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Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski (born March 28, 1948, in West Germany) is an American writer of over 272 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages. She has also written under the names Marie Nicole, Marie Michael, and Marie Charles. Biography Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28, 1948, to Polish parents in West Germany, and moved to the United States when she was four. She has a master's degree in Shakespearean comedy from Queens College in New York City. Her first romance was sold in 1982 and she has since written over three hundred other novels. She has won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award for best Traditional Romance, and has been named a Romantic Times Career Achievement Winner. Ferrarella and her husband live in Southern California, with their two children. Her hobbies include old movies, musicals and mysteries. Bibliography As Marie Ferrarella Single novels Smoldering Embers (1982) Claimed By Rapture (1983) December 32nd - And Always (1983) Scenes From The Heart (1983) Buyer Beware (1984) Irresistible Forces (1984) Through Laughter and Tears (1984) Tried and True (1984) Country Blue (1985) Grand Theft: Heart (1985) Man Under Cover (1985) Please Stand By (1985) Thick as Thieves (1985) A Woman of Integrity (1985) Pocketful of Rainbows (1986) Code Name: Love (1986) Foxy Lady (1986) Getting Physical (1986) Last Year's Hunk (1986) Mine By Write (1986) No Way To Treat A Lover (1986) Chocolate Dreams (1987) No Laughing Matter (1987) Risking It All (1987) The Gift (1988) Five-Alarm Affair (1988) Heart To Heart (1989) Mother for Hire (1989) It Happened One Night (1990) Borrowed Baby (1990) Her Special Angel (1990) Undoing Of Justin Starbuck (1990) A Girl's Best Friend (1991) Blessing in Disguise (1991) Sapphire and Shadow (1991) Someone to Talk to (1991) Father Goose (1992) Moonlight Rebel (1992) World's Greatest Dad (1992) Holding Out for a Hero (1993) Aunt Connie's Wedding (1993) The Right Man (1993) Heroes Great and Small (1993) In Her Own Backyard (1993) Family Matters (1993) Her Man Friday (1993) Moonlight Lover (1993) She Got Her Man (1993) Christmas Every Day (1993) Flash and Fire (1994) Caution: Baby Ahead (1994) Moonlight Surrender (1994) Mother on the Wing (1994) Baby Times Two (1994) Callaghan's Way (1994) Father in the Making (1995) Caitlin's Guardian Angel (1995) Brooding Angel (1995) Let's Get Mommy Married: Yours Truly (1996) The Man Who Would Be Daddy (1996) Christmas Bride (1996) My Phony Valentine (1997) Traci on the Spot (1997) The Amnesiac Bride (1997) Mommy and the Policeman Next Door (1997) Lessons in Love (1997) Serena McKee's Back in Town (1997) The Offer She Couldn't Refuse (1998) Angus's Lost Lady (1998) A Husband Waiting to Happen (1998) Wanted, Husband, Will Train (1998) The Women in Joe Sullivan's Life (1998) Cassandra (1998) Suddenly... Marriage! (1998) Expecting in Texas (1999) A Hero for All Seasons (1999) Hero in the Nick of Time (1999) This Heart for Hire (1999) Father Most Wanted (2000) A Forever Kind of Hero (2000) Hero for Hire (2000) Tall Strong and Cool Under Fire (2000) Your Baby or Mine? (2001) Childfinders, Inc. (2001) For Her Baby's Sake (2001) A Hero in Her Eyes (2001) Heart of a Hero (2001) Rough Around the Edges (2001) A Dad at Last (2001) Dad by Choice (2003) And Babies Make Four (2003) Immovable Objects: Family Secrets: The Next Generation (2004) Starting from Scratch (2005) Sundays Are for Murder (2006) The Woman Who Wasn't There (2006) Finding