Linda Winstead Jones is an American author who has written more than fifty

romance Romance may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings ** Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a pers ...

books in several

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, including

paranormal romance Paranormal romance is a subgenre of both romantic fiction and speculative fiction. Paranormal romance focuses on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, from the speculative fiction genres of fantasy, scien ...

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. Varieties ...

, fairy tale romance, and romantic suspense.

Biography

Jones has published many of her novels under various

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including Linda Jones, Linda Fallon, and Linda Devlin. Jones's September 1996

time-travel novel Time travel is the hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future. Time travel is a concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly science fiction. Time travel in fiction, In fiction, time travel is typically achieved through the ...

, ''Desperado's Gold'' was the winner of the Colorado Award of Excellence in the paranormal division. She was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Historical Romance, and her book ''Someone's Been Sleeping In My Bed'' was nominated in their Best Historical Love and Laughter category for 1996. She has won the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence twice, is a three time

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 ...

finalist, and (writing as Linda Fallon) winner of the 2004

for paranormal romance.

Bibliography

Series

Sinclair Connection

# ''Madigan's Wife'' (2001) # ''Hot on His Trail'' (2001) # ''Capturing Cleo'' (2002) # ''In Bed with Boone'' (2002) # ''Wilder Days'' (2003) # ''Clint's Wild Ride'' (2003) # ''On Dean's Watch'' (2003)

Last Chance Heroes

# ''Running Scared'' (2004) # ''Truly, Madly, Dangerously'' (2005) # ''One Major Distraction'' (2005) # ''Lucky's Woman'' (2006) # ''The Guardian'' (2006)

Stories of Columbyana

Fyne sisters

# ''The Sun Witch'' (2004) # ''The Moon Witch'' (2005) # ''The Star Witch'' (2006)

Children of the Sun

# ''Prince of Magic'' (2007) # ''Prince of Fire'' (2007) # ''Prince of Swords'' (2007)

Emperor's Bride

# ''Untouchable'' (2008) # ''22 Nights'' (2008) # ''Bride By Command'' (2009)

Novels

* ''Every Little Thing'' (2000) * ''West Wind'' (2004) * ''Omnibus'' * ''Christmas Spirit'' (1997) (with Elaine Fox, Leigh Greenwood) * ''Love Is Murder'' (2003) (with Rebecca Brandewyne, Maureen Child) * ''Fever / Billionaire Drifter'' (2004) (with Beverly Bird) * ''One Major Distraction'' / ''Melting Point'' (2005) (with Debra Cowan) * ''Beyond the Dark'' (2005) (with Evelyn Vaughn, Karen Whiddon) * ''In His Bed'' (2007) (with Barbara McCauley) * ''Guardian'' / ''Black Sheep P.I.'' (2008) (with Karen Whiddon) * ''Romancing the Crown'' (2008) (with

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) * ''Sweet Dreams'' in The Magical Christmas Cat (2008) (with Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh) and Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio (2010)

Series contributed to

* ''Men in Blue'' * ''Bridger's Last Stand'' (1999) * ''Romancing the Crown'' * ''Secret-agent Sheikh'' (2002) * ''Romancing the Crown'' * ''Secret-agent Sheikh'' (2002) * ''Family Secrets'' * ''Fever'' (2004) * ''Family Secrets : The Next Generation'' * ''A Touch of the Beast'' (2004) * ''Capturing the Crown'' * ''The Sheikh and I'' (2006) * ''Raintree'' * ''Raintree: Haunted'' (2007) * ''Raintree (omnibus)'' (2008) (with Beverly Barton,

Linda Howard Linda S. Howington (born August 3, 1950 in Alabama, United States) is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard. Biography Howington began to write at nine years old, and wrote for twenty years for her ...

)

Sources

Fantastic Fiction
2009. Fantastic Fiction. 7 February 2009

2004. Alabama Bound. 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, Alabama, 35203-2974. 7 February 2009.
Linda Jones. 1998– 2009
Fictionwise.com, Ereader.com. 7 February 2009.

7 February 2009.
Meet Linda Jones. Historical Romance Writers. 2001–2009
Tara and Siren Productions. 7 February 2009.

References

External links

Linda Winstead Jones
official web site. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Linda Winstead 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American romantic fiction writers American women novelists Living people American women romantic fiction writers Novelists from Alabama Year of birth missing (living people)