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Sharon Sala

(b.1943)

aka Dinah McCall

Sharon Sala is a long-time member of RWA, as well as a member of OKRWA. She has 100 plus books in print, published in five different genres – Romance, Young Adult, Western, Fiction, and Women’s Fiction.
First published in 1991, she’s an eight-time RITA finalist, winner of the Janet Dailey Award, five-time Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine, five time winner of the National Reader’s Choice Award, and five time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence, winner of the Heart of Excellence Award, as well as winner of the Booksellers Best Award. In 2011 she was named RWA’s recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. Her books are New York Times , USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate.

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Mystery

Series

Brownfield Family
1. Always a Lady (1993)
2. Gentle Persuasion (1993)

Gambler's Daughters
   1. Diamond (1994)
   2. Queen (1994)
   3. Lucky (1995)

Hatfield Family
1. The Miracle Man (1995)
2. When You Call My Name (1995)

Justice Way
   1. Ryder's Wife (1997)
   2. Roman's Heart (1998)
   3. Royal's Child (1999)

Letty and Eulis
   1. Whippoorwill (2003)
   2. The Amen Trail (2004)
     aka Their Way to Colorado
   3. The Hen House (2007)

Cat Dupree
   1. Nine Lives (2006)
   2. Cut Throat (2007)
   3. Bad Penny (2008)

Storm Front
   1. Blown Away (2010)
   2. Torn Apart (2010)
   3. Swept Aside (2010)

Searchers
   1. Blood Stains (2011)
   2. Blood Ties (2011)
   3. Blood Trails (2011)

Lunatic Life
   1. My Lunatic Life (2011)
   2. Lunatic Detective (2011)
   3. Lunatic Revenge (2012)
   4. Lunatic Times Two (2013)

Rebel Ridge
   1. Next of Kin (2012)
   2. Don't Cry for Me (2012)
   3. 'Til Death (2013)

Forces of Nature
   1. Going Once (2013)
   2. Going Twice (2014)
   3. Going Gone (2014)

Blessings, Georgia
   0.5. Count Your Blessings (2015)
   1. You and Only You (2014)
     aka The Curl Up and Dye
   2. I'll Stand By You (2015)
   3. Saving Jake (2016)
   4. A Piece of My Heart (2017)
   5. The Color of Love (2018)
   6. Come Back to Me (2018)
   7. Forever My Hero (2019)
   8. A Rainbow Above Us (2019)
   9. The Way Back to You (2019)
   10. Once in a Blue Moon (2020)
   11. Somebody to Love (2021)
   12. The Christmas Wish (2021)
   13. The Best of Me (2022)

Secrets and Lies
   1. Wild Hearts (2015)
   2. Cold Hearts (2015)
   3. Dark Hearts (2016)

Death Comes to Eden
1. Family Sins (2016)

Jigsaw Files
   1. The Missing Piece (2019)
   2. Second Sight (2020)
   3. Blind Faith (2020)
   4. The Last Straw (2021)

Novels

   Sara's Angel (1991)
   King's Ransom (1992)
   Honor's Promise (1992)
   Chance McCall (1993)
   Annie and the Outlaw (1994)
   Deep in the Heart (1996)
   Second Chances (1996)
   Finders Keepers (1997)
   Sweet Baby (1999)
   Remember Me (1999)
   Reunion (1999)
   Butterfly (2000)
   Snowfall (2001)
   The Way to Yesterday (2002)
   Dark Water (2002)
   Amber by Night (2003)
   Out of the Dark (2003)
   Missing (2004)
   Rider On Fire (2005)
   The Chosen (2005)
   The Healer (2008)
   Penance (2008)
   The Warrior (2009)
   A Field Of Poppies (2012)
   The Boarding House (2012)
   A Thousand Lies (2013)
   Race Against Time (2017)
   Betrayed (2017)
   Life of Lies (2017)
   In Shadows (2018)
   Dark Water Rising (2019)
   I, Gracie (2020)

Omnibus

   Destiny in Disguise / One of These Nights / Finders Keepers (1997) (with Suzanne Elizabeth and Susan Sizemore)
   3, 2, 1... Married! (1999) (with Beverly Barton and Marie Ferrarella)
   Women of the West (2000) (with Elizabeth August, Caroline Burnes and Lass Small)
   Silhouette Sensational (2000) (with Elizabeth Bevarly, Cheryl Reavis and Sandra Steffen)
   Unlikely Alliances (2001) (with Linda Howard and Diana Palmer)
   Believe (2001)
   Labor of Love (2001) (with Leanne Banks and Marie Ferrarella)
   Going to the Chapel (2002) (with Stella Bagwell and Dixie Browning)
   The Justice Way (2002)
   The Romance Collection (2002) (with Maureen Child and Marie Ferrarella)
   Turning Point (2002) (with Peggy Moreland and Paula Detmer Riggs)
   On the Edge (2003) (with Heather Graham and Carla Neggers)
   Amber by Night / Princess in His Bed (2003) (with Leanne Banks)
   Lost Identity / Montana Secrets / Miracle Bride (2004) (with Charlotte Douglas and Leona Karr)
   Gentle Persuasion / Sara's Angel (2005)
   Rider on Fire / Temptation Calls (2005) (with Caridad Piñeiro)
   Rider on Fire / When You Call My Name (2007)
   Aftershock (2008) (with Debra Cowan and Janis Reams Hudson)
   A Mother's Heart (2009) (with Linda Cardillo and Isabel Sharpe)
   Deadlier Than the Male (2010) (with Colleen Thompson)
   The Way to Yesterday / Shades of a Desperado (2015)
   Romantic Thriller Collection (2016) (with Carol Ericson and Paula Graves)
   Annie and the Outlaw / Her Cowboy Distraction (2018) (with Carla Cassidy)
   Sharon Sala Suspense Stories (2020)
   Sharon Sala Thrillers (2020)
   Familiar Stranger / Collecting Evidence (2020) (with Rita Herron)
   To Protect His Own (2021) (with Delores Fossen)
   On Dangerous Ground (2021) (with Delores Fossen)
     aka Whistleblower / The Missing Twin
   Honor's Promise / Dade (2021) (with Delores Fossen)
   King's Ransom / Nate (2022) (with Delores Fossen)

Collections

Dark Awakenings (2010) (with Vivi Anna, Debra Cowan, Michele Hauf and Janis Reams Hudson)

Novellas

   Sudden Danger (2014)
   Capsized (2015)
   Sympathy Pains (2016)
   It Happened One Night (2016)
   The Promise (2019)
   The Fiercest Heart (2019)

Series contributed to

Im Extra
4. Shades of a Desperado (1996)

36 Hours
4. For Her Eyes Only (1997)

Men in Blue
14. A Place to Call Home (1999)

Year of Loving Dangerously
1. Mission, Irresistible (2000)
12. Familiar Stranger (2001)

More Than Words
2. More Than Words, Volume 2 (2005) (with Beverly Barton, Jasmine Cresswell, Julie Leto and Debbie Macomber)
More Than Words: Stories of Courage (omnibus) (2008) (with Emilie Richards and Susan Wiggs)

Non fiction

   Steering From The Backseat (2018)
   The Light Within Us (2019)
   When Spirit Speaks (2020)

Sharon Sala recommends

The Rescue of Jenna West (1998)
(Garrett Brothers, book 2)
Debra Cowan
"An emotional roller-coaster from beginning to end, but it's well worth the ride."

Prairie Song (2000)
Cheryl Anne Porter
"Remarkable and endearing... A page turning, feel-good book, from beginning to end."

Fatal Error (2004)
Colleen Thompson
"A chilling story... suspense second to none, I loved it!"

Temperature's Rising (2005)
Karen Kelley
"I absolutely loved it!"

Heart of the Witch (2009)
Alicia Dean
"A riveting story of murder, witchcraft, and heart-stopping romance."

Ghost of A Promise (2014)
(Phantoms Trilogy, book 1)
Kelly Moran
"The first book I've read in a very long time that I didn't want to put down, and didn't want it to end. Keely Moran is a gem of a writer and I can't wait to see what she writes for us next."

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