Margaret Way (b.

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s and

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. A prolific author, Way wrote more than 120 novels since 1970, many through

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 ...

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Biography

Before her marriage, she was a well-known pianist, teacher, vocal coach and accompanist. She began writing when her son, Laurence Way, was born, a friend took a pile of Mills & Boon books to her, she read all and decided that she also could write these types of novels. She began to write and promote her country with her stories set in Australia. She sold her first novels in 1970. Margaret Way lives with her family in her native Brisbane. Beginning in 2013, Margaret began to self-publish, releasing her first "e-book" mid-July. Margaret died on the 10th of August 2022 in

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Bibliography

Single Novels

*''King Country'' (1970) *''Blaze of Silk'' (1970) *''The Time of the Jacaranda'' (1970) *''Bauhinia Junction'' (1971) *''Man from Bahl Bahla'' (1971) *''Summer Magic'' (1971) *''Return to Belle Amber'' (1971) *''Ring of Jade'' (1972) *''Copper Moon'' (1972) *''Rainbow Bird'' (1972) *''Man Like Daintree'' (1972) *''Noonfire'' (1972) *''Storm Over Mandargi'' (1973) *''Wind River'' (1973) *''Love Theme'' (1974) *''McCabe's Kingdom'' (1974) *''Sweet Sundown'' (1974) *''Reeds of Honey'' (1975) *''Storm Flower'' (1975) *''Lesson in Loving'' (1975) *''Flight into Yesterday'' (1976) *''Red Cliffs of Malpara'' (1976) *''Man on Half-moon'' (1976) *''Swan's Reach'' (1976) *''Mutiny in Paradise'' (1977) *''One Way Ticket'' (1977) *''Portrait of Jaime'' (1977) *''Black Ingo'' (1977) *''Awakening Flame'' (1978) *''Wild Swan'' (1978) *''Ring of Fire'' (1978) *''Wake the Sleeping Tiger'' (1978) *''Valley of the Moon'' (1979) *''White Magnolia'' (1979) *''Winds of Heaven'' (1979) *''Blue Lotus'' (1979) *''Butterfly and the Baron'' (1979) *''Golden Puma'' (1980) *''Temple of Fire'' (1980) *''Lord of the High Valley'' (1980) *''Flamingo Park'' (1980) *''North of Capricorn'' (1981) *''Season for Change'' (1981) *''Shadow Dance'' (1981) *''McIvor Affair'' (1981) *''Home to Morning Star'' (1981) *''Broken Rhapsody'' (1982) *''The Silver Veil'' (1982) *''Spellbound'' (1982) *''Hunter's Moon'' (1982) *''Girl at Cobalt Creek'' (1983) *''No Alternative'' (1983) *''House of Memories'' (1983) *''Almost a Stranger'' (1984) *''A place called Rambulara'' (1984) *''Fallen Idol'' (1984) *''Hunt the Sun'' (1985) *''Eagle's Ridge'' (1985) *''The Tiger's Cage'' (1986) *''Innocent in Eden'' (1986) *''Diamond Valley'' (1986) *''Morning Glory'' (1988) *''Devil Moon'' (1988) *''Mowana Magic'' (1988) *''Hungry Heart'' (1988) *''Rise of an Eagle'' (1988) *''One Fateful Summer'' (1993) *''The Carradine Brand'' (1994) *''Holding on to Alex'' (1997) *''The Australian Heiress'' (1997) *''Claiming His Child'' (1999) *''The Cattleman's Bride'' (2000) *''The Cattle Baron'' (2001) *''The Husbands of the Outback'' (2001) *''Secrets of the Outback'' (2002) *''With This Ring'' (2003) *''Innocent Mistress'' (2004) *''Cattle Rancher, Convenient Wife'' (2007) *''Outback Marriages'' (2007) *''Promoted: Nanny to Wife'' (2007) *''Cattle Rancher, Secret Son'' (2007) *''Genni's Dilemma'' (2008) *''Bride At Briar Ridge'' (2009) *''Outback Heiress, Surprise Proposal'' (2009) *''Cattle Baron, Nanny Needed'' (2009)

Legends of the Outback Series

#''Mail Order Marriage'' (1999) #''The Bridesmaid's Wedding'' (2000) #''The English Bride'' (2000) #''A Wife at Kimbara'' (2000)

