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Margaret Way (07 August 1935 in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
- 10 August 2022 in Cleveland, Queensland, Australia) was an Australian writer of
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. A prolific author, Way wrote more than 120 novels since 1970, many through
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Biography

Before her marriage, she was a well-known pianist, teacher, vocal coach and accompanist. She began writing when her son, Laurence Way, was born, a friend took a pile of Mills & Boon books to her, she read all and decided that she also could write these types of novels. She began to write and promote her country with her stories set in Australia. She sold her first novels in 1970. Margaret Way lived with her family in her native Brisbane. Beginning in 2013, Margaret began to self-publish, releasing her first "e-book" mid-July. Margaret died on the 10th of August 2022 in
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Bibliography


Single Novels

*''King Country'' (1970) *''Blaze of Silk'' (1970) *''The Time of the Jacaranda'' (1970) *''Bauhinia Junction'' (1971) *''Man from Bahl Bahla'' (1971) *''Summer Magic'' (1971) *''Return to Belle Amber'' (1971) *''Ring of Jade'' (1972) *''Copper Moon'' (1972) *''Rainbow Bird'' (1972) *''Man Like Daintree'' (1972) *''Noonfire'' (1972) *''Storm Over Mandargi'' (1973) *''Wind River'' (1973) *''Love Theme'' (1974) *''McCabe's Kingdom'' (1974) *''Sweet Sundown'' (1974) *''Reeds of Honey'' (1975) *''Storm Flower'' (1975) *''Lesson in Loving'' (1975) *''Flight into Yesterday'' (1976) *''Red Cliffs of Malpara'' (1976) *''Man on Half-moon'' (1976) *''Swan's Reach'' (1976) *''Mutiny in Paradise'' (1977) *''One Way Ticket'' (1977) *''Portrait of Jaime'' (1977) *''Black Ingo'' (1977) *''Awakening Flame'' (1978) *''Wild Swan'' (1978) *''Ring of Fire'' (1978) *''Wake the Sleeping Tiger'' (1978) *''Valley of the Moon'' (1979) *''White Magnolia'' (1979) *''Winds of Heaven'' (1979) *''Blue Lotus'' (1979) *''Butterfly and the Baron'' (1979) *''Golden Puma'' (1980) *''Temple of Fire'' (1980) *''Lord of the High Valley'' (1980) *''Flamingo Park'' (1980) *''North of Capricorn'' (1981) *''Season for Change'' (1981) *''Shadow Dance'' (1981) *''McIvor Affair'' (1981) *''Home to Morning Star'' (1981) *''Broken Rhapsody'' (1982) *''The Silver Veil'' (1982) *''Spellbound'' (1982) *''Hunter's Moon'' (1982) *''Girl at Cobalt Creek'' (1983) *''No Alternative'' (1983) *''House of Memories'' (1983) *''Almost a Stranger'' (1984) *''A place called Rambulara'' (1984) *''Fallen Idol'' (1984) *''Hunt the Sun'' (1985) *''Eagle's Ridge'' (1985) *''The Tiger's Cage'' (1986) *''Innocent in Eden'' (1986) *''Diamond Valley'' (1986) *''Morning Glory'' (1988) *''Devil Moon'' (1988) *''Mowana Magic'' (1988) *''Hungry Heart'' (1988) *''Rise of an Eagle'' (1988) *''One Fateful Summer'' (1993) *''The Carradine Brand'' (1994) *''Holding on to Alex'' (1997) *''The Australian Heiress'' (1997) *''Claiming His Child'' (1999) *''The Cattleman's Bride'' (2000) *''The Cattle Baron'' (2001) *''The Husbands of the Outback'' (2001) *''Secrets of the Outback'' (2002) *''With This Ring'' (2003) *''Innocent Mistress'' (2004) *''Cattle Rancher, Convenient Wife'' (2007) *''Outback Marriages'' (2007) *''Promoted: Nanny to Wife'' (2007) *''Cattle Rancher, Secret Son'' (2007) *''Genni's Dilemma'' (2008) *''Bride At Briar Ridge'' (2009) *''Outback Heiress, Surprise Proposal'' (2009) *''Cattle Baron, Nanny Needed'' (2009)


Legends of the Outback Series

#''Mail Order Marriage'' (1999) #''The Bridesmaid's Wedding'' (2000) #''The English Bride'' (2000) #''A Wife at Kimbara'' (2000)


