
Penny Jordan
(Penelope Jones Halsall)aka
Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
About Penny Jordan
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child
of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialised bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan, and was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale, in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her late husband bought her out of his own money at a time when he could ill afford it the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels. Her husband died at the beginning of 21th century.
She has earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for threebair-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her present historical romance novels, she has adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70m of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Now Penny Halsall lives in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She works from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomes interruptions from her friends and family.
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialised bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan, and was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale, in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her late husband bought her out of his own money at a time when he could ill afford it the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels. Her husband died at the beginning of 21th century.
She has earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for threebair-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her present historical romance novels, she has adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70m of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Now Penny Halsall lives in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She works from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomes interruptions from her friends and family.
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Series
Perfect Crightons
1. A Perfect Family (1997)
2. The Perfect Seduction (1997)
3. Perfect Marriage Material (1997)
4. The Perfect Match? (1997)
5. The Perfect Lover (1998)
6. The Perfect Sinner (1999)
7. The Ultimate Surrender (2000)
8. The Perfect Father (2000)
9. A Perfect Night (2000)
10. Coming Home (2000)
11. Starting Over (2001)
1. A Perfect Family (1997)
2. The Perfect Seduction (1997)
3. Perfect Marriage Material (1997)
4. The Perfect Match? (1997)
5. The Perfect Lover (1998)
6. The Perfect Sinner (1999)
7. The Ultimate Surrender (2000)
8. The Perfect Father (2000)
9. A Perfect Night (2000)
10. Coming Home (2000)
11. Starting Over (2001)
Sweet Revenge Or Seduction
1. The Mistress Assignment (1999)
2. Lover by Deception (1999)
3. A Treacherous Seduction (1999)
4. The Marriage Resolution (1999)
1. The Mistress Assignment (1999)
2. Lover by Deception (1999)
3. A Treacherous Seduction (1999)
4. The Marriage Resolution (1999)
Sheikh's Arabian Night
1. The Sheikh's Virgin Bride (2003)
2. One Night with the Sheikh (2003)
3. Possessed by the Sheikh (2005)
4. Prince of the Desert (2006)
5. Taken By The Sheikh (2007)
1. The Sheikh's Virgin Bride (2003)
2. One Night with the Sheikh (2003)
3. Possessed by the Sheikh (2005)
4. Prince of the Desert (2006)
5. Taken By The Sheikh (2007)
Jet Set Wives
1. Bedding His Virgin Mistress (2005)
2. Expecting The Playboy's Heir (2005)
3. Blackmailing the Society Bride (2005)
1. Bedding His Virgin Mistress (2005)
2. Expecting The Playboy's Heir (2005)
3. Blackmailing the Society Bride (2005)
Novels
Falcon's Prey (1981)
Tiger Man (1981)
Ducetti Lair (1981) (writing as Lydia Hitchcock)
The Concorde Affair (1981) (writing as Melinda Wright)
Marriage without Love (1981)
Blackmail (1982)
The Caged Tiger (1982)
Daughter of Hassan (1982)
Long Cold Winter (1982)
Northern Sunset (1982)
An Unbroken Marriage (1982)
Escape from Desire (1982)
Island of the Dawn (1982)
Bought with His Name (1982)
Love at 30,000 Feet (1982) (writing as Melinda Wright)
Desire's Captive (1983)
The Flawed Marriage (1983)
Man Hater (1983)
Passionate Protection (1983)
Savage Atonement (1983)
A Sudden Engagement (1983)
Phantom Marriage (1983)
Geneva Touch (1983) (writing as Lydia Hitchcock)
Rescue Operation (1983)
Flight into Ecstasy (1983) (writing as Melinda Wright)
Forgotten Passion (1983)
Campaign for Loving (1984)
Darker Side of Desire (1984)
The Inward Storm (1984)
Love's Choices (1984)
Response (1984)
Shadow Marriage (1984)
Wanting (1984)
Rules of the Game (1984)
The Only One (1985)
The Six-Month Marriage (1985)
Taken Over (1985)
Time Fuse (1985)
What You Made Me (1985)
You Owe Me (1985)
The Friendship Barrier (1985)
Exorcism (1985)
Permission to Love (1985)
Fire With Fire (1985)
Injured Innocent (1985)
The Hard Man (1985)
Desire for Revenge (1985)
Capable of Feeling (1986)
Return Match (1986)
Desire Never Changes (1986)
A Man Possessed (1986)
Research into Marriage (1986)
A Reason for Marriage (1986)
Loving (1986)
Stronger Than Yearning (1986)
Passionate Relationship (1987)
Too Short a Blessing (1987)
A Savage Adoration (1987)
For One Night (1987)
An Expert Teacher (1987)
Substitute Lover (1987)
Levelling the Score (1987)
Fight for Love (1987)
