Carole Mortimer is a popular British

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 writer

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 of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon is a British publisher of romance novels. It was founded in 1908, and was independent until its purchase in 1971 by Harlequin Enterprises with whom the company had had a long informal partnership...

's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors.

Biography

Carole Mortimer was born about 1960 in a very rural hamlet in the east England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, and she had two brothers. 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.

The manuscript was rejected by Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon is a British publisher of romance novels. It was founded in 1908, and was independent until its purchase in 1971 by Harlequin Enterprises with whom the company had had a long informal partnership...

, but the second was accepted and was published in 1978 as The Passionate Winter. 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.

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.

Single Novels

• 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)

Bennett Series

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

To Be Bachelor Brothers Sub-Series

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

To Bachelor Sisters Sub-Series

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

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

The Calendar Mistress Series

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

The Prince Brothers Series

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

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

Nine To Five Series Multi-Author

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

Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author

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

The Notorious St. Claires (Historical)

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

Collections

• 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

• Romance on Holiday (1983) (Starfire by Celia Scott / Chance Meetings by Vanessa James
  Vanessa James
  -References:...
  
   / Savage Pagan by Helen Bianchin
  Helen Bianchin
  Helen Bianchin is a popular Australian writer of over 50 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1975.-Biography:...
  
   / Hard to Get by Carole Mortimer)
• Sunsational (1991) (Fantasy by Emma Darcy
  Emma Darcy
  Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband-wife writing team of Wendy Brennan and Frank Brennan , they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, in the Emma Darcy Pseudonym's 10th anniversary, They created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish...
  
   / Rent-A-Bride by Emma Goldrick
  Emma Goldrick
  Emma Goldrick was the pseudonym used by the married writing team formed by Emma Elizabeth Jean Sutcliffe and Robert N. Goldrick . Under this name they wrote 41 romance novels published by Mills & Boon between 1983 and 1996...
  
   / You Owe Me by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   / Lovers in the Afternoon by Carole Mortimer)
• Matched By Mistake (1996) (Passionate Protection by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   / Hotline by Gina Wilkins / Forbidden Surrender by Carole Mortimer)
• Christmas Miracles (1996) (A Christmas Proposal by Betty Neels
  Betty Neels
  Evelyn Jessy "Betty" Neels was a prolific English author of romance novels. She wrote over 134 titles , beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death...
  
   / Heavenly Angels by Carole Mortimer / A Daddy For Christmas by Rebecca Winters)
• Mr. Mom (1997) (Memories of the Past by Carole Mortimer / The Marriage Ticket by Sharon Brondos / Tell Me A Story by Dallas Schulze)
• Wedded Bliss (1999) (They're Wed Again by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer)
• Nearly Weds! (1999) (Making Sure of Sarah by Betty Neels
  Betty Neels
  Evelyn Jessy "Betty" Neels was a prolific English author of romance novels. She wrote over 134 titles , beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death...
  
   / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer / They're Wed Again! by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
  )
• Making Babies (2001) (Simply Irresistible by Miranda Lee
  Miranda Lee
  Miranda Lee is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990.-Biography:...
  
   / After the Loving by Carole Mortimer / His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon)
• Wed Again! (2001) (They're Wed Again! by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   / Anne Mather
  Anne Mather
  Anne Mather is the pseudonym used by Mildred Grieveson , a popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming....
  
   / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer)
• Christmas Secrets (2002) (A Heavenly Christmas by Carole Mortimer / Christmas Passions by Catherine Spencer
  Catherine Spencer
  Catherine Spencer is a popular Canadian writer of over 40 romance novels in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1986. She also signed her books as Kathy Orr.-Biography:...
  
   / A Seasonal Secret by Diana Hamilton
  Diana Hamilton
  Diana Hamilton was a popular British writer of 50 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1986.-Biography:Diana Hamilton was born in an English town.At 18, she studied to art college, where she met Peter...
  
  )
• A Child for Christmas (2003) (Carole Mortimer / Rebecca Winters /Jennifer Taylor
  Jennifer Taylor (writer)
  Jennifer Taylor is a popular British writer of 50 medical romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1988.-Biography:Jennifer Taylor born on 1 January 1949 in England. She is a Chartered Librarian and worked for many years in scientific research...
  
  )
• In the Boss's Bed (2004) (Carole Mortimer / Seduced by the boss by Sharon Kendrick
  Sharon Kendrick
  Sharon Kendrick is a popular British writer of over 75 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1993. Her books regularly top the sales charts for romance fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.-Biography:...
  
