Amber, What Allison says is correct, but when one refers to something or someone else, ou thenwant to go back and read it. Love Slave is totally stand-alone (be aware that, as its title suggests, there's a lot of sex--but there's also a bibliiography that indicates that such things went on the in the early Mohammedan empire). Rosamund stands alone, but leaves you wanting to read the sequal. That one, because of references to what happened to the male protagonist, led me to read The Kadin, which also stands alone--but if you read that before Until You, which follows Rosamund, you'll understand Until You better. Philippa is the third in that series, about Rosamund's daughter. The Skye O'Malley series should be read in order, because it follows the women through several generations. The SKye O'Malley saga consists of Skye O'Malley; All the Sweet Tomorrows; A LOve for All Time; This Heart of Mine; Lost Love Found; WIld Jasmine. Then Skye's Legacy continues, with Darling Jasmine, Bedazzled, Besieged; Intrigued; Just Beyond tomorrow; and Vixens. Some are better than others. Some are somewhat repetitive in that people are kidnapped and end up in the Turkish Empire and ultimately return to England--but all are full of historical personages and events and battles, and one learns a great deal of history in a very pleasant way--as well as a great deal about social customs (I always wondered how people went to the bathroom in the 16yth century), clothes of the period, and food of the period. Most of the rest of the books stand alone, although I just finished reading reading Love, Remember Me, and it referred to Blaze Wyndham because the protaganist is Blaze's daughter. I couldn't remember all the details, but fortunately, they were explained iin the course of the book, so my memory was refreshed. I do read other things in between, but I was really sad to think there werenn't going to be any more, so I'm glad there is a new one. I read a brief annotation and it takes us again to the court of Henry VIII. Some of them are set in the eras of James Iv, V and VI in Scotland, and a couple are set earlier, in the 11th and 12th centuries. Enjoy Cindy --- Allison Mervis <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > They don't really have to be read in any particular > order in my opinion. > Each story is individual enough, and previous > connections to other books are > explained. > Allison > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.