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Saffron Moon
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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June 12, 2019
SAFFRON MOON by Lillian Crawford is book #37 in the MacFadden Romance series, published in 1978. I enjoyed the book very much and thought it was well written, although I am only rating it 3 stars because I thought that the story was fairly simple. It was very nearly a 4-star book for me, however, because of my enjoyment reading it. So let's say this book was 3 and a half stars.
I know nothing about the author and, judging by the lack of info I found online, neither does anyone else. According to the site FictionDB, Lillian Crawford only wrote four novels, all of them for MacFadden Romance. I find that unlikely, given the quality of her writing, and I suspect that she wrote more books under other names.
The story starts out in New York (which suggests to me an American author) but the rest of the novel takes place in Columbia. The author presents such a detailed picture of the country that one assumes that she must have visited there herself. Interestingly, on page 159 the author uses the word "centre" (instead of "center") which makes me wonder if Lillian Crawford was perhaps not an American author.
As with most MacFadden Romance novels, the cover artwork has nothing to do with the story and the typography (the actual text on the page) is sometimes unevenly spaced. The effect of the packaging suggests a slapdash production, which is unfortunate because the writing itself is very good. Hopefully the writer continued writing novels for a publisher that was better able to showcase her work.
The novel does have a twist on the last page that caused me to groan a little, like reading a mystery where a pertinent had hitherto been left out. But it still works and does allow for the obligatory HEA.
I know nothing about the author and, judging by the lack of info I found online, neither does anyone else. According to the site FictionDB, Lillian Crawford only wrote four novels, all of them for MacFadden Romance. I find that unlikely, given the quality of her writing, and I suspect that she wrote more books under other names.
The story starts out in New York (which suggests to me an American author) but the rest of the novel takes place in Columbia. The author presents such a detailed picture of the country that one assumes that she must have visited there herself. Interestingly, on page 159 the author uses the word "centre" (instead of "center") which makes me wonder if Lillian Crawford was perhaps not an American author.
As with most MacFadden Romance novels, the cover artwork has nothing to do with the story and the typography (the actual text on the page) is sometimes unevenly spaced. The effect of the packaging suggests a slapdash production, which is unfortunate because the writing itself is very good. Hopefully the writer continued writing novels for a publisher that was better able to showcase her work.
The novel does have a twist on the last page that caused me to groan a little, like reading a mystery where a pertinent had hitherto been left out. But it still works and does allow for the obligatory HEA.
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