Books Published in April 1990

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Their first meeting was disastrous Harriet Smith had accused the disreputable-looking, near-naked man of being a rapist. She'd refused his plea for help. So it was highly embarrassing when Harriet discovered that the man was Rigg Matthews, ...

• Apr-1990
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Divorce had seemed the only solution There'd been no possibility of a reconciliation when Rachel's marriage to Matthew Conroy broke up. Not only had her husband looked elsewhere for love--but he'd looked to Rachel's own Cousin Barb...

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Lucy wasn't a career girl Unlike her two bright go-getting sisters, Lucy's goal was to find a man she loved and settle down with him to a life of happy domesticity. But Mr. Right seemed to be peculiarly elusive. Until the day that Lucy ...

• Apr-1990
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LOVE �" IN THE PRESENT TENSE Enchanting young Ellen Simpson had been deeply in love with her husband Charles. Though many years older, he was everything she wanted in a husband -- strong, gentle, kind, good-humored, and warmly devoted. After his...

• Apr-1990
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No bounty in England could outshine Elizabeth Cameron, Countess of Havenhurst. But beneath her exquisite emerald eyes and cloud of golden hair lived a girl of rare gentleness, pride and splendid, even ferocious courage. In Ian Thornton's powerful e...

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She believed in happy endings When romance writer Sarah Fleetwood hired an ex-adventurer to help her locate an old family heirloom, she fully intended to live out her secret fantasy. Anew Gideon Trace was it. Dark, mysterious, dangerously appealin...

• Apr-1990
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SEDUCTION AT SEA Hale Donovan had made it clear this two-week cruise on a private yacht was purely a business trip. Once his takeover deal was completed, he planned to go ashore and resume his normal life. The deal he had struck with Valerie Pryce...

• Apr-1990
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Among the feuding Scottish clans of the Highlands, tales of Pierce Parlan MacGuin were legendary. So when lovely young Aimil was taken captive while riding the moors, she feared for both her life and her virtue. Parlan's gentle touch soon convinc...

• Apr-1990
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Elegantly handsome Shane Callan was trouble -- Dirty Harry in disguise -- and not quite civilized underneath! But Faith Kincaid was stuck with him. Her decision to appear as a witness in a bribery trial had placed her in peril so great, Shane had b...

• Apr-1990
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"I've waited a long time for you, Sachi. Years," Dominic continued. "Watching, waiting for you to grow up, for the time when there'd be no one else you could turn to -- except me." Sachi Tarrant's only choice was to mar...

• Apr-1990
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In July 1940, Walter Schellenberg is ordered by Hitler to proceed to Lisbon to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, a mission which thrusts him into an unlikely partnership with a beautiful American woman and a burgeoning anti-Nazi underground mov...

• Apr-1990
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Will Amy ever get rid of Ernie? After a year of going out together, Amy knew that breaking up with Ernie would be hard--but she never expected this! Ernie doesn't yell, he doesn't protest, he doesn't even ask what happened. But then he doesn't sto...

• Apr-1990
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Trust no one... When kidnappers stole Mallory Christiani's little daughter Emily, her world threatened to crumble. She'd been warned not to tell anyone -- not her family, not her friends and most definitely not the police. But, despite her...

• Apr-1990
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Single mom Lizabeth Kane wasn't exactly construction-worker material, but she truly wanted a job -- and Matt Hallahan found her radiant smile utterly irresistible! When the virile hunk with the perfectly tanned chest agreed to hire her as a laborer, ...

• Apr-1990
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A STIFF SHOT OF MURDER The Arizona alcohol rehab ranch was no picnic for J. P Beaumont. First they stuck him in a room with a sleazy, teenage drug dealer named Joey Rothman. Then they sicked the local law on him when the punk was discovered shot d...

• Apr-1990
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It was hard to keep a distance between them Because her late husband had made no secret of his hatred for Quinn Fraser, Camilla had tried to keep away from the man. But Quinn Fraser was an arrogant, superior aristocrat -- not the sort to respo...

