Dallas Mayo - Island of Sin
Midwood Books F211, 1962
Cover Artist: Paul Rader
"The only industry on the island was sex – and business was booming."
Dallas Mayo is a pseudonym of Gilbert Fox
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Allen O'Quinn - A Woman for Henry
Gold Medal Books 399, 1954
Cover Artist: Baryé Phillips
"Like the swamp she lived in, Morna was a lure, and an ending."
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William Bennett - Nor Fears of Hell
Fabian Books Z-126, 1959
Cover Artist: unknown
"Clem didn't mind seeing her stark naked, but for some silly reason she had wanted to hide behind a bush to strip."
The title is from Goethe's "Faust, Part I" (line 369):
"Scruples, or the complexity of doubt,
Torment me not, nor fears of hell or devil,
But I have lost all peace of mind."
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Don Karl - Up Jumped Passion
Playtime Books 643-S, 1963
Cover Artist: Robert Bonfils
"It's like a sneak belly punch when he learns his new super sexed doll has been bought with gambler's money."
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John D. MacDonald - On The Run
(Original Title: Where the Body Lies)
Gold Medal Books d1827, 1967
Cover Artist: Robert McGinnis
"Who the hell did she think she was, plunging into his present life, pleading with him to forget his past, promising him the impossible?"
A shorter version of this novel appeared in Cosmopolitan in 1962 under the title "Where the Body Lies"
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