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== Biography ==
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[[Suzanne Brockmann]] has had books published by [[Ballantine]], [[Mira]], [[Silhouette]], [[Harlequin]], [[Bantam/Dell]], and [[Kensington]]. Her first book was published in August, 1993 and she has over forty published books. As an author for [[Loveswept]], she published eight novels. Writing for the Harlequin [[Intrigue]] imprint, she published one novel.
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[[Category:Massachusetts Authors]]  
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[[Category:RITA Award Winners]]
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[[Category:RITA Award Finalists]]  
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[[Category:Bantam Authors]]
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[[Category:Loveswept Authors]]
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[[Category:Harlequin Intrigue Authors]]
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[[category:Silhouette Intimate Moments Authors]] [[Category:Silhouette Desire Authors]]
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[[Category:Silhouette Authors]]
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[[Category:1960 Births]]
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[[Category:1993 Debut]]
  
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Suzanne lives west of Boston with her husband.  She has two grown children, both of whom are actors. She was director, vocal arranger and one of the lead singers in the Boston-area a cappella group SERIOUS FUN which placed third in the Boston Regional Harmony Sweepstakes in 1998.  
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'''Suzanne Brockmann''' has had books published by [[Ballantine]], [[Mira]], [[Silhouette]], [[Harlequin]], [[Bantam]], and [[Kensington]]. Her first book was published in August, 1993 and she has over forty published books. As an author for [[Loveswept]], she published eight novels. Writing for the [[Harlequin Intrigue]] imprint, she published one novel.
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Suzanne lives west of Boston with her husband.  She has two grown children, both of whom are actors. She was director, vocal arranger and one of the lead singers in the Boston-area a cappella group SERIOUS FUN which placed third in the Boston Regional Harmony Sweepstakes in 1998.  
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== On the Web ==
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* Official Website [http://www.suzannebrockmann.com]
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* Wikipedia
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== See Also ==
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* [[Ann Brock]]
  
 
==Themes/Subjects/Plot Devices==
 
==Themes/Subjects/Plot Devices==
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Suzanne was one of the first authors to successfully concentrate on the Navy SEAL as a hero, particularly the [[Tall, Dark And Dangerous|Tall, Dark & Dangerous]] series for [[Silhouette]] and her stand alone titles in the Troubleshooters series published by [[Ballantine]]. The TDD series focuses on SEAL Team Ten and each book looks at the romance of a different team member. The Troubleshooters series primarily focuses on the contemporary romance of current and former members of SEAL Team 16 and the agents who have become part of the Troubleshooters team, for example, FBI hostage negotiators, former police officers employed by the former head of SEAL Team 16 who has started his own security company.  
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Suzanne was one of the first authors to successfully concentrate on the Navy SEAL as a hero, particularly the [[Tall, Dark And Dangerous - Series|Tall, Dark & Dangerous]] series for [[Silhouette]] and her stand alone titles in the Troubleshooters series published by [[Ballantine]]. The TDD series focuses on SEAL Team Ten and each book looks at the romance of a different team member. The Troubleshooters series primarily focuses on the contemporary romance of current and former members of SEAL Team 16 and the agents who have become part of the Troubleshooters team, for example, FBI hostage negotiators, former police officers employed by the former head of SEAL Team 16 who has started his own security company.  
  
