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Suffixes with the common part -phil- (-phile, -philia, -philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something. They are antonymic to suffixes -phob-.

Phil- (Philo-) may also be used as a prefix with a similar meaning.

Philia (φιλία) as an ancient Greek word for love refers to brotherly love, including friendship and affection. This contrast to the ancient Greek terms Eros, or sexual/romantic love, and agapē, or detached, spiritual love. English usage differs in some cases from the etymological use, and several of these words refer in English not to brotherly love but to sexual attraction.

The suffix “-phile” (or, in a few cases, -philiac) applies to someone or something with one of these attractions.

The suffix “-philic” describes the property of being attracted to something.

The less common suffix “-phily” is synonymous with “-philia”.

There are five major areas of usage of this suffix: biology, sexology, chemistry/physics, hobbies, and attitude to specific nations, with occasional coinage in other areas.

Contents

• 1 Biology
• 2 Chemistry/Physics
• 3 Hobbies
• 4 National
• 5 Other
• 6 Prefix “phil-”

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Biology

• acidophilia / acidophile: Preference of acidic conditions.
• alkaliphilia / alkaliphile: Preference of alkaline environments.
• anthophilia / anthophile / anthophilic: Attraction to flowers.
• anthrophile / anthrophilic: Attracted to humans (e.g., parasites).
• anemophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
• cryophilia / cryophilic / cryophile: Preference for cold environments, climates, objects and low temperatures; e.g., Protea cryophila (Snow Protea).
• dendrophilia / dendrophilic / dendrophile: Preference of trees or other plants.
• entomophilous: Adapted for pollination by insects.
• extremophilia / extremophile: Preference of living extremal conditions for some microorganisms.
• geophilia / geophilic / Geophile Referring to organisms that prefer the soil.
• halophilia / halophile: Attraction/attracted to salt or salt-water.
• heliophilia / heliophile: Attraction/attracted to sunlight.
• hydrophilia: Attraction to water.
• hyperthermophilia / hyperthermophile / hyperthermophilic: Describing organisms that thrive in extremely hot environments.
• limnophilia / limnophile / limnophilic: Preference of ponds or marshes.
• lithophilia / lithophile / litophilic: Preference/affinity to stones.
• mesophilia / mesophile: Preference of moderate temperatures in microorganisms.
• microaerophilia / microaerophile / Microaerophilic: of organisms that can tolerate or require environments containing low levels of oxygen.
• myrmecophilia: in names of orchids of genus myrmecophila, “love of ants”
• nemophilia: Love of the woods/forests, in the name of the genus Nemophilia of flowers.
• nyctophilia: A preference for darkness or night.
• ombrophilia / ombrophile: Affinity/affined to large amounts of rainfall.
• petrophilia / petrophile / petrophilic: Preference of living or spending time in rocky areas.
• photophilia / photophile / photophilic: Preference of living or spending time in lighted conditions.
• psammophile: A plant loving sandy areas (psammophyte).
• psychrophilia / psychrophile: Preference of cold temperatures.
• rheophilia: Preference of living in running water.
• rhizophilia: Preference of living on roots.
• thermophilia: Love of high temperatures; thriving in high temperatures (e.g. microbes).
• tropophilia / tropophile / tropophilous: Preference of seasonal extremes of climate.
• xerophilia: Love of living or spending time in very dry conditions.
• xylophilia: Love of wood.
• zoophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by animals.

Chemistry/Physics

• chromophilous: Staining easily
• electrophile: A substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
• lipophilic: A substance that is attracted to lipids, as in cell membranes.
• nucleophile: A substance having an affinity for positive charge; antonym of electrophile.

Hobbies

• audiophilia: Love of high-fidelity sound reproduction
• arctophilia: Love of teddy bears; especially, an interest in collecting teddy bears
• bibliophilia: Love of books
• biophilia: Love of nature
• cinephilia: Love of cinema and film
• glossophilia: Love of languages
• hippophilia/hippophile: Attraction/attracted to horses
• logophilia: Love of words - Logophiles may be interested in word games, such as crosswords, or Scrabble, and in the extreme, derive enjoyment from reading things commonly given less notice, such as labels
• metrophilia: Love of the metro rail or subway systems
• neophilia: Love of the latest novelties and trends
• oenophilia: Love of wine
• ornithophilia: Love of birds
• taphophilia: Love of graves, cemetries and funerals
• technophilia: Love of technology
• turophilia/turophile: Love of cheese / connoisseur of cheese

National

• Anglophile: a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. Antonym: Anglophobe
• Francophile, a fan of French culture. Antonym: Francophobe
• Europhile: a person who wants to increase cooperation between governments within the European Union. Antonym: Eurosceptic
• Germanophile, a fan of German culture
• Hellenophile, a fan of Greek culture
• Hibernophile: a lover of Ireland or Irish culture.
• Hispanophile, a fan of Spanish or Hispanic culture
• Indophile, a fan of India
• Japanophile: a non-Japanese person with a strong interest in Japan or Japanese culture. Also known as Otaku. Antonym: Japanophobe.
• Russophilia: love of Russia and/or Russians. Antonym: Russophobe.
• Sinophile: a non-Chinese person with a strong interest in China or Chinese culture. Antonym: Sinophobe

Other

• gynephilia and androphilia: Sexual attraction to females and males respectively
• see also Paraphilia for other terms relating to sexology
• haemophilia: A disease relating to blood clotting
• lygophilia: Love of darkness
• philosophy: Love of wisdom, also an academic field
• retrophilia: Love of things of the past
• theophilia: Love of a god

Prefix “phil-”

• Philately
• Phillumenism
• Philosophy
• Philology
• Philanthropy
• Philanderer
• Philadelphia
• Philhellenism, the love of Greek culture

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Monica Burns (born in E. St. Louis, MO) is American author who specializes in writing Erotic romance novels. She was a finalist in the national Romance Writers of America 2005 Golden Heart for Long Historical Romance.

