Thanks, Kai. It's interesting. I looked in my online library catalog. The book is described as her first "contemporary erotic novel." What I find interesting is that not many copies have been checked out, but a lot of her historical romances have waiting lists still, even the ones from the early '80's (I'm still waiting for Unconquered from one library, though I did get a copy from another; it's set, in the early 19th century, in the U.S., London, and Russia -- according to the flap. I'm just about to begin it). I think people read Small's books as much for the accurate (I've checked) info on personalities and events of the time as for the story and eroticism. Cindy Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html