Robyn Donald

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Robyn Donald
BornRobyn Elaine Donald
(1940-08-14) 14 August 1940 (age 81)
Warkworth, New Zealand
Pen nameRobyn Donald
OccupationNovelist
NationalityNew Zealand
Period1977–present
GenreRomantic novel
SpouseDonald James Kingston
Children2

Robyn Donald (born 14 August 1940) is a prolific New Zealand writer of romance novels since 1977. Her books have print runs of up to 500,000 copies at a time.[1][2]

Biography[]

Donald was born in Warkworth where her father owned a dairy farm. She trained and worked as a teacher.[3] In 1960, she married Donald James Kingston. She now lives at Kerikeri in Northland.[4]

Donald has written over 85 published novels for Mills & Boon that have been translated into 25 languages.[5]

Her first romance titled Bride at Whangatapu was published under the exegesis of Mills & Boon in 1977, and her fiftieth novel The Mirror Bride was published in 1996.[3] She writes for the English Mills and Boon romance series, and all her books have also been re-edited under Harlequin Enterprises Limited series. They are largely urban Auckland-based romances set in the elite of corporate executives, property investors and lawyers with feisty independent career-oriented heroines and apparently callous and dominating heroes; compared to the earlier South Island-oriented Anglophile romances of Essie Summers.[3]

Bibliography[]

Single novels[]

  • Bride at Whangatapu (1977)
  • Dilemma in Paradise (1978)
  • Summer at Awakopu (1978)
  • Shadow of the Past (1979)
  • Wife in Exchange (1979)
  • Iceberg (1980)
  • Bay of Stars (1980)
  • Interloper (1981)
  • Dark Abyss (1981)
  • Old Passion (1982)
  • Mansion for My Love (1982)
  • Gates of Rangitatau (1983)
  • Return to Yesterday (1983)
  • Guarded Heart (1983)
  • Durable Line (1984) aka Durable Fire
  • An Unbreakable Bond (1986)
  • Willing Surrender (1986)
  • Country of the Heart (1987)
  • Late Loving (1987)
  • Smoke in the Wind (1987)
  • The Sweetest Trap (1988)
  • A Matter of Will (1989)
  • A Summer Storm (1990)
  • No Guarantees (1990)
  • The Darker Side of Paradise (1990)
  • No Place Too Far (1990)
  • Some Kind of Madness (1991)
  • Storm Over Paradise (1991)
  • Once Bitten, Twice Shy (1992)
  • Island Enchantment (1993)
  • Element of Risk (1994)
  • Tiger, Tiger (1997)
  • A Forbidden Desire (1997)
  • Forbidden Pleasure (1998)
  • The Paternity Affair (1999)
  • A Reluctant Mistress (1999)
  • Sanchia's Secret (2000)
  • The Devil's Bargain (2001)
  • Wolfe's Temptress (2002)
  • One Night at Parenga (2002)
  • A Spanish Vengeance (2003)
  • By Royal Command (2004)
  • Virgin Bought and Paid for (2007)
  • The Rich Man's Blackmailed Mistress (2009)
  • Rich, Ruthless and Secretly Royal (2009)
  • The Virgin and His Majesty (2009)

Hollingworth Series[]

  1. Long Journey Back (1986)
  2. Captives of the Past (1986)

Love's Reward Series[]

  1. Love's Reward (1989)
  2. A Bitter Homecoming (1989)
  3. Some Kind of Madness (1991)

Pagan Surrender[]

  1. Pagan Surrender (1993)
  2. Paradise Lost (1993)

Dacre Series[]

  1. Tiger Eyes (1994)
  2. Surrender to Seduction (1998)

The Marriage Maker Series[]

  1. The Mirror Bride (1996)
  2. Meant to Marry (1996)
  3. The Final Proposal (1996)

Royal Weddings Series[]

  1. The Prince's Pleasure (2002)
  2. His Pregnant Princess (2004)
  3. By Royal Demand (2006)

The Royal House of Illyria[]

  1. By Royal Demand (2006)
  2. The Rich Man's Royal Mistress (2006)
  3. The Prince's Convenient Bride (2007)

The Mediterranean Princes[]

  1. His Majesty's Mistress (2008)
  2. The Mediterranean Prince's captive virgin (2008)

A Year Down Under Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Stone Princess (1991)
  • The Golden Mask (1992)
  • Such Dark Magic (1993)

Too Hot to Handle Series Multi-Author[]

  • Dark Fire (1994)

Secrets Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Colour of Midnight (1994)

Dangerous Liaisons Series Multi-Author[]

  • Prince of Lies (1995)

Bride's Bay Resort Series Multi-Author[]

2. Indiscretions (1995)

Nanny Wanted! Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Nanny Affair (1998)

Passion Series Multi-Author[]

  • Forgotten Sins (2001)
  • A Ruthless Passion (2001)

Foreign Affairs Multi-Author[]

  • Pacific Passions (omnibus) (2002) (with Anne Mather)
  • The Temptress of Tarika Bay (2003)

By Royal Command Multi-Author[]

  • The Prince's Pleasure (2002)
  • The Royal Baby Bargain (2005)

Mistresses Who Marry Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Millionaire's Virgin Mistress (2003)

His Virgin Mistress Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Billionaire's Passion (2004) aka Ruthless Billionaire, Inexperienced Mistress

Bedded By Blackmail Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Blackmail Bargain (2005)

The Royal House of Niroli Series Multi-Author[]

  • The Prince's Forbidden Virgin (2007)

Royal and Ruthless Series Multi-Author[]

  • Innocent Mistress, Royal Wife (2008)

Collections[]

  • Best of Robyn Donald: Summer at Awakopu, Wife in Exchange (1984)
  • Daddy's Home (1997)
  • Mirror Bride / Meant to Marry (2005)

Omnibus in collaboration[]

Non fiction[]

  • Writing Romantic Fiction (1999)

References[]

  1. ^ "The reality of romance". The Southland Times. 20 June 1998.
  2. ^ Erakovich, Lena (3 May 1998). "Romance queens revealed". Sunday News (New Zealand). p. 25.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Sturm, Terry (2006). "Donald, Robyn". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-1917-3519-6. OCLC 865265749. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. ^ "A helping hand for fledgling writers". The Northland Age (Kaitaia, New Zealand). 20 September 2018. p. A11.
  5. ^ Anderson, Natalie (10 December 2011). "The write stuff (according to romance royalty)". Waikato Times. p. B6.

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