THEIR WILDEST DREAMS

Maybe it's the open Arizona sky that encourages people's improbable American dreams. Divorced Helen MacIsaac (Mackie) just wants to pay some bills foisted upon her by her no-good ex-husband. Little does she realize that putting her talent as a dancer to work in a border-town topless club will place her and her beautiful 17-year-old daughter in the way of Buck Samsonov, a mad Russian emigrant living an old West land baron's dream. Money fuels this Wild West show as reader Laural Merlington maneuvers the frenetic plot. She brings to life the dreamers who reach for the stars but most times come away with a handful of cactus thorns. R.O. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 03/JAN 04]