Hostage Heart (Dallas, 7)

by Paul Mantell, Avery Hart, Mary Ann editor David Jacobs Series Creator Cooper

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916217876
• ISBN13: 9780916217877
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Pioneer Communications
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.

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Another novelization of the "Dallas" TV series

"Hostage Heart" is the seventh in a series of novelizations on the 1980s "Dallas" TV series. The books come from the Soaps & Serials imprint of Pioneer Communications Network, which also did similar novelizations of TV's "Guiding Light," "Days of Our Lives" and "Dallas" spinoff "Knots Landing," among others. There are at least 14 books in the "Dallas" series. This one is based on the second-season episodes "Fallen Idol" and "Kidnapped." Bobby and Pam have been married about one year, and Sue Ellen is pregnant with a child that she suspects belongs to Cliff Barnes, with whom she's carrying on a secret affair. Bobby's college friend Taylor "Guzzler" Bennett comes to town for a visit. He was like a big brother to Bobby once, and Bobby learns that Guzzler is now in the construction business like he is. They strike up a partnership to build a mall on a parcel of Southfork Ranch that's near a new housing development. J.R. has other plans for that Section 40 of Southfork, however; he's been cutting illicit deals on the side to drill on that property -- against his parents' wishes. J.R. tries to derail Bobby's mall project, calling in a private eye to dig up the dirt on Guzzler and using Pamela as his flunky to bring Guzzler down with the information. But Bobby already knew the dirt on his buddy. Still, it's enough to drive Guzzler out of town. Mixed into all of this (!) are the kidnappers who have their eyes on the Ewings. They aim to nab J.R., but when Bobby borrows J.R.'s car, the younger brother is grabbed instead. Cliff must act as the go-between with the kidnappers, putting him in a most uncomfortable alliance with the Ewing family. J.R. calls in the FBI, then he and Jock enlist the aid of Ray Krebbs and a team of sharpshooters to make sure Bobby's safe in the exchange, spare the $5 million ransom and take out the bad guys.