ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM 12/1981
A BITTER LOVING 4/1977
BITTER REVENGE 8/1982
THE BITTER TASTE OF LOVE 3/1989
CARMICHAEL'S RETURN 7/1997
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN 11/1990
COME LOVE ME 4/1984
DANCE TO MY TUNE 5/1990
DANGEROUS DECEPTION 4/1980
DAY OF POSSESSION 4/1982
THE DISTANT DREAM 9/1976
THE DREAM ON THE HILL 4/1975
ELUSIVE PARADISE 1/1987
ENEMY FROM THE PAST 12/1979
FAMILIAR STRANGER 11/1976
FORBIDDEN ATTRACTION 10/1990
A GIRL ALONE 2/1978
GOLD RING OF REVENGE 8/1993
GONE BEFORE MORNING 7/1973
GREGG BARRATT'S WOMAN 4/1981
HEART IN THE SUNLIGHT 1/1976
ICE INTO FIRE 5/1986
THE IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE 2/1975
INNOCENT DECEIVER 12/1996
IRRESISTIBLE ENEMY 8/1992
THE LIBRARY TREE 10/1972
THE LITTLE IMPOSTOR 9/1977
LOVE IN THE MOONLIGHT 3/1987
MAN IN CHARGE 10/1973
MAN OF GRANITE 10/1975
MAN OUT OF REACH 4/1973
MASTER OF THE HOUSE 11/1974
MIST ACROSS THE MOORS 6/1972
MOONRISE OVER THE MOUNTAINS 8/1975
NIGHT OF POSSESSION 2/1984
NO FRIEND OF MINE 7/1977
NO PROMISE OF LOVE 11/1994
NO SECOND PARTING 10/1979
PASSIONATE INTRUDER 7/1983
PASSIONATE INVOLVEMENT 3/1978
PROMISE AT MIDNIGHT 5/1981
THE REAL THING 1/1973
THE REAL THING / MAN OUT OF REACH / GONE BEFORE MORNING 1977
REBEL IN LOVE 12/1978
A RING FOR A FORTUNE 9/1980
RUN FOR YOUR LOVE 2/1980
A SECRET AFFAIR 1/1981
A SENSE OF BELONGING 5/1974
SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD 11/1977
STRANGER ON THE BEACH 8/1979
STRANGER PASSING BY 2/1994
STRANGERS INTO LOVERS 9/1981
THE SUN OF SUMMER 4/1976
TAKE THIS WOMAN 11/1988
THE TENDER NIGHT 7/1976
THIS MAN HER ENEMY 5/1977
THIS MOMENT IN TIME 3/1972
TILL THE END OF TIME 12/1975
UNDERCOVER AFFAIR 2/1993
A WOMAN IN LOVE 10/1984
Constance F. Peale
HEART'S DESIRE 8/2005 ISBN: 0345479556 Card sharp and former wild child Hallie Palmer is in college now–and Bernard Stockton, her legal guardian, has suddenly appeared during final exams. He’s hysterical about his recent breakup with his longtime boyfriend, Gil, and wants to enlist Hallie in a scheme to win Gil back. So Hallie returns to Cosgrove County, Ohio, for the summer, to her job as live-in yard person for Bernard and his delightfully oddball mother, Olivia. Also present are Ottavio, Olivia’s hot-tempered Italian lover, who’s desperate for a wedding; Rocky, a chimpanzee who’s one Singapore Sling away from an AA meeting for primates; and Hallie’s own ever-expanding family, which she fled as soon as she could slide down the drainpipe. Around town, folks assume that since Hallie isn’t in jail, she clearly has no problems of her own and can therefore tackle theirs. But Hallie has plenty of troubles–a looming tuition bill, gambling temptations, and an ex-boyfriend who’s back in town for the summer to upset any potential if highly unlikely (a girl can dream!) romantic flings.Yet as Hallie and company navigate life’s unexpected paths of games lost and love found, the real truth begins to emerge: With friends, family, and a place to call home, your heart’s desire is always within reach. RR@H's Novel Thoughts