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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''''[http://www.fictiondb.com/author/hettie-grimstead~whisper-to-the-stars~16755~b.htm From fictiondb.com:]'''''</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the custom on her Italian island home, Tessa had <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asked </del>the stars <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to send her </del>a lover <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>the stars answered. Or did they? <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For though </del>within minutes of her whispered <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pleas she had met </del>Colin Kenward, and swiftly <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fallen </del>in love with him, he was engaged to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">marry </del>another girl. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the custom on her Italian island home, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on her eighteenth birthday </ins>Tessa had <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">climbed the mountain at midnight and whispered to </ins>the stars<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: "Send me </ins>a lover<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">..." And </ins>the stars answered. Or did they? <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Was it just coincidence that, </ins>within minutes of her whispered <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plea, Tessa should meet the young Englishman </ins>Colin Kenward, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">almost as </ins>swiftly <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fall </ins>in love with him<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">?</ins></div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:1969 Releases]][[Category:Category Romance]]<br />
{| cellpadding="2" style="border:3px solid lightgray; font-size:86%" align="right"<br />
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| colspan="2" align="center" width="175px" | [[File:Book-Cover-MBR0394-1969.12-Whisper To The Stars-Hettie Grimstead.jpg|175px|thumb|center|1969 UK Edition]]<br />
|- style="background:lightgray" align="center"<br />
| colspan="2" | '''By [[Hettie Grimstead]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| valign="top" width="75px" | '''Publisher''' ||width="100px" | [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1403]]<br />
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| &nbsp; || [[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#394]]<br />
|-<br />
| valign="top" | '''Release Month''' || Jun 1970 (US)<br />
|-<br />
| &nbsp; || Dec 1969 (UK)<br />
|- style="background:lightgray" align="center"<br />
| colspan="2" | '''[[Harlequin Romance]] Series #'''<br />
|-<br />
| valign="top" | '''Preceded by'''||''[[Dear Doctor Marcus]]''<br />
|-<br />
| valign="top" | '''Followed by'''||''[[Diamonds On The Lake]]''<br />
|- style="background:lightgray" align="center"<br />
| colspan="2" | '''[[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] Series #'''<br />
|-<br />
| valign="top" | '''Preceded by'''||''[[The Whispering Ones]]''<br />
|-<br />
| valign="top" | '''Followed by'''||''[[Love Alters Not]]''<br />
|}<br />
* '''Author''': [[Hettie Grimstead]]<br />
* '''Publisher''': [[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#394]]<br />
* '''Year''': 1969, December<br />
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==Book Description==<br />
'''''[http://www.fictiondb.com/author/hettie-grimstead~whisper-to-the-stars~16755~b.htm From fictiondb.com:]'''''<br />
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Following the custom on her Italian island home, Tessa had asked the stars to send her a lover and the stars answered. Or did they? For though within minutes of her whispered pleas she had met Colin Kenward, and swiftly fallen in love with him, he was engaged to marry another girl. <br />
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==Publication History==<br />
* '''1969, December''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#394]]) (UK Original Release)<br />
* '''1970, June''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1403]]) (US Original Release)<br />
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==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==<br />
{|<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
| [[File:Book-Cover-MBR0394-1969.12-Whisper To The Stars-Hettie Grimstead.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Dec 1969 <br\>UK Edition]]<br />
| [[File:Book-Cover-HR1403-1970.06-Whisper To The Stars-Hettie Grimstead.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Jun 1970 <br\>US Edition]]<br />
| [[File:Book-Cover-HR1403RI-Whisper To The Stars-Hettie Grimstead.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Unknown Release <br\>US Reissue]]<br />
|}</div>
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