Sally Wentworth was the

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

used by Doreen Hornsblow (1936 or 1937,

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- 2001, Hertfordshire), a British romance writer of 70 romance novels in

Mills & Boon Mills & Boon is a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd. It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon as a general publisher. The company moved towards escapist fiction for women in the 1930s. In 1971, the ...

's from 1977 to 1999.

Personal life

Doreen was born on 1936 o 1937 in Watford, England. She and her husband, Donald Alfred Hornsblow had a son, Keith (born 1968). The family lived in

Braughing Braughing is a village and civil parish, between the rivers Quin and Rib, in the non-metropolitan district of East Hertfordshire, part of the English county of Hertfordshire. Braughing gave its name to a county division in Hertfordshire, know ...

, England. She collected knife rests and she was member of The Knife Rest Collectors Club.

Career

She sold her first novel to Mills & Boon's in 1977, she published her novels under the pseudonym Sally Wentworth. Her novels were principally set in Great Britain or in exotic places like the

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. Her first works are stand-alone novels, but in the 1990s, she decided to create her first series. In 1991, she wrote a book in two parts about the Barclay twins and their same great love, and in 1995, she wrote the ''Ties of Passion'' trilogy about the Brodey family.

Death

Doreen Hornsblow died from cancer in 2001, aged 64.

Bibliography

Harlequin Romance Single Novels

*''Island Masquerade'' (April 1977) *''King of the Castle'' (Aug 1978) *''Conflict in Paradise'' (Oct 1978) *''Rightful Possession'' (April 1979) *''Liberated Lady'' (May 1979) *''The Ice Maiden'' (Jan 1980) *''Garden of Thorns'' (Oct 1980)

Harlequin Presents Single Novels

*''Candle in the Wind'' (July 1980) *''Set the Stars on Fire'' (Oct 1980) *''Betrayal in Bali'' (Nov 1980) *''Race Against Love'' (Feb 1981) *''Say Hello to Yesterday'' (April 1981) *''Summer Fire'' (Sept 1981) *''King of Culla'' (Oct 1981) *''The Judas Kiss'' (Jan 1982) *''The Sea Master'' (July 1982) *''Semi-detached Marriage'' (Oct 1982) *''Man for Hire'' (Dec 1982) *''Flying High'' (March 1983) *''Jilted'' (July 1983) *''Shattered Dreams'' (Sept 1983) *''The Lion Rock'' (Jan 1984) *''Backfire'' (April 1984) *''Dark Awakening'' (Oct 1984) *''Viking Invader'' (Dec 1984) *''The Wings of Love'' (Aug 1985) *''Fatal Deception'' (Nov 1985) *''The Hawk of Venice'' (Feb 1986) *''The Kissing Game'' (Oct 1986) *''Cage of Ice'' (April 1987) *''Tiger in His Lair'' (July 1987) *''Passionate Revenge'' (Jan 1988) *''Dishonourable Intentions'' (July 1988) *''Ultimatum'' (Sept 1988) *''Mistaken Wedding'' (Jan 1989) *''Satan's Island'' (April 1989) *''Driving Force'' (Aug 1989) *''The Devil's Shadow'' (Nov 1989) *''Strange Encounter'' (Jan 1990) *''Wish on the Moon'' (June 1990) *''Echoes of the Past'' (Oct 1990) *''Fire Island'' (Jan 1991) *''Lord of Misrule'' (April 1991) *''Taken on Trust'' (Aug 1991) *''Illusions of Love'' (April 1992) *''Broken Destiny'' (Sept 1992) *''The Devil's Kiss'' (Dec 1992) *''The Golden Greek'' (April 1993) *''Stormy Voyage'' (July 1993) *''The Wayward Wife'' (Nov 1993) *''Mirrors of the Sea'' (March 1994) *''Practice to Deceive'' (Nov 1994) *''Sicilian Spring'' (Feb 1995) *''One Night of Love'' (May 1996) *''Christmas Nights'' (Dec 1996) *''Marriage by Arrangement'' (May 1997) *''The Guilty Wife'' (Aug 1997) *''Mission to Seduce'' (March 1999)

Barclay Twins Duology

#''Twin Torment'' (Oct 1991) #''Ghost of the Past'' (Nov 1991)

Ties of Passion Saga

#''Chris'' (Aug 1996) #''Francesca'' (Sept 1995) #''Calum'' (Oct 1996)

Euromance Series Multi-Author

*''Yesterday's Affair'' (July 1994)

Postcards from Europe Series Multi-Author

*''Yesterday's Affair'' (July 1994)

Pages & Privileges Series Multi-Author

*''Shadow Play'' (May 1995) *''Duel in the Sun'' (Sept 1995)

Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author

*''To Have and to Hold'' (Jan 1996)

Scandals! Multi-Author

*''A Very Public Affair'' (Oct 1997)

The Big Event Series Multi-Author

*''Runaway Fiancée'' (Nov 1998)

Bachelor Tycoons Multi-Author

*''A Typical Male!'' (Oct 2001)

Collections

*''The Best of Sally Wentworth: Liberated Lady, Shattered Dreams'' (Nov 1984)

Omnibus in collaboration

*''Reluctant Neighbor / Never Go Back / Island Masquerade'' (1983) (with

Sheila Douglas Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name ''Síle'', which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meani ...

, Margaret Pargeter) *''Sea Lightning / White Hibiscus / Liberated Lady'' (1987) (with Linda Harrel,

Rosemary Pollock Rosemary Pollock (26 July 1943 – 8 July 2022) was a British writer of a dozen romance novels from 1968 to 1981. She was the daughter of the centenarian romance writer and painter Ida Pollock (1908–2013) and Lieut Colonel Hugh Alexander Pol ...

) *''The Master Fiddler / Forest of the Night / Rightful Possession'' (1988) (with

Janet Dailey Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (May 21, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more than 300 million ...

and Jane Donnelly) *''Mistletoe Magic'' (Nov 1996) (with

Jeanne Allan Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, 1412–1431) * Joanna of Flanders (1295–1374) * Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), Amer ...

, Jessica Hart and

Penny Jordan Penelope Halsall (née Jones; 24 November 1946 – 31 December 2011) was a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny ...

) *''For the Baby's Sake'' (Sept 1997) (with Alison Fraser) *''Wedding Games'' (May 1998) (with Lucy Gordon and Miranda Lee) *''Christmas Presents'' (Dec 1999) (with

and

Anne McAllister Barbara Schenck under the pseudonym Anne McAllister is an American 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 and visiting ...

) *''Swept Away: 3-in-1 Lucifer s Angel / Desert Barbarian / Summer Fire'' (March 2009) (with Violet Winspear and Charlotte Lamb)

External links

Sally Wentworth bibliography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wentworth, Sally 1930s births 2001 deaths British women novelists People from Braughing British romantic fiction writers Date of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Deaths from cancer in England Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century British novelists 20th-century British women writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers