Kay Thorpe
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Kay Thorpe was born on 1935 in England. An avid reader from the time when words on paper began to make sense, she developed a lively imagination of her own, making up stories for the entertainment of her young friends. After leaving school, she tried a variety of jobs, including dental nursing, and a spell in the Women's Royal Airforce from which she emerged knowing a whole lot more about life - if only as an observer. In 1960, she married with Tony, but didn't begin thinking about trying her hand at writing for a living until she gave up work some four years later to have a baby, John. Having read Mills & Boon novels herself, and done some market research in the local library asking readers what it was they particularly liked about the books, she decided to aim for a particular market, and was fortunate to have her very first, completed manuscript accepted - The Last of the Mallorys, published in 1968. Since then she has written over seventy five books, which doesn't begin to compare with the output of some Mills & Boon authors, but still leaves her wondering where all those words came from. Sometimes, she finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainly: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!" Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Mills & Boon authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books. Kay now lives on the outskirts of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, along with husband, Tony, and a huge tabby cat called Mad Max her one son having flown the coop. Some day she'll think about retiring, but not yet awhile.
Books
Night of Error
A husband was the last thing she wanted. In fact, marriage wasn't even on Lian Downing's agenda. She'd come to ask for financial assistance--she needed the money to help raise her son. Bryn Thornley, however, was insisting on claiming his rights to their child. He left her no choice but to fall in with his plans--and marriage was what he was offering. For Jonathan's sake Lian finally agreed; and she knew there'd be no going back. But adjusting to the disturbing stranger who was now her husband was more heart-wrenching than she'd ever imagined.
Sugar cane harvest
Tessa Wright's carefree existence in her Caribbean home was threatened by the news that Bryn Marshall was coming back. Their relationship had always been uneasy, and she had little hope that it might change. For he seemed no more interested in her now than he had been all those years ago.
An apple in Eden
When Eve's flighty young sister got engaged to an unknown Spaniard over in the Canary Islands, Eve thought she ought to go there herself and investigate the matter, and find out what this Juan Perestrello was like. She found, for a start, that he had a twin brother, Ramon.
The Billion-Dollar Bride
She's fallen in love with her husband! Gina Saxton has inherited a huge fortune—on one condition: she must wed the heir to the other fifty percent—arrogant Ross Harlow! However, Ross has a suggestion to make: become his billion-dollar bride for one year, no strings attached. Easy enough—until Gina realizes that her convenient husband finds her hard to resist and she's falling in love with him! But Ross won't let Gina go—he insists they act on the passion simmering between them—and turn their fake merger into a marriage in every sense!
Intimate Deception
"I'm not interested in acquiring a full-time wife:" That's what Ryan Bentley told Kimberly Anderson--but it didn't stop him from pressuring her into playing the part in a complicated masquerade to fool his family. In London it had all seemed so simple, but once in Canada, the picture changed completely. And suddenly, Kim wasn't sure what her feelings for Ryan really were.
Wild streak
When Professor Jake Rothman refused to allow Karen to accompany the all-male television documentary crew on what she knew could possibly be the most exciting expedition of her film career, her blood boiled! The fact that desire flowed between them like an electric current didn't help matters. — But Karen refused to sacrifice her career to some outdated macho notions. So when she defied orders and joined the crew deep in the Guatemalan jungle no one doubted her determination. But now she had to meet the challenges of one of nature's most devastating forces...Jake Rothman.
Land of Illusion
They were alone in the world... The night Ross rescued her, Nicola knew that naivete had caused her abduction. Furthermore, it was self-doubt about her acting ability that had made her accept a nanny position in the middle of a Venezualan jungle in the first place. As for Ross King, her extraordinary hero--Hollywood's hottest director--even being falsely accused in the death of his ex-wife wasn't reason to hide his talents in this isolated backwater. And Nicola, despite Ross's bitter shell, just couldn't bear to leave him alone -- whether he liked it or not!
Floodtide
Born in a shack on Natchez-Under-the-Hill, the abode of cutthroats, thieves, brawling river men and ladies of easy virtue, Ross Pary has but one goal: to reach Natchez-on-the Hill,where gentlemen planters lived a life of graciousness and ease in their portico-ed mansions. Yet, he loves a woman from Cuba enough to invade her country to in a desperate search to find her. Floodtide dramatizes Ross Pary's struggle for social acceptance despite his the passions and tangled loves. It is the story of a chivalrous South overreaching itself for an overseas slave empire in the floodtide of its declining fortunes in the lush decade prior to the Civil War.
