The Crowd Pleaser Author:RoseMary Rogers In the crowd pleasers, the author of such best-selling historical romances as Sweet Savage Love and Wicked Loving Lies turns her attention to today's Beautiful people...and produces a sizzling novel of epic dimension. When beautiful Anne Reardon-the overprotected daughter of the man known to Washington insiders as the "kingmaker"-meets Webb Car... more »nahan, the macho sex idol of Hollywood, an unquenchable flame of passion is lit. The two could not be more different-Anne, the ice maiden incarnate...unawakened and fleeing a stiffling marriage...and Webb, the half-Irish, half Italian street kid who made it big. Yet neither has known real love or desire until thier unexpected encounter on a snowy day in a small town. But Anne's need for freedom drives her away from Webb into the glittering world of the international jet set, where show buisness and political intrique mingle in a dangerous, intimate decadence. Making a name for herself as a model, she is offered the leading role in an epic movie-with Webb as her co-star. Dread and desire consume Anne, for she wants Webb desperately, but fears his power over her.« less