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Born March 10, 1952, in Frankfurt, Germany; died of lung cancer, October 27, 2019, in Nashua, NH; daughter of Edwin Dennis (a professional soldier) and Wanda (a personnel management specialist) Howard; married Ralph Lindsey (an estimator), November 28, 1970 (deceased); children: Alfred, Joseph, Garret.
EDUCATION:Attended high school in Kailua, HI.
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Writer, 1975-2019.
AWARDS:Historical romance writer of the year award, 1984, and numerous Reviewer’s Choice Awards, Romantic Times; bronze award, West Coast Review of Books, for So Speaks the Heart; Walden Books Best Historical, 1986-91; Outstanding Achiever Award, 1991, and numerous Favorite Author Awards and Silver Pen Awards, from Affaire de Coeur.
WRITINGS
Author of a blog.
SIDELIGHTS
“Since I was old enough to appreciate a good novel, I’ve been a romantic,” Johanna Lindsey told Kathryn Falk in Love’s Leading Ladies. After years of avidly reading historical romances, Lindsey began writing them herself. Lindsey’s works consistently appear on the New York Times paperback best-seller list, and more than fifty-four million copies of her books have been sold. Her work has also been translated into twelve languages. Aside from her obvious success, Lindsey feels she is well suited to her profession: “I enjoy happy-ending love stories more than any other type of reading. Romance is what comes out of me.”
Lindsey’s books are often noted for their accurate portrayal of historical periods and foreign settings. Critics have commented favorably on the author’s attention to historical detail and her ability to evoke her exotic locations.
“Malory-Anderson Family Saga” Series
Lindsey has created several generations of an English noble family, the Malorys, who appear in such books as Say You Love Me, The Present: A Malory Holiday Novel, Tender Rebel, Gentle Rogue, Love Only Once, and The Magic of You. In 2004, after a long hiatus, Lindsey continued the story of the popular Malory family with the publication of A Loving Scoundrel. Though he was raised as a pirate, young Jeremy Malory now enjoys everything that comes with inheriting the Malory fortune. However, his high-society world is turned upside down when he meets Danny, a young woman who has been living on the streets, posing as a boy. The beautiful but stubborn orphan has no memory of her past, and an unknown stranger would do anything to keep it that way. As Jeremy and Danny get dangerously closer to the truth, it quickly becomes difficult for the two to hide their attraction to one another. In a review for Booklist, John Charles called this return to the Malory saga a “fairytale-like love story.” A Publishers Weekly contributor felt that although the story is unoriginal, Lindsey’s writing adds “energy and spirit.”
Lindsey followed A Loving Scoundrel with Captive of My Desires in 2006, No Choice but Seduction in 2008, and That Perfect Someone in 2010. In Captive of My Desires, Gabrielle heads to the Caribbean to live with her father after her mother’s passing, only to discover that he is a pirate. “Gabrielle is a fun heroine not afraid to go after what she seeks,” remarked Harriet Klausner on the Web site Best Reviews.
That Perfect Someone features the quest of Julia Miller to find “that perfect someone,” as she has found a way to nullify her contract of marriage to the Earl of Manford’s son, an agreement created when she was a child. At Georgiana Malory’s birthday party, she meets Richard Allen, who has returned from a nine-year stint in the Caribbean to reunite with the object of his affections: Georgiana. However, a kiss that he and Julia share binds them together, and she follows him to the country only to discover his true identity.
Calling the world of the Malorys “a bit of heaven,” RT Book Reviews contributor Kathe Robin wrote: “The way Lindsey expertly writes a seductive battle of wills love story is magic.” A reviewer writing on the Web site Dear Author was more critical. “I don’t know what is about the prose that feels anachronistic, and yet not exactly contemporary,” the critic wrote. “That said, while I was reading the book I enjoyed it. Or at least, I enjoyed it enough to finish it, which perhaps is not quite the same thing.” Alternatively, a blogger for Not Another Romance Blog remarked: “This one was a nice novel to curl up with on a rainy day and get swept away. It was as action-packed and full of twists and turns as any novel we can expect from Lindsey, and I really liked it.”
(open new1)Lindsey published Beautiful Tempest in 2018, the twelfth novel in the “Malory-Anderson Family Saga” series. James and Georgina and their extended family are all in agreement that the person responsible for abducting their daughter, Jack, and took her to the Caribbean should be punished severely. James sets sail after finding out the pirate’s name is Captain Hawk. Jack, however, finds that he is more layered than she had imagined and is curiously attracted to him.
A contributor to Addicted to Romance took note of “quite a bit of angst in the beginning, that throws the reader off but you do need to keep with the story if you want to like it in the end because it does get better the more you read.” The same reviewer confessed: “I wasn’t expecting too many feels from this book, because even though I laughed quite a bit, this series and this author doesn’t display too many feels in her books. You have some heartfelt moments between Damon and Jack, but they are flowery in any way, it’s very practical. But seeing them fight for each other was brilliant, and the ending just left me with a smile. Even though this wasn’t my favorite from Lindsey, it was still a good addition, and I can’t wait to see who is next in the family to have their story told.”(close new1)
Stand-alone Novels
The author transports readers to twelfth-century Britain in Prisoner of My Desire. The story focuses on Lady Rowena Belleme, a beautiful and intelligent young woman who, despite her best efforts, falls victim to her stepbrother’s evil, land-hungry plan. After enduring an arranged marriage to an ancient and wealthy lord, who dies shortly after saying “I do,” her stepbrother’s greed then puts Rowena in the path of the cruel Lord Warrick de Chaville. Seeking revenge upon Rowena’s relation, the lord strips her of her title and makes her his slave. Though Rowena and Warrick can barely stand each other’s company, their hatred for one another gradually dissolves into something far more passionate. A contributor to Publishers Weekly noted that Lindsey’s protagonists are “splendid” and “humorously stubborn.”
After her success with more than thirty paperback titles, Lindsey published her first hardcover title, Love Me Forever, in 1995. Set in nineteenth-century England, it concerns Kimberly Richards, a woman in search of a husband of anything but Scottish descent, per her father’s wishes, and Lachlan MacGregor, a wealthy Highlander looking for a woman to help him carry on the family name. Lindsey’s historical backdrop plays foil to a romantic tale in which the lovers aren’t quite ready for each other, but through shared adventure, eventually find true love. One Publishers Weekly reviewer described the tale as “giddy entertainment.”
All I Need Is You is a Wild West story about a woman masquerading as a man. Warrior’s Woman is set in the year 2139, where a beautiful, young combatant must save her planet from a savage ruler. Characters in Joining are forced into an arranged marriage and unexpectedly find real love against a background of political intrigue in medieval England. It features the “intriguing characters” and “mini history lessons” readers have come to expect from Lindsey, noted People contributor Cynthia Sanz. Home for the Holidays is set at Christmastime in Regency-era England, where a young man seeking to avenge his brother’s death falls in love with the daughter of his intended victim. A Publishers Weekly reviewer thought this “a shallow but genre-appropriate tale” that nonetheless shows the mark of Lindsey’s “practiced hand.” Booklist contributor Diana Tixier Herald found it “not as powerful or passionate” as much of Lindsey’s work, but predicted that “her fans will devour it happily just the same.”
Lindsey’s A Man to Call My Own, published in 2003 and set in America’s Wild West, features identical twins, mistaken identity, and eccentric cowboys. Twin sisters Amanda and Marian may be identical in appearance, but their dispositions set them completely apart; Amanda is spoiled and cruel, while Marian is generous and kind. After their father’s death, the girls are shipped off to live with their aunt in Texas, and each must marry before she can claim a dime of the family’s fortune. Marian covets a young ranch heir but keeps him at a distance, fearing her sister will steal him away and break his heart. One contributor to Publishers Weekly felt that the conclusion was “most unsatisfying and rather bitter for a historical romance.” However, in a review for Booklist, Herald described the book as “delightful” with “twists and turns galore.”
Marriage Most Scandalous takes place in Regency England. After fighting a duel that ends in the accidental death of his best friend, Sebastian Townshend is disowned by his father and flees the country. He soon sheds his old identity to become a ruthless mercenary known only as the Raven. Margaret Landor, searching for Sebastian, discovers the Raven’s true identity and persuades him to return to England, where a series of accidents have been plaguing Sebastian’s father. Posing as a married couple, Margaret and Sebastian search for answers and find some passionate feelings lurking beneath the surface of their fake marriage. Booklist contributor Charles called Marriage Most Scandalous a “historical romance with a clever twist.”
(open new2)In 2016 Lindsey published Make Me Love You. In order to end the conflict between Lord Dominic Wolf and Robert Whitworth, the Prince Regent suggests that Brooke Whitworth, who is Robert’s sister, marry Dominic or be forced to forfeit their lands and titles. Brooke enters into Dominic’s household with a cold reception but is determined to make him love her so she does not have to go back to her abusive brother.
Reviewing the novel in Fresh Fiction, Patricia Pascale commented that “Lindsey writes a historical romance that is delicious. Handsome, charming and sexy, Lord Dominic Wolf will steal your heart. The banter and teasing between Dominic and beautiful Brooke Whitworth is pure delight. Brooke is an unconventional heroine. She is resourceful and resilient.”
In 2019 Lindsey published Temptation’s Darling. Young and independent Vanessa Blackburn travels to England after living apart from her mother and twin sister. She hopes to find a tolerant husband while there. She joins Lord Montgomery Townsend and travels with him to the Blackburn home. Throughout the journey, their feelings grow for one another. Vanessa learns that she can bring her father out of exile if she marries an aristocrat who she despises, but her feelings for Monty are quite strong, leaving her with a difficult decision.
Reviewing the novel in an eponymously named website, Rosanne E. Loft pointed out that Temptation’s Darling “had a clever plot with more going on in it than your typical Regency romance.” Loft reasoned that “one thing that niggled was the patently ridiculous ‘misunderstanding’ between Vanessa’s parents. All in all, however, this book was an enjoyable read.” A contributor to Harlequin Junkie remarked that “the story is full of witty banter, drama, action, mystery, humor, and unexpected twists. The ending was very interesting, and I hope it will lead into another book.”(close new2)
“Sherring Cross” Series
Lindsey inaugurated the “Sherring Cross” series with Man of My Dreams in 1992, followed by Love Me Forever in 1995. The former title tells of regional beauty Megan Penworthy’s quest to marry Ambrose St. James, a man whom she has never met and whom she doesn not realize is actually the man she believes to be Devlin Jeffreys, a common horse breeder. In Love Me Forever, follows Kimberly Richards, a feisty heiress who is outraged that her father’s attempts to marry her off on the heels of her mother’s death to satisfy the desires of a new lover. Thus she spurns a potentially worthy mate in favor of the handsome yet arrogant Lachlan.
In her 2002 contribution The Pursuit, lovers Melissa and Lincoln must overcome some very big obstacles before they can live happily ever after: Melissa’s sixteen uncles. The overprotective uncles, who remember Lincoln as an unruly child, try to distance their only niece from the young viscount through a number of schemes, including a plan to stow Lincoln on a boat headed for China. In a review for the School Library Journal, Claudia Moore felt that the novel was “a lighthearted romp,” while a Publishers Weekly contributor judged the historical romance “energetic and expansive.”
Lindsey has produced a number of other series, including the “Viking Haardrad Family” series about medieval Vikings, the “Wyoming” series of western romances, the paranormal fantasy “Ly-San-Ter” series set in deep space, and the “Locke Family” series set in Regency England and Scotland.
In an essay for Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers, Barbara E. Kemp summarized Lindsey’s career by saying: “Although the explicit sensuality and frequent abusiveness found in Lindsey’s work may disturb some readers, her well thought out, fast moving stories appeal to many more. In her skilled hands, the standard battle of strong-willed individuals comes to life. Anchored by authentic descriptions and historical detail and focusing on the turbulent passions in the battle of the sexes, her books are among the best of the sensuous historical novels.” Discussing the impact of writing on her life, Lindsey told Falk that, “other than a change in family finances, and the pride of accomplishment, success hasn’t changed my life.” Nonetheless, she admitted to Falk that her profession is important to her. Lindsey explained: “I would be literally lost if I had to give it up.”
BIOCRIT
BOOKS
Falk, Kathryn, Love’s Leading Ladies, Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1982.
Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers, 3rd edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1994.
PERIODICALS
Booklist, September 1, 1995, Melanie Duncan, review of Love Me Forever, p. 5; September 15, 1998, Donna Seaman, review of All I Need Is You, p. 211; April 1, 2000, Patty Engelmann, review of The Heir, p. 1413; November 1, 2000, Diana Tixier Herald, review of Home for the Holidays, p. 493; April 1, 2001, Diana Tixier Herald, review of Heart of a Warrior, p. 1428; June 1, 2003, Diana Tixier Herald, review of A Man to Call My Own, p. 1711; March 15, 2004, John Charles, review of A Loving Scoundrel, p. 1244; May 1, 2005, John Charles, review of Marriage Most Scandalous, p. 1501; July 1, 2008, John Charles, review of No Choice but Seduction.
Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2000, review of Home for the Holidays, p. 1509.
Library Journal, April 15, 2004, Michael J. Rogers, review of Warrior’s Woman, p. 132.
People, August 23, 1999, Cynthia Sanz, review of Joining, p. 49.
Publishers Weekly, July 11, 1980, review of Fires of Winter, p. 88; March 25, 1983, review of So Speaks the Heart, p. 49; October 10, 1994, review of You Belong to Me, p. 67; September 11, 1995, review of Love Me Forever, p. 75; October 30, 2000, review of Home for the Holidays, p. 48; April 23, 2001, review of Heart of a Warrior, p. 50; March 25, 2002, review of The Pursuit, p. 44; November 4, 2002, review of Prisoner of My Desire, p. 61; July 21, 2003, review of A Man to Call My Own, p. 175; April 5, 2004, review of A Loving Scoundrel, p. 422.
School Library Journal, September 1, 2002, Claudia Moore, review of The Pursuit, p. 256.
ONLINE
Addicted to Romance, https://addictedtoromance.org/ (August 24, 2018), review of Beautiful Tempest.
Best Reviews, http://thebestreviews.com/ (July 27, 2010), Harriet Klausner, review of Captive of My Desires.
Dear Author, http://dearauthor.com/ (June 10, 2010), review of That Perfect Someone.
Fresh Fiction, http://freshfiction.com/ (January 7, 2017), review of Make Me Love You.
Harlequin Junkie, https://harlequinjunkie.com/ (July 19, 2019), review of Temptation’s Darling.
Not Another Romance Blog, http://notanotherromanceblog.blogspot.com/ (July 27, 2010), review of That Perfect Someone.
Rosanne E. Loft, https://rosannelortz.com/ (July 2, 2019), review of Temptation’s Darling.
RT Book Reviews, http://www.rtbookreviews.com/ (July 1, 2008), Kathe Robin, review of No Choice but Seduction; (June 1, 2009), Kathe Robin, review of A Rogue of My Own; (June 1, 2010), Kathe Robin, review of That Perfect Someone. *
Simon & Schuster website, http://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/ (January 19, 2020), author interview.
OBITUARIES
Irish Times, December 28, 2019, “Johanna Lindsey Obituary: Novelist of Romance and Passion.”
New York Post, December 23, 2019, Hannah Frishberg, “Prolific Romance Novelist Johanna Lindsey Dead at 67.”
USA Today, December 23, 2019, Bryan Alexander, “Fabio Pays Tribute to ‘Incredible’ Romance Novelist Johanna Lindsey, Who Died at 67.”
Washington Post Book World, December 24, 2019, Harrison Smith, “Johanna Lindsey, Master of Historical Romance Novels, Dies at 67.”
JOHANNA LINDSEY has been hailed as one of the most popular authors of romantic fiction, with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. World renowned for her novels of “first-rate romance” (Daily News, New York), Lindsey is the author of nearly fifty previous national bestselling novels, including her popular Malory novels, many of which reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Lindsey lives in New Hampshire with her family.
Q. How would you describe your life in only eight words?
A. Currently, peaceful and full of laughter. Overall—amazing.
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. I don’t think anything that broad in scope can be described. It’s one of those “to each his own.” For me it’s rather simple—sharing my life with someone I love.
Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. Loss of loved ones.
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. Where I am.
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. Cool. Yeah, it’s outdated, but it’ a rare day you’ll catch me saying “awesome.”
Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
A. I used to paint with oils. Didn’t have much talent for it, and I don’t have the patience to actually acquire some skill for it, but if I could, that would be—cool.
Q. What is your greatest achievement?
A. That all of my books have made the New York Times list, including four in the #1 spot.
Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
A. That I smoke.
Q. What’s your best quality?
A. My willpower, when I choose to let it work.
Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
A. This question doesn’t relate to me, since I’ve never wished to be anything other than what I am.
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. My sense of humor.
Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
A. James Malory.
Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
A. Villains are meant to be hated. I have no favorites.
Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
A. Are you kidding me? Being a writer, what could top that?
Q. What three personal qualities are most important to you?
A. Trust, dependability, a good sense of humor.
Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
A. Not thinking about my eternal diet, I’m going to say pizza.
Q. What are your five favorite songs?
A. “What You Give” by Tesla. “Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good” by Nickelback. “Overkill” by Colin Hay. “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone. “As a Judgement” by Ennio Morricone.
Q. Who are your favorite authors?
A. I would have to say Kathleen Woodwiss and Rosemary Rogers, who started this wonderful genre.
Q. What are your five favorite books of all time?
A. The Wolf and the Dove, Sweet Savage Love, The Clan of the Cave Bear, and two of my own, Tender Rebel and Warrior’s Woman.
Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
A. Don’t laugh, but I like to reread my own books. A few can make me cry again, and most of them can make me laugh again.
Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
A. Put your heart into what you’re writing. If you can’t laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.
Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
A. That they love the Malorys. So do I.
Johanna Lindsey
(Helen Johanna Howard Lindsey)
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Johanna Lindsey was world-renowned for her “mastery of historical romance” (Entertainment Weekly), with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. She was the author of over 50 national bestselling novels, many of which reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
Genres: Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance
Series
Viking Haardrad Family
1. Fires of Winter (1981)
2. Hearts Aflame (1987)
3. Surrender My Love (1994)
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Glorious Angel
1. Glorious Angel (1982)
2. Heart of Thunder (1983)
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Wyoming
1. Brave the Wild Wind (1984)
2. Savage Thunder (1989)
3. Angel (1993)
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Malory Family
1. Love Only Once (1986)
2. Tender Rebel (1989)
3. Gentle Rogue (1991)
4. The Magic of You (1994)
5. Say You Love Me (1996)
6. The Present (1998)
7. A Loving Scoundrel (2004)
8. Captive of My Desires (2006)
9. No Choice But Seduction (2008)
10. That Perfect Someone (2010)
11. Stormy Persuasion (2014)
12. Beautiful Tempest (2017)
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Straton Family
1. A Heart So Wild (1986)
2. All I Need Is You (1997)
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Shefford's Knights
1. Defy Not the Heart (1989)
2. Joining (1999)
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Ly-San-Ter
1. Warrior's Woman (1990)
2. Keeper of the Heart (1993)
3. Heart of a Warrior (2001)
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Cardinia's Royal Family
1. Once a Princess (1991)
2. You Belong to Me (1995)
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Sherring Cross
1. Man of My Dreams (1993)
2. Love Me Forever (1995)
3. The Pursuit (2002)
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Reid Family / Locke Family
1. The Heir (2000)
2. The Devil Who Tamed Her (2007)
3. A Rogue of My Own (2009)
4. Let Love Find You (2012)
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Callahan-Warren
1. One Heart to Win (2013)
2. Wildfire In His Arms (2015)
3. Marry Me By Sundown (2018)
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Novels
Captive Bride (1977)
A Pirate's Love (1979)
Paradise Wild (1982)
So Speaks the Heart (1983)
A Gentle Feuding (1984)
Tender Is the Storm (1985)
When Love Awaits (1986)
Secret Fire (1987)
Silver Angel (1989)
Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
Until Forever (1995)
Home for the Holidays (2000)
A Man to Call My Own (2003)
Marriage Most Scandalous (2005)
When Passion Rules (2011)
Make Me Love You (2016)
Temptation's Darling (2019)
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Omnibus
Three Complete Novels (1994)
The Holiday Present (2003)
Johanna Lindsey Collection 2 (2005)
Johanna Lindsey Collection (2012)
Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019) was world-renowned for her “mastery of historical romance” (Entertainment Weekly), with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. She was the author of nearly sixty nationally bestselling novels, many of which reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Lindsey lived in New Hampshire with her family.
Johanna Lindsey is one of the most popular authors of romantic fiction, with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. World renowned for her novels of "first-rate romance" (New York Daily News), Lindsey is the author of forty-three previous bestselling novels, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Lindsey lives in Maine with her family.
Johanna Lindsey, master of historical romance novels, dies at 67
Novels by best-selling romance writer Johanna Lindsey. (Simon & Schuster)
Novels by best-selling romance writer Johanna Lindsey. (Simon & Schuster)
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Harrison Smith
Dec. 24, 2019 at 6:43 a.m. GMT+8
Johanna Lindsey, a romance novelist whose best-selling paperbacks ranged through the centuries, chronicling passionate and independent women in pirate ships, Viking forts, medieval castles, the American West and on a distant planet called Kystran, died Oct. 27 at a hospital in Nashua, N.H. She was 67.
Her death was first reported Sunday by the New York Times, which said “the family was too devastated by her death to announce it earlier.” She had stage 4 lung cancer, said Sally Marvin, publicity director for the Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books, which published several of her novels.
Ms. Lindsey was one of the most popular romance authors of her era, selling more than 60 million copies in at least 12 languages — a book every eight seconds, Avon calculated in 1993. She was also a pioneer of the modern historical romance novel, which originated with the hotblooded work of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers, only a few years before Ms. Lindsey made her debut at 25 with “Captive Bride” (1977).
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“She’s one of the foundations of the genre,” romance novelist Beverly Jenkins said in a phone interview. “Most stories in mass-market fiction were male-centered. With Woodiwiss and Rogers and Lindsey, you had these female-centered stories with women who were bound and determined to set their own pace, to define love, to fracture what people associated women with.”
Ms. Lindsey’s books sold more than 60 million copies. (Simon & Schuster)
Ms. Lindsey’s books sold more than 60 million copies. (Simon & Schuster)
Ms. Lindsey, she added, “inspired thousands and thousands of women to write their own stories” and helped demonstrate “that love stories were valued, and that women were not just pawns or secondary characters, but could be the point of a book.”
Her novels were frequently described as fairy tales, happy-ending stories of heroines who travel halfway around the world and end up finding love, and sexual satisfaction to boot. Filled with witty banter and one-liners, many of her novels also featured arranged marriages, mistaken identities, kidnappings, abductions, overbearing family members and abusive lovers, with some scenes of outright rape.
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In writing about enslaved or trapped women who fell in love with their captors, some of Ms. Lindsey’s admirers said, she was simply working within the conventions of her time, while also offering a critique of the patriarchy and of what it means to fall in love.
“Marriage Most Scandalous” was published in 2005. (Simon & Schuster)
“Marriage Most Scandalous” was published in 2005. (Simon & Schuster)
“She was trying to understand how you talk about women and female sexual pleasure,” said English professor Jayashree Kamble, a vice president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. “Does it have to be through companionate marriage? Do you have to have an emotional connection with this particular person?”
“In Lindsey’s books,” she added, “there was something very joyful about sexuality.”
Johanna Helen Howard (some sources reverse her first and middle names) was born March 10, 1952, in Frankfurt, where her father served in the Army. The family lived in France for several years before moving to Hawaii, where Ms. Lindsey graduated from high school in Kailua, near Honolulu.
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She worked in data processing before marrying Ralph Lindsey in 1970 and soon became engrossed in historical romances, sometimes reading one a night. After the birth of her second son, with her husband working nights and weekends as an estimator for a landscaping company, she began writing “Captive Bride.”
“I’d been thinking about a plot for one for a long time, but I was sure that somebody else would come out with it first,” she told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1981. “ ‘Desert sheikh, romance, kidnapping’ — that’s about all I started with. The book wrote itself. . . . I just sat down one day and wrote the middle scene, the love scene in the tent. I amazed myself — I couldn’t stop writing.”
Ms. Lindsey’s later novels included “Gentle Rogue” (1990), a pirate yarn; “Warrior’s Woman” (1990), a science-fiction romance set on Kystran in 2139; and the 12-book Malory-Anderson Saga, which opened with “Love Only Once” (1985), about a “hot-tempered” Englishwoman abducted by a rogue. The series concluded in 2017 with “Beautiful Tempest,” involving a kidnapped debutante and Caribbean pirates.
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By 1990, when Ms. Lindsey inked a 10-book contract with Avon, she was writing two books a year, and each of her previous 19 novels had sold at least 700,000 copies, according to a Times report. Her sales were buoyed in part by the novels’ eye-catching cover art, perhaps most notoriously on “Tender Is the Storm” (1985), which showed an apparently naked man, his crotch blocked from view by a swooning woman’s chest. “When a man’s passion explodes into violence,” read the tagline, “only a woman’s desire can turn it to love.”
Two years later, a golden-maned model named Fabio appeared on the cover of a romance novel for the first time, according to the feminist website Jezebel, for Ms. Lindsey’s Viking epic “Hearts Aflame.” To much of romancelandia’s horror, Ms. Lindsey and Fabio remained inextricably tied, as the model’s appearances on subsequent Lindsey covers seemed to eclipse the pathbreaking subject matter of their books’ contents.
“She defined Fabio, not the other way around,” said Jennifer Prokop, romance correspondent for Kirkus Reviews. Still, she added by phone, “Those covers had almost a gravitational force of their own.”
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Ms. Lindsey’s husband died in 1994, and they had three sons. Complete information on survivors was not immediately available.
In 1981, Ms. Lindsey told the Star-Bulletin that she spent her days writing in bed, longhand in a spiral notebook, taking two hours off only to watch the soap operas “General Hospital” and “One Life to Live.”
“Since I was old enough to appreciate a good novel, I’ve been a romantic,” she told interviewer Kathryn Falk for the book “Love’s Leading Ladies.” “I enjoy happy-ending love stories more than any other type of reading. Romance is what comes out of me.”
“I would be literally lost,” she said, “if I had to give it up.”
Johanna Lindsey
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Johanna Lindsey
Born Johanna Helen Howard
March 10, 1952
Frankfurt, Germany
Died October 27, 2019 (aged 67)
Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.
Pen name Johanna Lindsey
Occupation writer
Nationality American
Period 1977-2019
Genre Historical Romance
Spouse Ralph Lindsey
Children 3
Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, March 10, 1952 – October 27, 2019) [1] was an American writer of historical romance novels. All of her books reached the New York Times bestseller list, many reaching No. 1.
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Personal life
1.2 Writing career
2 Style and reception
3 Bibliography
3.1 By Reading Order
3.1.1 Viking Haardrad Family Saga Series
3.1.2 Southern Series
3.1.3 Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Family Saga
3.1.4 Wyoming westerns series
3.1.5 Malory-Anderson Family Saga Series
3.1.6 Straton Family Saga Series
3.1.7 Medieval (Shefford's Knights) Series
3.1.8 Cardinia's Royal Family
3.1.9 Sherring Cross Series
3.1.10 Locke Family Series
3.1.11 Montana Series
3.1.12 Single novels
3.2 By Setting
3.2.1 Middle Ages
3.2.1.1 Medieval England
3.2.2 Early Modern Times
3.2.3 Modern Times
3.3 Regency England
3.4 Regency England & Scotland
3.4.1 Eastern Europe
3.4.2 America in 19th century
3.4.3 Paranormal Fantasy
3.5 References
4 External links
Biography
Personal life
Her father was Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany, where she was born. The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii and after he died in 1964, Lindsey and her mother settled there to honor him.[2]
In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Bruce Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage continued, the couple residing in Hawaii and producing three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Lindsey moved to Maine and did not remarry. She died on October 27, 2019 at the age of 67 from lung cancer.[3]
Writing career
Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride, in 1977 "on a whim".[2] The book was a success, as have been the forty-nine novels that followed. As of 2006 more than fifty-eight million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, and her work has been translated into twelve languages.
