Barbara Freethy

I grew up in a world of books. My mother was a voracious reader and passed on her love of fiction to me. Some of my earliest memories were reading with my mom and going to the library. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Communications, I went into public relations and spent many days writing nonfiction business articles when what I really wanted to do was write novels.

I wrote my first novel in my late twenties and was lucky enough to have it published two years later. A career in traditional publishing followed as I published books with Harper Collins, Penguin, Simon and Schuster and Harlequin.

In 2011 I decided it was time to start publishing my own books. The digital revolution had made that possible with retailers like Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Google and Kobo opening their doors to authors. I formed Fog City Publishing and became my own publisher. It’s been a thrilling ride since then. I've sold over 8 million books since going out on my own. I hit #1 on the NY Times Bestseller List with my novel Summer Secrets and since then twenty-five other titles have hit both the NYT and USA Today Bestseller Lists. In July 2014, I was named the Amazon KDP Bestselling Author of All Time!

On the Web

• Official Website [1]

Books

• All A Heart Needs - 2014
• All She Ever Wanted - 2004
• All The Pretty People - 2022
• All Your Loving - 2014
• Almost Home - 2000
• Always With Me - 2019
• Ask Mariah - 1997
• At Hidden Falls - 2011
• Beautiful Storm - 2015
• Before I Do - 2015
• Between Now And Forever - 2013
• Can't Fight The Moonlight - 2020
• Can't Let Go - 2018
• Closer To You - 2016
• Critical Doubt - 2020
• Cuzzian Horse, The - 2004
• Dangerous Choice - 2019
• Daniel's Gift - 1996
• Daring Deception - 2021
• Desperate Play - 2018
• Devlin - 2019
• Don't Say A Word - 2005
• Dreaming of You - 2019
• Elusive Promise - 2018
• Falling For A Stranger - 2013
• Falling Into You - 2015
• Fatal Betrayal - RS
• Fearless Pursuit - 2020
• Forever Starts Tonight (e) - 2017
• Garden of Secrets - 2011
• Golden Lies - 2004
• If I Didn't Know Better - 2016
• If We Never Met - 2021
• In Shelter Cove - 2010
• Just the Way You Are - 2000
• Just A Wish Away - 2012
• Just One Kiss - 2020
• Kiss Me Forever - 2014
• Last One To Know - 2022
• Lightning Lingers - 2016
• Love Will Find a Way - 2002
• Luke - 2016
• My Wildest Dream - 2019
• Next Time I Fall - 2023
• Nobody But You - 2013
• On A Night Like This - 2012
• On Shadow Beach - 2010
• Once You're Mine - 2017
• One True Love - 1998
• Patrick Michael O'Reilly's 13th Summer - 2007
• Perfect Target - 2022
• Perilous Trust - 2017
• Played - 2006
• Reckless Whisper - 2018
• Risky Bargain - 2021
• Ruthless Cross - 2019
• Ryan's Return - 1996
• Ryder - 2017
• A Secret Wish - 2011
• Secrets We Keep - 2018
• Silent Fall - 2008
• Silent Run - 2008
• So This Is Love - 2013
• Some Kind of Wonderful - 2001
• Somewhere Only We Know - 2015
• Steal My Heart - 2014
• Suddenly One Summer - 2009
• Summer Secrets - 2003
• Summer Rain - 2016
• Sweet Somethings - 2017
• Sweetest Thing, The - 1999
• Take Me Home - 2016
• Taken - 2006
• Tangled Up In You - 2022
• Tender Is the Night - 2016
• That Summer Night - 2014
• Way Back Home, The - 2012
• When Shadows Fall - 2014
• When Wishes Collide - 2012

Series/Related Titles

7 Brides For 7 Brothers (multi-author series)

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7 Brides For 7 Soldiers (multi-author series)

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7 Brides For 7 Blackthornes (multi-author series)

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Angel's Baby

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Bachelors & Bridesmaids

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Deception

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Lightning Strikes

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Off The Grid: FBI

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Sanders Brothers

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Whisper Lake

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Awards

• 2013 RITA Award Winner - Contemporary Single Title, The Way Back Home
• 1997 RITA Award Winner - Contemporary Single Title, Daniel's Gift
• 1996 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Contemporary Novel, Ryan's Return

Recognitions

• 2017 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Romance: Long, Tender Is The Night
• 2012 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, At Hidden Falls
• 2005 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, Golden Lies
• 2002 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, Some Kind Of Wonderful
• 1998 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, Ask Mariah

Awards (body of work)

• 2000 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Contemporary Romance