Dorian and Edwina were Llanview�s latest seductresses.

After divorcing Paul Kendall, Pat resolved to start her life over. She poured her energies into her new television talk show on Llanview�s WVLE-TV. She was flattered by the attention paid to her by millionaire Adam Brewster, who hid from Pat the fact that he suffered dangerous epileptic seizures.

Snobby and ambitious Edwina Lewis, a new writer working for Dorian�s new Lord Press, came to Llanview and set her sights on Becky Lee Hunt�s man, the wealthy Richard Abbott. Despite Edwina�s seductive efforts, Richard asked Becky to marry him. Faced with losing Richard, Edwina took off for North Carolina to do a little digging into Becky�s past. There she learned that Becky�s last name was Jackson, not Hunt.

Richard received a tantalizing offer from Joe to head up The Banner�s European Bureau. Just as Richard and Becky were about to leave for Europe, a �red neck� named Luke Jackson showed up in Llanview. Luke turned out to be Becky Lee�s husband! Edwina viewed Luke�s presence as a godsend. He was the one way that she could keep Richard from leaving Llanview.

One night, Luke brutally beat Richard, leaving him with a fractured skull. Luke was apprehended and sent to prison, but before long he escaped and plotted to get his final revenge on Becky Lee for leaving him. In a shootout, Ed Hall was hit and rushed to Llanview Hospital where he was operated on by Dr. Jack Scott. Dr. Scott performed a delicate operation to remove a bullet lodged near Ed�s heart. For saving her husbands life, Carla was exceedingly grateful to the gruff no-nonsense Dr. Scott, who in turn began to show more than a passing interest in her.