#sunfire romance

[suburbanbeatnik]

A sketch I drew of Kathleen O'Connor and David Thornley, the main characters from Candice Ransom's classic YA historical romance Kathleen, one of the Sunfire series, an exciting story about an Irish immigrant in the 1840s who falls in love with a rich aspiring author in Boston. It was one of my childhood favorites. I actually sent this sketch to Candice Ransom herself, and she loved it!

Kathleen is sadly OOP-- and individual copies are very expensive. However, the curious can find it on the Internet Archive.

[renkade]

Sunfire Romance Novels: Remembering the 80s YA Historical Romance Series

A reader reminisces about Sunfire romance novels, a young adult historical romance series from the 1980s.

Who else read these as a teen?

[marmolita]

I was looking up the Wikipedia page of a series of books I loved when I was about 10-13 years old and I think this description of them explains a lot.

The Sunfire books contained two themes: history and romance. Each book featured a teenage girl who experienced a particular period or event in American history. At the same time, with very few exceptions, the girl was torn between two potential lovers. The girl was typically ahead of her time in ideas and actions and the suitor she almost always chose was the one who approved of or accepted her actions.

[hutchhitched]