Jessica Hart (b.

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) is a British writer of over 55

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s in

Mills & Boon Mills & Boon is a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd. It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon as a general publisher. The company moved towards escapist fiction for women in the 1930s. In 1971, the ...

. She is winner of the US RITA Award and the British RoNA Award.

Biography

Jessica Hart was born in

, and grew up around

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. She obtained a degree in French from the

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, Scotland, where her mother continues living. She has traveled by

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, South Africa,

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, India,

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, United States,

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, France,

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, Spain, Italy,

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… many of these countries have featured as settings in her books in one way or another. She published her first book in 1991, and in 2004, she completed a Ph.D. on York's later medieval and early modern streets. Jessica generally lives in

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, England dividing her time between

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and

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, where her partner, John, lives.

Awards

* ''Christmas Eve Marriage'': 2005 - Rita Award Best Novel winner by the

Romance Writers of America Romance Writers of America (RWA) is an American non-profit writers' association founded in 1980. Its mission is to "advance the professional and common business interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by incr ...

* ''Contracted: Corporate Wife'': 2006 - Love Story of the Year Award by the

Romantic Novelists' Association The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) is the professional body that represents authors of romantic fiction in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1960 by Denise Robins (first president), Barbara Cartland (first vice-president), Vivian Stuart ...

Bibliography

Single novels

* ''The Trouble with Love'' (1991) * ''A Sweeter Prejudice'' (1991) * ''No Mistaking Love'' (1992) * ''Poseidon's Daughter'' (1992) * ''Defiant Love'' (1993) * ''Woman at Willagong Creek'' (1992) * ''A Sensible Wife'' (1993) * ''The Beckoning Flame'' (1993) * ''Oasis of the Heart'' (1993) * ''The Right Kind of Man'' (1994) * ''Love's Labyrinth'' (1994) * ''Moonshadow Man'' (1994) * ''Partner for Love'' (1995) * ''Legally Binding'' (1995) * ''Wife to Be'' (1995) * ''Working Girl'' (1996) * ''Part-time Wife'' (1996) * ''Kissing Santa'' (1996) * ''Bride for Hire'' (1997) * ''Birthday Bride'' (1998) * ''Married for a Month'' (1999) * ''The Convenient Fiancee'' (1999) * ''The Honeymoon Prize'' (2002) * ''Her Boss's Baby Plan'' (2003) * ''Christmas Eve Marriage'' (2004) * ''Mistletoe Marriage'' (2005) * ''Her Ready-Made Family'' (2006) * ''Marriage Reunited'' (2006) * ''Barefoot Bride'' (2007) * ''Outback Boss, City Bride'' (2007) * ''Last-Minute Proposal'' (2008) * ''Promoted: To Wife And Mother'' (2008) * ''Newlyweds Of Convenience'' (2008) * ''Honeymoon with the Boss'' (2009) * ''Under the Boss's Mistletoe'' (2009) * ''We'll Always Have Paris'' (2012) * ''Hitched!'' (2012)

Outback Brides

# ''Outback Bride'' (1997) # ''Outback Husband'' (1998) # ''Baby at Bushman's Creek'' (2000) # ''Wedding at Waverley Creek'' (2000) # ''A Bride for Barra Creek'' (2001)

City Brides Series

# ''Fiance Wanted Fast!'' (2003) # ''The Blind-Date Proposal'' (2003) # ''A Whirlwind Engagemant'' (2003)

Bridegroom Boss

# ''Outback Boss, City Bride'' (2007) # ''Appointment at the Altar'' (2007)

Princess Swap

# ''Ordinary Girl in a Tiara'' (2011) # ''The Secret Princess'' (2011)

Marrying the Boss Series Multi-Author

* ''Temporary Engagement'' (1998)

Australians Series Multi-Author

* ''Inherited, Twins!'' (2001) * ''The Wedding Challenge'' (2002)

Nine to Five Series Multi-Author

* ''Assignment, Baby'' (2001) * ''Contracted: Corporate Wife'' (2005) * ''Business Arrangement Bride'' (2006)

Bridegroom Boss Series

* ''Appointment at the Altar'' (2007)

Omnibus in collaboration

* ''Weddings Down Under'' (2001) (with

Helen Bianchin Helen Bianchin (born 20 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born Australian writer. Since 1975, she has written over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon. Biography Bianchin was born on 20 February 1939 in New Zealand. She worked as a legal secretary ...

and

Margaret Way Margaret Way (b. Brisbane d. Cleveland, Queensland, Australia ) was an Australian writer of romance novels and women's fiction. A prolific author, Way wrote more than 120 novels since 1970, many through Mills & Boon, a romance imprint of Briti ...

) * ''City Girls'' (2002) (with

Liz Fielding Liz Fielding (born in Berkshire, England) is an awarded British writer of over 60 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1992. Biography Liz Fielding was born in Berkshire, England, UK. She was educated at a girls' Convent School in ...

and

Penny Jordan Penelope Halsall (née Jones; 24 November 1946 – 31 December 2011) was a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny ...

) * ''All in a Day'' (2005) (with

Carole Mortimer Carole Mortimer (born 1960 in England) is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors. Biography Carole Mortimer was b ...

and

Rebecca Winters Rebecca Brown Burton (born February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) is a popular United States writer of over 75 romance novels under her married name Rebecca Burton, under her complete name Rebecca Brown Burton, and as Rebecc ...

) * ''Here Comes the Bride'' (2005) (with

) * ''Twins Come Too!'' (2006) (with

Marion Lennox Marion Lennox (born 1953) is a writer of over 110 romance novels. She began publishing in 1990, and has also written romantic novels under another pseudonym, Trisha David. Biography Marion Lennox was born in Australia in 1953. She was raised i ...

and Sara Wood) * ''Outback Proposals'' (2006) (with

Lindsay Armstrong Lindsay Armstrong is a popular South African-Australian writer of over 65 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1981. Armstrong was born and raised in South Africa, and married a New Zealand-born man who worked in We ...

and

Barbara Hannay Barbara Hannay is an Australian author of contemporary romance novels. Biography Hannay has long been interested in writing. When she joined the Brownies as a child, she earned her first proficiency badge in writing. Throughout her school yea ...

) * ''Wedding Vows'' (2007) (with

and Catherine Spencer) * ''Whose Baby?'' (2007) (with Caroline Anderson and Lucy Gordon) * ''Blind-Date Grooms'' (2007) (with

Sara Craven Anne Ashurst (née Bushell; October 1938 in Devon, England – 15 November 2017), who wrote using the pseudonym Sara Craven, was a British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels were published by Mills & Boon from 1975. In 2010 she became ...

and

Emma Darcy Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 – 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emm ...

)

References

External links

Jessica Hart's Webpage in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd's Website

Jessica Hart's Webpage in Fantastic Fiction's Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Jessica British romantic fiction writers RITA Award winners RoNA Award winners Living people British women novelists Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British women writers 20th-century British women writers Year of birth missing (living people)