Linda Sole (born 1950 in
Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is an awarded and prolific British writer of
romance and
suspense novels since 1980, she also writes under the pseudonyms of Lynn Granville, Anne Herries, Emma Quincey, Cathy Sharp, Rosie Clarke
and Juliana Linden. In 2004, her novel A Damnable Rogue won the
Love Story of the Year Award by the
Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]
Biography
Linda M. Sole was born on 1950 in
Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK,[2] the daughter of a schoolteacher and a ladies hairdresser.[3] At 9, her family moved to Ely in
Cambridgeshire, where she attended the local school.[2] After leaving High School at 15, she worked as a hairdresser in her father's business until she married at 18. She worked in her husband's antique shop, where she combined her job with writing since 1976.
Sole sold her first novel in 1979 at
Robert Hale, she published four novels under the pseudonym of Lynn Granville .[3] She published her first novels as Anne Herries at
Mills & Boon, now also wrote at
Severn House under this pseudonym and under her real name Linda Sole. She also published a novel under the pseudonym of Juliana Linden, and two gothic novels under the pseudonym of Emma Quincey.
Sole and her husband, continued living in Cambridgeshire, with a second home in
Norfolk, during years they spend their holidays in Spain.
Bibliography
As Lynn Granville
Single novels
The Witch Child (1980)
Bitter Sweet (1981)
Dark Blows the Wind (1984)
Pagan Fires (1984)
As Anne Herries
Single novels
Devil's Kin (1981)
The Wolf of Alvar (1983)
Beware the Conqueror (1985)
Demon's Woman (1985)
Raphael (1986)
The Wild Heart (1986)
The Flame and the Sword (1987)
The Spanish Witch (1987)
The Sleeping Demon (1987)
The Devil's Mercenary (1988)
For Love and Liberty (1988)
Rosanna and the Rake (1988)
The Marriage Chests (1993)
An Ideal Match (1998)
Satan's Mark (2000)
A Matter of Honour (2000)
The Most Precious Gift (2000)
Racing Hearts (2000)
Rosalyn and the Scoundrel (2001)
Sara's Secret (2001)
The Abducted Bride (2001)
A Spanish Practice (2001)
Captive of the Harem (2002)
The Sheikh (2002)
A Damnable Rogue (2003)
A Wicked Wench (2004)
Milady's Revenge (2004)
My Lady, My Love (2005)
Ransom Bride (2005)
The Unknown Heir (2008)
The Homeless Heiress (2008)
The Rake's Rebellious Lady (2008)
The Pirate's Willing Captive (2010)
Bought for the Harem (2011)
A Stranger's Touch (2012)
The Steepwood Scandal Series Multi-Author
1. Lord Ravensden's Marriage (2001)
9. Counterfeit Earl (2002)
The Elizabethan Season Series Multi-Author
2. The Adventurer's Wife (2004)
3. Lady in Waiting (2004)
Banewulf Dynasty
A Perfect Knight (2005)
A Knight of Honour (2005) aka A Knight of Honor (US title)