Lucy Gordon (writer)

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Christine Sparks Fiorotto
BornChristine Sparks
England
Pen nameLucy Gordon
Penelope Stratton
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1984–present
Genre Romance
Website
www.lucy-gordon.com

Lucy Gordon is a pseudonym used by Christine Sparks Fiorotto, a popular British writer of more than 75 romance novels. She began working on a British women's magazine, but since 1984 she has published her romance novels with Silhouette Books and Mills & Boon (or Harlequin Enterprises in the USA).

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Biography

Christine Sparks was born in England, Great Britain. Since 1984, Sparks has published novels under the pseudonym Lucy Gordon, and also Penelope Stratton. She has also published under her own name. In 1992 she won a RITA Award for Song of the Lorelei. [1]

Sparks was married to a Venetian artist and they lived in different parts of Italy, though she currently lives in England.

Bibliography

Single novels

Italian Grooms series

  1. Wife by Arrangement (2001)
  2. Husband by Necessity (2001)
  3. Bride by Choice (2001)

The Counts of Calvani series

  1. The Venetian Playboy's Bride (2003)
  2. The Italian Millionaire's Marriage (2003)
  3. The Tuscan Tycoon's Wife (2003)
  4. Wedding in Venice (2003)

Farnese Brothers series

  1. Rinaldo's Inherited Bride (2004)
  2. Gino's Arranged Bride (2004)

Rinucci Brothers series

  1. Wife and Mother Forever (2005)
  2. Her Italian Boss's Agenda (2005)
  3. The Wedding Arrangement (2006)
  4. The Italian's Wife By Sunset (2007)
  5. The Mediterranean Rebel's Bride (2007)
  6. The Millionaire Tycoon's English Rose (2007)

Simply The Best series

Maybe Baby series

Ready for Baby series multi-author

Heart to Heart series multi-author

Collections

Omnibus in collaboration

Awards

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References

  1. Catherine Barr; Filomena Simora (1992). The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac 1992. Bowker. ISBN   978-0-8352-3224-1 . Retrieved 7 October 2020.