Time of the Temptress

TIME OF THE TEMPTRESS
Violet Winspear

Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1977.

This “Harlequin Presents . . .” romance novel (#230), whose hardcover edition was published in 1977, became unavailable after several paperback printings. But because it was used by Harlequin as one of an “introductory” set (ideally to “hook” potential customers), numerous copies found their way to secondhand bookstore shelves, to be collected by members of my family and sent to me for my use in literature classes. Despite my book order attempts, Harlequin seemed unable to supply my classes with the text. My twenty-some copies are growing shabby, and yet I still occasionally want to make this text available to my classes.

Therefore, Harlequin, Violet Winspear (if that is your name, you honey-penned vixen wordsmith you!), and I present . . .

TIME OF THE TEMPTRESS

CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE


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VIOLET WINSPEAR BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Special thanks to my sister Jennifer for introducing this literary work to me all those years ago, and for typing the crappiest parts last week. (February 1998)