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102:. Over a period of four decades, she has produced a body of sensuous work that investigates heritage, family, class and love. Her forte is to encode the opposing reading within the classic Harlequin plot. A synopsis of the author that accompanies her publications notes that she researched the market for romance fiction before electing to write in this category. Her first book published in North America established her reputation as a gifted storyteller. She has a strong vital writing style. 113:" of the 1970s. As such she was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship. However, under Kay Thorpe's expert analysis, the modern romantic heroine had to re-evaluate her age-old perceptions of what constituted love and marriage: she had to accept love unconditionally without looking for security in marriage. 429:(1979), says that there are women and there are women, some you use and some you cherish. If Kay showcases two types of women, one who is trading in security for love, and the other who is trading in love for money, she also brings about two competing urges in men, one who is looking for a life partner, and the other who is ready to walk away from a woman without a backward glance. As Liam in 863:(1969) acknowledges that she was emotionally unfaithful to her husband if not sexually. She went to this other man for friendship that meant gentleness, tenderness and kindness, which for her construed an emotional cocoon. As Brad in Opportune Marriage (1969) says for everything that he was not. While Brad realizes what was lacking in him, Sara convinces Steve in 387:(1983) a forty-something lead actress Emily worries that casting her daughter Gemma in the same Broadway production with herself may bring out the advances in her age. The mother-daughter relationship becomes more poignant when Gemma accuses Logan of being a past lover of her mother. Although Logan denies the charge, there is no denying that the mother in 151:
instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainty: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!"
391:(1981) solicits sex from her son-in-law, which he declines albeit politely giving her the benefit of the doubt as needing for herself a full-blooded affair. Somewhere in her books Kay Thorpe throws in that British men think nothing much of their middle-aged wives, who still yearn for the love and romance of their not so far away youth. 629:(1978), on the other hand, admits to the dominant streak in Liam. But in the wake of her first admission comes a second one that Liam would love her like no other man can. This admission does not readily surface in Kay's other heroines. Therefore, the primary struggle is to fight against it. Ramon observes in 986:(1981) is a Kay Thorpe classic. Regan and Keir are such meaningful names where the name Regan, stands out with pride like its namesake and Keir, an outlandish name suits someone who does something outlandish, coveting a girl beyond his social periphery and then turning hurt pride into zeal and determination. 1005:
And so, it is for the listener to validate the affirmative sentiment behind the negative words. A true listener, then, is one who shares in the deep sentiment. This is a test for the listener as well, since if he/she didn't share, then the words would ring out empty and full of negative discord, and
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Regan and Keir's story does not finish with the first curtain close. They come together in a second act. But the ghost of the first one lies between them. To exorcise this ghost, they both act on impulses reaching impromptu decisions that voice deeply held sentiments, which they push out at the time
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And what comes by way of a rescue: a sudden crystallization of emotions. The pent up emotions wandering in the recesses and henceforth stamped out by reasonable means find a sudden release. In an outburst of emotions, the accompanying words flow in a torrent. However, the delivery is still negative
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Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Harlequin authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the
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finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for
380:(1987), she considers the difficult personality of Kyle's mother as well as his brother. Kyle reassures Lisa that both mother and son can find alternative residences to stay. But Kyle's sentiment shifts in favor of his sister, which prompts him to mock Lisa, "Will Madalyn be a problem?". 993:
The pretext of marriage gives them the form needed to communicate at a level other than the one using clinical words. This is sexual love where unalloyed emotions bring out the affirmatives which are intellectually negated. And so this form of love opens up a window to their
182:, who showcase Scotland and New Zealand in their stories, Kay Thorpe gives her readers a taste for a myriad of locations. By and large, her stories are based on three locations, namely England, Canada and Africa. There are also stories based in Spain, Italy, South America, 807:(1983), Logan wants to convince himself that he can stay in it indefinitely and as such can't help but talk only about himself: Gemma doesn't bore him, she doesn't fill the place with clutter, to which Gemma secretly smiles thinking to herself that just give her time. 836:
with a question of his own that if another woman takes undue interest in him, then what is she doing about it? Kay weaves this complexity into the couple's relationship to counter the paranoia she finds in women of jumping to suspect their partners of