Payment in Love (1988)
Special Treatment (1988)
Force of Feeling (1988)
Power Play (1988)
Without Trust (1988)
Potential Danger (1988)
Lover's Touch (1988)
A Reason for Being (1989)
Beyond Compare (1989)
Equal Opportunities (1989)
Valentine's Night (1989)
So Close and No Closer (1989)
Free Spirit (1989)
Bitter Betrayal (1989)
Silver (1989)
A Rekindled Passion (1989)
Time for Trust (1990)
Unspoken Desire (1990)
Breaking Away (1990)
Rival Attractions (1990)
Out of the Night (1990)
Game of Love (1990)
The Hidden Years (1990)
A Kind of Madness (1990)
Second Time Loving (1990)
Payment Due (1991)
A Forbidden Loving (1991)
A Time to Dream (1991)
Dangerous Interloper (1991)
Second-Best Husband (1991)
A Cure for Love (1991)
Stranger From The Past (1991)
Past Passion (1991)
Mistaken Adversary (1992)
Lesson to Learn (1992)
Lingering Shadows (1992)
Law of Attraction (1992)
Past Loving (1992)
Passionate Possession (1992)
A Matter of Trust (1992)
Tug of Love (1992)
Yesterday's Echoes (1993)
For Better for Worse (1993)
French Leave (1994)
Cruel Legacy (1994)
Power Games (1995)
Unwanted Wedding (1995)
The Trusting Game (1995)
Her Christmas Fantasy (1996)
Mistletoe Magic (1996)
Mission: Make-Over (1997)
To Love, Honour and Betray (1998)
Wanting His Child (1999)
One Intimate Night (1999)
Back in the Marriage Bed (2000)
The Bride's Bouquet (2000)
The Marriage Demand (2001)
The City-Girl Bride (2001)
Women and Love (2002)
Christmas Eve Wedding (2002)
What Women Want! (2002) (with Darcy Maguire)
Now or Never (2003)
Sweet Revenge (2005)
Her Lover Her Husband (2006)
The Italian Duke's Mistress (2006)
The Christmas Bride (2006)
The Sheikh's Blackmailed Mistress (2008)
The Boss's Marriage Arrangement (2008)
The Desert Sheikh's Virgin (2008)
Virgin For The Billionaire's Taking (2008)
Jet Set Wives (2008)
Sins (2009)
Tiger Man (1981)
Ducetti Lair (1981) (writing as Lydia Hitchcock)
The Concorde Affair (1981) (writing as Melinda Wright)
Marriage without Love (1981)
Blackmail (1982)
The Caged Tiger (1982)
Daughter of Hassan (1982)
Long Cold Winter (1982)
Northern Sunset (1982)
An Unbroken Marriage (1982)
Escape from Desire (1982)
Island of the Dawn (1982)
Bought with His Name (1982)
Love at 30,000 Feet (1982) (writing as Melinda Wright)
Desire's Captive (1983)
The Flawed Marriage (1983)
Man Hater (1983)
Passionate Protection (1983)
Savage Atonement (1983)
A Sudden Engagement (1983)
Phantom Marriage (1983)
Geneva Touch (1983) (writing as Lydia Hitchcock)
Rescue Operation (1983)
Flight into Ecstasy (1983) (writing as Melinda Wright)
Forgotten Passion (1983)
Campaign for Loving (1984)
Darker Side of Desire (1984)
The Inward Storm (1984)
Love's Choices (1984)
Response (1984)
Shadow Marriage (1984)
Wanting (1984)
Rules of the Game (1984)
The Only One (1985)
The Six-Month Marriage (1985)
Taken Over (1985)
Time Fuse (1985)
What You Made Me (1985)
You Owe Me (1985)
The Friendship Barrier (1985)
Exorcism (1985)
Permission to Love (1985)
Fire With Fire (1985)
Injured Innocent (1985)
The Hard Man (1985)
Desire for Revenge (1985)
Capable of Feeling (1986)
Return Match (1986)
Desire Never Changes (1986)
A Man Possessed (1986)
Research into Marriage (1986)
A Reason for Marriage (1986)
Loving (1986)
Stronger Than Yearning (1986)
Passionate Relationship (1987)
Too Short a Blessing (1987)
A Savage Adoration (1987)
For One Night (1987)
An Expert Teacher (1987)
Substitute Lover (1987)
Levelling the Score (1987)
Fight for Love (1987)
Payment in Love (1988)
Special Treatment (1988)
Force of Feeling (1988)
Power Play (1988)
Without Trust (1988)
Potential Danger (1988)
Lover's Touch (1988)
A Reason for Being (1989)
Beyond Compare (1989)
Equal Opportunities (1989)
Valentine's Night (1989)
So Close and No Closer (1989)
Free Spirit (1989)
Bitter Betrayal (1989)
Silver (1989)
A Rekindled Passion (1989)
Time for Trust (1990)
Unspoken Desire (1990)
Breaking Away (1990)
Rival Attractions (1990)
Out of the Night (1990)
Game of Love (1990)
The Hidden Years (1990)
A Kind of Madness (1990)
Second Time Loving (1990)
Payment Due (1991)
A Forbidden Loving (1991)
A Time to Dream (1991)
Dangerous Interloper (1991)
Second-Best Husband (1991)
A Cure for Love (1991)
Stranger From The Past (1991)
Past Passion (1991)
Mistaken Adversary (1992)
Lesson to Learn (1992)
Lingering Shadows (1992)
Law of Attraction (1992)
Past Loving (1992)
Passionate Possession (1992)
A Matter of Trust (1992)
Tug of Love (1992)
Yesterday's Echoes (1993)
For Better for Worse (1993)
French Leave (1994)
Cruel Legacy (1994)
Power Games (1995)
Unwanted Wedding (1995)
The Trusting Game (1995)
Her Christmas Fantasy (1996)
Mistletoe Magic (1996)
Mission: Make-Over (1997)
To Love, Honour and Betray (1998)
Wanting His Child (1999)
One Intimate Night (1999)
Back in the Marriage Bed (2000)
The Bride's Bouquet (2000)
The Marriage Demand (2001)
The City-Girl Bride (2001)
Women and Love (2002)
Christmas Eve Wedding (2002)
What Women Want! (2002) (with Darcy Maguire)
Now or Never (2003)
Sweet Revenge (2005)
Her Lover Her Husband (2006)
The Italian Duke's Mistress (2006)
The Christmas Bride (2006)
The Sheikh's Blackmailed Mistress (2008)
The Boss's Marriage Arrangement (2008)
The Desert Sheikh's Virgin (2008)
Virgin For The Billionaire's Taking (2008)
Jet Set Wives (2008)
Sins (2009)
