Melinda Hammond (b. in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, England) is an awarded British writer of

romance novel A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and Romance (love), romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed ...

s since 1980, she also uses the pseudonym of Sarah Mallory.

Biography

Melinda Hammond was born in

, England, UK, and grew up on Barton Hill with three older brothers. At 16, she left school to work. She started to writing when was at home with her first child. In 1980, she sold her first novel at Robert Hale. As Sarah Mallory, she writes for Harlequin/

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 ...

Awards

* ''Dance for a Diamond'': 2005 – The Reviewers Choice award from Singletitles.com * ''Gentlemen in Question'': 2006 – Historical Novel Society's Editors Choice. * ''The Earl's Runaway Bride'': 2010 – CataNetwork Reviewers Choice Award. * ''The Dangerous Lord Darrington'': 2012 – Love Story of the Year by the

Romantic Novelists' Association The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) is the professional body representing authors of romantic fiction in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1960 by Denise Robins (first president), Barbara Cartland (first vice-president), Vivian Stua ...

Bibliography

As Melinda Hammond

Single novels

* ''Fortune's Lady'' (1982) * ''Summer Charade'' (1982) * ''Maid of Honour'' (2002) * ''The Bargain'' (2002) * ''Lady Vengeance'' (2003) * ''The Highclough Lady'' (2004) * ''A Lady at Midnight'' (2005) * ''Dance for a Diamond'' (2005) * ''Gentlemen in Question'' (2006) * ''The Belle Dames Club'' (2007) * ''A Rational Romance'' (2007) * ''Lucasta'' (2008)

Lagallan Brothers Series

# ''Autumn Bride'' (1983) # ''The Dream Chasers'' (2003)

As Sarah Mallory

Single novels

* ''More Than a Governess'' (2008) * ''The Wicked Baron'' (2009) * ''Wicked Captain, Wayward Wife'' (2010) * ''The Earl's Runaway Bride'' (2010) * ''Disgrace and Desire'' (2010) * ''To Catch a Husband...'' (2011) * ''The Dangerous Lord Darrington'' (2011)

The Notorious Coale Brothers Series

# ''Beneath the Major's Scars'' (2012) # ''Behind the Rake's Wicked Wager'' (2013)

Castonbury Park Multiauthor Series

:5. ''The Illegitimate Montague'' (2012)

Omnibus

* ''More Than a Governess / Wicked Captain, Wayward Wife / The Earl's Runaway Bride'' (2010)

Anthologies in collaboration

* ''On Mothering Sunday (More Than a Governess / The Angel and the Outlaw)'' (2009) (with Kathryn Albright) * ''One Snowy Regency Christmas (A Regency Christmas Carol / Snowbound With the Notorious Rake)'' (2011) (with Christine Merrill) * ''Some Like It Wicked / Warriors in Winter / Beneath the Major's Scars'' (2012) (with

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 ...

and Michelle Willingham)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammond, Melinda Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from Bristol English romantic fiction writers RoNA Award winners Living people Pseudonymous women writers 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists 20th-century British women writers 21st-century British women writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers