Janet Dailey Americana (Set 3) — Multiple Authors

• Jan-1977
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Laurie read the caption beneath the newspaper picture. "Hotel owner and entrepreneur Rian Montgomery seen escorting the rising young newcomer LaRaine Evans at a recent Hollywood party." Laurie tried to be glad that Rian and LaRaine were to...

• Jan-1982
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Had her love crashed with Rick's plane? Shannon was ecstatic at the prospect of joining Rick in Alaska. They'd waited so long, but now he'd found a pilot's job and they could be married. Her hopes faded, though, after her arriv...

• Jun-1978
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Brandy's encounter with Jim Corbett in the Arizona desert had been like a scene from a movie. But somehow the plot had gone all wrong. "Regardless of what you've seen in films," someone tried to tell her, "the ingenue rarely en...

• Apr-1977
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"You will do as your father wishes," Roarke stated in a very quiet and very firm tone. He gave her a little shove. Tisha was defeated and she knew it. One glance at her father showed the glimmer of respect in his eyes for the strong author...

• Jul-1976
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"You've taken the world on your shoulders." Zachary's voice was a soft, caressing whisper that was oddly soothing and hypnotic. "You've made Chris your sole responsibility and refuse help from everyone. Haven't you ever wa...

• Dec-1976
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"You are still legally my wife," Rad pointed out bluntly. "All I'm asking is that you resume those duties once more." Lainie stared at him. What a fool she had been not to accept his previous offer. But that refusal had been di...

• Oct-1980
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He was a man with a heart of marble: Until the day of the job interview, when his totally emotionless eyes fastened on her, Deborah hadn't believed anyone could be as cold and hard as Zane Wilding. He was the most demanding boss she'd e...

• Dec-1978
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His words were like a knife in her heart Of all the romantic fools, Kathleen thought, she had to top the list. In her crazy old-fashioned thinking, she had believed Jordan Long would want to marry her. Instead, he wanted to set her up as his mistr...

• Jul-1980
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Todd was the brother of the man she loved! Barbara was not prepared for the shock awaiting her when her fiance, Todd, took her on holiday to his family's ranch. All the heartache of her brief affair with Jock Malloy surfaced again as she di...

• Mar-1977
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"I forgot, Amanda --" Jarod's dark eyes mocked her as he spoke "-- you're wrapped up in those romantic notions about husbands and wives and the happily-ever-afters." But Amanda kept her secret fear that some day all this ha...

• Jan-1980
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It was paradise...with one fatal flaw Julie Lancaster thought her new job was perfect. She had a gracious employer, a charming teenager to teach, and best of all, the splendid beauty of Hawaii. Then Ruel Chandler came on the scene. Her pupil&#...

• May-1981
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She'd known his type right from the start When Charley Collins needed a cowboy for her Idaho ranch, she had no choice but to hire Shad Russell. He was a drifter and a loner -- and undeniably attractive. Falling in love with a man like Shad wou...

• Oct-1977
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Her resignation was typed and ready. But Joan Somers was strangely reluctant to submit it to Brandt Lyon. Her resolve that she was doing the right thing hadn't wavered, but Brandt's unexplained actions raised hopes that she couldn't entir...

• Feb-1978
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Susan took her engagement to Warren Sullivan seriously. He was handsome, rich and in love with her. Perhaps things were a little humdrum between them. But not until that insufferable Mitch Braden came along did doubts enter her mind. Certainly the...

• Oct-1976
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"Sometimes it can be like that between two people," Rob said calmly. Cathie's eyes glittered with anger as she studied the man standing so arrogantly over her--Rob Douglas, new owner of the home so precious to her. After turning her...

• May-1980
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City sophisticate and country girl Jonni was both. She'd never really given up her love for country living--but now she was a fashion model in New York. Her fiance, Trevor, fitted in with her glamorous city life-style. Gabe Stockman, howeve...