• Apr-1990
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Malpractice ... or murder? Dr. Kate Chesne knew that no surgery was ever routine, but when a colleague and friend perished on the operating table during a simple gallbladder extraction, her very profession was threatened. Had she misread an EKG .....

• Apr-1990
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Cassie couldn't resist bidding The painting by Dan McKay, up for sale at a local auction, brought back memories -- memories that stung. Cassie knew she should wipe away the past, but she also needed to possess small part of the man who had ...

• Apr-1990
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Some fires burn out of control . . Firefighters call them "fully involved." And fully involved described Gina Lindsay's feelings for her ex-husband, Captain Grady Simpson of the Salt Lake City Fire Department. She'd never stoppe...

• Apr-1990
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ABANDONED! Katy suddenly knew that she, her sister, and her tiny niece were the only people left in a desolate Montana ghost town. Without a horse or a rifle, they hadn't a chance of crossing a wilderness crawling with outlaws, Indians, and griz...

• Apr-1990
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SEDUCED BY DESIRE When beautiful young Amelia first came upon Gray Wing in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, she was entranced by the virile strength of his bronzed, muscular body and the unbridled passion in his smoldering glance. With every...

• Apr-1990
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Verity couldn't quell her suspicions True, the Layton family had welcomed Paula, Verity's closest friend, to their home. The two women had come to the countryside to view Paula's inheritance from her late husband. And they actually see...

• Apr-1990
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Kinsey Millhone celebrates her thirty-third birthday as only she can-she moves back into her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady supposedly living in the Mojave Desert by herself, and makes the top of triggerman Tyrone Patty's hit...

• Apr-1990
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Welcome to the Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to...

• Apr-1990
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Which of them would compromise? Tessa had worked hard to get to the responsible position she held. The last thing she'd consider would be giving up surgery for the joys of love and marriage. Patrick was an obsessive workaholic who'd bui...

• Apr-1990
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It was a command performance Chantal Giraudeau de Montcroix was every inch a princess, and she expected the red-carpet treatment during her American tour to promote a traveling art exhibit. What she didn't expect--and wouldn't tolerate--was specia...

• Apr-1990
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Their marriage seemed very modern, open Maggie, the freewheeling socialite, dispensing her favors indiscriminately -- and Finn, running the family businesses and indulging his playboy tendencies. Then Finn fell genuinely in love -- with Laurie For...

• Apr-1990
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Has she sent the wrong man to the gallows? Or has a killer's ghost come back to haunt her? Only Lucie Lansdon could identify the man who had murdered her father. Justice was served by his execution, but nightmares of that evil face continue to haunt ...

• Apr-1990
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IT WAS THE DIRTIEST LOW-DOWN TRICK A MAN COULD PLAY ON A WOMAN... Fate and the B&O railroad delivered the sassy, beautiful, and very rich Miss Gideon Wakefield right into Tom Lannigan's hands. The Philadelphia debutante was coming west to sell her...

• Apr-1990
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SHE OWED HIM HER LOVE Some things never changed. The name on the playbill at Wallack's Theatre said "Katy Dakota," but for Logan Marshall no amount of face paint could disguise the unforgettable beauty of Mary Catherine McCleary, the girl who'd betr...

• Apr-1990
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ALL OF HER DREAMS SEEMED TO CRUMBLE. No one in the small lumber town of Calder Springs was prepared for the news. When the men of the village left for another day of work at the lumber mill, they did not know their lives would be dramatically chan...

• Apr-1990
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HE GAMBLED ON PASSION Brett Westbrook had earned his reputation as a gambler and a scoundrel. But even he was outraged when his latest opponent offered his own sister in place of the debts he could not pay. Brett was determined to rescue the poor gi...

• Apr-1990
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Swept off her feet by dashing Fraser Audry, young Rosalie was dazzled by his suave good looks, disarming charm and lavish gifts. Their whirlwind courtship and the beautiful wedding in Paris seemed like a romantic dream come true. But upon returni...

• Apr-1990
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THIRTEEN DAZZLING TALES BY A MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY THE WEATHER'S FINE In our world, time is money, but in Harry Turtledove's alternate world, weather is time. And for Tom and Donna, happiness requires a temperature of 1968. TH...

• Apr-1990
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A PLUNDERED TREASURE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS...A DEVASTATING NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN THE PACIFIC...AN EVIL PLOT TO BRING THE WEST TO ITS KNEES! Japan, 1945: Two U.S. bombers take off with atomic bombs. Only one gets through. The Pacific, 1993: J...

• Apr-1990
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Ashleigh wanted to put down roots She also needed the calm healing powers of peaceful British Columbia. Several years of working in the Third World had exhausted her both physically and emotionally. Daniel Hunter, her new boss, once disillusion...

• Apr-1990
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NUN ON THE RUN Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, Reina Alvarez needed a way out of California fast, a way that would elude the ruggedly handsome and very determined bounty hunter her father had sent after her. What better way to hide her v...

• Apr-1990
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MR. APRIL Man: Garret Cagan Reputation: Stubborn. Unforgiving. Avoid at all cost! Nemesis: The upper-crust Martin family--they were convinced he'd never be anything but trouble. Obsession: Tempestuous Noelle Martin--the only woman he'd ever ...

• Apr-1990
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LONDON BLITZ A powerful group of contractors is building an undersea tunnel to link Britain with the rest of Europe--a project vital to British national and economic security. But deliberate acts of sabotage have left workers dead, fueling antigov...

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FOREIGN BODIES While chasing down leads on a missing shipment of deadly warfare chemicals in Bulgaria, Mack Bolan decides to check out an offshore oil rig -- a suspect operation that may have cost a U.S. agent and a planeful of innocent passengers...

• Apr-1990
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His only name was Waco ...A Texan who rode as an Arizona Ranger, being peace officer, detective and ready to handle any emergency.His duties led him to lock horns with a campaigning lady politician, to tangle with Curly Bill Brocious and his girlfrie...

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• Apr-1990
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One Signature Could Seal the Fate of Europe Under Hitler's Tyranny In Prague Counterpoint, Elisa Murphy and Leah Feldstein risked everything to stand against the tide of Nazi terrorism and to buy a chance at life for two small boys. When Elisa is at...

• Apr-1990
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Who was the mysterious goddess in emerald silk who'd crashed his penthouse party, billionaire Douglas Kincaid wondered as he admired the unusual golden-eyed woman. But when the unknown enchantress lured him to the roof and kidnapped him, the brutall...

• Apr-1990
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For private investigator Mick Dante, casual surveillance of ethereal Emily Thorne, the beautiful redhead who lived in the next building, was definitely his pleasure--and none of his business. Until the day she innocently walked into his office to hi...

• Apr-1990
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When Parker Pettengill and Matt Armentrout find a dead man at the edge of Indian Creek, their camping trip comes to a close -- and a detective hunt begins. Evans, the creepy new boyfriend of Parker's mom, Pam, was seen at the place of the crime -- bu...

• Apr-1990
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Raised in a bawdy house, lovely young Jonty Rand had posed as a boy all her life to escape the notice of the rowdy cowboys who frequented the place. And to Jonty's way of thinking, the most notorious womanizer of the bunch was Cord McBain. So when he...

• Apr-1990
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She was a pawn to be used as he liked And in the circumstances, Eve had no choice but to go along with the pretense set up by Max Nilsson's schemes. A rich man's lover -- or a loving daughter trying to shield her family? Eve knew very w...

• Apr-1990
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HE WASN'T THE MAN SHE WAS LOOKING FOR When Peggy Mitchell found handsome James T. Marston lying hurt near her Saint Vincent's Caribbean plantation, she hoped he was bringing news of an inheritance. She desperately needed the money to save...

• Apr-1990
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She remembered his exact words "An overweight owl" was how attractive financier Kyle Hart had described Sophie when she'd put on forty pounds for her big-break film. He'd never bothered to look beneath the exterior; she'd o...