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Bittersweet Passion

Harlequin Romance Subscription - 15

by Lynne Graham

Published 1988187 pagesISBN 978-0-3731-7015-9

In desperation Claire asked Dane to marry her Her adoptive grandfather had left Claire Fletcher his entire estate on the condition that she marry one of his grandsons. But he must have forgotten that the free-spirited Dane Visconti, though long banished from the family's realm, still qualified. And Claire had always idolized and trusted Dane. With his worldly reputation, Claire conceded Dane was not the marrying kind, so when he agreed she promised to make no demands on him. But Dane made no promise in return - and insisted on a few conditions of his own.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Nonfiction, Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Nonfiction · Fiction · Romance

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read187 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1988
Primary categoryNonfictionAlso cataloged under Fiction and Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-3731-7015-9
Language
English
Edition record
OL9754135M
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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Nonfiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. Whose perspective organizes the story, and whose perspective remains outside it?
  2. Which sources or lived experiences carry the author’s central argument?
  3. How does the book change the way you understand its larger subject?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.