Author's Foreword.

 

China Rose was originally published in 1984. Out of print for decades and hard to find, the advent of ebooks offered a second life to the book I consider to be my first baby (no offense to my son Jeffrey). However, in 1983 there were no personal computers and like most authors, manuscripts were pounded out on a typewriter. In order to convert the book into an ebook, it had to be rewritten onto a computer by yours truly, who could not resist the urge to tweak a few scenes, tidy up some grammar, and lose some of the purple prose that contributed to the branding of historical romances with the loving term: bodice rippers. No bodices were ripped in the original writing of this story, and they remain safe in this revised edition. I would enjoy hearing your feedback at marshacanham@yahoo.com.