Emma Holly

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Emma Holly
Born1961 (age 6162)
New Jersey, United States
Occupation Novelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1998–2022
Genre Erotica, Romance, Paranormal
Website
www.mninter.net/~emmah

Emma Holly (born 1961, New Jersey) is American author [1] who specializes in writing erotic romance novels, often with a focus on BDSM. She has written over twenty books and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2004 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance.

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Biography

Emma Holly was born in New Jersey and raised in Baltimore, where she lived with her older sister Laurie.

Leading back to her pre-adolescent fantasy, to be the fiancée of Batman, Holly always wanted to be a writer. After 10 years of writing, she sold her first book in 1998.

Holly specializes in writing erotica-romance and often with a focus on BDSM. Another common element of Holly's erotic style is a bisexual male protagonist. She has written over twenty books and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2004 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance.

Bibliography

Single erotica-romance novels

Beyond Desire series

  1. Beyond Innocence, 2001 also in Beyond Desire
  2. Beyond Seduction, 2002 also in Beyond Desire

Midnight Desire series

#TitleAlso InPublication Date
0.5Luisa's DesireFantasy

Midnight Desire

2002

2006

1Catching MidnightMidnight Desire2003
2Hunting Midnight2003
2.5The Night OwlHot Blooded2004
3Courting Midnight2005
4Kissing Midnight2009 [2]
5Breaking Midnight2009 [3]
6Saving Midnight2009 [4]
7Devil at Midnight2010 [5]
8Angel at Dawn2011 [6]

Demons series

  1. The Demon's Daughter, 2004
  2. The Demon's Angel in Demon's Delight
  3. The Countess' Pleasure in Hot Spell
  4. Prince of ice, 2006
  5. Demon's Fire, 2008

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication

Date

Comments
Secrets Volume 4The Love Slave1998with Helena Ravenscroft and Susie Raymond
Black Lace Omnibus IVThe Top of her Game1999with MaryJanice Davidson, Catherine Spangler and Vickie Taylor
FantasyLuisa's Desire2002with Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries and Elda Minger
Hot SpellThe Countess' Pleasure2005with Meljean Brook, Lora Leigh and Shiloh Walker
Hot BloodedThe Night Owl2004with Christine Feehan, Angela Knight and Maggie Shayne
Beyond DesireBeyond Innocence

Beyond Seduction

2005
Midnight DesireLuisa's Desire

Catching Midnight

2006
Demon's Delight The Demon's Angel2007with MaryJanice Davidson, Catherine Spangler and Vickie Taylor
Beyond the Dark [7] Queen of All She Surveys2007with Angela Knight, Lora Leigh and Diane Whiteside

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