Top 10 Fiction Best Sellers for PA out of 535 - 3/1/03
Discover the top 10 fiction best sellers in Pennsylvania out of 535 books as of 3/1/03. Explore this curated list of must-read novels and trending titles that captivated readers.
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The Haunted Racetrack
by West
Tammy, a psychic, is hired by a racetrack owner to find out why strange things have been happening at his track. When she arrives, she senses that there is a spirit there. The ghost talks to her and shows himself, but not enough for her to see who he is. He leaves messages for her on her laptop, bathroom mirror, and hotel wall. Tammy has to talk to drivers and crew members. She has to ride around the track in their cars to see what will cause a big crash. After she saves one of the driver's lives, they become involved. The ghost tells her that he will help her. Tammy has to go to different tracks to see if she can figure out what will cause the big crash. What will happen? Can they fix it in time? Will they discover the answer soon enough?
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First the Raven
by Leora Krygier
An encounter with a strange, bearded man on a motorcycle foretells a journey of redemption for Amir, an Israeli ex-paratrooper who is a veteran of two Middle East wars and the Intifada. His marriage and his relationship with his troubled daughter both fraying, he secretly longs to parachute again, but worries that his life in Los Angeles has made him go soft, too weak to return to the skies. One rainy afternoon, he finds respite in a restaurant run by expatriate Israelis. There, he finds an unlikely friend in Rosenberg, an elderly Holocaust survivor who makes his living conducting funerals. Estranged from his own family, Rosenberg makes the rounds of convalescent homes and mortuaries, picking up lonely strangers like wounded birds. When Amir's daughter is implicated in a shooting, Rosenberg becomes Amir's spiritual compass as the two come to terms with devastating events long buried in their pasts.
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Powwow Woman
by Robert Widder
Powwow Woman is the story of an Indian Medicine woman who saves the life of a Scandinavian fur trapper and marries him. They settle in a frontier town, near what is now Pittsburgh, where they run the tavern and saloon. She is content to be the understanding wife of a handsome ladies' man until the sheriff banishes her from the territory. She, her husband's squaw-wife, and their half-breed sons are all that keep him from becoming the town's mayor. The sheriff adds that his daughter will marry the new mayor. The spurned wife plots her bloody revenge. The details of Indian medical lore are interwoven with the story of the Indian woman meeting and marrying the white man and their escape from her tribe. Extensive descriptions of Indian medical lore are based on tales of a family ancestor who probably lived and dispensed herbal remedies in and around Fort Duquesne.
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Moonsword
by Diana Hignutt
An ancient prophecy leads a warrior prince to take up his destiny as the Moon Goddess in a battle with a sinister Demon out to destroy the world. Druids, faeries, enchanted swords and a transsexual prince come together in this unforgettable tale of adventure and magic.--Adapted from Amazon.com.
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Chimborazo
by Steven Wise
Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the last dark months of the Civil War. Letha Bartlett is the beleaguered matron of a ward that houses three men whose lives become entwined with hers.
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Anything, My Love
by Cynthia Simmons
Derinda James, the feisty, strong-willed, Boston-bred beauty, is excited to learn of the man who had sired her and travels into the wild Arizona Territory to meet the one time soldier and gunfighter. When he is killed, soon after, by the same man he had raised as a son, she is horrified and vows to take revenge against the half Indian gunslinger, who owns a large ranch in the territory of Wyoming. With Cheyenne blood surging through his veins, senses honed sharp from years of necessity, and probing steel blue eyes, Clinton Gage is not one to be fooled easily. From the start he is suspicious of the golden-curled, little liar whose loathing for him is as obvious as her desire. She is a mystery he intends to solve, but can he do it before he loses everything--even his heart? Emotions are laid bare and passion ignites, but even as she gives in to the love she can no longer deny, she knows she's gone too far.
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The Works of the Flesh
by Robert Krause
Entrepreneurial lawyer Wyn Cash has it all a success, wine, women, and song. He also has an unhappy wife, an impatient business partner, and relationships which are not what he thinks they are. A mysterious Mafia-style execution and an ongoing federal investigation are the catalysts which set Wyn on a path altering his life forever. aYou've become a slave to the works of the flesh. Keep it up, and the works of the flesh will devour everything you touch,a his friend Christine warns. aThe works of flesh?a Wyn asks. Heall wish he knew the answer sooner, and when he finally does get it, will it be too late?
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Sherwood Forest
by Lisa Croll Di Dio
The forest was a place of shadows and secrets...and in Sherwood, the Old Ways were very much alive... Enter the forest...it is May Eve, in the springtime of the world. Danu, who has led the forest people for 35 years, passes her legacy on to one younger and stronger, Maid Marian. Together with the powerful priestesses, Aspen, Rowan, Willow and Laurel, she is charged with the task of encircling Sherwood with protective magic, for this a time of transition, a time of choice, a perilous time for those who know the Goddess. The lines have been drawn and even the Fairy Queen plays her hand in a battle between faith and fear, wisdom and greed, magic and intolerance...