Jillian Hunter (born 1950) is an

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author of

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romance novels. In 2015, Hunter's ''Forbidden to love the duke'' was featured in NPR's list of 'books to light your fire for Valentine's Day'. Hunter was born in Scotland to a Welsh mother and an

father. When her father became an intelligence and executive officer for the coastguard, they moved to London. She now lives in south California with her husband and three daughters. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in

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Awards

*1995 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''Glenlyon's Bride'' *1997 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''Fairy Tale'' *1998 - Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Historical Love and Laughter *1998 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''Daring'' *1999 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''Delight'' *2000 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''Indiscretion'' *2001 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''Abandon'' *2006 - Romantic Times Award Nominee for ''The Wicked Games of a Gentleman'' *2008 - Romantic Times Award Winner for ''Wicked as Sin''

Bibliography

Boscastle Family

*'' The Seduction of an English Scoundrel (Grayson, Jane)'', 2005 *'' The Love Affair of an English Lord (Dominic, Chloe)'', 2005 *'' The Wedding Night of an English Rogue (Heath, Julia)'', 2005 *'' The Wicked Games of a Gentleman (Drake, Eloise) '', 2006 *'' The Sinful Nights of a Nobleman (Devon, Jocelyn) '', 2006 *''

The Devilish Pleasures of a Duke ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

(Adrian, Emma)'', 2007 *'' Wicked As Sin (Gabriel, Alethea)'', 2008 *'' A Wicked Lord at the Wedding (Sebastien, Eleanor)'', 2009 *'' The Wicked Duke Takes a Wife (Griffin, Harriet)'', 2009 *''

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(Samuel, Lily)'', 2010 *''

A Bride Unveiled A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

(Kit, Violet)'', 2011 *''

The Duchess Diaries ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

(Gideon, Charlotte)'', 2012 *'' The Mistress Memoirs (Colin, Kate)'', 2013 *''

The Countess Confessions ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

(Damien, Emily)'', 2014

Other Historicals

*''Heart of the Storm'', 1985 *''Shadow of Splendor'', 1987 *''Tiger Dance'', 1991 *''A Deeper Magic'', 1994 *''Glenlyon's Bride'', 1995 *''Fairy Tale'', 1997 *''Daring'', 1998 *''Delight'', 1998 *''Indiscretion'', 2000 *''Abandon'', 2001 *''The Husband Hunt'', 2002

Anthologies

*''Under the Boardwalk'', 1999

References

External links

* Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers Writers from California American women novelists Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American people of Scottish descent Date of birth missing (living people) 1950 births {{US-novelist-1950s-stub