What I've Been Reading - An Obsessive-Compulsive Monthly Compilation Of The Books I've Been Reading - Or, A Thirty-Eight Year Retrospective - Books - http://maxpages.com/readersplace/Jan_1987_thru_Dec

These are the years where I truly "discovered" Diana Palmer at a time when she was writing terrific books - and 1987 was the year I read my first Mary Baloghs and was hooked for life.

JANUARY 1987 - 17 Books
Arabella - Georgette Heyer - Excellent
Love Is A Fairy Tale - Zelma Orr - HA - Excellent
Fine Feathers - Lillian Lincoln - Regency - Good
Bitter Encore - Helen Bianchin - HP - A-1
A Secure Arrangement - Jo Ann Robb - Rapture - A-1
Almost A Bride - Maura McGiveny - HP - Fair
Permission To Love - Penny Jordan - HP - Excellent
The Bride Said No - Charlotte Lamb - HP - Excellent
Trelawny - Isabelle Holland - Gothic - Excellent
Recipe For Love - Suzanne Michelle - SD - Fair
Finding Out - Lindsay Armstrong - HP - a-1
A Moment In Time - Yvonne Whittal - HP - A-1
Escape Me Never - Sara Craven - HP - A-1
Send No Flowers - Sandra Brown - LS - A-1
River Rapture - Kay McMahon - HR - Excellent
Nurse Warding Takes Charge - Caroline Trench - HQ - Good
Next Year's Blonde - Joan Smith - SR - Fair

FEBRUARY 1987 - 12 Books
Sweet Healing Passion - Samantha Scott - CE - Good
Out Of Bounds - Angel Milan - SD - VG
Chloe Wilde, Student Nurse - Joan Turner - HQ - VG
Opening Bid - Marilyn Kennedy - SD - Fair
The Winged Lion - Madeline Ker - HP - Fair
Whenever I Love You - Alana Smith - SD - Excellent
Embers Of The Sun - Raye Morgan - SD - VG
Bandit Love - Juanita Savage - Fiction - VG
The Hawk & The Honey - Dixie Browning - SD - Excellent
The Wary Spinster - April Kihlstrom - Regency - Excellent
A Time To Love - Jackie Black - CE - Excellent
A Madcap Scheme - Karla Hocker - Regency - Excellent

MARCH 1987 - 17 Books
Now Comes The Spring - Andrea Edwards - Romance - VG
Connoisseur's Choice - Dixie McKeone - HQ - Fair
Just Joe - Marley Morgan - SD - A-1
Buyer Beware - Marie Nicole - SD - Fair
Burning Fires Of Passion - Lucy P. Stewart - HR - Excellent
Dilemma In Paradise - Robyn Donald - HP - VG
Whistling Dixie - Adrienne Edwards - SCAL - Fair
Golden Apples - Rose Elver - HP - Good
The Silken Bond - Flora Kidd - HP - Good
Tempestuous Challenge - Eleanor Woods - CE - Excellent
Love Has No Mercy - Eleanor Woods - CE - Excellent
Race Against Love - Sally Wentworth - HP - VG
Passionate Pursuit - Eleanor Woods - CE - VG
Dorinda - Diana Delmore - Regency - Good
Innocent In Eden - Margaret Way - HQ - Good
Memento - Eleanora Brownleigh - HR - Excellent
Plain Jane - Rosemary Hammond - HQ - Excellent

APRIL 1987 - 15 Books
Bachelor Doctor - Marjorie Warby - Romance - Good
A Secret Valentine - Dixie Browning - SR - Good
Ballinger's Rule - Eve Gladstone - SD - Excellent
Sing Me A Love Song - Barbara Faith - SIM - VG
The Gypsy & The Yachtsman - Joan Domning - LS - Good
Hired Husband - Melanie Catley - CES - Fair
Vows Forever - Lynda Ward - HSR - Excellent
Quicksilver Season - Anne McAllister - HA - A-1
Acts Of magic Cassie Miles - HT - Fair
Tangled Lies - Anne Stuart - HI - Excellent
Passionate Encounter - Flora Kidd - HP - Fair
Desert Rose/English Moon - Claudette Williams - Rom - Excellent
Lion Of Darkness - Melinda Cross - HP - Excellent
Kingfisher Morning - Charlotte Lamb - HQ - VG
The Fortune Hunter - Elizabeth Hewitt - Regncy - Fair

