The Flame and the Flower was rejected by agents and hardcover publishers, who deemed it as 'too long' at 600 pages. The novel revolutionized mainstream publishing, featuring an epic historical romance with a strong heroine and impassioned sex scenes. She is credited with the invention of the modern historical romance novel: In 1972 she released The Flame and the Flower, an instant New York Times bestseller that created a literary precedent. She wrote her first book in longhand while living at a military outpost in Japan. Air Force Second Lieutenant Ross Eugene Woodiwiss at a dance, and they married the following year. She long relished creating original narratives, and by age 6 was telling herself stories at night to help herself fall asleep. Kathleen Erin Hogg was born on June 3, 1939, in Alexandria, Louisiana, she was the youngest of eight siblings by Gladys (Coker) and Charles Wingrove Hogg, a disabled World War I veteran. But try as she might, Raelynn cannot close her ears to the cruel accusations and whispered rumors about her new spouse that buzz around her head like bees.

In the loving shelter of her husband's embrace, the pain of loss is diminished, as is her anger over her family's tragic and undeserved disgrace. Her marriage to dashing American shipbuilder Jeff Birmingham signals the beginning of a wonderful new life for Raelynn Barrett. She seeks a new home and a new life across the waters, but all depends on the kindness of a charming adventurer who was once the object of her youthful infatuation.Ī Season Beyond a Kiss, read by Susan Ericksen directed by Sandra Burr engineered by Melissa Coates. A brilliant young artist tossed from her home with only the clothes on her back, Cerynise must now turn to a childhood companion for assistance - the dashing sea captain Beauregard Birmingham - and beg him to provide her with passage to the Carolinas. The Elusive Flame, read by James Daniels directed by Laura Grafton engineered by Jeremy Spanos.Ĭerynise Kendall has been left destitute and in dire need following the death of her doting patron and protectress.

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