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The books in the Troubleshooter series also have strong secondary stories. Each book has at least one other romance plot; sometimes the secondary plot is not resolved in one book but is carried over to other books in the series (Sam and Alyssa's story started in the first book of the series and was resolved in ''[[Gone Too Far]]''). Also most of the books in the series have a World War II era story interwoven. These stories have been told as flashbacks by the characters who are involved in both the contemporary and 1940s story (''[[The Unsung Hero]]''), as chapters from a biography read by characters in the contemporary story (''[[Out Of Control]]''), or as the plot of a movie being made by the contemporary characters (''[[Hot Target - Suzanne Brockmann|Hot Target]]''). The books have also dealt with such complex issues as gay men in military settings (Jules Cassidy is a gay FBI agent who appears in many of the series books) and prejudice against people of Middle-Eastern races ([[Into The Night - Suzanne Brockmann|''Into The Night'']]), as well as the more "traditional' thriller stories of terrorists taking airplanes hostage (''[[Over The Edge]]'', written before 9/11), drug lords (''[[Out Of Control]]''), serial killers (''[[Into the Storm]]''), blackmail, etc. All of this told with a twist of humor that keeps the stories moving along at a fast pace.
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The books in the Troubleshooter series also have strong secondary stories. Each book has at least one other romance plot; sometimes the secondary plot is not resolved in one book but is carried over to other books in the series (Sam and Alyssa's story started in the first book of the series and was resolved in ''[[Gone Too Far]]''). Also most of the books in the series have a World War II era story interwoven. These stories have been told as flashbacks by the characters who are involved in both the contemporary and 1940s story (''[[The Unsung Hero]]''), as chapters from a biography read by characters in the contemporary story (''[[Out Of Control - Suzanne Brockmann|Out Of Control]]''), or as the plot of a movie being made by the contemporary characters (''[[Hot Target - Suzanne Brockmann|Hot Target]]''). The books have also dealt with such complex issues as gay men in military settings (Jules Cassidy is a gay FBI agent who appears in many of the series books) and prejudice against people of Middle-Eastern races ([[Into The Night - Suzanne Brockmann|''Into The Night'']]), as well as the more "traditional' thriller stories of terrorists taking airplanes hostage (''[[Over The Edge - Suzanne Brockmann|Over The Edge]]'', written before 9/11), drug lords (''[[Out Of Control - Suzanne Brockmann|Out Of Control]]''), serial killers (''[[Into The Storm - Suzanne Brockmann|Into The Storm]]''), blackmail, etc. All of this told with a twist of humor that keeps the stories moving along at a fast pace.
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
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* ''[[The Admiral's Bride|Admiral's Bride, The]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[All Through The Night]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Beginnings And Ends]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Body Language]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Bodyguard]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Born To Darkness]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Breaking Point]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Breaking The Rules]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Dark Of Night]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[The Defiant Hero|Defiant Hero, The]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Do Or Die]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Embraced By Love]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Everyday, Average Jones]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Flashpoint]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Forbidden]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Force Of Nature]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Forever Blue]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Free Fall]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Freedom's Price]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Frisco's Kid]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Future Perfect]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Get Lucky]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Gone Too Far]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Harvard's Education]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Headed For Trouble]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Heartthrob]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Hero Under Cover]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Home Fire Inferno: Burn, Baby, Burn!]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Home Is Where The Heart Is: Parts I And II]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Hot Pursuit]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Hot Target]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Identity: Unknown]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Infamous]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Into The Night]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Into The Storm]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Into The Fire]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / Hawken's Heart]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[King's Ransom]]'' - 2020
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* ''[[Kiss And Tell]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[The Kissing Game|Kissing Game, The]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Ladies' Man]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Letters To Kelly]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Looking for Billy Haines]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Love With The Proper Stranger]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[A Man To Die For|Man To Die For, A]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Murphy's Law]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Night Watch / Wild, Wild Wes]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[No Ordinary Man]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Not Without Risk]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Out Of Body]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Out Of Control]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Over The Edge]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Prince Joe]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Ready To Roll]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Sam Takes An Assignment In Italy]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Scenes Of Passion]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[A SEAL And Three Babies|SEAL And Three Babies, A]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[SEAL Camp]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Shane's Last Stand]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Some Kind Of Hero]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Stand-In Groom]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Taylor's Temptation]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Time Enough For Love]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Trapped]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Undercover Princess]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[The Unsung Hero|Unsung Hero, The]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Waiting]]'' - 2013
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''2000 Launch''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Identity: Unknown]]''
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'''Bartlett Brothers'''
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# ''[[Forbidden]]''
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# ''[[Freedom's Price]]''
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'''Dangerous Bodyguards'''
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# ''[[Future Perfect]]''
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# ''[[Hero Under Cover]]''
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# ''[[Embraced By Love]]''
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# ''[[Forbidden]]''
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# ''[[Stand-In Groom]]''
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# ''[[Ladies' Man]]''
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# ''[[Time Enough For Love]]''
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# ''[[Love With The Proper Stranger]]''
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# ''[[Body Language]]''
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# ''[[Heartthrob]]''
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# ''[[Undercover Princess]]''
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# ''[[Bodyguard]]''
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# ''[[Letters To Kelly]]''
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# ''[[Scenes Of Passion]]''
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'''Dangerous Men'''
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# ''[[Future Perfect]]''
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# ''[[Hero Under Cover]]''
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# ''[[Embraced By Love]]''
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# ''[[Forbidden]]''
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# ''[[Stand-In Groom]]''
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# ''[[Ladies' Man]]''
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# ''[[Time Enough For Love]]''
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# ''[[Love With The Proper Stranger]]''
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# ''[[Body Language]]''
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# ''[[Heartthrob]]''
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# ''[[Undercover Princess]]''
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# ''[[Bodyguard]]''
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# ''[[Letters To Kelly]]''
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# ''[[Scenes Of Passion]]''
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# ''[[Infamous]]''
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'''Dangerous Men (Intrigue)''' (multi-author series)
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:  16. ''[[No Ordinary Man]]''
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'''Fighting Destiny'''
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::  .5 ''[[Shane's Last Stand]]''
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# ''[[Born To Darkness]]''
  
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* [[The Admiral's Bride|''Admiral's Bride, The'']] - 1999 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
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'''Royally Wed''' (multi-author series)
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* [[Bodyguard - Suzanne Brockmann|''Bodyguard'']] - This title won the [[2000 RITA® Winners|2000 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title|Contemporary Single Title]] category. 1999 ([[Fawcett]])
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:  2. ''[[Undercover Princess]]''
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* [[Body Language|''Body Language '']] - June 1998,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #889]]
 
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* [[Breaking Point|''Breaking Point'']] - 2005 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[The Defiant Hero|''Defiant Hero, The'']] - 2001 ([[Ivy]])
 
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* [[Embraced By Love|''Embraced By Love'']] - 1995 ([[Pinnacle]])
 
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* [[Everyday, Average Jones|''Everday, Average Jones'']] - 1998 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Flashpoint - Suzanne Brockmann|''Flashpoint'']] - 2004 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[Forbidden - Suzanne Brockmann|''Forbidden '']] - April 1997,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #832]]
 
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* [[Force of Nature|''Force of Nature'']] - 2007 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[Forever Blue|''Forever Blue'']] - 1996 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]]),  Re-Issued 2003 ([[Mira]])
 
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* [[Freedom's Price|''Freedom's Price '']] - February 1998,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #873]]
 
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* [[Frisco's Kid|''Frisco's Kid'']] - 1997 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]]), Re-Issued 2003 ([[Mira]])
 
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* [[Future Perfect|''Future Perfect'']] - 1993 ([[Meteor Kismet]])
 
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* [[Get Lucky|''Get Lucky'']] - 2000 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Gone Too Far|''Gone Too Far'']] - 2003 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[Harvard's Education]] - 1998 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Heart Throb|''Heart Throb'']] - 1999 ([[Fawcett]])
 
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* [[Hero Under Cover|''Hero Under Cover'']] - 1994 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Hot Target - Suzanne Brockmann|''Hot Target'']] - 2004 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[Identity: Unknown|''Identity:Unknown'']] - 2000 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Into The Night - Suzanne Brockmann|''Into The Night'']] - 2002 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[Into the Storm|''Into The Storm'']] - 2006 (August) ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear|''It Came Upon A Midnight Clear'']] - 1998 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] - reissued in 2005 as ''[[Hawken's Heart]]''
 
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* [[Kiss And Tell|''Kiss And Tell '']] - May 1996, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #787]]
 
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* [[The Kissing Game|''Kissing Game, The'']] - December 1996,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #817]]
 
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* [[Ladies' Man|''Ladies' Man'']] - 1997 ([[Bantam Loveswept]]) (Available to subscribers only)
 
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* [[Letters To Kelly|''Letters To Kelly'']] - 2003 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Love With The Proper Stranger|''Love With The Proper Stranger'']] - 1998 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[A Man To Die For - Suzanne Brockmann|''Man To Die For, A'']] - 1995 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Night Watch|''Night Watch'']] - 2003 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[No Ordinary Man|''No Ordinary Man'']] - 1996 ([[Intrigue|Harlequin Intrigue # 365]])
 
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* [[Not Without Risk|''Not Without Risk'']] - 1995 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[Otherwise Engaged|''Otherwise Engaged '']] - February 1997,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #824]]
 
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* [[Out Of Control|''Out Of Control'']] -- 2002 ([[Ballantine]])
 
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* [[Over The Edge - Suzanne Brockmann|''Over The Edge'']] - 2001 ([[Ivy]])
 
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* [[Prince Joe|''Prince Joe'']] - 1996 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]]), Re-Issued 2002 ([[Mira]])
 
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* [[Scenes Of Passion|''Scenes Of Passion'']] - 2003 ([[Silhouette Desire]])
 
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* [[Stand-In Groom|''Stand-In Groom'']] - June 1997,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #840]]
 
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* [[Taylor's Tempation|''Taylor's Temptation'']] - 2001 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]]) 
 
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* [[Time Enough For Love|''Time Enough For Love'']] - November 1997,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #858]]
 
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* [[Undercover Princess|''Undercover Princess'']] - This title won the [[2000 RITA® Winners|2000 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category. 1999 ([[Intimate Moments|Silhouette Intimate Moments]])
 
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* [[The Unsung Hero|''Unsung Hero, The'']] - 2000 ([[Ivy]])
 
  
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''St. Simone, Florida'''
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=== Bartlett Brothers ===
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# ''[[Not Without Risk]]''
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* [[Forbidden - Suzanne Brockmann|''Forbidden'']] - 1997
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# ''[[A Man To Die For]]''
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* [[Freedom's Price|''Freedom's Price'']] - 1998
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'''Sunrise Key'''
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# ''[[Kiss And Tell]]''
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# ''[[The Kissing Game]]''
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# ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]''
  
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=== Royally Wed ===
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'''Tall, Dark And Dangerous'''
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* [[Undercover Princess|''Undercover Princess'']] - 1999
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# ''[[Prince Joe]]''
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# ''[[Forever Blue]]''
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# ''[[Frisco's Kid]]''
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# ''[[Everyday, Average Joe]]''
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# ''[[Harvard's Education]]''
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# ''[[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear]]'' / # ''[[Hawken's Heart]]''
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# ''[[The Admiral's Bride]]''
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# ''[[Identity: Unknown]]''
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# ''[[Get Lucky]]''
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# ''[[Taylor's Temptation]]''
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# ''[[Night Watch / Wild, Wild Wes]]''
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::  11.5 ''[[SEAL Camp]]''
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:  12. ''[[King's Ransom]]''
  
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=== St. Simone ===
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'''Treasured Tales''' (multi-author series)
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* [[A Man To Die For|''Man To Die For, A'']] - 1995
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* ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]''
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* [[Not Without Risk|''Not Without Risk'']] - 1995
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* ''[[Freedom's Price]]''
  
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=== Sunrise Key ===
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'''Troubleshooters'''
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* [[Kiss And Tell|''Kiss And Tell'']] - 1996
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:  1. ''[[The Unsung Hero]]''
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* [[The Kissing Game|''Kissing Game, The'']] - 1996
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::  1.5 ''[[Murphy's Law]]''
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* [[Otherwise Engaged|''Otherwise Engaged'']] - 1997
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:  2. ''[[The Defiant Hero]]''
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:  3. ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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:  4. ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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:  5. ''[[Into The Night]]''
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:  6. ''[[Gone Too Far]]''
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:  7. ''[[Flashpoint]]''
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:  8. ''[[Hot Target]]''
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:  9. ''[[Breaking Point]]''
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:  10. ''[[Into The Storm]]''
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::  10.5 ''[[Trapped]]''
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:  11. ''[[Force Of Nature]]''
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:  12. ''[[All Through The Night]]''
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::  12.5 ''[[When Tony Met Adam]]''
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::  12.6 ''[[Home Is Where The Heart Is: Parts I And II]]''
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:  13. ''[[Into The Fire]]''
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:  14. ''[[Dark Of Night]]''
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:  15. ''[[Hot Pursuit]]''
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::  15.5 ''[[A SEAL And Three Babies]]''
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:  16. ''[[Breaking The Rules]]''
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::  16.1 ''[[Beginnings And Ends]]''
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::  16.1 ''[[Waiting]]''
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::  16.3 ''[[When Jenk, Izzy, Gillman, And Lopez Met Tony Vlachic]]''
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:  17. ''[[Headed For Trouble]]''
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:  18. ''[[Do Or Die]]''
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:  19. ''[[Some Kind Of Hero]]''
  
