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| − | Adair | + | Cherry Adair is a an award-winning and New York Times best-selling American romantic fiction writer. |
| − | + | [[File:Cherry_Adair.jpg|thumb|Cherry Adair]] | |
| − | Cherry Adair | + | Cherry Adair completed 17 manuscripts before selling her first book. She is a native of Cape Town, South Africa, but makes her home in the Pacific Northwest. Adair is a member of the [[Greater Seattle RWA]], a chapter of the [[Romance Writers of America]]. She also created the "Cherry Adair Finish The Damn Book Challenge" for the chapter. |
| + | Adair's debut novel ''[[The Mercenary - Cherry Adair|The Mercenary]]'', published in 1994, is connected to later books, including titles from her "T-Flac" series. An award-winning and bestselling novelist, her work has also finalled in the [[RITA]] contest. Her novel ''[[Take Me - Cherry Adair|Take Me]]'' has been optioned for an Oxygen Network movie, but has not yet been produced. Her novel ''[[Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair|Hide And Seek]]'' was voted as one of the [[Romance Writers of America| Romance Writers of America’s]] Top Ten Favorite Books for 2001. | ||
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| + | As an author for [[Harlequin Temptation]], Cherry Adair published two novels. She published one title with [[Harlequin Blaze]]. | ||
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=== Books === | === Books === | ||
| − | * ''[[Edge Of Danger]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | + | * ''[[Black Magic - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2010 ([[Pocket Star]]) |
| + | * ''[[Dare Me]]'' - 2005 ([[Signet]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Date with a Devil]]'' - 2004 ([[Harlequin]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Edge Of Danger - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Edge Of Darkness - Cherry Adair|Edge of Darkness]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Edge Of Darkness - Cherry Adair|Edge of Darkness]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2001 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2001 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2005 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2005 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Hush - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2011 ([[Pocket Star]]) | ||
* ''[[In Too Deep - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2002 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[In Too Deep - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2002 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair |Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2000 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair |Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2000 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
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* ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Night Secrets - Cherry Adair |Night Secrets]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Night Secrets - Cherry Adair |Night Secrets]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
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* ''[[On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair |On Thin Ice]]'' - 2004 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair |On Thin Ice]]'' - 2004 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Out Of Sight]]'' - 2003 ([[Ivy Books]]) | * ''[[Out Of Sight]]'' - 2003 ([[Ivy Books]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Red Hot Santa]]'' - 2005 ([[Pocket Star]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Rescue Me]]'' - 2008 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Riptide]]'' - 2011 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]]) | ||
* ''[[Seducing Mr. Right]]'' - June 2001 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #833]]) | * ''[[Seducing Mr. Right]]'' - June 2001 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #833]]) | ||
* ''[[Take Me - Cherry Adair |Take Me]]'' - August 2002 ([[Harlequin Blaze By The Numbers |Blaze #51]]) | * ''[[Take Me - Cherry Adair |Take Me]]'' - August 2002 ([[Harlequin Blaze By The Numbers |Blaze #51]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Bodyguard]]'' - 2010 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Mercenary - Cherry Adair]]'' - May 1994 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #492]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Undertow]]'' - 2010 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]]) | ||
* ''[[White Heat - Cherry Adair|White Heat]]'' - 2007 ([[Ballantine]]/[[Ivy]]) | * ''[[White Heat - Cherry Adair|White Heat]]'' - 2007 ([[Ballantine]]/[[Ivy]]) | ||
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=== Men of T-FLAC === | === Men of T-FLAC === | ||
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| + | *# ''[[Edge Of Danger - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[Edge Of Darkness - Cherry Adair|Edge of Darkness]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair|Hide And Seek]]'' - 2001 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[In Too Deep - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2002 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
*# ''[[Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair|Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2000 ([[Ballantine]]) | *# ''[[Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair|Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2000 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
