Rebecca Brandewyne née Wadsworth (born March 4, 1955 in
Knoxville
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,
Tennessee
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, United States) is an American bestselling writer of
romance novel
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 ...
s. Brandewyne has been published in multiple languages in over 60 countries.
Biography
Personal life
Born Mary Rebecca Wadsworth on March 4, 1955 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, to a large family, Brandewyne grew up in
Kansas
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. She has a sister. She married Gary Brock, and had a son, Shane Brock, then divorced. She married an Englishman, John Cox, from whom she is now divorced. She now lives with her son.
In August 2006, a
Kansas trial court ordered
self-publishing
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company
AuthorHouse
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History
Originally called 1stBooks, the company was founded in Bloomington, Indian ...
to pay $240,000 in
punitive damage as well as $230,000 in actual damage to Brandewyne and her parents for publishing a book by her ex-husband that was "harmful" and
libelous of them. AuthorHouse was also ordered to pay $20,000 each to Brandewyne's parents for the damage. Although the court acknowledged that AuthorHouse employed a
business model
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that placed a degree of responsibility for the content of works upon the authors, in this case they found that AuthorHouse had failed to act when it was informed that the book might include libelous content.
Brandewyne has a Bachelors in Journalism, with minors in history and music, and a Masters in Communication.
Writing career
Brandewyne has written over thirty consecutive bestselling titles.
She has won numerous awards form ''
Affaire de Coeur'' and ''
Romantic Times
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'' magazines. Brandewyne has been named one of Love's Leading Ladies and has been inducted into ''Romantic Times'' BOOKreviews Hall of Fame.
Bibliography
Single novels
*''No Gentle Love'' (1980)
*''Forever My Love'' (1982)
*''Rose of Rapture'' (1984)
*''The Outlaw Hearts'' (1986)
*''Desire in Disguise'' (1987)
*''Heartland'' (1990)
*''Rainbow's End'' (1991)
*''Desperado'' (1992)
*''Swan Road'' (1994)
*''The Jacaranda Tree'' (1995)
*''Wildcat'' (1995)
*''Dust Devil'' (1996)
*''Presumed Guilty'' (1996)
*''Hired Husband'' (1996)
*''Glory Seekers'' (1997)
*''The Lioness Tamer'' (1998)
*''High Stakes'' (1999)
*''Destiny's Daughter'' (2001)
*''The Love Knot'' (2003)
*''To Die For'' (2003)
*''The Ninefold Key'' (2004)
*''The Crystal Rose'' (2006)
*''From the Mists of Wolf Creek'' (2009)
Aguilar's Fate
#''Love Cherish Me'' (1983)
#''And Gold Was Ours'' (1984)
Chandlers of Highclyffe Hall
#''Upon a Moon Dark Moor'' (1988)
#''Across a Starlit Se''a (1989)
Chronicles of Tintagel
#''Passion Moon Rising'' (1988)
#''Beyond the Starlit Frost'' (1991)
Omnibus in collaboration
*''Bewitching Love Stories'' (1992) (with
Shannon Drake,
Kasey Michaels
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and
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)
*''Night Magic'' (1993) (with Shannon Drake,
Jill Gregory and
Becky Lee Weyrich)
*''Abduction and Seduction'' (1995) (with
Joan Johnston and
Diana Palmer)
*''New Year's Resolution: Husband'' (1995) (with
Carla Neggers
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and
Anne Stuart)
*''A Spring Bouquet'' (1996) (with
Jo Beverley
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Her works are regarded as well researched, filled with historical de ...
,
Janet Dailey
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and
Debbie Macomber
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)
*''The Bounty / A Little Texas Two-Step'' (2002) (with
Peggy Moreland
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)
*''Winter Nights'' (2002) (with
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,
Joan Hohl
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Biography
Joan Hohl was born in the Uni ...
and
Ann Major
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She is a founding member of the Romance Writers of America and the co-author of the artic ...
)
*''Love Is Murder'' (2003) (with
Maureen Child
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Bio ...
and
Linda Winstead Jones)
*''At the Edge'' (2003) (with
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