Julianne MacLean is a
Canadian
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author of
romance novels
A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed to the developme ...
, primarily
historical romance
Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Lord Byron, Byron helped popularize in the early 19th century. The genre often takes the form of the novel.
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. She lives in
Nova Scotia
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.
Maclean earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from the
University of King's College
The University of King's College is a public university, public Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.Roper, Henry. "Aspects of the History of a Loyalist College: King's College, Windsor, and ...
in 1987. She went back to school to study accounting, and in 1992 received a degree in Business Administration with a major in accounting. She worked in the Office of the Auditor General before quitting to focus on writing her romance novels. She sold her first novel, ''Prairie Bride'', to
Harlequin
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in 1999.
In 2005, her novel ''Love According to Lily'' won the
Romantic Times
''Romantic Times'' was an American magazine, genre magazine specializing in romance novels. It was founded as a newsletter in 1981 by Kathryn Falk. The initial publication took nine months to create and was distributed to 3,000 subscribers. In ...
Reviewers' Choice Best Regency-Set Historical Romance Award.
Bibliography
By publisher
Harlequin Historical
* ''Prairie Bride'', 2000
* ''The Marshal and Mrs. O'Malley'', 2001
* ''Adam's Promise'', 2003
Silhouette Desire
* ''Sleeping with the Playboy'', 2003
Avon/HarperCollins
American Heiress Series
# ''To Marry the Duke'', 2003
# ''An Affair Most Wicked'', 2004
# ''My Own Private Hero'', 2004
# ''Love According to Lily'', 2005
# ''Portrait of a Lover'', 2006
# ''Surrender to a Scoundrel'', 2007
Pembroke Palace Series
# ''In My Wildest Fantasies'', 2007
# ''The Mistress Diaries'', 2008
# ''When a Stranger Loves Me'', 2009
# ''Married By Midnight'', 2012
# ''A Kiss Before the Wedding'', 2012
# ''Seduced at Sunset'', 2013
St. Martin’s Press
The Highlander Trilogy
# ''Captured by the Highlander'', 2011
# ''Claimed by the Highlander'', 2011
# ''Seduced by the Highlander'', 2011
The Royal Trilogy
# ''Be My Prince'', April 2012
# ''Princess in Love'', October 2012
# ''The Prince's Bride'', April 2013
Self-published
* ''The Color of Heaven'' (as E.V. Mitchell), 2011
* ''Taken by the Cowboy'', 2011
* "The Rebel" (a short story prequel to the Highlander Trilogy), 2011
References
External links
Julianne MacLean’s websiteJulianne MacLean at RT Book ReviewsJulianne MacLean at HarperCollinsJulianne MacLean at Macmillan
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Canadian romantic fiction writers
Canadian women novelists
Living people
Women romantic fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian writers
Novelists from Nova Scotia