USA Today Bestselling Author of Passionate Historical Romance

 

Watch for The Mistress Diaries
Coming in August 2008

Avon Books

Book II in the Pembroke Palace Series, featuring Lord Vincent Sinclair.

A proper lady would never let herself become his mistress...



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In My Wildest Fantasies


November 2007

Avon Books

Book one of the new Pembroke Palace Series.



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Surrender to a Scoundrel
January 2007

Avon Books

* American Heiress Series Conclusion - Book Six
A Romantic Times Bookclub Top Pick

He may be a disreputable scoundrel, but he is determined to win the most coveted prize of all: the love of a virtuous lady.




Rita Finalist
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Portrait of a Lover
February 2006

Avon Books

* American Heiress Series Book Five
A Romantic Times Bookclub Top Pick
And RIO Award of Excellence Nominee
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The highly anticipated follow up book to Love According to Lily, featuring Magnus and Annabelle...

If Magnus is truly the villain they paint him to be, why does he make Annabelle feel so wonderful?"



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Love According to Lily
August 2005

Avon Books

* American Heiress Series Book Four
Romantic Times Bookclub, Top Pick

Have you ever suffered the heartbreak of loving someone who doesn't love you in return? Well, Lady Lily refuses to give up on the man of her dreams, and she'll use whatever seduction is necessary to win his heart...


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My Own Private Hero
November 2004

Avon Books

* American Heiress Series Book Three
Starring dutiful, well-behaved Adele - who has arrived in England to marry Harold, a polite viscount, but is shaken to discover she is more passionately drawn to his dangerous, disreputable cousin, Damien, Baron Alcester.


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An Affair Most Wicked
February 2004

Avon Books

* American Heiress Series Book Two
Clara Wilson has come all the way to London to find respectability and escape her past follies - but when she meets the exciting Marquess of Rawdon, she throws caution aside and risks it all for love.



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To Marry the Duke


June 2003

Avon Books

* American Heiress Series Book One
In 1880's London, an innocent American heiress balks at her mother's efforts to marry her into the British aristocracy until an outcast duke captures her heart.



Rita Finalist
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Adam's Promise
April 2003

Harlequin Historicals




Rita Finalist

 

 

The Marshal and Mrs. O`Malley
June 2001

Harlequin Historicals



 

 

Prairie Bride
August 2000

Harlequin Historicals



 

Awards and Achievements:

To Marry the Duke

  • RITA FINALIST, Romance Writers of America
  • GRAND PRIZE WINNER, More Than Magic Contest, Romance Writers Ink
  • WINNER, Historical Category, More Than Magic Contest, Romance Writers Ink
  • FINALIST, Holt Medallion, Virginia Romance Writers
  • FINALIST, Golden Quill, Desert Rose RWA

Adam's Promise

  • RITA FINALIST, Romance Writers of America

Sleeping With The Playboy

  • WINNER, Bookseller's Best Awards, Greater Detroit Romance Writers
  • TOP PICK, Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine
  • FINALIST, Write Touch Readers' Award, Wisconsin RWA
  • FINALIST, Golden Quill, Desert Rose RWA

An Affair Most Wicked

  • USA Today Bestseller
  • FINALIST, 2005 Golden Quill, Desert Rose RWA

My Own Private Hero

  • FINALIST, Booksellers Best Awards, Greater Detroit Romance Writers

Love According to Lily

  • WINNER, 2005 RT Reviewers Choice Award, Best Regency Set Historical
  • WINNER, 2005 Booksellers Best Awards, Greater Detroit Romance Writers
  • WINNER, 2005 Bookbuyers Best Awards, Orange County Chapter, RWA
  • TOP PICK, Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine
  • FINALIST, 2006 Holt Medallion, Virginia Romance Writers

Portrait of a Lover

  • TOP PICK, Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine
  • NOMINEE, Reviewers International Organization Award of Excellence
  • FINALIST, 2006 Romantic Times Bookclub Reviewers Choice Award
  • FINALIST, 2007 Golden Quill Awards

Surrender to a Scoundrel

  • RITA FINALIST, Romance Writers of America
  • TOP PICK, Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine
  • WINNER, Award of Excellence, Colorado Romance Writers
  • FINALIST, Desert Rose 2008 Golden Quill
  • AWARD OF MERIT, Holt Medallion