Heart's Desire..Hardcover..2005

Romance

Laura Pedersen

Contemporary

Ballantine Books

Descended from a long line of indomitable, good-humored Scots, Hayden MacBride sees no reason to take his own death lying down. In fact, he crashes funerals for free food and insight into the Great Beyond. Then he meets Rosamond, a nun playing hooky from the Holy Orders. Rosamond needs the right person to teach her how to live. . . and love - and nobody does both better than Hayden MacBride. 
 Available only in Americana 5.

Last Call

Literature & Fiction

Thorndike Press

Card shark 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 longtime boyfriend, Gil, and wants to enlist Hallie in a scheme to win Gil back. Folks assume that Hallie has no problems of her own, and can therefore tackle theirs. But Hallie has plenty of troubles . . . 
 Available only in Americana 4 &amp; 5.

Heart's Desire

San Val

Growing up in the snowblower society of Buffalo, New York, Laura Pedersen's first words were most likely "turn the wheel into a skid." Like many families subsisting in the frigid North during the energy crisis, the Pedersens feared rising prices at the gas pump, argued about the thermostat, fought over the dog to stay warm at night, and often slept in their clothes. While her parents were preoccupied with surviving separation and stagflation, daughter Laura became the neighborhood wild child, skipping school, playing poker, betting on the horses, and trading stocks. Learning how to beat the odds, by high school graduation Pedersen was well prepared to seek her fortune on Wall Street, becoming the youngest person to have a seat on the American Stock Exchange and a millionaire by age 21. Combining laugh-out-loud humor with a slice of social history-her hometown was a flash point for race riots, antiwar protests, and abortion rallies, not to mention bingo, bowling, and Friday night fish fries-Pedersen paints a vivid portrait of an era.

Buffalo Gal: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Fulcrum+ Publishing

Card shark and former wild child Hallie Palmer returns to Cosgrove County, Ohio, and resumes her job as live-in yard person for the summer, and also for some damage control.  Around town, folks assume that since Hallie didn't end up doing time after her previous escapades, she now has time for all of their troubles, and thus begins a series of uproarious adventures.  As Hallie navigates life's unexpected paths, she soon discovers that money and love can occasionally cause a lot more problems than they solve. Yet with friends, family, and a place to call home, your heart's desire is oftentimes right around the corner...if you're willing to take a chance on life.

Genre Fiction

Spoken Books Publishing

When the death of her father leaves her mother in a state of shock, card shark Hallie Palmer, the fiery protagonist from BEGINNER S LUCK and HEART S DESIRE, returns home from college to bravely deal herself in as head of a chaotic household and care for her eight younger siblings.  But even after the invasion of those well-meaning, casserole carrying purveyors of comfort the local church ladies, Hallie's in a downward spiral.  Thank goodness for old friends like Bernard and Gil who keep Hallie afloat as she discovers that life can indeed turn on a dime, and that every coin has two sides plus an edge.  Still, just because beginner's luck can't last forever doesn't mean you're out of the game.

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Heart's Desire..Hardcover..2005

Last Call

Heart's Desire

Last Call

Buffalo Gal: A Memoir

Heart's Desire

The Big Shuffle