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Click to view full description | 1. | Michaels, Fern About Face
Zebra Books April 1, 2003 Mass Market Pa used: very good
There's enough melodrama in Michaels's newest offering (after No Place Like Home) to quench the thirst of soap opera devotees during a daytime drama d rought, and the author's fans will likely lap up every word. At 17, Casey E dwards has experienced plenty of heartache and betrayal. Her mother, Evie, neglects her; her stepbrother, Ronnie, sexually abuses her; and her fianc‚ may leave her if she doesn't have sex with him. The day Casey finally fight s back and stabs Ronnie in the leg, she miscarries his baby and comes to 10 years later in a mental hospital with no memory of her life before being a dmitted. Evie, now wealthy and married, greets Casey with little enthusiasm , as do the citizens of Sweetwater, Ga., and she can't help but wonder why. Slowly, she pieces together the lost details of her life with the help of Dr. Blake Hunter, a gorgeous family friend, but there are those who will do anything to keep her memories buried.
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| 2. | Michaels, Fern Annie's Rainbow
Zebra Books April 1, 1999 Mass Market Pa used: good
Poor girl Annie Daisy Clark finds a bag containing half a million dollars. Even though she knows the money comes from a bank heist, she decides to use it, launching a successful coffee-shop franchise and getting her mother, w ho suffers from Alzheimer's, out of a bad nursing home. Annie becomes a sav vy, hard-driving businesswoman, all the while seeking a little romance. Whe n the man who first catches her eyeAa handsome Hawaiian coffee growerAturns out to think that woman should happily take second place to men, she turns her attentions to a widowed ex-FBI man. But Annie has other things to worr y about now: an insurance agent is obsessed with tracking down the missing cash, and the bank robber blames her for his long jail term. Annie is tough , and sometimes tough to like: she enjoys throwing around her power and wea lth, but she is kind to those who maintain their loyalty to her. In the end , Michaels's latest (after Celebration) turns out to be a disappointing rea d in which secondary characters are for the most part one-dimensional. Anni e wrestles with her conscience for too long, taking 15 years to return the stolen money, after both the romance and the suspense have long ceased to t hrill.
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| 3. | Michaels, Fern Captive Embraces
Ballantine Books April 12, 1979 Paperback used: good
Proud and beautiful Sirena Cordez once commanded her own ship, battling pir ates to avenge her sister's brutal death. But Sirena's life as the Sea Sire n ends when she meets Regan van der Rys. Handsome, ruthless, and as fearles s as she, Regan is the only man who can possess her body and soul. Once ene mies on water, they become lovers on land until their marriage is shattered by heartbreaking tragedy. Abandoned by her husband and left to face an unc ertain future, the Sea Siren hoists sail again, embarking on a passion-fill ed voyage to reclaim her destiny.
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| 4. | Michaels, Fern Captive Innocence
Ballantine Books October 12, 198 Paperback used: good
In typical Romance style, Michaels's 1981 novel offers the story of protago nist Royall Banner, a recent widow who is wooed by Sebastian Rivera, a hand some buccaneer (what else?), when she leaves the puritanical yoke of New En gland for a Brazilian plantation. The twist is that Banner's business partn er is Rivera's sworn enemy. Will that stand in the way of their burning pas sion?
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| 5. | Michaels, Fern Captive Passions
Ballantine Books June 12, 1977 Paperback used: good
Their passions clashed in a battle for revenge....Their love held captive b y desire... Only Fern Michaels could tell this exotic tale of passion and adventure on the lusty high seas!
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| 6. | Michaels, Fern Captive Splendors
Ivy Books September 12, 1 Paperback used: good
They struggled to deny their forbidden love, their splendid passions impris oned by unspoken desire. A sizzling story of love and desire swept away upo n the sea.
