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'''Deborah Gonzales''' (born 1958) is a best-selling American author of romance novels, primarily under the pen name '''Sabrina Jeffries'''.  She also writes under the pen names '''Deborah Martin''' and '''Deborah Nicholas'''.
 
'''Deborah Gonzales''' (born 1958) is a best-selling American author of romance novels, primarily under the pen name '''Sabrina Jeffries'''.  She also writes under the pen names '''Deborah Martin''' and '''Deborah Nicholas'''.
  
==Biography==
 
 
Jeffries lived a normal childhood until she was seven, when her parents decided to become missionaries and moved the family to Thailand.  Over the next eleven years, Jeffries saw many adventures, including being chased by a baby elephant, playing in a rain forest, and having to experience the entire series of rabies shots.  Because she only had her siblings to play with, Jeffries escaped into the world of books, reading everything from comic books to classics, with romance novels being her favorites. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve, only to discover that every one of them was a romance of some sort.
 
Jeffries lived a normal childhood until she was seven, when her parents decided to become missionaries and moved the family to Thailand.  Over the next eleven years, Jeffries saw many adventures, including being chased by a baby elephant, playing in a rain forest, and having to experience the entire series of rabies shots.  Because she only had her siblings to play with, Jeffries escaped into the world of books, reading everything from comic books to classics, with romance novels being her favorites. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve, only to discover that every one of them was a romance of some sort.
  
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Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and son, Nick, who is autistic.
 
Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and son, Nick, who is autistic.
  
==Bibliography==
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== On the Web ==
===As Sabrina Jeffries===
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* Author's Official Website [http://www.sabrinajeffries.com]
====Novels====
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=====School for Heiresses=====
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==See Also==
*''Never Seduce a Scoundrel'' (2006)
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* [[Deborah Martin]]
*''Only a Duke Will Do'' (2006)
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* [[Deborah Nicholas]]
*''Beware a Scot's Revenge'' (2007)
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*''[[Let Sleeping Rogues Lie]]'' (2008)
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==Books==
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* ''[[After The Abduction]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[The Art Of Sinning|Art Of Sinning, The]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[The Bachelor|Bachelor, The]]'' - -2020
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* ''[[Beware A Scot's Revenge]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Closer Than They Appear]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Dance Of Seduction]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[The Danger Of Desire - Sabrina Jeffries|Danger Of Desire, The]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[The Dangerous Lord|Dangerous Lord, The]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[A Dangerous Love - Sabrina Jeffries|Dangerous Love, A]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Don't Bargain With The Devil]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Dorinda And The Doctor]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[A Duke For Diana|Duke For Diana, A]]'' - 2022
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* ''[[An Earl For Eliza|Earl For Eliza, An]]'' - 2023
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* ''[[The Forbidden Lord|Forbidden Lord, The]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[The French Maid|French Maid, The]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Gone But Not Forgotten]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[The Heiress And The Hothead|Heiress And The Hothead, The]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[A Hellion In Her Bed|Hellion In Her Bed, A]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[How To Woo A Reluctant Lady]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[How The Scoundrel Seduces]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[If The Viscount Falls]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[In the Prince's Bed]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[A Lady Never Surrenders|Lady Never Surrenders, A]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Let Sleeping Rogues Lie]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Married To The Viscount]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Never Seduce A Scoundrel]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[A Notorious Love|Notorious Love, A]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[One Night With A Prince]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Only A Duke Will Do]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[The Pirate Lord|Pirate Lord, The]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[The Pleasures Of Passion|Pleasures Of Passion, The]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Project Duchess]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[The Risk Of Rogues|Risk Of Rogues, The]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[The Secret Of Flirting|Secret Of Flirting, The]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[The Study Of Seduction|Study Of Seduction, The]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[A Talent For Temptation|Talent For Temptation, A]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Ten Reasons To Stay]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[To Pleasure A Prince]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[To Wed A Wild Lord]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[The Truth About Lord Stoneville|Truth About Lord Stoneville, The]]'' - 2010
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* ''[['Twas The Night After Christmas]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Undercover Duke]]'' - 2021
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* ''[[Wed Him Before You Bed Him]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[What The Duke Desires]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[When Sparks Fly]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[When The Rogue Returns]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Who Wants To Marry A Duke]]'' - 2020
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* ''[[The Widow's Auction|Widow's Auction, The]]'' - 2002
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''Designing Debutantes'''
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#''[[A Duke For Diana]]''
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'''Duke Dynasty'''
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:1.  ''[[Project Duchess]]''
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::1.5  ''[[A Perfect Match]]''
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:2. ''[[The Bachelor]]''
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:3. ''[[Who Wants To Marry A Duke]]''
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:4.  ''[[Undercover Duke]]''
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'''Duke's Men'''
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:1. ''[[What The Duke Desires]]''
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:2.  ''[[When The Rogue Returns]]''
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::2.5  ''[[Dorinda And The Doctor]]''
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:3.  ''[[How The Scoundrel Seduces]]''
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:4.  ''[[If The Viscount Falls]]''
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'''The Hellions of Halstead Hall'''
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#''[[The Truth About Lord Stoneville]]''
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#''[[A Hellion In Her Bed]]''
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#''[[How To Woo A Reluctant Lady]]''
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#''[[To Wed A Wild Lord]]''
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#''[[A Lady Never Surrenders]]''
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'''Lord Trilogy'''
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#''[[The Pirate Lord]]''
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#''[[The Forbidden Lord]]''
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#''[[The Dangerous Lord]]''
  