Monica Burns

Born
September 26
E. St. Louis, IL

Occupation
Novelist

Nationality
United States

Writing period
2005 to present

Genres
Romance, Paranormal, Erotic Romance, Historical Romance

Official website

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Awards
• 3 Novels
  • 3.1 Print
  • 3.2 eBook
• 4 On the Web
• 5 References

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Biography

A multi-published author of erotic romance, Monica Burns penned her first short romance story at the age of nine when she selected the pseudonym she uses today. Burns writes Erotic romance novels for two small press publishers. She is a 2005 Golden Heart Finalist, 2006 EPPIE finalist, 2005 CAPA nominee. a January 2008 Romantic Times BOOKreviews Top Pick and a recipient of JERR’s Silver Star award. As an up and coming author, Burns has guest blogged on Lifetime TV’s Romance B(u)y The Book blog

Monica is also a survivor. At the age of 19, she was date raped. Healing is a life-long process, and her writing has helped her reclaim some of her self-worth. She shared her story in September of 2007 on The Knight Agency blog Her Story

As an individual with Bipolar disorder, Monica is one of 5.7 million American adults (or about 2.6% of the population 18 years or older) affected by this condition according to the National Institute of Mental Health .

Awards

• 2008 RWA Passionate Plume Finalist for Mirage
• JERR Silver Star Award for A Bluestocking Christmas in Holly, Ivy, and Me
• 2005 Gold Heart Finalist from RWA for Mirage
• 2006 Eppie Finalist
• 2005 Reviewers Choice Award eCataromance

Novels

Print

• The Art of Pleasure(Anthology featuring “Rogue in Disguise”) - 2005 New Concepts Publishing
• Forbidden Pleasures (Anthology featuring “Love’s Revenge & Love’s Portrait) - 2006 New Concepts Publishing
• Blue Stocking Christmas ( Anthology) - 2006 New Concepts Publishing
• Obsession - 2006 New Concepts Publishing
• Mirage - 2009 Samhain Publishing
• Dangerous - 2009 Samhain Publishing

eBook

• Rogue in Disguise - (2005) - New Concepts Publishing
• Love’s Revenge- (2005) - New Concepts Publishing
• Love’s Portrait - (2005) - New Concepts Publishing ]
• Blue Stocking Christmas in the
• Obsession - (2006) - New Concepts Publishing
• Mirage - ( 2007) Samhain Publishing
• Dangerous - (2008)Samhain Publishing

On the Web

• Monica Burns - author website
• Monica Burns on Romance Wiki
• Monica & the Muse - author blog
• MySpace - author MySpace
• The GabWagon - Four Authors, Four Opinions Blog - joint blog

References

1. ^ Burns, Monica. “Monica Burns Guest Blog”, Lifetime TV’s Romance B(u)y The Book. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 
2. ^ Burns, Monica. “Romance”, The Knight Agency Blog. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 
3. ^ “Deidre Knight, Agent”, Publishers Marketplace. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 
4. ^ “Bipolar Disorder”, National Institute of Mental Health. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 

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Marriage Royale

This is the logo for Marriage Royale.

マリッジロワイヤル

Genre
Harem

Light novel

Author
Shingo Hifumi

Illustrator
Aoi Nishimata and Hiro Suzuhira

Publisher
ASCII Media Works

Demographic
Male

Magazine
Dengeki G’s Magazine

Published
November 30, 2005 – ongoing

Manga

Author
Navel

Illustrator
Koko Natsuki

Publisher
ASCII Media Works

Demographic
Seinen

Magazine
Dengeki G’s Magazine

Original run
February 30, 2007 – ongoing

Volumes
2

Marriage Royale (マリッジロワイヤル, Marijji Rowaiyaru?) is a series of illustrated Japanese fictional short stories written by Japanese author Shingo Hifumi, and illustrated by Aoi Nishimata and Hiro Suzuhira; both illustrators are from Navel. The short stories are apart of a reader-participation game in the Japanese bishōjo magazine Dengeki G’s Magazine, published by ASCII Media Works, which started on November 30, 2005. A manga based on the short stories, illustrated by Koko Natsuki from Lime, started serialization in Dengeki G’s Magazine on February 30, 2007.

Contents

• 1 Plot
  • 1.1 Story
  • 1.2 Characters
    • 1.2.1 Main characters
    • 1.2.2 Bride candidates
• 2 Media
  • 2.1 Short stories
  • 2.2 Manga
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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Plot

Story

Marriage Royale’s story revolves around the male protagonist, a high school student named Tsukasa Hinomoto, who is told one day by his parents that he was adopted. Furthermore, they tell him that his real father is a manager of a large company, meaning he is very rich and holds a lot of power. Tsukasa’s real father wants his son to marry a good woman, so he sets up an event known as Marriage Royale where beautiful girls from all over Japan will come together at a school built especially for the event and vie to become Tsukasa’s fiancé. The school is located on an isolated island near Japan, and Tsukasa himself is taken there to live in a mansion in the care of two twin maids: Miku, the elder sister, and Miu, the younger sister.

Characters

Main characters

Tsukasa Hinomoto (日乃本 司, Hinomoto Tsukasa?)
Tsukasa is the protagonist of the story. He is the one all the bride candidates are vying to marry once the “Marriage Royale” is finished.

Miku (美久, Miku?)
Miku is one half of the maid twins, the other being her younger sister Miu. She works for Tsukasa’s father, and takes care of the mansion where he lives.

Miu (美宇, Miu?)
Miu is the younger sister of Miku, her twin sister, and fellow maid of the mansion where Tsukasa lives. She is in charge of educating Tsukasa in a more proper upbringing.

Bride candidates

Minato Daiba (大場 湊, Daiba Minato?)
Minato is from Tokyo; her name comes from Minato, Tokyo, and Odaiba. She is Tsukasa’s childhood friend, and since she is prone to making silly mistakes, she sometimes appears younger than she is. She has known Tsukasa since they were in kindergarten, and went to the same junior-high, and high schools, and plans to go to the same university as him too.

Minami Umeda (宇目田 深波, Umeda Minami?)
Minami is from Osaka Prefecture; her name comes from Namba, which is also known as Minami, and Umeda. She and Tsukasa went to the same elementary school together, and Minami developed her first crush on him. Despite being from Osaka, she can speak both standard Japanese dialent, and Kansai dialect, which is the main dialect of the region in and around Osaka. She has a high interest in fashion and styles of clothing.

