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Petals on the River

Woodiwiss, Kathleen E
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historical fiction colonial romance past tense third limited POV ~728 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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passionate romantic tense

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count181,970
Page count~728 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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