Style and reception
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Owing to their diversity of settings Lindsey's work covers a number of romance subgenres, including medieval, Regency, western, Viking, and even science fiction. Her most popular books are a series of Regency sagas about the fictional Malory family (see Family Tree).
Lindsey's stories have been heavily criticised for what has been viewed as absurd and clichéd characterisations, poor structure and pacing, unrealistic plotting, and generally bad writing. They have also been accused of perpetuating outdated and problematic notions about sexual assault, the role of women in relationships, and other cultures.
In April 2017 popular YouTube book-vlogger LilyCReads reviewed Lindsey's 1989 novel Savage Thunder, one of three in the author's "Wyoming westerns" series. The video was called "This is literally the worst book i've ever read.."[4] and over the course of twenty minutes the titular Lily C derides almost every aspect of the novel, both in the writing and messages.
Messages challenged in the video include a scene where the hero, a half-white, half-Native American adventurer, sexually touches the heroine while she sleeps and, when she wakes up and questions him about this, tells her that she is his property and has been since she first allowed him to sleep with her. Meanwhile, scorn is also reserved for the heroine, an English duchess, who describes her seduction of the hero as a "rape" (even though he consented to sex) and heavily encourages him to dress less like a Native and more like a white man for her.
The covers of Lindsey's novels have been widely parodied,[5] fitting in as they do with a trend in romance publishing to use gaudy painted designs that feature a muscular male model (i.e. Fabio) with his chest exposed, towering above or otherwise dominating floridly dressed women.
Bibliography
By Reading Order
Viking Haardrad Family Saga Series
Fires of Winter (1980)
Hearts Aflame (1987)
Surrender My Love (1994)
Southern Series
Glorious Angel (1982)
Heart of Thunder (1983)
Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Family Saga
Warrior's Woman (1990)
Keeper Of The Heart (1993)
Heart Of A Warrior (2001) (Deep space - Earth)
Wyoming westerns series
Brave the Wild Wind (1984)
Savage Thunder (1989)
Angel (1992)
Malory-Anderson Family Saga Series
Love Only Once (1985) (Regina Ashton/Nicholas Eden)
Tender Rebel (1988) (Anthony Malory/Roslynn Chadwick)
Gentle Rogue (1990) (James Malory/Georgina Anderson)
The Magic of You (1993) (Amy Malory/Warren Anderson)
Say You Love Me (1996) (Derek Malory/Kelsey Langton)
The Present (1998) (Christopher Malory/Anastasia Stephanoff)
A Loving Scoundrel (2004) (Jeremy Malory/Danette "Danny" Hilary)
Captive of My Desires (2006) (Drew Anderson/Gabrielle Brooks)
No Choice But Seduction (2008) (Boyd Anderson/Katey Tyler)
That Perfect Someone (2010) (Richard Allen/Julia Miller)
Stormy Persuasion (2014) (Judith Malory/Nathan Tremayne)
Beautiful Tempest (2017) (Jacqueline Mallory/Damon Reeves)
Straton Family Saga Series
A Heart So Wild (1986)
All I Need Is You (1997)
Medieval (Shefford's Knights) Series
Defy Not the Heart (1989)
Joining (1999)
Cardinia's Royal Family
Once a Princess (1991)
You Belong to Me (1994)
Sherring Cross Series
Man of My Dreams (1992)
Love Me Forever (1995)
The Pursuit (2002)
Locke Family Series
The Heir (2000) (Duncan MacTavish and Sabrina Lambert)
The Devil Who Tamed Her (2007) (Raphael Locke and Ophelia Reid)
A Rogue of My Own (2009) (Rupert St. John and Rebecca Marshall)
Let Love Find You (2012) (Devin Baldwin and Amanda Locke)
Montana Series
One Heart to Win (2013) (Tiffany Warren & Hunter Callahan)
Wildfire in His Arms (2015) (Maxine & Degan Grant)
Marry Me by Sundown (2018) (Violet Mitchell & Morgan Callahan)
Single novels
Captive Bride (1977)
A Pirate's Love (1978)
Paradise Wild (1981)
So Speaks the Heart (1983)
A Gentle Feuding (1984)
Tender Is the Storm (1985)
When Love Awaits (1986)
Secret Fire (1987)
Silver Angel (1988)
Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
Until Forever (1995)
Home for the Holidays (2000)
A Man to Call My Own (2003)
Marriage Most Scandalous (2006)
When Passion Rules (2011)
Make Me Love You (2016)
By Setting
Middle Ages
Medieval Vikings
Fires of Winter (1980)
Hearts Aflame (1987)
Surrender My Love (1994)
Medieval England
So Speaks the Heart (1983)
A Gentle Feuding (1984)
When Love Awaits (1986)
Defy Not the Heart (1989)
Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
Joining (1999)
Early Modern Times
Arabian Dunes
Captive Bride (1977)
Silver Angel (1988)
Caribbean
A Pirate's Love (1978)
Modern Times
Regency England
Love Only Once (1985)
Tender Rebel (1988)
Gentle Rogue (1990)
The Magic Of You (1993)
Say You Love Me (1996)
The Present (1998)
A Loving Scoundrel (2004)
Captive of My Desires (2006)
No Choice But Seduction (2008)
Stormy Persuasion (2014)
Make Me Love You (2016)
Regency England & Scotland
Man of My Dreams (1992)
Love Me Forever (1995)
Home for the Holidays (2000)
The Heir (2000)
The Pursuit (2002)
Marriage Most Scandalous (2006)
The Devil Who Tamed Her (2007)
A Rogue of My Own (2009)
Let Love Find You (2012)
Temptation's Darling (2019)[6]
Eastern Europe
Secret Fire (1987) (London --> Russia)
Once a Princess (1991) (U.S. --> Cardinia)
You Belong to Me (1994) (Russia --> Cardinia)
When Passion Rules (2011) (London --> Lubinia)
America in 19th century
Paradise Wild (1981) (Boston --> Hawaii)
Glorious Angel (1982) (Texas)
Heart of Thunder (1983) (Wild West)
Brave the Wild Wind (1984) (Wyoming)
Tender Is the Storm (1985) (Wild West)
A Heart So Wild (1986) (Texas)
Savage Thunder (1989) (Wyoming)
Angel (1992) (Wild West)
All I Need Is You (1997) (Wild West)
A Man to Call My Own (2003) (Wild West)
One Heart to Win (2013) (Wild West) (50th novel by Johanna Lindsey)[7]
Wildfire in His Arms (2015) (Wild West)
Marry Me by Sundown (2018) (Wild West)
Paranormal Fantasy
Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Family Saga
Warrior's Woman (1990)
Keeper Of The Heart (1993)
Heart Of A Warrior (2001) (Deep space --> Earth)
Time Travel
Until Forever (1995) (Now --> Middle Ages)
Prolific romance novelist Johanna Lindsey dead at 67
By Hannah FrishbergDecember 23, 2019 | 11:35am | Updated
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Johanna LindseySimon & Schuster
Best-selling romance writer Johanna Lindsey has lost her battle with Stage 4 lung cancer, the New York Times reported Sunday.
