her daughter needed. a sexy, virile son of a gun in her bed! But Mallory wasn't getting anywhere finding one, so she took matters into her own hands... even enlisting the matchmaking help of the Tucson police...

• Feb-1987
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Abigail Stout prized her independence, racing from work to school and back again. It didn't leave much time for men, but that had never mattered -- until the night Webb Hunter tripped over her and squashed her toes! Bewitched by her sassy commen...

• Feb-1987
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Betrayed! Gena Alexander had fallen in love with handsome. ambitious Jarrod Saxon, but when her father died and left the family computer company to him as prospective son-in-law she was furious! Too bitter to confront Jarrod, she ran--to a new life i...

• Mar-1987
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Sara Love knew all about dream lovers -- they were the only kind she'd allowed herself while devoting all her energy to her career. But living behind walls had its dangers -- you had to worry that someone would scale them when you weren't loo...

• Mar-1987
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In the courtroom Krista Conway was a feared opponent, a real tough cookie in high heels and pinstriped suit -- but when she stood before Judge Logan Moore, he felt his blood catch fire! She was a living, breathing mass of gorgeous contradictions: a h...

• Mar-1987
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They were just teenagers that long hot summer when Rachel Anders and Ben Healey met, but the sensual fireworks they set off were shot with passion far beyond their years. At summer's end their farewell was full of promises--and almost shocking heat--...

• Mar-1987
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The whispers began when she entered the ballroom -- and every male eye in the place was caught by the breathtakingly lovely spitfire with the slightly shady reputation. Ty Beaumont knew a heartbreaker when he saw one and also knew that nothing and no...

• Apr-1987
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Scottish fiddler Jamie McLeod was devastatingly attractive -- with more charm than Sarah Hughes could handle! A rambling rogue used to driving the lassies wild, Jamie never expected to be caught... until Sarah's laughing eyes stoked his desires--and ...

• Apr-1987
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Jon Sandell was no more like his cousin Mark than the sunset resembled the dawn, Elizabeth Ramsey knew -- but her beloved Mark was gone, and she didn't know whom to trust anymore. Jon told her stories she didn't want to believe, his gaze savagely pos...

• Apr-1987
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Talk about wrong turns! Sibyl Blanchard wanted to scream when the small-town Georgia sheriff stopped her for speeding, then threatened her with jail when he spotted her paintings of nudes in the back of her van. And when her call for legal help turne...

• Apr-1987
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With her fallen-angel smile, Serena Jameson looked like a cross between a temptress and a teenager, but she could be gently ruthless when it came to getting Brian Ashford to make his move! The handsome industrialist was determined to play Galahad and...

• May-1987
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Going on a husband hunt wasn't Courtney Marshall's idea of a good time, but the young widow wanted to give her two children a father, and figured that somewhere out there was a nice, reliable man who could fill the job. Then disturbingly handsome Luk...

• May-1987
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From the moment he saw seductive, violet-eyed Serena Spaulding, Gideon Brandt was imprisoned by the reckless longings of his heart. But Serena escaped from his arms, and he couldn't find her again until years later. And then his overwhelming need to ...

• May-1987
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What kind of man would drive a pink school bus and abandon it in her driveway? Jessie Wentworth wondered. Gorgeous looks and an outrageously irreverent sense of humor were Blake Montgomery's calling cards, but underneath he was a magician whose eye...

• May-1987
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"Marry me!" Josh Long insisted, but elusive woman of mystery Raven Anderson denied the electrifying attraction she felt when he pulled her into his embrace. Seductive but never truly seduced, Raven knew how to ignite a fire, but had never been burn...

• Jun-1987
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A shameless rogue with the ladies, Sterne Lipton had never met a woman who challenged and excited him as Brynn Cassidy did -- but she'd known him too long and just wasn't seducible for love or money... and he had wagered a bundle on getting her into ...

• Jun-1987
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After his borrowed yacht crashed in a storm and tossed him headlong into Lake Superior, Mike Smith fought the slender figure who tried to pull him to safety aboard a houseboat. Savannah Carson had no way of knowing why Mike was wary of rescue, but sh...

• Jun-1987
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Matt Lamartine had the sexiest earlobe she'd ever seen, Nita Holiday decided, but was it enough to start a serious relationship? When the wickedly attractive mining engineer tried to pick her up in the library's rare book room, she thought he was a ...

• Jun-1987
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When Rylan North gave Kirsten Rumm his thigh-melting, mouth-drying, heartstopping smile, she knew she could not refuse him... even if letting the actor share her home for a week would force her to relive the last terrible days before her stunt pilot ...

• Jul-1987
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Anna Lange entered the room in a cloud of midnight silk and a scent of danger. To Mitch Summers she was truly a lady who could take a man's breath away. He'd followed her into a world of high stakes and white sands, determined to sway her gambler's...

• Jul-1987
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She'd never expected to see Rick O'Neill again, never wanted to recall a night sky filled with lightning and stars, and a boy who had broken her heart. But when Chandra Stuart returned to her hometown so many years later, he was there... and he want...

• Jul-1987
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When Ann Waverly first saw the enigmatic stranger he resembled a bedraggled mountain man; her second meeting with Jeffrey Madison was decidedly more risque! But, dressed in rumpled fatigues or merely wrapped in a sheet, Jeffrey awakened in her a long...