Susan Donovan
{{short description|American novelist}}
{{about||the member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives|Susan R. Donovan|the member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Susan Bradley Donovan}}
Susan Donovan is an American author of romance novels and women's fiction. Her novel Take a Chance on Me won the 2003 Best Contemporary Romance Award Winner from Romantic Times.{{Cite web|title=Take a Chance on Me|work=Romantic Times Book Reviews|date=August 2007|url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/take-chance-me}} Two of her novels – The Kept Woman and Not That Kind of Girl were selected as RITA Award Finalists by the Romance Writers of America.
Before writing her novels, she was a journalist, and studied at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.{{Cite web|title= Susan Donovan Author Profile|work=Heroes & Heartbreakers|url=http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/bios/authors/susan-donovan}} She lives in New Mexico with her family and labradoodle.
Bibliography
= Novels<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/susan-donovan/|title=Books by Susan Donovan|last=|first=|date=April 19, 2020|website=Fantastic Fiction|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> =
- He Loves Lucy (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2002)
- Knock Me Off My Feet (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2002)
- Take a Chance on Me (St. Martin's Press, Aug 2003)
- Public Displays of Affection (St. Martin's Press, Jun 2004)
- The Kept Woman (St. Martin's Press, Jun 2006)
- The Girl Most Likely To... (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2008)
- Unbound with Celeste Bradley (St. Martin's Press, 2012)
- Previously published as A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man (St. Martin's Press, May 2011)
- Chestnuts Roasting (Kindle, Oct 2016, novella)
- Previously published as Turning Up the Heat in Jingle Bell Rock
= San Francisco Dog-Walking Group Series<ref name=":0" /> =
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg (St. Martin's Press, Nov 2009)
- The Night She Got Lucky (St. Martin's Press, May 2010)
- Not That Kind of Girl (St. Martin's Press, Nov 2010)
= Bigler, North Carolina Series<ref name=":0" /> =
- Cheri on Top (St. Martin's Press, Aug 2011)
- I Want Candy (St. Martin's Press, Feb 2012)
- Stealing Taffy (St. Martin's Press, Aug 2016) {{ISBN|978-1-250-00805-3}}
= Bayberry Island Series<ref name=":0" /> =
| class="wikitable"
!# !Title !Date Published !Publisher |
| 0.5
|A Seaside Christmas |Nov 2013 |
| 1
|Sea of Love |Dec 2013 |
| 2
|The Sweetest Summer |Aug 2014 |
| 3
|Moondance Beach |Sep 2015 |
| 3.5
|A Bayberry Christmas |Oct 2016 |
= Contributions to Series by Multiple Authors =
== 12 Days of Christmas ==
= Anthologies and Collections<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17293.Susan_Donovan?from_search=true&from_srp=true|title=Susan Donovan Books|last=|first=|date=|website=Good Reads|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> =
| class="wikitable"
!Anthology or Collection !Contents !Publication Date !Publisher !With !Comments |
| Jingle Bell Rock
|Turning Up the Heat |Oct 2003 | |
| Honk If You Love Real Men:
Four Tales of Erotic Romance |Mercy Me |Jun 2005 |Carrie Alexander | |
| Real Men Do It Better
|Bed and Breakfast |Feb 2007 |Carrie Alexander | |
| The Kept Woman / He Loves Lucy
|The Kept Woman He Loves Lucy |2008 |Headline Publishing Group | | |
| The Guy Next Door
|Gail's Gone Wild |Feb 2011 Victoria Dahl | |
| A Night to Remember
|Have Mercy |Apr 2011 |was Mercy Me |
| Christmas On Main Street
|A Seaside Christmas |Nov 2013 | |
| The Susan Donovan Collection
|The Kept Woman Knock Me Off My Feet He Loves Lucy |Dec 2015 | | |
| The Dogwalker Trilogy
|Not That Kind of Girl The Night She Got Lucky Aint Too Proud to Beg |Dec 2015 | | |
| Heart’s Kiss: Issue 12
December 2018-January 2019 |A Partridge in the Au Pair's Tree |Nov 2018 |Heart's Nest Press Debra Jess | |
= Writing as Pebbles Rocksoff =
== Short stories ==
- The Bodice Raptor, Amazon Digital Services, 2013
- Rex and the Single Girl, Amazon Digital Services, 2013
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.susandonovan.com/}}
- [http://us.macmillan.com/author/SusanDonovan Publisher's Author Page]
- {{url|www.Facebook.com/SusanDonovanFanPage/}}
- {{url|www.Facebook.com/RocksoffWriter/}}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists
Category:American romantic fiction writers
Category:21st-century American women writers