Bitchery reader Christine seeks your assistance:
I read this book probably five-ish years ago. It was an historical set I believe in Maine or another north-eastern state sometime in the 1700 or 1800s. The captain of a merchant ship makes a marriage of convenience with a young woman through the help of a parish priest or some such religious type person. The hero needs someone to watch over a nutcase older female relative at his home while he’s away on the ship and the heroine needs to get the hell out of her sister’s (?) house because her husband has been trying to make the moves on her.
The heroine only has gray second hand clothes to wear which bugs the hero. When he’s away merchanting, he buys a bolt of gray-blue fabric (because it matches the color of the heroine’s eyes) for her to make a dress out of but then he ends up giving it to his mistress who he of course declines to sleep with anymore. He then purchases a yellow dress and matching hat and brings it back to the heroine, but the nutcase older female relative (who incidentally is a klepto and ends up stealing a bunch of stuff around the house and sewing the stolen goods into quilts) thinks the dress is for her and takes it. The heroine is very touched by the gifts though and I think this scene ends with their first kiss.
The heroine ends up spending a lot of time with one of the hero’s friends while the hero is away. The hero misunderstands the situation and gets jealous. Eventually everything gets sorted out, the nutjob relative dies and the hero and heroine live HEA with the heroine traveling with the hero on his ship.
I thought I remembered the title of the book being ‘The Captain’s Wife’ but I’ve done numerous searches on the internet and come up with bupkiss. If someone could tell me the title or author, I would be greatly appreciative.
Oh god...I’ve read this book, too! But it’s been so long ago that I can’t remember it!
Now either I’m going to agonize about this all day and not concentrate on my schoolwork, or I’m going to spend all day surfing the web to try to find out what it is....
It’s been one of my go-to procrastinatory tasks for a few years now.
Glad to know I’m not making it all up in my wee little brain, though.
I like sea-faring romance. Someone must know!
Sure it wasn’t “Captain Hornblower,” though? ;-)
So, I take it I’m out of luck?
Damn.
I’m not familiar with the book, but you might try posting this over at http://community.livejournal.com/whatwasthatbook. They’ve been very helpful to me in the past. If you don’t have a livejournal, I could post it there for you if you like.
Savannah--I don’t have Livejournal. I would love if you could post it for me.
Many thanks!!
I think it’s Wishing by Miranda Jarrett.
Or one of those Fairbourne novels by Miranda Jarrett.
Angela--I just checked all the Fairbourne novels and it’s none of those. Thanks though.
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This is actually a very interesting post.
I can’t say I’ve seen a lot of clever viral marketing campaigns launched by authors. There were the authors wearing swan hats and manga costumes at RWA. Those created a bit…
Hokay, I simply don’t believe that Chuck’s writing made anyone pass out at a reading. Throw up, maybe, especially if the reading was after-hours at a sleazy bar. But pass out, no.
Here’s my plan for a viral…
A netwok of 8-12 people? Doesn’t help if they’re preschoolers, I’ll bet!
spaminator--quite34--try quite 3 and 4, and you’ve got my social circle!
LOL. Coming from Chuck Palahniuk, that does not surprise me at all. This is the same guy who wrote a story that routinely caused readers to pass out at live readings. He’s a master of shock.
I had no idea about the title, and I don’t think I’ve read this. But thanks for reminding me of sneak-reading my mom’s copy of Forever Amber when I was in junior high (early 70s.)! I don’t remember why I…
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10.13.07 at 05:36 AM |