Koomera Crossing Series

#''Sarah's Baby'' (2003) #''Runaway Wife'' (2003) #''Outback Bridegroom'' (2003) #''Outback Surrender'' (2003) #''Home to Eden'' (2004)

McIvor Sisters Series

#''The Outback Engagement'' (2005) #''Marriage at Murraree'' (2005)

Men Of The Outback Series

#''The Cattleman'' (2006) #''The Cattle Baron's Bride'' (2006) #''Her Outback Protector'' (2006) #''The Horseman'' (2006)

Outback Marriages Series

#''Outback Man Seeks Wife'' (2007) #''Cattle Rancher, Convenient Wife'' (2007)

Barons of the Outback Series Multi-Author

#''Wedding At Wangaree Valley'' (2008) #''Bride At Briar's Ridge'' (2008)

Family Ties Multi-Author

*''Once Burned'' (1995)

Hitched! Multi-Author

*''A Faulkner Possession'' (1996)

Simply the Best Multi-Author

*''Georgia and the Tycoon'' (1997)

The Big Event Multi-Author

*''Beresford's Bride'' (1998)

Guardian Angels Multi-Author

*''Gabriel's Mission'' (1998)

Australians Series Multi-Author

:7. Her Outback Man (1998) :17. Master of Maramba (2001) :19. Outback Fire (2001) :22. Mistaken Mistress (2002) :24. Outback Angel (2002) :33. The Australian Tycoon's Proposal (2004) :35. His Heiress Wife (2004)

Marrying the Boss Series Multi-Author

*''Boardroom Proposal'' (1999)

Contract Brides Series Multi-Author

*''Strategy for Marriage'' (2002)

Everlasting Love Series Multi-Author

*''Hidden Legacy'' (2008)

Diamond Brides Series Multi-Author

*''The Australian's Society Bride'' (2008)

Collections

*''Summer Magic / Ring of Jade / Noonfire'' (1981) *''Wife at Kimbara / Bridesmaid's Wedding'' (2005)

Omnibus in Collaboration

*''Pretty Witch / Without Any Amazement / Storm Over Mandargi'' (1977) (with Lucy Gillen and Margaret Malcolm) *''Dear Caliban / Heart of the Eagle / Swans' Reach'' (1978) (with

Jane Donnelly Jane Donnelly is a British writer. During period of 1965 to 2000, she wrote more than 60 romance novels from Mills & Boon. Her novels are characterized as "happy escapist reading". Bibliography Single novels *''Don't Look Back'' (1965) *''A Ma ...

and Elizabeth Graham) *''The Bonds of Matrimony / Dragon Island / Reeds of Honey'' (1979) (with

Elizabeth Hunter Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Hunter (also Walters and Sutherland) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Clarissa House. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 April 2003 and departed o ...

and Henrietta Reid) *''The Man Outside / Castles in Spain / McCabe's Kingdom'' (1979) (with

and

Rebecca Stratton Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

) *''Winds From The Sea / Island of Darkness / Wind River'' (1979) (with

Margaret Pargeter Margaret Pargeter is the pen name used by a popular writer of 50 romantic novels in Mills & Boon from 1975 to 1986. No information exists as to the true identity or identities of the writer(s) who employed this pen name. Bibliography Single nov ...

and

) *''Moorland Magic / Tree of Idleness / Sweet Sundown'' (1980) (with Elizabeth Ashton and

) *''The Shifting Sands / Portrait of Jaime / Touched by Fire'' (1982) (with

and

Kay Thorpe Kay Thorpe (born 1935) is a British author of more than 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1968. All her novels have also been published under Harlequin Enterprises Limited. Over a period of four decades, she has pr ...

) *''Head of Chancery / Wild Heart / One-Way Ticket'' (1986) (with Betty Beaty and Doris Smith) *''Heart of the Scorpion / The Winds of Heaven / Sweet Compulsion'' (1987) (with Janice Gray and Victoria Woolf) *''One Brief Sweet Hour / Once More With Feeling / Blue Lotus'' (1990) (with

Jane Arbor Eileen Norah Owbridge (''née'' Murphy; 8 September 1903 – 4 February 1994) was a British writer who under the pseudonym Jane Arbor wrote 57 romances for Mills & Boon from 1948 to 1985. She wrote doctor-nurse and foreign romances. Many of h ...

and Natalie Sparks) *''Marry Me Cowboy'' (1995) (with

Janet Dailey Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (May 21, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more than 300 million ...

