

Heiress
Author: Janet Dailey
Narrator: Shelley Thompson
Unabridged: 18 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 02/23/2021
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Author: Janet Dailey
Narrator: Shelley Thompson
Unabridged: 18 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 02/23/2021
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Janet Dailey's first book -- a Harlequin romance -- was published in 1976. In the twenty years since, she has written 89 more novels and become the third largest selling female author in the world, with 300 million copies of her books sold in 19 languages in 98 countries. Her most recent bestsellers, Masquerade, Rivals, and Heiress, have all sold more than one million copies each. She is known for her strong, decisive characters, her extraordinary ability to re-create a time and place, and her unerring courage to confront important, controversial issues, like alcoholism and sexual abuse, in her stories.All of her novels are meticulously researched, an endeavor she shares with her husband, Bill Dailey. The couple met in 1963, when Janet worked as a secretary for the construction company Bill owned. The two travel extensively to scout story locations, and have visited all 50 states; these days, they are likely to fly, but miss the time when they drove cross country, a trailer attached to their car. Janet Dailey also reads voraciously about every aspect of any subject she writes about; as she remarks, "Accuracy is important in genre fiction; you have to get it right, zero in on the real details. That's the way to make writing come alive and not irritate the readers with carelessness."When they are not traveling, the couple spend time at their home on the shore of Lake Taneycomo in Branson, Missouri. It is the part of the country Dailey loves best, partly because, she says, "The people around me are more interested in their problems and their lives, and that sort of keeps me in touch with reality. They think it's nice that I write, but they really couldn't care less."Allison Janney has been featured on Broadway (Present Laughter), in films (Big Night and First Wives Club) and on television shows on all four networks.
Shelley Thompson has over one hundred radio productions to her credit, while her stage work includes The Memory of Water, Love on Main, Drinking Alone, and Shakespeare Unplugged. Among her television appearances are Red Eagle, Drop the Dead Donkey, EastEnders, and the lead in Mike and Angelo. On film she has been seen in When Innocence Is Lost and Just Like a Woman.
first of all, i cannot say that i love the immoral fiction, such as this one (Janet Dailey is my first start of reading novel, i love her jobs, i collect all of her works as most as possible to find out). Love is all the heart of most classic romance novel, but not the immoral, Rechael's mother to t......more
Okay, sigh. I read this because I've been collecting trashy 80's epics and from the cover this seemed to fit the bill. And it did. Kind of. It's the story of two sisters, one legal heir, Abbie, and the other a "love child" (as the characters continually say), Rachel. When their shared father dies Ab......more
“[Dailey’s] wit, imagination and creation of a sardonic male romantic lead constitute solid entertainment.” Publishers Weekly
“This is a good selection for the older set who remember Dailey in her heyday.” Library Journal
“The complexity of [the sisters’] relationship fascinates....[Dailey] moves her story ahead so purposefully and dramatically...readers will be glad they've gone along for the ride.” Chicago Tribune