To award-winning author Marie Donovan, writing romance is a dream come true after so many years of avid reading. She got her fill of tragedies and unhappy endings by majoring in opera/vocal performance and Spanish literature. During those years of singing about operatic heroines who inevitably met bad ends, and reading about political prisons and horrible civil wars, she devoured romances whenever she could.
Her first attempt at romance fiction was a gothic-type short contemporary where the teenage heroine actually ran into the dark and stormy night to escape her abusive father. That manuscript currently lurks in the depths of her hard drive, waiting to be cannibalized for a future book.
After taking off several years from writing fiction, Marie won a bookstore gift certificate and took it as a sign to get started writing romance again. She promptly ordered several how-to books on writing romance novels and read them until they were dog-eared. Fortunately, as she smartened up about writing romances, so did her heroines. Harlequin's wonderful Blaze line inspired her to try her hand at sensual romance. Her manuscript won several Romance Writers of America chapter contests and sold to the Blaze series in January 2005. When not writing, she enjoys reading, gardening and yoga.
Novels
Through the Tears (2003)
Coming of Age (2004)
No Greater Love (2004)
Somewhere Within Our Mind (2004)
Her Body of Work (2005)
Her Book of Pleasure (2006)
Bare Necessities (2007)
My Sexy Greek Summer (2009)
Knowing the Score (2010)
Coming of Age (2004)
No Greater Love (2004)
Somewhere Within Our Mind (2004)
Her Body of Work (2005)
Her Book of Pleasure (2006)
Bare Necessities (2007)
My Sexy Greek Summer (2009)
Knowing the Score (2010)
Omnibus
One-Click Buy: January Harlequin Blaze (2008) (with Jamie Ann Denton, Leslie Kelly, Jade Lee, Julie Miller and Tawny Weber)
One-Click Buy: June Harlequin Blaze (2008) (with Leslie Kelly, Jennifer LaBrecque, Sarah Mayberry, Rhonda Nelson and Lori Wilde)
Below the Belt / Sex by the Numbers (2008) (with Sarah Mayberry)
One-Click Buy: September 2009 Harlequin Blaze (2009) (with Alison Kent, Jade Lee, Debbi Rawlins, Jamie Sobrato and Tawny Weber)
One More Kiss / Royally Romanced (2013) (with Katherine Garbera)
No One Needs to Know / Royally Seduced (2013) (with Debbi Rawlins)
The Mighty Quinns: Jack / Royally Claimed (2013) (with Kate Hoffmann)
The Bad Boy's Redemption (2017) (with Tina Beckett and Joss Wood)
The Greek Bachelors Collection (2017) (with Jackie Braun, Dani Collins, Lynne Graham, Julia James, Sharon Kendrick, Sarah Morgan, Elizabeth Power, Rebecca Winters and Maisey Yates)
Greek Bachelors: Tempted To A Fling (2018) (with Jackie Braun and Elizabeth Power)
The Royal Wedding Collection (2018) (with Jules Bennett, Michelle Celmer, Robyn Donald, Sharon Kendrick and Marion Lennox)
The Winner Takes It All (2018) (with Melissa McClone and Alison Roberts)
One-Click Buy: June Harlequin Blaze (2008) (with Leslie Kelly, Jennifer LaBrecque, Sarah Mayberry, Rhonda Nelson and Lori Wilde)
Below the Belt / Sex by the Numbers (2008) (with Sarah Mayberry)
One-Click Buy: September 2009 Harlequin Blaze (2009) (with Alison Kent, Jade Lee, Debbi Rawlins, Jamie Sobrato and Tawny Weber)
One More Kiss / Royally Romanced (2013) (with Katherine Garbera)
No One Needs to Know / Royally Seduced (2013) (with Debbi Rawlins)
The Mighty Quinns: Jack / Royally Claimed (2013) (with Kate Hoffmann)
The Bad Boy's Redemption (2017) (with Tina Beckett and Joss Wood)
The Greek Bachelors Collection (2017) (with Jackie Braun, Dani Collins, Lynne Graham, Julia James, Sharon Kendrick, Sarah Morgan, Elizabeth Power, Rebecca Winters and Maisey Yates)
Greek Bachelors: Tempted To A Fling (2018) (with Jackie Braun and Elizabeth Power)
The Royal Wedding Collection (2018) (with Jules Bennett, Michelle Celmer, Robyn Donald, Sharon Kendrick and Marion Lennox)
The Winner Takes It All (2018) (with Melissa McClone and Alison Roberts)
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