Best of
Loveswept

1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi


Elizabeth Levy - 1983
    Luke confronts his father, Darth Vader, as the Rebel fleet attempts to destroy the Death Star.

Once in a Blue Moon


Billie Green - 1983
    He had been her first crush, her uncured case of puppy love — and she was still his beloved albatross, always returning to haunt him. But this time Arlie wanted something special from Dan, a very personal bailout that only he could provide... if he dared! Dan never could say no to his dearest friend — even if what she had in mind was above and beyond friendship. After all, the special favor she wanted was his own special wish — wasn't it? Perhaps they could blame it on the moonlight....

Lightning that Lingers


Sharon Curtis - 1983
    Moonlighting as the Cougar Club's hottest dancer is a job, nothing more, nothing less—until lovely Jennifer Hamilton nearly faints during one of his shows. Her sweet innocence tugs at his heart and makes him painfully aware of his longing for the kind of love a woman as perfect and real as Jennifer can offer.Watching her most secret fantasy come to life on the dance floor is almost more than Jennifer can bear. Now, the sexiest man she's ever met is near enough to hold. For a shy, bookish lady with little experience in the romance department, life feels as if it's spinning out of control—and not in the direction, or with the kind of man, she ever imagined. Can she believe in the passion Philip ignites and take a chance on a dance that could last a lifetime?

The Seduction of Jason


Fayrene Preston - 1983
    His sensual caresses awakened her to passion, and promised a glorious future in his arms. But when a heartbreaking misunderstanding drove him away, Morgan knew she had to win him back. She steeled herself to act as a provocative seductress, to tempt him to return; she sent him brilliant tropical flowers to tantalize him with memories of fevered embraces; and when all seemed lost, she wrote her love in letters twenty feet high — on a billboard that echoed the words in her heart.

A Tryst With Mr. Lincoln?


Billie Green - 1983
    all she heard were his teasing taunts about their "night together"... and all she remembered was -- nothing! That was just the beginning of Jiggs's unique relationship with Matt Brady. They both saw the world in a deliciously cockeyed way. But for wildly different reasons they both feared the sudden and deep feeling they knew for one another. They evaded the passions that intoxicated them until... there was nowhere left to flee but into each other's arms.

A Very Reluctant Knight


Billie Green - 1983
    He was a tall, irresistibly handsome playboy who was used to getting his own way; she was a perfect five-foot-zero, looking for a knight in untarnished armor. When he invited her to St. Thomas for a weekend, Maggie agreed to the challenge only to prove he was wrong about her. She knew they didn't belong together, and yet ... when his arms locked around her waist and his demanding lips caressed hers, she was swept up in a passion that promised a lifetime of love.

Tiger Lady


Joan J. Domning - 1983
    Clair was torn -- entranced by the shy man who opened his soul to her alone but never met her face-to-face, and captivated by Larry's delicious flesh-and-blood presence. How could she choose between poetry and passion -- between soul and Hart?