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This HaBO is from Ashlee, who’s searching for an important romance novel:
My mother read a romance novel while she was pregnant with me where the main character’s name was “Ashlee Rose”. This was during the year 1987, but it could be a book published before then (which I think it is).
All I know (from my mother) was that she was a tough woman, incredibly intelligent, and had men dying to be with her.
I wish I had more. I’m dying to find the name of this book because I’m actually named after this particular heroine.
I think this is adorably sweet and I hope we can find the book!
Could it be Barbara Boswell’s “Sensuous Deception?” I did some searching on Google Books.
Goodreads.com/2585885-sensuous-perception
My former sister in law named her eldest daughter after the heroine in The Flame and the Flower.
Hope you find your namesake. Doesn’t your mother remember?
Thank you for the help…I’m going to show my mom the cover to Sensuous Perception and see if its the book. I’ll keep ypu updated with my results soon. xoxo
You know you’re getting old when …
… your first thought is “Hey, my son was born in 1987. We should introduce them.”
Oops.
So, I wasn’t sure if “Sensuous Perception” was the book and ended up ordering it off Amazon to make sure.
I am HAPPY to report that it is the book!!!!!!!!! The answer to my question of whether the main character’s name was “Ashlee Rose’ was right there on the second page.
Thank you all for your comments and help…years of searching are over! xoxo