MAY 1987 - 15 Books
Desire's Comand - Marlene Suson - HR - A-1
Wildfire Encounter - Helen Bianchin - HP - Excellent
Stowaway - Anne Weale - HP - Good
Champagne Girl - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
Love Me Not - Lindsay Armstrong - HP - Good
Beloved Gambler - Ruth Langan - SSE - VG
The Matchmakers - Janet Dailey - HP - VG
Critic's Choice - Sue Ellen Cole - SIM - Good
Dance Of The Snake - Yvonne Whittal - HP - Excellent
Sandstorm - Anne Mather - HP - Excellent
A Matter Of Magic - Linda Hampton - LS - Good
Retribution - Charlotte Lamb - HP - Excellent
Relentless Pursuit - Eleanor Woods - CE - Excellent
Shadowed Stranger - Carole Mortimer - HP - A-1
Just His Touch - Emily elliott - CES - Fair

JUNE 1987 - 16 Books
Escape From Desire - Penny Jordan - HP - Excellent
Sweet Tomorrows - Francine Christopher - HSR - Excellent
The Hungry Tide - Lucy Gillen - HQ - Fair
Untamed Heart - Elda Minger - HA - Good
Price Of Happiness - Yvonne Whittal - HQ - VG
Love Me Again - Elisabeth Macdonald - HT - VG
Fletch Won - Gregory Mcdonald - Mystery - Good
Brain Child - John Saul - Horror - VG
The Whispering Gate - Mary Wibberley - HQ - Good
Golden Splendour - Colleen Quinn - HR - VG
Hell Fire - John Saul - Horror - VG
Lion Of Venice - Margaret Rome - HQ - Good
Flynn's In - Gregory Mcdonald - Mystery - Good
The Kissing Lesson - Joanna Burgess - Regency - Fair
Daughter Of The Sun - Mary Wibberley - HQ - Good
The Hesitant Heir - Georgina Grey - Regency - VG

JULY 1987 - 17 Books
Shattered - Dean Koontz - Horror - VG
Tender Rhapsody - Jennifer Dale - Rapture - Good
Moondust & Madness - Janelle Taylor - Futuristic - A-1
Mistaken Identity - Beverly Sommers- HI - Excellent
An Adventure In Love - Marilyn Manning - SR - Excellent
The Plumed Serpent - Annabel Murray - HQ - VG
Vendetta - Steven Shagan - Fiction - Excellent
The Notorious Gentleman - Sheila Holland - Regency - Good
Quest For Paradise - Diana Dixon - SSE - Excellent
Sweet Passion's Song - Deborah Benet - Rpture - Good
Remedies Of The Heart - Ariel Berk - SD - Excellent
He Was The Stranger - Sheila Strutt - HQ - Excellent
Skeleton Drew - Stephen King - Horror - VG
Variation On A Theme - Billie Douglass - SIM - A-1
Traitor's Heir - Jasmine Cresswell - Regency - Excellent
Winds Of Morning - Laurie Marath - SCAL - Good
Trail Of The Unicorn - Cathryn LaDame - SR - Excellent

