Raymond Johnson

Let The Sky Fall

She Held The Whole Town’s Secrets

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Just So Far

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Myra Didn’t Trust Rex — But She Couldn’t Resist Him

From the back:

Adam And Two Eves

Rex Stanton had a Florida key, a cruiser, a supply of gin — and Myra. She was a handsome, spirited creature who began by trying to reform him. But under the spell of the tropical sun, and Rex’s irresponsible charm, her inhibitions melted and Myra became a complete wanton.

Then into their paradise came a second Eve. She was Alice Randal, a woman from Rex’s glamorous, half-forgotten past. Alice knew what she wanted. And Rex found out that a man can run just so far before the moment of decision.

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You Asked For It (Original Title: Casino Royale)

She Played A Man’s Game With A Woman’s Weapons

Yes, that Casino Royale. When the debut Bond novel was first published in America, it was thought that the original title was inappropriate for American readers.

The company’s marketing geniuses griped that the name Casino Royale wasn’t sufficiently saleable. (“Apparently, it was feared that American readers would not be able to pronounce ‘Royale,” quips a piece at CommanderBond.net). They wanted something different, a replacement that was more in keeping with the tough-guy stories then flooding U.S. bookstores.”Fleming’s suggestions for a new title, The Double-O Agent and The Deadly Gamble, were disregarded,” Wikipedia recalls,”in favor of You Asked for It. The novel was subtitled ‘Casino Royale’ and made reference to secret agent 007 as ‘Jimmy Bond’ on the back cover”

From the back:

If he hadn’t been a tough operator, Jimmy Bond would never have risked a weekend with a woman who used her magnificent body as a weapon to destroy him…

But it was toughness that had landed Jimmy his job with the Secret Service — the job of smashing the ruthless Le Chiffre and his spy network — no matter how many women tried to stop him…

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Faithless

She Was Lovely And Sweet — But Her Ways Were Wicked

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The Affairs Of A Leading Lady

An Intimate Story of Backstage Passion!

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Hired Girl (Venus Books)

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An Intimate Story Of The Loves Of A Farmer’s Daughter

This book was later reprinted, but I don’t think it is related to this one of the same name.

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Tory Mistress

She Used Men As Stepping Stones To Fame

This entire book can be read here

From the back:

From Street Girl To Society Lady

Set in the heyday of the American Revolution, this is a racy, exciting tale about a saucy young strumpet who blackmailed her way into a respectable Colonial family… Married to a wealthy English Lord… Spied on the Tories for General George Washington… And finally fell in love with a dashing woodsman all in one fabulous career that took her from the depths of London’s slums to the heights of Colonial American society.

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