=====The Royal Brotherhood Series=====
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'''Mossy Creek''' (multi-author series)
*''In the Prince's Bed'' (2004)
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''[[At Home In Mossy Creek]]''
*''To Pleasure a Prince'' (2005)
 
*''One Night With a Prince'' (2005)
 
  
=====Swanlea Spinster Series=====
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'''The Royal Brotherhood'''
*''A Dangerous Love'' (2000)
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#''[[In the Prince's Bed]]''
*''A Notorious Love'' (2001)
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#''[[To Pleasure a Prince]]''
*''After the Abduction'' (2002)
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#''[[One Night With a Prince]]''
*''Dance of Seduction'' (2003)
 
*''Married to the Viscount'' (2004)
 
  
=====Lord Trilogy=====
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'''School for Heiresses'''
*''The Pirate Lord'' (1998)
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:1.  ''[[Never Seduce a Scoundrel]]''
*''The Forbidden Lord'' (1999)
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:2.  ''[[Only a Duke Will Do]]''
*''The Dangerous Lord'' (2000)
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:3.  ''[[Ten Reasons To Stay]]''
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:4.  ''[[Beware a Scot's Revenge]]''
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:5.  ''[[Let Sleeping Rogues Lie]]''
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::5.5  ''[[When Sparks Fly]]''
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:6.  ''[[Don't Bargain With The Devil]]''
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:7.  ''[[Wed Him Before You Bed Him]]''
  
====Novellas====
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'''Sinful Suitors'''
*''Fantasy'' (2002)
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:1.  ''[[The At Of Sinning]]''
*''A Day in Mossy Creek'' (2006)
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::1.5  ''[[The Heiress And The Hothead]]''
*''The School for Heiresses'' (Anthology) (2007)
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:2.  ''[[The Study Of Seduction]]''
*''[[Snowy Night with a Stranger]]'' (Anthology) (2008)
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:3.  ''[[The Danger Of Desire]]''
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:4.  ''[[The Pleasures of Passion]]''
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::4.5  ''[[A Talent For Temptation]]''
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:5.  ''[[The Secret Of Flirting]]''
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::5.5  ''[[The Risk Of Rogues]]''
  
===As Deborah Martin===
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'''Swanlea Spinsters'''
====Novels====
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#''[[A Dangerous Love]]''
*''Moonlight Enchantment'' (1992)
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#''[[A Notorious Love]]''
*''Creole Nights'' (1992)
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#''[[After the Abduction]]''
*''By Love Unveiled'' (1993)
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#''[[Dance of Seduction]]''
*''Silver Deceptions'' (1994)
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#''[[Married to the Viscount]]''
*''Dangerous Angel'' (1994)
 
*''Stormswept'' (1995)
 
*''Windswept'' (1996)
 
*''Creole Bride'' (1997)
 
  
====Novellas====
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==Awards==
*"Too Wicked for Heaven" in ''One Night With a Rogue'' (1995)
 
*"Out of the Night" in ''Dance With the Devil'' (1997)
 
  
===As Deborah Nicholas===
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*2007  RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Scottish Historical Romance, [[Beware A Scot's Revenge]]
*''Night Vision'' (1993)
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*2005  RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - K.I.S.S. (Knight In Shining Silver) Hero, [[To Pleasure A Prince]]
*''Silent Sonata'' (1994)
 
*''Shattered Reflections'' (1996)
 
  
==External links==
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==Recognitions==
*[http://www.sabrinajeffries.com/ Sabrina Jeffries Official Website]
 
