In a Class by Itself [Mass Market Paperback]

Sandra Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 28, 2000

One of romance's best-loved authors, Sandra Brown creates love stories whose "larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life."* Now the New York Times bestselling author delivers a powerfully erotic and deeply moving tale of a woman reunited with her first and only love--a man who wants what she denied him ten years ago....

In A Class By Itself

Dani Quinn knew Logan Webster would be at her high school reunion. Yet she had come in order to prove to herself that she was not afraid to see him again. Her departure years before from both Logan and the small Texas town where they were sweethearts had been abrupt, painful, and not of her choosing. Worst of all, she'd never had the chance to tell Logan the truth of why she had to leave. Now she would not only have a chance to explain, but to ask him for a favor. Handsome, charming, and dangerously charismatic, Logan exudes all the power and confidence of a self-made success. He listens as Dani describes her work for a charitable foundation and expresses her hope that he will donate one of his properties for a much-needed summer camp. Logan agrees, but with one shocking proviso: that Dani fulfill the intimate promise she made to him years ago. It is meant to be a coldhearted business transaction...but this time when Dani is once again compelled to leave without an explanation, nothing can keep Logan from following.


*Rendezvous


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Dani Quinn returns to the small Texas town where she spent her high school years to attend her tenth reunion. While there, she has the opportunity to renew a relationship with Logan Webster with whom she had eloped when both were teens. Her parents subsequently took her away and had the marriage annulled. Dani moved to the big city and briefly married and divorced; she then became actively involved in working for an organization that helps disabled children. Logan tries to determine how Dani really feels about him and why she never came back until now. In the first half of this audio version, romantic interludes dominate to the extent that one loses the thread of the story line. It is not until the second half that a plot takes shape and the motivations of the main characters are revealed. Elaina Erika Davis does an adequate job of conveying the emotional exchanges between the couple. Recommended mainly for Brown fans.?Catherine Swenson, Norwich Univ., Northfield, VT
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"A novelist who can't write them fast enough."—San Antonio Express-News

"Author Sandra Brown proves herself top-notch."—Associated Press

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (November 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055357602X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553576023
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.6 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #943,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Sandra Brown is the author of sixty New York Times bestsellers, including RAINWATER (2010), TOUGH CUSTOMER (2010), SMASH CUT (2009), SMOKE SCREEN (2008), PLAY DIRTY (2007), RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR (2005), WHITE HOT (2004), HELLO, DARKNESS (2003), THE CRUSH (2002), ENVY (2001), THE SWITCH (2000), THE ALIBI (1999), UNSPEAKABLE (1998) and FAT TUESDAY (1997), all of which have jumped onto the Times bestseller list in the number one to five spot.

Brown began her writing career in 1981 and since then has published over seventy novels, bringing the number of copies of her books in print worldwide to upwards of eighty million. Her work has been translated into thirty-three languages.

A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in Waco, grew up in Fort Worth and attended Texas Christian University, majoring in English. Before embarking on her writing career, she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television, including weathercasting for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and feature reporting on the nationally syndicated program "PM Magazine."

She is much in demand as a speaker and guest television hostess. Her episode on truTV's "Murder by the Book" premiered the series in 2008 and she was one of the launch authors for Investigation Discovery's new series, "Hardcover Mysteries."

In 2009 Brown detoured from her thrillers to write Rainwater, a much acclaimed, powerfully moving story about honor and sacrifice during the Great Depression.

Brown recently was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University. She was named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer's Association. Other awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SANDRA BROWN IN A CLASS OF HER OWN, June 4, 2000

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Desmond Chan (Bishan North Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In a Class by Itself (Hardcover)

Sandra Brown is one of the most accomplished writers in romance and IN A CLASS BY ITSELF follows her usual tradition in weaving magical romances with her trademark sensuality and poignancy.

Logan and Dani are a pair of high school lovers, embittered because of their separation. Parental objection posed a stumbling block for them in the past and now with Dani, gaining her independence after learning from an ill-fated marriage, she is ready to steer the charity organisation, Friends In Need with pools of donation.

Logan strikes a deal with her to lend his own property out for a summer camp on the terms that she would accompany him for a week. Dani finds herself trapped between passion and cold reality as her feelings for Logan had never once been extinguished.

Sandra Brown is a gifted writer who, with her rich descriptions takes reader on an emotional roller coaster. The chemistry between Logan and Dani is one fuelled by hot sensuality, riveted passion and unrequited love. Her stunning romance novels are nevertheless typical, but it is also through the simplicity that you find her books true-to-earth.It is at once heart-rendering in a class of its own with the stumbling blocks of life Dani and Logan had to go through.

Exquisite and compelling, this book is in a class by itself.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Put it Down, December 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: In a Class by Itself (Hardcover)

This is one of Sandra Brown's finest. I sat down in one afternoon and read it in 4 hours. The book starts off with clincher and keeps you hanging. She never gives anything away though you do suspect. It was realistically written that kept you wanting more. I have already recommended it to many of my friends.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Class, January 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: In a Class by Itself (Hardcover)

When I picked up the book and started reading it, I just couldn't put it down. The story between two high school sweethearts truly hit it me in the heart. Sandra Brown really knows how to touch a person.