• Sep-1977
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"You didn't actually think you were the only girl Barrett was seeing, did you?" Marshall jeered. "He's just been seeing you because he felt some misguided sense of responsibility toward you." Dani never doubted that Marshal...

• May-1979
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The lady was not for sale Selena Merrick anticipated having a pleasant vacation in New Orleans. She was even lighthearted enough to joke with a group of conventioneers who mistakenly thought she was a lady of the night. Chance Barkley, however,...

• Apr-1979
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Gina's face grew pale with shock It couldn't be Rhyder. Not after all these years. But there was no mistaking the tall, darkly tanned figure moving menacingly nearer. Like a child, a young, naive Gina had once worshipped Rhyder Owens. B...

• Mar-1980
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Her wild youth was a thing of the past Valerie Wentworth had paid dearly for the mistakes she'd made as a passionate girl. Turned out of her grandfather's house, she had raised Tadd, her son, all alone. Now, after seven years, she had r...

• Feb-1980
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Rome was not man enough for one woman Newspaper reporter, Lexie Templeton, didn't need to meet Rome Lockwood to know his type - a male chauvinist playboy with a different girl on his arm every night! Lexie's caustic comments to Shari S...

• Aug-1980
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The perfect way to ruin a holiday... Victoria Beaumont was looking forward to relaxing on Mackinac island at the family's summer home. But all thoughts of relaxing fled when she discovered that her father, Charles, had invited Dirk Ramsey. ...

• Nov-1978
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Tension grew between them, angering Alanna "Hate me if you want." The grooves near Rolt's mouth deepened sardonically. "But you will be mine--in every way!" Alanna gasped with surprise. Rot's boldness was unbelievable. H...

• Apr-1981
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The honeymoon was over long, long ago Lara Cochran had once been a happy bride. Then Trevor, her charming husband, had turned to other women. Divorce was unheard-of in Lara's family, but she didn't want one anyway. One disastrous marria...

• Aug-1977
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"I don't blame you for hating me at first," Jake said. "After all, I forced you to marry me. But you do see why I had to tell you all this, don't you? You've been so honest with me that I had to be the same with you. Tanya&...

• Jul-1978
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"It doesn't matter what else you do," Riordan's mouth twisted into a cold smile, "but don't be a fool and marry her!" Riordan had made his disapproval of Kerry, his brother's fiancee, quite obvious. Yet Jill. Kerry&...

• Mar-1976
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Surely heartbreak doesn't last forever, Casey Gilmore thought. It was ironic, actually, because Casey hadn't wanted Flint McCallister to manage the ranch at all. Her hostility had been open. Now, here she was contemplating a world without ...

• Apr-1978
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Leah was reluctant to leave the mountain site where their plane had crashed for the hostile desert beyond. "We could die out there," she argued. But Reilly was part Indian, and she discovered that her strong, resourceful companion could s...

• Nov-1980
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"We don't mix--we're like oil and water. " Brock was adamant that his life-style and Stephanie's would never allow a relationship to grow. He was constantly traveling and led a sophisticated, jet-set existence. Stephanie was ha...

• Dec-1980
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"I don't like him and I never will." Petra's words concerning Dane Kingston proved mistaken as time passed. For he could both enrage and arouse her by turns. Petra had worked hard to achieve the equality she had with the male ca...

• Aug-1976
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"Why don't you just admit you're homesick for the excitement of city life and stop trying to kid both of us?" Lije snapped. "I told you even before the subject of marriage was brought up how much this ranch meant to me. I love you...

• Oct-1978
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Samantha's experience with men as the daughter of tycoon Reuben Gentry had been disillusioning. But she'd gone willingly to Chris Andrews's home miles from anywhere on an island in the St. Lawrence, expecting her father to join her the...

• Mar-1982
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A strange compulsion seemed to grip her... Annette Long couldn't resist introducing herself to Josh Lord, the strikingly attractive owner of the resort where she was vacationing. In her utterly confident manner, she assumed he'd be more th...

