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Lettie Mason, a proper yet headstrong Boston schoolteacher, journeyed to a small Louisiana town after the Civil War to expose the wretched rogue who'd killed her brother. The man was known as Thorn--a man with a reputation for both murder and mercy. She was sure he had killed her brother, but she learned that he also helped save the homes and lives of many townspeople. How could she reconcile these two different images of the same man--and how could she accept the overwhelming desire, the show more thrilling passion, and the reckless abandon he aroused deep within her? show lessTags
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Best-selling romance author, Jennifer Blake was born in Louisiana in 1942. She has written over 50 titles which have been published in 18 languages. Her titles include "Arrow to the Heart," "Silver-Tongued Devil," "Bride of a Stranger," "Royal Seduction," "Garden of Scandal," and the "Southern Gentlemen" series. Blake also writes mysteries under show more the pseudonymn Patricia Ponder, gothic romances as Elizabeth Treherne, contemporary romances as Patricia Maxwell and Maxine Patrick. Blake's works have earned her numerous awards and honors. She is Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America. In addition to those honors, she has received a Golden Treasure Award for Lifetime Achievement from Romance Writers of America and the Frank Waters Award for Excellence in Fiction and she was inducted into the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Romance Halls of Fame. Blake currently resides in Louisiana. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Southern Rapture
- Original publication date
- 1987-02
- People/Characters
- Ransom "Ranny" Tyler (the Thorn); Lettitia Margaret "Lettie" Mason
- Important places
- Louisiana, USA
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- 90
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- 348,852
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- (3.63)
- Languages
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 7
