NOVEL BY JUANITA COULSON.

DARK PRIESTESS.  Historical romance(NOT a bodice ripper),
set in 1770 B.C. in Hammurabi's Babylon.  Protagonist is a
Sumerian physician and lay priestess of Inanna-Ishtar.  She
and her father join the royal household and are caught up in
its political intrigues and the pagan rituals and prophesies
relating to the survival of Hammurabi's dynasty -- and the
heroine's as well.  Sex scenes are minimal enough so that it
wouldn't be red-lined by the sternest librarian, yet the
historical and adventure aspects work sufficiently well to
have persuaded a number of male readers to tell the author
(albeit with some surprise and occasional embarrassment that
they've actually been reading women's genre fiction) that
they really enjoyed it.  Background heavily researched --
Samuel Noah Kramer, German archaeological sources, etc. -- in
strong contrast to cover painting, which is a historical
disaster as well as being ridiculous and having nothing to
do with the story.

For information, please send SASE to: 

        Juanita Coulson
        2677W-500N
        Hartford City, IN 47348

Or email in care of Gene DeWeese on GEnie at G.DEWEESE