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About Kay Thorpe
Kay Thorpe was born in England. An avid reader from the time when words on paper began to make sense, Kay Thorpe developed a lively imagination of her own, making up stories for the entertainment of her young friends.

After leaving school, she tried a variety of jobs, including dental nursing, and a spell in the Women's Royal Airforce from which she emerged knowing a whole lot more about life - if only as an observer.

In 1960, she married with Tony, but didn't begin thinking about trying her hand at writing for a living until she gave up work some four years later to have a baby, John. Having read Mills & Boon novels herself, and done some market research in the local library asking readers what it was they particularly liked about the books, she decided to aim for a particular market, and was fortunate to have her very first, completed manuscript accepted - The Last of the Mallorys, published in 1968. Since then she has written over seventy books, which doesn't begin to compare with the output of some Mills & Boon authors, but still leaves her wondering where all those words came from.

Sometimes, she finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainly: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!"

Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Harlequin authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books.

She now lives on the outskirts of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, along with husband, Tony, and a huge tabby cat called Mad Max her one son having flown the coop. Some day she'll think about retiring, but not yet awhile.
 
New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Taken for Revenge
Taken for Revenge

Series
Engagement of Convenience
Mistress to a Bachelor (2002)
Mistress to a Bachelor
 
Novels
The Last of the Mallorys (1968)
Devon Interlude (1968)
Rising Star (1969)
Opportune Marriage (1969)
Curtain Call (1971)
Not Wanted on Voyage (1972)
Sawdust Season (1972)
Man in a Box (1972)
Olive Island (1972)
An Apple in Eden (1973)
The Man at Kambala (1973)
Remember This Stranger (1973)
The Iron Man (1974)
The Shifting Sands (1975)
Sugar Cane Harvest (1975)
The Royal Affair (1976)
Caribbean Encounter (1976)
Safari South (1976)
The River Lord (1977)
Storm Passage (1977)
Lord of La Pampa (1977)
Timber Boss (1978)
The Wilderness Trail (1978)
Full Circle (1978)
Bitter Alliance (1978)
The Man from Tripoli (1979)
This Side of Paradise (1979)
The Dividing Line (1979)
No Passing Fancy (1980)
Chance Meeting (1980)
Floodtide (1981)
Copper Lake (1981)
Temporary Marriage (1981)
The New Owner (1982)
A Man of Means (1982)
The Land of the Incas (1983)
Master of Morley (1983)
Never Trust a Stranger (1983)
The Inheritance (1984)
Double Deception (1985)
No Gentle Persuasion (1985)
No Gentleman Persuasion (1985)
South Seas Affair (1985)
Dangerous Moonlight (1985)
Win or Lose (1986)
Jungle Island (1986)
Time Out of Mind (1987)
Land of Illusion (1988)
Tokyo Tryst (1988)
Skin Deep (1989)
Steel Tiger (1989)
Intimate Deception (1990)
Against All Odds (1990)
Night of Error (1990)
Trouble on Tour (1991)
Lasting Legacy (1991)
Wild Streak (1991)
Left in Trust (1992)
The Alpha Man (1992)
Past All Reason (1992)
The Spanish Connection (1993)
Worlds Apart (1994)
Trial in the Sun (1994)
The Wedding Deception (1995)
All Male (1997)
Contract Wife (1998)
The Thirty-Day Seduction (1998)
Virgin Mistress (1999)
A Mistress Worth Marrying (2000)
Bride on Demand (2000)
A Reckless Attraction (2000)
Mother and Mistress (2003)
Bought by a Billionaire (2005)
Devon InterludeRising StarOpportune MarriageNot Wanted on Voyage
Sawdust SeasonOlive IslandAn Apple in EdenThe Man at Kambala
The Iron ManBitter AllianceThis Side of ParadiseThe Dividing Line
Never Trust a StrangerNo Gentle PersuasionSouth Seas AffairJungle Island
Time Out of MindIntimate DeceptionAgainst All OddsTrouble on Tour
The Alpha ManPast All ReasonWorlds ApartThe Wedding Deception
All MaleContract WifeThe Thirty-Day SeductionVirgin Mistress
A Mistress Worth MarryingBride on DemandA Reckless AttractionMother and Mistress
Bought by a Billionaire
 
Omnibus
Wayaway / The Way Through the Valley /  Not Wanted on VoyageStranger in the Glen / The Man At Kambala / Lord of the SierrasLatin LoversThe Innocence Collection
A Bundle of BridesTo Claim His MistressBargaining with the BillionaireTaken for Revenge
 

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