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Connie
Connie asked Stephen P. Kiernan:

I am curious about your books, they sound intriguing. I am particularly interested in The Bakers Secret. Is there a romantic element in it at all for the heroine? I'm a romantic at heart. I'm not looking for explicit sex scenes, just a romantic element. Thanks.

Stephen P. Kiernan Hi Connie and thanks for your question.

There are several romantic elements in The Baker's Secret, because the strains of occupation make the comforts of affection all the more important. There is I believe one sentence about a sexual moment, but everyone involved is fully clothed. It occurs the night before two lovers are to be parted, perhaps forever,

Some books require sexual specificity in order for the story to work. This novel relies much more on people's emotional connections to one another, and sexual specifics would distract from that story.
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Ali
Ali asked Stephen P. Kiernan:

I recently read The Baker's Secret and the Hummingbird. I like your genuine style of writing very much but find myself hesitant to pick up The Curiosity. The premise is a bit far-fetched and flirts too much with the supernatural, which I am not a fan of. Would you say the book focuses on relationships between characters more than science? Also, what is your next novel about?

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Mary Jean asked Stephen P. Kiernan:

Read The Hummingbird while helping my sister through her last days of life after fighting a valiant battle with cancer. Worried it would be too hard to read now; instead, it proved to be cathartic as she passed last week. "Nurse Birch" was so often helping Barclay Reed with the same sorts of issues we were dealing with, along w/our own Hospice nurses--same meds, techniques, compassionate acts, etc. Thank you! ?

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Elizabeth Good asked Stephen P. Kiernan:

Loved Universe of Two!! Wonder: -Why did Brenda never return to Chicago to see her brother after her parents died? -Page 85 begins, "The long stalemate broke..in May," yet on 105, later in the story, "It was a gray March day." Did I misunderstand something? -On page 418 Brenda states they had left in 1945, but that was when they moved TO Bay Area so I'm confused by what is meant? Thanks for your reply!

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