About Catherine George
Catherine George was born in a village on the Welsh-English border, where
the public library featured largely in her life. Her mother, who looked upon
literature as a basic necessity of life, fervently encouraged Catherine's
passion for reading, little knowing it would one day motivate her daughter
into writing her first novel.
At 18, Catherine met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and Catherine have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of Catherine's early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time Catherine lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So Catherine did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where Catherine and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
At 18, Catherine met a future Engineer, who had set in a pendant a gold sovereign, that his grandmother put in his hand when he was born, and Catherine have never taken off since. After their marriage he swept her off to Brazil, where he worked as Chief Engineer of a large gold-mining operation in the mountains of Minas Gerais, a setting which later provided a very popular background for several of Catherine's early novels. Nine happy years passed there before the question of their small son's education decided their return to Britain. Not long afterward a daughter was born, and for a time Catherine lived a fulfilled life as a wife and mother who always made time to read, especially in the bath!
Her husband's job took him abroad again, to Portugal, West Africa, and various countries of the Middle East, but this time she stayed home with the family. And spent a lot of lonely evenings in between the reunions when her husband came home on leave. "Instead of reading other people's novels all the time," he suggested one day, "why not have a shot at writing one yourself?" So Catherine did.
But first she took a creative writing course. Encouraged by the other students' enthusiasm for her contributions, she decided to try her hand at romance, and read countless Mills & Boon novels as research before writing one herself. Her first novel was accepted in 1982, which Romantic Times voted best of its genre for that year, along with more than sixty written since.
These days son and daughter have fled the nest, but they return with loving regularity to where Catherine and her husband back for good from his travels live, with Prince, the most recent Labrador, in a house built at the end of Victoria's reign in four acres of garden on the cliffs between the beautiful Wye Valley and the River Severn.
Series
Pennington
1. Leader of the Pack (1991)
2. After the Ball (1993)
3. Summer of the Storm (1994)
4. Reform of the Rake (1994)
5. Earthbound Angel (1996)
6. No More Secrets (1996)
7. The Second Bride (1997)
1. Leader of the Pack (1991)
2. After the Ball (1993)
3. Summer of the Storm (1994)
4. Reform of the Rake (1994)
5. Earthbound Angel (1996)
6. No More Secrets (1996)
7. The Second Bride (1997)
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)
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)
Novels
Reluctant paragon (1982)
Dream of Midsummer (1983)
Gilded Cage (1983)
Devil Within (1984)
Imperfect Chaperone (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)
Ever Since Eden (1989)
Come Back to Me (1989)
A Civilised Arrangement (1989)
Consolation Prize (1989)
Arrogant Interloper (1990)
Out of the Storm (1991)
Unlikely Cupid (1991)
Brazilian Enchantment (1991)
The Perfect Solution (1992)
Haunting Alliance (1992)
Lawful Possession (1993)
Lair of the Dragon (1994)
Evidence of Sin (1994)
Fallen Hero (1995)
A Brief Encounter (1995)
A Family Secret (1995)
Living Next Door to Alex (1996)
The Right Choice (1996)
Bargaining with the Boss (1997)
The Courting Campaign (1997)
A Rumoured Engagement (1997)
The Forever Affair (1998)
The Temptation Trap (1998)
Fiance for Christmas (1998)
An Engagement of Convenience (1999)
Luc's Revenge (1999)
The Baby Claim (1999)
Husband for Real (2001)
Legally His (2001)
Sarah's Secret (2002)
City Cinderella (2003)
The Unexpected Pregnancy (2004)
Their Scandalous Affair (2004)
A Venetian Passion (2005)
An Italian Engagement (2006)
The Millionaire's Rebellious Mistress (2008)
Dream of Midsummer (1983)
Gilded Cage (1983)
Devil Within (1984)
Imperfect Chaperone (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)
Ever Since Eden (1989)
Come Back to Me (1989)
A Civilised Arrangement (1989)
Consolation Prize (1989)
Arrogant Interloper (1990)
Out of the Storm (1991)
Unlikely Cupid (1991)
Brazilian Enchantment (1991)
The Perfect Solution (1992)
Haunting Alliance (1992)
Lawful Possession (1993)
Lair of the Dragon (1994)
Evidence of Sin (1994)
Fallen Hero (1995)
A Brief Encounter (1995)
A Family Secret (1995)
Living Next Door to Alex (1996)
The Right Choice (1996)
Bargaining with the Boss (1997)
The Courting Campaign (1997)
A Rumoured Engagement (1997)
The Forever Affair (1998)
The Temptation Trap (1998)
Fiance for Christmas (1998)
An Engagement of Convenience (1999)
Luc's Revenge (1999)
The Baby Claim (1999)
Husband for Real (2001)
Legally His (2001)
Sarah's Secret (2002)
City Cinderella (2003)
The Unexpected Pregnancy (2004)
Their Scandalous Affair (2004)
A Venetian Passion (2005)
An Italian Engagement (2006)
The Millionaire's Rebellious Mistress (2008)
Omnibus
Christmas Journeys (1995) (with Kay Gregory, Emma Richmond and Lynsey Stevens)
Just Add Children (1995) (with Emma Goldrick)
Blind to Love (1997) (with Sandra Field)
Twin Trouble (1998)
After Hours (1999) (with Helen Brooks and Jessica Steele)
Mistletoe Miracles (2000) (with Marion Lennox and Betty Neels)
Taming the Playboy (2001) (with Susan Napier and Anne Weale)
Contract Husbands (2003) (with Helen Brooks and Jessica Steele)
Valentine Love Affairs (2006) (with Betty Neels)
Sinful Secrets (2007) (with Miranda Lee and Sara Wood)
City Heat (2007) (with Helen Brooks and Rebecca Winters)
Married by Christmas (2008) (with Diana Palmer)
Just Add Children (1995) (with Emma Goldrick)
Blind to Love (1997) (with Sandra Field)
Twin Trouble (1998)
After Hours (1999) (with Helen Brooks and Jessica Steele)
Mistletoe Miracles (2000) (with Marion Lennox and Betty Neels)
Taming the Playboy (2001) (with Susan Napier and Anne Weale)
Contract Husbands (2003) (with Helen Brooks and Jessica Steele)
Valentine Love Affairs (2006) (with Betty Neels)
Sinful Secrets (2007) (with Miranda Lee and Sara Wood)
City Heat (2007) (with Helen Brooks and Rebecca Winters)
Married by Christmas (2008) (with Diana Palmer)
Series contributed to
Dinner at 8
The Millionaire's Runaway Bride (2006)
The Millionaire's Convenient Bride (2007)
The Rich Man's Bride (2007)
The Millionaire's Runaway Bride (2006)
The Millionaire's Convenient Bride (2007)
The Rich Man's Bride (2007)
Short stories
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