Best of
Contemporary-Romance

1984

Count The Roses


Jackie Weger - 1984
    Men and marriage are not on her radar. Adrien Merrill’s divorce leaves him bitter and jaded. In Cajun custom, pride rules. Yet Adrien aches for a woman to fill his days with laughter, his nights with passion, and his house with children. He sets his sights on Jennifer and runs right into stubborn, mouthy and independent. He soon discovers the line between pride and love is as whisper thin as a fine silk thread.

For Now and Forever


Diana Blayne - 1984
    Even if that means staying in South Carolina to care for the fierce, accomplished giant whose world has suddenly turned dark. Though Saxon’s raw emotions are unsettling, Maggie is able to help him confront his new reality, and soon the beauty is drawn to this beast. Can she resist his knee-weakening kisses and passionate embraces? Color Love Blue Bumping headlong into sexy stranger Nick Scarpelli shakes artist Jolana Shannon’s head out of the clouds. He’s drop-dead gorgeous and incredibly arrogant, and surrendering to passion with him is utter bliss. But when Nick makes it clear he doesn’t want forever with Jolana, it breaks her heart. Still, memories of Nick linger—until one day he resurfaces in her life. Could the man who walked away offer her everything she’s ever wanted?

The Venus Shoe


Carla Neggers - 1984
    Alone with her memories, she picks wild blueberries on a quiet island. As she starts to dip into the cool water for a refreshing swim, she discovers she isn’t alone after all. A man is asleep on her little island. Artemis doesn’t believe his story about why he’s trespassing, but the truth is even more complicated. She is convinced this rugged stranger and his secrets are the key to finding out what really happened to her parents. She’s playing a dangerous game, not only with her life…but with her heart.

Smoky Mountain Sunrise


Yvonne Lehman - 1984
    Could he rule her heart, too? When she agreed to be dashing Andre Doudet’s girl for a summer in the incomparable Smoky Mountains, Ramona Martin thought: What possible harm could it do? Now caught up in a web of deceit, Rae finds herself face-to-face with some of the most challenging tests of her life—as an athlete, as a woman in love, as a Christian. Is posing as Andre's girlfriend a game worth winning? Finding Love in the Blue Ridge Mountains ... Contemporary Christian fiction portraying real-to-life characters in search of lasting love in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

A Boy Called Bracken


Elizabeth Webster - 1984
    In his last year of study, he goes back to running his own wildlife sanctuary and meets Sabrina, a young doctor, but she is afraid of serious commitment.

Sinner & Saint


Prudence Martin - 1984
    But she hired him, dared to offer him a second chance even as gossip mushroomed in the small South Dakota town.Beth had to admit that something more than compassion had compelled her to act. Kaler was an underdog--and a man she found hard to resist. She was his only friend--the woman he tried not to touch But their daily lunches, their growing bonds, had not been ignored. Soon they would have to make a choice between the passion they could no longer deny--and the town that would neither forgive nor forget.