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| colspan="2" align="center" width="175px" | [[Image:Book-Cover-HP0009-WifeWithoutKisses1973.06-VioletWinspear.jpg|175px|thumb|center|1973 US Edition]]
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| colspan="2" align="center" width="175px" | [[IMAGE:233-Wife Without Kisses-1967-Violet Winspear.jpg|175px|thumb|center|1967 UK Edition]]
 
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| colspan="2" | By [[Violet Winspear]]  
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| colspan="2"               | '''By [[Violet Winspear]]'''
 
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| valign="top" width="75px" | Publisher ||width="100px" | [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#9]]
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| valign="top" width="75px" | '''Publisher'''            ||width="100px" | [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#9]]
 
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|   || [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#233]]
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|                                                   || [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#233]]
 
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| valign="top" | Original Release Date || June 1973 (US)  
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| valign="top"             | '''Release Month''' || June 1973 (US)  
 
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|   || April 1967 (UK)
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|                                                   || April 1967 (UK)
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| valign="top"              | '''Preceded by'''          || ''[[The Honey Is Bitter]]''
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| colspan="2"               | '''[[Harlequin Presents]] Series #'''
 
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| valign="top" | Preceded by|| ''[[The Honey Is Bitter]]''
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| valign="top" width="75px" | '''Preceded by'''          ||width="100px" | ''[[The Sanchez Tradition]]''
 
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| valign="top" | Followed by||''[[Dragon Bay]]''
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| valign="top"             | '''Followed by'''          || ''[[Waves Of Fire]]''
 
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| colspan="2" | [[Harlequin Presents]] Series #
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| colspan="2"               | '''[[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] Series #'''
 
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| valign="top" width="75px" | Preceded by||width="100px" | ''[[The Sanchez Tradition]]''
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| valign="top"             | '''Preceded by'''          || ''[[The Unlikeable Doctor Fell]]''
 
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| valign="top" | Followed by||''[[Waves Of Fire]]''
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| valign="top"             | '''Followed by'''          || ''[[Damaged Angel]]''
 
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| colspan="2" | [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] Series #
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| colspan="2"               | '''[[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance | Mills & Boon Classics]] Series #'''
 
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| valign="top" | Preceded by|| ''[[The Unlikeable Doctor Fell]]''
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| valign="top"             | '''Preceded by'''          || ''[[The Reluctant Orphan]]''
 
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| valign="top" | Followed by||''[[Damaged Angel]]''
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| valign="top"             | '''Followed by'''          || ''[[Flowering Wilderness]]''
 
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* '''Author''': [[Violet Winspear]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Violet Winspear]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#9]]
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* '''Publisher''': [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#233]]
* '''Year''': 1973, June
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* '''Year''': 1967, April
 
* '''Setting''':
 
* '''Setting''':
 
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LUF4MS/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Paperback] - Out of Print
 
* '''Amazon Listing''': [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LUF4MS/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Paperback] - Out of Print
  
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== Book Description ==
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Rea went to the coast for a quiet visit with no thought of marriage in her mind, but soon she found herself married to a man she had never met before and pledged to play her part in a fantastic game of "let's pretend."
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Burke bent over the baby Rea held so carefully. He touched the damp, dark hair with a gentle finger. "You said you thought him beautiful -- and he is. I want to take him to King's Beeches, where he belongs. Help me to take him, Rea."
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He caressed the baby's head, and Peter awoke with a tiny gurgle, waved his plump fists and stretched in Rea's arms. And Rea's heart jumped into her throat, for his eyes were as blue, and as darkly fringed, as the eyes of Burke Ryeland -- this man who asked her to become the wife he would never kiss.
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"Next -- Friday, did you say?" She spoke almost upon a whisper.
  
 
== Publication History ==
 
== Publication History ==
* 1967, April  - [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#233]] (UK Original Release)
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* '''1967, April'''   - [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#233]] (UK Original Release)
* 1973, June    - [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#9]] (US Original Release)
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* '''1973, June'''   - [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#9]] (US Original Release)
* 1976, January - [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance | Mills & Boon Classics]] [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance By The Numbers|#43]]
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* '''1976, January''' - [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance | Mills & Boon Classics]] [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance By The Numbers|#43]]
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* '''????''' - [[Harlequin Presents Collection]] [[Harlequin Presents Collection By The Numbers|#1]]
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==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==
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{|
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|- valign="top"
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| [[IMAGE:233-Wife Without Kisses-1967-Violet Winspear.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Apr 1967 <br\>UK Issue]]
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| [[Image:Book-Cover-HP0009-Wife Without Kisses-1973.06-Violet Winspear.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Jun 1973 <br\>US Edition]]
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| [[Image:Book-Cover-MBC0043-Wife Without Kisses-1976.01-Violet Winspear.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Jan 1976 <br\>UK Reissue]]
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| [[Image:Book-Cover-HPC0001-Wife Without Kisses-XXXX.XX-Violet Winspear.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Release Unknown <br\>US Edition]]
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 18 November 2012

1967 UK Edition
By Violet Winspear
Publisher Harlequin Presents #9
  Mills & Boon Romance #233
Release Month June 1973 (US)
  April 1967 (UK)
Harlequin Presents Series #
Preceded by The Sanchez Tradition
Followed by Waves Of Fire
Mills & Boon Romance Series #
Preceded by The Unlikeable Doctor Fell
Followed by Damaged Angel
Mills & Boon Classics Series #
Preceded by The Reluctant Orphan
Followed by Flowering Wilderness

Book Description

Rea went to the coast for a quiet visit with no thought of marriage in her mind, but soon she found herself married to a man she had never met before and pledged to play her part in a fantastic game of "let's pretend."

Burke bent over the baby Rea held so carefully. He touched the damp, dark hair with a gentle finger. "You said you thought him beautiful -- and he is. I want to take him to King's Beeches, where he belongs. Help me to take him, Rea."

He caressed the baby's head, and Peter awoke with a tiny gurgle, waved his plump fists and stretched in Rea's arms. And Rea's heart jumped into her throat, for his eyes were as blue, and as darkly fringed, as the eyes of Burke Ryeland -- this man who asked her to become the wife he would never kiss.

"Next -- Friday, did you say?" She spoke almost upon a whisper.

Publication History

Cover Variation (By Release Date)

Apr 1967 <br\>UK Issue
Jun 1973 <br\>US Edition
Jan 1976 <br\>UK Reissue
Release Unknown <br\>US Edition