Dallas 10 - Winner Take All

"Winner Take All" is the 10th 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 begins at the second-season episode "The Red File, Part 2," as Pam has just left Southfork after J.R. framed her brother Cliff for the murder of Ewing Oil secretary Julie Grey. The book continues through the episodes "Sue Ellen's Sister" and "Call Girl." Sue Ellen's sister and mother have just visited, and her mother has left, but Kristin has stayed on at Southfork, setting her sights on the distraught Bobby and being highly encouraged by the wily J.R. Cliff, recently defrocked from the Office of Land Management because of the murder scandal, catches wind of the Ewings' dealing with farmer Wally Kessel, who owns property the Ewings want to drill on. Cliff talks Pamela into borrowing $10,000 from Bobby to lend to Cliff, who then pays off Kessel so he can hold out against the Ewings' offers. J.R. finds out and tells Bobby, who then tells Pamela that Cliff has double-crossed her. This drives more of a wedge between them, as Pamela won't believe that about her brother. Pamela's been immersed in her work at The Store, meanwhile, working with model Leanne Rees, who is secretly a former prostitute and who's working hard to get to the point to be able to bring her young daughter home with her. Bobby works out the situation with Wally Kessel, then Pam overhears Cliff gloating about the whole thing to a business partner, so she learns the truth. J.R. is now out to get Ben Maxwell, a supporter of Cliff, so he blackmails Leanne into staging a naughty scene between Ben and Pam. And you'll know the rest if you've seen the episodes ...