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Janelle Taylor (born June 28, 1944, in
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Biography

Janelle Diane Williams was born June 28, 1944, in
Athens, Georgia Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an Research I university, ...
. She graduated from Athens High School in 1962, and spent the next three years as an orthodontic nurse in Athens. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor. They have two daughters, Angela and Alisha. Taylor went back to work as an orthodontic nurse from 1969 through 1972. In 1977, she decided she would like to try to write a book. Even as she was attempting to break into publishing, Taylor decided to further her education. She trained to be a Medical Research Technologist at the
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from 1977 through 1979, and then immediately began to further her studies at
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. In 1981, Taylor sold her first book. Shortly after the sale of her second book, she withdrew from college to become a full-time writer. Taylor and her husband live on a retreat in
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Bibliography


Grey Eagle

* ''Savage Ecstasy'' (1981) * ''Defiant Ecstasy'' (1982) * ''Forbidden Ecstasy'' (1982) * ''Brazen Ecstasy'' (1983) * ''Tender Ecstasy'' (1983) * ''Stolen Ecstasy'' (1985) * ''Bittersweet Ecstasy'' (1987) * ''Forever Ecstasy'' (1991) * ''Savage Conquest'' (1985)


Western Wind

* ''First Love, Wild Love'' (1984) * ''Passions Wild and Free'' (1988) * ''Kiss of the Night Wind'' (1989) * ''Follow the Wind'' (1990) * ''Chase the Wind'' (1994) * ''Wild Winds'' (1997) * ''Lakota Winds''(1998)


Saars

* ''Moondust and Madness'' (1986) * ''Stardust and Shadows'' (1992) * ''Starlight and Splendor'' (1994) * ''Moonbeams and Magic'' (1995)


Indian

* ''Sweet Savage Heart'' (1986) * ''Destiny Mine'' (1995)


Viking Fantasy

* ''Wild Is My Love'' (1987) * ''Wild Sweet Promise'' (1989) * ''The Last Viking Queen'' (1994)


Southern Historical

* ''Destiny's Temptress'' (1988) * ''Promise Me Forever'' (1991) * ''Midnight Secrets'' (1992)


Lakota

* ''Lakota Winds'' (1998) * ''Lakota Dawn'' (1999) * ''Lakota Flower'' (2003)


Novels

* ''Golden Torment'' (1983) * ''Love Me with Fury'' (1983) * ''Savage Bondage'' (1985) * ''Valley of Fire'' (1992) * ''Fortunes Flames'' (1992) * ''Taking Chances'' (1993) * ''Whispered Kisses'' (1993) * ''Anything for Love'' (1995) * ''Defiant Hearts'' (1996) * ''Love with a Stranger'' (1996) * ''By Candlelight'' (1997) * ''Someday Soon'' (1999) * ''Not Without You'' (2000) * ''Cant Stop Loving You'' (2001) * ''In Too Deep'' (2001) * ''Night Moves'' (2002) * ''Dying to Marry'' (2004) * ''Don't Go Home'' (2004) * ''Watching Amanda'' (2005) * ''Haunting Olivia'' (2006) * ''Shadowing Ivy'' (2007)


Omnibus

* ''A New Collection of Three Complete Novels: Bittersweet Ecstasy/Forever Ecstasy/Savage Conquest'' (1994) * ''Love's Legacy'' (1996) (with Madeline Baker, Mary Balogh, Elaine Barbieri,
Lori Copeland Lori Copeland (born June 12, 1941) is an American author of over 95 novels. Career Lori Copeland's first book was published in 1982. She wrote romance novels until 1995, when she began writing Christian fiction. She has co-authored Christian ro ...
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Cassie Edwards Cassie Edwards is an American author of over 100 historical romance novels published between 1982 and 2009. She has been published by Dorchester Publishing, Signet Books, Kensington Publishing and Harlequin. Edwards stopped publishing after it w ...
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Heather Graham Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. The accolades she has received include nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and an Independent Spirit Award. After appearing in tel ...
, Catherine Hart, Virginia Henley, Penelope Neri, Diana Palmer) * ''Three Complete Western Love Stories: First Love, Wild Love, Sweet Savage Heart, Midnight Secrets'' (1996) * ''Summer Love'' (1997) (with Stella Cameron, Jill Marie Landis, Anne Stuart) * ''Three Complete Novels: Promise Me Forever/Follow the Wind/Kiss of the Night Wind'' (1999)


External links


Janelle Taylor Official Website

Kensington Books Author Profile
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