Komachi Akita (秋田 小町, Akita Komachi?)
Komachi is from Akita Prefecture; her name comes from a brand in rice in Japan known as Akitakomachi. Her family holds friendly relations with Tsukasa’s birth-family and is a typical daughter of a distinguished family. She was originally brought up to become Tsukasa’s fiancé.

Otoha Shinjo (新城 音羽, Shinjō Otoha?)
Otoha is from Aichi Prefecture; her name comes from Otowa, Aichi, and Shinshiro, Aichi. She is the niece of Tsukasa’s adoptive parents, making her his cousin, though she also seems like a younger sister to him. She is generally innocent, though is also selfish and has an evil-streak.

Miyako Asakura (朝倉 美弥子, Asakura Miyako?)
Miyako is from Fukuoka Prefecture; her name comes from Miyako, Fukuoka, and Asakura, Fukuoka. She has a doting father, which humbles her view of male society. She hates to lose in anything, and when engaged in a challenge, she will stop at nothing to win. She typically has a cold attitude towards Tsukasa, giving her a tsundere personality.

Yakumo Hidaka (日高 八雲, Hidaka Yakumo?)
Yakumo is from Hokkaidō; her name comes from Yakumo, Hokkaidō, and Hidaka, Hokkaidō. She is a hard person to figure out, and others do not readily know her intentions; part of the reason for this is that she dresses in a Gothic Lolita style of clothing. She is generally indifferent about the world around her, and can be blunt.

Sera Saeki (佐伯 世羅, Sakei Sera?)
Sera is from Hiroshima Prefecture; her name comes from Sera, Hiroshima, and Saeki-ku, Hiroshima. Due to a traumatic event when she was a child, she has developed a fear of men. This fear is expressed especially in closed spaces near men, such as in elevators, or packed trains. She likes to collect stuffed toys and dolls, and generally likes this that are considered cute.

Asahi Sanjo (三条 朝日, Sanjō Asahi?)
Asahi is from Niigata Prefecture; her name comes from Asahi, Niigata, and Sanjō, Niigata. She was raised by her father, and due to his influence, dresses and acts like a male. Due to this influence, she rarely wears feminine attire.

Ena Tenryū (天竜 江奈, Tenryū Ena?)
Ena is from Shizuoka Prefecture; her name comes from the Tenryū-ku ward of Hamamatsu. During her junior-high school years, she was a junior of Minami Umeda, but afterwards transferred to Shizuoka Prefecture. She is usually a cheerful girl who is frank and manages the soccer club.

Iyo Uwajima (宇和島 伊予, Uwajima Iyo?)
Iyo is from Ehime Prefecture; her name comes from Iyo, Ehime, and Uwajima, Ehime. Despite being eighteen-years-old, she comes off as an older gyaru-like girl. She is the eldest of four sisters and likes to look after her younger siblings. She has the tendency to get wild ideas and can be seen as unreliable.

Ebino Hamayū (浜木綿 えびの, Hamayū Ebino?)
Ebino is from Miyazaki Prefecture; her name comes from Ebino, Miyazaki, and the Japanese name for the Poisonbulb flower. She has a bit of an evil-streak and is maniacal about many hobbies. She likes to call Tsukasa “Darling”, and is the shortest of the bride candidates.

Uruma Nago (名護 うるま, Nago Uruma?)
Uruma is from Okinawa Prefecture; her name comes from Nago, Okinawa, and Uruma, Okinawa. She comes from a large, poor family where she is the youngest child. Due to a simplistic life with little to no luxuries, she was able to focus mainly on her school work and gets good grades because of it. She likes to refer to Tsukasa as “Onii-chan”, meaning “older brother”.

Media

Marriage Royale manga volume 1.

Short stories

Marriage Royale began as a reader-participation game in ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki G’s Magazine on November 30, 2005, where the profiles of two girls, Minato Daiba and Minami Umeda, were supplied for the reader. After reading the profiles, the reader could illustrate what they wanted the girls to look like, and send it in; out of all the entries, two were chosen for each girl, and the attributes of both were combined to create a single character design illustrated by either Aoi Nishimata, or Hiro Suzuhira. Both illustrators are from Navel, which is also known for producing the visual novels Shuffle!, and Soul Link. Every three months, two new profiles were published, and this pattern continued until the fourth round with eight girls at the time. The second round introduced Komachi Akita, and Otoha Shinjo; the third round brought in Miyako Asakura, and Yamuko Hidaka; and the fourth round had Sera Saeki, and Asahi Sanjo. On July 30, 2007, four more profiles were published, with the same rules applying as with the previous rounds; the fifth round covered Ena Tenryū, Iyo Uwajima, Ebino Hamayū, and Uruma Nago. Aoi Nishimata has provided illustrations for Miku, Minami, Komachi, Yakumo, Sera, Iyo, and Ebino; Hiro Suzuhira drew Miu, Minato, Otoha, Miyako, Asahi, Ena, and Uruma.

The short stories themselves are more or less vignettes where each one gives a very brief glimpse of a scene between the protagonist, and the given heroine he is with in the story. The stories are accompanied by illustrations of the given heroine, and are drawn by either Aoi Nishimata, or Hiro Suzuhira depending on which artist originally drew which girl. The first batch of stories, serialized between March 30, 2006 and January 30, 2007, was under the collective title Girl’s Heart, and contained eight chapters, one for each of the first eight heroines. A second batch under the general title Dearest Stories started serialization on August 30, 2007.

Manga

The Marriage Royale manga, illustrated by Koko Natsuki of Lime, started serialization in Dengeki G’s Magazine on February 30, 2007, published by ASCII Media Works. The first bound volume was released on October 27, 2007 containing the first eight chapters, published under ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Comics label; the second volume was released on May 27, 2008. The manga contains the eight girls from the first four rounds of the reader-participation game, and carries the same premise as with the game too.

References

1. ^ “Story of Marriage Royale” (in Japanese). Navel. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
2. ^ “Marriage Royale reader-participation game rules” (in Japanese). Navel. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.

