Margaret Mayo was born on 7 February 1936 in Staffordshire, England, and has remained within the country all of her life. She always loved reading, even to the extent of reading comics out loud to her twin brother when she was eight years old. She left school to become a secretary, taking a break to have her two children, Adrian and Tina. Once they were at school she started back to work and planned her further career by becoming a bilingual secretary. Unfortunately, she couldn't speak any languages other than her native English, so she began evening classes. It was at this time that she got the idea for a romantic short story—to this day she doesn't know where the idea came from or why, but she thanks her lucky stars because it kick-started her career.
Margaret, and her mother before her, had always read Mills & Boon romance novels, and to actually be writing one excited her beyond measure. It was never her ambition to become a writer, in fact, her only writing experience was in letters to various pen pals around the world. She has, unfortunately, lost touch with them now and often wonders whether any of them have ever discovered that her chatty letters were the forerunner to her writing career. In 1976, when she was 40, her first two submitted novels were accepted simultaneously, and now she has over seventy-five to her credit. When she looks at them lined up on her bookshelf she wonders how she has managed to write all those millions of words. She is a hopeless romantic who loves writing. She falls in love with every one of her heroes and likes to boast about how many "love affairs" she's had.
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A painful loving
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Valley of the hawk
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At The Spaniard's Convenience
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Bedded At His Convenience
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Conflict
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A taste of paradise
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Impulsive challenge
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Stormy relationship
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Trapped
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Savage affair
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Devil's fancy
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Diamond Stud
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Unexpected inheritance
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Intrigue
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Stormy Affair
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Passionate vengeance
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The emerald coast
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Ruthless Stranger
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Personal vendetta
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Burning desire
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Wild Injustice
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Determined Lady
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The marriage game
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Prisoner of the mind
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Marriage by contract
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Dangerous journey
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Rainbow magic
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Afraid to love
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Mutual attraction
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Stolen feelings
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Branded
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Return a stranger
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Tormented love
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Her Wealthy Husband
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Mistaken marriage
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Bitter reunion
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Feelings
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Second encounter
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At Daggers Drawn
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Autumn deception
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Yesterday's Dreams
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Dangerous Game
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An impossible situation
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Forgotten Engagement
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Harlequin Bianca
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Forgotten Engagement
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Bought for marriage
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A forbidden marriage
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Destiny paradise
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Reluctant Hostage
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A compelling force
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Bitter Memories (Island Dreams)
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Perilous Waters
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A fiery encounter
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LLammas Del Pasado
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The Mediterranean Tycoon (Promotional Presents)
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Innocent bride
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Pasion De Invierno: (Winter Passion) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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The Mediterranean Tycoon
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Secreto Familiar
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Impossible Situation
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Powerful Persuasion
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Pirate lover
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Bittersweet Pursuit
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Surrender To The Millionaire
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Fiery Encounter
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Impossible masquerade
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The unwilling wife
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Charming enemy
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Un mariage en danger
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Ungentlemanly Behaviour
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Mututal Attraction
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Land of ice and fire
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Amor En El Mediterraneo: (Love At The Mediterranean) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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The Tregenna tyrant
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Sea gypsy
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Her Husband's Christmas Bargain
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Face A L'Immensite
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L'Ete Commence a Peine
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Reluctant Hostage
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Un Tapis de Bruyere Rose
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Bajo El Sol: (Under The Sun) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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Toutes Les Lumieres de Hong Kong
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Divided loyalties
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Ungentlemanly Behaviour (Presents)
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Her Wealthy Husband
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The Wife Seduction
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The Mediterranean Tycoon
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A Forbidden Marriage
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Passionate Vengeance
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Stolen Feelings
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Marriage by Contract
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Bought For Marriage
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Contrato Matrimonial (Marriage Contract)
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The Billionaire's Blackmail Bargain
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