Robyn Donald

Robyn Donald
Born Robyn Kingston
1940 (age 77–78)
Northland, New Zealand
Pen name Robyn Donald
Occupation Novelist
Nationality New Zealand
Period 1977–present
Genre Romantic novel
Website
robyndonald.com

Robyn Donald (born 1940) is a prolific writer of romance novels who lives in Kerikeri in Northland, New Zealand.

She writes for the English Mills and Boon romance series, and all her books have also been reedited under Harlequin Enterprises Limited series.[1][2] Her first romance titled Bride at Whangatapu was published under the exegesis of Mills and Boon in 1977. Her books are printed 500,000 at a time.[3]

Born as Robyn Kingston in Warkworth where he father owned a dairy farm, she trained and worked as a teacher. She now lives at Kerikeri and is a fulltime writer of about seventy novels to date. Her fiftieth novel The Mirror Bride was published in 1996. 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.[4]

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. ↑ Kim Knight (15 June 2003). "The stuff of romance". The Sunday Star-Times.
  2. ↑ Kathryn Powley (15 February 2003). "Where writers can put passion to paper". The Dominion Post.
  3. ↑ "The reality of romance". The Southland Times. 20 June 1998.
  4. ↑ Robinson, Roger (1998). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-19-558348-5.
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