Rochelle Alers


Rochelle Alers is an American writer of romance novels. She has also written under the pen names Susan James and Rena McLeary.

Biography

Rochelle Alers was born on August 7, 1943, in Manhattan, New York, where she was also raised. After earning degrees in sociology and psychology, she taught pre-school for a time before entering the business world.
Alers began writing her first novel in 1984, after a decade of reading romance novels. She finished her first manuscript, the novel Hideway, in 1985. After several rejections because her work did not fit the formula of a category romance novel, Alers perfected her style and was first published by Doubleday Books in 1988.
Almost two million copies of her novels are now in print, and they have regularly appeared on the Waldenbooks, Borders, and Essence bestseller lists. She has been awarded the Gold Pen Award, the Emma Award, the Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. She writes full-time currently after retiring from her job as a Community Liaison Specialist for a state funded abuse program in Long Island.

As Rochelle Alers

Single novels

  • Careless Whispers,
  • My Love's Keeper,
  • Happily Ever After,
  • Home Sweet Home,
  • Reckless Surrender,
  • Gentle Yearning,
  • Summer Magic,
  • A Younger Man,
  • Secrets Never Told,
  • Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer,
  • All My Tomorrows,
  • A Time to Keep,
  • Pleasure Seekers,
  • After Hours,
  • Naughty,
  • Butterfly,

The Hideaway Series

The Hideaway Series has started to be reissued on the Harlequin brand.
Prequels
  1. Best-Kept Secrets Reissue 2010
    First Generation
  2. Hideaway Reissue 2009
  3. Hidden Agenda Reissue 2009
  4. Vows Reissue 2010
  5. Heaven Sent Reissue 2010
    Daughters and Sisters Trilogy
  6. Harvest Moon Reissue 2011
  7. Just Before Dawn
  8. Private Passions
  9. Stranger in My Arms
  10. ''Breakaway''
    Sons and Brothers Trilogy
  11. No Compromise Reissue 2009
  12. Homecoming
  13. Renegade
  14. ''Secret Agenda''

The Whitfields of New York

  1. Long Time Coming
  2. The Sweetest Temptation
  3. ''Taken By Storm''

The Best Men Trilogy

  1. Man of Fate
  2. Man of Fortune
  3. ''Man of Fantasy''

The Blackstones of Virginia

  1. The Long Hot Summer
  2. Very Private Duty
  3. ''Beyond Business''

The Eatons

  1. Bittersweet Love,
  2. Sweet Deception,
  3. Sweet Dreams,
  4. Twice The Temptation,
  5. Sweet Persuasions,
  6. Sweet Destiny,

Wainwright Legacy

  1. Because of You,
  2. Here I Am,

Collections

  1. More Than Just Words, Vol. 6,

Anthologies in collaboration

  • "Fresh Fruits" in Holiday Cheer 1995/12
  • "Hearts of gold" in Love Letters 1997/02
  • Novella in Rosie's Curl and Weave 1999/02
  • Novella in Island Magic 2000/02
  • "Sweet Surrender" in Della's House of Style 2000/07
  • Novella in Welcome to Leo's 2000/12
  • "Stand-in bride" in Going to the Chapel 2001/06
  • "First Fruits" in 'Tis the Season 2001/10
  • "From the Heart" in Island Bliss 2002/02
  • "Anniversary" in Twilight Moods 2002/09
  • "Reunion" in Living Large 2003/01
  • "Summer Madness" in Four Degrees of Heat 2004/07
  • "Love Lessons" in Let's Get it On 2004/11
  • Lost in Sensation & Very Private Duty 2005/01
  • The Long Hot Summer with Private Indiscretions by Susan Crosby 2005/02
  • Very Private Duty with Beyond Control by Bronwyn Jameson) 2005/07
  • Rules of Attraction & Beyond Business 2005/07
  • "A Younger Man" in When You Least Expect It 2005/09
  • "Shepherd Moon" in A Season of Miracles 2005/10
  • Beyond Business with Apache Nights by Sheri Whitefeather 2006/09

Nonfiction

  • ''Getting Political: Stories of a Woman Mayor''

As Susan James

Single novels

  • Reckless Surrender 1997/04