Robyn Donald was born on 1940 in Northland, New Zealand, she was the oldest in her family, and as a child she thrilled her four sisters and one brother with bloodcurdling adventure tales, usually very like the latest book she'd borrowed from the library. She married and worked as teacher during years.
Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. Her sister was living with her husband and her and spent most of that winter acquiring, suffering, and recovering from various infections. One day she croaked that she had read everything on Robyn's bookshelves, so would She please buy her something cheerful and sustaining. Robyn found three paperbacks one Mills & Boon Modern Romance novel and a couple of other romances. Robyn read them, too, of course, and so enjoyed them she spent the next couple of years hunting down more Mills & Boon books. This was much more difficult then than it is today, so she decided to write her own, and for the following busy 10 years she wrote and hoped that one day. She'd finish a manuscript good enough to send off. The second illness was her husband's, and it was bad a heart attack. He was so young it terrified them all. While he was recovering he suggested that Robyn finish the manuscript She was writing and send it off. It wasn't a perfect manuscript, but the doctor had said to humour him, so she finished it, edited it as best she could, and sent it off. Three months later, she was astounded to read a letter from the Mills & Boon saying that if she made a few revisions they would buy her novel Bride at Whangatapu. Published since 1977, Robyn left teaching to become a full-time writer after her first three books had been accepted.
Robyn sees her readers as intelligent women who insist on accurate backgrounds, so she spends time researching as well as writing. She sometimes thinks that writing is much like gardening. It's a similar process creating landscapes for the mind and emotions from the seeds of ideas and dreams and images. Both activities can also lead to moments of extreme delight, moments of total despair, and backache. Now Robyn is living in the Bay Islands. She continues writing, and also finds time for a very supportive husband, two adult children and their partners, a granddaughter and her mother, not to mention the member of the family that keeps her fit, a loud, cheerful, and ruthlessly determined "almost" Labrador dog.
If you'd like to contact her, Robyn Donald can be reached at: P.O. Box 18240, Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Dark fire
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The darker side of paradise
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The Prince's Convenient Bride
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Summer at Awakopu
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Bride at Whangatapu
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Country of the heart
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A bitter homecoming
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An old passion
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Dilemma in paradise
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The gates of Rangitatau
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Some kind of madness
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The dark abyss
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Long Journey Back
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The Millionaire's Virgin Mistress
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Love's reward
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Storm over paradise: and Stone princess
4 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow -
Mansion for my love
4 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Iceberg
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Such dark magic
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Una Princesa Para El: (A Princess For Him) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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Sweetest trap
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Element of Risk
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The Rich Man's Royal Mistress (Larger Print Presents: the Royal House of Illyria)
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Island Enchantment
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Prince of lies
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A Late Loving
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy
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Old passion
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No guarantees
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No place too far
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The colour of midnight
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The Guarded Heart
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The Golden Mask
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The Royal Baby Bargain
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Innocent mistress, royal wife
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The Blackmail Bargain
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Meant to marry
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The stone princess
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A Summer Storm
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The golden mask
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Smoke in the wind
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Forbidden Pleasure
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Tiger Eyes
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Sanchia's Secret
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A durable fire
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A willing surrender
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One Night at Parenga
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Captives of the past
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A Matter of Will
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Surrender to Seduction
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Tiger, Tiger
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Paradise Lost
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By Royal Demand
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THE RICH MAN'S ROYAL MISTRESS
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The Prince's Forbidden Virgin
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Una Princesa Para El
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Return To Yesterday
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Indiscretions (Bride's Bay Resort, Book 2)
2 editions - first published in 1996 Borrow -
The Mediterranean Prince’s Captive Virgin
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His Majesty's Mistress
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The rich man's blackmailed mistress
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Virgin bought and paid for
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Ruthless Billionaire, Inexperienced Mistress
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An unbreakable bond
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Shadow of the past
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Wife in exchange
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Pecados Olvidados (forgotten sins)
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Fortuna Para Un Corazon: (Fortune For A Heart) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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The interloper
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Prince of Lies (Dangerous Liaisons)
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Tierra Amarga: (Bitter Land) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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The Temptress Of Tarika Bay (Foreign Affairs)
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His Pregnant Princess: Royal Weddings (Presents)
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The Gates of Rangitaian
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By Royal Command (Royal Weddings)
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Pasión despiadada
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Mas Alla De La Verdad (Beyond the Truth)
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Unbreakable bond
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Entre El Odio Y El Amor (Between Hate And Love)
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Pagan surrender
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The Stone Princess (Year Down Under)
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E seirena tou Tarika Bei
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Best of Robyn Donald
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The billionaire's passion
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Wolfe's Temptress (Secret Passions)
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The Prince's Pleasure (By Royal Command)
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Forbidden Desire (50th Book)
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Amor Real (Real Love)
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The Nanny Affair
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Brooding Billionaire, Impoverished Princess
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A Reluctant Mistress
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Forgotten Sins (Passion)
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Guerra De Amor: (War Of Love) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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Rendidos A La Tentacion: (Surrendered To Temptation) (Harlequin Bianca (Spanish))
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The Final Proposal
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Mujer Misteriosa: (Mysterious Woman) (Bianca)
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Mirror Bride (The Marriage Maker)
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The guarded heart
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The Devil's Bargain
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The Paternity Affair
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| August 18, 2010 | Edited by E-Romance | Biography |
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