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Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

    June 3, 1939 – July 6, 2007

    This author is credited with inventing the modern historical romance novel. Her groundbreaking work, released in 1972, forever changed the genre by introducing a strong heroine and passionate love scenes within an epic historical narrative. Despite initial rejections from traditional publishers, the novel achieved immense success, establishing a new literary precedent. Her style is characterized by intricate plots, unconventional situations, and intimate, steamy descriptions of relationships that defined a new era of romance fiction.

    Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
    The Flame and the Flower
    Shanna
    The Wolf and the Dove
    Shanna, English edition
    Ashes in the Wind
    A Rose in Winter
    • 2012
    • 2009

      Abrielle muss den Heiratsantrag des skrupellosen Desmond de Marlé annehmen, um ihren Stiefvater zu schützen und der Armut zu entkommen. Ihr Herz gehört jedoch dem stolzen Schotten Raven Seabern, der alles daransetzt, sie aus den Fängen de Marlés zu befreien. Der letzte Roman der Meisterin historischer Liebesromane!

      Der wilde Ruf des Herzens. Roman
    • 2007

      Shanna, English edition

      • 672 pages
      • 24 hours of reading
      4.1(9848)Add rating

      A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. In return for a night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her with his name from an impending and abhorred arranged union. But in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is broken, as a sensuous free spirit takes flight to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the stranger she married to face the gallows unfulfilled. But Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with that of the tempestuous, intoxicating Shanna. He will be free . . . and he will find her. For no iron ever forged can imprison his resolute passion. And no hangman's noose will deny Ruark the ecstasy that is rightfully his.

      Shanna, English edition
    • 2007

      Everlasting

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.7(286)Add rating

      Once, Abrielle was a privileged daughter coveted for her bearing, her breeding, her wit, and her beauty. But when her stepfather is denied his rightful title and the wealth that accompanies it, Abrielle finds herself suddenly disgraced. Only one man would still have her: the oafish and grotesque Desmond de Marlé. To rescue her once-proud family's honor, Abrielle must sacrifice her virtue to this scoundrel she fears and detests . . . even as she yearns for another lover. Dashing, handsome, tall, and kind, Raven Seabern is quite unlike any man Abrielle has ever encountered. But their love can never be, for Abrielle is betrothed to a monster. And the well-being of everyone she cares for demands that she honor her promise. Still, Raven knows he has found the true one and must never let her go—though secrets, deceptions, dishonor, and unimaginable peril will surely be their fate if they follow the dictates of their hearts.

      Everlasting
    • 2003
    • 2003

      The Reluctant Suitor

      • 580 pages
      • 21 hours of reading
      3.7(196)Add rating

      For as long as she can remember, Lady Adriana Sutton has adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by an agreement of courtship and betrothal since childhood.

      The Reluctant Suitor
    • 2002
    • 2002