cover image Roses Are for Rich

Roses Are for Rich

Jonell Lawson. Signet Book, $3.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-451-14109-5

All Sue Anne McAvan wants out of life is a family. She seems well on the way to achieving this dream when she marries Lonnie Norton, a young Kentucky miner, and becomes pregnant. But Lonnie suspects that mine-owner Osborne is not taking correct safety precautionshe investigates and is soon killed in a car crash. Shock causes Sue Anne to miscarry. Convinced that Lonnie's death was no accident, the widow's new goal in life is revenge. She leaves town and returns years later with a new name, new image and a plan to ruin Osborne. When he dies before she can do him in, she marries Osborne's son Brian, intending to prove that his family was responsible for Lonnie's death. The scheme backfires, however, when she falls in love with Brian and must consider what her vengeance will cost. Pat but entertaining. (April)