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| 7. | Michaels, Fern Celebration(hardcover)
Kensington Publishing Corpor March 1, 1999 Hardcover; w/j hardcover w/dustjacket; good
After decades as an army wife, Kristine Kelly isn't sure how to handle the transition back to civilian life after her husband Logan disappears with th eir savings. Unable to handle the finances and shocked by the anger her chi ldren have towards their absent father, Kristine turns to alcohol for comfo rt, an act that only pushes her children further away. But with the help of friend Aaron Dunwoodie, Kristine sobers up, reunites with her grown childr en, and enjoys a burgeoning romance with Aaron. Just as her life is back in order, Logan reappears, claiming that he is dying and desperate for attent ion. When Kristine delays her marriage to Aaron in order to play nursemaid to Logan, it looks as if she may once again submit herself to Logan's will. Celebration is a moving portrayal of a woman's struggle to find courage an d independence after abandonment by her husband, and is a thoroughly engagi ng read.
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| 8. | Michaels, Fern Charming Lily
Zebra Books April 1, 2001 Mass Market Pa used; good
Matt Starr, CEO of a computer company, left Lily at the altar ten years ago , but now he's determined not to let her go. Lily suspects something is wro ng when he misses the rehearsal dinner, but when he doesn't show up for the ir wedding, again, she flies into a rage. Matt's best friend, Marcus, belie ves that Matt is in trouble, but Lily is skeptical until she starts experie ncing unexplained spells that seem to indicate that, indeed, Matt is in dan ger. It turns out that the necklace her best friend gave her is a family he irloom: a wishkeeper that gives Lily the "sight." They rescue Matt, who was kidnapped, with the help of Lily's visions, but another attempt at matrimo ny may be more than she can take even if she can see the future.
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| 9. | Michaels, Fern Crown Jewel (hardcover)
Atria December 2003 Hardcover used; both book/jacket very good
Perennial bestseller Michaels (The Future Scrolls; Trading Places; etc.) re turns with another paint-by-numbers story of love and redemption, this one set in Hollywood and Antigua. "Hollywood's Platinum Boy," Ricky Lam, has ki cked the drugs and booze, thanks in no small part to his stern brother and business manager, Philip, aka Philly. But when Philly is killed in a freak accident on set, Ricky discovers that his brother was the real actor in the family: nobody truly knew Philly at all. That's unfortunate, as the deceas ed Philly is the best-developed (and most interesting) character in this on e-dimensional cast. Ricky quits Hollywood to take over the family resort in Antigua, the Crown Jewel, and while spiffing it up for the first season's guests, he begins trying to uncover Philly's secret lives. He also tracks d own his now-grown sons, whom he's never met, falls in love with Philly's wi dow, Roxy, and takes in a young reporter-cum-bartender, the hyper Gracie. M ichaels presents reams of dull, cliched dialogue while zipping past moments of drama and emotion in stilted sum-ups ("Was he [serious]? Hell, yes, he was. He liked her. No, he loved her. He really did. He said so").
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| 10. | Michaels, Fern Dear Emily
Zebra Books April, 1995 Mass Market Pa used; good
Michaels (Serendipity) comes back to romance with a knockout story about a woman whom many readers will immediately recognize. Emily Thorn married her college sweetheart and temporarily shelved her education and career to sup port her husband's. Patiently, she waits for her turn, but her husband, Ian , always needs Emily's support for some bigger, better goal. Years later, I an leaves and a 40-plus Emily realizes she has been used as a doormat. She' s frightened, angry and so physically out of shape that her prospects for a ny future romance are dim indeed. And she's convinced it's all her own faul t. Michaels gives Emily all the likely emotional baggage but also the deter mination to take charge of herself and her life. Emily sells off some of he r assets, hires Ben, a 40-plus personal fitness trainer, and rents the room s in her house to seven single, working women. Her plan is to open a string of women's physical fitness centers-where mature women won't be intimidate d by Spandex-encased perfection. Ben proves to be a hunk with a brain and i s instrumental in making the plan work and in showing her that she is still a very desirable woman.
