Lucy Gordon is a pseudonym used by Christine Sparks Fiorotto, a popular British writer of more than 75

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s. She began working on a British women's magazine, but since 1984 she has published her romance novels with Silhouette Books and

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in the USA).

Biography

Christine Sparks was born in England, Great Britain. Since 1984, Sparks has published novels under the pseudonym Lucy Gordon, and also Penelope Stratton. She has also published under her own name. In 1992 she won a RITA Award for ''Song of the Lorelei''. Sparks was married to a Venetian artist and they lived in different parts of Italy, though she currently lives in England.

Bibliography

Single novels

*''Legacy of Fire'' (1984) *''The Judgment of Paris'' (1984) *''Enchantment in Venice'' (1985) *''Island of Dreams'' (1985) *''Cold Hearted Man'' (1985) *''Take All Myself'' (1985) *''Virtue and Vice'' (1985) *''My Only Love, My Only Hate'' (1986) *''Once upon a Time'' (1986) *''Golden Boy'' (1987) *''A Pearl Beyond Price'' (1987) *''A Fragile Beauty'' (1987) *''Just Good Friends'' (1987) *''Eagle's Prey'' (1987) *''A Night of Passion'' (1988) *''A Woman of Spirit'' (1988) *''For Love Alone'' (1988) *''Bought Woman'' (1989) *''Convicted of Love'' (1989) *''Vengeance is Mine'' (1989) *''A True Marriage'' (1989) *''Song of the Lorelei'' (1990) *''The Sicilian'' (1991) *''On His Honor'' (1991) *''Outcast Woman'' (1992) *''Heaven and Earth'' (1992) *''Married in Haste'' (1993) *''Instant Father'' (1993) *''Royal Harlot'' (1994) *''Uncaged'' (1994) *''Seduced by Innocence'' (1994) *''Two-faced Woman'' (1995) *''This Man and This Woman'' (1995) *''For the Love of Emma'' (1996) *''Rebel in Disguise'' (1996) *''This Is My Child'' (1996) *''His Brother's Child'' (1997) *''Beauty and the Boss'' (1997) *''Forgotten Fiancee'' (1998) *''The Diamond Dad'' (1998) *''Be My Girl'' (1998) *''Anything, Any Time, Any Place'' (1999) *''Farelli's Wife'' (1999) *''Tycoon for Hire'' (1999) *''Rico's Secret Child'' (1999) *''Taming Jason'' (1999) *''For the Sake of His Child'' (2000) *''The Sheikh's Reward'' (2000) *''For His Little Girl'' (2000) *''The Stand-In Bride'' (2001) *''A Convenient Wedding'' (2002) *''Princess Dottie'' (2002) *''His Pretend Wife'' (2002) *''The Monte Carlo Proposal'' (2004) *''The Italian's Rightful Bride'' (2005) *''Married Under the Italian Sun'' (2006) *''Italians Wife By Sunset'' (2007) *''The Mediterranean Rebel's Bride'' (2007) *''One Summer in Italy...'' (2007) *''The Italian's Passionate Revenge'' (2008) *''The Italian's Cinderella Bride'' (2008)

Italian Grooms series

#''Wife by Arrangement'' (2001) #''Husband by Necessity'' (2001) #''Bride by Choice'' (2001)

The Counts of Calvani series

#''The Venetian Playboy's Bride'' (2003) #''The Italian Millionaire's Marriage'' (2003) #''The Tuscan Tycoon's Wife'' (2003) #''Wedding in Venice'' (2003) *''The Counts of Calvani'' (Omnibus) (2006)

Farnese Brothers series

#''Rinaldo's Inherited Bride'' (2004) #''Gino's Arranged Bride'' (2004)

Rinucci Brothers series

#''Wife and Mother Forever'' (2005) #''Her Italian Boss's Agenda'' (2005) #''The Wedding Arrangement'' (2006) #''The Italian's Wife By Sunset'' (2007) #''The Mediterranean Rebel's Bride'' (2007) #''The Millionaire Tycoon's English Rose'' (2007)

Simply The Best series

*''Daniel and Daughter'' (1997)

Maybe Baby series

*''The Pregnancy Bond'' (2002)

Ready for Baby series multi-author

*''The Italian's Baby'' (2003)

Heart to Heart series multi-author

*''A Family for Keeps'' (2005)

Collections

*''Kids and Kisses'' (2000)

Omnibus in collaboration

*''Blood Brothers'' (2000) (with

Anne McAllister Barbara Schenck under the pseudonym Anne McAllister is an American best-selling writer of over 55 romance novels since 1985. Biography Barbara Schenck was born in California, but spent time on her grandparents' ranch in Colorado and visiting ...

) *''Latin Lovers'' (2000) (with

Lynne Graham Lynne Graham (born 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish author of over 100 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1987. Biography Graham was born on 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland to an Irish- Scotti ...

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 ...

) *''Christmas with a Latin Lover'' (2001) (with

and

) *''Making Babies'' (2001) (with

Miranda Lee Miranda Lee (born Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia) is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990. Biography Miranda Lee was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, A ...

and

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 ...

) *''Maybe Baby!'' (2002) (with Diana Hamilton and

Susan Napier Susan Napier (born 14 February 1954 in Auckland, New Zealand) was a popular New Zealand writer of over 30 romance novels in various Mills & Boon category lines since 1984. Biography Napier worked as a reporter at the newspaper ''Auckland Star' ...

) *''His Majesty's Marriage'' (2002) (with

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 ...

) (The Prince's Choice / The King's Bride) *''Mediterranean Millionaires'' (2003) (with

and

Michelle Reid Michelle may refer to: People *Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael * Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle" * Michelle (German singer) * Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish wi ...

) *''Coming Home for Christmas'' (2003) (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

) *''Coming Home'' (2004) (with

and

) *''Claiming His Mistress'' (2004) (with

and

Sharon Kendrick Sharon Kendrick, née ''Wirdnam'' (b. London, England) is a popular British writer of over 100 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1993. Her books regularly top the sales charts for romance fiction on both sides of the Atlantic. Biog ...

) *''A Convenient Proposal'' (2004) (with

and Kate Walker) *''Desert Princes'' (2007) (with

and

Alexandra Sellers Alexandra Sellers is a writer and author of 40 contemporary romance novels and a cat language textbook considered by some to be an academic spoof. Her novels have been published in various Harlequin and Silhouette category lines, including Desi ...

) *''Whose Baby?'' (2007) (with Caroline Anderson and Jessica Hart)

Awards

*''Song of the Lorelei'': (1991) RITA Awards Best Novel winner *''His Brother's Child'': (1998) RITA Awards Best Novel winner

References

External links

Lucy Gordon's Website
at Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
Lucy Gordon at Fantastic Fiction
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Lucy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English romantic fiction writers RITA Award winners English women novelists Women romantic fiction writers