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* '''Author''': [[Anne Stuart]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Anne Stuart]]
* '''Publisher''': Harlequin [[American]], #5
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* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin American Romance Premier Edition]] [[Harlequin American Romance Premier Edition By The Numbers|# 5]]
 
* '''Year''': 1985
 
* '''Year''': 1985
* '''Amazon Listing''' - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373650051/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 ''Banish Misfortune''] - Out-of-Print
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* '''Editor''': [[Hilari Cohen]]
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* '''Setting''': New York/Vermont
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* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373650051/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Banish Misfortune] - Out-of-Print
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From the start, [[Anne Stuart]] didn't play by [[Romance Rules|romance rules]]. [[Banish Misfortune]] features an anorexic heroine on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She takes a job as a ghostwriter for the hero's father, who is suffering from writer's block. This title was the fifth book released under the [[Harlequin American Romance Premier Edition]] imprint.
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== Book Description ==
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Her entire world was about to change
  
From the start, [[Anne Stuart]] didn't play by [[Romance Rules|romance rules]]. [[Banish Misfortune]] features an anorexic heroine on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She takes a job as a ghostwriter for the hero's father, who is suffering from writer's block. This title was the fifth book released under the Harlequin [[American]] imprint.
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Jessica Hansen vowed to climb the corporate ladder and make it to the top no matter what she had to do on the way. But her tough-as-nails exterior was a mask, hiding the frightened woman underneath crying for escape. Then the real test came of just how far she would go. When a lecherous businessman wanted Jessica's body to seal an agreement for a million-dollar deal, she turned and ran right into the arms of Springer McDowell.  
  
Readers recall this as one of the great [[American]] titles.
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Sexy, warm, appealing Springer. He would make Jessica face the greatest challenge of her life -- motherhood.
  
 
== Awards ==  
 
== Awards ==  
* [[1986 Golden Medallion Winners|1986 Golden Medallion]] in the [[RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title|Single Title Release]] category.
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* [[1986 Golden Medallion Winners & Finalists|1986 Golden Medallion]] for [[RITA®: Contemporary Romance Categories|Single Title Release Romance]]

Latest revision as of 03:55, 11 November 2022


From the start, Anne Stuart didn't play by romance rules. Banish Misfortune features an anorexic heroine on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She takes a job as a ghostwriter for the hero's father, who is suffering from writer's block. This title was the fifth book released under the Harlequin American Romance Premier Edition imprint.

Book Description

Her entire world was about to change

Jessica Hansen vowed to climb the corporate ladder and make it to the top no matter what she had to do on the way. But her tough-as-nails exterior was a mask, hiding the frightened woman underneath crying for escape. Then the real test came of just how far she would go. When a lecherous businessman wanted Jessica's body to seal an agreement for a million-dollar deal, she turned and ran right into the arms of Springer McDowell.

Sexy, warm, appealing Springer. He would make Jessica face the greatest challenge of her life -- motherhood.

Awards