About Robyn Donald
Robyn was born on 1940 in Northland, New Zealand, she was the oldest in her
family, and as a child she thrilled her four sisters and one brother with
bloodcurdling adventure tales, usually very like the latest book she'd
borrowed from the library.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. She was living with her husband and her and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would She please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks one Mills and Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills and Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years She wrote and hoped that one day She'd finish a manuscript good enough to send off.
The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript She was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour him, so She finished it, edited it as best She could, and sent it off. Three months later, She was astounded to read a letter from the editor saying that if She made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu.
Published since 1977, Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing. Robyn Donald sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache. Now Robyn is living in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit, a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labrador dog.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. She was living with her husband and her and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would She please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks one Mills and Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills and Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years She wrote and hoped that one day She'd finish a manuscript good enough to send off.
The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript She was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour him, so She finished it, edited it as best She could, and sent it off. Three months later, She was astounded to read a letter from the editor saying that if She made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu.
Published since 1977, Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing. Robyn Donald sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache. Now Robyn is living in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit, a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labrador dog.
New and Forthcoming Paperbacks
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Series
Royal Weddings
1. The Prince's Pleasure (2002)
2. His Pregnant Princess (2004)
3. By Royal Demand (2006)
1. The Prince's Pleasure (2002)
2. His Pregnant Princess (2004)
3. By Royal Demand (2006)
Novels
Bride at Whangatapu (1977)
Dilemma in Paradise (1978)
Summer at Awakopu (1978)
Shadow of the Past (1979)
Wife in Exchange (1979)
Bay of Stars (1980)
Iceberg (1980)
The Interloper (1981)
The Dark Abyss (1981)
An Old Passion (1982)
Mansion for My Love (1982)
The Gates of Rangitatau (1983)
The Guarded Heart (1983)
Return to Yesterday (1983)
A Durable Fire (1984)
Durable Line (1984)
An Unbreakable Bond (1986)
A Willing Surrender (1986)
Country of the Heart (1987)
A Late Loving (1987)
Smoke in the Wind (1987)
The Sweetest Trap (1988)
A Matter of Will (1989)
No Guarantees (1990)
The Darker Side of Paradise (1990)
A Summer Storm (1990)
No Place Too Far (1990)
Storm Over Paradise (1991)
Once Bitten, Twice Shy (1992)
Such Dark Magic (1993)
Island Enchantment (1993)
Dark Fire (1994)
The Colour of Midnight (1994)
Element of Risk (1994)
Prince of Lies (1995)
Indiscretions (1995)
Tiger, Tiger (1997)
A Forbidden Desire (1997)
Forbidden Pleasure (1998)
The Paternity Affair (1999)
A Reluctant Mistress (1999)
Sanchia's Secret (2000)
The Devil's Bargain (2001)
Wolfe's Temptress (2002)
One Night at Parenga (2002)
The Millionaire's Virgin Mistress (2003)
A Spanish Vengeance (2003)
By Royal Command (2004)
The Billionaire's Passion (2004)
The Rich Man's Royal Mistress (2006)
The Prince's Convenient Bride (2007)
Virgin Bought and Paid for (2007)
His Majestys Mistress (2008)
The Mediterranean Prince's Captive Virgin (2008)
Innocent Mistress, Royal Wife (2008)
Ruthless Billionaire, Inexperienced Mistress (2009)
The Rich Man's Blackmailed Mistress (2009)
Dilemma in Paradise (1978)
Summer at Awakopu (1978)
Shadow of the Past (1979)
Wife in Exchange (1979)
Bay of Stars (1980)
Iceberg (1980)
The Interloper (1981)
The Dark Abyss (1981)
An Old Passion (1982)
Mansion for My Love (1982)
The Gates of Rangitatau (1983)
The Guarded Heart (1983)
Return to Yesterday (1983)
A Durable Fire (1984)
Durable Line (1984)
An Unbreakable Bond (1986)
A Willing Surrender (1986)
Country of the Heart (1987)
A Late Loving (1987)
Smoke in the Wind (1987)
The Sweetest Trap (1988)
A Matter of Will (1989)
No Guarantees (1990)
The Darker Side of Paradise (1990)
A Summer Storm (1990)
No Place Too Far (1990)
Storm Over Paradise (1991)
Once Bitten, Twice Shy (1992)
Such Dark Magic (1993)
Island Enchantment (1993)
Dark Fire (1994)
The Colour of Midnight (1994)
Element of Risk (1994)
Prince of Lies (1995)
Indiscretions (1995)
Tiger, Tiger (1997)
A Forbidden Desire (1997)
Forbidden Pleasure (1998)
The Paternity Affair (1999)
A Reluctant Mistress (1999)
Sanchia's Secret (2000)
The Devil's Bargain (2001)
Wolfe's Temptress (2002)
One Night at Parenga (2002)
The Millionaire's Virgin Mistress (2003)
A Spanish Vengeance (2003)
By Royal Command (2004)
The Billionaire's Passion (2004)
The Rich Man's Royal Mistress (2006)
The Prince's Convenient Bride (2007)
Virgin Bought and Paid for (2007)
His Majestys Mistress (2008)
The Mediterranean Prince's Captive Virgin (2008)
Innocent Mistress, Royal Wife (2008)
Ruthless Billionaire, Inexperienced Mistress (2009)
The Rich Man's Blackmailed Mistress (2009)
Omnibus
Best of Robyn Donald: Summer at Awakopu , Wife in Exchange (1984)
Captive Hearts (1998) (with Lynne Graham and Charlotte Lamb)
His Secret Baby (2004) (with Miranda Lee and Kate Walker)
The Tycoon's Love Child (2005) (with Jacqueline Baird and Anne Mather)
Dark Seductions (2005) (with Sara Craven and Anne Mather)
Mirror Bride / Meant to Marry (2005)
Royal Proposals (2006) (with Marion Lennox and Barbara McMahon)
Bride for a Billionaire (2008) (with Liz Fielding and Carol Marinelli)
Mistress by Persuasion (2008) (with Jessica Steele and Lee Wilkinson)
Raw Silk / Dark Apollo / Dark Fire (2008) (with Sara Craven and Anne Mather)
Pacific Heat / Surrender to Seduction (2008) (with Anne Mather)
One Passionate Night (2008) (with Sandra Field and Miranda Lee)
Captive Hearts (1998) (with Lynne Graham and Charlotte Lamb)
His Secret Baby (2004) (with Miranda Lee and Kate Walker)
The Tycoon's Love Child (2005) (with Jacqueline Baird and Anne Mather)
Dark Seductions (2005) (with Sara Craven and Anne Mather)
Mirror Bride / Meant to Marry (2005)
Royal Proposals (2006) (with Marion Lennox and Barbara McMahon)
Bride for a Billionaire (2008) (with Liz Fielding and Carol Marinelli)
Mistress by Persuasion (2008) (with Jessica Steele and Lee Wilkinson)
Raw Silk / Dark Apollo / Dark Fire (2008) (with Sara Craven and Anne Mather)
Pacific Heat / Surrender to Seduction (2008) (with Anne Mather)
One Passionate Night (2008) (with Sandra Field and Miranda Lee)
Collections
Series contributed to
Foreign Affairs
Pacific Passions (omnibus) (2002) (with Anne Mather)
The Temptress of Tarika Bay (2003)
Pacific Passions (omnibus) (2002) (with Anne Mather)
The Temptress of Tarika Bay (2003)
Non fiction
Links to other websites
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