Home (2006) Mother In Training (2006) The Second Time Around (2007) Her Lawman On Call (2007) Mr. Hall Takes A Bride (2007) Diagnosis: Danger (2007) Romancing The Teacher (2007) McClellan-Marino Series Man Trouble (1991) The Taming of the Teen (1991) Babies on His Mind (1993) The Baby Beneath the Mistletoe (1999) Pendleton Series Baby in the Middle (1994) Husband, Some Assembly Required (1994) Baby Of The Month Club Series Baby's First Christmas (1995) Happy New Year, Baby! (1995) 7lb, 2oz Valentine (1996) Husband, Optional (1996) Do You Take This Child? (1996) In The Family Way (1998) Baby Talk (1999) The Once and Future Father (2000) An Abundance of Babies (2001) Detective Dad (2003) Cutler Series Fiona and the Sexy Stranger (1998) Cowboys Are for Loving (1998) Will and the Headstrong Female (1998) The Law and Ginny Marlow (1998) Match for Morgan (1999) A Triple Threat to Bachelorhood (2002) Alaskans Series Wife in the Mail (1998) Stand-in Mum (1999) Found, His Perfect Wife (2000) The M.D. Meets His Match (2001) Lily and the Lawman (2003) The Bride Wore Blue Jeans (2003) The Prodigal M.D. Returns (2006) McCloud: Like Mother, Like Daughter Series One Plus One Makes Marriage (1998) Never Too Late for Love (1999) Quatermain Series The Baby Came C.O.D. (2000) Desperately Seeking Twin.... (2000) Bachelors of Blair Memorial Series In Graywolf's Hands (2002) Mac's Bedside Manner (2002) M.D. Most Wanted (2002) Undercover MD (2002) The M.D.'s Surprise Family (2004) The Best Medicine (omnibus) (2005) Searching for Cate (2005) Lone Star Country Club Series Once a Father (2002) Texas Rose (2002) Mom Squad Series A Billionaire and a Baby (2003) A Bachelor and a Baby (2003) Beauty and the Baby (2003) The Baby Mission (2003) Cavanaugh Justice Series Crime And Passion (2003) Internal Affair (2003) Racing Against Time (2003) Alone in the Dark (2004) Cavanaugh's Woman (2004) Dangerous Games (2004) In Broad Day Light (2004) The Strong Silent Type (2004) Dangerous Disguise (2005) Cavanaugh Watch (2006) Cameo Series Because a Husband Is Forever (2005) Her Special Charm (2005) She's Having A Baby (2005) The Fortune Series multi-author 11. Forgotten Honeymoon (1997) Storkville, U.S.A. Series multi-author 01. Those Matchmaking Babies (2000) Romancing The Crown Series multi-author 03. The Disenchanted Duke (2002) Parks Empire Series multi-author 02. Diamonds And Deceptions (2004) Logan's Legacy Series multi-author 05. The Bachelor (2004) Fortunes of Texas: Reunion Series multi-author 01. Her Good Fortune (2005) 08. A Baby Changes Everything (2005) 16. Military Man (2006) Most Likely to... Series multi-author 03. The Measure Of A Man (2005) Capturing the Crown Series multi-author 01. The Heart of a Ruler (2006) Marchand Series multi-author 02. The Setup (2006) Collections Husbands And Other Strangers (2006) Omnibus in collaboration A Taste of Heaven / Moonlight Lover / Gypsy Jewel / Sea Mistress (1993) (with Barbara Benedict, Patricia McAllister and Candace McCarthy) A Baby? Maybe (1996) (with Ann Major and Diana Palmer) For the Baby's Sake (1997) (with Mary Lynn Baxter and Kathleen Eagle) Summer Loving (1998) (with Diane Pershing, JoAnn Ross and Tiffany White) 3, 2, 1... Married!: Catch a Cowboy, Collide with a Single Daddy, Get Personal (1999) (with Beverly Barton and Sharon Sala) Silhouette Sensational: Forgotten Vows...? / License to Love / Cowboy Daddy / Babies On His Mind (1999) (with Barbara Boswell, Susan Mallery and Maggie Shayne) C.... Discover the Brenda Harlen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Brenda Harlen books.

