Jessica Steele
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Biography
Jessica Steele was born on May 9, 1933 in the elegant Warwickshire town of Royal Leamington Spa. She has two super brothers, Colin and George, and a lovely sister, Elizabeth. She was a delicate child and missed a lot of school. In fact, she left school at aged 14, when she was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. At 16, she started work as a junior clerk. In 1967, Jessica married with her husband, Peter and within a very short space of time they had moved from her hometown to the lovely area where they now live. Their house is built into the side of a hill, and has beautiful views over more hills and valleys. Her brothers and her sister are very close and she has plenty of nephews and nieces to make up for the fact that she and her husband have no children of their own. Both she and her husband are more than a little dog-oriented, and their current dog is a Staffordshire bull terrier named Florence. Florence is gorgeous. She loves everybody but, since she is 40 pounds of dynamite and would hurl her boisterous self at everyone she meets - given half a chance - she has to be restrained (as much as possible). She is fun.
Her husband spurred Jessica on to her writing career, giving her every support while she did what she considers her five-year apprenticeship (the rejection years) while learning how to write. She published her first books in 1979. Jessica has tried using a typewriter, but it just doesn't work for her. She is much happier writing in longhand, and in actual fact has a dozen or so fountain pens filled and ready to go at the start of any one session. A friend has a secretarial agency and, after deciphering Jessica's writing, returns an immaculately typed manuscript. To gain authentic background for her books, she has travelled and researched in Greece, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Hong Kong, China and Japan.
On the Web
Bibliography
Books
- Accidental Engagement, An - March 2003 (Tender Romance #193)
- Agenda: Attraction! - August 1998 (Enchanted #185)
- Bachelor In Need - July 2000 (Tender Romance #1)
- Bachelor's Bargain, The - December 1999 (Enchanted #316)
- Bachelor's Family - February 1995 (Mills & Boon Romance #4246)
- Bachelor's Wife - August 1981 (Mills & Boon Romance #1806)
- Bad Neighbours - February 1992 (Mills & Boon Romance #3607)
- Beyond Her Control - January 1987 (Mills & Boon Romance #2659)
- Bond Of Vengeance - September 1984 (Mills & Boon Romance #2278)
- Boss And His Secretary, The - June 2008 (Mills & Boon Romance #56)
- Business Engagement, A - April 1997 (Enchanted #58)
- But Know Not Why - August 1982 (Harlequin Romance #2494)
- Destined To Meet - October 1992 (Mills & Boon Romance #3760)
- Devil In Disguise - August 1981 (Harlequin Romance #2424)
- Dishonest Woman - March 1982 (Mills & Boon Romance #1888)
- Distrust Her Shadow - February 1983 (Mills & Boon Romance #1993)
- Façade - November 1984 (Mills & Boon Romance #2304)
- Falling For Her Convenient Husband - March 2009 (Mills & Boon Romance #)
- Farewell To Love - August 1989 (Mills & Boon Romance #3131)
- Feisty Fiancée, The - February 2000 (Harlequin Romance #3588)
- First Time For Everything, A - September 1990 (Mills & Boon Romance #3330)
- Flight Of Discovery - May 1991 (Mills & Boon Romance #3450)
- Fortunes Of Love - March 1988 (Mills & Boon Romance #2866)
- Frozen Enchantment - October (Mills & Boon Romance #3160)
- Gallant Antagonist - July 1983 (Mills & Boon Romance #2099)
- Heartless Pursuit - September 1995 (Mills & Boon Romance #4352) = The Sister Secret
- Her Boss's Marriage Agenda - March 2004 (Tender Romance #265)
- Her Hand In Marriage - January 2008 (Mills & Boon Romance #97)
- Hidden Heart - July 1990 (Mills & Boon Romance #3298)
- His Pretend Mistress - April, 2002 (Tender Romance #128)
- His Woman - December 1991 (Mills & Boon Romance #3580)
- Hostage Of Dishonour - August 1980 (Harlequin Romance #2352)
- Hostile Engagement - December 1979 (Harlequin Romance #2302)
- Hungarian Rhapsody - September 1992 (Euromance)
- Icicle Heart, The - March 1979 (Harlequin Romance #2297)
- Imprudent Challenge - April 1984 (Mills & Boon Romance #2221)
