romance novels
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...
. Jordan's
historical romances
Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the early 19th century.
Varieties Viking
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have appeared on best-seller lists, including the New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks, and Amazon.com. She has been a finalist for the
Romance Writers of America
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RITA Award and a runner-up for RWA's Favorite Book of the Year. Jordan has won the
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
From a conflicted and unhap ...
Award of Excellence for best historical.
Jay Leno
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pretended to read aloud her novel ''Touch Me With Fire'' during a skit on '' The Tonight Show''.
Biography
Nicole Jordan was born in
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. Her father was in the
US Army
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, so the family moved frequently. She graduated from high school in Germany. She credits her mother with instilling her love of
romance novels
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...
, as she began reading aloud to her from ''Pride and Prejudice'' and ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' when Jordan was ten years old. Before long, she was reading
Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...
and Mary Stewart romances.
Jordan earned a degree in
civil engineering
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from Georgia Tech. She then spent eight years working as a manufacturing manager for
Procter & Gamble
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making disposable diapers and toilet tissue. After reading the novel ''Tears of Gold'' by
Laurie McBain
Laurie (Lee) McBain (born October 15, 1949) is a best-selling American writer of seven historical romance novels from 1975 to 1985. Her novels ''Devil's Desire'' and ''Moonstruck Madness'' each sold over a million copies. After attending a goal-setting workshop with the theme "Do it now -- don't wait until you're too old to explore your dreams," Jordan went home and began writing one of her ideas down in long-hand. After four years of part-time writing and editing and many rejections, Zebra books purchased this first story in 1985.
Jordan and her husband moved from
Atlanta
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to
Utah
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. She owns a horse, Irish Outlaw, which is an Irish Thoroughbred. Jordan often competes with him in shows. Jordan has no children.
Bibliography
*''TOUCH ME WITH FIRE'', Ballantine Books, Dec 06 (Reprint), Regency England,
*''FEVER DREAMS'', Ballantine Books, May 6, ''Paradise Series'' Book 4,
*''WICKED FANTASY'', Ballantine Books, Aug 05, ''Paradise Series'' Book 3,
*''THE WARRIOR'', Ballantine Books, Jul 05 (Updated Reissue), Scottish Highlands,
*''LORD OF SEDUCTION'', Ballantine Books, Dec 04, ''Paradise Series'' Book 2,
*''THE LOVER'', Ballantine Books, Apr 04 (Updated Reissue), Scottish Highlands 1740,
*''MASTER OF TEMPTATION'', Ballantine Books, May 4, ''Paradise Series'' Book 1,
*''THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE'', Ballantine/Ivy, Jul 03, ''Notorious Series'' Book 5, Regency England,
*''ECSTASY'', Ballantine/Ivy, Oct 02, ''Notorious Series'' Book 4, Regency England,
*''DESIRE'', Ballantine/Ivy, Nov 01, ''Notorious Series'' Book 3, Regency England,
*''THE PASSION'', Ballantine/Ivy, Nov 00, ''Notorious Series'' Book 2, Regency England,
*''THE SEDUCTION'', Ballantine/Ivy, May 00, ''Notorious Series'' Book 1, Regency England,
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*''THE LOVER'', Avon Books, Mar 97, Scottish Highlands 1740,
*''THE OUTLAW'', Avon Books, Mar 96, ''Rocky Mountain Trilogy'' Book I, Colorado 1886,
*''THE WARRIOR'', Avon Books, Mar 95, Medieval England 1155,
*''THE SAVAGE'', Avon Books, Jul 94, Indian/Texas 1865,
*''TOUCH ME WITH FIRE'', Avon Books, Dec 93, Regency England,
*''WILDSTAR'', Avon Books, Dec 92, Colorado 1880s,
*''LORD OF DESIRE'', Avon Books, Jan 92, Desert Sheik, Algeria,
*''TENDER FEUD'', Harlequin Hist #97, Oct 91, Scottish Highlands 1760s,
*''MOONWITCH'', Harlequin Hist #62, Jan 91, Caribbean/Natchez, Miss 1818,
*''DESIRE AND DECEPTION'', Zebra Heartfire, Aug 88, Regency England/New Orleans,
*''VELVET EMBRACE'', Zebra Heartfire, Jun 87, Regency England,