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Charlotte Lamb

(Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland)
UK  (1937 - 2000)
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Sheila Coates, Laura Hardy, Sheila Holland, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf
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About Charlotte Lamb
Sheila Ann Mary Coates was born on 1937 in Essex, England, just before the Second World War in the East End of London. As a child, she was moved from relative to relative to escape the bombings of World War II.

Sheila attended the Ursuline Convent for Girls. On leaving school at 16, the convent-educated author worked for the Bank of England as a clerk. Sheila continued her education by taking advantage of the B of E's enormous library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the BBC. While there, she met and married Richard Holland, a political reporter.

A voracious reader of romance novels, she began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days with three children underfoot! In between raising her five children (including a set of twins), Charlotte wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Mills & Boon in 1973. She also used the pennames: Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy.

Sheila was a true revolutionary in the field of romance writing. One of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflected the forefront of the "sexual revolution" of the 1970s. Her books touched on then-taboo subjects such as child abuse and rape, and she created sexually confident - even dominant - heroines. She was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship.

A prolific author, Sheila penned more than 160 novels, most of them for Mills & Boon. Known for her swiftness as well as for her skill in writing, Sheila typically wrote a minimum of two thousand words per day, working from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. While she once finished a full-length novel in four days, she herself pegged her average speed at two weeks to complete a full novel.

Since 1977, Sheila had been living on the Isle of Man as a tax exile with her husband and four of their five children: Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland. Sheila passed away on October 8, 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Island. She is greatly missed by her many fans, and by the romance writing community.
 
Novels
Follow a Stranger (1973)
Carnival Coast (1973)
A Family Affair (1974)
Sweet Sanctuary (1976)
Star-crossed (1976)
Festival Summer (1977)
Florentine Spring (1977)
Kingfisher Morning (1977)
Hawk in a Blue Sky (1977)
The Heron Quest (1977)
Autumn Conquest (1978)
Call Back Yesterday (1978)
Desert Barbarian (1978)
The Devil's Arms (1978)
Master of Comus (1978)
Beware of the Stranger (1978)
Disturbing Stranger (1978)
The Cruel Flame (1978)
Duel of Desire (1978)
The Long Surrender (1978)
Pagan Encounter (1978)
Dark Master (1979)
Fever (1979)
Forbidden Fire (1979)
Love is a Frenzy (1979)
Sweet Compulsion (1979) (writing as Victoria Woolf)
Temptation (1979)
Twist of Fate (1979)
The Silken Trap (1979)
Dark Dominion (1979)
Frustration (1979)
Sensation (1979)
A Frozen Fire (1980)
Man's World (1980)
Savage Surrender (1980)
Storm Centre (1980)
Night Music (1980)
Crescendo (1980)
Stranger in the Night (1980)
Compulsion (1980)
Obsession (1980)
Seduction (1980)
Abduction (1981)
Dangerous (1981)
Desire (1981)
Heartbreaker (1981)
Illusion (1981)
Retribution (1981)
The Girl from Nowhere (1981)
A Wild Affair (1982)
Midnight Lover (1982)
Betrayal (1983)
Haunted (1983)
The Sex War (1983)
A Violation (1983)
Darkness of the Heart (1983)
Infatuation (1984)
A Naked Flame (1984)
Scandalous (1984)
For Adults Only (1984)
Love Games (1985)
Man Hunt (1985)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1985)
Sleeping Desire (1985)
The Bride Said No (1985)
Explosive Meeting (1985)
Heat of the Night (1986)
Love in the Dark (1986)
Circle of Fate (1987)
Hide and Seek (1987)
Whirlwind (1987)
Kiss of Fire (1987)
Echo of Passion (1987)
Out of Control (1987)
No More Lonely Nights (1988)
You Can Love a Stranger (1988)
Desperation (1988)
Seductive Stranger (1989)
Runaway Wife (1989)
Rites of Possession (1990)
Dark Pursuit (1990)
Spellbinding (1990)
Dark Music (1990)
The Threat of Love (1990)
Heart on Fire (1991)
Shotgun Wedding (1991)
Sleeping Partners (1991)
Forbidden Fruit (1991)
Dreaming (1993)
Fire in the Blood (1993)
Falling in Love (1993)
Wounds of Passion (1993)
Guilty Love (1994)
Body and Soul (1994)
Vampire Lover (1994)
Dying for You (1994)
In the Still of the Night (1995)
Walking in Darkness (1996)
The Marriage War (1997)
Lovestruck (1997)
Deep and Silent Waters (1998)
The Yuletide Child (1998)
Hot Surrender (1999)
The Seduction Business (1999)
Treasons of the Heart (1999)
Angel of Death (2000)
Dormant: Shadow of Angels (2000)
Boardroom to Bedroom (2001)
The Boss's Virgin (2001)
Follow a StrangerCarnival CoastSweet SanctuaryStar-crossed
Festival SummerFlorentine SpringKingfisher MorningHawk in a Blue Sky
The Heron QuestAutumn ConquestCall Back YesterdayDesert Barbarian
The Devil's ArmsMaster of ComusDisturbing StrangerThe Cruel Flame
Duel of DesireThe Long SurrenderPagan EncounterDark Master
FeverForbidden FireLove is a FrenzySweet Compulsion
Twist of FateThe Silken TrapDark DominionFrustration
SensationA Frozen FireMan's WorldSavage Surrender
Storm CentreNight MusicCrescendoStranger in the Night
CompulsionObsessionSeductionAbduction
DangerousDesireHeartbreakerIllusion
RetributionThe Girl from NowhereA Wild AffairMidnight Lover
HauntedThe Sex WarA ViolationDarkness of the Heart
InfatuationA Naked FlameFor Adults OnlyLove Games
Man HuntWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Sleeping DesireThe Bride Said No
Explosive MeetingHeat of the NightLove in the DarkCircle of Fate
Hide and SeekWhirlwindKiss of FireEcho of Passion
No More Lonely NightsYou Can Love a StrangerDesperationSeductive Stranger
Runaway WifeRites of PossessionDark PursuitSpellbinding
Dark MusicThe Threat of LoveHeart on FireShotgun Wedding
Sleeping PartnersForbidden FruitDreamingFire in the Blood
Falling in LoveWounds of PassionGuilty LoveBody and Soul
Vampire LoverDying for YouIn the Still of the NightWalking in Darkness
The Marriage WarLovestruckDeep and Silent WatersThe Yuletide Child
Hot SurrenderThe Seduction BusinessTreasons of the HeartAngel of Death
The Boss's Virgin
 
Omnibus
Best of Charlotte Lamb: Call Back Yesterday, Autumn ConquestLove in the Dark / Circle of FateSnowboundCaptive Hearts
Bewitched by the Boss
 
Graphic Novels
Idol Dreams
 

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