Koomera Crossing Series

#''Sarah's Baby'' (2003) #''Runaway Wife'' (2003) #''Outback Bridegroom'' (2003) #''Outback Surrender'' (2003) #''Home to Eden'' (2004)


McIvor Sisters Series

#''The Outback Engagement'' (2005) #''Marriage at Murraree'' (2005)


Men Of The Outback Series

#''The Cattleman'' (2006) #''The Cattle Baron's Bride'' (2006) #''Her Outback Protector'' (2006) #''The Horseman'' (2006)


Outback Marriages Series

#''Outback Man Seeks Wife'' (2007) #''Cattle Rancher, Convenient Wife'' (2007)


Barons of the Outback Series Multi-Author

#''Wedding At Wangaree Valley'' (2008) #''Bride At Briar's Ridge'' (2008)


Family Ties Multi-Author

*''Once Burned'' (1995)


Hitched! Multi-Author

*''A Faulkner Possession'' (1996)


Simply the Best Multi-Author

*''Georgia and the Tycoon'' (1997)


The Big Event Multi-Author

*''Beresford's Bride'' (1998)


Guardian Angels Multi-Author

*''Gabriel's Mission'' (1998)


Australians Series Multi-Author

:7. Her Outback Man (1998) :17. Master of Maramba (2001) :19. Outback Fire (2001) :22. Mistaken Mistress (2002) :24. Outback Angel (2002) :33. The Australian Tycoon's Proposal (2004) :35. His Heiress Wife (2004)


Marrying the Boss Series Multi-Author

*''Boardroom Proposal'' (1999)


Contract Brides Series Multi-Author

*''Strategy for Marriage'' (2002)


Everlasting Love Series Multi-Author

*''Hidden Legacy'' (2008)


Diamond Brides Series Multi-Author

*''The Australian's Society Bride'' (2008)


Collections

*''Summer Magic / Ring of Jade / Noonfire'' (1981) *''Wife at Kimbara / Bridesmaid's Wedding'' (2005)