Virgin Mistress
The older man... Erin had fallen in lust with Nick Carson the moment she'd set eyes on him. She knew he wanted her, too, even if he did seem to regard her feelings as little more than infatuation. Nick claimed he liked his women older, more experienced. But was the fifteen-year age gap really the problem? Or was he just too honorable to take her virginity? At least, before marriage....
Master of Morley
It was curiosity about her long-lost distant cousins that had led Jessica to get a job at Morley, their imposing mansion in Yorkshire. Leo, the younger one, was charming and friendly — but, ironically, it was with the master of Morley himself, Craig Stafford, that she fell in love, and when he asked her to marry him she promptly accepted. Yet Craig made it plain that he was marrying not for love but because he wanted a son. But in that case, why on earth hadn't he proposed to Caroline Paige instead?
The Alpha Man
DESTINATION: GREECE ATTRACTIONS: THE ACROPOLIS, THE ISLANDS -- AND ALEXIS THEODOROU Zoe had been told that Greek men's attitudes could be rather traditional, but Alexis Theodorou's ideas were positively archaic. Especially when it came to Sofia, his younger sister. As Sofia's companion, Zoe couldn't help but be appalled by Alexis's possessiveness. As a woman, she couldn't help but be intrigued...
Tokyo Tryst
Alex had dropped Greg Wilde, a successful London photographer, from her life two years earlier. She'd believed he had been unfaithful. Now on assignment with him in Japan, she discovered she'd been wrong--she'd let foolish pride rule her heart. — No more, Alex decided. But her decision came too late. While Greg still desired her, he seemed to hold everything else about her in contempt. And it was heartbreakingly obvious to Alex he felt quite differently about the beautiful Yuki, his sophisticated Japanese "friend."
The Last Of The Mallorys
“Miss Page,” Brent Mallory warned Vanessa when she applied for a job as his secretary at his beautiful home, Raylings Hall, “I don’t think much of women in business. They’re too prone to distraction, rely on instinct rather than common sense, are all too often resentful of any kind of authority . . .” Nevertheless, he had to concede that Vanessa’s qualifications were more than ample for the job - but he was right when he forecast that she might be “prone to distraction” - for she soon realised that the biggest distraction in the job was Brent himself! Brent was convinced that it was his cousin Gerard who was the attraction - and Vanessa decided it was best to let him go on thinking so; for once she met the charming Moya, Vanessa had realised that she would be wasting her time in thinking any more about her employer.
The Italian Match
Gina came to Tuscany to discover her roots, not to gain an Italian husband! But then she met Count Lucius Carendente, the most desirable man she had ever seen! Unable to resist their passion for one another, they spent one glorious night together. And the next morning Lucius informed her that they were to be married! Lucius only intended to make Gina his mistress, until the discovery of her virginity. But he had no reluctance about doing the honorable thing, if it meant Gina would now spend every night in his bed!
Inheritance
Laura Fairchild enters a charmed world when eccentric patriarch Owen Salinger takes her in as his protege and confidante. In the patrician circles of Boston's Beacon Hill, she acquires grace, culture - and a passionate lover in Owen's nephew, Paul. But Owen's death shatters her dreams. Favored in his will, she now faces the wrath of his family, who close ranks against her. Disinherited, Laura vows to recapture all that has been ruthlessly taken away. With brilliance and flair she builds a hotel empire. Yet beneath her successful facade lives the outcast girl, longing for the home and family she has lost. as long-buried secrets rise like threatening clouds, Laura has to fight to regain her love, her family, and to claim her true inheritance!
Double Deception
She was caught up by two lives at once... "Would you do your sister a good turn?" Karen Greer had asked Gail Branstead, the twin she hadn't seen since birth, to step into her shoes for a couple of weeks and experience the exciting life of a model. Had there been anything to the alleged telepathic communication between twins, Gail would have sensed danger. But then, she wouldn't have met Luke Prentis--nor deceived him, either. She appealed to Luke--on two entirely different levels, as two different women: the uninhibited siren and the gentle woman he loved.
Worlds Apart
When a member of the Space Police inadvertently slips into a parallel world, her partner and husband attempt to bring her back.