Penny Jordan

Penelope Jones Halsall
Nationality and residence:	English resident in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom.
Born:	1946 in England, Great Britain, United Kingdom.
Died:
Web-page:	http://www.Penny-Jordan.com

Penelope Jones Halsall's Pseudonyms
Penny Jordan	Pseudonym used to sign contemporany novels (1981-Present).
Annie Groves	Pseudonym used to sign historical novels (2003-Present).

Biography

Penelope Jones born at about seven pounds, was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, who died two years ago aged 85, and his wife, Margaret Louise Groves Jones, 86, a Scot. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru". Her story-telling career began at the age of eight when she began telling original bedtime stories to her younger sister.

In her early days, Penelope spent fourteen years working as a shorthand typist in Manchester. Penelope Jones married with Steve Halsall, an accountant, who died from oral cancer. They didn't have children.

By her early twenties, Penelope was writing for herself, but she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, an agent, who was looking for a new-style Georgette Heyer to be called Caroline Courtnay, contacted the RNA.

Her writing career began in earnest when she was 30, and she has since written over 170 category romances for Harlequin, as well as full-length contemporary novels. To date, She has authored 140 titles for the Harlequin Presents imprint. She has recently branched out into historical novels as Annie Groves. Penelope gains much of her inspiration from human interest stories in the news as well as her own family history. She adapted a story told by her grandmother (Elsie Jones) in Ellie Pride.

Penelope runs a writing group where she helps other aspiring writers to develop their craft, pointing them to agents and publishers who might be interested in their work. She is also active in women's charities in her native England.

Penelope Halsall writes from an office in her beautiful mock Tudor house in Nantwich, Cheshire home that she shares with her dog, Sheba, and cat, Posh.

Bibliography

Alphabetical Order

• Back In The Marriage Bed - Presents, #2129 September 2000
• Bedding His Virgin Mistress - Presents, #2481 August 2005
• Best Man To Wed? - Presents, #1889 June 1997
• Beyond Compare - Presents, #1282 July 1990
• Bitter Betrayal - Presents, #1369 June 1991
• Blackmail - Presents, #517 July 1982
• Blackmail Baby, The - Presents, #2247 May 2002
• Blackmail Marriage, The - Presents, #2373 February 2004
• Blackmailing The Society Bride - Presents, #2505 December 2005
• Boardroom To Bedroom: The Boss's Marriage Arrangement - Presents, #2446 February 2005
• Bought With His Name - Presents, #562 January 1983
• Breaking Away - Presents, #1388 August 1991
• Bride’s Bouquet, The - (2000)
• Caged Tiger, The - Presents, #519 August 1982
• Campaign For Loving - Presents, #761 February 1985
• Capable Of Feeling - Presents, #931 November 1986
• Christmas Bride, The - (2006)
• Christmas Eve Wedding - Presents, #2289 December 2002
• City-Girl Bride, The - Presents, #2229 February 2002
• Coming Home - (2000)
• Cruel Legacy - (1994)
• Cure For Love, A - Presents, #1575 August 1993
• Dangerous Interloper - Presents, #1544 April 1993
• Darker Side Of Desire - Presents, #746 December 1984
• Daughter Of Hassan - Presents, #537 October 1982
• Demetrios Virgin, The - Presents, #2169 April 2001
• Desire For Revenge - Presents, #978 May 1987
• Desire Never Changes - Presents, #946 January 1987
• Desire's Captive - Presents, #609 July 1983
• Equal Opportunities - Presents, #1265 May 1990
• Escape From Desire - Presents, #569 February 1983
• Exorcism - Presents, #850 January 1986
• Expecting The Playboy's Heir - Presents, #2495 October 2005
• Expert Teacher, An - Presents, #1153 March 1989
• Falcon's Prey - Presents, #471 December 1981
• Fantasy For Two - Presents, #1965 July 1998
• Fight For Love - Presents, #1089 July 1988
• Fire With Fire - Presents, #916 September 1986
• Flawed Marriage, The - Presents, #584 April 1983
• For Better for Worse - (1993)
• For One Night - Presents, #1137 January 1989
• Forbidden Loving, A - Presents, #1508 November 1992
• Force Of Feeling - Presents, #1169 May 1989
• Forgotten Passion - Presents, #667 February 1984
• Free Spirit - Presents, #1297 September 1990
• French Leave - (1994)
• Friendship Barrier, The - Presents, #794 June 1985
• Future King's Pregnant Mistress, The - Presents, #2643 July 2007
• Game Of Love - Presents, #1442 March 1992
• Hard Man, The - Presents, #897 July 1986
• Her Christmas Fantasy - Presents, #1851 December 1996
• Her Lover Her Husband - (2006)
• Hidden Years, The - (1990)
• Injured Innocent - Presents, #883 May 1986
• Inward Storm, The - Presents, #713 August 1984
• Island Of The Dawn - Presents, #641 November 1983
• Italian Duke's Mistress, The - (2006)
• Italian Duke's Wife, The - Presents, #2529 April 2006
• Kind Of Madness, A - Presents, #1456 May 1992
• Law Of Attraction - Presents, #1705 December 1994
• Lesson To Learn - Presents, #1673 August 1994
• Levelling The Score - Presents, #1113 October 1988
• Lingering Shadows - (1992)
• Long Cold Winter - Presents, #489 March 1982
• Lover By Deception - Presents, #2068 December 1999
• Lovers Touch - Presents, #1216 November 1989
• Love's Choices - (1984)
• Loving - Presents, #1075 May 1988
• Man Possessed, A - Presents, #962 March 1987
• Man-Hater - Presents, #655 January 1984
• Marco's Convenient Wife - Presents, #2314 April 2003
• Marriage Demand, The - Presents, #2211 November 2001
• Marriage Make Up - Presents, #1983 October 1998
• Marriage Resolution, The - Presents, #2079 January 2000
• Marriage Without Love - Presents, #484 February 1982
• Master Of Pleasure - Presents, #2571 October 2006
• Matter Of Trust, A - Presents, #1719 February 1995
• Mission: Makeover - Presents, #2158 February 2001
• Mistaken Adversary - Presents, #1625 February 1994
• Mistletoe Magic - (1996)
• Mistress Assignment, The - Presents, #2061 November 1999
• Mistress Of Convenience - Presents, #2409 August 2004
• Mistress Purchase, The - Presents, #2386 April 2004
• Mistress To Her Husband - Presents, #2421 October 2004
• Northern Sunset - Presents, #508 June 1982
• Now or Never - (2003)
• One Intimate Night - Presents, #2146 December 2000
• One Night In His Arms - Presents, #2002 January 1999
• One Night With The Sheikh - Presents, #2332 July 2003
• Only One, The - Presents, #785 May 1985
• Out Of The Night - Presents, #1427 January 1992
• Passionate Possession - Presents, #1746 June 1995
• Passionate Protection - Presents, #633 October 1983
• Passionate Relationship - Presents, #1000 August 1987
• Past Loving - Presents, #1756 August 1995
• Past Passion - Presents, #1655 June 1994
• Payment Due - Presents, #1491 September 1992
• Payment In Love - Presents, #1314 November 1990
• Perfect Family, A - (1997)
• Perfect Father, The - Presents, #2092 March 2000
• Perfect Lover, The - Presents, #2025 May 1999
• Perfect Marriage Material - Presents, #1948 April 1998
• Perfect Match?, The - Presents, #1954 May 1998
• Perfect Night - Presents, #2104 May 2000
• Perfect Seduction, The - Presents, #1941 March 1998
• Perfect Sinner, The - (1999)
• Permission To Love - Presents, #868 March 1986
• Phantom Marriage - Presents, #591 May 1983
• Possessed By The Sheikh - Presents, #2457 April 2005
• Potential Danger - Presents, #1193 August 1989
• Power Games - (1995)
• Power Play - (1988)
• Prince Of The Desert - Presents, #2547 July 2006
• Reason For Being, A - Presents, #1180 June 1989
• Reason For Marriage, A - Presents, #1041 January 1988
• Rekindled Passion, A - Presents, #1324 December 1990
• Rescue Operation - Presents, #602 June 1983
• Research Into Marriage - Presents, #994 July 1987
• Response - Presents, #728 October 1984
• Return Match - (1986)
• Rival Attractions - Presents, #1418 December 1991
• Rules Of The Game - Presents, #755 January 1985
• Savage Adoration, A - Presents, #1057 March 1988
• Savage Atonement - Presents, #650 December 1983
• Second Time Loving - Presents, #1476 July 1992
• Second-Best Husband - Presents, #1552 May 1993
• Shadow Marriage - Presents, #706 July 1984
• Sheikh's Virgin Bride, The - Presents, #2325 June 2003
• Silver - (1989)
• Six-Month Marriage, The - Presents, #809 August 1985
• So Close And No Closer - Presents, #1353 April 1991
• Special Treatment - (1988)
• Starting Over - (2001)
• Stranger From The Past - Presents, #1599 November 1993
• Stronger Than Yearning - (1986)
• Substitute Lover - Presents, #1105 September 1988
• A Sudden Engagement - Presents, #618 August 1983
• Sweet Revenge - (2005)
• Taken By The Sheikh - Presents, #2603 February 2007
• Taken Over - Presents, #818 September 1985
• Taken By The Sheikh - Presents, #2603 February 2007
• Tiger Man - Presents, #477 January 1982
• Time For Trust - Presents, #1339 February 1991
• Time Fuse - Presents, #826 October 1985
• Time To Dream, A - Presents, #1529 February 1993
• To Love, Honour and Betray - (1998)
• Too Short A Blessing - Presents, #1023 November 1987
• Too Wise To Wed? - Presents, #1895 July 1997
• Treacherous Seduction, A - Presents, #2074 January 2000
• Trusting Game, The - Presents, #1839 October 1996
• Tug Of Love - Presents, #1734 April 1995
• Tycoon's Virgin, The - Presents, #2260 July 2002
• Ultimate Surrender, The - Presents, #2189 July 2001
• Unbroken Marriage, An - Presents, #553 December 1982
• Unforgettable Man, An - Presents, #1805 April 1996
• Unspoken Desire - Presents, #1404 October 1991
• Unwanted Wedding - Presents, #1821 July 1996
• Valentine's Night - Presents, #1243 February 1990
• Wanting - Presents, #738 November 1984
• Wanting His Child - (1999)
• Wedded Bliss: They're Wed Again! - Presents, #2031 June 1999
• What Women Want! - (2002) - with Darcy Maguire
• What You Made Me - Presents, #770 March 1985
• Without Trust - Presents, #1201 September 1989
• Woman To Wed? - Presents, #1883 May 1997
• Women and Love - (2002)
• Yesterday's Echoes - Presents, #1774 November 1995
• You Owe Me - Presents, #833 November 1985

