This HaBO request is from Jean N. and they’re looking for a 3-story anthology or set of historical romances:
SBTB I need your help and collective knowledge! I’m hoping to find and maybe re-read one of the first romance books I read.
It was a compilation of three books, and I know one was set in medieval times and one was set on the frontier, but I can’t remember what the third one was about. It had a purple cover, with maybe some pink flowers on it.
There was a character who’s name was Melissa or Melisande or something like that, I think. I also think one of the authors was a name I’d recognize, but I can’t actually remember any of them.
I would have first come across it in the mid 2000s, so it was probably from the late 90s or early 2000s. Does anyone have any idea what book that might be? I’d be forever in your debt if you can help me figure it out! I know it’s not much to go on, but it’s driving me crazy that I can’t remember this book!
It’s interesting that this anthology has different time periods. I wonder if there’s a theme that ties them all together.
I remember a series by Justine Dare about a family line that kept nearly ending, and each near miss was one story. The first was contemporary, the second a western, and the third medieval. Wild Hawk (1996), Heart of the Hawk (1996) and Fire Hawk (1997)
I thought maybe A Season in the Highlands but I don’t see that name for the heroine.
https://judedeveraux.com/books/anthologies/a-season-in-the-highlands/
This reminds me of the anthology Tapestry by Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Kurland, and Karen Marie Moning. That has a Pink/Purple cover with Flowers. It also has 2 medieval romances, a time travel/fantasy, and a modern one. But the modern one is set in Indiana, which isn’t the frontier.
https://smile.amazon.com/Tapestry-Were-Hunter-Book-Madeline-Hunter-ebook/dp/B002C0XPSK
The names don’t match, but here’s another set that has medieval and frontier settings. I don’t know if it was ever released as a collection on paper. The two copyrights I could find were 1989 and 1994.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/compromised-hearts-bundle-with-kentucky-bride-beauty-and-the-beast-hannah-howell/1027233467?ean=9781420122848
Not sure if its the right place to post but I am looking for a romance book.
The heroine lives with her father and step mom who abuse her physically and mentally. She is bullied a lot in school. The hero said something mean to her in school one day and she thought of committing suicide after it got too much for her too handle. The hero saves her and realises how wrong his actions were. When the heroine is in the hospital, her step mom tries to kill her but the nurse stops her and the parents are jailed. The heroine goes into the therapy and the story goes forward to college when the hero sees her in his college. The hero after the suicide incident works against bullying too.
P.S – The book is a standalone and not Reason to Breathe