"Don't move, or I'll shoot!" Victoria Landam held the gun -- Lady Victoria, who had worn the Landam sapphires, promised her hand to the elegant Paul Winterthur, Earl of Clattham, and crossed an ocean to keep her word. What was she...
What a child she had been! What an idiot child! Her mother had told her there were men with strong arms and soft black hair who were just out for a good time, and she'd found one. With her new dress, her new face, and her new name-- Crystal Bell--...
Unaware that she was unable to see him, a killer tracks down Linda Pietra an amateur pilot who accidentally strayed over the murder scene...
Evelyn Cass's old friends whispered about her behind her back; they felt sorry for poor Evelyn -- alone at fifty-five, having to sell her house and go to work! So brave! Funny though, how all of a sudden she was looking ten years younger... -- ...
For the first time ever, Susan Gray's children and grandchildren aren't coming home for Christmas. Undaunted, she plans a party and invites every 'stray' she knows - and some she doesn't. Including a surprise visitor who reminds her that Christmas is...
Fifty-something, divorced for years, courted by more than one attractive man, and thoroughly enjoying her job with a large insurance company, Marian can't figure out why she suddenly feels restless...vaguely discontented...blah. So when her work...
When widowed schoolteacher Norma Baker plans to visit her daughter, her attractive supervisor offers to share his car for the three-day trip. They stop for the night... and there's only one room available. But isn't sharing what Christmas is all abou...
Alone, widowed and broke, Eleanor Wright has had enough heartache to last two lifetimes. Now she's about to lose her successful antique store -- just because "silent partner" Benton Bradford has suddenly surfaced to claim his share of the...
No wonder Lucy Maud Marshall is having a whopper of a bad day. She just lost her long-awaited promotion and her job to a younger woman. Instead of coasting toward a cozy retirement, she's come to a dead stop. The Millard Illinois Library was more...
Deadly Mirage The discovery of a priceless letter, written by Abraham Lincoln, led young librarian Jennifer Nelson to the opulent, sinister estate of Ross Gilead, and expert on forgery. But when Gilead was found with his skull crushed, she knew sh...
Torn Apart The telegram that told Jean Esterbrook that she was now heiress to Esterbrook House gave the young girl no hint of the horror hidden in the huge and forbidding mansion. Two men waited for her there. One was handsome and elegant, call...