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REVIEWS BY SANDY HUSEBY
While Maeniel is learning to survive as a human, the man, Lucius, born human, is learning his own survival skills. His sister Fulvia's lust for power puts Lucius at constant risk. Recover-ing from battle injuries, he relies on the Greek physician Philo for medical care and counsel. As Maeniel gains greater control over his human side, he ultimately travels to Rome. There Maeniel's journey culminates, where Lucius and Fulvia each plot their own intrigues to survive in the tempestuous age. Borchardt intertwines the mysticism of the shape-changer with the violent political conspiracies of Julius Caesar's Rome in this singular masterpiece -- sure to keep you absorbed in a faraway time and place that is a fascinating foundation of our own history. (Even if you didn't know that Alice Borchardt got the perfect start on unforgettable storytelling by composing childhood tales with her sister, Anne Rice.)
By Alice Borchardt Del Rey, $25 ISBN 0345423623
The simmering troubles of Catherine Coulter's new thriller, The Edge will keep you guessing right along with Mac as he tracks down the mystery woman, Laura, who drove Jilly over the sea cliff. Posing as a reference librarian, Laura is an undercover DEA agent who has been investigating the source of a powerful new sex-stimulant drug with dangerous side effects. Mac brings Laura to Jilly's bedside, triggering Jilly from her coma into a disappearance that baffles Mac. His investigation into her disappearance rests on learning more about the secret project Jilly and her scientist husband have been developing. Mix designer drugs with ruthless criminals and the stirring of passion and distrust between Mac and Laura, and this is one heady, potent brew. Kidnapped along with FBI colleagues, Mac and Laura struggle to escape drug-running thugs in Costa Rica, where more than the rain forest steams. They return to the Oregon coast, where Mac and Laura discover teaming up means more than crime solving. You'll want to be with them every step of the way.
By Catherine Coulter Putnam, $21.95 ISBN 399145060
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Ellie's got her own plans, however, and taking up with Rance again threatens to tear apart the life the young widow has built with her four children. The oldest boy rejects Rance while the three little ones dream of making him their new dad. When Rance decides he's ready to put down roots on Ellie's ranch, he refuses to accept anything but life with her and his own secret son. Warm family drama makes this western tale a keeper!
By Anne McAllister Silhouette, $4.50 ISBN 0373650299
Sandy Huseby writes from North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Wolf at the door . . . Born a wolf, Maeniel learns the fullness of humanity in Alice Borchardt's stirring, sensual fantasy Night of the Wolf. The seduction of Maeniel's human side begins in the wild mountains of Gaul, where he takes his human love, Imona. But the intrusion of human fears of the wolf forces Imona to leave him behind. Her sacrificial death brings the Amazon warrior Dryas to teach Maeniel the next truths about human nature. Hired to kill the wolf, Dryas entraps him in shackles instead.
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Step over the edge . . . A psychic link to his sister Jilly at the moment of her near-drowning draws FBI Agent Ford MacDougal cross-country from his own recovery in a Washington, D.C. hospital to the sleepy oceanside town of Edgerton, Oregon.
Giddyup and get out . . . When his father decides he needs a wife and a cowboy has other plans, what else is there to do? Rance Phillips sees only one solution and he's A Cowboy On The Run, by Rita Award-winning author Anne McAllister. His quick getaway leads him right into the ranch and arms of his long-ago love, Ellie O'Connor.