The prolific novelist passed away on Oct. 27 in Nashua, NH, but her devastated family mourned privately until now. She was 67.
Lindsey authored nearly 60 titles in her 40-year career. Her first, “Captive Bride,” was published by Avon in 1977 and her last, “Temptation’s Darling,” came out this July. Her characters ranged dramatically across space and time, with her books set everywhere from ninth-century England to a sci-fi series that took place on the planet Kystran.
Born Johanna Helen Howard in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 10, 1952, Lindsey was raised in Hawaii by her mother, Wanda, and her military dad, Edwin. Before penning bodice rippers, Lindsey worked in data processing, which she stopped when she married Ralph Lindsey.
Her 19 books had each sold at least 700,000 copies by 1990. In all, Lindsey has sold some 60 million titles, according to her second and final publisher, Simon & Schuster.
The publishing company’s marketing director, Liz Perl, recalls Lindsey as a shy and private individual who toured infrequently.
“On several occasions, her mother would accompany her, which was really sweet,” Perl tells the Times. “Her mother was quite outgoing, so Johanna would sign the books, and her mom would stand next to her and tell fans anecdotes about Johanna when she was young.”
Perl adds that Lindsey would often celebrate a publication — of which she had roughly two a year — by buying a video game and playing it for 12 hours before starting on another title.
Lindsey’s husband passed in 1994, but she is survived by three sons and four grandchildren.
“I don’t know what I’d be doing if I didn’t have my writing,” she told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1981.
Johanna Lindsey obituary: novelist of romance and passion
Writer’s 60-odd books typically featured brave heroines and arrogant rogues
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Johanna Lindsey: Her stories built around romantic and sexual surrender descended at times into rape.
Johanna Lindsey: Her stories built around romantic and sexual surrender descended at times into rape.
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Johanna Lindsey
Born: March 10th, 1952
Died: October 27th, 2019
Johanna Lindsey, whose best-selling romance novels told stories of unbridled passion, revenge, submission and abductions among aristocrats, debutantes, pirates and fearless heroines, died on October 27th in Nashua, New Hampshire. She was 67.
The cause was complications of treatment for stage 4 lung cancer, her son Alfred said. The family was too devastated by her death to announce it earlier.
Lindsey wrote her first novel on a whim and turned out nearly 60 more. Her most recent, Temptation’s Darling, published in July, told of a countess’s plans to have her daughter marry an arrogant rogue in 19th-century England.
Her books sold at least 60 million copies, according to her publisher, Simon & Schuster, and she ranked among the leading romance writers of her era, most notably Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught, Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers.
“Since I was old enough to appreciate a good novel, I’ve been a romantic,” Lindsey said in the book Love’s Leading Ladies (1982), by Kathryn Falk. “I enjoy happy-ending love stories more than any other type of reading. Romance is what comes out of me.”
Lindsey set her passionate tales in many locales, including England as early as the year 873; the Barbary Coast and the Caribbean; Norway when the Vikings ruled; 19th-century Texas, Wyoming and Montana; and the planet Kystran in a series of sci-fi bodice-rippers.
On the page, romantic ardour was evident in scenes such as one from A Loving Scoundrel (2004) – one of her 12 novels about the Malory clan – between Jeremy Malory, “a handsome rakehell”, and Danny, a young woman who is a servant in his home:
“God, you taste good!”
“She’d been thinking the same thing. His lips were so velvety soft. His breath wasn’t fumed with alcohol at all, was rather heady in scent. His taste was exotic, beyond her ability to describe. And she was feeling things other than the kiss, delightful sensations, all new to her, all highly pleasant.”
Stories built around romantic and sexual surrender – between arrogant, wilful men and heroines with little power from centuries past – descended at times into rape.
First novel
Johanna Helen Howard was born on March 10th, 1952, in Frankfurt, Germany, where her father, Edwin, was stationed in the army, and she moved to the US when she was about five. Her mother was Wanda (Castle) Howard. The family eventually settled in Hawaii, where Johanna attended intermediate and high school.
She started work in a data-processing company but left it when she married Ralph Lindsey. By the mid-1970s, she had begun to believe she could write romance novels, and sent a proposed chapter to Avon Books, where Rodgers and Woodiwiss were published.
“Three weeks later they asked for the whole book and six weeks after that they accepted it with only one change,” Lindsey told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1981.
In 1977, Avon published the book Captive Pride, which she followed over the next four years with A Pirate’s Love, Brave the Wild Wind, Fires of Winter and Paradise Wild.
“I don’t know what I’d be doing if I didn’t have my writing,” she told the Star-Bulletin. “I haven’t even had a vacation in a long time. It’s been 17 years since I’ve been out of Hawaii.”
By 1990, she was writing two books a year; each of her 19 had then sold at least 700,000 copies. Avon rewarded her regular presence on best-seller lists with a 10-book contract.
Shy and private
“That means I’ll have a super leader twice a year for the next five years,” Carolyn Reidy, Avon’s president, told the New York Times in 1990.
In 2001, having written 37 bestsellers, Lindsey left Avon for Simon & Schuster.
Liz Perl, the marketing director of Simon & Schuster, said that Lindsey was a shy, private person who only occasionally toured to promote her books.
“On several occasions, her mother would accompany her, which was really sweet,” Perl said by phone. “Her mother was quite outgoing, so Johanna would sign the books, and her mom would stand next to her and tell fans anecdotes about Johanna when she was young.”
She added, “When she turned her books in, she wouldn’t celebrate by buying a car or going to Paris, but by buying a video game and playing it for 12 hours before starting her next book.”
Lindsey had lived in New Hampshire in recent years.
In addition to her son Alfred, Lindsey is survived by two other sons, Garret and Joseph, and four grandchildren. Her husband died in 1994.
Lindsey recalled that she conceived the idea for Captive Bride, her first novel, years before she submitted that first chapter to Avon.
“Desert sheikh, romance, kidnapping – that’s about all I started with,” she told the Star-Bulletin. “I just sat down one day and wrote the middle scene, the love scene in the tent. I amazed myself – I couldn’t stop writing.” – New York Times service
Fabio pays tribute to ‘incredible’ romance novelist Johanna Lindsey, who died at 67
Bryan Alexander
USA TODAY
Johanna Lindsey, the best-selling romance writer who sold more than 60 million steamy novels worldwide over a prolific 40-year career, has died at age 67.
"Hearts Aflame," "Stormy Persuasion," "Temptation's Darling," "Wildfire In His Arms" and "Marry Me by Sundown" were just a handful of the hot-blooded historical romances Lindsey penned.
Lindsey's publisher Simon & Schuster confirmed the news with a statement:
"We are greatly saddened at the news that Johanna Lindsey, passed away. A true legend in her field, her groundbreaking works were treasured and enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide. We offer our deepest condolences go out to her family during this difficult time."
The New York Times reported that the author died on Oct. 27 in her Nashua, N.H., hometown following complications of treatment for Stage 4 lung cancer, but her family was too devastated by her death to announce the news earlier.