Omnibus in Collaboration

*''Pretty Witch / Without Any Amazement / Storm Over Mandargi'' (1977) (with Lucy Gillen and
Margaret Malcolm Margaret Lilian Malcolm ( Graham, 17 January 1900 – 11 December 1980) was a British writer of over 100 romance novels published by Mills & Boon from 1940 to 1981. Bibliography * ''Love Without Wings'' (1940) a.k.a. ''Surgeon's Wife'' * ''L ...
) *''Dear Caliban / Heart of the Eagle / Swans' Reach'' (1978) (with
Jane Donnelly Jane Donnelly is a British writer. During period of 1965 to 2000, she wrote more than 60 romance novels from Mills & Boon. Her novels are characterized as "happy escapist reading". Bibliography Single novels *''Don't Look Back'' (1965) *''A Ma ...
and Elizabeth Graham) *''The Bonds of Matrimony / Dragon Island / Reeds of Honey'' (1979) (with
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and
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) *''The Man Outside / Castles in Spain / McCabe's Kingdom'' (1979) (with
Jane Donnelly Jane Donnelly is a British writer. During period of 1965 to 2000, she wrote more than 60 romance novels from Mills & Boon. Her novels are characterized as "happy escapist reading". Bibliography Single novels *''Don't Look Back'' (1965) *''A Ma ...
and
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) *''Winds From The Sea / Island of Darkness / Wind River'' (1979) (with
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and
Rebecca Stratton Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban th ...
) *''Moorland Magic / Tree of Idleness / Sweet Sundown'' (1980) (with Elizabeth Ashton and
Elizabeth Hunter Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Hunter (also Walters and Sutherland) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Clarissa House. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 April 2003 and departed o ...
) *''The Shifting Sands / Portrait of Jaime / Touched by Fire'' (1982) (with
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and
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) *''Head of Chancery / Wild Heart / One-Way Ticket'' (1986) (with Betty Beaty and Doris Smith) *''Heart of the Scorpion / The Winds of Heaven / Sweet Compulsion'' (1987) (with
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and Victoria Woolf) *''One Brief Sweet Hour / Once More With Feeling / Blue Lotus'' (1990) (with
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and
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) *''Marry Me Cowboy'' (1995) (with
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, Susan Fox and
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) *''Husbands on Horseback'' (1996) (with Diana Palmer) *''Wedlocked'' (1999) (with
Day Leclaire Day Leclaire is an American author of more than forty romance novels. Biography Early years Day Leclaire started writing when she was just a child. After a long day of trying to keep occupied in the midst of a snowstorm, Leclaire and her three ...
and
Anne McAllister Barbara Schenck under the pseudonym Anne McAllister is an American best-seller, best-selling writer of over 55 romance novels since 1985. Biography Barbara Schenck was born in California, but spent time on her grandparents' ranch in Colorado a ...
) *''Mistletoe Magic'' (1999) (with
Betty Neels Betty Neels (born 15 September 1909 in Leyton, England – d. 7 June 2001 in England) was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels (first publication entirely for Mills & Boon in United Kingdom and later reprinted in the North Ameri ...
and
Rebecca Winters Rebecca Brown Burton (February 14, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was a popular United States writer of over 175 romance novels under her married name Rebecca Burton, under her complete name Rebecca Brown Burton, and as Rebecca Winters for Harlequ ...
) *''The Australians'' (2000) (with
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and Miranda Lee) *''Weddings Down Under'' (2001) (with
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and Jessica Hart) *''Outback Husbands'' (2002) (with
Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...
) *''The Mother's Day Collection'' (2002) (with Helen Dickson and
Kate Hoffmann Peggy Hoffmann is an American writer of over 70 romance novels 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 ...
) *''Australian Nights'' (2003) (with Miranda Lee) *''Outback Weddings'' (2003) (with Barbara Hannay) *''Australian Playboys'' (2003) (with
Helen Bianchin Helen Bianchin (born 20 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born Australian writer. Since 1975, she has written over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon. Biography Bianchin was born on 20 February 1939 in New Zealand. She worked as a legal secretary ...
and
Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...
) *''Australian Tycoons'' (2004) (with
Emma Darcy Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 – 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the E ...
and
Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...
) *''A Mother's Day Gift'' (2004) (with Anne Ashley and
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) *''White Wedding'' (2004) (with Judy Christenberry and
Jessica Steele Jessica Steele (9 May 1933 – 23 November 2020) was a British author of 88 romance novels that spanned a career over four decades, Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon since 1979 starting with The Icicle Heart. Her last novel was The ...
) *''A Christmas Engagement'' (2004) (with
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and Jessica Matthews) *''A Very Special Mother's Day'' (2005) (with Anne Herries) *''All I Want for Christmas...'' (2005) (with
Betty Neels Betty Neels (born 15 September 1909 in Leyton, England – d. 7 June 2001 in England) was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels (first publication entirely for Mills & Boon in United Kingdom and later reprinted in the North Ameri ...
and
Jessica Steele Jessica Steele (9 May 1933 – 23 November 2020) was a British author of 88 romance novels that spanned a career over four decades, Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon since 1979 starting with The Icicle Heart. Her last novel was The ...
) *''The Mills and Boon Collection'' (2006) (with Caroline Anderson and
Penny Jordan Penelope Halsall (née Jones; 24 November 1946 – 31 December 2011) was a prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and histo ...
) *''Outback Desire'' (2006) (with
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and Carol Marinelli) *''To Mum, with Love'' (2006) (with
Rebecca Winters Rebecca Brown Burton (February 14, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was a popular United States writer of over 175 romance novels under her married name Rebecca Burton, under her complete name Rebecca Brown Burton, and as Rebecca Winters for Harlequ ...
) *''Australian Heroes'' (2007) (with
Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...
and Fiona McArthur) *''Tall, Dark and Sexy'' (2008) (with Caroline Anderson and
Helen Bianchin Helen Bianchin (born 20 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born Australian writer. Since 1975, she has written over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon. Biography Bianchin was born on 20 February 1939 in New Zealand. She worked as a legal secretary ...
) *''The Boss's Proposal'' (2008) (with
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and Patricia Thayer) *''Island Heat / Outback Man Seeks Wife / Prince's Forbidden Virgin / One Night Before Marriage / Their Lost-and-found Family / Single Dad's Marriage Wish'' (2008) (with
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,
Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...
, Carol Marinelli, ''Sarah Mayberry'' and Anne Oliver) *''Australian Billionaires'' (2009) (with
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and Amy Andrews) *''Cattle Baron : Nanny Needed / Bachelor Dad on Her Doorstep'' (2009) (with
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