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25,041	Jan-1985	Tomorrow's Promise	Elliott, Emily	9,780,440,187,370	She'd come from North Carolina, newly divorced, to start over. Lindsay Voss, interior decorator, set designer for Dallas's leading catalog house, was succeeding so splendidly that at first the attentions of Drake Malone, top male model, seemed like just a touch of icing on her cake. She made no effort to resist when he...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
797	Nov-1972	Pirate of the Sun	Westwood, Gwen	9,780,373,016,389	Craig Ransom, with his huge, modern hotel, presented a grave threat to the modest establishment run by Sandra Hamilton and her aunt. How could the two women possibly hold their own against him? But it soon became clear that the effect he was having on Sandra's heart was an even greater threat! Hero: Craig Ransom Heroi...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24,858	Dec-1984	Embrace the Wild Land	Bittner, Rosanne	9,780,821,714,904	Pioneers poured into the West; Civil War ravaged the East. But as upheaval racked the continent, the Cheyenne brave Lone Eagle and his courageous white woman Abigail Trent rediscovered their desire in the peaceful New Mexico territory. Their family grew with the years and it seemed that the troubles that had tormented ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
5,229	Jul-1990	The Celebrated Miss Neville	Neil, Barbara	9,780,373,311,309	She had no more asked for love than fame FALLING in love was more painful than a bad review! Catherine Neville had become a reluctant celebrity. Under a nom de plume, she had published a book of poetry that had so pleased the ton that they vied for her attention. A second volume had just been published and everyone e...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16,173	Nov-1995	The Bride	Preston, Fayrene	9,780,553,444,193	SHE WAS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO BE REAL... She was a mesmerizing sight, as perfect as an ice sculpture, but with one passion-igniting kiss, Cale Whitfield could tell she was pure fire. So when the former secret service expert was hired to provide security at her wedding, he vowed he'd do whatever it took to claim the bride ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
718	Jul-1972	Reap the Whirlwind	Roby, Mary Linn	9,780,451,050,199	POWER… GREED… AND LUST! Unleashed, the dark furies of the heart pitted sister against sister and transformed loving brothers into savage strangers. Two families, swept into a maelstrom of violence and murder, driven beyond the bounds of familial ties to…REAP THE WHIRLWIND.	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28,678	Mar-1987	Tomorrow's Vintage	Carroll, Marisa	9,780,373,161,904	Time was Alanna's ally And she never knew it until Kyle Stafford arrived on Lake Erie's South Bass Island. Time, which aged and mellowed the fine wines of her family's vineyards, had worked subtle changes on her feelings for Kyle, deepening and strengthening her love. Two years ago, Alanna hadn't been able to face th...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31,774	Jan-1989	Stranger on the Shore	Duncan, Carol	9,780,373,072,705	HE'D COME LOOKING FOR HER ... Sarah Wilson knew that her special gift set her apart and made her easy prey for the morbidly curious, the skeptical. So when the stranger breezed into town, she figured he was just another thrill seeker. She certainly didn't expect him to be a ruggedly attractive man who stole her heart ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
14,359	Jan-1995	Twilight Illusions	Shayne, Maggie	9,780,373,270,477	Master of the damned There could be no doubt that the one called Damien was the master of the shadows, the greatest of his accursed kind. But now his ancient mantle of mystic power was threatened by a terrible weakness-a fatal passion for a woman of mortal flesh and blood... Suspicion had first drawn Shannon Mallory ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
10,137	Feb-1993	Game of Hearts	Poore, Dawn Aldridge	9,780,821,740,507	Winnifred Roberts is too determined to become a mathematician to be bothered with the likes of a madcap gamester known as Harry the Hellion. But Valentine's Day can have a bewitching effect on even the most practical of people!	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27,152	Apr-1986	Girl of Mystery	Daveson, Mons	9,780,373,027,569	He refused to let her go "Am Ito take you home, Mystery Girl?" Ashley Carlton was completely baffled by the young woman who'd dashed in front of his Jaguar. She refused to tell him where she lived, which left Ashley no choice but to take the disturbing waif who called herself Christina Seaton to his own home at Austr...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20,647	Mar-1982	Lucky in Love	Cartland, Barbara	9,780,515,062,922	Nelda Harle was a young English girl raised on the wild Colorado frontier. Orphaned in an Indian raid, she is rescued by her distant relative, the haughty and handsome Lord Harleston... but who will rescue Selby Harle when he finds himself falling in love with his beautiful young ward?	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15,096	May-1995	Shadow Play	Wentworth, Sally	9,780,373,117,383	Nell Masters had suffered enough traumas in her life, so who could blame her for being wary of men? Then she met Ben Rigby and longed for something more...more than sex with no strings attached. But, she was afraid. Nell's past was beginning to catch up with her. Her child--her lost child whom she had never even had t...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31,488	Nov-1988	Rebecca	Ferguson, Jo Ann	9,780,944,276,273	She Thought HE WAS DEAD! When Rebecca discovered the wounded soldier in the barn, she rushed to his aid. Though he wore the red coat of a Tory, his suffering appealed to her fourteen-year-old heart. Their secret vows were merely the fulfillment of a dying man's last wish, for Nicholas Wythe was soon taken away from th...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14,223	Dec-1994	Secrets to Keep	Metcalfe, Josie	9,780,263,789,706	At a deeply tragic moment in her life, Louise Roberts found comfort in caring for Aletta, who was almost ready to be released from the Special Care Baby Unit into the care of her father, consultant pediatrician Jacob den Haag, Louise was deeply unhappy at the thought of being parted from the child, so when Jacob offere...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29,722	Oct-1987	Moontide Embrace	O'Banyon, Constance	9,780,821,729,496	NIGHT CLOAKED SPLENDOR Ever since notorious Judah Slaughter had kissed thirteen-year-old Liberty Boudreaux in thanks for helping him escape, she knew there could be no other for her. Now, five years later, the gangly girl had become a breathtaking beauty, ready to find the one who had sparked her passion and show him ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17,287	Jun-1996	Daddy on the Run	Cassidy, Carla	9,780,373,191,581	WIFE IN WAITING... Ever since her husband disappeared, Julianne Baker found herself missing him - despite their strained marriage. She wanted to believe he would come home to her and their beautiful little girl. But when - and if - he did, would it be too late? HUSBAND HOMECOMING... Leaving his family was the hardest ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,792	Dec-1992	Lone Star Drifter	West, Cara	9,780,373,705,269	DOGWOOD, TEXAS A sleepy little town...or so it appeared to outsiders. Under Dogwood's placid surface, long-unresolved tensions simmered. And when drifter Lee Cameron rolled into town one rainy afternoon, the stage was set for an explosion... Over at the cafe on Dogwood Avenue, Annie Mae Taylor was always ready with a...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32,363	May-1989	Virginia Vixen	McMahon, Kay	9,780,821,726,488	He was too secretive. Determined Alec Stone investigated his friend's disappearance from London to Williamsburg, Virginia - and somehow ended up in bed with a virginal tempestuous journalist! The hot-blooded captain conceded that Rebecca Wilde was luscious, soft and beautiful, but this was a time for vengeance, not rom...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26,889	Feb-1986	Seasons of the Heart	Freeman, Cynthia	9,780,517,635,988	A TIME TO LOVE... They had been newlyweds once, fabulously happy, but that was before the war -- before Ann's startling career success and Phillip's long, slow courtship of failure. Yet even without fireworks, somehow their marriage survived. Then, astonishingly, at an age when such things were not supposed to happ...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30,166	Jan-1988	The Distant Kingdom	Wright, Daphne	9,780,440,202,660	Perdita Whitney, a young Englishwoman, is catapulted into the midst of the tumultuous events surrounding the East India Company's attempt to move into Afghanistan and finds herself torn between the husband she esteems and the man she desires	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5,643	Oct-1990	Sycamore Point	McElfresh, Adeline	9,780,373,087,501	FAMILY TIES Laini Moran had come home to sleepy southern Sycamore Point to deal with her late brother's affairs. She'd planned to return to her career, but that was before she'd known about the mystery--and the orphaned boy--her brother had left behind. Just what had happened to her brother? And what was Laini going t...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29,732	Oct-1987	Night Magic	Robards, Karen	9,780,446,300,582	WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE A SECRET AGENT? Author Clara Winston was snuggling in for the night when the strange men burst into her carriage house apartment. Terrified, she couldn't make sense of their heavy Russian accents, but they seemed to be demanding the whereabouts of the "real" Magic Dragon -- the one she had dedi...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
28,308	Dec-1986	Diamond Fire	Robins, Gina	9,780,821,719,435	PASSION'S PRISONER Forced to escape her beloved Scotland, heiress Catrina Hamilton flees her home and an unwanted suitor for an uncertain fate. When she boards a pirate ship dressed as a cabin boy, Catrina believes that she's finally found safe passage to a new life; but her relief is fleeting. For when she meets Capt...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26,470	Nov-1985	Love Storm	Byers, Cordia	9,780,449,128,176	VIRGINAL AND PROUD, YET IMPRISONED AS A WHORE ...Beautiful young Storm Kingsley faces an unjust sentence of seven years' servitude in the far-off American colonies. Yet in her journey across the sea, Captain Thor Wakefield buys her servitude -- and his hungry touch claims her innocence. Hot with shame, yet melting wi...	{ "abuse": 0, "accidental-pregnancy": 0, "action-adventure": 0, "actor-actress-dancer-model": 0, "adoption": 0, "adultery": 0, "african-american": 0, "alcoholism": 0, "aliens": 0, "alpha-hero": 0, "alternative-history": 0, "amateur-sleuth": 0, "americana": 0, "amish": 0, "amnesia": 0, "a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

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Dataset Summary

Collection of Romance Novels featuring title, description, and genres. Created with intention of building a "Romance Novel Generator."

Data Fields

id : unique integer to id book in the dataset
pub_month : string indicating the month the book was published in the form: YEAR_MONTH
title : title of the book
author : comma-separated (last-name, first-name) of the author of book
isbn13 : 13 digit number for the isbn of book (note not all books will have an isbn number)
description : text description of the book. May contain quoted lines, a brief teaser of the plot, etc...
genres : dictionary of all genres with 0 indicating the book is NOT tagged to that genre, and a 1 indicating that the book is tagged to that genre
additional fields are the all the individual genres exploded with respective 1 & 0 values

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