All or Nothing [Paperback]

Catherine Lanigan (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this sprawling saga of mid-1980s Texas ranch life, the characters are as heroic and as villainous, and the events as miraculous and as cataclysmic as those of prime-time television soap operas. After receiving word of her uncle's death, beautiful New York fashion photographer Maureen McDonald heads for his ranch in Kerrville, Tex., to straighten out his affairs. Within days Maureen concludes that her glamorous career and her relationship with her boss/boyfriend have been shallow and unrewarding. She wants to be a Texan, and decides to honor Uncle Mac by keeping the ranch afloat and making it hers, and so refuses the many tempting offers for the property--including one from her childhood friend and neighbor, Alex Cottrell. Maureen is menaced by mob hit men, cattle poachers and drug dealers, but survives, thanks to her indomitable spirit. Lanigan, author of Romancing the Stone under the name Joan Wilder, knows her genre well and peoples her yarn with likable characters as well as several endearingly loathsome ones. Greed, pursuit of power, infidelity, passion and devotion reach outrageous proportions but, with hard work and loyalty to Texas, love conquers all.
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); 1 edition (November 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380754592
• ISBN-13: 978-0380754595
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,687,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

CATHERINE LANIGAN

Catherine Lanigan is the bestselling author of over thirty published titles in both fiction and non-fiction, including the novelizations of ROMANCING THE STONE and THE JEWEL OF THE NILE, as well as over a half dozen anthologies, including "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living your Dream", "Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul", "Chocolate for a Woman's Heart" and "Chocolate for a Woman's Spirit." Ms. Lanigan's novels are sold globally and have been translated into over a dozen languages including French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. Ms. Lanigan's novels are also available on audio-cassette, CD and electronic downloads for Kindle on Amazon.com. Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her novel, "The Christmas Star", won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from "Romantic Times Magazine" and has also won Book of the Year Romance Gold Award from "ForeWord Magazine" as well as "Book of the Year Romance from "Reader's Preference". Allworth Publishing has released Lanigan's "how-to" book on writing: "Writing the Great American Romance Novel." She is the author of "Evolving Woman" which deals with true stories of domestic abuse. She has recently completed a non-fiction compilation book dealing with substance abuse,"NotMYkid", for the NotMYkid foundation. Ms. Lanigan is a frequent speaker at literary functions and book conventions; conducts hands-on writing workshops and seminars; as a cancer survivor, she is invited to speak on raising awareness for early detection; as well as inspiring audiences with her real stories of angelic intervention from her ANGEL WATCH series. She has been on numerous radio programs including "Coast to Coast" and on television interview and talk show programs such as "Montel."