Best of
Contemporary-Romance

1988

Born O'Hurley


Nora Roberts - 1988
    And cynical journalist Dylan Crosby knew that the just-a-simple-widow routine Abby O’Hurley was giving him wasn’t anything close to the truth. There was a story there. All he had to do was turn on the charm, turn down the lights and she would whisper all her secrets. Unless she uncovered his first.… Dance to the Piper Maddy O’Hurley shone in the spotlight. Her passion for dancing set the stage aflame and left no one in her audience unaffected—including business mogul Reed Valentine. But Reed wasn’t used to burning—not for anything or anyone. And he wasn’t about to let the ruthless business skills he’d honed be affected by wild passion. So was he prepared to fight fire with fire?

Slow Heat in Heaven


Sandra Brown - 1988
    Now a crisis has brought her home to a family in conflict, a logging empire on the brink of disaster, and seething secrets that make Heaven hotter than hell. Everyone in Heaven has a secret: Schyler's beautiful younger sister, Tricia, with her cruel lies; Ken, Tricia's handsome husband, who married the wrong sister; Jigger, the pimp and ruffian with plans of his own; and Cash, a proud, mysterious, and complex bad boy with a wild reputation. It is dangerous for Schyler to even be near him, yet she must dare to confront the past -- if there is to be any peace in Heaven.

Careless Whispers


Rochelle Alers - 1988
    . . .After being stood up at the altar, Dyana Randolph moves to New York City to salvage her shattered life--and lands a job at prestigious Pinnacle magazine. There, the charismatic publisher, Michael Dalton, quickly takes her under his wing, providing grist for the rumor mill . . . and giving Dyana the excuse to hide safely behind innuendo, never allowing any man to get too close.Then, with Michael's retirement, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Bradshaw takes charge of the magazine. Refusing to be intimidated by his dictatorial reputation, Dyana still finds herself drawn to this handsome and very wealthy man. And when Nicholas scores a publishing coup, he enlists Dyana's help with the project. With long hours in close quarters, Dyana can no longer run from her feelings or her past. Will careless whispers blossom into promises of love?

River's Bend


JoAnn Ross - 1988
    With her storybook marriage shattered, Rachel vows to never, ever, risk her heart again.No stranger to personal tragedy, Sheriff Cooper Murphy knows about starting over. When Rachel arrives in River's Bend to begin a new life with her young son, he realizes that the love-shy single mother is just the woman he's been waiting for. Although he wants to throw her over his shoulder and carry her off into the western sunset, Cooper knows that he'll have to be patient, move slow, if he wants to convince Rachel to believe in their own Happily Ever After.

A Crime of the Heart


Cheryl Reavis - 1988
    And no one knew the true extent of their "sin"--that Quinn had borne Adam's child. World-weary and hungry for a simpler life, Quinn was going home to Lancaster County.Only nothing was simple anymore. Adam still wanted her--though he damned his wanting. And Quinn yearned for him like the missing half of her soul. But his people had accused her of an unforgivable crime, and if she let Adam back into her heart, they'd find him guilty, too.

But That Was Yesterday


Kathleen Eagle - 1988
    Now he was living day to day, rebuilding his ranch and teaching his people that life on the reservation had a value all its own...Then into his life walked Megan McBride, with her smile and her love and her absolute perfection. She was everything a woman should be — and everything a man like the former Sage couldn't have.But this was a new Sage, one who drew in the strength of the tribal ways, yet had learned how to deal with the white man's world. All he needed to make his life complete was Megan by his side...

Solitaire


Lisa Gregory - 1988
    Yet when her first love arrives in Hollywood to reclaim her, Jennifer wonders if it is too late.