Starfield:The Orchid Merchant

"I love you," said the orchid merchant. "And I love you, my dearest," said Vincenza in return. "But our passion... how long can it last? For our families will never approve of our union." "Perhaps not, my dearest Vincenza. Perhaps not," he said, pushing an orchid into her lovely black hair. "But we don't need them anyway."

[The Orchid Merchant, written by Carlita Carr and published in 2325, has become one of the fastest-selling romance novels in Settled Systems history.]