441:(1983) must decide if marriage is meant for him. Although the romance series is designed to win the hearts of women, it is up to Kay's heroines to convince and to win over the hearts of these men so to propel them to make a choice in their favor. 597:
Kay Thorpe's women, on the other hand, confess their love to men without first securing for themselves any safety net, emotional or otherwise. In such one-sided confessions, the women commit to staying with these men, willing to pay any
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Although Kay makes her heroines accept love for its own sake as an unconditional emotion, the result is not humiliation but empowerment as the men reciprocate with sensitivity and depth. Here, Kay appreciates the fact that
687:(1978) tells Sara that a man can have sex with a woman with no strings attached. Therefore, for such an association to mature into any kind of relationship, women have to realize their own sexual potential to the fullest. 327:(1981). Mention of public vs private schools, manner born, Irish vs English blood, cockney vs upper-class accents that indicate subtleties in class background make their way into her stories from the very first 803:(1971), Ryan tells Kerry that for men a career would suffice whereas women want a home and a family. Therefore, Kay's men don't see the point in marriage unless it lasts. While proposing marriage to Gemma in 744:(1978) also tells Sara that a vast majority of women cannot have sex with men without being emotionally attached. This perception is not always forthcoming in all of Kay's male protagonists. And so, Kim in 916:. And more than anyone else, a woman in the role of his wife, who knows the man from the inside, has the upper hand to witness him at his most vulnerable and then use the knowledge to her advantage. 810:
The married men in Kay's stories show steadfastness in their commitment and no amount of ambivalence from their wives can shake them out of the will to make the marriage work. For example, in
814:(1973), the wife, suffering from amnesia, refuses to accept the man as her husband despite all evidence pointing to this fact. The man, suffering from rejection, refuses to give up on her. 695:(1977) tells Tara that it is not enough that she makes herself available but that she needs to be all woman in order to let their sexual chemistry work for the benefit of their marriage. 621:(1972) Nikos Alexandros explains to Nickey that she will never be happy if the man does not dominate her. Nickey comes back smartly saying that British women are not as accommodating as 658:(1979), Ryan responds to the same query by saying if two people are of the same mind, then one becomes superfluous, Gina's tentative answer to which is that one can agree to disagree. 856:(1978), the couple's marriage falls apart when Steve is unable to tolerate Sara's infidelity on the basis that sex aside, she must have been emotionally attached to the other man. 205:
that explore how a newcomer from Britain can come to accept making a home for herself with one of the long-time British descendants settled in Canada or South Africa. For example,
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Interwoven in the love stories, there are these varied interests shared by the main protagonists that lend a richness to the quality of the plots and educate the readers no less.
474:(1978), Sara, in an unsteady galley kitchen, dishes out a savory coq au vin albeit with too much wine, which still draws Steve's complement. This story along with others such as 848:(1969) suspects Lisa of infidelity, he confronts her directly but his emotions go flat when he asks whether she is in love. This is in keeping with another assertion made in 647:
between a man and a woman. Karen believes that she has to like what he likes and he has to like what she does. Brad counters that by saying what about personal likings and
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Hence, the consensus that Kay establishes across her stories is that without sexual compatibility, there is no man-woman association to begin with. However, Steve in
633:(1973) that a woman constantly baits the man, riling him on purpose; this is all but an attempt to meet up with her match in a man, who then wins her submission. 867:(1978) that her past indiscretion was an attempt at stark revenge for which she had no emotional attachment and that she reserved her deep love for him only. 1002:
in charge. But the negativity is so shrill and brittle in texture, that this time a true listener could hear the affirmation even when the words deny it.
710:(1972) tells young Toni that men are not the marrying type; that they only choose to do so when they find a woman whom they can't get out of their skin. 669:
over and over in Kay Thorpe's stories that as long as the couple is sexually compatible it is a foundation from which they can build on. For example, in
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was born in 1935 in England. After leaving school, she tried a variety of jobs, including dental nursing and a spell in the Women's Royal Air Force.
398:(1974), Dave says that all wives are kept women. Dave's statement notwithstanding, Kay brings to life predatory women who elect to live off men. In 1458: 1371: 1349: 1345: 594:
from their heroine until the man confesses his undying love for her. An emotionally secured heroine can, in turn, confess her love for the man.
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Having established a marital relationship on the basis of sexual compatibility and fidelity, the couple's personal knowledge of each other's
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Her very first completed manuscript accepted, The Last of the Mallorys, was published in 1968. Since then she has written another 76 books.
