Anne McAllister
Barbara Schenck was born in California, but spent time on her grandparents' ranch in Colorado and visiting relatives in Montana. She met her husband through her job at a university library, and they have been married for over thirty years. The couple have four children. They live in Iowa but spends much time in Montana.
McAllister holds a master's degree in theology. Before she began writing, she held jobs as a Spanish teacher, copyediting textbooks, and ghostwriting sermons.[1] Her novels have been published in the Harlequin Presents, Silhouette Desire, Special Edition, and Harlequin American category romance lines. She has twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and has been a finalist an additional seven times. In 2000, she was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award as Series Author of the Year. She has also been awarded several Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards.
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On The Web
Books
- Alexakis Bride, The - 1995
- Antonides' Forbidden Wife - 2008
- Antonides Marriage Deal, The - 2006
- Baby For Christmas, A - 1996
- Body And Soul - 1987
- Boss's Wife For A Week, The - 2007
- Breaking The Greek's Rules - 2012
- Call Up The Wind - 1994
- Catch Me If You Can - 1994
- Chance Of Rainbows, A - 1985
- Cowboy And The Kid, The - 1997
- Cowboy Crashes A Wedding, The - 1999
- Cowboy Finds A Family, The - 2021
- Cowboy For Christmas, A - 1992
- Cowboy On The Run - 1998
- Cowboy Pride - 1997
- Cowboy Steals A Lady, The - 1998
- Cowboy's Christmas Miracle, The - 2002
- Cowboys Don't Cry - 1995
- Cowboys Don't Quit - 1996
- Cowboys Don't Stay - 1996
- Cowboy's Gift, A - 2001
- Cowboy's Promise, A - 2002
- Cowboy's Pursuit, A - 2003
- Cowboy's Secret, A - 2001
- Cowboy's Tears, A - 1997
- Dare To Trust - 1985
- Dream Chasers - 1987
- Eight Second Wedding, The - 1994
- Finn's Twins! - 1997
- Fletcher's Baby - 1998
- Forever Yours - 2016
- Gibson's Girl - 1999
- Gifts Of The Spirit - 1988
- Great Montana Cowboy Auction, The - 2003
- Hired By Her Husband - 2011
- Hitched In Time - 1995
- I Thee Wed - 1991
- Imagine - 1990
- In McGillivray's Bed - 2004
- Inconvenient Bride, The - 2001
- Island Interlude - 1992
- Last Year's Bride - 2014
- Lessons From A Latin Lover - 2005
- Lightning Storm - 1985
- Love Me Always - 2022
- Mackenzie's Baby - 1992
- Marriage Trap, The - 1988
- Marry Sunshine - 1988
- Marry-Go-Round - 1991
- McGillivray's Mistress - 2003
- Miss You More - 2017
- Nathan's Child - 2003
- Night That Changed Everything, The - 2011
- Once A Hero - 1990
- One-Night Love Child - 2008
- One-Night Mistress...Convenient Wife - 2009
- Out Of Bounds - 1991
- Playboy And The Nanny, The - 1999
- Quicksilver Season - 1985
- Return Of Antonides, The - 2015
- Rhys's Redemption - 2000
- Santorini Bride, The - 2007
- Savas' Defiant Mistress - 2009
- Savas's Wildcat - 2012
- Saving Grace - 1989
- Simple Charms - 1993
- Stardust Cowboy, The - 2000
- Starstruck - 1985
- To Tame A Wolf - 1988
- Valentine Charms - 2018
- Virgin's Proposition, The - 2010
Series/Related Titles
Beware Of Greeks!
- The Alexakis Bride
- The Playboy And The Nanny
- The Antonides Marriage Deal
- The Santorini Bride
- The Boss's Wife For A Week
- Antonides' Forbidden Wife
- Savas' Defiant Mistress
- One-Night Mistress...Convenient Wife
- The Virgin's Proposition
- Hired By Her Husband
- The Night That Changed Everything
- Savas's Wildcat
- Breaking The Greek's Rules
- The Return Of Antonides
Code Of The West
- Cowboys Don't Cry
- Cowboys Don't Quit
- Cowboys Don't Stay
- The Cowboy And The Kid
- Cowboy Pride
- A Cowboy's Tears
- The Cowboy Steals A Lady
- The Cowboy Crashes a Wedding
- The Stardust Cowboy
- Cowboy On The Run
- A Cowboy's Secret
- A Cowboy's Gift
- A Cowboy's Promise
- The Great Montana Cowboy Auction
- A Cowboy's Pursuit
- The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle
- One-Night Love Child
Cowboys Of Horse Thief Mountain
From Here To Paternity (multi-author series)
- 7. Finn's Twins
Goin' To The Chapel (multi-author series)
The Great Wedding Giveaway (multi-author series)
Greek Tycoons (multi-author series)
Gull Cottage (multi-author series)
Imagine
In Bed With The Boss (multi-author series)
Man Of The Month (multi-author series)
- 74. Cowboy's Don't Cry
- 91. The Cowboy And The Kid
- 109. The Cowboy Steals A Lady
- 115. The Cowboy Crashes A Wedding
- 126. The Stardust Cowboy
- 136. A Cowboy's Secret
- 157. A Cowboy's Promise
- 163. A Cowboy's Pursuit
McGillvrays Of Pelican Cay
Men Of The Year
Mistress To A Millionaire
Modern-Day Knights
New York! New York!
Quicksilver
- Quicksilver Season
- A Chance Of Rainbows
- Body And Soul
- Marry Sunshine
- Gifts Of The Spirit
- A Cowboy's Promise
Return Of The Rebels
Royal Wedding Invitations
Tall, Dark And Dangerously Sexy
This Time, Forever
Wedlocked!
Awards
- 2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Harlequin Presents, The Virgin's Proposition
- 2000 RITA Award Winner - Short Contemporary Romance, The Stardust Cowboy
- 1997 RITA Award Winner - Short Contemporary Romance, Cowboy Pride
- 1996 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Silhouette Desire, The Cowboy And The Kid
Recognitions
- 2010 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Series Romance, One-Night Mistress...Convenient Wife
- 2009 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Series Romance, Antonides' Forbidden Wife
- 2002 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Series Romance, The Inconvenient Bride
- 2000 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Series Romance, Gibson's Girl
- 1999 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, Cowboy On The Run
- 1998 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Series Romance, Finn's Twins
- 1995 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, The Eight Second Wedding
- 1993 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, Mackenzie's Baby
- 1990 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, Saving Grace
Awards (body of work)
- 2000 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Series Romance Author of the Year
- 1999 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Series Romance
- 2000 Midwest Fiction Writers - Writer of the Year