UNITED STATES AUTHOR · GENERAL · FICTION
Also known as: Anna Hudson, Joann Algermissen
Jo Ann Hudson was born on 27 August 1942. She married Henry C. Algermissen, and they had two children, Henry "Hank" Algermissen and Jayne Algermissen. She was educator during years. She wrote as Anne Hudson and as Jo Ann Algermissen over 40 romance novels from 1983 to 1998. She has won three Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards, for her novels I Do?, Marry-Me Christmas, and A Husband for Christmas, and has been nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. She passed away on 20 November 2009 in Texas, USA.
Would you marry me anyway?
Hank Collins was strong, sensitive, handsome--and a carpenter. Construction supervisor Catherine McGillis thought the whole package was terrific. Her family disagreed. Their "baby" should marry a man with more prospects--starchy white-collar prospects. The icy disapproval of Cat's protective parents and four brawny brothers was nearly enough to chill any heated longings. But Hank was a man whose passions burned hot, and he loved the sexy, sensual woman he found beneath capable Cat's coveralls. Still, he had to wonder about the McGillis clan's ambitions for Cat, and her ambitions for herself. In her own way, she was very much a lady--and he was just a carpenter.... Would she marry him anyway?
Husband for Christmas
Love is right around the snowy bend in two classic Diana Palmer Christmas stories. Two unforgettable heroines might just find passion, redemption and happily-ever-after in their stockings this year…. Snow Kisses When former model Abby Shane returns home to the Big Sky country she's always loved, she is a pale shadow of her former self. After what happened to her in New York, she can't let any man touch her again. But Cade McLaren isn't just any man, and in his powerful arms Abby slowly begins to heal. If only his attentions stemmed from love instead of pity. Instead, Abby hungers for that other all-consuming blaze she'd sparked in him one summer night a lifetime ago…. Lionhearted As Christmas approaches in Jacobsville, Texas, starry-eyed debutante Janie Brewster is determined to prove to rancher Leo Hart that she's perfect for him. However, attempting to dazzle the confirmed bachelor with her newly acquired ranching skills only ends up vexing him even further. But wait…is it hot-blooded hunger—and not dark disdain—gleaming in his eyes during those smoldering kisses beneath the mistletoe?