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It should be noticed that most of the romances that met the above criteria and that have been used as primary sources for this book, a total of thirty-one,ssss1 have been published in the twenty-first century (thirty-two romances, to be precise), with only a few exceptions (eight, in particular). This surely must say something about the preferences of a certain part of the reading public in contemporary America, as well as about the interests of the romance publishing industry that caters to said public. But for now, rather than delving into those preferences and interests, I will call attention to the dates of publication. Janet Whitney’s Judith, published in 1944, is the earliest book, after which comes The Golden Raintree (1990) by Suzanne Simmons Guntrum; in 1993 appeared Spindrift, by Miranda Jarrett (Susan Holloway Scott), and Carla Kelly’s Miss Whittier Makes a List, published in 1994, followed suit. The Randolph Legacy, by Eileen Charbonneau, came out in 1997, while Sue McCracken’s four novels in the Friends series were published between 1994 and 2001.