A Season Beyond a Kiss, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
A Season Beyond a Kiss, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
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A Season Beyond a Kiss

Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrator: Ashford McNab

Unabridged: 18 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/11/2023


Synopsis

In the loving embrace of her new husband, the dashing American shipping magnate Jeff Birmingham, Raelynn Barrett can forget her painful past and the tragic, undeserved disgrace of her family. With Jeff, each sweet, lingering kiss is a promise of a future rich in joy and sensual fulfilment.But Raelynn can hear the whispered rumours that damn the man she loves. And what her own eyes have witnessed seem to brand her adored and adoring Jeff as the worst sort of criminal. In the face of the devastating treacheries of ruthless, hidden enemies, how can Jeff ever hope to win back the trust of the woman he cherishes?

About Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

(1939 - 2007) Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, creator of the modern historical romance, died July 6, 2007 in Minnesota. She had just turned 68. Her attorney, William Messerlie, said that she died after a long illness. Born on June 3, 1939 in Alexandria, Louisiana, Mrs. Woodiwiss was the youngest of eight siblings. She long relished creating original narratives, and by age six was telling herself stories at night to help herself fall asleep. At age 16, she met U.S. Air Force Second Lieutenant Ross Woodiwiss at a dance, and they married the following year. She wrote her first book in longhand while living at a military outpost in Japan. Woodiwiss is credited with the invention of the modern historical romance novel: in 1972, she released The Flame and the Flower, an instant New York Times bestseller, creating literary precedent. The Flame and the Flower revolutionized mainstream publishing, featuring an epic historical romance with a strong heroine and impassioned sex scenes. ""Kathleeen E. Woodiwiss is the founding mother of the historical romance genre,"" says Carrie Feron, vice president/editorial director of William Morrow and Avon Books, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers. Feron, who has been Woodiwiss's editor for 13 years, continues, ""Avon Books is proud to have been Kathleen's sole publishing partner for her paperbacks and hardcover novels for more than three decades."" Avon Books, a leader in the historical romance genre to this day, remains Mrs. Woodiwiss's original and only paperback publisher; William Morrow, Avon's sister company, publishes Mrs. Woodiwiss's hardcovers. The Flame and the Flower was rejected by agents and hardcover publishers, who deemed it as ""too long"" at 600 pages. Rather than follow the advice of the rejection letters and rewrite the novel, Mrs. Woodiwiss instead submitted it to paperback publishers. The first publisher on her list, Avon, quickly purchased the novel and arranged an initial 500,000 print run. The novel sold over 2.3 million copies in its first four years of publication.The success of this novel prompted a new style of writing romance, concentrating primarily on historical fiction tracking the monogamous relationship between a helpless heroines and the hero who rescued her, even if he had been the one to place her in danger. The romance novels which followed in her example featured longer plots, more controversial situations and characters, and more intimate and steamy sex scenes. ""Her words engendered an incredible passion among readers,"" notes Feron. Bestselling author Julia Quinn agrees, saying, ""Woodiwiss made women want to read. She gave them an alternative to Westerns and hard-boiled police procedurals. When I was growing up, I saw my mother and grandmother reading and enjoying romances, and when I was old enough to read them myself, I felt as if I had been admitted into a special sisterhood of reading women."" New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips, a leading voice in the women's fiction arena, says, ""We all owe our careers to her. She opened the world of romance to us as readers. She created a career for us to go into."" The pioneering author has written 13 novels over the course of 35 years, all New York Times bestsellers. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss's final literary work, the upcoming Everlasing, will be published by William Morrow in October 2007. ""Everlasting is Kathleen's final gift to her fans,"" notes Feron. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, who was predeceased by her husband and son Dorren, is survived by sons Sean and Heath, and numerous grandchildren.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Romanticamente on December 07, 2021

Vanilla_91 - per RFS . Una stagione ardente è il terzo libro della serie Birmingham. Rispetto al precedente romanzo la narrazione retrocede di circa vent’anni, e ha come protagonisti Jeffrey (fratello di Brandon) e sua moglie Raelynn, una semi-sconosciuta che l’uomo ha sposato per sottrarla alle grinfi......more

Goodreads review by Myself on April 07, 2018

4,5/5 Ainsss me encanta este libro, la verdad. Y es que Jeff es un amor. Los diálogos entre Jeff y Raelynn muy buenos. Totalmente recomendable, en español es "Mentiras y secretos"......more

Goodreads review by Romanticamente on April 21, 2021

Lulu' -per RFS . Una grande autrice per un grande boh! Ho iniziato questo romanzo piena di curiosità, vista l’indiscussa fama dell’autrice, pur non avendo letto altre sue opere. Quindi parlo unicamente di questo libro senza conoscere le altre vicende né lo stile narrativo complessivo di questa famosiss......more

Goodreads review by Consuela on March 23, 2021

Finalmente tradotto in italiano. In realtà l'autrice aveva scritto questi cinque capitoli extra facenti parte di una raccolta a tema "matrimonio" insieme ad altre famose autrici di romance. "Un bacio inatteso" infatti copre gli eventi che precedono "Una stagione ardente", romanzo della saga familiare......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on September 20, 2017

This book started out very slowly. It dragged for the first one hundred pages or so. Hang in there, though. It does pick up. Raelynn and Jeffrey get married without knowing each other. The first part of the book is the two of them falling in love. It does drag, but as I said, hang in there. It's wort......more