• Jun-1980
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"Why doesn't he leave us alone? " Kit and her grandfather managed the Flying Eagle Ranch. For years they'd been doing it without interference from its long line of mostly absentee owners. Now the newest heir, Baron Reese Talbot,...

• Nov-1977
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At their first meeting Elizabeth had thought Jed Carrel insulting and arrogant, though she couldn't ignore the turbulent emotions his kiss had aroused. But she had been only seventeen then and about to marry his brother, Jeremy. Then Jed had set ...

• Mar-1979
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Pride had blinded her to the truth! Patty King knew it was foolish to cherish any feelings she'd had for Lije Masters- now married to someone else. She didn't need the arrogant Morgan Kincaid to tell her. It was none of his business anywa...

• May-1978
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"Lucky at cards, unlucky in love." Tells word as they left the casino brought the haunted look back into Andrea Grant's eyes. The skiing holiday in Squaw Valley was all she'd hoped for. And she had totally ignored the warning voice...

• Apr-1980
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Mara had locked her feelings away Aloof, cold as ice - that was Mara Prentiss. And she felt she had every reason to be that way. Her father's infidelity had killed her mother. That's what love leads to, Mara thought. Mara hated her fat...

• Jul-1979
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"I went through hell to return to you!" Dina Chandler was overcome by guilt when she heard her husband's words. But she couldn't welcome him back with open arms. Blake Chandler had been missing in the South American jungle fo...

• Aug-1979
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Her scheme brought unexpected results! Lisa believed that Slade Blackwell was systematically embezzling her aunt's money. But she needed proof. Lisa figured out a way to get it. The only problem was that it involved wearing a disguise and a...

• Aug-1981
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Now she could make her dreams come true Edie Gibbs stared at the check in her hand. She'd never imagined that the inventions Joe worked on during their eighteen years of marriage would provide a windfall after his death. Actually, she had o...

• Nov-1979
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"Is it really me you want?" Jessica asked. She tried to pull away from Brodie. It was suddenly very necessary to think clearly. Jessica's meeting with Brodie Hayes after so many years was accidental, yet devastating. The Brodi...

• May-1976
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"Don't you want to tell me how much you love and adore me and how you can hardly wait to marry me?" Coley asked mockingly.' "I was so looking forward to that part." Even though her own heart was breaking, she could still de...

• Dec-1979
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"Are you admiring the view?" he asked "Yes," LaRaine agreed without turning. She didn't want Travis McCrea to see the brightness of the unshed tears in her eyes. "It's a vast, beautiful .... " The lie stuck in he...

• Feb-1979
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"I do still love you and want you back again." Jonas's gaze roamed possessively over Bridget upturned face. "So don't think I've given up, because I haven't." She gasped at his audacity. How dared he come back as...

• Jun-1979
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"To hell with the rules!" Cole said. His smile was mocking. "We've been here together for only one day and we're already on the verge of breaking rule number one--no sex." Crimson flamed through Lacey's cheeks. Why h...

• Oct-1979
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"I don't care why you came back." Maggie's eyes flashed angrily as she added, "You're the father of my son -- but that's all. I divorced you five years ago because I wanted you out of my life. I don't want you no...

• Mar-1981
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Could Glenna bargain with a man like Jett? For her father's sake, Glenna Reynolds felt she had to try. The government was going to shut down her father's coal mine anyway -- the only chance was for a merger with Jett Coulson's huge con...

• Feb-1982
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Could he love again? Did he even want to? Luck, the man with the blue, blue eyes, had called Eve "a little brown mouse." Unfortunately, it was true. Eve had always thought of herself as a very nondescript, "plain Jane" type. Bor...

• Mar-1978
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Jenny had naively succumbed to one man's charms--and had been bitterly disillusioned. Then, seeking refuge with her sister, Sheila, in Wyoming's ski country, she ran from one disastrous situation to another! Determined to protect her siste...