, Susan Fox and

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 ...

) *''Husbands on Horseback'' (1996) (with Diana Palmer) *''Wedlocked'' (1999) (with

Day Leclaire Day Leclaire is an American author of more than forty romance novels. Biography Early years Day Leclaire started writing when she was just a child. After a long day of trying to keep occupied in the midst of a snowstorm, Leclaire and her three ...

and

) *''Mistletoe Magic'' (1999) (with

Betty Neels Betty Neels (born 15 September 1909 in Leyton, England – d. 7 June 2001 in England) was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels (first publication entirely for Mills & Boon in United Kingdom and later reprinted in the North Amer ...

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 ...

) *''The Australians'' (2000) (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

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 ...

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

and Jessica Hart) *''Outback Husbands'' (2002) (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 ...

) *''The Mother's Day Collection'' (2002) (with Helen Dickson and

Kate Hoffmann Peggy Hoffmann is an American writer of over 70 romance novels since 1993 as Kate Hoffmann. She has written for both the Temptation and Blaze lines for Harlequin Books. In 1992 she won the Harlequin Temptation contest. She lives in southeastern ...

) *''Australian Nights'' (2003) (with

) *''Outback Weddings'' (2003) (with

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 ...

) *''Australian Playboys'' (2003) (with

and

) *''Australian Tycoons'' (2004) (with

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 ...

and

) *''A Mother's Day Gift'' (2004) (with

Anne Ashley Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

and

Lucy Monroe Lucy Monroe (October 23, 1906 – October 13, 1987) was an American operatic soprano and dancer. She was noted for her performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States, which she performed for Presidents and a ...

) *''White Wedding'' (2004) (with Judy Christenberry and

Jessica Steele Jessica Steele (9 May 1933 – 23 November 2020) was a British author of 88 romance novels that spanned a career over four decades, Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon since 1979 starting with The Icicle Heart. Her last novel was The ...

) *''A Christmas Engagement'' (2004) (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

Jessica Matthews Jessica Tuchman Mathews (born July 4, 1946) is an American international affairs expert with a focus on climate and energy, defense and security, nuclear weapons, and conflict and governance. She was President of the Carnegie Endowment for Intern ...

) *''A Very Special Mother's Day'' (2005) (with

Anne Herries Linda Sole (born 1950 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is an awarded and prolific British writer of romance and suspense novels since 1980, she also writes under the pseudonyms of Lynn Granville, Anne Herries, Emma Quincey, Cathy Sharp, Rosie Cl ...

) *''All I Want for Christmas...'' (2005) (with

and

) *''The Mills and Boon Collection'' (2006) (with Caroline Anderson 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 ...

) *''Outback Desire'' (2006) (with

and

Carol Marinelli Carol may refer to: People with the name *Carol (given name) *Henri Carol (1910–1984), French composer and organist *Martine Carol (1920–1967), French film actress *Sue Carol (1906–1982), American actress and talent agent, wife of actor Ala ...

) *''To Mum, with Love'' (2006) (with

) *''Australian Heroes'' (2007) (with

and Fiona McArthur) *''Tall, Dark and Sexy'' (2008) (with Caroline Anderson and

) *''The Boss's Proposal'' (2008) (with

and

Patricia Thayer Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word '' patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United Stat ...

) *''Island Heat / Outback Man Seeks Wife / Prince's Forbidden Virgin / One Night Before Marriage / Their Lost-and-found Family / Single Dad's Marriage Wish'' (2008) (with

Robyn Donald Robyn Donald (born 14 August 1940) is a prolific New Zealand writer of romance novels since 1977. Her books have print runs of up to 500,000 copies at a time. Biography Donald was born in Warkworth where her father owned a dairy farm. She tra ...

, ''Sarah Mayberry'' and Anne Oliver) *''Australian Billionaires'' (2009) (with Jennie Adams and Amy Andrews) *''Cattle Baron : Nanny Needed / Bachelor Dad on Her Doorstep'' (2009) (with

Michelle Douglas Michelle D. Douglas (born December 30, 1963) is a Canadian human rights activist who launched a landmark legal challenge in the Federal Court of Canada against the military's discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ service members.'' The Current'', ...

)

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