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Simms had every reason to fear him. Nick Sanders, undaunted by D.J.'s chilly demeanor and intimidating reputation as one of Tulsa's best lawyers, had uncovered the unrecognized, unacknowledged longing beneath the facade of this woman who never spoke of her past, who moved numbly through the present, and who dared not consider the future.</div> <div> He had uncovered Dani Simms. He saw her flee a child's innocent laughter, and he offered her understanding and comfort. He offered dreams, happiness, a future. He offered love.</div> <div> Love was hope. Love was the future. Love was a tantalizing dream--and her deadliest enemy--a horrifying nightmare reminding her of all she had lost. She had nightmares enough already. After what she had done, after what had been done to her, D.J. didn't dare to dream. </div> <bR> <div> Gold 5 from Barbara's Critiques</div> <div> Nominated by Romantic Times magazine for Best Harlequin American 1984 </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Originally published by Harlequin American Romances in 1984, this book has been released in so many foreign languages I've lost count. I gave my Greek translation to my priest so that she could brush up on her language skills, and I quite gleefully tucked away copies of the two Japanese translations, fourteen years apart.</div> <bR> <div> The Embiid cover depicts oil industry images in the background, and one of Oklahoma's many lakes in the inset. This one is a manmade lake just west of Tulsa where I once visited a truly wonderful private residential development, complete with a gate keeper, quite similar in fact to the place at "Key Point" where Nick takes Dani for a visit.</div> <div> While looking for cover images to supply to Melisa (too late -- she'd already come up with this design, bless her) I found a number of links to Tulsa area photographs which you might enjoy.</div> <bR> <div> Dare To Dream links:</div> <bR> <div> Here are some <A HREF="http://www.tulsadowntown.org/development.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tulsadowntown.org/development"><U>Tulsa skyline</U></A> pictures--</div> <bR> <div> --and some interesting, some even spectacular photos of <A HREF="http://www.tulsa.com/gallery/gallery2.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tulsa.com/gallery/gallery2.as"><U>downtown Tulsa</U></A> (including two mediocre ones of the Main Mall near the bottom of the page) (and downtown Tulsa at Sunset, about halfway down showing skyline across the river) (and various  photos of the Philtower building in all its "antique" glory)  here. This takes quite a while to load. It also leads to other pages in the "gallery."</div> <bR> <div> I'm sorry I had no luck locating photos of Riverside Park that would show the steps and river, or the fountain in the middle of main mall that would show its size and scope (it took up the center of the closed intersection, with steps up and seats) or the up-lake side of Keystone Dam. Sigh. </div> <bR> <div> Maybe I just can't search properly. The private housing area is based on a real place, but it was being developed twenty years ago and is probably stable and locked into its truly blessed owners by now.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> *****</div> <bR> <div> From my backlist page:</div> <bR> <div> DARE TO DREAM  </div> <div> ISBN 0-373-16077-1  </div> <div> 1984 - Harlequin American  </div> <bR> <div> Gold 5 from Barbara's Critiques  </div> <div> Nominated by Romantic Times magazine for Best Harlequin American 1984</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> *****</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Dare to Dream"><U><IMG SRC="0cf281b0.gif" border=0 width="40" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="https://members.tripod.com/bin/counter/daretodream.htm?000000" ALT="[Tripod Counter]">  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>