Paprika

1952 US Edition
By Eric von Stroheim
Publisher	Harlequin Romance #150
Release Month	1952 (US)
Harlequin Romance Series #150
Preceded by	Remembering Laughter
Followed by	The Great I Am
Harlequin Romance Series #214
Preceded by	The Royal Story
Followed by	Turn Back The River

• Author: Eric von Stroheim
• Publisher: Harlequin Romance #150
• Year: 1952

Book Description

She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing naked for her tribe, or picking the pocket of some unsuspecting soldier. It was written in the stars, the Paprika, the Gypsy Queen, would love only one man, and that man she would torture. Men fought to the death to make her their bride, yet she would have none of them. Everywhere Paprika went she caused laughter and love, death and bloodshed. For Paprika was so beautiful that all men wanted to love her, and all women wanted to kill her. Her story reveals the unbelievably cruel world in which the Gypsies lived. Theirs was a crude life full of hardship, poverty and filth. Yet through it all, they played their sad, tormented music, or drank the whole right long to the sound of women's laughter and the tattoo of dancing feet. A man could have many wives. He could kill, steal, and rape. And Paprika, the Blonde Gypsy, ruled them all with her beauty and her intense passion.

Publication History

• 1952 - Paperback Release (Mills & Boon Romance #140) (US Original Release)
• 1953 - Paperback Release (Harlequin Romance #214)

Cover Variation (By Release Date)

1952 <br\>US Edition

1953 <br\>US Edition