Published books (fiction)
Historical Fiction
also see below under Mills and Boon, Historicals
Sagas set in Victorian Norfolk
SANDRINGHAM ROSE
Headline, 1992
A CHILD OF SECRETS
Headline, 1993
and
THE CLOUDED LAND
Headline, 1994
short-listed for Romantic Novel of the Year, 1996
All the above in Hbk, Pbk, Lge Print, USA etc
THE PEOPLE OF THE HORSE
a story about Boudicca, Iron Age
Queen of Norfolk, and one of her daughters
W H Allen, 1987
In Hbk, Pbk, Hungarian, Czech
I hate this cover - it looks like Barbie Doll and her daughter, and the horses are much too big. They promised me they would change it for the paperback and they did - they printed the title black instead of white!
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Romantic Fiction
Since first publication in 1971, I've produced many titles of romantic suspense and sweet or sexy romance, both contemporary and historical, for publishers in UK including Mills & Boon and Robert Hale, and for publishers in USA such as Bantam Books, Silhouette Books, Simon and Schuster, etc. These appeared in hardback, paperback, various other English editions and in up to twenty different languages. Several have recently been re-issued in Large Print, UK and USA, with more in production. Some of these books were, as you will see, published under pen-names.
Titles produced in Hbk by Hale, Pbk and Lge Print by various publishers, and in up to twenty languages.
1) Writing as Mary Mackie:
ROBIN'S SONG ~ SHADOW ON THE LAKE ~ A MAN LIKE MATTHEW ~ MIST AROUND THE MOON ~ A SEASON FOR SINGING ~ GIVE ME NO RUBIES ~ DARK DAYS OF SPRING ~ A LIGHT IN THE VALLEY ~ THE WAITING WEB ~ THE WOLF OF WIERDMOOR ~ AKIN TO LOVE ~ THE FLOWER AND THE STORM ~ CASTLE KINTYLE ~ SHADES OF GREY ~ NICOLA'S WINTER ~ THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER ~ PAMELA ~ THE UNQUIET SUMMER ~ A VOICE IN THE FOG ~ SHADOWS OF YESTERDAY ~ THE WHISPERING WELL ~ THE SCENT OF RAIN ~ STILL WEEPS THE WILLOW ~ ENIGMA FOR A NURSE ~ FALCONER'S WOOD ~ STRAW IN THE WIND ~ FLAME IN THE FOREST ~ INTO THE TWILIGHT ~ DARK RUBY ~ SEASON OF MISTS~ COUNTERFEIT LOVE ~ NIGHTFLOWER
2) Writing as Cathy Christopher (from 1980):
GREEN GYPSY FIRE ~ WARNINGS OF THUNDER ~ BLUE WINTER SMOKE ~ EITHER
SIDE OF THE HILL ~ WOUNDED FALCON ~ VANGELDER'S DAUGHTER
HOMECOMING HEART ~ THIS TIME FOR SURE
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Mills and Boon Romances
1) Historical, writing as Alex Andrews
~ BLACK SAXON ~ LADY OF THE MOON ~
2) Contemporary, writing as Caroline
Charles:
LAIRD OF DRUMM ~ UNTIL MIDNIGHT STRIKES ~ A MAN CALLED MIKE ~
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Romances commissioned by USA Publishers:
Silhouette Books, writing as Susan Stevens:
~ IVORY INNOCENCE ~
Bantam Books, writing as Mary Christopher:
~ ROYAL WEDDING
(USA Pbk, UK Hbk and many languages, inc
Greek & Hebrew!)
~ HARVEST OF DESIRE ~ ELUSIVE VICTORY ~ A BUDDING RAPTURE
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Dorchester Books, writing as Mary Christopher:
~ DARK CONQUEROR (A bodice ripper!) ~
New UK editions of above:
Severn House (reprints): SWEETER THAN WINE
(Hbk ‘97) was ‘Harvest of Desire’(Bantam Bks) and SPRING
FEVER (Hbk 96) was ‘A Budding Rapture’(Bantam Bks)
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Small paperback originals:
as Mary Mackie: ~ RETURN TO LOVE ~
(also Large Print)
as Cathy Charles: FASCINATING SINNER ~
SECRET OF THE GLEN (read an Extract) ~
A SILKEN SEA
as Mary Charles: ~ THE WHITE COCKADE ~
as Caroline Charles: ~ SMILE OF THE TIGER ~ and ~ LARKSONG
(Pub as The Price of Freedom) ~
Notes
Sandringham Rose is actually a fictionalized version of Louise Cresswell's story, but written before I did my recent research to produce her true-life story The Prince's Thorn. Rose is the daughter of a farmer and she does have fights with the Prince of Wales (Edward VII), who pursues her with lusty intent, but her personal story ends more happily than that of the real-life Louise.
And, as I discovered when I did my in-depth research, Louise was NOT the object of the Prince's romantic desires. That was a fiction invented by an earlier biographer to add a bit of spice to his tale.
Child of Secrets is another late Victorian story set in Norfolk from the 1890s to 1920 (hence the pram on the cover, which sees Jess bringing the child back to where he belongs). Whose child is he? Ah, you'll have to read the book!
The Clouded Land is also set in and around the area where I live, this time against a background of WW1. It was in Norfolk that the first bombs were dropped by enemy Zeppelins. War coming so close to home came as a huge shock to the residents. My heroine is an English girl raised in Germany, so her loyalties and affections are inevitably divided as the war begins. It's also a story of the suffragettes and the work women were obliged to take on for the first time during 1914-18.
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Collection of my books, taken in my study:
