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== Biography ==
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[[Category:South African Authors]]
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[[Category:Seattle Authors]]
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[[Category:Contemporary Romance Authors]]
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[[Category:Romantic Suspense Authors]]
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[[Category:RITA Award Finalists]]
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'''Cherry Adair''' is a an award-winning and New York Times best-selling American romantic fiction writer.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
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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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==On the Web==
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Adair]
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=== Books ===
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* ''[[Absolute Doubt]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Afterglow]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Black Magic]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Blush]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Blush Enhanced]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Chameleon]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Dance With The Devil]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Dark Prism]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Deadly Games]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Edge Of Danger]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Edge Of Darkness]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Gideon]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Hide And Seek]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Hurricane]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Hush]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Ice Cold]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[In Too Deep]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[A Killer Christmas|Killer Christmas, A]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[The Mercenary|Mercenary, The]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Night Secrets]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Night Shadow]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[On Thin Ice]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Out Of Sight]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Payback]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Playing For Keeps]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Relentless]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Ricochet]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Riptide]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Seducing Mr. Right]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Snowball's Chance]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Stormchaser]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Take Me]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Temptation On Ice]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Tropical Heat]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Undertow]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Vortex]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Whirlpool]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[White Heat]]'' - 2017
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''Cutter Cay'''
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# ''[[Undertow]]
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# ''[[Riptide]]
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# ''[[Vortex]]
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# ''[[Stormchaser]]
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# ''[[Hurricane]]
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# ''[[Whirlpool]]
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'''Holiday'''
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# ''[[A Killer Christmas]]''
  
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Cherry Adair was a [[2008 RITA® Winners|2008 RITA® finalist]] in the [[RITA®: Best Romantic Suspense]] category with her novel ''[[White Heat - Cherry Adair|White Heat]]''.
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'''Lodestone'''
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# ''[[Hush]]''
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# ''[[Afterglow]]''
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# ''[[Relentless]]''
  
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'''Stark Brothers'''
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# ''[[Hush]]''
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# ''[[Gideon]]''
  
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== Bibliography ==
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'''T-FLAC'''
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=== Books ===
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:  1. ''[[The Mercenary]]''
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* ''[[Black Magic - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2010 ([[Pocket Star]])
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:  2. ''[[Kiss And Tell]]''
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* ''[[Dare Me]]'' - 2005 ([[Signet]])
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: 3. ''[[Hide And Seek]]''
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* ''[[Date with a Devil]]'' - 2004 ([[Harlequin]])
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:  4. ''[[In Too Deep]]''
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* ''[[Edge Of Danger - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  5. ''[[Out Of Sight]]''
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* ''[[Edge Of Darkness - Cherry Adair|Edge of Darkness]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  6. ''[[On Thin Ice]]''
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* ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  7. ''[[Hot Ice]]''
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* ''[[Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2001 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  8. ''[[White Heat]]''
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* ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2005 ([[Ballantine]])
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: 9. ''[[Edge Of Danger]]''
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* ''[[Hush - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2011 ([[Pocket Star]])
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:  10. ''[[Edge Of Fear]]''
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* ''[[In Too Deep - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2002 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  11 ''[[Edge Of Darkness]]''
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* ''[[Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair |Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2000 ([[Ballantine]])
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::  11.5 ''[[Tropical Heat]]''
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* ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  12. ''[[Night Fall]]''
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* ''[[Night Secrets - Cherry Adair |Night Secrets]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]])
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:  13. ''[[Night Secrets]]''
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* ''[[Night Shadow - Cherry Adair |Night Shadow]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]])
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: 14. ''[[Night Shadow]]''
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* ''[[On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair |On Thin Ice]]'' - 2004 ([[Ballantine]])
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::  14.5 ''[[Temptation On Ice]]''
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* ''[[Out Of Sight]]'' - 2003 ([[Ivy Books]])
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: 15. ''[[Ice Cold]]''
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* ''[[Red Hot Santa]]'' - 2005 ([[Pocket Star]])
 
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* ''[[Rescue Me]]'' - 2008 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]])
 
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* ''[[Riptide]]'' - 2011 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]])
 
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* ''[[Seducing Mr. Right]]'' - June 2001 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #833]])
 
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* ''[[Take Me - Cherry Adair |Take Me]]'' - August 2002 ([[Harlequin Blaze By The Numbers |Blaze #51]])
 
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* ''[[The Bodyguard]]'' - 2010 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]])
 
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* ''[[The Mercenary - Cherry Adair]]'' - May 1994 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #492]])
 
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* ''[[Undertow]]'' - 2010 ([[St. Martin's Paperbacks]])
 
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* ''[[White Heat - Cherry Adair|White Heat]]'' - 2007 ([[Ballantine]]/[[Ivy]])
 
  
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''T-FLAC - Black Rose'''
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# ''[[Hot Ice]]''
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# ''[[White Heat]]''
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# ''[[Ice Cold]]''
  