   / Dating her boss by Liz Fielding
  Liz Fielding
  Liz Fielding is a popular British writer of over 50 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1992.-Biography:Liz Fielding was born on 1 June in Wales. Her mother taught to her to read....
  
  )
• Mistress to a Millionaire (2004) (The Bellini Bride by Michelle Reid
  Michelle Reid
  Michelle Reid is a popular British writer of over 30 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1988.-Biography:Michelle Reid born and grew up in Manchester in the Northwest of England with her four siblings...
  
   / A Marriage Proposal by Carole Mortimer)
• All in a Day (2005) (Carole Mortimer / Rebecca Winters / Jessica Hart
  Jessica Hart
  Jessica Hart is a popular British writer of over 45 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1991.-Biography:Jessica Hart was born in Cameroon, where her mother continues living. She has traveled by Australian Outback, Indonesia, Belize, Cameroon, Algeria and Afghanistan.She published her first book...
  
  )
• Boardroom to Bedroom (2005) (The Boss's Marriage Arrangement by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   / His Darling Valentine by Carole Mortimer)
• Christmas Proposals (2006) (Carole Mortimer / Rebecca Winters / Marion Lennox
  Marion Lennox
  Marion Lennox is a popular writer of over 60 medical romance novels. She began publishing in 1990. She has also written "tender" romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Blackmailed Brides (2006) (Kim Lawrence / Carole Mortimer / Kathryn Ross
  Kathryn Ross
  Kathryn Ross is a popular British writer of over 30 romance novels. Her books have been translated into English, Spanish, French, Dutch , Portuguese , Italian Modern Greek, Japanese, Swedish, Finnish, Afrikaans, Polish, Arabic, Danish, German, Hebrew , Korean, Turkish, Norwegian, and Thai.Ross...
  
  )
• The Innocence Collection (2007) (Innocent Bride by Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   / Innocent Desires by Carole Mortimer / Innocent Seduction by Kay Thorpe
  Kay Thorpe
  Kay Thorpe is a British author of over seventy-five romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1968. All her novels have also been published under Harlequin Enterprises Limited. Over a period of four decades, she has produced a body of sensuous work that investigates heritage,...
  
  )
• Christmas Weddings (2007) (with Shirley Jump and Margaret McDonagh)
• Brides for Christmas (2007) (with Liz Fielding
  Liz Fielding
  Liz Fielding is a popular British writer of over 50 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1992.-Biography:Liz Fielding was born on 1 June in Wales. Her mother taught to her to read....
  
   and Jessica Hart
  Jessica Hart
  Jessica Hart is a popular British writer of over 45 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1991.-Biography:Jessica Hart was born in Cameroon, where her mother continues living. She has traveled by Australian Outback, Indonesia, Belize, Cameroon, Algeria and Afghanistan.She published her first book...
  
  )
• Conveniently Wed (2008) (with Melissa James and Rebecca Winters)
• His Bride on His Terms (2008) (with Jacqueline Baird
  Jacqueline Baird
  Jacqueline Baird is popular English writer of over 30 romance novels since 1988.-Biography:Jacqueline Baird was born on April 1 in Northumberland, the Border County of England...
  
   and Sara Craven
  Sara Craven
  Sara Craven, is the pseudonym used by Anne Ashurst, née Bushell is a popular British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon ever since 1975...
  
  )
• Their Christmas Vows / His Christmas Eve Proposal / Snowbound Bride (2008) (with Shirley Jump and Margaret McDonagh)
• Taken by the Boss (2009) (with Leigh Michaels
  Leigh Michaels
  Leigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger , a popular United States writer of over 80 romance novels. She published her novels in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1984 to 2006. She also teaches romance writing for Gothan Writers' Workshop among other places.-Biography:LeAnn was born on...
  
   and Cathy Williams
  Cathy Williams
  Cathy Williams is a British writer of romance novels in Mills & BoonWilliams was born on Trinidad in the West Indies. She lives in Chiswick London, England which her husband Richard and their three daughters; Charlotte, Olivia and Emma.-Single Novels:...
  
  )
• Christmas with the Boss (2009) (with Natalie Anderson
  Natalie Anderson
  -Personal life:Anderson was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She married fiancé James Shepherd at a ceremony in Harrogate on 6 June 2008.-Biography:...
  
   and Alison Roberts)

External links

• Carole Mortimer in Harlequin Editorial
• Carole Mortimer in Fantastic Fiction