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FROM: "Jennifer Hoffman" <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 1/3/05, 2:49 PM

Hello,

I have been unable to track this one down using the usual sources.
Does this description from an on-line library customer strike any
bells?

Question: i have been searching for a book for 8 years and
have had no luck . all i know definitevely is that ,
1. it is a romance novel
2. the cover had a green background
3. it was published before 1996
4. it had over 600 pages
5. at the very beginning of the book the main heroine was running from
someone and hid in a crate which she inadvertenly got locked in and put
on a ship, where she was discovered and then tossed overboard in a
barrel, but then retrieved by the captain of the ship. i do know that
the main hero gave her "rich fabrics" in which to sew and one piece in
particular was an emerald green color. heroine also is seduced and
becomes pregnant but doesnt discover until they have landed.
the captain of the ship literally cleans out a broom closet on the ship
so that she has her own "quarters" and gives her a cot to sleep upon.
this is all i know for sure.
I have done internet searches using every word from above with no luck.
I also accessed barnes and nobles, borders and ebay doing similar
searches. I also started a search at kensington books website, but there
are literally thousands of books to search through with no way to narrow
my search beyond several thousand. i have posted this same question in
two romance readers forums, with no response. no one seems to know what
this book is. can you help me?

Thank you!

-Jennifer Hoffman
[removed]@denver.lib.co.us

FROM: Tracy Trotter <[removed]@adamslib.org>
REC'D: 1/3/05, 3:17 PM

This sounds vaguely like one of the Kathleen Woodiwiss titles but I
haven't read them for at least 25 years. Possibly the Flame and the Flower?

Tracy Trotter

Jennifer Hoffman wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have been unable to track this one down using the usual sources.
>Does this description from an on-line library customer strike any
>bells?
>
>Question: i have been searching for a book for 8 years and
>have had no luck . all i know definitevely is that ,
>1. it is a romance novel
>2. the cover had a green background
>3. it was published before 1996
>4. it had over 600 pages
>5. at the very beginning of the book the main heroine was running from
>someone and hid in a crate which she inadvertenly got locked in and put
>on a ship, where she was discovered and then tossed overboard in a
>barrel, but then retrieved by the captain of the ship. i do know that
>the main hero gave her "rich fabrics" in which to sew and one piece in
>particular was an emerald green color. heroine also is seduced and
>becomes pregnant but doesnt discover until they have landed.
>the captain of the ship literally cleans out a broom closet on the ship
>so that she has her own "quarters" and gives her a cot to sleep upon.
>this is all i know for sure.
>I have done internet searches using every word from above with no luck.
>I also accessed barnes and nobles, borders and ebay doing similar
>searches. I also started a search at kensington books website, but there
>are literally thousands of books to search through with no way to narrow
>my search beyond several thousand. i have posted this same question in
>two romance readers forums, with no response. no one seems to know what
>this book is. can you help me?
>
>Thank you!
>
>-Jennifer Hoffman
[removed]@denver.lib.co.us
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
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>

FROM: "Jessica Moyer" <[removed]@richland.edu>
REC'D: 1/3/05, 3:33 PM

I think it sounds very much like the Flame and the Flower as well, with
parts of the Elusive Flame, both by Woodiwiss. But not exactly, Heather
is pregnant before they voyage and Cerynise's pregnancy isn't discovered
until after they land. But Cerynise is given separate quarters (which
are tiny). Both were published in the 1970's and are still popular
today.

Jessica E. Moyer, M.S., C.A.S.
Director of Academic Resources, Learning Resources Center
Richland Community College, One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521
Phone: 217 875 7211 ext 294 Email: [removed]@richland.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer Hoffman
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 2:44 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Looking for pre-1996 romance set at sea

Hello,

I have been unable to track this one down using the usual sources.
Does this description from an on-line library customer strike any bells?

Question: i have been searching for a book for 8 years and
have had no luck . all i know definitevely is that , 1. it is a romance
novel 2. the cover had a green background 3. it was published before
1996 4. it had over 600 pages 5. at the very beginning of the book the
main heroine was running from someone and hid in a crate which she
inadvertenly got locked in and put on a ship, where she was discovered
and then tossed overboard in a barrel, but then retrieved by the captain
of the ship. i do know that the main hero gave her "rich fabrics" in
which to sew and one piece in particular was an emerald green color.
heroine also is seduced and becomes pregnant but doesnt discover until
they have landed.
the captain of the ship literally cleans out a broom closet on the ship
so that she has her own "quarters" and gives her a cot to sleep upon.
this is all i know for sure.
I have done internet searches using every word from above with no luck.
I also accessed barnes and nobles, borders and ebay doing similar
searches. I also started a search at kensington books website, but there
are literally thousands of books to search through with no way to narrow
my search beyond several thousand. i have posted this same question in
two romance readers forums, with no response. no one seems to know what
this book is. can you help me?

Thank you!

-Jennifer Hoffman
[removed]@denver.lib.co.us

FROM: "Nora Armstrong" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 1/3/05, 3:38 PM

That's exactly the title I'm thinking of - we haven't got a copy here at
work, and NoveList only gives it a one-line blurb ("A Yankee rapes Heather,
is forced to marry her, and brings her to America where they begin to fall
in love." - ah, the good old days... :-) ), and I don't have time to wade
through the 125 reader reviews at Amazon, so I can't be sure.

But if I had to hazard a guess, I'd agree with Tracy on this.

Nora Armstrong, Information & Referral Manager
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
300 Maiden Lane
Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000
Phone (910) 483-7727, x204 / Fax (910) 486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Tracy Trotter
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:12 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Looking for pre-1996 romance set at sea

This sounds vaguely like one of the Kathleen Woodiwiss titles but I
haven't read them for at least 25 years. Possibly the Flame and the Flower?

Tracy Trotter

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/4/05, 12:41 AM

If worse comes to worst, and the collective brain has no clue (I don't,
unfortunately) then I suggest you post your query on THE ROMANCE READER -
www.theromancereader.com. Within the site, there's a section for hard to track down
books. Some of the readers may be able to help. I've used the feature, and it
works.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

In a message dated 1/3/2005 3:46:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@denver.lib.co.us writes:
Hello,

I have been unable to track this one down using the usual sources.
Does this description from an on-line library customer strike any
bells?

Question: i have been searching for a book for 8 years and
have had no luck . all i know definitevely is that ,
1. it is a romance novel
2. the cover had a green background
3. it was published before 1996
4. it had over 600 pages
5. at the very beginning of the book the main heroine was running from
someone and hid in a crate which she inadvertenly got locked in and put
on a ship, where she was discovered and then tossed overboard in a
barrel, but then retrieved by the captain of the ship. i do know that
the main hero gave her "rich fabrics" in which to sew and one piece in
particular was an emerald green color. heroine also is seduced and
becomes pregnant but doesnt discover until they have landed.
the captain of the ship literally cleans out a broom closet on the ship
so that she has her own "quarters" and gives her a cot to sleep upon.
this is all i know for sure.
I have done internet searches using every word from above with no luck.
I also accessed barnes and nobles, borders and ebay doing similar
searches. I also started a search at kensington books website, but there
are literally thousands of books to search through with no way to narrow
my search beyond several thousand. i have posted this same question in
two romance readers forums, with no response. no one seems to know what
this book is. can you help me?

Thank you!

-Jennifer Hoffman
[removed]@denver.lib.co.us

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