  
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffries, Sabrina}}[[category:Authors - J]][[category:North Carolina Authors]][[category:Heart of Carolina Romance Writers]]
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*2018  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[The Secret Of Flirting]]
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*2017  Library Journal Starred Review, [[The Danger Of Desire]]
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*2017  Library Journal Starred Review, [[The Pleasures Of Passion]]
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*2017  RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance: Short, [[The Study Of Seduction]]
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*2017  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[The Pleasures Of Passion]]
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*2016  Booklist Starred Review, [[The Danger Of Desire]]
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*2016  Library Journal Starred Review, [[The Study Of Seduction]]
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*2016  RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance: Long, [[If The Viscount Fall]]
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*2016  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[The Danger Of Desire]]
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*2016  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[The Study Of Seduction]]
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*2015  Library Journal Starred Review, [[If The Viscount Falls]]
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*2015  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[The Art Of Sinning]]
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*2015  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[If The Viscount Falls]]
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*2014  Booklist Starred Review, [[When The Rogue Returns]]
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*2014  Library Journal Starred Review, [[How The Scoundrel Seduces]]
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*2014  Library Journal Starred Review, [[When The Rogue Returns]]
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*2014  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[How The Scoundrel Seduces]]
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*2014  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[When The Rogue Returns]]
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*2013  Publishers Weekly Starred Review, [[What The Duke Desires]]
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*2013  RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance, [[A Lady Never Surrenders]]
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*2013  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[What The Duke Desires]]
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*2012  Library Journal Starred Review, [[A Lady Never Surrenders]]
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*2012  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [[A Lady Never Surrenders]]
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*2012  RT Book Reviews Top Pick, [['Twas The Night After Christmas]]
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*2011  Library Journal Starred Review, [[How To Woo A Reluctant Lady]]
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*2011  Library Journal Starred Review, [[To Wed A Wild Lord]]
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*2011  Publishers Weekly Starred Review, [[How To Woo A Reluctant Lady]]
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*2011  Publishers Weekly Starred Review, [[To Wed A Wild Lord]]
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*2010  Booklist Starred Review, [[A Hellion In Her Bed]]
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*2010  Library Journal Starred Review, [[The Truth About Lord Stoneville]]
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*2006  RITA Award Finalist - Long Historical Romance, [[To Pleasure A Prince]]

Latest revision as of 02:57, 2 October 2024


Deborah Gonzales (born 1958) is a best-selling American author of romance novels, primarily under the pen name Sabrina Jeffries. She also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.

Jeffries lived a normal childhood until she was seven, when her parents decided to become missionaries and moved the family to Thailand. Over the next eleven years, Jeffries saw many adventures, including being chased by a baby elephant, playing in a rain forest, and having to experience the entire series of rabies shots. Because she only had her siblings to play with, Jeffries escaped into the world of books, reading everything from comic books to classics, with romance novels being her favorites. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve, only to discover that every one of them was a romance of some sort.

Jeffries earned a Ph.D. in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce. While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work on her dissertation. She found herself bored with this attempt, and began writing a romance novel instead. After realizing that she enjoyed writing much 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. At this point, Jeffries quit her job to become a full-time writer. She has since sold twenty-five novels. She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas. Jeffries has won the HOLT Medallion Award, the Maggie, and the Booksellers' Best Award and has placed on the USAToday Bestseller's list. Her novel Beware a Scot's Revenge became a New York Times Bestseller.

Jeffries prefers to do her writing at a coffeehouse. When she is stuck on a plot problem she thinks through her ideas while on the treadmill. Because her family's schedules fluctuate, however, she sometimes does not sit down to write until the middle of the night. In her limited spare time, Jeffries spends time making jewelry, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and reading.

Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and son, Nick, who is autistic.

On the Web

  • Author's Official Website [1]

See Also

Books

Series/Related Titles

Designing Debutantes

  1. A Duke For Diana

Duke Dynasty

1. Project Duchess
1.5 A Perfect Match
2. The Bachelor
3. Who Wants To Marry A Duke
4. Undercover Duke

Duke's Men

1. What The Duke Desires
2. When The Rogue Returns
2.5 Dorinda And The Doctor
3. How The Scoundrel Seduces
4. If The Viscount Falls

The Hellions of Halstead Hall

  1. The Truth About Lord Stoneville
  2. A Hellion In Her Bed
  3. How To Woo A Reluctant Lady
  4. To Wed A Wild Lord
  5. A Lady Never Surrenders

Lord Trilogy

  1. The Pirate Lord
  2. The Forbidden Lord
  3. The Dangerous Lord

Mossy Creek (multi-author series) At Home In Mossy Creek

The Royal Brotherhood

  1. In the Prince's Bed
  2. To Pleasure a Prince
  3. One Night With a Prince

School for Heiresses

1. Never Seduce a Scoundrel
2. Only a Duke Will Do
3. Ten Reasons To Stay
4. Beware a Scot's Revenge
5. Let Sleeping Rogues Lie
5.5 When Sparks Fly
6. Don't Bargain With The Devil
7. Wed Him Before You Bed Him

Sinful Suitors

1. The At Of Sinning
1.5 The Heiress And The Hothead
2. The Study Of Seduction
3. The Danger Of Desire
4. The Pleasures of Passion
4.5 A Talent For Temptation
5. The Secret Of Flirting
5.5 The Risk Of Rogues

Swanlea Spinsters

  1. A Dangerous Love
  2. A Notorious Love
  3. After the Abduction
  4. Dance of Seduction
  5. Married to the Viscount

Awards

Recognitions