External links

• Marriage Royale’s official website (Japanese)

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Categories: Light novels | Manga series | Dengeki Comics | Dengeki G’s Magazine | Harem anime and manga | Manga of the 2000s | Romance anime and manga | School anime and manga | Seinen

Patricia Wilson

Born
date of birth unknown

Pen name
Patricia Wilson

Occupation
Novelist

Writing period
1986-2004

Genres
Romantic novel

Patricia Wilson was a popular writer of 53 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1986 to 2004.

Contents

• 1 Bibliography
  • 1.1 Single Novels
  • 1.2 Postcards from Europe Series Multi-Author
• 2 References and Resources
• 3 External links

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Bibliography

Single Novels

• The Final Price (1986)
• Bride of Diaz (1986)
• A Lingering Melody (1987)
• Moment of Anger (1987)
• Ortiga Marriage (1987)
• Impossible Bargain (1987)
• A Certain Affection (1988)
• Beloved Intruder (1988)
• When the Gods Choose (1988)
• Temporary Bride (1988)
• Gathering Darkness (1988)
• Guardian Angel (1989)
• The Dangerous Obsession (1989)
• A Secret Understanding (1989)
• Bond of Destiny (1989)
• Stormy Surrender (1990)
• Passionate Enemy (1990)
• Curtain of Stars (1990)
• Perilous Refuge (1991)
• The Gift of Loving (1991)
• Forbidden Enchantment (1991)
• Jungle Enchantment (1991)
• Intangible Dream (1992)
• Out of Nowhere (1992)
• Dearest Traitor (1992)
• Walk Upon the Wind (1992)
• Dark Illusion (1992)
• Reckless Crusade (1992)
• A Healing Fire (1993)
• Passionate Captivity (1993)
• A Dangerous Magic (1993)
• Powerful Stranger (1993)
• Relentless Flame (1994)
• Edge of Danger (1994)
• Sense of Destiny (1994)
• Burden of Innocence (1994)
• Tender Deceit (1995)
• Never a Stranger (1995)
• Coming Home (1996)
• An Innocent Charade (1996)
• Borrowed Wife (1996)
• Macbride’s Daughter (1997)
• A Dark and Dangerous Man (1997)
• Black Velvet (1997)
• Courting Trouble (1997)
• A Darker Shadow (1998)
• To the Lake City (1999)
• Fire Storm (2001)
• Crescendo (2001)
• West of the Moon (2002)
• His Unexpected Proposal (2002)
• Under Surveillance (2004)

Postcards from Europe Series Multi-Author

• Dark Sunlight (1993)

References and Resources

• Harlequin Enterprises Ltd’s Website

External links

• Patricia Wilson’s Webpage in Fantastic Fiction’s Website

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Crush

Promotional movie poster for the film

Directed by
John McKay

Produced by
Julia Chasman
Hanno Huth
Paul Webster

Written by
John McKay

Starring
Andie MacDowell
Imelda Staunton
Anna Chancellor
Kenny Doughty
Bill Paterson

Music by
Kevin Sargent

Cinematography
Henry Braham

Editing by
Anne Sopel

Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics

Release date(s)
August 19, 2001 (Edinburgh Film Festival)
June 7, 2002
April 5, 2002 (limited)
September 5, 2002
November 26, 2003

Running time
112 min.

Country
UK/Germany

Language
English/French

Official website

Allmovie profile

IMDb profile

Crush is a 2001 R-rated film written and directed by John McKay and starring Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty, and Bill Paterson.

Plot

Three friends tell each other their sexual (mis)adventures.

External links

• Crush at the Internet Movie Database

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This article is about the manga series by Kawakata Kaoru. For other uses, see Open Sesame (disambiguation).

Open Sesame

Genre
Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life

Manga

Author
Kawakata Kaoru

Publisher
Kodansha

Demographic
Shōnen

Magazine
Magazine Special

Original run
16 March 2001

Volumes
16

Open Sesame is a manga series by Kawakata Kaoru and published by Kodansha. Open Sesame tells the story about amateur boxing champion Danjou Yamato, who moves to Tokyo with his family, and Maki Mogami, the daughter of a highly respected doctor, and their relationship as they transform from bitter rivals to close friends.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Characters
  • 2.1 Main characters
  • 2.2 Yamato’s Family
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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Plot

Danjou Yamato is a high school student who lives in the countryside and is the boxing champion of the region. However, when his family has to move out to live in Tokyo, he is transfered to a school in Tokyo that was previously an all-girls school. Girls have a lot of power and give the guys a hard time. But Yamato will not bow down to the power of the girls, and on his way to claim power for the guys in the school, he finds out something about his past…something that he had forgotten long ago…

Characters

Main characters

Yamato Danjou (壇上大和, Danjou Yamato?) The story’s main character. His family moves from Nami Island to Tokyo. Yamato is the Tokai regional boxing champion. When Yamato arrives at his new school he is shocked to discover that the class was mostly girls. He soon finds out that there some boys there but that there were only nine. He also learns that the girls are the main power in the school, and becomes enraged by this when he is ordered by some girls to clean the girls washroom. He bluntly denies and snaps back at them telling them to clean the washroom. Soon after Yamato engages in a type of war against the girls where he begins to secure a place of power for the boys and even creates a boxing club. Yamato is shown to be extremely strong and quick, as shown when he is able to put a sizeable dent on the class blackboard with his bare hands and knock out an opponent in 10 seconds.

Maki Mogami (最上 槙, Mogami Maki?) A classmate of Yamato. She is first seen helping Yamato when he was dealing with city thugs. She even gives him her handkerchief, later when she discovers Yamato’s name and that he was attending the same school she was, she disliked him. It is entirely unclear why she dislikes him but it apparently has to do with a past that Yamato has completely forgotten. Mogami is at first shown to be a bossy and rude person who wants things done her way or no way at all. Later she still retains her bossy attitude but has mostly faded to insulting Yamato at every possible chance she can get. Despite this she and Yamato seem to retain a love/hate relationship and get along generally well. However she refuses to deepen this relationship due to Yamato forgetting his past.

Yamato’s Family

Yayoi Danjou (壇上弥生, Danjou Yayoi?) Yamato’s Sister. Goes to a different school and is friends with Maki’s Sister. She is currently dating a boy from another school.