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=== Troubleshooter ===
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'''Troubleshooters Shorts And Novellas'''
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* [[Into the Storm|''Into the Storm'']] - 2006
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# ''[[Free Fall]]''
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* [[Breaking Point|''Breaking Point'']] - 2005
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# ''[[Home Fire Inferno: Burn, Baby, Burn!]]''
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* [[Hot Target - Suzanne Brockmann|''Hot Target'']] - 2004
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# ''[[Ready To Roll]]''
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* [[Flashpoint - Suzanne Brockmann|''Flashpoint'']] - 2004
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# ''[[Murphy's Law]]''
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* [[Gone Too Far|''Gone Too Far'']] - 2003
 
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* [[Into The Night - Suzanne Brockmann|''Into The Night'']] - 2002
 
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* [[Out Of Control|''Out Of Control'']] - 2002
 
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* [[Over The Edge - Suzanne Brockmann|''Over The Edge'']] - 2001
 
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* [[The Defiant Hero|''Defiant Hero, The'']] - 2001, Re-Issued 2003
 
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* [[The Unsung Hero|''Unsung Hero, The'']] - 2000, Re-Issued 2003
 
  
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=== Tall, Dark & Dangerous ===
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==Awards==
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* [[Night Watch|''Night Watch'']] - 2003, Originally released as ''[[Wild, Wild Wes]]''
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*2009  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Romantic Suspense, ''[[Dark Of Night]]''
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* [[Taylor's Tempation|''Taylor's Temptation'']] - 2001
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*2003  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Couple, ''[[Gone Too Far]]''
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* [[Get Lucky|''Get Lucky'']] - 2000
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*2003  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Romance, ''[[Gone Too Far]]''
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* [[Identity: Unknown|''Identity:Unknown'']] - 2000
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*2003  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Worst Read, ''[[Gone Too Far]]''
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* [[The Admiral's Bride|''Admiral's Bride, The'']] - 1999
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*2003 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Series Novel, ''[[Night Watch]]'' / ''[[Wild, Wild West]]''
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* ''[[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear]]'' - 1998, Reissued in 2005 as ''[[Hawken's Heart]]''
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*2002  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Cabin/Road Romance, ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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* ''[[Harvard's Education]]'' - 1998
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*2002  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Contemporary Romance, ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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* [[Everyday, Average Jones|''Everday, Average Jones'']] - 1998
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*2002  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Hero, ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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* ''[[Frisco's Kid]]'' - 1997
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*2002  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Romance, ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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* ''[[Forever Blue]]'' - 1996
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*2002  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Romantic Suspense, ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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* [[Prince Joe|''Prince Joe'']] - 1996, Re-Issued 2002
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Contemporary Romance, ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Couple, ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Hero, ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Heroine, ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Romance, ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Romantic Suspense, ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2001  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Series Novel, ''[[Taylor's Temptation]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Series Novel, ''[[Get Lucky]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Most-Hanky Read, ''[[The Unsung Hero]]''
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Contemporary Single Title Romance, ''[[Bodyguard]]''
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Undercover Princess]]''
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*1999  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Series Romance, ''[[The Admiral's Bride]]''
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*1999  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Silhouette Intimate Moments, ''[[The Admiral's Bride]]''
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*1998  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Series Romance Book Of The Year, ''[[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear]]'' / ''[[Hawken's Heart]]''
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*1998  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Silhouette Intimate Moments, ''[[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear]]'' / ''[[Hawken's Heart]]''
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Series Romance Book Of The Year, ''[[Forever Blue]]''
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Silhouette Intimate Moments, ''[[Forever Blue]]''
  
