Kasey Michaels

Biography

Kasey Michaels is the author of over 85 novels and has appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her novel The Lurid Lady Of Lockport won the first-ever Golden Medallion in the Regency category.

Kasey Michaels has written in a variety of romance genres, starting in the Regency realm before moving to longer historical romances. She has also branched out to contemporary suspense titles. In 1985, Kasey Michaels won the first-ever Golden Medallion in the Regency Category. In addition to winning a RITA, she has earned Career Achievement Awards and is a member of the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll.

A versatile author, Michaels originally made her mark writing her "alphabet series" of Regency romances. Later, she turned her wicked sense of humor on the romance industry with her Maggie Kelly romantic suspense series. In that series, former romance author Maggie Kelly deals with the complications of a dashing Regency-era sleuth come to life. While offering a glimpse into the world of authors, the novels also skewer some of the more outlandish aspects of romance genre organizations and conferences.

As an author for Harlequin American Romance, Kasey Michaels published two books. She wrote 19 novels for the Silhouette Romance imprintShe has also written for Avon, HQN, Silhouette Romance, Dell, Warner, and Zebra. Many of her early titles have been reissued under the HQN imprint.

Books

Titles in Alphabetical Order

• Anonymous Miss Addams, The - Harlequin - March 2002
• Bachelor On The Prowl - Silhouette Romance #1552 - November 2001 (also reissued by Silhouette Special Releases November 2006)
• Be My Baby Tonight - Zebra - June 2002
• Becket's Last Stand - HQN - November 2007
• Beleaguered Lord Bourne, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Beloved Wolf (Book I of The Coltons series) - Silhouette - June 2001
• Beware Of Virtuous Women - HQN - May 2006
• Bowled Over - Kensington - November 2007
• Bride Of The Unicorn, The - HQN - August 2007 (reissue)
• Butler Did It, The - HQN - September 2004
• Carried Away: Logan Assents - Silhouette Romance #1438 - April 2000
• Chaotic Miss Crispino, The - Harlequin - March 2002
• Come Near Me - Warner - February 2000
• Compliments Of The Groom - Silhouette Romance #542 - November 1987
• Dad Next Door, The - October 1995 (Silhouette Romance #1108)
• Dangerous Debutante, The - HQN - April 2006
• Dial M For Mischief - HQN - May 2008
• Dubious Miss Dalrymple, The - Harlequin, March 2002
• Enterprising Lord Edward, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Escapade - Warner - August 1999
• Everything's Coming Up Rosie - HQN - September 2006
• Gentleman By Any Other Name, A - HQN - March 2006
• High Heels And Holidays - Kensington - hardcover October 2006, paperback October 2007
• High Heels And Homicide - Kensington - December 2005
• His Chariot Awaits - February 1990 (Silhouette Romance #701)
• His Innocent Temptress - Harlequin American Romance Harlequin American Romance #869 - April 2001
• Hopechesst Bride, The (Book XII in The Coltons series) - Silhouette - May 2002
• Indiscreet - Warner - October 1998
• Jessie's Expecting - Silhouette Romance #1475 - October 2000
• Kissing Game, The - Warner Forever - January 2003
• Lion On The Prowl - Silhouette Romance #808 - August 1991
• Love To Love You Baby - Zebra - November 2001
• Lurid Lady Of Lockport - 1984
• Maggie By The Book - Kensington - August 2003
• Maggie Needs An Alibi - Kensington - July 2002
• Maggie Without A Clue - Kensington - August 2004
• Maggie's Miscellany - Silhouette Romance #331 - November 1984
• Marriage In A Suitcase - Silhouette Romance #949 - July 1993
• Marrying Maddy - Silhouette Romance #1469 - September 2000
• "Great Expectations" in The McCallum Quintuplets - Harlequin American Romance #909 - February 2002
• Mischief Becomes Her – HQN - November 2008
• Most Unsuitable Groom, A - HQN - April 2007
• Out Of The Blue - Dell - 1992
• Passion Of An Angel, The - HQN - August 2007 (reissue)
• Popcorn And Kisses - Silhouette Romance #572 - April 1988
• Prenuptial Agreement - Silhouette Romance #898 - November 1992
• Questioning Miss Quinton, The - Harlequin - March 2002
• Raffling Ryan - Silhouette Romance #1481 - November 2000
• Raven's Assignment, The - Silhouette Romance #1613 - September 2002
• Reckless Beauty, A - HQN - September 2007
• Return Of The Prodigal, The - HQN - October 2007
• Romeo In The Rain - Silhouette Romance #743 - September 1990
• Ruthless Lord Rule, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Secrets Of The Heart, The - HQN - August 2007 (reissue)
• Shall We Dance? - HQN - March 2005
• Someone To Love - Warner - April 2001
• Stuck In Shangri-La - HQN - November 2005
• Sydney's Folly - Silhouette Romance #834 - December 1991
• Toplofty Lord Thorpe, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Then Comes Marriage - Warner - January 2002
• Timely Matrimony - Silhouette Romance #1030 - September 1994
• This Can't Be Love - Zebra - March 2004
• This Must Be Love - Zebra - February 2003
• To Marry At Christmas - Silhouette Romance #616 - December 1988
• Too Good To Be True - Zebra - February 2001
• Uncle Daddy - Silhouette Romance #916 - February 1993
• Waiting For You - Warner - October 2000

Anthologies

• Heir To The Throne (with Carolyn Davidson) - Harlequin - December 2002
• The Wedding Chase (with Gayle Wilson and Lyn Stone) - Harlequin - June 2003

Titles By Series

The Beckets of Romney Marsh Saga:

• A Gentleman By Any Other Name - HQN, March 2006
• The Dangerous Debutante - HQN, April 2006
• Beware Of Virtuous Women - HQN, May 2006
• A Most Unsuitable Groom - HQN, April 2007
• A Reckless Beauty - HQN, September 2007
• Return Of The Prodigal - HQN, October 2007
• Becket's Last Stand - HQN, November 2007

The Maggie Kelly series:

• Maggie Needs An Alibi - Kensington - July 2002
• Maggie By The Book - Kensington - August 2003
• Maggie Without A Clue - Kensington - August 2004
• High Heels And Homicide - Kensington - December 2005
• High Heels And Holidays - Kensington - hardcover October 2006, paperback October 2007
• Bowled Over - Kensington - November 2007

The Sunshine Girls:

• Dial M For Mischief - HQN - May 2008
• Mischief Becomes Her – HQN - November 2008

Awards/Nominations

• Golden Medallion - Regency category for The Lurid Lady Of Lockport.
• This Must Be Love named Best Contemporary Romance of 2003 by Romance Reviews Today
• 2005 RITA Award finalist, single title contemporary category for This Can't Be Love
• A Gentleman By Any Other Named selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the 100 best books of the year for 2006

On the Web

• Kasey Michaels - Official website
• Kasey Michaels - Interview at the Internet Writing Journal