Diana Hamilton (b. England - d. 3 May 2009 in Shropshire) was a popular British writer of over 50

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s in

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from 1986 to 2009.

Biography

At 18, she studied to art college, where she met Peter. She obtained a degree in Advertising Copywriting and she worked as a copywriter. She married with Peter, they had a daughter, Rebecca, and a son Paul, when they moved to Wales. They returned to

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

, England, where they had other child Andrew. She started writing in the 1970s, but she published her first novel in 1986. Hamilton died on 3 May 2009, at her home in Shropshire.

Bibliography

Single Novels

* Song in a Strange Land (1986) * Dark Charade (1987) * Impulsive Attraction (1987) * Painted Lady (1988) * The Wild Side (1988) * A Secure Marriage (1989) * Betrayal of Love (1989) * Passionate Awakening (1990) * An Inconvenient Marriage (1990) * The Devil His Due (1991) * Games for Sophisticates (1991) * A Honeyed Seduction (1992) * Troubleshooter (1992) * Savage Obsession (1992) * Threat from the Past (1993) * Legacy of Shame (1993) * In Name Only (1994) * Separate Rooms (1994) * The Last Illusion (1994) * Waiting Game (1994) * Sweet Sinner (1995) * Never a Bride (1995) * Hostage of Passion (1995) * A Guilty Affair (1996) * Scandalous Bride (1997) * Wedding Daze (1997) * A Husband's Price (1998) * The Faithful Wife (1998) * The Bride Wore Scarlet (1998) * Mistress for a Night (1999) * Bought, One Husband (1999) * The Christmas Child (2000) * Claiming His Wife (2001) * The Billionaire Affair (2001) * The Italian's Bride (2001) * The Italian's Trophy Mistress (2002) * His Convenient Wife (2002) * The Spaniard's Woman (2003) * A Spanish Vengeance (2003) * A Spanish Marriage (2004) * The Italian's Marriage Demand (2005) * The Italian Millionaire's Virgin Wife (2005) * The Italian's Price (2006) * The Kouvaris Marriage (2006) * The Mediterranean Billionaire's Secret Baby (2007) * Kyriakis's Innocent Mistress (2010)

Nanny Wanted Series Multi-Author

* The Millionaire's Baby (1998)

Expecting! Series Multi-Author

* Unexpected Baby (1999)

Omnibus in Collaboration

* Solution, Marriage: Secure Marriage And Promise to Repay (1996) (with Amanda Browning) * Husbands and Wives (2000) (with

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) * Marriages by Arrangement (2000) (with

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) * Christmas Secrets (2002) (with

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and ''Catherine Spencer'') * Maybe Baby! (2002) (with Lucy Gordon and

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) * Marriage at His Convenience (2003) (with

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and

) * The Italian's Pleasure (2006) (with

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and

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) * Escape to Italian Idylls (2006) (with Sara Wood) * Christmas, Kids and Kisses (2006) (with

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and Kate Walker) * His Convenient Woman (2007) (with

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and

) * The Italian's Summer Seduction (2010) (with Madeleine Ker and Karen Van Der Zee)

References

External links

Diana Hamilton's Webpage
in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd's Website
Diana Hamilton's Webpage
in Fantastic Fiction's Website

The Real Diana Hamilton {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Diana English romantic fiction writers Year of birth missing 2009 deaths English women novelists Women romantic fiction writers