romance novel
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s since 1993 as Kate Hoffmann. She has written for both the Temptation and Blaze lines for Harlequin Books. In 1992 she won the Harlequin Temptation contest. She lives in southeastern
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.
Biography
Hoffmann majored in music in college, later she settled into a job teaching music to elementary school children. After she left teaching, she had jobs in
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, advertising,
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and marketing/communications on both the agency and corporate side. She began reading romantic novels in 1979, when she picked up a copy of ''Ashes in the Wind'' by
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (born Kathleen Erin Hogg, June 3, 1939 – July 6, 2007), was an American novelist. She pioneered the historical romance genre with the 1972 publication of her novel ''The Flame and the Flower''.
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She was born K ...
, after which she immediately read all by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss,
Rosemary Rogers
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,
Laurie McBain
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Johanna Lindsey
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Personal life
Johanna He ...
and Jennifer Blake.
She attempted writing historical novels but eventually turned to contemporary novels instead. Her first contemporary novel was published in 1993 under the pseudonym "Kate Hoffmann."
Bibliography
Standalone novels
*''Indecent Exposure'' (1993)
*''Wanted: Wife'' (1993)
*''Love Potion No 9'' (1994)
*''Lady of the Night'' (1994)
*''Never Love a Cowboy'' (1995)
*''Wicked Ways'' (1996)
*''The Honeymoon Deal'' (1997)
*''All Through the Night'' (2000)
*''Mr. Right Now'' (2001)
*''Unexpected Angel'' (2002)
*''Legally Mine'' (2004)
*''Ring of Deception'' (2004)
*''Hot & Bothered'' (2004)
*''Warm & Willing'' (2004)
*''Incognito'' (2008)
*''Her Irish Rogue'' (2008)
*''Into The Night'' (2011)
*''Sweet Revenge?'' (2011)
*''Off Limits Marine'' (2017)
Series
Men of Bachelor Creek! Series
#''Caught Under the Mistletoe!'' (1998)
#''Dodging Cupid's Arrow!'' (1998)
#''Struck by Spring Fever!'' (1998)
Millennium 2000's Heroes Series
#''Once a Hero'' (1999)
#''Always a Hero'' (1999)
Smooth Operators Series
# The Charmer (2010)
# The Drifter (2010)
# The Sexy Devil (2010)
Heat Series
# ''Hot and Bothered'' (2004)
# ''Warm and Willing'' (2005)