Mary Balogh

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Mary Balogh grew up in Wales, land of sea and mountains, song and legend. She brought music and a vivid imagination with her when she came to Canada to teach. There she began a second career as a writer of books that always end happily and always celebrate the power of love.
There are over four million copies of her Regency romances and historical romances in print

On the Web

Mary Balogh

Bibliography

Books in chronological Order

Novellas

Series/Related Titles

William Mainwaring is the rejected suitor of the heroine in A Chance Encounter; he is the hero of The Wood Nymph

Lord Edmond Waite is the villain of The Trysting Place; Mary Gregg, Lady Mornington, is a minor love interest of the hero in A Counterfeit Betrothal. Edmond and Mary are hero and heroine of The Notorious Rake.

Sir Gerald Stapleton is the hero's friend in The Ideal Wife. He is the hero of A Precious Jewel. The heroine of A Christmas Bride, Helena, Lady Stapleton, is the villainess of A Precious Jewel and stepmother of its hero.

Freddie Sullivan is the villain of Courting Julia; he is the hero of Dancing with Clara. Harriet Pope is Clara's companion and friend in Dancing with Clara; Lord Archibald Vinney is Freddie's friend. Archie and Harriet are hero and heroine of Tempting Harriet.

Many of the same characters appear and reappear in Dark Angel, Lord Carew's Bride, The Famous Heroine, and The Plumed Bonnet, sometimes as minor characters, sometimes as heroes and heroines. The hero of A Christmas Bride, Edgar Downes, is the brother of the heroine of The Famous Heroine and has connections with all the other main characters in that series.

Lady Emily Marlowe is the young deaf mute sister of the heroine in Heartless; Lord Ashley Kendrick is the younger brother of the hero. Ashley and Emily are hero and heroine of Silent Melody.

Indiscreet, Unforgiven, and Irresistible tell the love stories of four close friends and former cavalry officers in the Napoleonic Wars. Two of their stories are combined, one in the main plot, the other in a sub-plot, in Irresistible.

Lord Ferdinand Dudley is the younger brother of the hero in More than a Mistress. He is the hero of No Man's Mistress.

Web Series

  1. The Gilded Web - 1989 (Edmund Raine, Earl of Amberly & Alexandra Purnell)
  2. Web of Love - 1990 (Lieutenant Dominic Raine, Lord Eden & Ellen Simpson)
  3. The Devil's Web - 1990 (James Purnell & Madeline Raine)

The Series is a trilogy. The books tell the love stories of two brothers and a sister. A Promise of Spring is a spin-off of the first book. Sir Perry Lampman and his wife, ten years his senior, were minor characters in the trilogy.

Slightly Series (aka Bedwyn Series)

  • One Night for Love - 1999 (introduces Lauren Edgeworth, heroine of A Summer to Remember)
  • A Summer to Remember - 2003 (introduces Sydnam Butler, hero of Simply Love, Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, hero of Simply Magic", and the Bedwyns)
  1. Slightly Married - 2003 (Aidan Bedwyn's story)
  2. Slightly Wicked - 2003 (Rannulf Bedwyn's story)
  3. Slightly Scandalous - 2003 (Freyja Bedwyn's story)
  4. Slightly Tempted - 2003 (Morgan Bedwyn's story)
  5. Slightly Sinful- 2004 (Alleyne Bedwyn's story)
  6. Slightly Dangerous - 2005 (Wulfric Bedwyn's story)

Simply Series (aka Miss Martin's School for Girls in Bath)

  • A Summer to Remember - 2003 (introduces Sydnam Butler, hero of Simply Love, Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, hero of Simply Magic", and the Bedwyns)
  1. Simply Unforgettable - 2006 (Lucius Marshall, Earl of Edgecombe & Frances Allard
  • Simply Love - 2006
  • Simply Magic - 2007
  • Simply Perfect - 2008

Honours

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