Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

The Flame and the Flower

A woman stowaway finds unexpected love aboard a ship

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Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Kathleen Woodiwiss was the American author who revolutionized romance publishing with The Flame and the Flower, the first single-title romance novel published as an original paperback. Her lushly detailed historicals transformed the genre's commercial and artistic possibilities.

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