Kasey Michaels

Biography

Kasey Michaels is the author of over 85 novels and has appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her novel The Lurid Lady Of Lockport won the first-ever Golden Medallion in the Regency category.

Kasey Michaels has written in a variety of romance genres, starting in the Regency realm before moving to longer historical romances. She has also branched out to contemporary suspense titles. In 1985, Kasey Michaels won the first-ever Golden Medallion in the Regency Category. In addition to winning a RITA, she has earned Career Achievement Awards and is a member of the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll.

A versatile author, Michaels originally made her mark writing her "alphabet series" of Regency romances. Later, she turned her wicked sense of humor on the romance industry with her Maggie Kelly romantic suspense series. In that series, former romance author Maggie Kelly deals with the complications of a dashing Regency-era sleuth come to life. While offering a glimpse into the world of authors, the novels also skewer some of the more outlandish aspects of romance genre organizations and conferences.

As an author for Harlequin American Romance, Kasey Michaels published two books. She wrote 19 novels for the Silhouette Romance imprintShe has also written for Avon, HQN, Silhouette Romance, Dell, Warner, and Zebra. Many of her early titles have been reissued under the HQN imprint.

Books

Titles in Alphabetical Order

• Anonymous Miss Addams, The - Harlequin - March 2002
• Bachelor On The Prowl - November 2001 (Silhouette Romance #1552) (also reissued by Silhouette Special Releases November 2006)
• Be My Baby Tonight - Zebra - June 2002
• Becket's Last Stand - HQN - November 2007
• Beleaguered Lord Bourne, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Beloved Wolf (Book I of The Coltons series) - Silhouette - June 2001
• Beware Of Virtuous Women - HQN - May 2006
• Bowled Over - Kensington - November 2007
• Bride Of The Unicorn, The - HQN - August 2007 (reissue)
• Butler Did It, The - HQN - September 2004
• Carried Away: Logan Assents - April 2000 (Silhouette Romance #1438)
• Chaotic Miss Crispino, The - Harlequin - March 2002
• Come Near Me - Warner - February 2000
• Compliments Of The Groom - November 1987 (Silhouette Romance #542)
• Dad Next Door, The - October 1995 (Silhouette Romance #1108)
• Dangerous Debutante, The - HQN - April 2006
• Dubious Miss Dalrymple, The - Harlequin, March 2002
• Enterprising Lord Edward, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Escapade - Warner - August 1999
• Everything's Coming Up Rosie - HQN - September 2006
• Gentleman By Any Other Name, A - HQN - March 2006
• High Heels And Holidays - Kensington - hardcover October 2006, paperback October 2007
• High Heels And Homicide - Kensington - December 2005
• His Chariot Awaits - February 1990 (Silhouette Romance #701)
• His Innocent Temptress - Harlequin American Romance #869 - April 2001
• Hopechesst Bride, The (Book XII in The Coltons series) - Silhouette - May 2002
• Indiscreet - Warner - October 1998
• Jessie's Expecting - October 2000 (Silhouette Romance #1475)
• Kissing Game, The - Warner Forever - January 2003
• Lion On The Prowl - August 1991 (Silhouette Romance #808)
• Love To Love You Baby - Zebra - November 2001
• Lurid Lady Of Lockport - 1984
• Maggie By The Book - Kensington - August 2003
• Maggie Needs An Alibi - Kensington - July 2002
• Maggie Without A Clue - Kensington - August 2004
• Maggie's Miscellany - November 1984 (Silhouette Romance #331)
• Marriage In A Suitcase - July 1993 (Silhouette Romance #949)
• Marrying Maddy - September 2000 (Silhouette Romance #1469)
• McCallum Quintuplets: Great Expectations, The - #909 - February 2002
• Most Unsuitable Groom, A - HQN - April 2007
• Out Of The Blue - 1992, (Dell)
• Passion Of An Angel, The - HQN - August 2007 (reissue)
• Popcorn And Kisses - April 1988 (Silhouette Romance #572)
• Prenuptial Agreement - November 1992 (Silhouette Romance #898)
• Questioning Miss Quinton, The - Harlequin, March 2002
• Raffling Ryan - November 2000 (Silhouette Romance #1481)
• Raven's Assignment, The - September 2002 (Silhouette Romance #1613)
• Reckless Beauty, A - HQN - September 2007
• Return Of The Prodigal, The - HQN - October 2007
• Romeo In The Rain - September 1990 (Silhouette Romance #743)
• Ruthless Lord Rule, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Secrets Of The Heart, The - HQN - August 2007 (reissue)
• Shall We Dance? - HQN - March 2005
• Someone To Love - Warner - April 2001
• Stuck In Shangri-La - HQN - November 2005
• Sydney's Folly - December 1991 (Silhouette Romance #834)
• Toplofty Lord Thorpe, The - Harlequin - November 2002
• Then Comes Marriage - Warner - January 2002
• Timely Matrimony - September 1994 (Silhouette Romance #1030)
• This Can't Be Love - Zebra - March 2004
• This Must Be Love - Zebra - February 2003
• To Marry At Christmas - December 1988 (Silhouette Romance #616)
• Too Good To Be True - Zebra - February 2001
• Uncle Daddy - February 1993 (Silhouette Romance #916)
• Waiting For You - Warner - October 2000

Anthologies

• Heir To The Throne (with Carolyn Davidson) - Harlequin - December 2002
• The Wedding Chase (with Gayle Wilson and Lyn Stone) - Harlequin - June 2003

Titles By Series

The Beckets of Romney Marsh Saga:

• A Gentleman By Any Other Name - HQN, March 2006
• The Dangerous Debutante - HQN, April 2006
• Beware Of Virtuous Women - HQN, May 2006
• A Most Unsuitable Groom - HQN, April 2007
• A Reckless Beauty - HQN, September 2007
• Return Of The Prodigal - HQN, October 2007
• Becket's Last Stand - HQN, November 2007

The Maggie Kelly series:

• Maggie Needs An Alibi - Kensington - July 2002
• Maggie By The Book - Kensington - August 2003
• Maggie Without A Clue - Kensington - August 2004
• High Heels And Homicide - Kensington - December 2005
• High Heels And Holidays - Kensington - hardcover October 2006, paperback October 2007
• Bowled Over - Kensington - November 2007

Awards/Nominations

• Golden Medallion - Regency category for The Lurid Lady Of Lockport.
• This Must Be Love named Best Contemporary Romance of 2003 by Romance Reviews Today
• 2005 RITA Award finalist, single title contemporary category for This Can't Be Love
• A Gentleman By Any Other Named selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the 100 best books of the year for 2006

On the Web

• Kasey Michaels - Official website
• Kasey Michaels - Interview at the Internet Writing Journal