Anne Herries
Personal Information
Description
Linda Sole was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, the daughter of a schoolteacher and a ladies hairdresser who, after leaving high school at 15, worked in her father’s shop until she married. She ran her own hairdressing salon for a while, then gave it up to write and help her husband run his antique business. Her first success came in 1979 when, writing as Lynn Granville, she was accepted by Robert Hale. Success with Mills & Boon came soon after and Devil's Kin was published in 1981 as Anne Herries. She wrote 12 books for Mills & Boon before trying her hand at mainstream fiction. She has now written several books under her own name of Linda Sole and other pseudonyms. However, Mills & Boon remains one of her favorite publishers because of the friendly family atmosphere. She decided to write for them again while continuing her other work — it's a busy life, but fulfilling! Writing has always been a pleasure and is a dream come true for her. Living in Cambridgeshire, she is happily married and enjoys many other things in the company of her husband. Her main interests apart from writing are watching good films and reading other authors; also walking in the sun and swimming — mostly in Spain because it's warmer. Her main love, apart from her husband and writing, is for animals and birds. She loves feeding the squirrels that come regularly to her garden, as well as many varieties of birds — and even foxes during the recent bad weather. She says happiness comes from enjoying the good things around us.
Books
Forbidden love
An enormous fortune would be hers on day. Melina was grateful that her grandfather, a Greek shipping magnate, had chosen her as his heir. Yet there was one issue that she hotly disputed with him: the question of whom she would marry. She wanted only one man -- Anthony Seaton, a fiery individual who lived on a neighboring island ... and who'd been haunted by his wife's tragic death until he met Melina. Together they were caught up in a swirl of passion. But their happiness was soon cut short. Because someone was aiming to destroy the shipping empire -- and its only heir, Melina.
Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride (Civil War Brides) "Do we marry or not, Caroline Holt?" It occurred to Caroline that everyone in her small North Carolina community accepted the obvious reason for her agreeing to marry Frederich Graeber. She was pregnant, and the real father of her baby was unwilling. She was due in a few short months. Her unborn child would have everything to gain by Caroline making the strong, silent farmer her husband. The Marriage Pledge "If you marry me, then the child will be mine." With Frederich's words ringing in her ears, Caroline made her decision. She'd become his bartered bride...and risk giving this enigmatic stranger her heart free.
A Matter of Honour
He should never have opened the envelope... Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father's will, aware that the results can only be pitiful. The Colonel, after all, had nothing to leave - except a letter he had never opened himself, a letter Adam fears can only bring further disgrace to the family name. Against his mother's wishes, Adam opens the letter, and immediately realizes his life can never be the same again. The contents leave him with no choice but to follow a course his father would have described as 'A Matter of Honour'. 'Probably the greatest storyteller of our age' - "Mail On Sunday".
Love and war
An Improper Companion
Daniel, Earl of Cavendish, finds the frivolity of the ton dull after the adventures and hardship of the Peninsular War. But boredom rapidly disappears when he's drawn into the mystery surrounding the abduction of gently bred girls. His investigation endangers his mother's new companion, Miss Elizabeth Travers. Although she is tainted by scandal, her cool and collected response commands Daniel's respect--while her beauty demands so much more.
Married by Christmas
Josephine Horne ignores convention. She never intends to marry, so why should she be hedged about with rules? When loyalty to a friend demands Jo risk her own reputation, she doesn't hesitate. Then she meets handsome Harry Beverley, and her ideas about marriage begin to change....Hal must marry for duty, and already has a respectable bride in mind. His attraction to the unruly, rebellious Miss Horne is ridiculous! Both Hal and Jo have a lesson to learn-and Christmas is the season of forgiveness and love!
Fugitive Countess
Young widow Marietta de Montcrief is fleeing for her life, with the accusation of murder and witchcraft hanging over her head. Innocent of any crime, she must protect the birthright of her infant son. It's not the first time dashing knight Anton of Gifford has rescued Marietta. But gone is the carefree youth who first stirred her senses.... With their enemies closing in, Anton will save Marietta—only this time he won't lose his head, or his heart, over the fugitive countess....
The Spanish Witch
SHE WAS SPANIARD… AND BEYOND HIS REACH When Doña Magdalena de Ortega was summoned to take her place next to Nicholas Tregarron, Queen Elizabeth's envoy, at dinner with King Phillip of Spain, little did she guess that her days of innocence were numbered. Soon she would be caught up in the nightmare of the Inquisition. For Magdalena's proud beauty bewitched men first her cousin's fiancé, then the sinister black robed priest, Father Ludovic and she stood accused of witchcraft and heresy. One man was prepared to save her. For her sake, Tregarron would disobey his Queen and become an outcast from his own country. What would he demand in return? And, when Doña Magadalena learnt the true nature of his mission, would she turn from him in hatred?
The Rake's Rebellious Lady
18 year old Caroline can't imagine settling into a dull, respectable marriage. Her zest for life and alluring innocence draw the attention of 28 year old Sir Rathbone -- who is far from dull! But should she resist the attentions of the most sought-after bachelor in town?
A stranger's touch
Cindy Masters had been content to withdraw to her grandfather's farm in England and care for her cousins--anything to escape getting caught up in her mother's promiscuous bet-setting world. But her peace of mind was short-lived once a foreign correspondent moved into the village Saul Gonzago seemed brash and insensitive. Yet he aroused feelings that Cindy found distinctly threatening. Torn by her reaction to him and her fear of becoming like her mother, Cindy beat a hasty retreat to Venice, never thinking that Saul would follow her--as if to prove there were no escaping the stranger's touch.
Rosalyn and the Scoundrel
Miss Rosalyn Eastleigh was far from being the spinterish old maid Damian Wrexham, Earl Marlowe, had been expecting. Admittedly, she was tall and capable. rather than petite and fragile, but this had appeal to a man who refused to bow to convention. Rosalyn, with her quick wit and rebellious spirit, yearned for adventure beyond the narrow confines of Society life. She was irresistibly drawn to her mysterious neighbour, knowing he could severely damage her reputation. How much was she prepared to sacrifice to find love?