Merline Lovelace

Merline Lovelace started writing fiction after retiring from her first career: United States Air Force colonel. The Oklahoma-based author has traveled the world, and uses her extensive military background in her stories. Lovelace, whose father was in the Air Force, did a tour of duty in Vietnam. She is an award-winning author and is a member of the Oklahoma Romance Writers, a chapter of the Romance Writers of America, and the Romance Veterans.

Merline Lovelace won the 2001 RITA® in the Romantic Novella category for "Final Approach To Forever". She was a 2008 RITA® in the RITA®: Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure category for her novel Stranded With A Spy.

Books

• 14th...And Forever, The - February 1997, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Alena - May 1994, Harlequin Historical
• Bits And Pieces - January 1993, Kismet
• Closer Encounters - November 2006, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Cowboy And The Cossack, The - August 1995, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Devlin And The Deep Blue Sea - May 2006, Silhouette Desire
• Diamonds Can Be Deadly - April 2006, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Dreams And Schemes - August 1994, Silhouette Desire
• Ex Marks The Spot - April 2007, Harlequin Next
• Full Throttle - January 2004, Silhouette Desire
• Halloween Honeymoon - October 1996, Silhouette Desire
• Harder They Fall, The - 2000, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Hot As Ice - February 2002, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• If A Man Answers - September 1998, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Lady Of The Upper Kingdom
• Man Of His Word, A - July 1999, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Match Play - February 2008, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• The Mercenary And The New Mom - February 1999, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Mind Games - April 2008, Silhouette Nocturne
• Mistaken Identity - February 2000, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Night Of The Jaguar - May 1995,
• Perfect Double - February 1996, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Question Of Intent, A - November 2003, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Return To Sender - July 1998, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Right Stuff, The - March 2004, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Risky Business - January 2008, Harlequin Next
• Siren's Call - 1994, Harlequin Historical
• Somewhere In Time - September 1994, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Spy Who Loved Him, The - January 2001, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Stranded With A Spy - October 2007, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Sweet Song Of Love - July 1994, Harlequin Historical
• Texas Hero - August 2002, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Texas...Now And Forever - May 2003, Lone Star Country Club
• To Love A Thief - 2003, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Twice In A Lifetime - April 2001, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Undercover Groom - June 1999, Silhouette Desire
• Undercover Man - October 1995, Silhouette Intimate Moments
• Wrong Bride, Right Groom - November 1996, Silhouette Desire

Novellas

• "Final Approach to Forever", Once Upon A Dream - 2000

Honors

• 2001 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Series Romantic Adventure
• 2001 RITA® in the Romantic Novella category for "Final Approach To Forever"
• 2008 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure category for her novel Stranded With A Spy
• University of Oklahoma "Writer of the Year"
• Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year

On the Web

• Merline Lovelace Official Website
• Merline Lovelace Author Talk 17 - Merline Lovelace braves the AuthorTalk inquisition to talk about her novels The Hello Girl and The Executive's Valentine Seduction (January 2009)
• Interview with Merline Lovelace - All About Romance (1996)