AUGUST 1987 - 31 Books
Little Consequences - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
Bedside Manners - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Sensuous Perception - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
Landslide Victory - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Trouble In Triplicate - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Always, Amer - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Whatever It Takes - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Tangles - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Not A Marrying Man - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1
Darling Obstacles - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
Dear Doubter - Jeanette Ernest - Rapture - VG
Love Has No Pride - Charlotte Wisely - Rapture - Poor
Stardust And Diamonds - Jo Ann Robb - Rapture - Excellent
Remember My Love - Jennifer Dale - Rapture - Fair
Untamed Desire - Kasey Adams - Rapture - Excellent
An Unlikely Trio - Kasey Adams - Rapture - Good
Purely Physical - Kasey Adams - Rapture - Fair
Lover's Run - Francine Shore - Rapture - Good
Broken Promises - Jillian Roth - Rapture - Excellent
Wrangler's Lady - Deborah Benet - Rapture - Excellent
Before And After - Hertha Schulze - LS - Good
Darling Enemy - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
Heart Of Ice - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
Midnight Sun - Mary Carroll - SR - Excellent
Sea Gypsy - Fern Michaels - SR - Excellent
Logic Of The Heart - Dixie Browning - SR - Excellent
The Proper Miss Porter - Ruth Langan - SR - A-1
Encore - Kimberli Wagner - LS - Good
After The Music - Diana Palmer - SR - A-1
Playing Hard To Get - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
Passion Flower - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent

SEPTEMBER 1987 - 12 Books
Roomful Of Roses - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
Breathless Passion - Catherine Creel - HR - Excellent
The Thistle & The Rose - Margaret Rome - HQ - Excellent
The Australian - Diana Palmer - SSE - A-1
Woman Hater - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
Snow Kisses - Diana Palmer - SD - A-1
It - Stephen King - Horror - A-1
Power And Seduction - Amii Lorin - CE - A-1
The Spinster & The Rake - Anne Stuart - Regency - A-1
Where Love May Lead - Eleanor Woods - CE - Excellent
Mystery Lady - Eleanor Woods - CE - Excellent
Suspects - William Caunitz - Fiction - Excellent

OCTOBER 1987 - 11 Books
Night Into Day - Sandra Canfield - HSR - A-1
Gentle Persuasion - Rita Rainville - SR - Excellent
The Unwanted - John Saul- Horror - Excellent
Friends And Lovers - Diana Palmer - SD - A-1
Rage Of Passion - Diana Palmer - SD - A-1
In The Last Analysis - Amanda Cross - Mystery - Good
Duel Of Desire - Charlotte Lamb - HP - Excellent
A Knight To Remember - Olivia & Ken Harper - LS - Good
Stone 588 - Gerald Browne - Fiction - VG
Q Clearance - Peter Benchley - Fiction - Excellent
Satin Embraces - Julia Grice - HR - Excellent

NOVEMBER 1987 - 17 Books
Miracles Take Longer - Zelma Orr - HA - Excellent
City Life, City Love - Beverly Sommers - HA - Excellent
Moth To The Flame - Sara Craven - HP - VG
A Secret Affair - Lilian Peake - HP - Fair
Moment in Time - Suzanne Simms - SD - VG
Fires Of Memory - Ashley Summers - SD - Excellent
Illusion Of Love - Patricia Lake - HP - Excellent
Temporary Husband - Susan Alexander - HP - Excellent
After The Loving - Samantha Scott - CE - good
Take My Hand - Anna Hudson - CE - VG
Dark Betrayal - Patricia Lake - HP - A-1
This Side Of Paradise - Kay Thorpe - HP - VG
Tender Betrayer - Terri Herrington - CES - Excellent
Final Season - Edna Maye Manley - Regency - Excellent
The Houseparty - Anne Stuart - Regency - Excellent
Gentle Conquest - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
Red Rose - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1

DECEMBER 1987 - 17 bOOKS
The Double Water - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
A Masked Deception - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
A Chance Encounter - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
The Trysting Place - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
The First Snowdrop - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
The Wood Nymph - Mary Balogh - Regency - A-1
The Constant Heart - Mary Balogh - Regency - VG
The Frenchman - Velda Johnston - Rom/Susp - Excellent
Passion's Flight - Marilyn Mathieu - SCAL - Good
Deathbed - William Kienzle - Mystery - Good
The Real Man - Alexandra Sellers - SIM - A-1
Silken Caresses - Samantha Carroll - SCAL - VG
The Grass Is Always Greener - Sara Orwig - LS - Good
The Girl From Nowhere - Charlotte Lamb - HP - VG
The Chauvinist - Vanessa Grant - HQ - VG
Touched By Fire - Jane Donnelly - HP - Fair
Hot Tamales - Sara Orwig - LS - Good

