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Old 12-11-2009, 02:56 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by jenieliser View Post
I'm trying to find a good historical fiction with a love story in it. (not "historical romances"-if there's a picture of a half naked renaissance (sp?) woman on the cover-not my thing)

I'm leaning toward something more along the lines of Pride and Prejudice or Wuthering Heights...

Any suggestions?
How about Barbara Hambly's series with Benjamin January as protagonist? He was a black freeman in New Orleans, a musician, and a surgeon. The first of the series is A Free Man of Colour. But the romance does not become important until later in the series.

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