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| 11. | Michaels, Fern Finders Keepers
Zebra Books August 1, 1999 Paperback used; good
Jessie Roland always knew that her feelings for her parents--dislike and di sgust for her mother, less than love for her father--were anything but what a child should feel, especially for the parents that had given her a privi leged childhood filled with private schooling, lavish vacations, and any gi ft that her heart desired. But try as she might, something always kept her from truly loving the Rolands. Strange dreams of a yellow dog and a strolle r hinted at the truth, but Jessie couldn't recall the fateful day when Thea and Barnes Roland had stolen her from her stroller, leaving her pet retrie ver Jelly to chase after their car for miles, only to return to Jessie's st unned parents without the golden-haired little girl. Now a woman, and armed with a sizeable trust fund, Jessie moves far away from her parents to star t a new life in Washington, D.C., where a new job, new apartment, and a new man awaits her. Tanner Kingsley is handsome, charming, and hiding somethin g. Jessie's involvement with him will lead to happiness, heartache, and the full realization of her hidden past--a past she must come to terms with be fore she can find true peace.
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| 12. | Michaels, Fern For All Their Lives
Ivy Books July 20, 1992 Paperback used; good
The day after Ruby Blue graduated from high school, she turned her back on her abusive father and moved out on her own--into the spring of her life. I n the summer of her life, she married a man she didn't love and bore him tw o children. When autumn came, Ruby separated from her husband and started a business to help keep her son in college. In winter, she faced the remaini ng portions of her life and her mortality on her own terms. Ruby Blue is a strong woman whose decisions throughout her life temper a steel backbone th at allows her to bend and give without breaking. In unforgettable style, Ru by matures and comes to terms with her own flaws while desperately searchin g for someone who will love her as she is.
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| 13. | Michaels, Fern Kentucky Heat
Zebra Books September 1, 20 Mass Market Pa used; good
Continuing the saga of the Colemans and the Thorntons as recounted in Texas and Vegas, this latest novel puts the next generation center stage and is the first in a projected new trilogy. Thirty years after escaping her fathe r's repressive Virginia home with her illegitimate daughter, Nealy Coleman Diamond returns to his deathbed, scrabbling to find answers to why Josh Col eman was so hateful and abusive. In the intervening period, she's become a woman of means, succeeding in the man's world of thoroughbred racing in Ken tucky. Once all the secrets have been revealed and she's taken revenge on t he scoundrel who impregnated her, will Nealy be free to find true love at l ast? As usual with Michaels's sagas, the characters range from the kindhear ted to the blackhearted, with scarcely any halftones between. The plot verg es on the melodramatic, but it moves too quickly to pall. It helps for read ers to be interested in racing, since Michaels knows her Secretariat from h er Man O'War. The audience for her previous works is probably waiting at th e starting gate for this one.
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| 14. | Michaels, Fern Kentucky Rich
Kensington Publishing Corpor April 1, 2002 Mass Market Pa used; good
Continuing the saga of the Colemans and the Thorntons as recounted in Texas and Vegas, this latest novel puts the next generation center stage and is the first in a projected new trilogy. Thirty years after escaping her fathe r's repressive Virginia home with her illegitimate daughter, Nealy Coleman Diamond returns to his deathbed, scrabbling to find answers to why Josh Col eman was so hateful and abusive. In the intervening period, she's become a woman of means, succeeding in the man's world of thoroughbred racing in Ken tucky. Once all the secrets have been revealed and she's taken revenge on t he scoundrel who impregnated her, will Nealy be free to find true love at l ast? As usual with Michaels's sagas, the characters range from the kindhear ted to the blackhearted, with scarcely any halftones between. The plot verg es on the melodramatic, but it moves too quickly to pall. It helps for read ers to be interested in racing, since Michaels knows her Secretariat from h er Man O'War.