Lindsey, who spent much of her life in Hawaii, told the Honolulu Star Bulletin in 1981 that she conceived of the idea of her first novel, "Captive Bride," years before she submitted it to Avon Books to be published in 1977.
Best-selling romance author Johanna Lindsey has died.
"Desert sheikh, romance, kidnapping — that’s about all I started with," she said. “I just sat down one day and wrote the middle scene, the love scene in the tent. I amazed myself — I couldn’t stop writing."
She followed that over the next four years with "A Pirate’s Love," "Brave the Wild Wind," "Fires of Winter" and "Paradise Wild." Her books featured dramatic cover art, launching the career of flowing-haired model Fabio Lanzoni, who appeared on the cover of 1987's "Hearts Aflame."
Lindsey's works included "Marriage Most Scandalous."
The best-selling novel and cover were so successful that Fabio, painted by cover artist Elaine Duillo, became a fixture with Lindsey's books.
In a statement to USA TODAY, Fabio paid tribute to Lindsey, calling her "an amazing person and an incredible author."
"I loved being featured on her covers. To this day, 'Man of My Dreams' is still one of my all time favorites" wrote Fabio. "Rest in peace, Johanna. Thank you for sharing your gift. You will be missed."
Fabio starred on the cover of "Man of My Dreams."
The prolific author's readable, face-paced "bodice-ripping" tomes were so popular that a 1993 USA TODAY article pointed out that she sold "a book every eight seconds somewhere in the world."
After 37 best-sellers, Lindsey left Avon Books for Simon & Schuster in 2001. In July she published her most recent novel, "Temptation's Darling."
REVIEW of Temptation’s Darling by Johanna Lindsey
Rose Spears (Rosanne E. Lortz)July 2, 2019Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romantic FictionPost navigation
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Temptation's darlingVanessa Blackburn has grown up in Scotland with her father, estranged from her mother and separated from her twin sisters. When she comes of age, she must return to England to have her “season,” and hopefully find a husband who doesn’t mind her independent spirit. Riding disguised as a gentleman, she falls into company with Lord Montgomery Townsend.
A reputed rake and a satellite of the Prince Regent, Monty has been entrusted with the care of a temperamental and foppish foreigner who has assassins on his tail. A connoisseur of the female form, Monty sees through Vanessa’s disguise right away, but the real surprise is that they are both heading in the same direction to the Blackburn home. Monty is an incorrigible flirt, and it is not surprising that sparks fly between the two, sparks that Vanessa won’t admit to being anything more than friendship.
As the season begins, Vanessa discovers that she has the opportunity to end her father’s exile by marrying the unsavory son of an aristocratic family. She asks Monty for his help in obtaining the fellow’s goodwill. In between juggling his foreign charge and avoiding assailants, Monty gives Vanessa some lessons in allurement, discovering–perhaps too late–that he is willing to throw away all his wild days of freedom if Vanessa will give up her insane plan and marry him instead.
This book had a clever plot with more going on in it than your typical Regency romance. Monty is a likable hero, letting his own reputation suffer for the Prince’s peccadillos and dealing with his outrageous foreign charge with humor. Like so many other Regency heroes, Monty is a rake in need of reform, but not as bad a rake as everyone thinks he is. The relationship between Monty and Vanessa was a little more explicit than the innocuous book cover might imply. Vanessa alternates between self-sufficiency and acting like the inexperienced teenage girl that she is. Vanessa’s affection for her twin sisters is well-portrayed, as is the jealousy precipitated by three girls coming out at the same time to the same pool of admirers. One thing that niggled was the patently ridiculous “misunderstanding” between Vanessa’s parents. All in all, however, this book was an enjoyable read.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Book Review-Beautiful Tempest By Johanna Lindsey
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Also in this series: That Perfect Someone, Love Only Once, Tender Rebel, Gentle Rogue, The Magic of You, Say You Love Me, The Present
Series: Malory-Anderson Family #12
Published by Pocket Books on January 30, 2018
Genres: Historical Romance, Nautical, Regency Era
Pages: 448
Format: eBook
Source: Self Purchased
ISBN: 1501162217
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey now reveals the tempestuous story of Jacqueline Malory whose furious desire for revenge leads to a confrontation with the handsome pirate who abducted her--and sparks a much steamier kind of desire. For the first time, James Malory and his Anderson in-laws agree on something: It's payback time for the culprit who kidnapped James and Georgina's beloved daughter Jack from her American debutante party and whisked her away to the Caribbean, no matter that she escaped unscathed. James figured out who masterminded the dastardly plot and is leading a fleet of ships to the West Indies to deliver some Malory-style retribution. More interested in revenge than in finding a husband during her first London Season, Jack is furious that her father left her behind. Then an intriguing stranger leads her and her older brother Jeremy to her mysterious abductor. But instead of capturing him, the Malory siblings wind up as his " guests" on a ship sailing away from England. As Jack re-engages in a battle of wills with her all too attentive captor, she realizes he is no ordinary pirate, perhaps no pirate at all, but a nobleman determined to settle a score that dates back to the days when her father was known as Captain Hawk--and what endangers her most is the increasingly passionate attraction they feel for each other.
Beautiful Tempest is the most recent addition to the Malory Anderson Family series and even though this book was far from perfect it was still a fun blast that made me realize why I love this family so much. Beautiful Tempest features Jack who is Georgie and James only daughter. Now I will say that I HIGHLY recommend that you read Stormy Persuasion before reading this one, because events that happen in that book coincide with this one.
Our story begins with the Malory’s and a wedding of Anthony’s daughter (our couple in Stormy Persuasion) and we see the great bonds and closeness this family has especially the friendship between Judy and Jack. I love these gals together, But now that Judy is married, Jack is determined to have fun for her season and forget about being kidnapped by the pirate the “Bastard” as she refers to him. She wants her revenge and is miffed that her father won’t let her go along with him on his journey to find him. But then at a ball, she finds herself dancing with a stranger who is mysterious and makes her laugh and for the first time, she is intrigued by a man. There is something familiar about him. When he invites her to meet him at the park, she agrees but he then never arrives but delivers a note to her with a rose. And she realizes in his note, she knows why she finds him familiar…he is the pirate that kidnapped her and so she and her brother Jeremy hatch a plan to kidnap him but their plan goes wrong when Jack finds herself being kidnapped AGAIN and boy is she furious especially after seeing the beating her brother gets trying to protect her.
At first Jack expects Damon to try to force himself on her but he never touches her. In fact he is quite careful with her despite her attempts to kill him or escape. But with her brother and his friend Percy being held captive, she has low options especially when it appears that not everything is as it seems. She soon realizes that Damon is her protector and that there are good pirates and bad pirates. And Jack has to face up to her true feelings for Damon and that not all of them are hateful, and that she has a powerful attraction towards Damon. And when Jack learns the truth about Damon and his intentions, even though its a crazy plan, she begins to soften towards him and begins her own seduction, because Damon is the man that she wants and she will fight for them no matter what…
Our hero has a complex past and he has been forced to appear to be working with a evil pirate in order to get his father released from prison. But he is put in a bind, and he will need Jack and her father’s help in order to get his father released. But he holds some powerful feelings for Jack’s father because this is not the first time he has known the man, and soon the past and present will collide and Damon will have to face his demons from the past in order to have a future with Jack.