JANUARY 1988 - 14 Books
Under The Gingko Tree - Sara Orwig - LS - Good
Time To Trust - Rosemary Badger - HQ - Excellent
A Girl Called Andy - Rosemary Badger - HQ - Excellent
Amended Dreams - Glenda Sands - SR - Good
Shadow Chasing - Debbie Macomber - SR - VG
Family Affair - Rita Rainville - SR - Excellent
Devil On Horseback - Elizabeth Graham - HQ - Excellent
House Calls - Terry Essig - SR - Excellent
Devotion - Anne Hampson - SR - VG
Butterfly Autumn - Carolyn Seabaugh - SR - Excellent
Windsong - Jo Calloway - CE - Excellent
Scattered Roses - Jo Calloway - CE - Excellent
A Classic Love - Jo Calloway - CE - Excellent
Tell Me No Lies - Elizabeth Lowell - Fiction - A-10

FEBRUARY 1988 - 18 Books
Calhoun And Kid - Sara Orwig - LS - Excellent
Seeing Stars - Fran Baker - LS - Excellent
Two Alone - Erin St. Claire - SIM - A-1
For Love Alone - Lucy Gordon - SD - Good
Thick As Thieves - Marie Nicole - HI - Excellent
Local Hero - Nora Roberts - SSE - Excellent
In Serena's Web - Kay Hooper - LS - Excellent
Raven On The Wing - Kay Hooper - LS - Excellent
Red Sky At Night - Ellie Winslow - Rapture - VG
Riptide - Deborah Benet - Rapture - Excellent
No Laughing Matter - Marie Nicole - SD - Excellent
The Tommyknockers - Stephen King - Horror - Excellent
Wind Warning - Sara Orwig - LS - Excellent
Mine By Write - Marie Nicole - SR - Excellent
Out Of The Mist - Sara Orwig - LS - Excellent
With No Reservations - Joan Bramsch - LS - Excellent
Misery - Stephen King - Horror - Good
Rafferty's Wife - Kay Hooper - LS - Excellent

MARCH 1988 - 16 Books
Faces - Johanna Kingsley - Fiction - Excellent
Zach's Law - Kay Hooper - LS - Excellent
Hidden Fires - Diana Morgan - Rapture - Fair
A Love So Fresh - Marilyn Davids - Rapture - Excellent
Midnight Eyes - Deborah Benet - Rapture - Excellent
Bethany's Sin - Robert McCammon - Horror - Fair
Spanish Moonlight - Dorothy Rivers - HQ - good
Someday My Love - Patti Beckman - SR - VG
The Takeover Man - Frances Lloyd - SR - Excellent
Passion's Whisper - Berde Darnell - HR - VG
Laughter's Way - Paula Hamilton - CE - Excellent
Doctor's Orders - Paula Hamilton - CE - Excellent
Shenandoah Summer - Samantha Hughes - CE - VG
Outbreak - Robin Cook - Fiction - Excellent
Sister Of The Housemaster - Eleanor Farnes - HQ - VG
Reasonable Doubts - Brooke Hastings - SIM - A-1