Sumire Danjou (壇上スミレ, Danjou Sumire?) Yamato’s pet chicken that he carries around with him. Yamato raised him since he was an egg.　Has a tendency to snuggle up to the girls in the series and peck at his owner a lot.

References

1. ^ “Open Sesame (manga)“. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.

External links

• Kaoru’s room (Author’s Official Site)

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For the 1991 film adaptation, see Fried Green Tomatoes (film).

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

First edition cover

Author
Fannie Flagg

Country
United States

Language
English

Genre(s)
Fiction

Publisher
Random House

Publication date
August 12, 1987

Media type
Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

Pages
403 pp

ISBN
ISBN 039456152X

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a 1987 best selling novel by Fannie Flagg. In 1991 the novel was adapted into the film Fried Green Tomatoes.

Contents

• 1 Plot summary
• 2 Setting
• 3 Characters
• 4 Themes
• 5 Literary reception and criticism
• 6 External links
• 7 References

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Plot summary

The story jumps narration and sequence and is distinctive in chapter opening visuals to establish the date and the source of the chapter. Some come from the fictional newspaper in Whistle Stop, Alabama called The Weems Weekly. Some come from the Couch’s house in Birmingham, and others fill in some of the more intimate details of the stories told about the characters.

The story is told through many generations and begins in 1985 with an unfulfilled housewife named Evelyn Couch, who visits her mother-in-law, who dislikes her, at an Alabama nursing home. While avoiding her, Evelyn meets nursing home resident Ninny Threadgoode, who begins to tell her random stories of her home in Whistle Stop, beginning in the 1920s. Evelyn becomes so interested in the stories of Whistle Stop that her life begins to take new meaning in the characters in Mrs. Threadgoode’s history.

Ninny Threadgoode grew up in a bustling house after being adopted by the Threadgoode family and eventually married one of the brothers. Her first love, however, was young Buddy Threadgoode, whose pet of all the children was the youngest girl, Idgie (Imogene). An unrepentant tomboy, Idgie learned her charm from Buddy. Buddy died tragically, when a train hit him and high school-aged Idgie was devastated. Nothing civilized her until a few summers later when beautiful and virtuous Ruth Jamison came to live with the family while she taught Vacation Bible School. The family and servants watched with amusement as Idgie fell head over heels in love with Ruth, but when Ruth went home to Georgia to marry a man she was promised to, once more Idgie drank too much, lived in the woods, and fell apart.

After a few years, Idgie went to check up on Ruth and discovered that her husband, Frank Bennett, was abusing her. When Ruth’s mother died of illness soon after, a page torn from the Book of Ruth in the bible was sent to the Threadgoode house, and Idgie, her brother Julian, and Big George (son of the Threadgoode cook, Sipsey) went to Georgia to bring the pregnant Ruth home. Frank resisted, but Ruth came home and promised never to leave Idgie again. Papa Threadgoode gave Idgie money to start a business so that she could care for Ruth and their son. She bought the cafe where Sipsey and her daughter-in-law Onzell cooked and Big George, married to Onzell, made the best barbecue in Alabama.

Idgie and Ruth had a son and the cafe became known all over the US during The Great Depression through the communication of hobos, especially half-time Whistle Stop resident Smokey Lonesome. It had a reputation for feeding men down on their luck, and Idgie and Ruth got in trouble from local law enforcement when they decided to serve black customers from the back door at lowered prices. It was about this point that Georgia detectives started asking about the suspicious disappearance of Ruth’s ex-husband.

Evelyn Couch becomes so entwined in Mrs. Threadgoode’s stories that she begins to live them in her mind, and she realizes how purposeless her life has become and how pointless her reasons were for caring about people’s opinions while growing up. Overweight and virtually ignored by her husband, Evelyn becomes inspired by Idgie’s boldness and audacity and creates an alter-ego named Towanda, a hyper-violent Amazon-like character who lashes out at people. Uneasy by how much satisfaction she feels at lashing out, Evelyn confesses to Mrs. Threadgoode what is happening. She gets a job with Mary Kay Cosmetics and at Mrs. Threadgoode’s suggestion, starts to take hormones for menopause.

Prodded on by Evelyn, Ninny resumes her story, For years the cafe ran, through World War II and into the 1950s. Idgie and Ruth’s son grew up, and the lives of the town members moved on. However, when Ruth died of cancer, the life went out of the cafe. Soon after, Idgie herself was arrested along with Big George for the murder of Frank Bennett when his car was found at the bottom of a lake outside of Whistle Stop. The case is dismissed at the trial when the local minister, paying Idgie back for anonymously bailing his son out of jail, lies on the stand and testifies that she and Big George were at a three day revival the weekend Frank Bennett went missing. Bennett’s body was never found, but it is revealed toward the end that Sipsey killed him as he came in the cafe to kidnap Ruth’s infant son, by slamming a cast iron skillet on his head. Big George barbecued the body and Sipsey buried the head in the Threadgoode’s garden.

Evelyn gets called home from a weight loss camp when Mrs. Threadgoode dies, and Evelyn visits her grave driving her new pink Cadillac. After visiting her grave, Evelyn notices a note from Idgie on Ruth’s grave, placed there moments before.

In an epilogue, we learn that Idgie is still alive, and now sells honey by a roadside stand.

Setting

• The “Whistle Stop Cafe” is loosely based on an actual restaurant, the Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Alabama approximately between 1915 and 1935. The restaurant is still in operation and somewhat of a local tourist attraction, thanks to the novel and feature film. It is famous for its fried green tomatoes. The cafe is located adjacent to the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad (formerly Southern Railway) and very near one of the line’s large classification yards. Irondale is a suburb of Birmingham, Flagg’s birthplace.

• The “Whistle Stop Cafe” that was in the film was located in Juliette, Georgia and is a currently functioning restaurant.

Characters

• Evelyn Couch - an unfulfilled housewife who seems lost and without direction and who becomes empowered after listening to Mrs. Threadgoode’s stories of the characters of Whistle Stop, and Idgie in particular.

• Ninny Threadgoode - patient in the Rose Terrace Nursing Home along with Ed’s mother; She is eighty-six when Evelyn knows her, but recounts her memories starting about when she was eleven years old. She married into the Threadgoode family, but grew up with them after having been adopted unofficially.

