Lucy Gordon

Christine Sparks (aka Lucy Gordon) was born in England, UK. She wanted to be a writer all her life, and began by working on a British women's magazine. As a features writer, she gained a wide variety of experience. She interviewed some of the world's most attractive and interesting men, including Warren Beatty, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Alec Guiness.

Single life was so enjoyable that she put marriage, and even romance, on the back burner, while she went about the world having a great time. Then, while on vacation in Venice, she met a tall, dark handsome Venetian artist, who changed all her ideas in a moment, and proposed on the second day. Three months later they were married. Her friends said a whirlwind romance would never last, but they celebrated their 25 anniversary, they are still married, still happy and in love.

After 13 years on the magazine Christine decided that it was now or never if she was ever going to write that novel. So she wrote Legacy of Fire which became a Silhouette Special Edition, followed by another, Enchantment in Venice. Then she did something crazy gave up her job. Since then she has concentrated entirely on writing romances for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette and has written over 75 books. Her settings have been European and her heroes mainly English or Italian. Christine now claims to be an expert on one particular subject. Italian men are the most romantic in the world. They are also the best cooks.

A few years ago she and her husband returned to Venice and lived there for a couple of years. This proved the perfect base for exploring the rest of Italy, and she has given many of her books Italian settings: Venice (of course), Rome, Florence, Milan, Sicily, Tuscany. She has also used the Rhine in Germany for Song of the Lorelei, for which she won her first RITA Award, in 1991. Her second RITA came in 1998, with His Brother's Child, set in Rome.

Eventually Christine Fiorotto and her husband returned to England, where they now live. She write and he paints, they have no children, but have a cat and a dog.

On The Web

• Wikipedia [1]

Books

• Accidentally Expecting! - 2010
• And The Bride Wore Red - 2009
• Anything, Any Time, Any Place - 1999
• Be My Girl! - 1998
• Beauty And The Boss - 1999
• Bought Woman - 1989
• Bride By Choice - 2002
• Carrister Pride, The - 1984
• Christmas In Venice - 2002
• Coldhearted Man, A - 1986
• Convenient Wedding, A - 2002
• Convicted Of Love - 1990
• Crown Of Laurel - 1990
• Daniel And Daughter - 1997
• Devil's Bride, The - 2014
• Diamond Dad, the - 1998
• Eagle's Prey - 1988
• Enchantment In Venice - 1984
• Expecting The Fellani Heir - 2016
• Falling For The Rebel Falcon - 2013
• Family For Keeps, A - 2005
• Farelli's Wife - 1999
• Final Falcon Says I Do, The - 2014
• For His Little Girl - 2000
• For Love Alone - 1988
• For The Love Of Emma - 1996
• For The Sake Of His Child - 2001
• Forgotten Fiancée - 1997
• Fragile Beauty, A - 1987
• Gino's Arranged Bride - 2004
• Golden Boy - 1987
• Greek Tycoon's Achilles Heel, The - 2010
• Heaven And Earth - 1992
• Her Italian Boss's Agenda - 2006
• His Brother's Child - 1997
• His Diamond Bride - 2011
• His Pretend Wife - 2004
• Husband By Necessity - 2001
• Instant Father - 1993
• Island Of Dreams - 1985
• Italian Millionaire's Marriage, The - 2003
• Italian Tycoon, Secret Son - 2009
• Italian's Baby, The - 2004
• Italian's Christmas Miracle, The - 2008
• Italian's Cinderella Bride, The - 2008
• Italian's Miracle Family, The - 2008
• Italian's Passionate Revenge, The - 2008
• Italian's Rightful Bride, The - 2005
• Italian's Wife By Sunset, The - 2007
• Judgment Of Paris, The - 1985
• Just Good Friends - 1987
• Kiss For Mr. Scrooge, A - 1993
• Legacy Of Fire - 1984
• Loving Spirit, The - 2001
• Married In Haste - 1993
• Married Under The Italian Sun - 2006
• Mediterranean Rebel's Bride, The - 2007
• Millionaire Tycoon's English Rose, The - 2007
• Millionaire's Christmas Wish, The - 2004
• Miss Prim And The Billionaire - 2012
• A Mistletoe ProposalMistletoe Proposal, A - 2010
• The Monte Carlo ProposalMonte Carol Proposal, The - 2005
• My Only Love, My Only Hate - 1987
• Night Of Passion, A - 1988
• Not Just A Convenient Marriage - 2014
• On His Honor - 1992
• Once Upon A Time - 1986
• One Summer In Italy... - 2007
• Outcast Woman - 1992
• Pearl Beyond Price, A - 1987
• Plain Jane In The Spotlight - 2012
• Pregnancy Bond, The - 2003
• Princess Dottie - 2002
• Proposal From The Italian Count, A - 2017
• Rebel In Disguise - 1996
• Rescued By The Brooding Tycoon - 2011
• Reunited With Her Italian Ex - 2015
• Rico's Secret Child - 2000
• Rinaldo's Inherited Bride - 2004
• Royal Harlot - 1994
• Secret That Changed Everything, The - 2012
• Seduced By Innocence - 1994
• Sheikh's Reward, The - 2000
• Sicilian, The - 1991
• Song Of The Lorelei - 1990
• Stand-In Bride, The - 2001
• Take All Myself - 1985
• Taming Jason - 2000
• This Is My Child - 1996
• This Man And This Woman - 1997
• True Marriage, A - 1989
• Tuscan Tycoon's Wife, The - 2003
• Two Faced Woman - 1996
• Tycoon For Hire - 1999
• Uncaged - 1994
• Unromantic Lady, The - 2014
• Venetian Playboy's Bride, The - 2003
• Vengeance Is Mine - 1989
• Veretti's Dark Vengeance - 2009
• Virtue And Vice - 1985
• Wedding Arrangement, The - 2006
• Wedding In Venice - 2007
• Wife And Mother Forever - 2006
• Wife By Arrangement - 2001
• Winter Proposal, A - 2011
• Woman Of Spirit, A - 1988

