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Cindy Gerard
Cindy Gerard is an American author of romantic suspense and romance novels. Her book ''Feel the Heat'' won the 2009 Romantic Intrigue Award from ''Romantic Times''. Gerard lives in Marengo, Iowa. Bibliography One-Eyed Jacks Series # Killing Time, Pocket Books, 2013 (Mike Brown & Eva Salinas) # The Way Home, Pocket Books, 2013 # Running Blind, Pocket Books, 2015 (Jamie Cooper & Rhonda Burns) http://www.cindygerard.com/books.html Black Ops Inc. Series # Show No Mercy, Pocket Books, 2008 ( Gabriel & Jenna ) # Take No Prisoners, Pocket Books, 2008 ( Sam & Abbie ) # Whisper No Lies, Pocket Books, 2008 ( Reed & Crystal ) # Feel the Heat, Pocket Books, 2009 ( Rafael & B.J. ) # Risk No Secrets, Pocket Books, 2010 ( Wyatt & Sophie ) # With No Remorse, Pocket Books, 2011 ( Luke & Valentina ) # Last Man Standing, Pocket Books, 2012 ( Joe & Stephanie ) Bodyguard Series # To the Edge, St. Martin’s Press, 2005 (Nolan & Jillian) # To the Limit, St. Martin’s Press, 2005 (Eve & Mac) # T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marengo, Iowa
Marengo is a town in and the county seat of Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It has served as the county seat since August 1845, even though it was not incorporated until July 1859. The population was 2,435 in the 2020 census, a decline from 2,535 in 2000. History Marengo was laid out in 1845 and platted in 1847. The city's name commemorates the Battle of Marengo, where Napoleon defeated the Austrian army. The Iowa County Courthouse, built in 1893, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Iowa River passes north of town. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 2,528 people, 1,059 households, and 648 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,154 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.3% White, 0.6% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books. History Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in the United States in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry. The German Albatross Books had pioneered the idea of a line of color-coded paperback editions in 1931 under Kurt Enoch, and Penguin Books in Britain had refined the idea in 1935 and had one million books in print by the following year. Pocket Books was founded by Richard L. Simon, M. Lincoln ("Max") Schuster and Leon Shimkin, partners of Simon & Schuster, along with Robert de Graff. In 1944, the founding owners sold the company to Marshall Field III, owner of the ''Chicago Sun'' newspaper. Following Field's death, in 1957, Leon Shimkin, a Simon & Schuster partner, and James M. Jacobson bought Pocket Books for $5 million. Simon & Schuster acquired Pocket in 1966. Penguin's success inspired entrepreneur Robert de Graff, who partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Adair
Cherry Adair (born 2 April 1951) is a South African–American romantic fiction writer. She lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband. Biography Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Adair moved to the United States in her early 20s and settled in San Francisco,Washington Library Association Newsletter Fall 2006 where she opened a business as an interior designer. Adair and her husband, David, have two daughters; they keep two standard schnauzers, Max and Chase, who compete nationally in agility trials. A voracious reader, she began to have story ideas of her own and transferred her creative process from interior design to writing novels, writing seventeen full books before her first novel, ''The Mercenary'', sold to |
Lora Leigh
Lora Leigh (born March 6, 1965) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is ''The Breeds''. She won the 2009 RT Award for erotica. Leigh was born, in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky, US. Reception Critical reception for Leigh's books have been mixed over the years. Romantic Times reviewed ''Soul Deep (Breed Series)'' giving it two stars out of five for an overabundance of plot contrivances, but giving ''Lion's Heat'' a four and a half star rating. Publishers Weekly has both praised (''Maverick'') and panned (''Legally Hot)'' Leigh's work. Dear Author panned Leigh's work, citing Leigh's ''Menage a Magick'' (Ellora Cave Publishing) that the world building was "perfunctory". International Business Times News called ''Deadly Sins'' "a fun guilty pleasure". ''Library Journal'' noticed the "unvarnished language of erotica" of ''Coyote's Mate'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Woodward (formerly Sherrilyn Kenyon; born December 11, 1965) is a bestselling US writer. Under her former married name, she wrote both urban fantasy and paranormal romance. She is best known for her Dark Hunter series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she writes historical fiction with paranormal elements. Kenyon's novels have an "international following" with over 70 million copies in print in over 100 countries. Under both names, her books have appeared at the top of the ''New York Times'', ''Publishers Weekly'', and ''USA Today'' lists, and they are frequent bestsellers in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Biography Sherrilyn Woodward was born on 11 December 1965 in Columbus, Georgia. She married and had three children. Accusations and divorce On January 7, 2019, Woodward filed a lawsuit against her husband and his assistants, claiming they had poisoned her over a number of years in order to sabotage her health to his financial gain. After her husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Griffin
Laura Griffin is a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling American author of romantic suspense. She has won Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense twice, as well as the Daphne du Maurier Award. Biography Griffin started her career as a journalist and preferred hard-news stories. She attributes her experience to her desire to write suspense fiction, since she's able to make justice prevail and give the characters happy endings. "As a reporter, you cover a lot of stories that go unresolved or do not end happily." She grew up reading Nancy Drew books, and as she grew older, Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell. "I love King and Cornwell because their books go above and beyond scary. To me it's the characters that make them so compelling — I care about the people, so I can't stop turning the pages to see what happens to them." In 2013, Griffin teamed up with bestselling author Allison Brennan to co-write a female detective series. Since they wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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American Romantic Fiction Writers
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People From Marengo, Iowa
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RITA Award Winners
Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands * 1180 Rita, an asteroid * Rita, West Virginia * Santa Rita, California (other), several places Film, television, and theater * ''Rita'' (1959 film), a 1959 Australian television play * ''Rita'' (2009 Italian film), a 2009 Italian film * ''Rita'' (2009 Indian film), a 2009 Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane * ''Rita'' (TV series), a Danish television show * RITA Award, an award for romantic fiction * ''Educating Rita'', a 1980 stage play by Willy Russel ** ''Educating Rita'' (film), a 1983 British film based on that play *Rita Santos, an adult mermaid on the TV series ''Mako Mermaids'' Music * ''Rita'' (opera), an 1841 opera by Gaetano Donizetti Albums * ''Rita'' (Rita Yahan-F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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