Caroline Courtney

Caroline Courtney is a pen name used by Penelope Jones Halsall - aka Penny Jordan - to sign Regency novels from 1979 to 1983. Penny Halsall entered a competition run by The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA). Although she didn't win, an agent, who was looking for a new-style Georgette Heyer, contacted the RNA. In 1979 she published Duchess In Disguise, her first novels as Caroline Courtney and wrote 25 Regency Romances. She was advertised as The New Mistress of Regency Romance in the UK, England's New Mistress of Regency Romance in US and The New Georgette Heyer in Germany.

See Also

• Penny Jordan
• Melinda Wright
• Lydia Hitchcock
• Annie Groves
• her biography at Penelope Jones Halsall

Bibliography

#9, 1980, Warner

• Abandoned For Love - February 1981 (Warner)
• Conspiracy Of Kisses - ~1983 (see Note)
• Courier Of Love, The - 1982 ((Arlington Books), HC
• Dangerous Engagement - November 1979 (Warner)
• Daring Heart, The - June 1982 (Warner)
• Destiny's Duchess - August 1981 (Warner)
• Dual Enchantment - ~1983 (see Note)
• Duchess In Disguise March 1979 (Arlington Books), HC
• Forbidden Love - 1980 (Arlington Books), HC
• Fortunes Of Love, The - 1980 ((Arlington Books), HC
• Guardian Of The Heart October 1979 (Warner)
• Heart Of Honour - 1980 (Arlington Books), HC
• Hearts Or Diamonds - ~1983 (see Note)
• Libertine In Love - 1980 (Arlington Books), HC
• Love In Waiting - 1982 (Arlington Books), HC
• Love Of My Life June 1981 (Warner)
• Love Triumphant - 1980 (Arlington Books), HC
• Love Unmasked - 1979 (Arlington Books), HC
• Love's Masquerade 1979 (Arlington Books), HC
• Lover's Victory, A - 1981 (Arlington Books), HC
• Masquerading Heart, The - 1981 (Arlington Books), HC
• Prisoner Of Passion ~1983 (see Note)
• Romantic Rival, The September 1980 (Warner)
• Tempestuous Affair, The - April 1981 (Warner)
• Wager For Love, A - 1979 (Arlington Books), HC

• Note: The German translation was published in that year.

Series

#4, 1981, Corgi

From 1979 to 1982 Warner published 21 paperback titles in the Warner Library of Caroline Courtney Romance in the US. In the UK 9 titles of the series was released by Corgi in 1981 and 1982.

1. Duchess In Disguise, June 1979
2. A Wager For Love, June 1979
3. Love Unmasked, October 1979
4. Guardian Of The Heart, October 1979
5. Dangerous Engagement, November 1979
6. The Fortunes Of Love, January 1980
7. Love's Masquerade, February 1980
8. Love Triumphant, March 1980
9. Heart Of Honour, June 1980
10. Libertine In Love, August 1980
11. The Romantic Rivals, September 1980
12. Forbidden Love, December 1980
13. Abandoned For Love, February 1981
14. The Tempestuous Affair, April 1981
15. Love Of My Life, June 1981
16. Destiny's Duchess, August 1981
17. A Lover's Victory, September 1981
18. The Masquerading Heart, December 1981
19. The Courier Of Love, February 1982
20. Love In Waiting, April 1982
21. The Daring Heart, June 1982

The Name Caroline Courtney in Germany

• From 1985 to 1988 translations of the six titles by Leonora Blythe - 4 of the Coventry Romance imprint and 2 from Fawcett - were published under the name Caroline Courtney. Arlington Books were given as holder of the Copyright © for Carolina.
• In 1988 a translation of Intriguing Lady by Daphne Woodward, #45 of the Second Chance At Love imprint, was published under the name Caroline Courtney.
• From 1987 to 1991 four more translated novels were published under the name Caroline Courtney. The original titles were named Antonia, Beth, Fiona and Morgana. The last book was first published in the US - the German publishers distinguish a translation "aus dem Englischen" - which means the UK - from "aus dem Amerikanischen" - which means the US.