Books Published in August 1980

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Was it a matter of dog in the manger? Alexandra resented Dominic Tempest's interference. Even if he was her sister's brother-in-law, he had a nerve saying she was too young to marry Roger! Especially when Dominic himself clearly noticed...

• Aug-1980
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Kassandra, the beautiful young wife of a powerful Berlin banker, and Dolff, the world-famous novelist...in Hitler's Germany it was inevitable that their love would end in sorrow and cast its shadow over the von Gotthards for generations.... THE RI...

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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...

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He wanted his fun--with no commitments Nicola knew all the reasons why she should remain nothing more than Lang Hyland's secretary. That was all she ever intended to be Lang was a womanizer. He preferred big-eyed blondes, but his interest w...

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Everyone depended on poor little "Mouse" Ginny's nickname didn't really suit her -- she was the strong one in the family. Her sense of responsibility led her to take the job of housekeeper at Monk's Dower. It was no easy ta...

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Where did affection end and love begin? Nick Langford was a super person -- handsome, wealthy, kind and understanding -- but he treated Kendall Reardon like a child. She was grateful to Nick for being a good friend of the family, but this "bi...

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COULD THIS MARRIAGE CONTINUE? Paula Blake realized, when first she saw her new employer, Ramon Calzada Gonzalez, that she may have been hasty leaving England to accept a job in Puerto Rico as his secretary. Worse than arrogant, Ramon seemed t...

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Claire would let nothing stop her Once Claire had decided she was going to marry Rod McGilbray, the rugged engineer, nothing would change her mind. It didn't matter to Claire that their meeting in Africa had been the result of a rather mean...

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How long could she go on pretending? Miles Denton believed he'd uncovered immoral practices at the dating agency where Natalie was working temporarily. Threatening to have it closed down, he offered one alternative: that Natalie pretend to be ...

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She gave five years away to the wrong man At eighteen Elise had eagerly accepted Peter Westwood's engagement ring. He was handsome and ambitious, and her parents approved. Then she met Shard Cortland -- a construction man whose effect on he...

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She'd had so much -- now she had nothing Anne didn't dwell on it, but the pain was still with her -- the double-edged pain of grief and rejection. It had greatly altered her; Anne barely resembled the girl who four years earlier had lef...

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For better or worse, fate changed her life Robina was in shock -- both her beloved Uncle Randolph and their lovely old castle home were gone in one horrific fire-filled night! Had she not hated him so much, Robina would have been grateful to Le...

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The constellation of Hydrus, known as the Serpent, is compact and obscure as seen from Earth's sky. Even in the great era of interstellar colonization it remained obscure. For it was under strict quarantine harboring an intelligent race, powerful, al...

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"I'd marry the devil's daughter to get it!" For Lari to stay on at Anchoterrias, the beautiful Spanish vineyard, and for Eduardo to inherit it--they had to marry each other. Her stepfather's will said so. So married they wer...

• Aug-1980
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She had thought herself in love That was two years ago -- and Shane Riordan had proved unfaithful. Now Lynsey planned to marry Norman Melville and share his quiet, undemanding life. Unfortunately, Shane's untimely reappearance shocked Lyns...

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Janet couldn't match her beautiful cousin She'd always lived in Renata's shadow, so when Renata decided against eloping with Alex Leandris, Janet had the unenviable task of telling him. Jan, however, had had several skirmishes with ...

• Aug-1980
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THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM THE WOLF Gray Horse. The magnificent young Comanche warrior made strong by the medicine of the wolf, skilled at stealing horses and counting coup in the war raids of his people. Through his bravery and his wisdom, he woul...

• Aug-1980
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TWO FRIENDS... With her family's fortune ruined and her father's health broken, lovely Pamela Leigh gave up a promising career as a newspaper reporter to take her father to the Cape Cod cottage she had recently inherited. There she could manage a res...

• Aug-1980
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Deadly Family Secrets Were Hidden Behind The Sin!Murder was a very rare crime in Sikeston, Missouri. But then, Leah Graves, the victim, was a very rare woman. She was the town everything: beauty, athlete, scholar, Cotton Bowl queen, spoiled brat,...

• Aug-1980
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Of all the men in London, he was the one she must never marry "What Sort of Girl Are You Looking For?" ...Lady Theo asked her trusted business manager. There was a moment's silence. "Would you truly like to know?" he asked. The intensity ...

• Aug-1980
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"LET ME TELL YOU, MY GIRL, PRIDE MAKES A VERY COLD BEDFELLOW." When Beth first set eyes upon the fiercely handsome Lord Barrington, she was totally indifferent. But when she and her fellow travellers were stranded by a snowstorm at the Bird and Bo...

• Aug-1980
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Pacifism will always be a powerful moral force, even -- perhaps especially -- to the Dorsai. For those of this planet of warriors born and bred are not as other men; once a Dorsai's heart is given he holds nothing back, and does not count the cost. E...

• Aug-1980
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"I understand you're looking for a rich husband," he said. "Would I fill your requirements?" Tara could hardly believe her ears. True, she had vowed never to be poor or -- dominated again. Now Alek Rykovsky dared to mock her. N...

• Aug-1980
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THERE ARE SOME THINGS MONEY CAN'T BUY... When Julia Harcourt's wealthy father tried to buy her a place in Derek Veblen's class, the famed artist was ready to walk right out the door. But a look at Julia's paintings convinced him to...

• Aug-1980
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WAS MARRIAGE HER ONLY OUT? When she became the victim of a cruel blackmail scheme, Leslie Foster had no choice but to approach her boss, Rod Castle, for help. And when he had solved her problem she rashly promised that she would do anything to rep...

• Aug-1980
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THE TYRANT OF TEAPOT WELLS... Hard-bitten Bull Halloran runs the town -- and makes the laws. But when Longarm goes in to clean things up, he finds two surprises: a big swindle -- and a fancy lady he could love....

