Annette Broadrick
Encyclopedia
Annette Broadrick is an United States
writer
of over 55 romance novels since 1984.
, Texas
, Illinois
and Oregon
.
After her youngest child graduated from high school, Broadrick decided to try writing a book. In January 1984, she sold her first manuscript to Silhouette. She has been a full-time writer since then, with over fifty books published by Silhouette. Broadrick lives in the Texas Hill Country
.
United States
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writer
Writer
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of over 55 romance novels since 1984.
Biography
Broadrick was born on November 26, 1938 and raised as an only child for sixteen years, until her younger sister, Derralee, was born. Two years after that, as soon as she was graduated from high school in 1957, Broadrick married. The first of her four sons, David, arrived a year later, when she was 19. Rick, Randy, and Kevin came along quickly after that. For twenty-five years, Broadrick worked as a legal secretary to help supplement her husband's income. During that time period, the family lived in ArizonaArizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
.
After her youngest child graduated from high school, Broadrick decided to try writing a book. In January 1984, she sold her first manuscript to Silhouette. She has been a full-time writer since then, with over fifty books published by Silhouette. Broadrick lives in the Texas Hill Country
Texas Hill Country
The Texas Hill Country is a vernacular term applied to a region of Central Texas featuring tall rugged hills consisting of thin layers of soil atop limestone or granite. It also includes the Llano Uplift and the second largest granite monadnock in the United States, Enchanted Rock, which is located...
.
Awards
- 1984 nominee for Romantic Times Magazine's Best New Authors of the Year
- Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Winner for Best in Series
- Romantic Times W.I.S.H. Award winner
- Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Series Romance
- Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Series Romantic Fantasy
Stand alone novels
- Circumstantial Evidence (1984)
- Provocative Peril (1985)
- Sound of Summer (1986)
- Unheavenly Angel (1986)
- Return to Yesterday (1987)
- Strange Enchantment (1987)
- Made in Heaven (1987)
- Adam's Story (1987)
- Mystery Lover (1987)
- Christmas Magic (1988)
- Momentary Marriage (1988)
- With All My Heart (1988)
- A Touch of Spring (1988)
- Married? (1990)
- Lone Wolf (1991)
- Zeke (1993)
- Solution Marriage (1993)
- Mystery Wife (1994)
- Impromptu Bride (1994)
- Mysterious Mountain Man (1995)
- Cowboys And Wedding Bells (1999)
- The President's Daughter (1999)
- Daughters of Texas (2000)
- Hard to Forget (2001)
- But Not for Me (2002)
- Daddy's Angel (2004)
- Instant Mommy (2006)
- The Man Means Business (2006)
Men On A Mission Series
- Hunter's Prey (1984)
- Bachelor Father (1985)
- Hawk's Flight (1985)
- Marriage Prey (2000)
Max Series
- Irresistible (1989)
- A Love Remembered (1989)
- The Gemini Man (1991)
- Where There Is Love (1992)
Sons Of Texas Series
- Love Texas Style! (1992)
- Courtship Texas Style! (1992)
- Marriage Texas Style! (1992)
- Temptation Texas Style! (1994)
- Rogues and Ranchers (1996)
- Love And Courtship! (1998)
- Callaway Country (2000)
Daughters Of Texas Series
- Megan's Marriage (1996)
- Instant Mummy (1996)
- Groom, I Presume? (1996)
Secret Sisters Series
- Man in the Mist (2003)
- Too Tough to Tame (2003)
- MacGowan Meets His Match (2004)
Crenshaws Of Texas Series
- Branded (2004)
- Caught in the Crossfire (2004)
- Double Identity (2005)
- Danger Becomes You (2005)
- The Crenshaw Brothers' Virgin Brides (2005)
- The Crenshaw Brothers contains Double Identity / Danger Becomes You (omnibus) (2006)
Collections
- Spring Fancy (1993) (Surprise, Surprise, Chance Encounter, Simon Says...)
- Maximum Marriage: Men On a Mission (2000)
- Secret Agent Groom (2002)
Omnibus In Collaboration
- Wild Lady / Circumstantial Evidence / Island on the Hill (1990) (with Dixie BrowningDixie BrowningDixie Browning, née Burrus is an American artist and writer of over 100 romance novels. She also has published under the pen name Zoe Dozier, and with her sister Mary Burrus Williams, she writes historical romance under the name Bronwyn Williams.-Biography:Dixie Burrus was born in 1930 on North...
and Ann MajorAnn MajorMargaret Major Cleaves is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major....
) - Silhouette Christmas Stories (1990) (with Kathleen EagleKathleen EagleKathleen Eagle is an American author of over 40 romance novels.-Biography:...
