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

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

• Note: The German translation was published that year.

Series

From 1979 to 1982 Warner published 21 paperback titles in the Warner Library of Caroline Courtney Romance.

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 Honor, 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

Stories by Caroline Courtney were very popular in Germany. Apart from the 25 novels listed above 11 more titles were released, supposedly written by her:

• From 1985 to 1988 translations of the six titles by Leonora Blythe were published under the name Caroline Courtney. Leonora Blythe is a pseudonym for Leonora Burton.
• 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. Daphne Woodward is a pseudonym for Leonora Burton.
• 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.