- Innocent Abroad - December 1981 (Harlequin Romance #2446)
- Intimate Enemies - May 1983 (Mills & Boon Romance #2071)
- Italian Invader - February 1994 (Mills & Boon Romance #4027)
- Magic Of His Kiss, The - March 1981 (Harlequin Romance #2394)
- Marriage Business, The - January 1996 (Mills & Boon Romance #4417)
- Marriage In Mind - October 2000 (Tender Romance #19)
- Married In A Moment - April 1998 (Harlequin Romance #3499)
- Misleading Encounter - April 1986 (Mills & Boon Romance #2543)
- Most Eligible Bachelor, A - November 1998 (Enchanted #209)
- Most Suitable Wife, A - December 2005 (Tender Romance #391)
- Nine-To-Five Affair, A - August 2006 (Harlequin Romance #3903); June 1999 (Enchanted #265)
- No Holds Barred - December 1984 (Mills & Boon Romance #2331)
- No Honourable Compromise - January 1985 (Mills & Boon Romance #2332)
- No Quiet Refuge - August 1983 (Harlequin Presents #621)
- Other Brother, The - July 1982 (Mills & Boon Romance #1938)
- Other Woman, The - November 1980 (Harlequin Romance #2370)
- Paper Marriage, A - September 2003 (Tender Romance #229)
- Part-Time Marriage - November 2001 (Tender Romance #98)
- Passport To Happiness - March 1990 (Mills & Boon Romance #1938)
- Pretend Engagement, A - August 2004 (Tender Romance #296)
- Price To Be Met - May 1983 (Mills & Boon Romance #2087)
- Pride's Master - January 1980 (Harlequin Romance #2309)
- Professional Marriage, A - October 2002 (Tender Romance #163)
- Promise Of A Family' - October 2006 (Mills & Boon Romance #7)
- Promise To Dishonour, A - July 1985 (Mills & Boon Romance #2419)
- Relative Strangers - March 1987 (Mills & Boon Romance #2685)
- Relative Values - May 1993 (Mills & Boon Romance #2087)
- Reluctant Relative - January 1984 (Mills & Boon Romance #2175)
- Runaway From Love - August 1991 (Mills & Boon Romance #3502)
- Ruthless In All - May 1984 (Mills & Boon Romance #2227)
- Sister Secret, The - November 1995 (Harlequin Romance #3385) = Heartless Pursuit
- So Near, So Far - June 1986 (Mills & Boon Romance #2568)
- Spring Girl - October 1979 (Harlequin Romance #2289)
- Suitable Husband, A - April 2001 (Tender Romance #54)
- Temporary Girlfriend - December 1997 (Enchanted #128)
- Tethered Liberty' - October 1983 (Harlequin Romance #2580)
- To Stay Forever - April 1989 (Mills & Boon Romance #3065)
- Tomorrow - Come Soon - March 1984 (Harlequin Romance #2607)
- Trouble With Trent!, The - June 1997 (Enchanted #73)
- Turbulent Covenant - September 1980 (Harlequin Romance #2355)
- Unexpected Engagement - December 1996 (Enchanted #27)
- Unfriendly Alliance - October 1987 (Mills & Boon Romance #2786)
- Unfriendly Proposition - January 1990 (Mills & Boon Romance #3203)
- Vacancy: Wife Of Convenience - April 2005 (Tender Romance #343)
- Wedding Worth Waiting For, A - March 1999 (Enchanted #241); September 1999 (Harlequin Romance #3569)
- West Of Bohemia - December 1993 (Mills & Boon Romance #3996)
- When The Loving Stopped - October 1988 (Mills & Boon Romance #2932)
- Wife In Waiting, A - April 1996 (Mills & Boon Romance #4466)
- With His Ring - October 1996 (Enchanted #9)
- Without Knowing Why - April 1991 (Mills & Boon Romance #3430)
- Without Love - July 1988 (Mills & Boon Romance #2919)
Novellas
- Hired: His personal Assistant in "The Boss's Proposal" - May 2008 (Mills & Boon)
Collections
- Engaged To Be Married? - March 2008 (Queens Of Romance) (An Accidental Engagement / A Paper Marriage)
- Jessica Steele - August 1997 (Mills & Boon By Request) (Destined To Meet / Passport To Happiness)
- Jessica Steele - April 1991 (The Mills & Boon Collection) (Fortunes Of Love /Unfriendly Alliance)
- Jessica Steele - October 1993 (Mills & Boon Duet) (To Stay Forever / When The Loving Stopped)
- Jessica Steele - February 1995 (Mills & Boon Duet) (Farewell To Love / Hidden Heart)
Series Contributed To
White Weddings
- # 2 A Wedding Worth Waiting For - September, 1999 Harlequin Romance #3569
Books (By Release Date)
Order of Release | Novella/Book Title | Release Date | Publisher | Note |
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1 | Spring Girl | 1979, October | HR #2289 | |
2 | A Wedding Worth Waiting For | 1999, September | HR #3569 | Book Two in the White Weddings Series. |