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This HaBO comes from Elizabeth, who is looking for a romance published around twenty or thirty years ago:
This book would have been published in the late eighties/early nineties.
The heroine lives in the woods, and everyone thinks she’s a witch. The hero is injured and winds up staying with her. I’m almost positive it’s not Wild by Jill Barnett.
The book I’m thinking of also has a set of naughty, red-headed triplets who live with the heroine. They have cute matching names like Snip, Snug, and Snap.
Does this ring a bell?
I guarantee someone hasn’t forgotten about those triplets and their twee names.
those are some interesting names for the triplets.
There was a 1930s-60s series of children’s books about blond triplets who were called Snip, Snap and Snurr. The books were translated from Swedish, and I don’t know whether those were their real names or nicknames. I’m just wondering whether these triplets might have been named or nicknamed after the books?
“a romance published around twenty or thirty years ago. This book would have been published in the late eighties/early nineties.”
The combination of those two sentences just made me cry.
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What is it with Sweden and triplets? There’s also a picture-book series from a few decades back featuring girls named Flicka, Ricka and Dicka.
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Loved the Flicka series!
Now I’m wondering if I didn’t rewrite Wild in my imagination. I just have such a clear memory of reading this book! I think she was a healer as well if that helps.
Elizabeth, that really sounds like Wild. I also have a memory of a book with red-headed triplets, but I feel like that is a different fantasy book.
Heather, maybe I conflated two books? The reason I don’t think it’s Wild is that the heroine liked living in the woods away from people, and doesn’t the heroine in Wild< feel more like an outcast who wants to be accepted?
I don’t know what this book is but the description is giving me serious “Brave” vibes. Especially the redheaded triplets.
Brave is what made me remember it!
Louise, the Flicka, Ricka, Dicka series is also by Maj Lindmann, author of the Snip, Snap, Snurr series. So, more that one author had a thing about triplets?
I checked through the Goodreads list of romances featuring triplets and multiples, but nothing looked right. They either featured triplet babies, or the hero/heroine was one of adult triplets.
I think you may have conflated two Jill Barnett books. There is a set of red-headed twins in Wonderful called “Thud” and “Thwack.”
Melissa—you’re right! That’s exactly it! I’m off to see if it held up. Thank you!
And it’s free on Kindle right now!
It’s also possible you didn’t conflate the three books – Thud and Thwack appear in all three of the books in the Wonderful trilogy (Wild/Wicked/Wonderful). I love that series so much.