Kate Walter was a popular British

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 writer of 50 romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s in 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...

 since 1984.

Biography

Kate Walker was born the spring of 1950 in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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, England

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, but the family moved to West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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 when she was just 18 months old. She was the middle child of five daughters.

She studied English and Library Science in the University College of Wales

Wales

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, Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth

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, where she met her husband. They married and installed in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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 She worked until she was a mother.

Kate Walker published her first novel in 1984.

Single Novels

• The Chalk Line (1984)
• First Man (1986)
• Game of Hazard (1986)
• Rough Diamond (1986)
• Broken Silence (1987)
• Captive Lover (1987)
• Man of Shadows (1987)
• The Cinderella Trap (1988)
• Chase the Dawn (1988)
• Leap in the Dark (1989)
• Jester's Girl (1989)
• The Golden Thief (1990)
• Runaway (1990)
• Give and Take (1991)
• No Gentleman (1992)
• Something Missing (1993)
• Shattered Mirror (1993)
• Calypso's Enchantment (1994)
• No Holding Back (1995)
• Flirting With Danger (1996)
• Hers for a Night (1996)
• The Unexpected Child (1997)
• The Groom's Revenge (1997)
• The Temptation Game (1998)
• Wife for a Day (1998)
• Fiancee by Mistake (1998)
• Saturday's Bride (1999)
• Constantine's Revenge (1999)
• Rafael's Love-Child (2000)
• Her Secret Bridegroom (2000)
• His Miracle Baby (2001)
• The Hostage Bride (2001)
• Desert Affair (2001)
• The Christmas Baby's Gift (2002)
• A Sicilian Husband (2003)
• The Antonakos Marriage (2005)
• At The Sheikh's Command (2006)
• The Italian's Forced Bride (2006)
• Sicilian Husband, Blackmailed Bride (2007)
• The Greek Tycoon's Unwilling Wife (2007)

The Sicilian Brothers Series

1. The Sicilian's Wife (2002)
2. The Sicilian's Red-Hot Revenge (2007)

Alcolar Family Trilogy

1. The Twelve-month Mistress (2004)
2. The Spaniard's Inconvenient Wife (2004)
3. Bound by Blackmail (2005)

Omnibus In Collaboration

• Society Weddings (2002) (with 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:...
  
  )
• Her Greek Tycoon (2003) (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 Lynne Graham
  Lynne Graham
  Lynne Graham is a popular Northern Irish author of over 60 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1987.-Biography:...
  
  )
• The Midnight Hour (2004) (with Lilian Darcy
  Lilian Darcy
  Lilian Darcy is popular Australian writer of over 75 medical romance novels since 1981.-Biography:Lilian Darcy was born on 14 February in Australia. She grew up reading the books by L.M. Montgomery...
  
   and Kate Hoffmann
  Kate Hoffmann
  Peggy Hoffmann is an American writer of over 45 romance novels since 1993 as Kate Hoffmann. She lives in southeastern Wisconsin.-Biography:...
  
  )
• A Convenient Proposal (2004) (with Helen Bianchin
  Helen Bianchin
  Helen Bianchin is a popular Australian writer of over 50 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1975.-Biography:...
  
   and Lucy Gordon)
• His Secret Baby (2004) (with Robyn Donald
  Robyn Donald
  Robyn Donald is a prolific writer of romance novels from New Zealand.She writes for the English Mills and Boon romance series, and all her books have also been reedited under Harlequin Enterprises Limited series....
  
   and 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:...
  
  )
• Virgin Brides (2005) (with 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:...
  
   and 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:...
  
  )
• In the Sheikh's Bed (2005) (with 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:...
  
   and 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...
  
  )
• Christmas, Kids and Kisses (2006) (with 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...
  
   and Renee Roszel
  Renee Roszel
  Renee Roszel is an American writer of over-40 romance novels since 1983.-Biography:Roszel does not like to study languages or to play music, however, she does like to read. Some of her favorite authors include: Irving Stone, J.D. Salinger, Larry McMurtry and Margaret Mitchell. She also a fan of...
  
  )
• Bound by a Baby (2007) (with 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:...
  
   and Rebecca Winters)

Non fiction

• A Straightforward Guide to Writing Romantic Fiction (2002)
• 12 Point Guide to Writing Romance (2004)