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(via Covers of the Week #121: Lou Marchetti)

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(via Covers of the Week #119: Gothic Romance)

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Wyoming Wildfire by Anne Harmkn, Diamond Books, Berkley Publishers, 1993

Cover artist: Melissa Duillo-Galllo

Check out the purple eyeshadow. I still rock that early/mid 1990s aesthetics. But, I am old, so...👵

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Happy #stepbacksaturday everyone! A few weeks back I featured a #stepback #romancenovel written by the same author of this book. Like that other #Romance, this step back has a keyhole design where you can see the heroine's face. Which is appropriate as the #book is named after her, or at least it's a song version of her name. Written with the author's characteristic rough & earthy yet also incredibly sensitive tone, this book tells a story of a woman who "fights her way to freedom through the hearts of many men." The heroine is biracial & it is a major plot point as this is set in the Antebellum United States. True love conquers all, even though the hero and heroine are forced to move out west start a new life together. At the end, the very rough-around-the-edges hero says to his heroine, "I just don't give a damn woman. White or black, I want you for what you are." And I believe in their happily ever after. #biracialheroine #step-backs #stepbacks #historicalromance #romancebook #bookstagram #bookish #romancestagram #sweetsavageflame #sweetsavageflame.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CT96DlarF-V/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Four for #coverlustfriday. A Victor Gadino, Elaine Duillo, Elaine Gignilliat, and a Walter Popp. I'm new to this, so hope I'm doing this right.🤔 #bookstagram #bodiceripper #bodicerippers #gothicromance #romancenovels #romancestagram #victorgadino #elaineduillo #elainegignilliat #walterpopp #oldskoolromance #sweetsavageflame https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjU-i-NMno/?utm_medium=tumblr

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T.g.i. #coverlustfruday! For today I chose two #romancenovels that are set in the desert and feature the word sand in the title. I haven't read either of these #books, but I so was taken by the #coverart I had to show them off. Fire and Sand by Sarah Edwards was published in 1989 by Saint Martin's press. Unfortunately I don't know who the cover artist is but I will file this in the TBD folder. It takes place in North Africa where the heroine finds herself abducted and sent to a harem. She meets an American who helps her escape and they begin a swashbuckling adventure of star-crossed love. That's according to the blurb, anyway. The other book is called Daughter of the Sand by Pamela South. It was published in 1979 by Playboy Press. The cover artist is Jordi Bosch Penalver, better known as Jordi Penalva, a well-established pulp and comic artist. This one sounds like a crazy #bodiceripper, set in the 1920s, where the heroine continent hops from England to Arabia to Austria to America. She gets kidnapped by a desert Sheik becomes an associate of American mobster, and finds love with a handsome doctor. Sigmund Freud makes an appearance as her psychiatrist. Both these books have fairly low ratings on Goodreads, but that never stopped me from reading an #oldschoolromance, especially when the #covers are so pretty. Plus I must admit to having bad taste and a low bar for being entertained. If a book grabbed my attention, it merits a positive review. How rigid are you in judging the books you read? Do you value quality writing over plot? Or are they both equally important? #bookish #bookishromance #bookstagram #historicalromances #historicalromance #desertsetting #desertromance #romancestagram #sweetsavageflame #vintageromance #1980sromance #1970sromance #retroromance #retroreads #bodicerippers #coverlust #coverslut https://www.instagram.com/p/CaIrEeMro3f/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy #coverlustfriday! As always I'm all about #oldskoolromancebooks. Today I'm featuring a 1981 #romancenovel written by Fern Michaels and published by Ballantine books. Deceptively titled Captive Innocence, this #book had nothing to do with her best-selling Captive Trilogy about a female pirate and her foster daughter. That series was coo-cool crazy and deserves its own post. This book is a #romance about a New England Widow name Royall Banner who inherits property in Brazil. There she meets a mysterious stranger with whom she has a one night stand. When she gets to her new home she finds her neighbor is Sebastian Rivera, the very man she slept with. Drama ensues as neighbors fight over land. The back blurb states Captive Innocence is "the rapturous story of Royall Banner and the only man who could make her feel like a woman." 😆 I chose this #cover because I have no idea who the #coverartist is. If anybody has any idea or any clues I'd love to know. Plus it's pretty, with the pink white and rose colored flowers interspersed with the lush green foliage. Any fans of #FernMichaels' #historicalromance or #bodiceripper novels? She later went on to write #categoryromance before becoming a blockbuster Phenom in mainstream Romance and fiction. #bookish #bookishromance #romancetagram #bookstagram #bookcovers #romancenovel #RomanceBooks #romancebookstagram #sweetsavageflame #covers https://www.instagram.com/p/CZQ7OERLZIm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I always remember to post on #stepbacksaturday, then I forget to do the #stepbackreveal! But there's still time today to get this one out!🙂 This Ken Otsuka #cover features a gorgeous #clinch and a kitty, which just make me love it more. Promise Me Magic by Patricia Camden has an unusual Germanic/Swiss setting. It was part of bantam's Once Upon a Time romance series, wish I had thought were based on fairy tales, but I'm not so sure. This romance is about two strong-willed people fighting over the same home. Unfortunately it's one of the many books that I have started but have yet to finish. Do any of you have that same issue? So many books seem interesting, that I start them, but then another one grabs my attention and end up with multiple books I read the same time. The ultimate readers' dilemma so many books so little time! #sweetsavageflame #bookishromance #historicalromance #stepback #bookish #bookstagram #romancestagram #romance #romancebookstagram #romancenovel #romance #RomanceBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CYz5KFeLS6P/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy Saturday everyone! It's been awhile since I've participated in #caturday and a #stepbackSaturday so I'm killing two birds with one stone with this gorgeous #stepbackcover. Spot the kitty beneath the clinch pose in a field of flowers. A cat features prominently in the plot and the author was also a cat fancier. This pretty cover is designed by Ken Otsuka. #sweetsavageflame #romancenovel #romance #romancestagram #bookishromance #bookstagram #romancenovels #kenotsuka https://www.instagram.com/p/CYwdf95Lh_S/?utm_medium=tumblr

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5 Wonderful Heroines From 5 Great Vintage Romances #vintagebooks #vintageromancebooks #oldschoolromancebooks #oldskoolromancebooks #categoryromance #contemporaryromance #historicalromance #gothicromance #greatheroines #SweetSavageFlame #sweetsavageflame.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CTM1z1JrAqy/?utm_medium=tumblr

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For this week's #stepbacksaturday I chose a #romancenovel written by one of my favorite authors of #oldschoolromancebooks. This is a rare one that I have not yet read, but as usual it features great #coverart by one of genre's legendary artists. As you can tell from the cover this #romance includes sword fighting and swashbuckling adventure. Can you guess the cover? #stepback #stepbackcover #historicalromance #romances #romancenovels #oldschoolromancebooks #oldskoolromance #RomanceBooks #romancestagram #books #bodiceripper #bookish #bookstagram #sweetsavageflame #sweetsavageflame.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIVzjTrqt9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The Last Waltz by Nancy Zaroulis, Zebra Books, 1985, Pino Daeni cover artist #stepbacksaturday #bookstagram #romancestagram #romancenovels #historicalromance #zebraromance #zebrahistoricalromance #pino #pinodaeni #sweetsavageflame https://www.instagram.com/p/CQkevPBjzP_/?utm_medium=tumblr