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Christine Monson


Born
in West Virginia, The United States
November 09, 1945

Died
September 11, 2003

Genre
Romance, Historical Fiction


Christine Monson was born in 1946. Raised in a West Virginia coal camp, she read for escape, learning to coax the ordinary out of the extraordinary. She published her controversial debut novel, Stormfire, in 1984.

Lauded by some readers as lyrical and moving, and condemned by others as a violently immoral tale, Stormfire, a romance set during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, has gained a cult following since its release. After Stormfire’s publication, Monson continued combining high-angst historical romance with political conflict: Rangoon is set prior to the third Anglo-Burmese War, Surrender the Night breaks apart the main couple during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and A Flame Run Wild follows a weary Crusader. She published her last two ...more

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Average rating: 3.54 · 2,182 ratings · 361 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
Stormfire
3.55 avg rating — 1,920 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions
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Rangoon
3.68 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Surrender the Night
3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions
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A Flame Run Wild
3.02 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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This Fiery Splendor
3.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1991
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Golden Nights
3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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Feuer im Sturm - bk1221
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“Let there be sleep after death...Let me not be lonely for her. Let my desire be as ashes, my heart as a stone lost in a dark river.”
― Christine Monson, Surrender the Night
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“Death has many faces: cruel and kind and mischievous. I've been both his friend and foe, but I always see him clearest when he comes to play with children.”
― Christine Monson, Surrender the Night
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“I came back," she murmured. "What more do you want? "

His fingers knotted in her hair. "More than a damned scrap of paper between us. I want blood of my blood, bone of my bone. Your hard little heart and your stubborn, scheming brain.”
― Christine Monson, Surrender the Night
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