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    The Honeymoon Homicide

    J. R. Mathis & Susan Mathis

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    Dracula

    Bram Stoker

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    Meditations

    Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

    Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.

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    Dream Psychology

    Sigmund Freud

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Written by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s 1899 book is the definitive text on learning to interpret dreams. Freud’s groundbr...

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    Saltwater Cove

    Amelia Addler

    Second chances...and the secrets that sabotage them. At 48 years old, Margie Clifton never expected to be starting her life all over again. But when her brother gifts her a propert...

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    Finding Cinderella

    Colleen Hoover

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    Death at Hazel House

    Betty Rowlands

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    Whiskey Girl

    Melissa Belle

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    The Cupcake Cottage

    Jean Oram

    NHL player Maverick Blades could fall in love with anyone... But he had to fall for a woman who falls under the Bro Code as untouchablehis best friend’s beautiful ex, DaisyMae Ray....

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    The Odyssey

    Homer

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    The Target

    Lexy Timms

    When you seek revenge be sure to dig two graves… Revenge was the only thing I had going for me. It kept me awake at night and drove me into desperate situations in dive bars across...

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    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Get Lucky

    Lila Monroe

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    Margaret Morrison

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    Carrie Lomax

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    Once Upon A One-Night Stand

    Zoey Locke

    At first sight, there was electrifying chemistry.  So why not go for it? After all, Lynx Grove, the city's most eligible bachelor, wants to claim her, at least for th...

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    Peace on Earth

    Maia Ross

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    Lexy Timms

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    How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days

    Lila Monroe

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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

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    Rogue Alpha

    Kimber White

    One touch made her crave him. But the pull of fate could be the path to ruin. College student Laura Prince lands a plum internship deep in the Michigan wilderness. When she discove...

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    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

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    You Are Kind

    Michael Gordon

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    Noxious

    Lexy Timms

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    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

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    Eternal

    W.J. May

    She will fight for what is hers. When the king is murdered, Katerina, his only daughter, must flee for her life. She finds herself on a strange and dangerous path. Alone for the fi...

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    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens

    An Apple Books Classic edition. It’s Christmas Eve in Victorian England. While some families don’t know where their next meal will come from, Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his large hom...

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    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

    An Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BChundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters ex...

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    The Four Loves

    C. S. Lewis

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    Teach Me

    Cassandra Dean

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    Teased by Fire

    Molly O'Hare

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    The Next Girl

    Carla Kovach

    IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR, MAKE IT THE NEXT GIRL... You thought he’d come to save you. You were wrong. ‘ Absolutely the best thriller I’ve read this year! ’ Goodreads Rev...

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    Bewitching a Highlander

    Roma Cordon

    Defying all for the love of a bewitching lass. Breena MacRae, a healer from Skye with a touch of witchery in her blood, embarks on a dangerous search for her missing father. She ar...

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    Awaken Me

    Jenna Jacob

    He was more than a ghost haunting my dreams…he was real. By day, I’m Julianna Garrett …a prim, proper accountant. By night, I’m tormented by dreams of an alpha, ambereyed Adonis wh...

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    The Seduction Series Boxset

    Roxy Sloane

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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    An Apple Books Classic You get not one, not two, but 25 gripping mysteries in Arthur Conan Doyle’s first of five collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Follow the brilliant ...

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    Enemies With Benefits

    Roxie Noir

    I don’t love him. I don’t even like him. I just want him. Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to...

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    Good Guy

    Kate Meader

    He's a Special Forces veteran making his pro hockey debut. She's a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow . . . Fa...

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    His Girl Next Door

    Khardine Gray

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    All Fired Up

    Kathryn Shay

    Captain Jarek Zenko, a war veteran and firefighter, meets Lacey Roth at a bar one night. They don’t share their real identities, even when they retreat to a hotel. When they meet t...

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    Masters of Restraint

    Ines Johnson

    My new boss is good at giving orders. But his latest demand is NSFW. Especially when his two business partners want in on our deal. My new boss My boss’s boss Their investor &#...

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    Law of Attraction

    Jordan Hollis

    How to Finally Overcome the Hurdles of Manifesting Proven, effective and enjoyable ways to help you manifest faster… Right now, think of something that makes you successful. If you...

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    Man In The Water

    Jon Hill

    An attempted murder. A missing spouse. And an international conspiracy that could change the world. Jack Green has always been skeptical of socalled facts. Though he's forced ...

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    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    An Apple Books Classic edition. Hester Prynne lives in infamy. After committing adultery and bearing a child with a man whose name she refuses to divulge, the heroine of Nathaniel ...

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    Silver Santa

    Lacey Silks

    Trapped together on Christmas, their unintended onenight stand becomes a lifechanging encounter amidst the snow. Laura Young's professional role as a security guard at the Sil...

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    Hard Love

    Peyton Banks

    He was football royalty. Legendary quarterback. A champion.  Reiner Strickland had led his team to three national championships and playing a knight in shining armor was a...

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    Always Yours

    Claire Raye

    Some things are just meant to be... Ellen Somerville and Will McIntyre met by accident and under unusual circumstances. Getting sprayed by a skunk in a parking lot wouldn’t normall...

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    Silenced Girls

    Roger Stelljes

    “ Wow wow wow!  Grips you in a choke hold and  does not let go … Oozes suspense and  bonechilling twists and turns .  Astonishing … One of those...

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    Assisting the Bosshole

    Kristin MacQueen

    No hot water? Check Missed the train? Check Broke my heel? Check Dropped my coffee? Check My first day of my new job can’t possibly go worse, right? Wrong. When I meet Parker Scott...

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    His Own Heaven

    Jennie Kew

    Winner of the 2021 Passionate Plume Award for BDSM Romance Finalist in the 2021 Stiletto Contest for Contemporary Romance He taught her to trust, she taught him to love. ​ Lucy Bar...