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=== Men of T-FLAC ===
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'''T-FLAC - Wright Family'''
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*# ''[[The Mercenary - Cherry Adair|Mercenary, The]]'' -  May 1994 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #492]])
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# ''[[Kiss And Tell]]''
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*# ''[[Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair|Kiss And Tell]]'' - 2000 ([[Ballantine]])
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# ''[[Hide And Seek]]''
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*# ''[[Hide And Seek - Cherry Adair|Hide And Seek]]'' - 2001 ([[Ballantine]])
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# ''[[In Too Deep]]''
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*# ''[[In Too Deep - Cherry Adair]]'' - 2002 ([[Ballantine]])
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# ''[[Out Of Sight]]''
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*# ''[[Out Of Sight]]'' - 2003 ([[Ivy Books]])
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# ''[[On Thin Ice]]''
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*# ''[[On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair |On Thin Ice]]'' - 2004 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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*# ''[[Hot Ice]]'' - 2005 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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*# ''[[White Heat - Cherry Adair|White Heat]]'' - 2007 ([[Ballantine]]/[[Ivy]])
 
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*# "Tropical Heat" in ''[[Rescue Me]]'' 2008 ([[St. Martin's Press]])
 
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*# ''[[Night Fall]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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*# ''[[Night Secrets - Cherry Adair |Night Secrets]]'' - 2008 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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*# ''[[Night Shadow - Cherry Adair |Night Shadow]]'' - 2008  ([[Ballantine]])
 
  
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=== The Edge Brothers ===
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'''T-FLAC/PSI - Edge'''
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* ''[[Edge Of Danger]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]])
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# ''[[Edge Of Danger]]''
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* ''[[Edge Of Fear]]'' - 2006 ([[Ballantine]])
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# ''[[Edge Of Fear]]''
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* ''[[Edge Of Darkness - Cherry Adair|Edge of Darkness]]'' - 2008  ([[Ballantine]])
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# ''[[Edge Of Darkness]]''
  
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'''T-FLAC/PSI - Night'''
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# ''[[Night Fall]]''
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# ''[[Night Secrets]]''
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# ''[[Night Shadow]]''
  
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=== Novellas ===
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==Awards==
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* "Snowball's Chance" in ''[[Red Hot Santa]]'' 2005 ([[Ballantine]])
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*2016  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Digital or Self-Published Romantic Suspense, ''[[Absolute Doubt]]''
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* "Tropical Heat" in ''[[Rescue Me - St. Martin's Press |Rescue Me]]'' 2008 ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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*2015  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Paranormal Romantic Suspense, ''[[Gideon]]''
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* "Playing For Keeps" in ''[[Dare Me - Signet Eclipse|Dare Me]]'' 2005 ([[Signet]])
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* 2011 PRO Mentor of the Year - Romance Writers of America
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* "Dance With The Devil" in ''[[Date With A Devil]]'' 2004 ([[Harlequin]])
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*2011  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Paranormal Romantic Suspense, ''[[Hush]]''
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*2005  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Hot Ice]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Most Annoying Lead Character, ''[[Hide And Seek]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Worst Read, ''[[Hide And Seek]]''
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*2000  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Contemporary Romance, ''[[Kiss And Tell]]''
  
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== On the Web ==
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== Recognitions ==
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* [http://www.cherryadair.com Cherry Adair Official Website]
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*2018  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Whirlpool]]''
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* [http://sensualromance.writerspace.com/cadairinterview.html Interview with Cherry Adair] - at Sensual Romance/Writerspace
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Absolute Doubt]]''
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* [http://euroreviews.eu.funpic.de/interviews/cherryadair.php Interview with Cherry Adair] - Interview at Euro-Reviews
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick ''[[Hurricane]]''
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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
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Stormchaser]]''
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* [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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*2015  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Blush]]''
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*2015  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Blush]]''
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Gideon]]''
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*2013  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Vortex]]''
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*2013  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Hush]]''
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*2012  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Afterglow]]''
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*2012  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Hush]]''
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*2009  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Night Secrets]]''
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*2008  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[White Heat]]''
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*2006  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Edge Of Fear]]''
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*2006  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Novella, ''[[Playing For Keeps]]''
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*2003  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Contemporary Series Romance, ''[[Take Me]]''
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*2001  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, ''[[Kiss And Tell]]''
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*1995  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Contemporary Romance, ''[[The Mercenary]]''

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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.

On the Web

Books

Series/Related Titles

Cutter Cay

  1. Undertow
  2. Riptide
  3. Vortex
  4. Stormchaser
  5. Hurricane
  6. Whirlpool

Holiday

  1. A Killer Christmas

Lodestone

  1. Hush
  2. Afterglow
  3. Relentless

Stark Brothers

  1. Hush
  2. Gideon

T-FLAC

1. The Mercenary
2. Kiss And Tell
3. Hide And Seek
4. In Too Deep
5. Out Of Sight
6. On Thin Ice
7. Hot Ice
8. White Heat
9. Edge Of Danger
10. Edge Of Fear
11 Edge Of Darkness
11.5 Tropical Heat
12. Night Fall
13. Night Secrets
14. Night Shadow
14.5 Temptation On Ice
15. Ice Cold

T-FLAC - Black Rose

  1. Hot Ice
  2. White Heat
  3. Ice Cold

T-FLAC - Wright Family

  1. Kiss And Tell
  2. Hide And Seek
  3. In Too Deep
  4. Out Of Sight
  5. On Thin Ice

T-FLAC/PSI - Edge

  1. Edge Of Danger
  2. Edge Of Fear
  3. Edge Of Darkness

T-FLAC/PSI - Night

  1. Night Fall
  2. Night Secrets
  3. Night Shadow

Awards

Recognitions

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