• Idgie Threadgoode - the youngest girl of the Threadgoode family who is known for her irreverent and downright shocking behavior for a young lady in the 1920s and 30’s. She has Buddy’s irresistible charm but cannot stay away from poker, booze, and her “Dill Pickle Club” which is created for the sole reason of making up as many outrageous lies as possible. Idgie and Ruth were based on Fannie Flagg’s Aunt Bess and “her friend”, characters in Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man (another Flagg novel). Aunt Bess is a zany woman who plays jokes on everyone and shoots up the floor of her cafe to break up fights.

• Ruth Jamison - known for her arresting beauty and sweetness. Idgie falls in love with her and she with Idgie, but she goes home to Georgia to fulfill a promise to marry an abusive alcoholic who later disappears under suspicious circumstances after Idgie brings her back.

• Sipsey Peavy - a cook who has been with the Threadgoode family since she was a girl; Big George’s adopted mother. It was her idea to bury Frank Bennett’s head in the garden because she was superstitious that any wild animal that came into the house had to have its head buried. Killed Frank Bennett when he tried to kidnap Stump as an infant.

• Onzell Peavy - Big George’s wife and a cook in the cafe. Ruth’s closest friend and nurse when she was ill with cancer.

• Big George Peavy - the expert responsible for the barbecue at the cafe. Took the blame of Frank’s disappearance for his mother who was elderly by the time anyone was charged for it.

Themes

Feminism was a theme in the novel, as Evelyn Couch became a symbol of lost housewives who felt they had no direction. The “Towanda!” bumper sticker became popular in the 1990s after a very famous scene in the book and movie of Evelyn exacting revenge on a younger woman who stole her parking space. Ruth’s feeling of being trapped in her marriage with an abusive husband is another part of this theme, as well as Idgie’s acting and living of her personal life, unwillingness to be a good housewife.

Lesbianism was a theme in the novel, as the relationship between Idgie and Ruth was curiously celebrated by the entire town of Whistle Stop. Although it was not labeled a lesbian relationship, every resident knew of Idgie and Ruth, accepted it and loved them for who they were. This relationship was minimized in the film version of “Fried Green Tomatoes” when the events placed Ruth and Buddy Threadgoode together, and Idgie was much younger than Ruth, suggesting that Ruth loved Idgie because she was Buddy’s sister. Many reviews of the film version critiqued what was viewed as a “glossing over” of this theme, although the film received an award from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

Racism in the American South is a major theme.

• Sipsey, Onzell, Big George and their children are explored as characters. When Big George is put on trial with Idgie, Sipsey’s fear is that he will do time in prison which is significantly more miserable as a black person. Idgie also stands trial with him, trying to clear him, because she knows he will not stand a chance being a black man accused of killing a white one, whereas, as a woman, and with any luck, she should be able to get out of the death sentence.
• Big George’s son Artis does time in Kilbey Prison for assaulting a dogcatcher in the city of Birmingham.
• Artis’ life on the black side of Birmingham during the 1930s and 1940s is described exquisitely in the book.
• Artis’ brother Jasper is a Pullman Porter, and chose to buy a house in a white suburb of Birmingham, Dynamite Hill, refusing to leave, even when his house was burned down.
• One of Jasper’s children, having inherited from her father’s fair skin, pretends to be a white woman, to enjoy better treatment and be able to use the white elevator in a Birmingham department store.
• Frank Bennett spies on his infant son under the pretense of being in a Ku Klux Klan exercise to intimidate Idgie and Ruth for serving to black customers.
• One of Idgie’s best friends, Grady Kilgore, working for the train companies as some kind of local sheriff, is also a member of the local Ku Klux Klan, which he tries to deny when Idgie confronts him about it.

Aging is a theme, as Evelyn goes through menopause and watches Mrs. Threadgoode, who is eighty-six years old, begin to lose her focus and deteriorate.

Food is a literary theme to the point that Flagg included the recipes served by the cafe at the end of the book.

Literary reception and criticism

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe spent 36 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Harper Lee gave a rare recommendation for the book, saying, “Airplanes and television have removed the Threadgoodes from the Southern scene. Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved a whole community of them in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure. Idgie Threadgoode is a true original: Huckleberry Finn would have tried to marry her!”

External links

• Website of the location of the cafe in the movie

References

1. ^ http://www.aetn.org/samepage/ar6.html
2. ^ Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - Reader’s Guide - Books - Random House

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Sunfire is a series of young adult historical romance novels published by Scholastic Books. They are currently out of print.

Many of the books were written by a core group of authors, including Candice F. Ransom, Willo Davis Roberts, Mary Francis Shura, and Vivian Schurfranz.

Structure of the novels

The Sunfire books contained two themes: history and romance. Each book featured a teenage girl who experienced a particular period or event in American history. At the same time, each girl was torn between two potential lovers. The cover art always featured the main character flanked by her two potential lovers, along with scenes from the historical event or period that was the setting for the book.

Titles & Summaries

Titles in the Sunfire series by historical chronology:

• Merrie (1620) by Vivian Schurfranz (#25). Escaping an arranged marriage, sixteen-year-old Merrie Courtland arrives at Plymouth Colony and meets Zachariah Gaines, a handsome doctor’s assistant, and Luke Bosworth, a dashing young sailor, and finds that she must make a choice between the two men.

• Marilee (1622) by Mary Francis Shura (#9). Following her father’s death, Marilee Fordham moves to colonial Jamestown, Virginia from England and finds herself unprepared for the rugged life.

• Heather (1665) by Vivian Schurfranz (#23). In the English colony of New York in 1665, sixteen-year-old Heather discovers that one of the two men who claim to love her may also be plotting to kill her.

• Elizabeth (1692) by Willo Davis Roberts (#3). Living in Salem, Massachusetts with a strict Puritan aunt and uncle, Elizabeth finds joy and solace in new friendships. However, danger arises when she is accused of witchcraft, and must make a series of choices regarding her fate and future.

• Cassie (1755) by Vivian Schurfranz (#14). Ever since Cassie was captured by the Indians at the age of 4 she has loved her Iroquois family. At 15 she can shoot and ride as well as any warrior. Then her world is destroyed and she is driven from the only home she knows and she must search to find where she truly belongs.