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*# ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2005 ([[Ballantine]]) | *# ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2005 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
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*# ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | *# ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
*# ''[[Night Secrets - Cherry Adair |Night Secrets]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | *# ''[[Night Secrets - Cherry Adair |Night Secrets]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
*# ''[[Night Shadow - Cherry Adair |Night Shadow]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | *# ''[[Night Shadow - Cherry Adair |Night Shadow]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair |On Thin Ice]]'' - 2004 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[Out Of Sight]]'' - 2003 ([[Ivy Books]]) | ||
| + | *# "Tropical Heat" in ''[[Rescue Me]]'' 2008 ([[St. Martin's Press]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[The Mercenary - Cherry Adair]]'' - May 1994 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #492]]) | ||
| + | *# ''[[White Heat - Cherry Adair|White Heat]]'' - 2007 ([[Ballantine]]/[[Ivy]]) | ||
=== The Edge Brothers === | === The Edge Brothers === | ||
* ''[[Edge Of Danger]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Edge Of Danger]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
* ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | * ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| − | * ''[[Edge Of Darkness]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) | + | * ''[[Edge Of Darkness - Cherry Adair|Edge of Darkness]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]]) |
=== Novellas === | === Novellas === | ||
* "Snowball's Chance" in ''[[Red Hot Santa]]'' 2005 ([[Ballantine]]) | * "Snowball's Chance" in ''[[Red Hot Santa]]'' 2005 ([[Ballantine]]) | ||
| − | * "Tropical Heat" in ''[[Rescue Me]]'' 2008 ([[St. Martin's Press]]) | + | * "Tropical Heat" in ''[[Rescue Me - St. Martin's Press |Rescue Me]]'' 2008 ([[St. Martin's Press]]) |
| − | * "Playing For Keeps" in ''[[Dare Me]]'' 2005 ([[Signet]]) | + | * "Playing For Keeps" in ''[[Dare Me - Signet Eclipse|Dare Me]]'' 2005 ([[Signet]]) |
* "Dance With The Devil" in ''[[Date With A Devil]]'' 2004 ([[Harlequin]]) | * "Dance With The Devil" in ''[[Date With A Devil]]'' 2004 ([[Harlequin]]) | ||
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== On the Web == | == On the Web == | ||
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* [http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/0402-romance/romance-authors.asp 2004 Romance Author Roundtable] - with Cherry Adair, Mary Balogh, Stephanie Bond, Susan Crandall, Jane Feather, Laura Lee Guhrke, Lisa Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, Nicole Jordan, Lisa Kleypas, Jill Marie Landis, Linda Francis Lee, Judi McCoy, Linda Lael Miller, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Kimberly Raye, and Karen Rose | * [http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/0402-romance/romance-authors.asp 2004 Romance Author Roundtable] - with Cherry Adair, Mary Balogh, Stephanie Bond, Susan Crandall, Jane Feather, Laura Lee Guhrke, Lisa Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, Nicole Jordan, Lisa Kleypas, Jill Marie Landis, Linda Francis Lee, Judi McCoy, Linda Lael Miller, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Kimberly Raye, and Karen Rose | ||
* [http://backstagelive.groupee.com/displayvideo/content/54469875415650646 Video Interview with Cherry Adair] - Cherry Adair tells her "rat story", a pivotal moment in her career | * [http://backstagelive.groupee.com/displayvideo/content/54469875415650646 Video Interview with Cherry Adair] - Cherry Adair tells her "rat story", a pivotal moment in her career | ||
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| + | ==Awards== | ||
| + | * 2011 PRO Mentor of the Year - Romance Writers of America | ||
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| + | == Recognitions == | ||
| + | * 1995 RITA Finalist, ''[[The Mercenary]]'', Short Contemporary Romance | ||
| + | * 2001 RITA Finalist, ''[[Kiss and Tell]]'', Contemporary Single Title Romance | ||
| + | * 2003 RITA Finalist, ''[[Take Me]]'', Short Contemporary Series Romance | ||
| + | * 2006 RITA Finalist, ''[[Playing for Keeps]]'', Romance Novella | ||
| + | * 2008 RITA Finalist, ''[[White Heat]]'', Romantic Suspense | ||
| + | * 2009 RITA Finalist, ''[[Night Secrets]]'', Romantic Suspense | ||
| + | * 2012 RITA Finalist, ''[[Hush]]'', Romantic Suspense | ||
| + | * 2013 RITA Finalist, ''[[Vortex]]'', Romantic Suspense | ||
Latest revision as of 04:09, 9 November 2022
Cherry Adair is a an award-winning and New York Times best-selling American romantic fiction writer.
Cherry Adair completed 17 manuscripts before selling her first book. She is a native of Cape Town, South Africa, but makes her home in the Pacific Northwest. Adair is a member of the Greater Seattle RWA, a chapter of the Romance Writers of America. She also created the "Cherry Adair Finish The Damn Book Challenge" for the chapter.
Adair's debut novel The Mercenary, published in 1994, is connected to later books, including titles from her "T-Flac" series. An award-winning and bestselling novelist, her work has also finalled in the RITA contest. Her novel Take Me has been optioned for an Oxygen Network movie, but has not yet been produced. Her novel Hide And Seek was voted as one of the Romance Writers of America’s Top Ten Favorite Books for 2001.
