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FROM: "Dee Henderson" <DeeHenderson@worldnet.att.net>
REC'D: 12/22/99, 1:33 PM

A couple observations:

<< Most romance novels are one story, though a good many of them are
connected in a series these days - marketing. We use this site most
often in tracking romance series for patrons.
<A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~eventmaker/series.html">http://members.tripod.com/~eventmaker/series.html</A> The series usually
revolve around a location or a group of connected individuals, but not
one couple. >>

Another great place to check is <A HREF="http://www.bookbrowser.com/">http://www.bookbrowser.com/</A>
Look on their Series and Sequels page.

<< Renee, I am just asking here because I don't read enough romance
to know, but isn't the difference that most romances are one story
and not a series? Except for Christian ones and I don't know how
they go either. >>

The Christian romance series my editor has been buying lately have
most often been where the next book brings back a secondary character
in the previous book as the main character.

Danger in the Shadows is about Sara and Adam. My editor asked for
the sequel to be about Sara's brother Dave who was prominent in
Danger in the Shadows. So The Negotiator is Dave and Kate's book.
It lets the readers see Sara and Adam married in the next book but
have them be secondary characters. The first and second chapters
in the sequel are often intentionally used the ties between the
two books. Look in the back of Danger in the Shadows for the
teaser chapter and you will see what I mean, or glance at my web
page where chapter 1 is given.

I've been surprised at how often readers are writing requesting
these kind of continuing stories. I think its a growing trend
in the CBA market.

Dee Henderson
<A HREF="http://home.att.net/~DeeHenderson">http://home.att.net/~DeeHenderson</A>

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