• Sabrina (1780) by Candice F. Ransom (#17). During the Revolutionary War, Sabrina Robbins, betrothed to Martin, a Tory soldier, is called on to take over her uncle’s role as a spy for the Patriots and pass information to the cold, but attractive Richard Taylor.

• Diana (1803) by Mary Francis Shura (#29). Diana is a rich young woman living in New Orleans during the Louisiana Purchase. When her beloved city becomes American, she faces challenges, and a choice between a wealthy Creole, and an adventurous Lewis & Clark explorer.

• Danielle (1814) by Vivian Schurfranz (#4). In 1814 New Orleans, Danielle Verlaine must choose between her handsome, sweet fiance, Paul, and the adventurous young pirate, Geoffrey, who offers to make her a pirate queen.

• Victoria (1835) by Willo Davis Roberts (#13). Set during the Texas Revolution.

• Joanna (1836) by Joan Claypool Miner (#5). A young woman tries to find love and happiness as she struggles to survive the harsh working conditions in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts.

• Amanda (1846) by Candice F. Ransom (#1). Society girl Amanda leaves home for a grueling journey on the Oregon Trail with her father. Along the way she faces challenges she never imagined, as well as strengths she didn’t know she had.

• Kathleen (1847) by Candice F. Ransom (#8). Kathleen immigrates to Boston from Ireland during the Potato Famine and must work as a maid.

• Caroline (1852) by Willo Davis Roberts (#7). Feisty Caroline sneaks away from home to follow her brothers who are searching for gold. She must disguise herself as a boy to survive on the journey, which makes for plenty of drama and confusion for all involved.

• Josie (1861) by Vivian Schurfranz (#28). Thrown into the role of a rider for the Pony Express, fifteen-year-old Josie meets a notorious woman outlaw who helps Josie reassess her choice between a dashing new rider named Mike and her dependable beau, James.

• Corey (1864) by Jane Claypool Miner (#22). After her brothers are forced to fight for the Confederacy, her father is sold, and her mother disappears, Corey, a house slave on a South Carolina plantation, escapes to Philadelphia where she finds dignity, friendship, and the freedom to love.

• Susannah (1864) by Candice F. Ransom (#2). Susannah is a quintessential Southern belle until the Civil War invades her state and her life. Things change very quickly for her family as a result of the hardships of war. However, in the midst of all the tragedy, Susannah does find her true love.

• Megan (1867) by Vivian Schurfranz. It’s 1867 and beautiful, 16-year-old Megan O’Brien gives up a life of luxury in Washington, D.C. for the hardships of Alaska. Her father’s job in international affairs has brought the family to Sitka. As if the harsh climate wasn’t enough to get used to, Megan must also face hostility and threats from angry fur traders who don’t like her father’s new rules. She meets handsome Ivan Zolotov, a hardworking fisherman, and dashing Adam Logan, whose father owns Sitka’s largest store. When both men fall in love with Megan, she is torn between them. The Zolotovs and the Logans are embroiled in a bitter feud, and she must take a side. Before she is sure which man she will choose, she is kidnapped by vengeful traders. Alone and frightened, she realizes who her true love is. Will she ever have a chance to claim his love?

• Julie (1868) by Vivian Schurfranz (#20). Julie, a young telegrapher whose family is working on the First Transcontinental Railroad, is torn between charming Dylan O’Kelly and serious Samuel Harper.

• Jessica (1873) by Mary Francis Shura (#6). Jessica Findlay, sixteen, falls in love with Wheeling Hawk, the young Indian who saved her life, but faces pressure from her family to marry Will Reynolds instead.

• Gabrielle (1880) by Mary Francis Shura (#24). After Gabrielle Prentice meets David Wesley and spends a week on his family’s farm, she discovers that farm life is not what she imagined.

• Margaret (1886) by Jane Claypool Miner (#27). Margaret becomes a schoolteacher in a small town on the frontier.

• Renee (1888) by Vivian Schurfranz (#30). Renee faces a deadly blizzard and also reports on it for a large newspaper.

• Jennie (1889) by Jane Claypool Miner (#31). Jennie fights to save her life in the great Johnstown Flood of 1889 and survives to become a telegraph reporter covering the disaster but must choose between two men vying for her affection.

• Emily (1899) by Candice F. Ransom (#11). Bored and restless with turn-of-the-century New York City society, wealthy Emily Blackburn finds new meaning to her life by working as a hospital volunteer with the handsome Dr. Stephen Reed.

• Darcy (1900) by Mary Francis Shura (#32). Darcy faces love and loss during the great Galveston hurricane of 1900.

• Nora (1906) by Jeffie Ross Gordon (#26). San Francisco earthquake.

• Rachel (1910) by Vivian Schurfranz (#21). Rachel Roth, a young Jewish immigrant girl living in 1910 New York City, takes a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and finds herself torn between two young men, the traditional Joshua Fine and the energetic, modern Nathan Meyers.

• Nicole (1912) by Candice F. Ransom (#19). Wealthy, sixteen-year-old Nicole Sanders encounters tragedy and romance with two very different men–Karl, a young immigrant, and English aristocrat Price Armsey–when she and her mother sail home aboard the Titanic.

• Laura (1918) by Vivian Schurfranz (#10). While her brother fights World War I in Europe, sixteen-year-old Laura supports the war effort, fights for the Suffragist movement, and chooses between the two men who love her.

• Jacquelyn (1931). by Jeffie Ross Gordon (#12). Set during the Depression of the 1930s.

• Roxanne (1938) by Jane Claypool Miner (#15). Set in the film industry in early Hollywood.

• Veronica (1941) by Jane Claypool Miner (#18). Sixteen-year-old Veronica Stewart’s main concern on the eve of the Pearl Harbor bombing is whether to date Mike or Phillip, but the devastation in her Hawaiian hometown changes her concerns.

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100%

Artwor for the wraparound cover of 100% #1. Art by Paul Pope.

Publisher
Vertigo imprint of DC Comics

Schedule
Monthly

Format
Limited series

Genre
Cyberpunk
Romance

Publication date
2002 - 2003

Number of issues
5

Creative team

Creator(s)
Paul Pope

100% is a black-and-white comic book with gray tones written and drawn by Paul Pope. It was published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint in five issues between 2002 and 2003, then collected as a trade paperback in 2005.

