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Carolyn Louise Brown (born October 22, 1948) is an American author of
romance Romance may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings ** Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a pers ...
and
women's fiction Women's fiction is an umbrella term for women-centered books that focus on women's life experience that are marketed to female readers, and includes many mainstream novels or women's rights books. It is distinct from Women's writing in English, wo ...
. She has written more than 100 novels, 8 novellas, and has contributed to multiple anthologies.


Biography

Carolyn Brown was born in
Whitewright, Texas Whitewright is a town in Fannin and Grayson Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,725 at the 2020 census, up from 1,604 at the 2010 census. The Grayson County portion of Whitewright is part of the Sherman– Deniso ...
, on October 22, 1948, and raised in
Tishomingo, Oklahoma Tishomingo is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,101 as of the 2020 census, an increase of 2.2% over the population of 3,034 reported at the 2010 census. It was the fir ...
. She sold her first two books to Kensington Publishing Company in 1997. Brown's books have sold more than 6 million copies. She is a ''
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'' and ''
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'' bestselling author. Her books have also been reviewed by ''USA Today'' and ''Publishers Weekly''. Brown has been published by
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, Montlake Romance,
Avalon Books Avalon Books (originally Bouregy & Curl) was a small New York City, New York-based book publishing imprint (trade name), imprint owned by Thomas Bouregy & Company. Established in 1950 by Thomas Bouregy, it would be run by his daughter, Ellen Bou ...
,
Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...
, and Grand Central. In 2012, she was nominated for the
RITA Award The RITA Award, presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) from 1990 to 2019, was the most prominent award for English-language romance fiction. It was named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada. After not being awarded in 202 ...
for Best Inspirational Romance for ''The Ladies Room''. In 2020, Brown was a HOLT Medallion finalist for Novel with Romantic Elements for ''The Family Journal.'' Brown now writes full time in
Davis, Oklahoma Davis is a city in Garvin and Murray counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population is 2,823 as of the 2020 census. History Davis is named after Samuel H. Davis, who moved to Washita in what was then Indian Territory in 1887. At the ...
, where she lives with her husband.


Bibliography


Romance


Standalone titles

* ''This Time Forever'' (Kensington, 1997) * ''Love is the Answer'' (Kensington, 1997) * ''Winning Angel'' (Kensington, 1998) * ''For the Love of Mercy'' (Kensington, 1999) * ''Love Is'' (Avalon, 1999) * ''A Falling Star'' (Avalon, 2000) * ''The Yard Rose'' (Avalon, 2000) * ''All the Way from Texas'' (Avalon, 2000) * ''Lily’s White Lace'' (Avalon, 2001) * ''The Ivy Tree'' (Avalon, 2001) * ''That Way Again'' (Avalon, 2003) * ''The Wager'' (Avalon, 2004) * ''The Dove'' (Avalon, 2004) * ''Trouble in Paradise'' (Montlake, 2005) * ''The PMS Club'' (Avalon, 2006) * ''Talk Cowboy To Me'' (Sourcebooks, 2017) * ''Bride for a Day'' (Vintage Publishing, 2014) * ''An Old Love’s Shadow'' (Vintage Publishing, 2014) * ''Red River Deep'' (Vintage Publishing, 2014) * ''Honky Tonk Angel'' (Vintage Publishing, 2014) * ''Small Town Romance Collection'' (Vintage Publishing, 2017)