• Aug-1980
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Young fans of Star Wars and silliness will toad-ally love Commander Toad
Brave Commander Toad and the crew of the spaceship Star Warts have a mission: they must go where no spaceship has gone before and bring a little bit of earth out to the ali...

• Aug-1980
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SOMEONE WAS ROBBING THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUR COMPANY and a beautiful, voluptuous woman was willing to pay Skye Fargo, The Trailsman, with more than cold cash to catch the poachers and put an end to their game. So Fargo outfitted himself as a mounta...

• Aug-1980
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A woman must untangle a dark enigma that dates back to World War II in order to find her kidnapped son in this riveting international thriller from Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries Rachel Monette arrives ...

• Aug-1980
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Poor Ginny Bloggs! She had inherited a fortune, a magnificent country estate, and her benefactor's disgruntled relatives--a quartet of querulous schemers--who were horrified to find themselves suddenly at the mercy of a low, common girl, a total ...

• Aug-1980
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HE HAD A HEART MADE OF STONE. Terri Thompson was a photographer--a good one--and she was thrilled to be working with writer Derek Storm on a book about ancient Mexican culture. But her joy soon turned to ashes, for not only was Derek an impossible...

• Aug-1980
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Philip Woodville was dead. And only two people mourned him--his mother, the vindictive, autocratic Lady Amelia, and Jessica Durleigh, the beautiful farmer's daughter who had scandalized all of Somerset by agreeing to live with him in London. Now, ...

• Aug-1980
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AMERICAN UPSTART She was sold like a racehorse to the highest bidder: Julian Herriot, Baron de Verlaine. Regina Pierce, with her beauty and an embarrassment of riches, exchanged a gold miner's dowry for one of the oldest titles in France. Shelt...

• Aug-1980
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He'd shown her love; fate snatched it away Nathan. Wind, waves and white water had washed him into Kristin's life one night after the Pacific had done its best to drown him. But the chaotic elements hadn't taken Nathan's life -- on...

• Aug-1980
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HE THOUGHT DEAD MEN TOLD NO TALES The murders were bad enough, but what Sheriff Dan Gillis couldn't understand were the newcomers to Potter's Bluff, and their eerie resemblance to people he had seen DEAD & BURIED. He couldn't tell Janet, becau...

• Aug-1980
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The Salterton Trilogy continues with a novel "full of zest, wit and urbanity" from the celebrated Canadian author of Tempest-Tost and the Cornish novels (The New York Times).   Returning to the town he first visited in Tempest-T...

• Aug-1980
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LURING HIS LORDSHIP... It's a maiden's miracle! Annabelle Quennell, daughter of a poor country parson, gets a chance at a London Season to snare a well-to-do husband. But before she sets off, Mad Meg the Gypsy predicts woes ahead! And ...

• Aug-1980
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When shy Pippa Langley found the injured young Marquess of Merland she had no idea who he was. All she cared about was getting him well. Quentin, as his Lordship was called by his peers, found Pippa's presence comforting. But no thought of romanc...

• Aug-1980
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On her wedding night, lovely young Amalie could not understand why her new husband, the handsome Comte de Valdrun, did not come to her bed. The Comte had really wanted to marry her older sister, but Amalie herself was very pretty -- and very willi...

• Aug-1980
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The Saint never asks for adventures, but they will keep happening to him, and these three classic stories force him into action once more. In The Spanish Civil War , a 10 debt leads to a dead body, a large quantity of bearers' bonds, and another tus...

• Aug-1980
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How had it happened? He was married. He was her boss. And yet beautiful Jennifer Logan had fallen in love with Brendon Miles. It was a long way from New York to Nairobi, but with sure instincts Jennifer fled the past. Her widowed Aunt Margaret'...

• Aug-1980
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Lady Juliane Perrill was determined to practise whatever deceit was necessary to escape France, to bring her orphaned niece and nephew to safety in England. When fate forced her to cast her lot with the Earl of Tretain, they became a "family."...

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• Aug-1980
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Jake and his wife grapple with a harebrained Nazi doctor.

Jake Pace is battling a bistro’s worth of robotic mafia goons when the government comes to ask him a favor. The Department of Big Business has a particularly sensitive murder o...

• Aug-1980
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Teddy Roosevelt is Police Commissioner and McKinley and Bryan are challenging each other for the presidency. In an opulent sitting room, Officer Dennis Patrick Francis-Xavier Muldoon discovers the corpse of a renowned political cartoonist. On the dea...

• Aug-1980
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Discovered on the doorstep of a country estate in Wiltshire, England, the infant Fanny is raised to womanhood by her adoptive parents, Lord and Lady Bellars. Fanny wants to become the epic poet of the age, but her plans are dashed when she is ravishe...

• Aug-1980
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Alone in the dusky library, Olivia was torn by conflicting emotions. The man had frightened her and the memory of her fear infuriated her. At the same time she was outraged with herself for having allowed herself to be put in a situation in which he ...

• Aug-1980
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England and Russia had declared war The staunchly determined Florence Nightingale set off for the Crimean front, intent on nursing the wounded. And Jessica Linton, rejecting the rich and idle life her guardians offered, went with her. Jessica ...

• Aug-1980
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If only she could somehow avoid him! It was impossible. His Grace the Duke of Carlington was back in London. He would no doubt call at Prue's home and she would have to receive him. Surely, she prayed, she would be strong enough to crush the...

• Aug-1980
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WHO SAID GROWING UP WOULD BE EASY ? Abused by his mother and her boyfriend, Georgie Burgess learns to hide his hurt. He withdraws into a safe and secret world of beautiful gardens filled with roses; Just like those in the library book he treasures...