Mary Balogh


Mary Balogh is a Welsh-Canadian novelist writing historical romance, born and raised in Swansea. In 1967, she moved to Canada to start a teaching career, married a local coroner and settled in Kipling, Saskatchewan, where she eventually became a school principal. Her debut novel appeared in 1985. Her historical fiction is set in the Regency era or the wider Georgian era.

Biography

Personal life

Mary Jenkins was born and raised in Swansea, Wales, daughter of Mildred Double, a homemaker, and Arthur Jenkins, a signwriter and painter. She moved to Canada on a two-year teaching contract in 1967 after leaving university. There, she met and married her Canadian husband Robert Balogh, a coroner and ambulance driver, and settled in the small prairie town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. She taught high-school English for a number of years, and rose to the level of school principal. She has three children and five grandchildren.

Writing career

As an adult, Balogh discovered the world of the Regency romance as written by Georgette Heyer. The vast majority of Balogh's novels have been set in Regency or Georgian England or Wales. Although she writes historical romances, Mary Balogh's heroines are often not "ladies". Some are courtesans, illegitimate, "fallen" or "ruined" women. All enjoy passion, and often a marriage and/or a sensual connection precedes recognition of love.
Balogh began her writing career in 1983, when she wrote her first novel A Masked Deception in the evenings at the kitchen table while home and family functioned around her. A Masked Deception was accepted by Signet and published in 1985. Mary Balogh won the Romantic Times Award for best new Regency writer in that year. She is the author of more than 60 published novels and over 30 novellas, and has been met with critical success.

Reception

Balogh has received numerous awards, including a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Regency Short Stories in 1993 and has appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Single novels

  • A Masked Deception
  • *also published as Desire After Dark as a Prince Matchabelli perfume promotion
  • The Double Wager
  • Red Rose
  • The Constant Heart
  • Gentle Conquest
  • Secrets of the Heart
  • An Unacceptable Offer
  • The Ungrateful Governess
  • Daring Masquerade
  • A Gift of Daisies
  • The Obedient Bride
  • Lady with a Black Umbrella
  • The Incurable Matchmaker
  • An Unlikely Duchess
  • A Certain Magic
  • Snow Angel
  • The Secret Pearl
  • Christmas Beau
  • Beyond the Sunrise
  • A Christmas Promise
  • Deceived
  • Tangled
  • Longing
  • Truly
  • The Temporary Wife
  • Thief of Dreams
  • The Last Waltz
  • ''A Matter of Class''

    Mainwaring Series

  1. A Chance Encounter
  2. ''The Wood Nymph''

    Waite Series

  3. The Trysting Place
  4. A Counterfeit Betrothal
  5. ''The Notorious Rake''

    Frazer Series

  6. The First Snowdrop
  7. ''Christmas Belle''

    Web series

  8. The Gilded Web
  9. Web of Love
  10. Devil's Web
  11. ''A Promise of Spring''

    Brides & Wives Series

  12. The Ideal Wife
  13. A Precious Jewel
  14. Dark Angel
  15. Lord Carew's Bride
  16. The Famous Heroine
  17. The Plumed Bonnet
  18. ''A Christmas Bride''

    Sullivan Series

  19. Courting Julia
  20. Dancing with Clara
  21. ''Tempting Harriet''

    Georgian Series

  22. Heartless
  23. ''Silent Melody''

    Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Trilogy

  24. Indiscreet
  25. Unforgiven
  26. ''Irresistible''

    Bedwyn Family Connected

Bedwyn Prequels

  1. One Night for Love
  2. A Summer to Remember
  3. ''The Proposal''

    Bedwyn Saga

  4. Slightly Married
  5. Slightly Wicked
  6. Slightly Scandalous
  7. Slightly Tempted
  8. Slightly Sinful
  9. ''Slightly Dangerous''

    Simply Quartet

  10. Simply Unforgettable
  11. Simply Love
  12. Simply Magic
  13. ''Simply Perfect''

    Mistress Trilogy

  14. The Secret Mistress
  15. More than a Mistress
  16. ''No Man's Mistress''

    Huxtable Family Quintet

  17. First Comes Marriage
  18. Then Comes Seduction
  19. At Last Comes Love
  20. Seducing An Angel
  21. ''A Secret Affair''

    Survivors' Club Septet

  22. The Proposal
  23. The Suitor, an e-book novella
  24. The Arrangement
  25. The Escape
  26. Only Enchanting
  27. Only a Promise
  28. Only a Kiss
  29. ''Only Beloved''

    Westcott Family Series

  30. Someone to Love
  31. Someone to Hold
  32. Someone to Wed
  33. Someone to Care
  34. Someone to Trust
  35. Someone to Honor
  36. Someone to Remember
  37. Someone to Romance
  38. Someone to Cherish
  39. ''Someone Perfect''

    Novellas

In order of publication.
  • "The Star of Bethlehem" in A Regency Christmas *
  • "Playing House" in A Regency Christmas II *
  • "Golden Rose" in A Regency Valentine
  • "The Best Christmas Ever" in A Regency Christmas III **
  • "A Waltz Among the Stars" in A Regency Valentine II
  • "The Treasure Hunt" in A Regency Summer
  • "The Dark Rider" in Full-Moon Magic
  • "The Porcelain Madonna" in A Regency Christmas IV **
  • "The Substitute Guest" in Tokens of Love
  • "The Wrong Door" in Rakes and Rogues
  • "The North Tower" in Moonlight Lovers
  • "No Room at the Inn" in A Regency Christmas V *
  • "The Anniversary" in From the Heart
  • "The Best Gift" in A Regency Christmas VI *
  • "The Forbidden Daffodils" in Blossoms
  • "Precious Rogue" in Dashing and Dangerous
  • "The Surprise Party" in A Regency Christmas VII **
  • "Guarded by Angels" in Angel Christmas ***
  • "The Betrothal Ball" in Love's Legacy
  • "The Heirloom" in Timeswept Brides
  • "The Wassail Bowl" in A Regency Christmas Feast ***
  • "The Bond Street Carolers" in A Regency Christmas Carol ***
  • "A Handful of Gold" in The Gifts of Christmas
  • "Precious Rogue" in Captured Hearts
  • "A Family Christmas" with reprints of the above novellas marked* in Under the Mistletoe
  • "A Handful of Gold" in Christmas Keepsakes
  • "Spellbound" in It Happened One Night
  • "A Handful of Gold" in The Heart of Christmas
  • "Almost Persuaded" in Bespelling Jane Austen
  • "Only Love" in ''It Happened One Season''