APRIL 1988 - 17 Books
Calhoun - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
To Seize The Rainbow - Jo Calloway - Romance - Good
Enemy From The Past - Lilian Peake - HP - Good
Desert Fire - Brooke Hastings - SR - Excellent
Tailor-Made - Elizabeth Barrett - LS - Fair
Emergency Doctor - Kerry Mitchell - Fiction - Fair
Desire Has No Mercy - Violet Winspear - HP - Excellent
Say It With Flowers - Andrea Edwards - SSE - Excellent
Immortal Flower - Elizabeth Hoy - HQ - good
Forbidden Rapture - Kate Nevins - SCAL - Excellent
The Senator's Daughter - Mary Bringle - Fiction - VG
Too Near The Sun - Aimee Duvall - SCAL - Excellent
Night-Bloom - Herbert Lieberman - Mystery - Good
Sweet Sanctuary - Charlotte Lamb - HQ - VG
Heron's Point - Lucy Gillen - HQ - Good
Waiting - Karen van der Zee - HP - VG

MAY 1988 - 17 Books
Nurse Camden's Cavalier - Louise Ellis - HQ - Fair
Journey Of Enchantment - Gladys Fullbrook - HQ - Fair
Turn The Page - Nan Asquith - HQ - Fair
Sweet Abandon - Diana Mars - SCAL - Excellent
The Savage Brood - Martha Rofheart - Fiction - Excellent
Bed And Board - Rebecca Bond - HA - Fair
I Know My Love - Sara Seale - HQ - Good
The Bride Of Romano - Rebecca Stratton - HQ - Excellent
The Season - Adora sheridan - Regency - Good
Aphrodite's Legend - Lynn Fairfax - SCAL - Fair
Enchantment - Kimberli Wagner - LS - Excellent
A Growing Moon - Jane Arbor - HQ - VG
Expose - Kimberli Wagner - LS - Excellent
Love Only Once - Johanna Lindsey - HR - Excellent
Tender Rebel - Johanna Lindsey - HR - A-1
Mindbend - Robin Cook - Fiction - VG
Midnight Thunder - Casey Stuart - HR - Excellent

JUNE 1988 - 17 Books
The Chief Inspector's Daughter - Sheila Radley - Mystery - Exc
An Unacceptable Offer - Mary Balogh - Regency - Excellent
The Paper Princess - Marion Chesney - Regency - Fair
The Fall Of Lucas Kendrick - Kay Hooper - LS - Excellent
Sapphire Island - Diane Crawford - SCAL - Excellent
Moon Of The Raven - Joyce Thies - SD - Excellent
Man With A Load Of Mischief - Martha Grimes - Mystery - Excellent
Almost Paradise - Debbie Macomber - SR - Excellent
The Last Honest Woman - Nora Roberts - SSE - A-1
Moon - James Herbert - Horror - VG
We Give Thanks - Linda Randall Wisdom - HA - Excellent
Sea Treasure - Kit Bakker - HI - Good
Picture Of Evil - Graham Masterton - Horror - A-1
Angels Of September - Andrew M. Greeley - Fiction - VG
When Tomorrow Comes - Regan Forest - HT - Fair
Truck Driving Woman - Elizabeth August - SR - Excellent
Sharing Secrets - Barbara Boswell - LS - A-1

JULY 1988 - 18 Books
Forecast Of Love - Katherine Arthur - HQ - Good
Intimate Details - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
And Tara, Too - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
Baby, Baby - Barbara Boswell - LS - Excellent
Kimberly's Kiss - Kathleen Drymon - HR - VG
Untamed Sanctuary - Annabel Murray - HQ - Excellent
Sultry Nights - Anne & Ed Kolaczyk - LS - Good
White Witch - Elizabeth Ashton - HQ - Excellent
Love In The Valley - Susan Napier - HQ - Excellent
Dance To The Piper - Nora Roberts - SSE - Excellent
The Duke's Double - Anita Mills - Regency - Excellent
Second Tomorrow - Anne Hampson - SR - Fair
One Lavender Evening - Karen Keast - SSE - A-1
Notorious - Karen Keast - SCAL - A-1
Cherish This Moment - Sandra Canfield - HSR - A-1
Forbidden Fantasies - Gina Caimi - SE - Good
This Bittersweet Love - Barbara Andrews - CE - Excellent
Justin - Diana Palmer - SR - A-1

