Merline Lovelace

After a 23-year Air Force career, Colonel Merline Lovelace launched a second career as a writer, basing many of her tales on her own experiences in uniform and on her travels all around the globe.

The USA Today best-selling author now has more than 11 million copies of her books in print. Her works have won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA. Merline is especially proud to have been named the University of Oklahoma's Writer of the Year and the Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year.

On the Web

• Merline Lovelace Official Website
• Merline Lovelace Author Talk 17 - Merline Lovelace braves the AuthorTalk inquisition to talk about her novels The Hello Girl and The Executive's Valentine Seduction (January 2009)

Books

• 14th...And Forever, The - 1997
• After Midnight - 2003
• Alena - 1994
• All The Wrong Moves - 2009
• Amazon Gold - 2021
• Any Time, Any Place - 2021
• Beauty And The Bodyguard - 1996
• Bits And Pieces - 1993
• Bridge For Christmas, A - 2004
• Business Engagement, A - 2013
• Call Of Duty - 1998
• Callie's Christmas Wish - 2016
• Captain's Baby Bargain, The - 2018
• Captain's Woman, The - 2003
• Captive Countess, The - 2018
• Catch Her If You Can - 2011
• CEO's Christmas Proposition, The - 2009
• Christmas Kiss, A - 2010
• Closer Encounters - 2007
• Colonel's Daughter, The - 2002
• Countess In Buckskin - 1998
• Cowboy And the Cossack, The - 1995
• Crusader Captive - 2011
• Danger In The Desert - 2011
• Dark Side Of Dawn - 2001
• Deep Freeze - 2010
• Desert Heat - 2021
• Devlin And The Deep Blue Sea - 2007
• Diamonds Can Be Deadly - 2007
• Diplomat's Pregnant Bride, The - 2013
• Double Deception - 2011
• Dreams And Schemes - 1995
• Drop Of Frankincense, A - 1998
• Duke's New Year's Resolution, The - 2010
• Duty And Dishonor - 1997
• Ex Marks The Spot - 2007
• Executive's Valentine Seduction, The - 2010
• Eye Of The Beholder - 2005
• Final Approach to…Forever - 2000
• First Mistake, The - 2005
• Full Throttle - 2004
• Halloween Honeymoon - 1997
• Harder They Fall, The - 2000
• Hello Girl, The - 2009
• Her Unforgettable Royal Lover - 2014
• His First Father's Day - 1999
• His Lady's Ransom - 1995
• Horse Soldier, The - 2001
• Hot As Ice - 2002
• ''I Do''...Take Two! - 2016
• If A Man Answers - 1998
• Lady Of The Upper Kingdom - 1996
• Last Bullet, The - 2005
• Line Of Duty - 1996
• Maggie And Her Colonel - 1994
• Major's Wife, The - 2001
• Man Of His Word, A - 1999
• Marry Me, Major - 2018
• Match Play - 2009
• Mercenary And The New Mom, The - 1999
• Middle Sin, The - 2005
• Military Affair, A - 2003
• Mind Games - 2008
• Mismatched Hearts - 2000
• Mistaken Identity - 2000
• Night Of The Jaguar - 1995
• Now You See Her - 2010
• One Of The Boys - 2010
• Paternity Promise, The - 2012
• Paternity Proposition, The - 2012
• Perfect Double - 1996
• Price Above Rubies, A - 2021
• Protector, The - 2009
• Question Of Intent, A - 2003
• Return To Sender - 1998
• Right Stuff, The - 2004
• Risky Business - 2008
• Risky Engagement - 2010
• River Rising - 1999
• Rogue Knight, The - 1995
• Sailor's Moon - 2004
• Savage Beauty, A - 2003
• Seduced By The Operative - 2009
• Seduced By The Season - 2011
• Siren's Call - 1994
• Somewhere In Time - 1994
• Spy Who Loved Him, The - 2001
• Stranded With A Spy - 2008
• Strangers When We Meet - 2012
• Sweet Song Of Love - 1994
• Texan's Royal M.D., The - 2015
• Texas Hero - 2002
• Texas…Now And Forever - 2003
• Third Time's The Bride! - 2016
• Tiger's Bride, The - 1998
• To Love A Thief - 2003
• Twice In A Lifetime - 2001
• Undercover Groom - 1999
• Undercover Man - 1995
• Undercover Operations - 2002
• Undercover Wife - 2008
• Untamed - 2004
• Wrong Bride, Right Groom - 1997