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== Awards ==
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==Recognitions==
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* Won the [[2000 RITA® Winners|2000 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title|Contemporary Single Title]] category AND won the [[2000 RITA® Winners|2000 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category.
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*2019  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Paranormal Romance, ''[[Out Of Body]]''
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*She has won over a dozen WISH Awards from [[Romantic Times Magazine]] and has had five Gold Medal Reviews. She has won the [[Virginia Romance Writers|HOLT Medallion]], the Rising Star Award, the Golden Leaf, and RT Magazine's Award for Best Series Romance of the Year in both 1996 and 1998.
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*2017  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Some Kind Of Hero]]''
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* In 2000 she wond the [[Romantic Times Magazine]] [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2 Career Achievement award] for series adventure romance.
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*2017  [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Some Kind Of Hero]]''
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* In 2002 she won the [[Romantic Times Magazine]] [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2002&type=author&level=2 Career Achievement award] for contemporary romantic suspense
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*2017  [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[Some Kind Of Hero]]''
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Some Kind Of Hero]]''
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*2016  [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[A SEAL And Three Babies]]''
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*2015  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Home Fire Inferno: Burn, Baby, Burn!]]''
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*2010  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#81), ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2009  [[Audies]] Finalist - Romance, ''[[Forbidden]]''
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*2007  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#87), ''[[Gone Too Far]]''
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*2007  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#60), ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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*2007  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#40), ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#84), ''[[The Defiant Hero]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#28), ''[[Gone Too Far]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#47), ''[[Heartthrob]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#41), ''[[Out Of Control]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#8), ''[[Over The Edge]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#64), ''[[Prince Joe]]''
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*2004  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#85), ''[[The Unsung Hero]]''
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*2004  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, ''[[Night Watch]]''
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*2002  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Into The Night]]''
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*2001  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, ''[[Get Lucky]]''
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*2001  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Contemporary Single Title Romance, ''[[The Unsung Hero]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#99), ''[[The Admiral's Bride]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#65), ''[[Heartthrob]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#64), ''[[Get Lucky]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#83), ''[[The Unsung Hero]]''
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*2000  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#30), ''[[Prince Joe]]''
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, ''[[The Admiral's Bride]]''
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*1999  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, ''[[Everyday, Average Jones]]''
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*1998  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Paranormal Romance, ''[[Time Enough For Love]]''
  
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== On the Web ==
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== Awards (body of work) ==
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* [http://www.suzannebrockmann.com Suzanne Brockmann]
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*2018  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
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*2002  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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*2000  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Series Romantic Adventure
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*1997  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Series Romance
  
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== See Also ==
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* She has won over a dozen WISH Awards from [[Romantic Times Magazine]] and has had five Gold Medal Reviews. She has won the [[Virginia Romance Writers]]' [[HOLT Medallion Award]], the Rising Star Award, and the Golden Leaf.
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* [[Ann Brock]]
 

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Suzanne Brockmann has had books published by Ballantine, Mira, Silhouette, Harlequin, Bantam, and Kensington. Her first book was published in August, 1993 and she has over forty published books. As an author for Loveswept, she published eight novels. Writing for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, she published one novel.

Suzanne lives west of Boston with her husband. She has two grown children, both of whom are actors. She was director, vocal arranger and one of the lead singers in the Boston-area a cappella group SERIOUS FUN which placed third in the Boston Regional Harmony Sweepstakes in 1998.

On the Web

  • Official Website [1]
  • Wikipedia

See Also

Themes/Subjects/Plot Devices

Suzanne was one of the first authors to successfully concentrate on the Navy SEAL as a hero, particularly the Tall, Dark & Dangerous series for Silhouette and her stand alone titles in the Troubleshooters series published by Ballantine. The TDD series focuses on SEAL Team Ten and each book looks at the romance of a different team member. The Troubleshooters series primarily focuses on the contemporary romance of current and former members of SEAL Team 16 and the agents who have become part of the Troubleshooters team, for example, FBI hostage negotiators, former police officers employed by the former head of SEAL Team 16 who has started his own security company.