This wasn’t my favorite book from Lindsey or from this series, I will admit that the writing felt a bit off at times. There was quite a bit of angst in the beginning, that throws the reader off but you do need to keep with the story if you want to like it in the end because it does get better the more you read. But I knew that Lindsey wouldn’t disappoint and she didn’t. I have ADORED this family for years, so it was fun having Jack’s story. But Jack is a bit of a drama queen at times but what do you expect from a eighteen year old right? I mean she has just had her come out and having her first season. So I was a little more forgiving of Jack because she is trying to recover from being kidnapped (although you see that there is more to it than that, we see that she is fighting the feelings she felt from her captor and would rather feel angry instead of infatuated and attracted). But Jack has many redeemable qualities. What I really liked about her, is one she is her parents daughter in that she goes after what she wants. She is bold and daring and isn’t apologetic about her desires or wants in life.
Okay, so I’m a hoyden. But I know love can make people do stupid things and ignore what’s sensible. I don’t intend to let that happen to me because love won’t matter a’tall if a man isn’t a good lover ,isn’t fun in and out of bed, ends up being a prude who wants to make love with his clothes on. The bedroom is a big part of marriage, and I refuse to get stuck with only half of the good part.
And when she realizes that she wants Damon, she goes after him LITERALLY. I mean she seduces him her first time having sex with him and yeah I kinda loved that and boy does he take the surprise of it pretty well.
I’m Jack Malory, too bold for subtlety,” She kissed him, hotly.
“Are you sure, because I’m two seconds from–”
“Shut up, pirate. I’m taking what I want.”
Then we get into some heavy family drama, so if you love this family, you will get a kicker out of it. And first I will say that I really liked seeing the complexity between James and Damon because they do a past that is packed with misunderstandings. So it was interesting seeing them work that out especially when Damon takes two beatings from James for what he did to Jack. And then we get a few surprises in the end that bowled me over and ones I didn’t see coming. And yeah this book had me laughing upside down and sideways. Its what I adore about this series, its just plain good ole’ fun!! You don’t take them seriously, they just give you some laughs and you get such fun times with the Malory-Anderson Family.
I did run, in the only direction possible. I’ll always run straight to Jack. She holds my heart.
I wasn’t expecting too many feels from this book, because even though I laughed quite a bit, this series and this author doesn’t display too many feels in her books. You have some heart felt moments between Damon and Jack, but they are flowery in any way, its very practical. But seeing them fight for each other was BRILLIANT and the ending just left me with a smile!! Even though this wasn’t my favorite from Lindsey, it was still a good addition and I can’t wait to see who is next in the family to have their story told!!
REVIEW: Temptation’s Darling by Johanna Lindsey
Posted July 19th, 2019 by Sara @HarlequinJunkie in Blog, HJ Top Pick!, Regency - Historical Romance, Review / 2 comments
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Temptation’s Darling by Johanna Lindsey is a fun, light romance that was written by an author that has been writing romance stories for years. I haven’t read any of her recent work and this book was just as wonderful as I’d expect from the author.
When the Earl of Ketterham (William) is exiled from England and goes to Scotland, his daughter Vanessa sneaks away with him. William allows Vanessa to stay with him but when she gets older, he made her return to her mother in England for a Season. Vanessa wasn’t happy to leave her father and the freedom she had in Scotland. She decides that once she reaches England she will try and convince the Rathban family into allowing her father to return.
Lord Montgomery “Monty” was bored after returning from the war, so he finds entertainment in “fixing” problems for the Prince Regent that earn him a reputation as a rake. When things become uncomfortable for Monty in London, the Prince Regent sends him to a remote location with a “package.” The package turns out to be Charley, a side character who provides so much humor and intrigue to the story.
There were several other side characters that added to the story. Vanessa tries to “court” Daniel Rathban in order to marry him, which will allow her father to come home. Daniel is a cynical man due to his father’s past interventions and he isn’t willing to go along with the idea of marriage. Monty is a busy hero in the book, guarding Charlie, protecting himself from upset husbands, and trying to get Vanessa to marry him.
The story is full of witty banter, drama, action, mystery, humor, and unexpected twists. The ending was very interesting and I hope it will lead into another book. I would love to see Vanessa’s sisters and Daniel get their HEA.
Book Info:
Publication: July 16th 2019 | Gallery Books |
Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter, Vanessa. When she comes of age, William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her father, never imagining the high price she will have to pay.
Lord Montgomery Townsend enjoys living on the edge, courting danger as he fixes potentially scandalous problems for the Prince Regent. While hiding out at the home of the Countess of Ketterham, Monty watches a disaster-in-the-making as his hostess tries to prepare her estranged daughter for a match with the pompous son of a powerful family. Puzzled as to why independent-minded Vanessa submits to being turned into a puppet and wants to marry the arrogant rogue, Monty nonetheless steps in to make her dreams come true. But no good deed goes unpunished, and soon he faces more pressing problems, including the temptation to upend Vanessa’s wedding plans so he can marry her himself!
Make Me Love You
Johanna Lindsey
Reviewed by Patricia (Pat) Pascale
Posted January 7, 2017
Romance Historical
After not one, not two but three duels fought by Robert Whitworth and Lord Dominic Wolf, the Prince Regent decides it is time to end their dispute and bring their families together through marriage. The Prince Regent orders Brooke Whitworth to marry Lord Dominic Wolf. Should either party not obey his order, they will lose their lands and their titles. It means that Brooke will miss her up-and-coming First Season in London. She was hoping she would find a husband to take her away from a family that has always been unloving and uncaring to her. She has always hated Robert as he was a bully, always jealous of her and beat her until her maid and only friend in the household, Alfreda, found out and locked Brooke's bedroom door keeping him away. To escape from her family would make her happy and perhaps she will be able to start a family of her own? She would try to make Lord Dominic Wolf want to marry her. Can she?
As she arrives at the Yorkshire Moor, she gets a cold welcome from the staff. When she meets Lord Wolf, he is almost nude and lying in his bed with fever and pain from a wound suffered in his last duel with her brother. She and her maid Alfreda have knowledge of healing using herbs and after several days of administering them to Dominic, he is without fever and on his way to good health. Their relationship is cold and he tries everything to get her to leave and return to her family. Brooke has decided to stay and make him love her. Can Dominic keep from falling in love with Brooke?
Johanna Lindsey writes a historical romance that is delicious. Handsome, charming and sexy, Lord Dominic Wolf will steal your heart. The banter and teasing between Dominic and beautiful Brooke Whitworth is pure delight. Brooke is an unconventional heroine. She is resourceful and resilient and fights hard to unlock the key to Dominic's heart. The sexual tension between them is electric and their rainy night together in a cubbyhole in ruins of an ancient castle is HOT.
The secondary characters, his BFF Gabriel is a charmer and Alfreda, the maid/companion who has always been there for Brooke is colorful and funny. I loved the wolf-like dogs, horses, and descriptions of the Regency Era that I always enjoy. The sub-plot of this story is a surprise and in the end, all ends well. A spectacular read and I await Ms. Lindsey's next.
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