Series

* The Broken Roads Series ** ''To Trust'' (Avalon, 2008) ** ''To Commit'' (Avalon, 2008) ** ''To Believe'' (Avalon, 2009) ** ''To Dream'' (Avalon, 2009) ** ''To Hope'' (Avalon, 2009) * The Three Magic Words Series ** ''A Forever Thing'' (Avalon, 2011) ** ''In Shining Whatever'' (Avalon, 2012) ** ''Live After Wife'' (Montlake Romance, 2013) * The Oklahoma Land Rush Series ** ''Emma’s Folly'' (Avalon, 2002) ** ''Violet's Wish'' (Avalon, 2002) ** ''Maggie’s Mistake'' (Avalon, 2002) ** ''Just Grace'' (Avalon, 2003) * The Promised Land Series ** ''Willow'' (Avalon, 2003) ** ''Velvet'' (Avalon, 2003) ** ''Gypsy'' (Avalon, 2004) ** ''Garnet'' (Avalon, 2004) ** ''Augusta'' (Avalon, 2004) * The Black Swan Series ** ''Pushin' Up Daisies'' (Avalon, 2009) ** ''From Thin Air'' (Avalon, 2009) ** ''Come High Water'' (Avalon, 2010) * The Drifters & Dreamers Series ** Morning Glory (Avalon, 2007) ** Sweet Tilly (Avalon, 2007) ** Evening Star (Avalon, 2007) * The Angels & Outlaws Series ** ''From Wine to Water'' (Avalon, 2010) ** ''Walkin' On Clouds'' (Avalon, 2011) ** ''A Trick of the Light'' (Avalon, 2011) * The Love's Valley Series ** ''Choices'' (Avalon, 2005) ** ''Absolution'' (Avalon, 2005) ** ''Chances'' (Avalon, 2005) ** ''Redemption'' (Avalon, 2006) ** ''Promises'' (Avalon, 2006) * Spikes & Spurs Cowboy Series ** ''Love Drunk Cowboy'' (Sourcebooks, 2011) ** ''Red's Hot Cowboy'' (Sourcebooks, 2011) ** ''Darn Good Cowboy Christmas'' (Sourcebooks, 2011) ** ''One Hot Cowboy Wedding'' (Sourcebooks, 2012) ** ''Mistletoe Cowboy'' (Sourcebooks, 2012) ** ''Just a Cowboy and His Baby'' (Sourcebooks, 2012) ** ''Cowboy Seeks Bride'' (Sourcebooks, 2013) ** ''Christmas at Home'' (Sourcebooks, 2020) * Cowboys & Brides Series Cowboy Series ** ''The Billion Dollar Cowboy'' (Sourcebooks, 2013) ** ''The Cowboy’s Christmas Baby'' (Sourcebooks, 2013) ** ''The Cowboy’s Mail Order Bride'' (Sourcebooks, 2014) ** ''How to Marry a Cowboy'' (Sourcebooks, 2014) * The Canyon Series ** ''Long, Hot Texas Summer'' (Montlake Romance, 2014) ** ''Daisies in the Canyon'' (Montlake Romance, 2014) * The Honky Tonk Series ** ''I Love This Bar'' (Sourcebooks, 2010) ** ''Hell, Yeah'' (Sourcebooks, 2010) ** ''My Give a Damn's Busted'' (Sourcebooks, 2010) ** ''Honky Tonk Christmas'' (Sourcebooks, 2010) ** ''A Slow Dance Holiday'' (Sourcebooks, 2020) * The Lucky Series ** ''Lucky in Love'' (Sourcebooks, 2009) ** ''One Lucky Cowboy'' (Sourcebooks, 2009) ** ''Getting Lucky'' (Sourcebooks, 2010) * The Lucky Penny Ranch Series ** ''Wild Cowboy Ways'' (Grand Central, 2015) ** ''Hot Cowboy Nights'' (Grand Central, 2015) ** ''Merry Cowboy Christmas'' (Grand Central, 2016) ** ''Wicked Cowboy Charm'' (Grand Central, 2017) * The Burnt Boot Cowboy Series ** ''Cowboy Boots for Christmas (Cowboy not Included)'', (Sourcebooks, 2014) ** ''The Trouble with Texas Cowboys'' (Sourcebooks, 2015) ** ''One Texas Cowboy Too Many'' (Sourcebooks, 2016) ** ''The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle'' (Sourcebooks, 2016) * The Happy, Texas Cowboy Series ** ''The Toughest Cowboy in Texas'' (Grand Central, 2017) ** ''Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas'' (Grand Central, 2017) ** ''The Luckiest Cowboy in Texas'' (Grand Central, 2018) * The Longhorn Canyon Cowboy Series ** ''Cowboy Bold'' (Grand Central, 2018) ** ''Cowboy Honor'' (Grand Central, 2018) ** ''Cowboy Brave'' (Grand Central, 2019) ** ''Cowboy Rebel'' (Grand Central, 2019) ** ''Christmas With a Cowboy'' (Grand Central, 2019) ** ''Cowboy Courage'' (Grand Central, 2020) ** ''Cowboy Strong'' (Forever, 2020) * The Ryan Family Series ** ''Second Chance at Sunflower Ranch'' (Forever, 2021)


Women's fiction


Standalone titles

* The Ladies' Room (Avalon, 2011) * ''Hidden Secrets'' (Montlake Romance, 2012) * ''The Wedding Pearls'' (Montlake Romance, 2015) * ''The Lullaby Sky'' (Montlake Romance, 2016) * ''The Barefoot Summer'' (Montlake Romance, 2017) * ''The Lilac Bouquet'' (Montlake Romance, 2017) * ''The Strawberry Hearts Diner'' (Montlake Romance, 2017) * ''The Sometimes Sisters'' (Montlake Romance, 2018) * ''Small Town Rumors'' (Montlake Romance, 2018) * ''The Magnolia Inn'' (Montlake Romance, 2019) * ''The Perfect Dress'' (Montlake Romance, 2019) * ''The Empty Nesters'' (Montlake Romance, 2019) * ''The Family Journal'' (Montlake Romance, 2019) * ''The Banty House'' (Montlake, 2020) * ''Miss Janie's Girls'' (Montlake, 2020) * ''The Daydream Cabin'' (Montlake, 2020) * ''Hummingbird Land'' (Montlake, 2021) * ''The Hope Chest'' (Montlake, 2021)


The Cadillac Series

* ''The Blue Ribbon Jalapeno Society Jubilee'' (Sourcebooks, 2014) * ''The Red Hot Chili Cook Off'' (Sourcebooks, 2014) * ''The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop'' (Montlake Romance, 2015)


Anthologies

* ''The Night Before Christmas'' (Grand Central, 2018) (with stories by Katy Lane, Debbie Mason, Annie Rains and Hope Ramsey) * ''A Little Country Christmas'' (Forever, 2020) (with stories by
Rochelle Alers Rochelle Alers (born August 7, 1943) is an American writer of romance novels. She has also written under the pen names Susan James and Rena McLeary. Biography Rochelle Alers was born on August 7, 1943, in Manhattan, New York, where she was also ...
, Hope Ramsay, A. J. Pine)


Novellas

* ''To Catch a Bouquet'' (Montlake, 2015) * ''The Third Wish'' (Vintage Publishing 2017) * ''Wildflower Ranch'' (Forever Yours, 2020) * ''Sunrise Ranch'' (Forever Yours, 2020) * ''The Wedding Gift'' (Audible, 2020) * ''A Chance Inheritance'' (Audible, 2020) * ''Summertime on the Ranch'' (Sourcebooks, 2021) * ''Small Town Charm'' (Forever Yours, 2021)


References


External links

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