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Rochelle Alers (born August 7, 1943) 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. Bibliography As Rochelle Alers Single novels Careless Whispers, (1988) My Love's Keeper, (1991) Happily Ever After, (1994) Home Sweet Home, (1996) Reckless Surrender, (1997) Gentle Yearning, (1998) Summer Magic, (1999) A Younger Man, (2002) Secrets Never Told, (2003) Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer, (2004) All My Tomorrows, (2005) A Time to Keep, (2006) Pleasure Seekers, (2007) After Hours, (2008) Naughty, (2009) Butterfly, (2010) The Hideaway Series The Hideaway Series has started to be reissued on the Harlequin brand. Prequels Best-Kept Secrets (2010) Reissue 2010 First Generation Hideaway (1995) Reissue 2009 Hidden Agenda (1997) Reissue 2009 Vows (1997) Reissue 2010 Heaven Sent (1998) Reissue 2010 Daughters and Sisters Trilogy Harvest Moon (1999) Reissue 2011 Just Before Dawn (2000) Private Passions (2001) Stranger in My Arms (2007) Breakaway(2010) Sons and Brothers Trilogy No Compromise (2002) Reissue 2009 Homecoming (2002) Renegade (2003) Secret Agenda (2009) The Whitfields of New York Long Time Coming (2008) The Sweetest Temptation(2008) Taken By Storm(2008) The Best Men Trilogy Man of Fate (2009) Man of Fortune (2009) Man of Fantasy (2009) The Blackstones of Virginia The Long Hot Summer (2004) Very Private Duty (2004) Beyond Business (2005) The Eatons Bittersweet Love, (2009) Sweet Deception, (2009) Sweet Dreams, (2010) Twice The Temptation, (2010) Sweet Persuasions, (2011) Sweet Destiny, (2011) Wainwright Legacy Because of You, (2010) Here I Am, (2011) Collections More Than Just Words, Vol. 6, (2010) Anthologies in collaboration "Fresh Fruits" in Holiday Cheer (with Angela Benson and Shirley Hailstock) 1995/12 "Hearts of gold" in Love Letters (with Donna Hill and Janice Sims) 1997/02 Novella in Rosie's Curl and Weave (with Donna Hill, Felicia Mason and Francis Ray) 1999/02 Novella in Island Magic (with Shirley Hailstock, Marcia King-Gamble and Felicia Mason) 2000/02 "Sweet Surrender" in Della's House of Style (with Donna Hill, Felicia Mason and Francis Ray) 2000/07 Novella in Welcome to Leo's (with Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson and Francis Ray) 2000/12 "Stand-in bride" in Going to the Chapel (with Gwynne Forster, Donna Hill and Francis Ray) 2001/06 "First Fruits" in 'Tis the Season (with Donna Hill and Candice Poarch) 2001/10 "From the Heart" in Island Bliss (with Carmen Green, Marcia King-Gamble and Felicia Mason) 2002/02 "Anniversary" in Twilight Moods 2002/09 "Reunion" in Living Large (with Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson and Francis Ray) 2003/01 "Summer Madness" in Four Degrees of Heat (with ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Brenda L. Thomas and Crystal Lacey Winslow) 2004/07 "Love Lessons" in Let's Get it On (with Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson and Francis Ray) 2004/11 Lost in Sensation & Very Private Duty (with Maureen Child) 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 (with Susan Crosby) 2005/07 "A Younger Man" in When You Least Expect It (with Brenda Jackson) 2005/09 "Shepherd Moon" in A Season of Miracles (with Adrianne Byrd, Kayla Perrin and Janice Sims) 2005/10 Beyond Business with Apache Nights by Sheri Whitefeather 2006/09 Nonfiction Getting Political: Stories of a Woman Mayor (2002) (with Alice Crozier and Joan Darrah) As Susan James Single novels Reckless Surrender 1997/04 References External links Rochelle Alers Official Website. Discover the Shirley Hailstock popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Shirley Hailstock books.

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    One Christmas Night

    Shirley Hailstock

    Elizabeth Gregory’s world fell apart one Christmas, and she never wants to see the man who caused it, her exfiance, James Hill.  He might be boywonder to the investment world,...

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    SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

    Shirley Hailstock

    Rachel Jordan’s world changed after her accident.  It continues to alter while she’s on vacation.  She’s confused and can’t remember simple things.  She’s losing peo...

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    The Magic Shoppe

    Shirley Hailstock

    Georgiana Castleton is gifted.  But she knows all gifts come with a price.  And hers is a short life.  This will be her last Christmas and she’s resolved to her fate...

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    The Christmas List

    Shirley Hailstock

    A freak accident changed the course of tennis player Allie Underwood’s life.   Two years in recuperation, she’s finally back on her feet, but her plans of opening a tennis aca...

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    Christmas in Washington

    Shirley Hailstock

    Elizabeth Gregory's heart is as cold as the snow falling on the nation's capital.  Three years ago, her life went on hold when a fatal accident took her only sister on Christm...

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    A Christmas Reunion

    Shirley Hailstock

    Emerson Stewart needs a lucrative contract to save his fledgling business. Nöelle Graham, someone he went to high school with, could be the ticket he needs.    Emerson wa...

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    The Obsidian Cat

    Shirley Hailstock

    Ethan Pollack thinks of Blythe Cove Manor as his second home and Blythe is second mother. A career navy officer, Ethan never returns to Martha's Vineyard without a gift for Blythe....

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    Brush Strokes

    Shirley Hailstock

    What would you call surviving a lightning strike? Michaela Manfred‑Smith did just that. But what happened next would be considered a gift by most. For Michaela, it felt like a curs...

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    The Last Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

    Shirley Hailstock

    Darwin L. Clarence III, called Dancey since he was in nursery school, has eaten his favorite sandwich for lunch every day for years peanut butter and jelly.  But his parents ...

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    Forever Bound

    Shirley Hailstock

    You never know what you'll find when you pull a wall down. But Eleanora Sloan was unprepared for the mahogany box and its unusual contents as she worked on her home in Tennessee. A...

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    Joy Road

    Shirley T. Hailstock

    Joy Road is the story of four remarkable black women from Woodmere, Goergia (referred to as Bottoms by the locals) and their struggle to survive, to love their men and, to raise th...

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    An Everlasting Bond

    Shirley Hailstock

    Sharon Parker's daughter convinced the family to go to Blythe Cove Manor for Mother's Day.  Little did she know that the simple act of love would unveil a long held secret tha...

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    Capitol Chronicles The Complete Set

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    Shirley Hailstock takes you on an adventure. The Capitol Chronicles Boxed Set includes five fulllength novels and one novella. Fall in love amid the political intrigue of our natio...

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    Holding up the World

    Shirley Hailstock

    Lisa Russell wasn’t a make lemonade kind of woman when it came to life’s little surprises. Her plans were to redecorate her emptynested house and find a man. Having to accept custo...

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    Capitol Chronicles

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    Shirley Hailstock takes you on an adventure. The Capitol Chronicles Boxed Set includes three fulllength novels. Fall in love amid the political intrigue of our nation's capital. Un...

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    More Than Gold

    Shirley Hailstock

    She holds an Olympic gold medal Her name is a household word And her face is that of America’s Sweetheart So why is someone trying to kill her? Morgan Kirkwood was...

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    Under the Sheets

    Shirley Hailstock

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    Mirror Image

    Shirley Hailstock

    Aurora Alexander found her doppelganger in the form of talk show hostess Marsha Chambers.  Yet the two of them couldn’t be further apart in personality.  Aurora, a traine...

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    Kwanzaa Angel

    Shirley Hailstock

    Erin Scott withstood the humiliation of being abandoned at a high school prom by the man of her dreams. Channeling her personal feelings into work, Erin opened a department store w...

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    Capitol Chronicles Books 4-6

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    Shirley Hailstock takes you on an adventure. The Capitol Chronicles Boxed Set includes two fulllength novels and one novella. Fall in love amid the political intrigue of our nation...

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    Legacy

    Shirley Hailstock

    When you’re sitting on top of the world, You only have two decisions to make. Do you fall to the left or the right? Erika St. James has seen both the best of life and the wo...

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    White Diamonds

    Shirley Hailstock

    Sandra Rutledge has been in front of cameras most of her life.  She longs for the quiet existence of a university professor.  A PhD candidate in mathematics, she’s at the...