Kristine Rolofson (born December 9, 1951, in

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, U.S.) is a popular American

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of over 35

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s since 1987.

Biography

Rolofson grew up reading books by

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. At age 18 she married her high school history teacher and had six children. For years, she ran the Rolofson's Gift Shop, until

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' volcano blew, scattering ash across the northwest and preventing tourists from visiting the gift shop. To occupy her time, she read 200 Harlequin romances and began writing her own novel. For 12 years, the Rolofsons lived in the mountains of

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before moving to New England in 1987, the year her first novel was published. For years she combined writing with other jobs as waitress, wallpaper hanger, secretary, and seamstress. Now, she writes full-time and loves to travel.

Bibliography

Single novels

*''One of the Family'' (1987) *''Stuck on You'' (1989) *''Bound for Bliss ng muntinlupa'' (1990) *''The Last Great Affair'' (1991) *''All That Glitters'' (1992) *''The Perfect Husband'' (1992) *''Baby Blues'' (1994) *''Plain Jane's Man'' (1994) *''Madeleine's Cowboy'' (1994) *''I'll Be Seeing You'' (1994) *''Jessie's Lawman'' (1995) *''The Cowboy'' (1995) *''Make-Believe Honeymoon'' (1995) *''The Texan Takes a Wife'' (1996) *''A Touch of Texas'' (1997) *''Billy and the Kid'' (2000) *''A Montana Christmas'' (2002)

Born in the United States Series Multi-Author

:*''Somebody's Hero'' (1990)

Boots and booties Series

#''The Last Man in Montana'' (1996) #''The Only Man in Wyoming'' (1997) #''The Next Man in Texas'' (1997) #''The Wrong Man in Wyoming'' (1998) #''The Right Man in Montana'' (1998) #''The Best Man in Texas'' (2004) #''Made in Texas'' (2004) *''Boots and Booties'' (Omnibus) (2000) *''Brides, Boots and Booties'' (Omnibus) (2001)

Lets Celebrate Series

:*''Pillow Talk'' (1997)

Brides On The Run Series

:*''The Bride Rode West'' (1997)

Boots And Beauties Series

#''Blame It on Cowboys'' (2000) #''Blame It on Babies'' (2001) #''Blame It on Texas'' (2001)

Montana Matchmakers Series

#''A Wife for Owen Chase'' (2001) #''A Bride for Calder Brown'' (2001) #''A Man for Maggie Moore'' (2001)

Cooper's Corner Series Multi-Author

:*''The Baby and the Bachelor'' (2002)

Collections

*''Lap of Luxury: The Perfect Husband / Stuck On You / Make-believe Honeymoon'' (2002)

Omnibus in collaboration

*''Millennium Baby'' (1999) (with

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and Bobby Hutchinson) *Tyler Brides (2001) (with Jacqueline Diamond and

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) *''Meant to Be'' (2001) (with Barbara Delinsky and Jayne Ann Krentz) *''A Wedding at Cooper's Corner'' (2002) (with Bobby Hutchinson and Muriel Jensen) *''Date with Destiny'' (2003) (with

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and Muriel Jensen) (''Stop the Wedding! / Oh, Baby! / A Night to Remember'') *''The Truth about Cats and Dogs'' (2004) (with Caroline Burnes and

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) (''Tailspin / Secondhand Sam / Familiar Pursuit'') *''Wilde for You / Best Man in Texas'' (2004) (with Dawn Atkins) *''Baby, it's Cold Outside / Family Doctor / Baby Gift'' (2004) (with

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and Bobby Hutchinson) *''Summer Temptations'' (2004) (with

) *''Made in Texas / We've Got Tonight'' (2005) (with Jacquie D'Alessandro) *''Christmas Carol / Montana Christmas'' (2005) (with Kathleen O'Reilly)

References and sources

Harlequin Enterprises Ltd's Website

External links

Kristine Rolofson's Webpage
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