Miranda Lee
Personal Information
Description
Maureen Mary was born in 1945 at Port Macquarie, a popular seaside town on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the youngest of four children. Her sister was the novelist Wendy Brennan (Emma Darcy). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. When Miranda was ten, her father was transferred to Gosford, another coastal town in the countryside, much closer to Sydney. After leaving her convent school, Miranda briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers. Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. Following this, she attempted greyhound training, as well as horse and goat breeding, but was left dissatisfied. Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does. She died on 13 November 2021, aged 76.
Books
A Kiss to Remember
Nora Simmons experienced her first kiss when she was just ten years old. Ben Hollister was twelve and visiting his grandparents in Nora's hometown, Emmett's Mill. But after that summer--and one very memorable kiss--Ben and Nora didn't see each other again. Until now...Ben, who's become a high-powered lawyer, has inherited his grandparents' rambling old Victorian, which he plans to sell. He needs Nora, the town's best landscaper, to help him get the house in shape.As much as they fight their attraction, it's obvious the sparks are still there. So Nora doesn't understand why Ben wants to leave Emmett's Mill--leave her--again....
De nuevo, el amor
Love, Again tells the story of a 65-year-old woman who falls in love and struggles to maintain her sanity. Widowed for many years, with grown children, Sarah is a writer who works in the theater in London. During the production of a play, she falls in love with a seductive young actor, the beautiful and androgynous 28-year-old Bill, and then with the more mature 35-year-old director Henry. Finding herself in a state of longing and desire that she had thought was the province of younger women, Sarah is compelled to explore and examine her own personal history of love, from her earliest childhood desires to her most recent obsessions. The result is a brilliant anatomy of love from a master of human psychology who remains one of the most daring writers of fiction at work today.
The Guardian's Forbidden Mistress
He couldn't resist her innocence...Nick Coleman was one of Sydney's most eligible billionaires. Love 'em and leave 'em--that was Nick's mantra. But he couldn't do that to Sarah; he had promised he would act as her guardian and protect her. Yet he wanted her, badly... Sarah was soon to claim her inheritance. She'd be a sitting duck to predators looking for a rich, innocent girl. Perhaps it was Nick's responsibility to personally teach her how wicked and seductive a man could be....
Scandals and secrets
Dark secrets, forbidden desires, scandalous discoveries... Our glittering new six-part saga set in Australia continues. This, and every novel in the set, features a gripping romance that stands by itself, as the passions, scandals and hopes that exist between two fabulously rich families are revealed. But you'll also find yourself hooked throughout the series, as Gemma Smith searches for the secret of her true identity and fights for ruthless seducer Nathan Whitmore's love .... Celeste Campbell had lived on her hatred of Byron Whitmore for twenty years. Revenge was sweet--until news reached her that Byron was considering remarriage. Suddenly she found she could no longer deny all those long-buried feelings for him. Worse, she knew she wouldn't stop at desire! Nathan, however, had convinced himself that was exactly where Gemma's feelings for him ended. Though when Gemma overheard him talking with his ex-wife, Lenore, as if they were lovers, she knew for certain just how much she hail always really cared about Nathan ....
Fugitive Bride
Leah was young and innocent when she married Gerard Woodward. The perfect candidate to be seduced by his charm and ambition. Until one night she learned the truth about her husband. Leah fled, fearing that Gerard would do everything to find her and still she would fall back into her arms. Six months later, Leah's worst fear is realised, when she meets her handsome husband again. Only he says he's not Gerard, but Gareth Woodward, Gerard's identical twin brother! (Please don't read the GR reviews, complete spoilers!!)
Master Of Her Virtue
Shy, cautious Violet has always kept herself hidden away from the world. And she's had enough of life in the shadows. Her resolutions? 1. To accept every party invitation going. 2. To find a man who will steer her away from purity. Enter Leo Wolfe: internationally renowned film director who is power, wealth and attraction personified. If there was ever a man to lead Violet from the path of virtue, it's him…. But is Violet ready for where he wants to take her?
Marriage At a Price
Discovering the stud farm she inherited is deeply in debt, a beautiful woman agrees to take on a silent partner. Having this partner’s representative in residence is a challenge, since she can't find the willpower to resist him. But when the bank is ready to foreclose, her silent partner makes his identity known and agrees to cover the loans in exchange for a marriage of convenience and a child.
A Rich Man's Revenge
Dominique, 28, is everything a man could want in a wife and Sydney brewing magnate Charles Brandon, 40, is totally captivated by her charms. So when he discovers that Dominique might have married him for money, Charles is devastated and then angry. However Charles isn't prepared to let go of his new bride just yet -- not until his passion for her has been satiated...and he's exacted his full revenge!