Victoria Alexander

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New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander was an award winning television reporter until she discovered fiction was much more fun than real life. She turned to writing full time and is still shocked it worked out.

Since the publication of her first book in 1995, she has written forty-one full length novels and eight novellas. The Perfect Wife—originally published in 1996 and reissued in March 2008—hit #1 on the New York Times list. The best selling, award winning author has books translated into more than a dozen different languages and has readers around the world. Victoria credits much of her writing success to her experiences as a reporter.

Her years as a broadcast journalist were spent in two radically different areas of the country: Nebraska and West Virginia. In West Virginia, she covered both natural and manmade disasters. She was on the scene when a power plant construction accident in a small town left 52 men dead. She once spent the night on a mountain waiting to learn of the fate of coal miners trapped in a mine collapse. Victoria was producing a newscast when her husband (who worked at the same television station) and several other journalists were held hostage by a disturbed Vietnam veteran. In Nebraska, she reported on the farm crisis and watched people lose land that had been in their families for generations. She covered the story that was the basis of the movie BOYS DON’T CRY and once acted as the link between police and a gunman who had barricaded himself in his home. Her investigative work exposed the trucking of New York City garbage to a small town dump in rural Nebraska.

During her journalism career, Victoria covered every president from Ford to Clinton. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be surrounded by rising floodwaters and inside a burning building. She’s interviewed movie stars including Kevin Costner, ridden an elephant and flown in a governor’s helicopter. She’s covered a national political convention and Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Denver as well as small town festivals celebrating everything from walnuts to Glen Miller. Her work was honored by numerous organizations including the Associated Press who called a feature about a firefighter’s school “story telling genius”. It was the encouragement she needed to turn from news to fiction. She’s never looked back.

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Effington And Friends

1. The Weddings Bargain
2. The Husband List
3. The Marriage Lesson
4. The Prince's Bride
5. Her Highness, My Wife
6. Love With The Proper Husband
7. The Lady In Question
8. The Pursuit Of Marriage
8.5 The Trouble With Charlotte
9. When We Meet Again
10. A Visit From Sir Nicholas
11. Let It Be Love

Harrington Saga

  1. The Perfect Wife
  2. The Virgin's Secret
  3. Desires Of A Perfect Lady

Lady Travelers Guide

.5 [[The Proper Way To Stop A Wedding
1. The Lady Travelers Guide To Scoundrels And Other Gentlemen
1.5 The Rise And Fall Of Reginald Everheart
2. The Lady Travelers Guide To Larceny With A Dashing Stranger
2.5 The Dance Before Christmas
3. The Lady Travelers Guide To Deception With An Unlikely Earl
4. The Lady Travelers Guide To Happily Ever After

Last Man Standing

  1. A Little Bit Wicked
  2. What A Lady Wants
  3. Secrets Of A Proper Lady
  4. Seduction Of A Proper Gentleman
  5. Lady Amelia's Secret Lover

The Legend Of Nimway Hall (multi-author series)

5. 1888 - Alexandra

Millworth Manor

1. What Happens At Christmas
1.5 Lord Stillwell's Excellent Engagements
2. The Importance Of Being Wicked
3. The Scandalous Adventures Of The Sister Of The Bride
4. The Shocking Secret Of A Guest At The Wedding
5. The Daring Exploits Of A Runaway Heiress

Sinful Family Secrets

  1. The Perfect Mistress
  2. His Mistress By Christmas
  3. My Wicked Little Lies

Wicked Family Secrets (Hadley-Attwater)

  1. His Mistress By Christmas
  2. My Wicked Little Lies
  3. The Importance Of Being Wicked

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