Pamela Hartshorne (b.

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, Ghana) is a British writer of over 55

romance novel A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and Romance (love), romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed ...

s in

Mills & Boon Mills & Boon is a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd. It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon as a general publisher. The company moved towards escapist fiction for women in the 1930s. In 1971, the ...

as Jessica Hart, she also wrote as Pamela Hartshorne, Pamela Bell and Flora Harding. She is winner of the British RoNA Award and the US

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 ...

Biography

Pamela Hartshorne was born in

, Ghana, and grew up around

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. She obtained a degree in French from the

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, Scotland, where her mother continues living. She has traveled by Tanganyika, South Africa,

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, Oman,

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, Kathmandu, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey,

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, Algeria, United States, Egypt, Kenya, France,

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, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Spain, Italy, Greece... many of these countries have featured as settings in her books in one way or another. She published her first book in 1991, and in 2004, she completed a Ph.D. on York's later medieval and early modern streets. Jessica generally lives in

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, England dividing her time between

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and

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, where her partner, John, lives.

Awards

* ''Christmas Eve Marriage'': 2005 –

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 ...

Best Novel winner by the

Romance Writers of America Romance Writers of America (RWA) is an American non-profit writers' association founded in 1980. Its mission is to "advance the professional and common business interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by inc ...

* ''Contracted: Corporate Wife'': 2006 – Love Story of the Year Award by the

Romantic Novelists' Association The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) is the professional body representing authors of romantic fiction in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1960 by Denise Robins (first president), Barbara Cartland (first vice-president), Vivian Stua ...

Bibliography

Single novels

* ''The Trouble with Love'' (1991) * ''A Sweeter Prejudice'' (1991) * ''No Mistaking Love'' (1992) * ''Poseidon's Daughter'' (1992) * ''Defiant Love'' (1993) * ''Woman at Willagong Creek'' (1992) * ''A Sensible Wife'' (1993) * ''The Beckoning Flame'' (1993) * ''Oasis of the Heart'' (1993) * ''The Right Kind of Man'' (1994) * ''Love's Labyrinth'' (1994) * ''Moonshadow Man'' (1994) * ''Partner for Love'' (1995) * ''Legally Binding'' (1995) * ''Wife to Be'' (1995) * ''Working Girl'' (1996) * ''Part-time Wife'' (1996) * ''Kissing Santa'' (1996) * ''Bride for Hire'' (1997) * ''Birthday Bride'' (1998) * ''Married for a Month'' (1999) * ''The Convenient Fiancee'' (1999) * ''The Honeymoon Prize'' (2002) * ''Her Boss's Baby Plan'' (2003) * ''Christmas Eve Marriage'' (2004) * ''Mistletoe Marriage'' (2005) * ''Her Ready-Made Family'' (2006) * ''Marriage Reunited'' (2006) * ''Barefoot Bride'' (2007) * ''Outback Boss, City Bride'' (2007) * ''Last-Minute Proposal'' (2008) * ''Promoted: To Wife And Mother'' (2008) * ''Newlyweds of Convenience'' (2008) * ''Honeymoon with the Boss'' (2009) * ''Under the Boss's Mistletoe'' (2009) * ''We'll Always Have Paris'' (2012) * ''Hitched!'' (2012)

Outback Brides

# ''Outback Bride'' (1997) # ''Outback Husband'' (1998) # ''Baby at Bushman's Creek'' (2000) # ''Wedding at Waverley Creek'' (2000) # ''A Bride for Barra Creek'' (2001)

City Brides Series

# ''Fiance Wanted Fast!'' (2003) # ''The Blind-Date Proposal'' (2003) # ''A Whirlwind Engagemant'' (2003)

Bridegroom Boss

# ''Outback Boss, City Bride'' (2007) # ''Appointment at the Altar'' (2007)

Princess Swap

# ''Ordinary Girl in a Tiara'' (2011) # ''The Secret Princess'' (2011)

Marrying the Boss Series Multi-Author

* ''Temporary Engagement'' (1998)

Australians Series Multi-Author

* ''Inherited, Twins!'' (2001) * ''The Wedding Challenge'' (2002)

Nine to Five Series Multi-Author

* ''Assignment, Baby'' (2001) * ''Contracted: Corporate Wife'' (2005) * ''Business Arrangement Bride'' (2006)

Bridegroom Boss Series

* ''Appointment at the Altar'' (2007)

Omnibus in collaboration

* ''Weddings Down Under'' (2001) (with Helen Bianchin and Margaret Way) * ''City Girls'' (2002) (with Liz Fielding and

Penny Jordan Penelope Halsall (née Jones; 24 November 1946 – 31 December 2011) was a prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and histo ...

) * ''All in a Day'' (2005) (with

Carole Mortimer Carole Mortimer (born 1960 in England) is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors. Biography Carole Mortimer was b ...

and

Rebecca Winters Rebecca Brown Burton (February 14, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was a popular United States writer of over 175 romance novels under her married name Rebecca Burton, under her complete name Rebecca Brown Burton, and as Rebecca Winters for Harlequ ...

) * ''Here Comes the Bride'' (2005) (with

) * ''Twins Come Too!'' (2006) (with

Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...

and Sara Wood) * ''Outback Proposals'' (2006) (with

Lindsay Armstrong Lindsay Armstrong is a popular South African-Australian writer of over 65 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1981. Armstrong was born and raised in South Africa, and married a New Zealand-born man who worked in Wes ...

and Barbara Hannay) * ''Wedding Vows'' (2007) (with Barbara Hannay and Catherine Spencer) * ''Whose Baby?'' (2007) (with Caroline Anderson and Lucy Gordon) * ''Blind-Date Grooms'' (2007) (with

Sara Craven Anne Ashurst (née Bushell; October 1938 in Devon, England – 15 November 2017), who wrote using the pseudonym Sara Craven, was a British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels were published by Mills & Boon from 1975. In 2010 she became ...

and

Emma Darcy Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 – 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the E ...

)

References

External links

Jessica Hart's Webpage in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd's Website

Jessica Hart's Webpage in Fantastic Fiction's Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartshorne, pamela Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British romantic fiction writers RITA Award winners RoNA Award winners Living people British women novelists British women romantic fiction writers 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British women writers 20th-century British women writers Year of birth missing (living people)