Anthologies

• Once Upon A Dream - 2000

Series/Related Titles

American Heroes (multi-author series)

• Marry Me, Major
• The Captain's Baby Bargain

Billionaires And Babies (multi-author series)

25. The Paternity Proposition

29. The Paternity Promise

Centerfolds (multi-author series)

• Dreams And Schemes

The Cleo North Trilogy

• The First Mistake
• The Middle Sin
• The Last Bullet

Code Name: Danger

• Night Of The Jaguar
• The Cowboy And The Cossack
• Undercover Man
• Perfect Double
• Hot As Ice
• Texas Hero
• To Love A Thief
• Diamonds Can Be Deadly
• Devlin And The Deep Blue Sea
• Closer Encounters
• Stranded With A Spy
• Match Play
• Undercover Wife
• Seduced By The Operative
• Risky Engagement
• Danger In The Desert
• Strangers When We Meet
• Double Deception

Destiny's Women

• Alena
• Sweet Song Of Love
• Siren's Call

Duchess Diaries

• A Business Engagement
• The Diplomat's Pregnant Bride
• Her Unforgettable Royal Love
• The Texan's Royal M.D.

Follow That Baby! (multi-author series)

• The Mercenary And The New Mom

Fortune's Children (multi-author series)

3. Beauty And The Bodyguard

19. Undercover Groom

Garretts Of Wyoming

• The Horse Soldier
• The Colonel's Daughter
• The Captain's Woman

Holiday Honeymoons (multi-author series)

• Halloween Honeymoon
• Wrong Bride, Right Groom
• The 14th...And Forever
• His First Father's Day

Holidays Abroad

• The CEO's Christmas Proposition
• The Duke's New Year's Resolution
• The Executive's Valentine Seduction

Lone Star Country Club (multi-author series)

• Texas...Now And Forever

Men Of The Bar H

• If A Man Answers
• A Man Of His Word
• Mistaken Identity
• The Harder They Fall
• Twice In A Lifetime

Military Of The Month (multi-author series)

• Risky Engagement

The Morgans Of Oklahoma

• A Savage Beauty
• Untamed
• Eye Of The Beholder

A Samantha Spade Mystery

• All The Wrong Moves
• Now You See Her
• Catch Her If You Can

Same Time, Next Year

• Marry Me, Major
• The Captain's Baby Bargain

Special Ops: The Sidewinders

• Any Time, Any Place
• Amazon Gold
• Desert Heat

Spellbound (multi-author series)

• Somewhere In Time

Three Coins In The Fountain

• "I Do"...Take Two!
• Third Time's The Bride!
• Callie's Christmas Wish

Time Raiders (multi-author series)

4. The Protector

To Protect And Defend

• A Question Of Intent
• Full Throttle
• The Right Stuff

A Year Of Loving Dangerously (multi-author series)

• The Spy Who Loved Him

Awards

• 2003 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - American Historical Romance, A Savage Beauty
• 2002 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Silhouette Intimate Moments, Hot As Ice
• 2001 RITA Award Winner - Romance Novella, "Final Approach...To Forever" in Special Report
• 2000 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Silhouette Intimate Moments, Final Approach...To Forever
• 1994 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Meteor Kismet, Bits And Pieces

Recognitions

• 2016 RITA Award Finalist - Romance Novella, "Desert Heat" in Course Of Action: Crossfire
• 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, "I Do"...Take Two!
• 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Third Time's The Bride!
• 2015 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Romance: Short, Her Unforgettable Royal Lover
• 2014 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Her Unforgettable Royal Lover
• 2008 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure, Stranded With A Spy
• 2003 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, The Colonel's Daughter
• 2002 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Dark Side Of Dawn
• 2002 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, The Horse Soldier
• 1999 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title Romance, Call Of Duty
• 1999 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, If A Man Answers
• 1999 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Return To Sender
• 1999 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, The Tiger's Bride
• 1998 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, "The 14th...And Forever" in Special Report

Awards (body of work)

• 2001 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Series Romantic Adventure
• University of Oklahoma "Writer of the Year"
• Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year