Carole Mortimer

Carole Mortimer
Born1960 (age 63–64)
England
Pen nameCarole Mortimer
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1978–present
GenreRomance
SpousePeter
Children4
Website
www.carolemortimer.co.uk

Carole Mortimer (born 1960 in England) is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors.

Biography[edit]

Carole Mortimer was born about 1960 in a very rural hamlet in the east England, and she had two brothers.[1] She studied only one year of nursing, and ended up working in the computer department of a well-known stationery company, where she started to write her first manuscript.[1]

The manuscript was rejected by Mills & Boon, but the second was accepted and was published in 1978 as The Passionate Winter.[1] She became one of the youngest and most prolific Mills & Boon's authors. She celebrated the publication of her 100th book, 20 years after her debut, and 30 years after this, she published her first historical novels, in the Mills & Boon Historical series.

In 2012 she was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for her 'outstanding service to literature'. In 2014 she received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US.[2]

In 2015 she started writing her first indie series called Alpha, as well as her Harlequin Mills & Boon books. And on 15 March 2015 she published her 200th book, titled Shadow Alpha,[3] which was recognised, along with her other achievements by being awarded the 2015 RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award.[4]

Carole married to Peter, father to two children, they had four sons more, and now the family is formed by six children (with 22 years of difference between the first-born and the unexpected youngest child.[5]

Bibliography[edit]

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Single novels[edit]

  • The Passionate Winter (1978)
  • The Tempestuous Flame (1979)
  • Tempted by Desire (1979)
  • Only Lover (1979)
  • Savage Interlude (1979)
  • Deceit of a Pagan (1980)
  • Engaged to Jarrod Stone (1980)
  • Fear of Love (1980)
  • Yesterday's Scars (1980)
  • Brand of Possession (1980)
  • Living Together (1980)
  • Devil Lover (1981)
  • Flame of Desire (1981)
  • Ice in His Veins (1981)
  • Satan's Master (1981)
  • First Love, Last Love (1981)
  • Freedom to Love (1981)
  • Point of No Return (1981)
  • Forbidden Surrender (1982)
  • Love's Duel (1982)
  • Captive Loving (1982)
  • Shadowed Stranger (1982)
  • Burning Obsession (1982)
  • Red Rose for Love (1982)
  • Forgotten Lover (1982)
  • Elusive Lover (1982)
  • Golden Fever (1982)
  • Passion from the Past (1982)
  • Perfect Partner (1982)
  • Hidden Love (1982)
  • Fantasy Girl (1983)
  • Love Unspoken (1983)
  • Love's Only Deception (1983)
  • Sensual Encounter (1983)
  • Lifelong Affair (1983)
  • Undying Love (1983)
  • Pagan Enchantment (1983)
  • The Failed Marriage (1983)
  • Subtle Revenge (1983)
  • Heaven Here on Earth (1983)
  • Hard to get (1984)
  • Lost Love (1984)
  • Untamed (1984)
  • Unwilling Desire (1984)
  • Gypsy (1985)
  • A No Risk Affair (1985)
  • Tempestuous Affair (1985)
  • Passionate Lover (1985)
  • Trust in Tomorrow (1985)
  • A Past Revenge (1985)
  • Lovers in the Afternoon (1985)
  • Cherish Tomorrow (1985) aka Trust in Tomorrow
  • The Devil's Price (1985)
  • Lady Surrender (1985)
  • Darkness into Light (1985)
  • Knight's Possession (1985)
  • Glass Slippers and Unicorns (1986)
  • The Wade Dynasty (1986)
  • No Longer a Dream (1986)
  • Hawk's Prey (1986)
  • Merlyn's Magic (1986)
  • Velvet Promise (1986)
  • A Rogue and a Pirate (1986)
  • After the Loving (1987)
  • Tangled Hearts (1987)
  • Taggart's Woman (1987)
  • Witchchild (1987) aka Just One Night
  • Secret Passion (1987)
  • Wish for the Moon (1987)
  • Uncertain Destiny (1987)
  • Elusive as the Unicorn (1989)
  • Memories of the Past (1991)
  • Romance of a Lifetime (1991)
  • The Jilted Bridegroom (1992)
  • Mother of the Bride (1992)
  • Private Lives (1992)
  • Elusive Obsession (1992)
  • Gracious Lady (1993)
  • Return Engagement (1993)
  • Hunter's Moon (1993)
  • War of Love (1994)
  • The One and Only (1995)
  • One-man Woman (1996)
  • Wildest Dreams (1997)
  • A Marriage to Remember (1997)
  • Married by Christmas (1998)
  • Married by Contract (1998)
  • Jilted (1998)
  • Joined by Marriage (1998)
  • Trials by Marriage (1999)
  • A Man to Marry (1999)
  • The Yuletide Engagement (1999)
  • A Yuletide Seduction (1999)
  • Their Engagement Is Announced (2000)
  • Bound by Contract (2000)
  • The Secret Virgin (2001)
  • The Fiance Fix (2002)
  • Keeping Luke's Secret (2002)
  • In Separate Bedrooms (2003)
  • His Bid for a Bride (2004)
  • Claiming His Christmas Bride (2004)
  • The Vengeance Affair (2004)
  • Christmas Night Miracle (2006)
  • The Innocent Virgin (2006)
  • Meant to Wed (2007)
  • The Venetian's Midnight Mistress (2008)
  • Bedded for the Spaniard's Pleasure (2009)
  • Pregnant with the Billionaire's Baby (2009)
  • The Virgin Secretary's Impossible Boss (2009)
  • The Infamous Italian's Secret Baby (2009)
  • His Christmas Virgin (2010)
  • Surrender to the past (2011)
  • The Talk of Hollywood (2012)