The plot concerns six main characters in Manhattan, New York City in January, 2038. Though the interweaving stories are romantic in nature, they are steeped in science fiction and cyberpunk environments.

Contents

• 1 Themes and plot elements
  • 1.1 Manga influence
  • 1.2 Form
  • 1.3 Back story
  • 1.4 Science fiction elements
• 2 Characters
• 3 References

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Themes and plot elements

Manga influence

Before making 100%, Pope was employed for about five years by Kodansha, Japan’s leading Manga publisher. In an interview, he described the experience as “the equivalent of a grad school education in ‘how to tell stories the manga way.’” One concept he derived from his employment was the company’s insistence on the importance of characters’ internal conflict above all else. In this sense, Pope cites this book in particular as his attempt at making an “American Manga.”

Form

In the index of the trade paperback edition, Pope explains:

I first conceived of what eventually would become 100% as a series of loosely connected short stories, each maybe 20 to 50 pages in length. These would secretly be old-fashioned romance comics of the boy-meets-girl-boy-loses-girl type, disguised as low-voltage science fiction stories.

Pope took this idea to Vertigo, who asked he make it into one story with a beginning, middle and end. He took elements he already had and wove them together into the final treatment, to be developed into the comic book.

Back story

Much of 100%’s backstory has been left ambiguous, but certain details emerge. There has been a war or wars, as main characters make reference to bombing near Istanbul and an Indian Ocean military landing. The United Nations and United States have combined (as the UN/USA), and Che Guevara’s face is on the 100 dollar bill (actually marked as United Nations currency). The streets are patrolled by USPD officers in ubiquitous lurking patrol vehicles.

Science fiction elements

Pope invents and creatively christens several technological and cultural elements for the dystopian future in which 100% takes place:

• Gastro clubs are a few steps beyond a strip club. Using MRI-Tek, monitors record and project 3-D images of dancers’ internal organs for a paying audience. This is accompanied by elaborate stage personae, makeup, and even accessories like the Firecoat worn by Daisy in one scene, which simulates lighting her on fire as she dances. The gastro club in the book is called the Cathouse, though the supplemental text in the book refer to it as the Catshack.
• Another application of MRI-Tek is in Gastro-Fight, a sport most resembling boxing, which uses the same invasive technology on its fighters.
• Communications technology has advanced: Telephony and video communication seem to have been consolidated to threads, which can patch between mobile devices or any of the many-sized video screens present, which may also serve as news or video feeds (V-Jak). One video screen in the comic also responds to voice activation; this is reminiscent of a scene in the film Blade Runner, which shares several other themes and visual elements with 100%.
• Drugs have become progressively more accepted, and GRAZ is America’s first brand of legal marijuana cigarette.
• The police pilot flying cars just like in Blade Runner.
• Daisy and John have a date in a four-dee, a virtual reality room, programmable at the push of a button to simulate any surrounding.
• Light Pollution Indicators, or Flatshade, is technology which acts as smart sunglasses. An adhesive dot is placed beneath each eye, and they minimize the effects of rapid changes in light, e.g. strobe lights or halogen flashes. Daisy wears these throughout the book, and the cover of the TPB depict her putting on LPI’s in a mirror.

Characters

• Kim bartends at the gastro club. She fears for her personal safety after a girl is murdered behind the club, and buys a gun.
• Strel is the dance manager of the club. She is friends with Kim, and very protective and motherly. She is, in fact, a mother.
• Daisy is a new stripper at the gastro club. She is something of a loner, and is uncomfortable staying in one place too long. Her stage persona is Dollar Bill.
• Haitous, a monstrous gastro fighter and former Navy man who fought in the war, is revealed to be Strel’s estranged husband, returning after a year of travelling the fight circuit to make amends for past differences.
• Strel’s cousin Eloy is a struggling artist, and Strel introduces him to Kim, who is taken by his passion for his art. He’s working on a project in the grain silo where he lives: he wants to collect 100 tea kettles and tune them all to whistle the exact same note, creating “one hundred percent sound.” His nickname is Kettlehead.
• John works as a bus boy below the club, and develops a relationship with Daisy that could be described as either a crush or an obsession.

References

• “Paul Pope gives it 100%”. DC Comics (2002).

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Stephanie Howard

Born
date of birth unknown

Pen name
Stephanie Howard

Occupation
Novelist

Writing period
1987-1997

Genres
Romantic novel

Stephanie Howard was a popular writer of 36 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1987 to 1997.

Contents

• 1 Bibliography
  • 1.1 Single Novels
• 2 References and Sources
• 3 External links

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Bibliography

Single Novels

• Reluctant Prisoner (1987)
• Dark Lucifer (1988)
• Highland Turmoil (1988)
• Bride for a Price (1989)
• Kiss of the Falcon (1989)
• Master of Glen Crannach (1990)
• An Impossible Passion (1990)
• Wicked Deceiver (1990)
• A Bride for Strathallane (1990)
• Romantic Journey (1991)
• Kiss and Say Goodbye (1991)
• A Matter of Honour (1991)
• Dangerous Infatuation (1991)
• Battle for Love (1991)
• A Roman Marriage (1992)
• Unchain My Heart (1992)
• Miracles Can Happen (1992)
• Love’s Vendetta (1992)
• Dangerous Inheritance (1992)
• Conspiracy of Love (1993)
• No Going Back (1993)
• The Pharaoh’s Kiss (1993)
• Counterfeit Love (1993)
• A Scandalous Affair (1993)
• Lord of the Manor (1994)
• Beware a Lover’s Lie (1994)
• Come Back Forever (1994)
• Dangerous Pretence (1995)
• The Best for Last (1995)
• The Man Who Broke Hearts (1995)
• The Lady’s Man (1996)
• The Colorado Countess (1996)
• The Duke’s Wife (1996)
• Amber and the Sheikh (1997)
• Waiting for Mr. Wonderful! (1997)
• Kissing Carla (1997)

References and Sources

• Harlequin Enterprises Ltd’s Website

External links

• Stephanie Howard’s Webpage in Fantastic Fiction’s Website

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