AUGUST 1988 - 8 Books
Miss Mary's Husband - Emma Goldrick - HP - Fair
A Friend In Need - Cathie Linz - SD - Excellent
If Love Be Blind - Emma Goldrick - HP - Excellent
No Man's Kisses - Nora Powers - SD - Excellent
Surgeon At Witteringham - Hilda Nickson - HQ - Fair
Twilight Dawn - Alysse Lemery - HA - Excellent
Desire's Dawning - Marjorie Price - HR - Good
A Slow Simmer - Susan Richardson - LS - VG

SEPTEMBER 1988 - 11 Books
The Debutantes - June Flaum Singer - Fiction - Excellent
Passion in The Wind - Cassie Edwards - HR - Fair
Sleeping With The Enemy - Nancy Price - Mystery - VG
Vital Signs - Barbara Wood - Fiction - Excellent
Game Plan - Sara Jennings - CE - Excellent
Reach For The Stars - Sara Jennings - CE - Excellent
Tyler - Diana Palmer - SR - Excellent
Love Not The Enemy - Sara Jennings - CE - Excellent
Star Crossed - Sara Jennings - CE - Excellent
Color Love Blue - Diana Blayne - CES - Excellent
Suddenly The Magic - Karen Keast - SCAL - Excellent

OCTOBER 1988 - 12 Books
Surrender To A Stranger - Dallas Hamlin - CES - VG
A Summer's Embrace - Cathie Linz - CE - Good
Lover In Disguise - Gwen Fairfax - CE - VG
The Perfect Touch - Tate McKenna - CE - VG
Only For Love - Tira Lacy - CE - Excellent
Tender Betrayal - Jo Ann Robb - Rapture - Excellent
The Best Things In Life - Linda Vaild - CE - Excellent
Words From The Heart - Natalie Stone - CE - VG
Shattered Secrets - Linda Vail - CES - Excellent
Chain Of Love - Anne Stuart - HA - Excellent
Voices In The Wind - Sandra Canfield - HSR - A-1
Crescent Carnival - Alicia Knight - HI - Good

NOVEMBER 1988 - 11 Books
A Taste Of Deception - Eve Gladstone - HI - Excellent
Heaven Sent - Regan Forest - HT - VG
Forever Yesterday - Jan Lesoing - HR - VG
Lady Love - Diana Palmer - SD - Excellent
Twice A Miracle - Hertha Schulze - HT - Good
Healing Sympathy - Gina Ferris - SSE - Excellent
Just Another Pretty Face - Elaine Camp - SSE - Fair
Love By Proxy - Diana Palmer - SD - Excellent
Cattleman's Choice - Diana Palmer - SD - Excellent
Sweet Burning - Sandi Shane - SSE - A-1
Fire Alarm Fire - Marie Ferrarella - SR - VG

DECEMBER 1988 - 19 Books
Touch The Sun - Jo Ann Robb - Rapture - Excellent
Magic Crescendo - Maggi Charles - SR - VG
Casey's Shadow - Nicole Monet - SD - Excellent
The Voice Of The Night - Brian Coffey - Horror - VG
African Enchantment - Andrea Barry - SR - Good
Fit For A King - Diana Palmer - SD - Excellent
Dig A Narrow Grave - Mary Linn Roby - Gothic - Good
Murder on Clam Pond - Douglas Kiker - Mystery - VG
Alternate Arrangements - Kathryn Thiels - SIM - VG
Reluctant Father - Diana Palmer - SD - A-1
In Defense Of Passion - Kit Daley - CE - VG
Just Before Dawn - Dinah Shields - HI - Good
Mariah - Sandra Canfield - HSR - A-1
Money, Murder & The MacNeills - Theodora DuBois - Gothic - Fair
Whispers Of The Heart - Anne Shore - Romance- Fair
A Legend In His Own Time - Susannah Hart - SD - Good
Rawhide And Lace - Diana Palmer - SD - Excellent
Diamond Girl - Diana Palmer - SD - Excellent
Betrayed By Love - Diana Palmer - SD

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