JoAnn Ross is popular US

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 writer

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 of over 95 romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s since 1983. She has also written novels as JoAnn Robbins and JoAnn Robb.

She is a member of the Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America is a national non-profit genre writers association. It provides networking and support to individuals seriously pursuing a career in romance fiction and supports top authors such as Nora Roberts and Judith McNaught.-History:...

's Honor Roll of best-selling authors, she's won several awards, including Romantic Times's Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title.

Biography

JoAnn Ross was born on July 25 in United States

United States

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. During her childhood, her grandfather McLaughlin told her Irish fairy tales. At 7 years she decided to be writer and she wrote her first novella.

She has written advertising copy extolling the wonders of everything from household appliances to diamonds to tires and for a few years, she wrote for a large metropolitan newspaper. She finally published her first novels in 1983.

She is a member of the Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America is a national non-profit genre writers association. It provides networking and support to individuals seriously pursuing a career in romance fiction and supports top authors such as Nora Roberts and Judith McNaught.-History:...

's Honor Roll of best-selling authors, she's won several awards, including Romantic Times's Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title. Her books have appeared on both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.

JoAnn lives with her husband and three rescued dogs in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains

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Single novels

• Stardust and Diamonds (1983)
• Sterling Deceptions (1984)
• A Secure Arrangement (1984)
• Touch the Sun (1984)
• Wolfe's Prey (1985)
• A Dangerous Passion (1985)
• Promises to Keep (1985)
• High Stakes Affair (1986)

Single novels

• Stormy Courtship (1984)
• Love Thy Neighbor (1985)
• Bait and Switch (1986)
• A Hero at Heart (1986)
• Hot on the Trail (1987)
• Wilde 'n' Wonderful (1988)
• In a Class by Himself (1988)
• Eve's Choice (1988)
• Murphy's Law (1989)
• Class by Himself (1989)
• Secret Sins (1990)
• Private Pleasures (1992)
• Dark Desires (1992)
• Lovestorm (1993)
• Scandals (1994)
• Angel of Desire (1994)
• The Return of Caine O'Halloran (1994)
• Private Passions (1995)
• Legacy of Lies (1995)
• It Happened One Week (1996)
• I Do, I Do... for Now (1996)
• No Regrets (1997)
• Southern Comforts (1997)
• 1-800-Hero (1998)
• Hunk of the Month (1998)
• Mackenzie's Woman (1999)
• Dial a Hero (1999)
• Thirty Nights (2001)
• Blaze (2005)
• Impulse (2006)
• No Safe Place (2007)
• Freefall (2008)

Lucky Penny Trilogy

1. Magic in the Night (1986)
2. Playing for Keeps (1986)
3. Tempting Fate (1987)

Tiernan Series

1. Without Precedent (1986)
2. Worth Waiting for (1987)
3. Spirit of Love (1988)

Montacroix Royal Family Series

1. Guarded Moments (1990)
2. The Prince and the Showgirl (1993)
3. The Outlaw (1996)

Bachelor Arms Series Multi-Author

• Never a Bride (1995)
• For Richer or Poorer (1995)
• Three Grooms and a Wedding (1995)

Men of Whiskey River Series

1. Confessions (1996)
2. Untamed (1996)
3. Wanted! (1996)
4. Ambushed (1996)
5. The Outlaw (1996)

Knights of New Orleans Series

1. Roarke, the Adventurer (1997)
2. Shayne, the Pretender (1997)
3. Michael, the Defender (1997)

Irish Castlelough Trilogy

1. A Woman's Heart (1998)
2. Fair Haven (2000)
3. Legends Lake (2001)

The Callahan Brothers Trilogy

1. Blue Bayou (2002)
2. River Road (2002)
3. Magnolia Moon (2003)
   • The Callahan Brothers Trilogy: Blue Bayou, River Road, Magnolia Moon (omnibus) (2004)
   • Callahan Brothers Trilogy: Blue Bayou, River Road, Magnolia Moon (omnibus) (2005)

Stewart Sisters Trilogy

1. Out of the Mist (2003)
2. Out of the Blue (2004)
3. Out of the Storm (2004)

Omnibus in collaboration

• Western Loving (1993) (with Susan Fox and Barbara Kaye)
• The Waiting Game (1995) (with Jayne Ann Krentz
  Jayne Ann Krentz
  Jayne Ann Krentz, née Jayne Castle is an American writer of romance novels. Krentz is the author of a string of New York Times bestsellers under seven different pseudonyms. Now, she only uses three names. As Jayne Ann Krentz she writes contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses Amanda Quick for her...
  
  ) (Washington / In a Class By Himself)
• The Bodyguard (1995) (with Pamela Bauer and Evelyn Crowe)
• New Year's Resolution: Baby (1996) (with Margot Dalton
  Margot Dalton
  Margot Dalton is a pseudonym used by Phyllis Strobell to write contemporary romance novels.Dalton has been nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and for a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Fourth Horseman...
  
   and Anne Stuart
  Anne Stuart
  Anne Stuart, born Anne Kristine Stuart , is a prolific and best-selling American romance novelist. She has written over 60 novels and was the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.Her first book was published in 1974 by Ballantine Press when she was 25 years old...
  
  )
• Verdict: Matrimony (1996) (with Sandra Canfield and Bobby Hutchinson)
• Summer Loving (1998) (with Marie Ferrarella
  Marie Ferrarella
  Marie 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...
  
  , Diane Pershing
  Diane Pershing
  Diane Pershing, born and raised in Queens, New York, is a romance novelist, television writer and voice actor.She wrote episodes for the television series The Love Boat and What's Happening Now!!...
  
   and Tiffany White)
• Temptations Blaze (1998) (with Heather MacAllister
  Heather MacAllister
  Heather W. MacAllister is a U.S.American writer of over 40 romance novels since 1990, principally as Heather MacAllister...
  
   and Elda Minger)
• Perfect Summer (1999) (with Stephanie Bond
  Stephanie Bond
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  , Janice Kaiser and Vicki Lewis Thompson
  Vicki Lewis Thompson
  Vicki Lewis Thompson is a best-selling U.S.American writer of over seventy romance novels. She has also been published under the pseudonyms Cory Kenyon and Corey Keaton with Mary Tate Engels.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Silent Sam's Salvation; A Very Special Delivery; Valentine Hearts and Flowers; Romantic Notions (2000) (with Myrna Temte and Roz Denny)
• Windfall (2003) (with Isabel Sharpe)
• Bayou Bad Boys (2005) (with E.C. Sheedy and Nancy Warren
  Nancy Warren
  Nancy Warren is a Pacific Northwest author of contemporary romance novels. She received her first publication contract after winning Harlequin's 2000 Summer Blaze contest...
  
  )
• Bad Boys Southern Style (2006) (with Jill Shalvis
  Jill Shalvis
  Jill Shalvis is a USA Today bestselling American writer of over 50 romance novels since 1996. She has written four books under the pseudonym Jill Sheldon.-Biography:...
  
   and E.C. Sheedy)

External links

• JoAnn Robb's Webpage and JoAnn Ross at Fantastic Fiction]