, Brooke Hastings and Curtiss Ann Matlock) - Undercover Lovers (1994) (with Mary Lynn Baxter and Kathleen Korbel)
- Missing Memories: Tall in the Saddle / Forgotten Dream / Hawk's Flight (1995) (with Mary Lynn Baxter and Paula Detmer Riggs)
- Silhouette Summer Sizzlers (1995) (with Justine Davis and Jackie Merritt)
- Wanted: Mother (1996) (with Ginna Gray and Raye Morgan)
- Runaway Brides (1996) (with Debbie MacomberDebbie MacomberDebbie Macomber is a best-selling American author of over 150 romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Over 140 million copies of her books are in print throughout the world, and four have become made-for-TV-movies...
and Paula Detmer Riggs) - Destined for Love (1998) (with Heather GrahamHeather Graham PozzessereHeather Graham Pozzessere is a best-selling US writer, who writes primarily romance novels...
and Kathleen Korbel) - The Man She Married (1999) (with Emma DarcyEmma DarcyEmma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband-wife writing team of Wendy Brennan and Frank Brennan , they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, in the Emma Darcy Pseudonym's 10th anniversary, They created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish...
and Ann MajorAnn MajorMargaret Major Cleaves is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major....
) - Do You Take This Man? (1999) (with Elizabeth BevarlyElizabeth BevarlyElizabeth Bevarly is an American writer of over 55 romance novels since 1989. She is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author.-Biography:...
and Diana PalmerDiana Palmer (author)Susan Kyle, née Susan Eloise Spaeth is an award winning American writer well-known as Diana Palmer, who has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a science fiction novel as Susan S...
) - Love Child (2000) (with Justine Davis)
- Take 5, Volume 4 (2001) (with Mary Lynn Baxter and Tess GerritsenTess GerritsenTess Gerritsen, M.D., is a Chinese-American novelist and retired physician. Her first name is really Terry; she decided to feminize it when she was a writer of romance novels.-Early life:...
) - At Her Service (2002) (with Marie FerrarellaMarie FerrarellaMarie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski is a popular and prolific American writer of over 150 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages...
) - Western Rogues (2002) (with Cathy Gillen ThackerCathy Gillen ThackerCathy Gillen Thacker is an American author of over seventy romance novels.-Biography:Thacker began writing to occupy herself while she was raising small children. She wrote seven books as she taught herself how to be an author. Her eighth attempt was finally published in July 1982...
) - Matters of the Heart (2003) (with Ann MajorAnn MajorMargaret Major Cleaves is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major....
and Pamela Morsi) - Snowy Nights (2003) (with Heather GrahamHeather Graham PozzessereHeather Graham Pozzessere is a best-selling US writer, who writes primarily romance novels...
, Lindsay McKenna and Marilyn Pappano) - Getaway (2003) (with Stella Bagwell and Kathie DeNosky)
- Man in the Mist / Practice Makes Pregnant (2004) (with Lois Faye Dyer)
- MacGowan Meets His Match / Expecting! (2004) (with Susan MallerySusan MallerySusan Mallery is the author of over 80 books for Harlequin and Silhouette as well as full length novels. She lives in the Los Angeles Area with her husband and cats.- Booklist by Years:2010s:*Completely Smitten...
) - Branded / Fire Still Burns (2004) (with Roxanne St. Claire)
- Double Identity / Sleeping Arrangements (2005) (with Amy Jo Cousins)
- Conveniently Married (2005) (with Jackie Merritt)
- Verdict / What's A Dad to Do? / Father Factor (2005) (with Lilian DarcyLilian DarcyLilian Darcy is popular Australian writer of over 75 medical romance novels since 1981.-Biography:Lilian Darcy was born on 14 February in Australia. She grew up reading the books by L.M. Montgomery...
and Charlotte Douglas) - Beckett's Convenient Bride / New Year's Baby / Danger Becomes You (2005) (with Dixie BrowningDixie BrowningDixie Browning, née Burrus is an American artist and writer of over 100 romance novels. She also has published under the pen name Zoe Dozier, and with her sister Mary Burrus Williams, she writes historical romance under the name Bronwyn Williams.-Biography:Dixie Burrus was born in 1930 on North...
and Kathie DeNosky) - Memories of You (2005) (with Kate Stevenson)
- Getaway / Home on Leave / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Two's Company (2006) (with Stella Bagwell and Kathie DeNosky)
- A Lover for Christmas (2006) (with Stella Bagwell and Kathie DeNosky)
- Man Means Business / Devlin and the Deep Blue Sea (2007) (with Merline Lovelace)