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Catherine George was born in a village on the Welsh-English border, wherethe public library featured largely in her life. Her mother, who looked uponliterature as a basic necessity of life, fervently encouraged Catherine'spassion for reading, little knowing it would one day motivate her daughterinto writing her first novel.

At 18, Catherine met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a goldsovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, andCatherine have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her offto Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-miningoperation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided avery popular background for several of Catherine's early novels. Nine happyyears passed there before the question of their small son's educationdecided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, andfor a time Catherine lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who alwaysmade time to read, especially in the bath!

Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, andvarious countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with thefamily. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when herhusband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels allthe time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing oneyourself?" So Catherine did.

But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the otherstudents' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand atromance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writingone herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982, which Romantic Timesvoted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty writtensince.

These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with lovingregularity to where Catherine and her husband back for good from his travelslive, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end ofVictoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautifulWye Valley and the River Severn.
 

Genres: Romance
 
Series
Pennington
   1. Come Back to Me (1989)
   2. Leader of the Pack (1991)
   3. The Perfect Solution (1992)
   4. After the Ball (1993)
   5. Summer of the Storm (1994)
   6. Evidence of Sin (1994)
   7. Reform of the Rake (1994)
   8. Fallen Hero (1995)
   9. Earthbound Angel (1996)
   10. No More Secrets (1996)
   11. The Second Bride (1997)
   12. Bargaining with the Boss (1997)
   13. The Courting Campaign (1997)
   14. The Forever Affair (1998)
   15. Fiance for Christmas (1998)
   16. An Engagement of Convenience (1999)
   17. Sarah's Secret (2002)
   18. A Venetian Passion (2005)
   19. An Italian Engagement (2006)
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Dysart Dynasty
   1. A Vengeful Reunion (2000)
   2. Lorenzo's Reward (2000)
3. The Extra-special Gift (2000) (in Mistletoe Miracles)
   4. Restless Nights (2001)
   5. Sweet Surrender (2002)
   6. Tangled Emotions (2003)
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Novels
   Reluctant Paragon (1982)
   Dream of Midsummer (1983)
   Gilded Cage (1983)
   Imperfect Chaperone (1984)
   Devil Within (1984)
   Desirable Property (1985)
   Prodigal Sister (1985)
   Innocent Pawn (1985)
   Silent Crescendo (1985)
   The Folly of Loving (1986)
   The Marriage Bed (1986)
   Love Lies Sleeping (1987)
   Touch Me in the Morning (1987)
   Man of Iron (1987)
   This Time Round (1988)
   Villain of the Piece (1988)
   True Paradise (1988)
   Loveknot (1988)
   A Civilised Arrangement (1989)
   Ever Since Eden (1989)
   Consolation Prize (1989)
   Arrogant Interloper (1990)
   Unlikely Cupid (1991)
   Brazilian Enchantment (1991)
   Out of the Storm (1991)
   Lawful Possession (1993)
   Lair of the Dragon (1994)
   The Right Choice (1996)
   Living Next Door to Alex (1996)
   The Temptation Trap (1998)
   Luc's Revenge (1999)
   Husband for Real (2001)
   The Mistress of His Manor (2009)
   Under the Brazilian Sun (2011)
   A Wicked Persuasion (2012)
   The Enigmatic Greek (2012)
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Collections
   Devil Within / Gilded Cage (1992)
   Christmas Journeys (1995) (with others)
   A Forbidden Passion (2016) (with Dani Collins and Kelly Hunter)
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