King-Hamilton Series[edit]

  1. Trust in Summer Madness (1983)
  2. Everlasting Love (1984)

Bennett Series[edit]

  1. One Chance at Love (1988)
  2. To Love Again (1988)
  3. The Loving Gift (1988)
  4. A Christmas Affair (1990)

Quinlan Series[edit]

  1. The Fated Attraction (1991)
  2. Saving Grace (1992)

To Bachelor Series[edit]

To Be Bachelor Brothers Sub-Series[edit]

  1. To Woo a Wife (1998)
  2. To Be a Husband (1998)
  3. To Be a Bridegroom (1999)

To Bachelor Sisters Sub-Series[edit]

  1. To Mend a Marriage (2000)
  2. To Have a Husband (2000)
  3. To Become a Bride (2001)
  4. To Make a Marriage (2001)

To Marry Bachelor Cousins Sub-Series[edit]

  1. To Marry McKenzie (2002)
  2. To Marry McCloud (2002)
  3. To Marry McAllister (2002)

The Calendar Mistress Series[edit]

  1. His Cinderella Mistress (2003)
  2. The Unwilling Mistress (2004)
  3. The Deserving Mistress (2004)

The Prince Brothers Series[edit]

  1. Prince's Passion (2005)
  2. Prince's Pleasure (2005)
  3. The Prince's Love-Child (2006)
  • The Prince Brothers: Satisfaction Guaranteed! (2009)

Sicilian Gambrellis Saga[edit]

  1. The Sicilian's Ruthless Marriage Revenge (2007)
  2. At The Sicilian Count's Command (2008)
  3. The Sicilian's Innocent Mistress (2008)

Virgin Brides and Arrogant Husbands Series[edit]

  • The Virgin Secretary's Impossible Boss (2009)

Nine To Five Series Multi-Author[edit]

  • Two's Company (1995)
  • His Very Personal Assistant (2005)

Nanny Wanted! Series Multi-Author[edit]

  • The Diamond Bride (1998)

Do Not Disturb Series Multi-Author[edit]

  • Liam's Secret Son (2001)
  • An Enigmatic Man (2003)

Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author[edit]

  • Bride by Blackmail (2003)
  • Billionaires Marriage Bargain (2007)

In Love With Her Boss Series Multi-Author[edit]

9. His Very Personal Assistant (2005)

Dinner at 8 Series Multi-Author[edit]

  • Wife by Contract, Mistress by Demand (2007)

Expecting! Series Multi-Author[edit]

  • Pregnant By The Millionaire (2007)

The Notorious St. Claires (Historical)[edit]

  • At the Duke's Service (2009)
  • The Duke's Cinderella Bride (2009)
  • The Rake's Wicked Proposal (2009)
  • The Rogue's Disgraced Lady (2009)
  • Lady Arabella's Scandalous Marriage (2010)

The Notorious St. Claires (Modern)[edit]

  • Jordan St Claire: Dark and Dangerous (January 2011)
  • The Reluctant Duke (February 2011)
  • Taming the last St. Claire (March 2011)

The Copeland Sisters (Historical)[edit]

  • The Lady Forfeits (November 2011)
  • The Lady Gambles (December 2011)
  • The Lady Confesses (January 2012)

Lyonedes Cousin[edit]

  • Defying Drakon (May 2012)
  • His Reputation Precedes Him (August 2012)

Alpha[edit]

  • Christmas Alpha (November 2014)
  • Dark Alpha (January 2015)
  • Shadow Alpha (March 2015)
  • Midnight Alpha (May 2015)
  • Renegade Alpha (July 2015)
  • Warrior Alpha (October 2015)
  • Rogue Alpha (December 2015)
  • Savage Alpha (March 2016)

Collections[edit]

  • Best of Carole Mortimer: Savage Interlude, Passionate Winter (1984)
  • Best of Carole Mortimer: Tempestuous Flame, Tempted by Desire (1984)
  • Carole Mortimer Duet (1994)
  • The Collection (Seasonal Products) (1998)
  • Secret Passion / The One and Only (2006)
  • The Tycoon's Mistress (2008)

Omnibus in Collaboration[edit]

References and sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Mills & Boon's Biography, archived from the original on 1 October 2011, retrieved 6 August 2007
  2. ^ "Author Q&A: Carole Mortimer Celebrates 200 Books".
  3. ^ Shadow Alpha. Carole Mortimer. 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ "MyRWA : Awards : Lifetime Achievement Award". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ^ Mills & Boon's Interview, retrieved 6 August 2007[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Carole Mortimer in Fantastic Fiction, retrieved 6 August 2007

External links[edit]

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