The books in the Troubleshooter series also have strong secondary stories. Each book has at least one other romance plot; sometimes the secondary plot is not resolved in one book but is carried over to other books in the series (Sam and Alyssa's story started in the first book of the series and was resolved in Gone Too Far). Also most of the books in the series have a World War II era story interwoven. These stories have been told as flashbacks by the characters who are involved in both the contemporary and 1940s story (The Unsung Hero), as chapters from a biography read by characters in the contemporary story (Out Of Control), or as the plot of a movie being made by the contemporary characters (Hot Target). The books have also dealt with such complex issues as gay men in military settings (Jules Cassidy is a gay FBI agent who appears in many of the series books) and prejudice against people of Middle-Eastern races (Into The Night), as well as the more "traditional' thriller stories of terrorists taking airplanes hostage (Over The Edge, written before 9/11), drug lords (Out Of Control), serial killers (Into The Storm), blackmail, etc. All of this told with a twist of humor that keeps the stories moving along at a fast pace.

Books

Series/Related Titles

2000 Launch (multi-author series)

Bartlett Brothers

  1. Forbidden
  2. Freedom's Price

Dangerous Bodyguards

  1. Future Perfect
  2. Hero Under Cover
  3. Embraced By Love
  4. Forbidden
  5. Stand-In Groom
  6. Ladies' Man
  7. Time Enough For Love
  8. Love With The Proper Stranger
  9. Body Language
  10. Heartthrob
  11. Undercover Princess
  12. Bodyguard
  13. Letters To Kelly
  14. Scenes Of Passion

Dangerous Men

  1. Future Perfect
  2. Hero Under Cover
  3. Embraced By Love
  4. Forbidden
  5. Stand-In Groom
  6. Ladies' Man
  7. Time Enough For Love
  8. Love With The Proper Stranger
  9. Body Language
  10. Heartthrob
  11. Undercover Princess
  12. Bodyguard
  13. Letters To Kelly
  14. Scenes Of Passion
  15. Infamous

Dangerous Men (Intrigue) (multi-author series)

16. No Ordinary Man

Fighting Destiny

.5 Shane's Last Stand
  1. Born To Darkness

Royally Wed (multi-author series)

2. Undercover Princess

St. Simone, Florida

  1. Not Without Risk
  2. A Man To Die For

Sunrise Key

  1. Kiss And Tell
  2. The Kissing Game
  3. Otherwise Engaged

Tall, Dark And Dangerous

  1. Prince Joe
  2. Forever Blue
  3. Frisco's Kid
  4. Everyday, Average Joe
  5. Harvard's Education
  6. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / # Hawken's Heart
  7. The Admiral's Bride
  8. Identity: Unknown
  9. Get Lucky
  10. Taylor's Temptation
  11. Night Watch / Wild, Wild Wes
11.5 SEAL Camp
12. King's Ransom

Treasured Tales (multi-author series)

Troubleshooters

1. The Unsung Hero
1.5 Murphy's Law
2. The Defiant Hero
3. Over The Edge
4. Out Of Control
5. Into The Night
6. Gone Too Far
7. Flashpoint
8. Hot Target
9. Breaking Point
10. Into The Storm
10.5 Trapped
11. Force Of Nature
12. All Through The Night
12.5 When Tony Met Adam
12.6 Home Is Where The Heart Is: Parts I And II
13. Into The Fire
14. Dark Of Night
15. Hot Pursuit
15.5 A SEAL And Three Babies
16. Breaking The Rules
16.1 Beginnings And Ends
16.1 Waiting
16.3 When Jenk, Izzy, Gillman, And Lopez Met Tony Vlachic
17. Headed For Trouble
18. Do Or Die
19. Some Kind Of Hero

Troubleshooters Shorts And Novellas

  1. Free Fall
  2. Home Fire Inferno: Burn, Baby, Burn!
  3. Ready To Roll
  4. Murphy's Law

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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