Sabrina Jeffries (born 1958) is American

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, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas. ''

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'' calls her "one of the long-reigning leading voices in historical romance."

Early life

When Jeffries was seven years old, her parents became missionaries and moved the family to

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where they lived for eleven years. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve. Jeffries earned a

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in English, writing her dissertation on

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Career

While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at

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, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation. Bored with this attempt, she began writing a romance novel instead. After realizing that she enjoyed writing more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night. Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure. She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas. Her novels ''Beware a Scot's Revenge'' and ''Let Sleeping Rogues Lie'' became ''

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'' Bestsellers.

Awards

* HOLT Best Long Historical, Virginia Romance Writers for ''The Dangerous Lord'' (2000) * Maggie Award for Best Historical Romance for ''The Dangerous Lord'' (2000) * Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Best Historical Romance for ''A Notorious Love'' (2001) * HOLT Medallion Contest for Best Short Historical, Virginia Romance Writers for ''In the Prince’s Bed'' (2004) * Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for Best Historical Fiction for ''To Pleasure a Prince'' (2005) * Best Historical K.I.S.S. Hero Award from ''

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'' for ''To Pleasure a Prince'' (2005) * More than Magic award for Best Historical for ''One Night with a Prince'' (2005) * More than Magic award for Best Historical for ''Never Seduce a Scoundrel'' (2006) * Winter Rose Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction for ''Never Seduce a Scoundrel'' (2006) * Maggie Award Winner for Best Historical for ''Only a Duke Will Do'' (2006) * K.I.S.S. Award Winner from ''

'' for ''Don’t Bargain with the Devil'' (2009) * Career Achievement Award Winner, ''

'' (2009) * HOLT Medallion Award of Merit, Virginia Romance Writers for ''The Truth About Lord Stoneville'' (2010) * K.I.S.S. Award Winner from ''

'' for ''To Wed A Wild Lord'' (2011) * K.I.S.S. Award Winner from ''

'' for ''How the Scoundrel Seduces'' (2014)

Personal life

Jeffries lives in

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with her husband and son Nick.

Publications

Novels and novellas

Lord Trilogy

*''The Pirate Lord'' ( Avon, 1998) *''The Forbidden Lord'' (Avon, 1999) *''The Dangerous Lord'' (Avon, 2000)

Swanlea Spinsters

*''A Dangerous Love'' (Avon, 2000) *''A Notorious Love'' (Avon, 2001) *''After the Abduction'' (Avon, 2002) *''Dance of Seduction'' (Avon, 2003) *''Married to the Viscount'' (Avon, 2004)

The Royal Brotherhood

*''In the Prince's Bed'' ( Pocket Star, 2004) *''To Pleasure a Prince'' (Pocket Star, 2005) *''One Night With a Prince'' (Pocket Star, 2005)

School for Heiresses

* ''Never Seduce a Scoundrel'' (

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, 2006) * ''Only a Duke Will Do'' (Pocket Books, 2006) * The School for Heiresses. with Renee Bernard, Liz Carlye, Julia London, and Julia London. (Pocket Star, 2006) * ''Ten Reasons to Stay'' (Pocket, 2006) * ''Beware a Scot's Revenge'' (Pocket Books, 2007) * Snowy Night with a Stranger. with Jane Feather and Julia London. (Pocket Star, 2008) * ''When Sparks Fly'' (Pocket Books 2008) * ''Let Sleeping Rogues'' Lie (Pocket Books, 2008) * ''Don't Bargain with the Devil'' (Pocket Books, 2009) * ''Wed Him Before You Bed Him'' (Pocket Books 2009)

Hellions of Halstead Hall

* ''The Truth about Lord Stoneville'' (Pocket Books, 2009) * ''A Hellion in her Bed'' (Pocket Star, 2010) * ''How to Woo a Reluctant Lady'' (Pocket Star, 2011) * ''To Wed a Wild Lord'' (Pocket Star, 2011) ISBN 9781451642407 * ''A Lady Never Surrenders'' (Pocket Books, 2012) * '''Twas the Night after Christmas'' (

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, 2012)

The Duke's Men

* ''What the Duke Desires'' (Pocket Books, 2013) * ''When the Rogue Returns'' (Pocket Books, 2014) * ''Dorinda and the Doctor'' (Pocket Star, 2014) * ''How the Scoundrel Seduces'' (Pocket Books, 2014) * ''If the Viscount Falls'' (Pocket Books, 2015)

Sinful Suitors

* ''The Art of Sinning'' (Pocket Books, 2015) * ''The Heiress and the Hothead'' (Pocket Star 2016) * ''What Happens Under the Mistletoe.'' with Karen Hawkins, Candace Camp, and Meredith Duran (Pocket Books, 2016) * ''A Study of Seduction'' (Pocket Books, 2016) * ''The Danger of Desire'' (Pocket Books, 2016) * ''The Pleasures of Passion'' (Pocket Books, 2017) * ''A Talent for Temptation'' (Pocket Star, 2017) * ''The Secret of Flirting'' (Pocket Books, 2018) * ''The Risk of Rogues'' (Pocket Star, 2018)

Duke Dynasty

* ''Project Duchess'' (Zebra, 2019) * ''Seduction on a Snowy Night'' with Mary Putney and Madeline Hunter ( Kensington, 2019) * ''The Bachelor'' (Zebra, 2020) * ''Who Wants to Marry a Duke'' (Zebra, 2020) * ''Undercover Duke'' (Zebra, 2021) * ''A Yuletide Kiss,'' with Madeline Hunter and Mary Jo Putney (Kensington, 2021)

Designing Debutantes

* ''A Duke for Diana'' (Zebra, 2022) ISBN 978-1-4201-5377-4

Short fiction

* ''The French Maid'' (Pocket Books, 2012) * Closer Than They Appear (BelleBooks, 2014) * ''Gone but not Forgotten'' (BelleBooks, 2014)

Included in anthologies and collections

* ''One Night with a Rogue'' ( St. Martin's Paperbacks,1995) * ''A Dance with the Devil'' (St. Martin's Press1997) * "The Widow's Auction." in Fantasy ( Penguin, 2006) * At Home in Mossy Creek (BelleBooks, 2007) * "An April Fool's Forbidden Affair," ''Premiere: A Romance Writers of America® Collection'' (

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, 2014)

As Deborah Martin

Novels

*''Moonlight Enchantment'' ( Leisure Books, 1992) *''Creole Nights'' (Leisure Books, 1992) *''Dangerous Angel'' (Topaz, 1994) *''Creole Bride'' (Topaz, 1997)

= Restoration

= * ''By Love Unveiled'' (Topaz, 1993) * ''Silver Deceptions'' (Topaz, 1994)

= Wales

= * ''Windswept'' (Topaz, 1995) * ''Stormswept'' (Topaz, 1996)

As Deborah Nicholas

Novels

*''Night Vision'' ( Dell, 1993) *''Silent Sonata'' (Dell, 1994) *''Shattered Reflections'' (

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, 1996)

References

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