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and others, was one of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflecting the forefront of the "
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Kay Thorpe also takes a stab at the role of the mother, especially when mothers are relatively young compared to their daughters. In
482:(1977) opens a window to life aboard oceangoing watercraft, be it in a ketch powered by sails or in an ice-breaking whaling ship. 373:(1969), the young woman realizes with a pang that her even younger brother is coming into his own and doesn't need her as before. 155:
countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books.
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In 1960, Kay was married to Tony, and five years later they had a son John. Now, she and her husband live on the outskirts of
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A lack of understanding of the divergent currents driving men and women easily transpire into mistrust so much so that in
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After man-woman relation, father-daughter and brother-sister relations take second place in many of her stories. While
246:(1976) appreciates the expansiveness of South Africa and the promising future the country offers him. While Keir in 1443: 788:(1979), despite the security blanket provided by her marriage, Lisa elects to leave Bryn because, without marital 467:(1983), it is Logan's use of the word role that clues in would-be actress Gemma to who he is, a theater producer. 852:(1978) that vast majority of women cannot commit to a sexual relationship without some emotional attachment. In 905:
is his pride, and so not to get him away from it. A failure in career constitutes actual vulnerability in men.
901:(1980) that a father advises his daughter, who demands more alone-time with her husband, saying that a man's 99: 778:(1977), Nick voices just such a frustration to Tara who he says doesn't even recognize this difference. 437:(1978) grapple with movements in their own lives that test them with these two faces of women, Logan in 402:(1979), Marie travels to a Caribbean resort with the purpose of securing for herself a moneyed man. In 759:
becomes just another mean to this basic end. That men take an exception to this is clear from Ross in
748:(1974) rebuts Dave's accusation with her reply that wanting is part of loving for her kind of women. 821:(1978) that a man's spontaneous attraction to a woman does not come with strings attached, Bryn, in 591: 128: 913: 688: 677: 1448: 369:(1976), Keith and Karen rekindle their sibling affections after years of being apart. While in 1395: 447:
is a backdrop Kay Thorpe takes up in several of her novels over ensuing decades. For example,
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as their case is, are strong individuals who play by their own rules. A charismatic Ailsa in
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but pregnant remarks such as there is no going back and don't say any more to seal their
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Since men can compartmentalize sexual love and respond to women who most match their
718: 556: 235:(1978), there are references as to how Scottish settlers made the Canadian region of 187: 110: 955:(1978) after women have made their confessions of love, men contribute to it with 1417: 1382: 1305: 255: 95: 928: 1327: 824: 784: 672: 583: 320: 198: 106: 71: 828:(1979), doesn't apologise to Lisa for flirting with other women. And Dave, in 1427: 1334: 1311:
Stranger in the Glen / The Man At Kambala / Lord of the Sierras (1978) (with
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For both the speaker and the listener, there is selfishness in this emotion.
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and women hedge their sexual response to men over emotional attachment and
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Men, as sexual drivers, are the quickest to recognize the significance of
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Wayaway / The Way Through the Valley / Not Wanted on Voyage (1977) (with
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She also uses the sport of horse show jumping in Rising Star (1969), the
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Villa Faustino / Girl At Dane's Dyke / Sugar Cane Harvest (1982) (with
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The Shifting Sands / Portrait of Jaime / Touched by Fire (1982) (with
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exchange of sexual needs places both men and women on an equal plane.
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heritage. As a result, stories set outside England have an underlying
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As Lisa looks ahead to her stay in the family home as Kyle's wife in
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As her career graph began in the late 1960s, Kay Thorpe, along with
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in British society provides the conflict for the love affair in
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A drawback to women as emotional drivers is when they focus on
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just to name a few. However, the harlequin readers anticipate
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Rising River / Tree of Promise / The River Lord (1985) (with
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found in stories of other renowned series novelists such as
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As strong-willed women submit to even stronger willed men,
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stories are rich in details covering a diverse background.