Series

Bride's Bouquet to Wed? Series

1. Woman To Wed? - Presents, #1883 May 1997
2. Best Man To Wed? - Presents, #1889 June 1997
3. Too Short A Blessing - Presents, #1023 November 1987

The Perfect Crightons Series

1. A Perfect Family 1997
2. The Perfect Seduction - Presents, #1941 March 1998
3. Perfect Marriage Material - Presents, #1948 April 1998
4. The Perfect Match? - Presents, #1954 May 1998
5. The Perfect Lover - Presents, #2025 May 1999
6. The Perfect Sinner 1999
7. The Ultimate Surrender - Presents, #2189 July 2001
8. The Perfect Father - Presents, #2092 March 2000
9. A Perfect Night - Presents, #2104 May 2000
10. Coming Home 2000
11. Starting Over 2001

Fantasy in the Night Series

• Fantasy For Two - Presents, #1965 July 1998
• One Night In His Arms - Presents, #2002 January 1999

Sweet Revenge Or Seduction Series

1. Mistress Assignment 1999
2. Lover By Deception - Presents, #2068 December 1999
3. A Treacherous Seduction - Presents, #2074 January 2000
4. The Marriage Resolution - Presents, #2079 January 2000

Sheikh's Arabian Nights Series

1. The Sheikh's Virgin Bride - Presents, #2325 June 2003
2. One Night With The Sheikh - Presents, #2332 July 2003
3. Possessed By The Sheikh - Presents, #2457 April 2005
4. Prince Of The Desert - Presents, #2547 July 2006

Jet Set Wives Series

1. Bedding His Virgin Mistress - Presents, #2481 August 2005
2. Expecting The Playboy's Heir - Presents, #2495 October 2005
3. Blackmailing The Society Bride - Presents, #2505 December 2005

On the Web

• Penny Jordan's Official Website
• Penny Jordan's Blog in her Official Website
• Nantwich Writers Official Website
• Penny Jordan's Webpage that includes: biography, interview and books in Mills & Boon Website
• Penny Jordan's Webpage in Harlequin Enterprises Website
• Penny Jordan's Webpage in Fantastic Fiction Website
• Penny Jordan's Webpage in All Romance Writers Website
• Penny Jordan's Webpage in Wikipedia