Jo Beverley

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Jo Beverley (Mary Josephine Dunn) was born 22 September 1947 in Lancashire, England, UK. At the age of eleven she went to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool. At sixteen, she wrote her first romance, with a medieval setting, completed in installments in an exercise book. From 1966 to 1970, she obtained a degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire, where she met her future husband, Ken Beverley. After graduation, they married on June 24, 1971. She quickly attained a position as a youth employment officer until 1976, working first in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and then in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

In 1976, her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When her professional qualifications proved not to be usable in the Canadian labour market, she raised their two sons and started to write her first romances.

Moved to Ottawa, in 1985 she became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association, that her “nurturing community” for the next twelve years. The same year, she completed a regency romance, but it was promptly rejected by a number of publishers, and she settled more earnestly to learning the craft. In 1988, it sold to Walker, and was published as "Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed". She regularly appears on bestseller lists including the USA Today overall bestseller list, the New York Times, and and the Publishers Weekly list. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden Leaf, the Award of Excellence, the National Readers Choice, and a two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. She is also a five time winner of the RITA, the top award of the Romance Writers Of America, and a member of their Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.

Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.

On the Web

  • Official Website [1]
  • Wikipedia [2]

Books

Series/Related Titles

Company of Rogues The world of the Company of Rogues is set in Regency England. The Rogues met at school, and have been friends since then. Some of these books are about people related to the Rogues.

1. An Arranged Marriage
2. An Unwilling Bride
3. Christmas Angel
4. Forbidden
5. Dangerous Joy
5.5 The Demon's Mistress
6. The Dragon's Bride
7. The Devil's Heiress
8. Hazard
9. St. Raven
10. Skylark
10.5 The Christmas Wedding Gambit
11. The Rogue's Return
12. To Rescue A Rogue
13. Lady Beware
14. A Shocking Delight
15. Too Dangerous For A Lady
16. The Viscount Needs A Wife
17. Merely A Marriage

Lovers & Ladies

1. Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed
2. The Stanforth Secrets
3. The Stolen Bride
3.5 If Fancey Be The Food Of Love...
4. Emily And The Dark Angel
5. The Fortune Hunter
6. Deirdre And Don Juan

Mallorens & Friends Historicals set in the Georgian period -- The Malloren world is ruled over by the oldest brother, the Marquess of Rothgar. The younger siblings are Cynric and Elf (twins), Bryght and Brand.

  1. My Lady Notorious
  2. Tempting Fortune
  3. Something Wicked
  4. Secrets Of The Night
  5. Devilish
  6. Winter Fire
  7. A Most Unsuitable Man
  8. A Lady's Secret
  9. The Secret Wedding
  10. The Secret Duke
  11. An Unlikely Countess
  12. A Scandalous Countess
  13. Seduction In Silk
13.5 Dare To Kiss

Medieval Lords

  1. Lord Of My Heart
  2. Dark Champion
  3. The Shattered Rose
  4. Lord Of Midnight

Rakes Trilogy (Malloren connection)

  1. A Lady's Secret
  2. The Secret Wedding
  3. The Secret Duke

Three Countesses (Malloren connection)

  1. An Unlikely Countess
  2. A Scandalous Countess
  3. Seduction In Silk

Three Heroes

  1. The Demon's Mistress
  2. The Dragon's Bride
  3. The Devil's Heiress

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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