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Beloved Stranger brings together shy Susan Morgan and baseball star Ricardo Montoya, whose brief winter encounter sparks a passionate romance that seems doomed by their different worlds. Meanwhile, Summer Storm tells the tale of Chris, a rising actor, and Mary, a dedicated scholar, whose marriage is tested when Hollywood fame and a new starlet draw Chris away. The reunion of Chris and Mary, though never officially divorced, reignites their smoldering love, forcing them to confront the possibility of restoration or irrevocable ending. Both novels, originally bestsellers for Joan Wolf, have become collectors’ items and are now available as a dual anthology.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Joan Wolf
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