Lucy Gordon is a pseudonym used by Christine Sparks Fiorotto, a popular British writer of more than 75
romance novel
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s. She began working on a British women's magazine, but since 1984 she has published her romance novels with
Silhouette Books and
Mills & Boon
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(or
Harlequin Enterprises
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in the USA).
Biography
Christine Sparks was born in England, Great Britain. Since 1984, Sparks has published novels under the pseudonym Lucy Gordon, and also Penelope Stratton. She has also published under her own name. In 1992 she won a
RITA Award for ''Song of the Lorelei''.
Sparks was married to a
Venetian artist and they lived in different parts of Italy, though she currently lives in England.
Bibliography
Single novels
*''Legacy of Fire'' (1984)
*''The Judgment of Paris'' (1984)
*''Enchantment in Venice'' (1985)
*''Island of Dreams'' (1985)
*''Cold Hearted Man'' (1985)
*''Take All Myself'' (1985)
*''Virtue and Vice'' (1985)
*''My Only Love, My Only Hate'' (1986)
*''Once upon a Time'' (1986)
*''Golden Boy'' (1987)
*''A Pearl Beyond Price'' (1987)
*''A Fragile Beauty'' (1987)
*''Just Good Friends'' (1987)
*''Eagle's Prey'' (1987)
*''A Night of Passion'' (1988)
*''A Woman of Spirit'' (1988)
*''For Love Alone'' (1988)
*''Bought Woman'' (1989)
*''Convicted of Love'' (1989)
*''Vengeance is Mine'' (1989)
*''A True Marriage'' (1989)
*''Song of the Lorelei'' (1990)
*''The Sicilian'' (1991)
*''On His Honor'' (1991)
*''Outcast Woman'' (1992)
*''Heaven and Earth'' (1992)
*''Married in Haste'' (1993)
*''Instant Father'' (1993)
*''Royal Harlot'' (1994)
*''Uncaged'' (1994)
*''Seduced by Innocence'' (1994)
*''Two-faced Woman'' (1995)
*''This Man and This Woman'' (1995)
*''For the Love of Emma'' (1996)
*''Rebel in Disguise'' (1996)
*''This Is My Child'' (1996)
*''His Brother's Child'' (1997)
*''Beauty and the Boss'' (1997)
*''Forgotten Fiancee'' (1998)
*''The Diamond Dad'' (1998)
*''Be My Girl'' (1998)
*''Anything, Any Time, Any Place'' (1999)
*''Farelli's Wife'' (1999)
*''Tycoon for Hire'' (1999)
*''Rico's Secret Child'' (1999)
*''Taming Jason'' (1999)
*''For the Sake of His Child'' (2000)
*''The Sheikh's Reward'' (2000)
*''For His Little Girl'' (2000)
*''The Stand-In Bride'' (2001)
*''A Convenient Wedding'' (2002)
*''Princess Dottie'' (2002)
*''His Pretend Wife'' (2002)
*''The Monte Carlo Proposal'' (2004)
*''The Italian's Rightful Bride'' (2005)
*''Married Under the Italian Sun'' (2006)
*''Italians Wife By Sunset'' (2007)
*''The Mediterranean Rebel's Bride'' (2007)
*''One Summer in Italy...'' (2007)
*''The Italian's Passionate Revenge'' (2008)
*''The Italian's Cinderella Bride'' (2008)
Italian Grooms series
#''Wife by Arrangement'' (2001)
#''Husband by Necessity'' (2001)
#''Bride by Choice'' (2001)
The Counts of Calvani series
#''The Venetian Playboy's Bride'' (2003)
#''The Italian Millionaire's Marriage'' (2003)
#''The Tuscan Tycoon's Wife'' (2003)
#''Wedding in Venice'' (2003)
*''The Counts of Calvani'' (Omnibus) (2006)
Farnese Brothers series
#''Rinaldo's Inherited Bride'' (2004)
#''Gino's Arranged Bride'' (2004)
Rinucci Brothers series
#''Wife and Mother Forever'' (2005)
#''Her Italian Boss's Agenda'' (2005)
#''The Wedding Arrangement'' (2006)
#''The Italian's Wife By Sunset'' (2007)
#''The Mediterranean Rebel's Bride'' (2007)
#''The Millionaire Tycoon's English Rose'' (2007)
Simply The Best series
*''Daniel and Daughter'' (1997)
Maybe Baby series
*''The Pregnancy Bond'' (2002)
Ready for Baby series multi-author
*''The Italian's Baby'' (2003)
Heart to Heart series multi-author
*''A Family for Keeps'' (2005)
Collections
*''Kids and Kisses'' (2000)
Omnibus in collaboration
*''Blood Brothers'' (2000) (with
Anne McAllister)
*''Latin Lovers'' (2000) (with
Lynne Graham
Lynne Graham (born 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish author of over 100 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1987.
Biography
Graham was born on 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland to an Irish- Scot ...
and
Penny Jordan)
*''Christmas with a Latin Lover'' (2001) (with
Lynne Graham
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Biography
Graham was born on 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland to an Irish- Scot ...
and
Penny Jordan)
*''Making Babies'' (2001) (with
Miranda Lee and
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 ...
)
*''Maybe Baby!'' (2002) (with
Diana Hamilton and
Susan Napier)
*''His Majesty's Marriage'' (2002) (with
Rebecca Winters) (The Prince's Choice / The King's Bride)
*''Mediterranean Millionaires'' (2003) (with
Lynne Graham
Lynne Graham (born 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish author of over 100 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1987.
Biography
Graham was born on 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland to an Irish- Scot ...
and
Michelle Reid
Michelle may refer to:
People
*Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael
* Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle"
* Michelle (German singer)
* Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish ...
)
*''Coming Home for Christmas'' (2003) (with
Helen Bianchin and
Rebecca Winters)
*''Coming Home'' (2004) (with
Helen Bianchin and
Rebecca Winters)
*''Claiming His Mistress'' (2004) (with
Helen Bianchin and
Sharon Kendrick
Sharon Kendrick, née ''Wirdnam'' (b. London, England) is a popular British writer of over 100 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1993. Her books regularly top the sales charts for romance fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.
Biog ...
)
*''A Convenient Proposal'' (2004) (with
Helen Bianchin and
Kate Walker)
*''Desert Princes'' (2007) (with
Michelle Reid
Michelle may refer to:
People
*Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael
* Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle"
* Michelle (German singer)
* Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish ...
and
Alexandra Sellers)
*''Whose Baby?'' (2007) (with
Caroline Anderson and
Jessica Hart)
Awards
*''Song of the Lorelei'': (1991) RITA Awards Best Novel winner
*''His Brother's Child'': (1998) RITA Awards Best Novel winner
References
External links
Lucy Gordon's Websiteat Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
Lucy Gordon at Fantastic Fiction
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English romantic fiction writers
RITA Award winners
English women novelists
British women romantic fiction writers