As an author for Harlequin Temptation, Cherry Adair published two novels. She published one title with Harlequin Blaze.
Contents
Books
- Black Magic - Cherry Adair - 2010 (Pocket Star)
- Dare Me - 2005 (Signet)
- Date with a Devil - 2004 (Harlequin)
- Edge Of Danger - Cherry Adair - 2006 (Ballantine)
- Edge of Darkness - 2008 (Ballantine)
- Edge Of Fear - 2006 (Ballantine)
- Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair - 2001 (Ballantine)
- Hot Ice - 2005 (Ballantine)
- Hush - Cherry Adair - 2011 (Pocket Star)
- In Too Deep - Cherry Adair - 2002 (Ballantine)
- Kiss And Tell - 2000 (Ballantine)
- Night Fall - 2008 (Ballantine)
- Night Secrets - 2008 (Ballantine)
- Night Shadow - 2008 (Ballantine)
- On Thin Ice - 2004 (Ballantine)
- Out Of Sight - 2003 (Ivy Books)
- Red Hot Santa - 2005 (Pocket Star)
- Rescue Me - 2008 (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
- Riptide - 2011 (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
- Seducing Mr. Right - June 2001 (Harlequin Temptation #833)
- Take Me - August 2002 (Blaze #51)
- The Bodyguard - 2010 (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
- The Mercenary - Cherry Adair - May 1994 (Harlequin Temptation #492)
- Undertow - 2010 (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
- White Heat - 2007 (Ballantine/Ivy)
Series/Related Titles
Men of T-FLAC
- Edge Of Danger - Cherry Adair - 2006 (Ballantine)
- Edge of Darkness - 2008 (Ballantine)
- Edge Of Fear - 2006 (Ballantine)
- Hide And Seek - 2001 (Ballantine)
- In Too Deep - Cherry Adair - 2002 (Ballantine)
- Kiss And Tell - 2000 (Ballantine)
- Hot Ice - 2005 (Ballantine)
- Night Fall - 2008 (Ballantine)
- Night Secrets - 2008 (Ballantine)
- Night Shadow - 2008 (Ballantine)
- On Thin Ice - 2004 (Ballantine)
- Out Of Sight - 2003 (Ivy Books)
- "Tropical Heat" in Rescue Me 2008 (St. Martin's Press)
- The Mercenary - Cherry Adair - May 1994 (Harlequin Temptation #492)
- White Heat - 2007 (Ballantine/Ivy)
The Edge Brothers
- Edge Of Danger - 2006 (Ballantine)
- Edge Of Fear - 2006 (Ballantine)
- Edge of Darkness - 2008 (Ballantine)
Novellas
- "Snowball's Chance" in Red Hot Santa 2005 (Ballantine)
- "Tropical Heat" in Rescue Me 2008 (St. Martin's Press)
- "Playing For Keeps" in Dare Me 2005 (Signet)
- "Dance With The Devil" in Date With A Devil 2004 (Harlequin)
On the Web
- Cherry Adair Official Website
- Interview with Cherry Adair - at Sensual Romance/Writerspace
- Interview with Cherry Adair - Interview at Euro-Reviews
- 2004 Romance Author Roundtable - with Cherry Adair, Mary Balogh, Stephanie Bond, Susan Crandall, Jane Feather, Laura Lee Guhrke, Lisa Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, Nicole Jordan, Lisa Kleypas, Jill Marie Landis, Linda Francis Lee, Judi McCoy, Linda Lael Miller, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Kimberly Raye, and Karen Rose
- Video Interview with Cherry Adair - Cherry Adair tells her "rat story", a pivotal moment in her career
Awards
- 2011 PRO Mentor of the Year - Romance Writers of America
Recognitions
- 1995 RITA Finalist, The Mercenary, Short Contemporary Romance
- 2001 RITA Finalist, Kiss and Tell, Contemporary Single Title Romance
- 2003 RITA Finalist, Take Me, Short Contemporary Series Romance
- 2006 RITA Finalist, Playing for Keeps, Romance Novella
- 2008 RITA Finalist, White Heat, Romantic Suspense
- 2009 RITA Finalist, Night Secrets, Romantic Suspense
- 2012 RITA Finalist, Hush, Romantic Suspense
- 2013 RITA Finalist, Vortex, Romantic Suspense