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Dolphin Bay / Festival Summer / Safari South (1981) (with
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since 1968. All her novels have also been published under
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Kay charts the progress of desire, from curiosity to
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For example, 331:(1968) to other stories down the years such as 265:working in remote locations of hot and steamy 559:comes across strongly in each of her novels. 978: 817:However, keeping with the assertion made in 422:account to fall back on for her olden days. 1389: 1294: 517:(1981), restoration of historical homes in 832:(1974), answers Kim's question of marital 197:Her main characters always stand by their 141: 14: 1459:British women romantic fiction writers 1426: 1377:The Innocence Collection (2007) (with 1006:not resonate with affirming emotions. 844:In an opposite situation when Brad in 90:(born 1935) is a British author of 77 1439:People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire 729:(1974) accuses Kim of not confusing 527: 163: 923:, and then writes about how sexual 24: 889:(1978) that men are at their most 665:compatibility so to use it like a 513:(1989), professional sculpting in 497:(1979), the international game of 25: 1470: 1411: 733:kind of feeling with love. 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671:The Man From 668: 664: 659: 657: 656: 653:This Side of 650: 646: 645:compatibility 642: 640: 634: 632: 631:Apple in Eden 628: 624: 620: 615: 613: 609: 605: 601: 595: 593: 589: 585: 581: 577: 573: 569: 565: 560: 558: 554: 550: 546: 542: 538: 534: 525: 522: 520: 516: 512: 508: 504: 500: 496: 495:Dividing Line 492: 488: 483: 481: 480:Storm Passage 477: 473: 468: 466: 462: 458: 454: 450: 446: 442: 440: 436: 432: 428: 423: 421: 417: 413: 409: 405: 401: 397: 392: 390: 386: 381: 379: 374: 372: 368: 363: 361: 357: 353: 349: 344: 342: 338: 334: 330: 326: 322: 317: 315: 311: 307: 303: 299: 294: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 264: 259: 257: 253: 249: 245: 240: 238: 234: 229: 227: 223: 222:Storm Passage 218: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 195: 193: 189: 185: 184:Greek Islands 181: 177: 172: 170: 156: 152: 149: 139: 136: 134: 130: 125: 123: 114: 112: 108: 103: 101: 97: 93: 89: 80: 76: 73: 70: 66: 62: 58: 55: 52: 48: 42: 38: 31: 19: 1379:Penny Jordan 1361:Juliet Shore 1339:Margaret Way 1324:Gloria Bevan 1302:Dorothy Cork 1035:Bibliography 1020: 1017:The Iron Man 1016: 1012: 1011: 1008: 1004: 1000: 992: 988: 983: 982: 965: 961:relationship 952: 948: 941: 932: 918: 909: 907: 898: 886: 884: 879: 869: 864: 860: 858: 853: 849: 845: 843: 830:The Iron Man 829: 822: 818: 816: 811: 809: 804: 801:Curtain Call 800: 798: 793: 782: 780: 775: 765: 760: 750: 745: 741: 739: 730: 726: 722: 714: 712: 707: 703: 697: 692: 684: 682: 670: 660: 652: 637: 635: 630: 626: 619:Olive Island 618: 616: 611: 610:(1978), and 607: 604:The Iron Man 603: 596: 588:Robyn Donald 561: 551:and finally 545:relationship 532: 531: 523: 518: 514: 510: 506: 502: 494: 490: 484: 479: 478:(1972), and 475: 471: 469: 464: 460: 456: 453:Curtain Call 452: 448: 443: 438: 434: 430: 426: 424: 415: 407: 403: 399: 396:The Iron Man 395: 393: 388: 384: 382: 377: 375: 370: 367:Safari South 366: 364: 359: 355: 351: 347: 345: 340: 339:(1983), and 336: 332: 328: 324: 318: 310:Safari South 309: 297: 295: 290: 289:(1979), and 286: 283:The Iron Man 282: 267:Sierra Leone 260: 247: 244:Safari South 243: 241: 232: 230: 225: 221: 219: 214: 210: 207:Safari South 206: 196: 180:Robyn Donald 173: 169:Kay Thorpe's 168: 167: 159:Book notes I 153: 147: 145: 137: 129:Chesterfield 126: 121: 120: 104: 87: 86: 1454:1935 births 1368:Anne Mather 1019:(1974) and 949:Timber Boss 910:Full Circle 887:Full Circle 865:Full Circle 854:Full Circle 850:Full Circle 819:Full Circle 742:Full Circle 723:Win or Lose 685:Full Circle 509:(1979) and 503:Win or Lose 472:Full Circle 463:(1988). 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Index

Dangerous Moonlight (novel)
Novelist
Romantic novel
romance novels
Mills & Boon
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Charlotte Lamb
sexual revolution
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Flora Kidd
Robyn Donald
Greek Islands
Caribbean Islands
South Pacific Islands
British
subplot
Nova Scotia
Sydney
English village
engineers
Sierra Leone
deserts
Libya
Tanzania
Masai Mara
Kenya
Kruger National Park
class division
promiscuous

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