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| 15. | Michaels, Fern Kentucky Sunrise
Zebra Books August 1, 2003 Mass Market Pa used; good
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| 16. | Michaels, Fern Panda Bear is Critical
Pocket April 1, 1984 Paperback used; good
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| 17. | Michaels, Fern Payback (Revenge of the Sisterhood)
Zebra Books September 2005 Mass Market Pa used: very good
Once the hallmark of macho fantasy, payback moves to the heart of modern ro mance in the spotty second installment of Michaels's Revenge of the Sisterh ood series, as the heroines of Weekend Warriors regroup for mission number 2. Revenge is a dish best served with cloth napkins and floral centerpiece, according to the Sisterhood members: heiress Myra Rutledge; her adopted da ughter, Nikki; Kathryn, the truck driver; Alexis, the African-American brok er turned personal shopper; Julia, the plastic surgeon; Isabelle, the psych ic; and Yoko, the nursery owner. It's vigilante justice for Julia this time : she's "contracted AIDS from her philandering senator husband." Frail Juli a gets strength from her friends and guidance from Myra's lover, Charles, a n ex-MI6 British operative and gourmet cook who plays a different kind of C harlie to Myra's Angels. ("Now, girls," says Myra, "let's devour this wonde rful luncheon Charles has so wonderfully prepared so we can get to work and do what we do best: going after the scoundrels who have turned your worlds upside down.") Charles arranges invites to an exclusive Washington party w here the gorgeous avengers kidnap the senator, but a good-looking assistant district attorney threatens to interfere with their plans (if only he and Nikki weren't out to right past wrongs, they could rekindle their old passi on!). Michaels grinds out bestsellers by concocting videogenic plots filled with strong heroines and effortless costume changes. Her fast-paced, senti mental, occasionally silly novel puts poetic justice first; romance must wa it for the next installment. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information,
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| 18. | Michaels, Fern Sara's Song
Zebra Books February 1, 199 Mass Market Pa used; good
Dallas Lord, a 38-year-old rock star asks Sara Killian, M.D., 39, to marry him (perhaps for the wrong reasons), and as a gift, he writes her a song. T hen, having supposedly died in a plane crash, Dallas chooses to drop out of sight in order to gain new perspective on his sense of his life and himsel f (he's tortured by undiagnosed dyslexia). In his absence, a bad-girl backu p singer claims rights to the song and attempts to murder Sara. After a bri ef attraction to Adam Lord, Dallas's older brother/manager, Sara is left to flounder in a midlife crisis as the brothers reunite, neither willing to a dmit their feelings for her. There's plenty of potential here?romantic stor y line, dynamic conflict?but Michaels's (Vegas Heat) latest is weakened by a poorly represented locale, abrupt transitions and the hero's maudlin moti vations. Michaels is aiming for the heartstrings here, but she manages to h it only a few chords.
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| 19. | Michaels, Fern Seasons of Her Life
Ivy Books October 31, 199 Paperback used: very good
In pleasant prose fortified by good plotting, prolific author Michaels ( Te xas Sunrise ) tells the story of Ruby Connors, who bolts from her hometown of Barstow, Penn., as soon as she graduates from high school, happily leavi ng behind her abusive father, servile mother and brutalized sister Opal. Sh e gets a civil service job in post-WW II Washington, D.C., where she initia lly lives with her sister Amber and falls in love with serviceman Calvin Sa ntos. Unable to believe in her feelings, insecure Calvin decamps after a tr ivial misunderstanding, and Ruby marries Marine Andrew Blue. She bears him two children, but he is a hostile, stern husband and father. Myriad years a nd countless plot developments go by; Ruby survives various crises, maintai ns a strong female friendship and uses money left by her beloved grandmothe r to help friends and sisters. Her final "season" finds her wealthy and fre e, but lonely and still searching for life's meaning until, in the closing pages, she decides to make herself useful to others.
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| 20. | Michaels, Fern Serendipity
Ivy Books April 28, 1997 Paperback used: very good
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