Anthologies

• And Baby Makes Three - 2011
• His Majesty's Marriage - 2002

Series/Related Titles

Baby Boom (multi-author series)

• His Brothers Child

Baby On Board (multi-author series)

• Italian Tycoon, Secret Son

Bachelor Territory (multi-author series)

• Be My Girl!

The Big Event (multi-author series)

4. The Diamond Dad

The Counts Of Calvani

1. The Venetian Playboy's Bride
2. The Italian Millionaire's Marriage
3. The Tuscan Tycoon's Wife

Diamonds Are Forever

1. A Mistletoe Proposal
2. His Diamond Bride

Escape Around The World (multi-author series)

6. And The Bride Wore Red

Fabulous Fathers (multi-author series)

• Instant Father

The Falcon Dynasty

1. Rescued By The Brooding Tycoon
2. Miss Prim And The Billionaire
3. Plain Jane In The Spotlight
4. Falling For The Rebel Falcon
5. The Final Falcon Says I Do

The Greek Tycoons (multi-author series)

• The Greek Tycoon's Achilles Heel

Heart To Heart (multi-author series)

3. A Family For Keeps

16. The Italian's Cinderella Bride

19. The Italian's Miracle Family

Holding Out For A Hero (multi-author series)

9. Rebel In Disguise

International Grooms (multi-author series)

• Accidentally Expecting!

The Italian Brothers

1. Rinaldo's Inherited Bride
2. Gino's Arranged Bride

The Italian Grooms

1. Wife By Arrangement
2. Husband By Necessity
3. Bride By Choice

Kids & Kisses (multi-author series)

• Farelli's Wife

The Larkville Legacy (multi-author series)

6. The Secret That Changed Everything

Man Of The Month (multi-author series)

5. Vengeance Is Mine

Man Of The World (multi-author series)

2. On His Honor

Marrying The Boss (multi-author series)

• Beauty And The Boss

Maybe Baby! (multi-author series)

• The Pregnancy Bond

Ready For Baby (multi-author series)

• The Italian's Baby

Red-Hot Revenge (multi-author series)

16. The Italian's Passionate Revenge

The Rinucci Brothers

1. Wife And Mother Forever
2. Her Italian Boss's Agenda
3. The Wedding Arrangement
4. The Italian's Wife By Sunset
5. The Mediterranean Rebel's Bride
6. The Millionaire Tycoon's English Rose
7. Accidentally Expecting!

Royal And Ruthless (multi-author series)

• Veretti's Dark Vengeance

Sheiks (multi-author series)

• The Sheikh's Reward

Simply The Best (multi-author series)

• Daniel And Daughter

To Have And To Hold (multi-author series)

• The Stand-In Bride

White Wedding (multi-author series)

• A Convenient Wedding

Written In The Stars (multi-author series)

• Heaven And Earth

Awards

• 2002 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Harlequin Romance, Bride By Choice
• 1999 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Harlequin Romance, Beauty And The Boss
• 1998 RITA Award Winner - Traditional Romance, His Brother's Child
• 1996 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Harlequin Romance, For The Love Of Emma
• 1991 RITA Award Winner - Traditional Romance, Song of The Lorelei

Recognitions

• 2015 Rt Book Reviews Top Pick, Reunited With Her Italian Ex
• 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Falling For The Rebel Falcon
• 2005 RITA Award Finalist - Traditional Romance, Gino's Arranged Bride
• 1997 RITA Award Finalist - Traditional Romance, For The Love Of Emma
• 1988 Golden Medallion Finalist - Traditional Romance, A Pearl Beyond Price

Awards (body of work)

• 2002 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Series Storyteller Of The Year