Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski (b. March 28 in West Germany

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) is a popular and prolific American

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 writer

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 of over 150 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages. She has also written under the names Marie Nicole, Marie Michael, and Marie Charles.

Biography

Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 to Polish

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 parents in West Germany

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, and moved to the United States

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 when she was four. She has a Masters degree in Shakespearean

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 comedy from Queens College in New York

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.

Her first romance was sold in 1981, and she has since written over one hundred and thirty other novels. She has won a Romance Writers of America

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 RITA Award for best Traditional Romance, and has been named a Romantic Times Career Achievement Winner.

Ferrarella and her husband live in Southern California

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, with their two children. Her hobbies include old movies, musicals and mysteries.

Single Novels

• Smoldering Embers (1982)
• Claimed By Rapture (1983)
• December 32nd - And Always (1983)
• Scenes From The Heart (1983)
• Buyer Beware (1984)
• Irresistible Forces (1984)
• Through Laughter and Tears (1984)
• Tried and True (1984)
• Country Blue (1985)
• Grand Theft: Heart (1985)
• Man Under Cover (1985)
• Please Stand By (1985)
• Thick as Thieves (1985)
• A Woman of Integrity (1985)
• Pocketful of Rainbows (1986)
• Code Name: Love (1986)
• Foxy Lady (1986)
• Getting Physical (1986)
• Last Year's Hunk (1986)
• Mine By Write (1986)
• No Way To Treat A Lover (1986)
• Chocolate Dreams (1987)
• No Laughing Matter (1987)
• Risking It All (1987)
• The Gift (1988)
• Five-Alarm Affair (1988)
• Heart To Heart (1989)
• Mother for Hire (1989)
• It Happened One Night (1990)
• Borrowed Baby (1990)
• Her Special Angel (1990)
• Undoing Of Justin Starbuck (1990)
• A Girl's Best Friend (1991)
• Blessing in Disguise (1991)
• Sapphire and Shadow (1991)
• Someone to Talk to (1991)
• Father Goose (1992)
• Moonlight Rebel (1992)
• World's Greatest Dad (1992)
• Holding Out for a Hero (1993)
• Aunt Connie's Wedding (1993)
• The Right Man (1993)
• Heroes Great and Small (1993)
• In Her Own Backyard (1993)
• Family Matters (1993)
• Her Man Friday (1993)
• Moonlight Lover (1993)
• She Got Her Man (1993)
• Christmas Every Day (1993)
• Flash and Fire (1994)
• Caution: Baby Ahead (1994)
• Moonlight Surrender (1994)
• Mother on the Wing (1994)
• Baby Times Two (1994)
• Callaghan's Way (1994)
• Father in the Making (1995)
• Caitlin's Guardian Angel (1995)
• Brooding Angel (1995)
• Let's Get Mommy Married: Yours Truly (1996)
• The Man Who Would Be Daddy (1996)
• Christmas Bride (1996)
• My Phony Valentine (1997)
• Traci on the Spot (1997)
• The Amnesiac Bride (1997)
• Mommy and the Policeman Next Door (1997)
• Lessons in Love (1997)
• Serena McKee's Back in Town (1997)
• The Offer She Couldn't Refuse (1998)
• Angus's Lost Lady (1998)
• A Husband Waiting to Happen (1998)
• Wanted, Husband, Will Train (1998)
• The Women in Joe Sullivan's Life (1998)
• Cassandra (1998)
• Suddenly... Marriage! (1998)
• Expecting in Texas (1999)
• A Hero for All Seasons (1999)
• Hero in the Nick of Time (1999)
• This Heart for Hire (1999)
• Father Most Wanted (2000)
• A Forever Kind of Hero (2000)
• Hero for Hire (2000)
• Tall Strong and Cool Under Fire (2000)
• Your Baby or Mine? (2001)
• Childfinders, Inc. (2001)
• For Her Baby's Sake (2001)
• A Hero in Her Eyes (2001)
• Heart of a Hero (2001)
• Rough Around the Edges (2001)
• A Dad at Last (2001)
• Dad by Choice (2003)
• And Babies Make Four (2003)
• Immovable Objects: Family Secrets: The Next Generation (2004)
• Starting from Scratch (2005)
• Sundays Are for Murder (2006)
• The Woman Who Wasn't There (2006)
• Finding Home (2006)
• Mother In Training (2006)
• The Second Time Around (2007)
• Her Lawman On Call (2007)
• Mr. Hall Takes A Bride (2007)
• Diagnosis: Danger (2007)
• Romancing The Teacher (2007)

McClellan-Marino Series

1. Man Trouble (1991)
2. The Taming of the Teen (1991)
3. Babies on His Mind (1993)
4. The Baby Beneath the Mistletoe (1999)

Baby Of The Month Club Series

1. Baby's First Christmas (1995)
2. Happy New Year, Baby! (1995)
3. 7lb, 2oz Valentine (1996)
4. Husband, Optional (1996)
5. Do You Take This Child? (1996)
6. In The Family Way (1998)
7. Baby Talk (1999)
8. The Once and Future Father (2000)
9. An Abundance of Babies (2001)
10. Detective Dad (2003)

Cutler Series

1. Fiona and the Sexy Stranger (1998)
2. Cowboys Are for Loving (1998)
3. Will and the Headstrong Female (1998)
4. The Law and Ginny Marlow (1998)
5. Match for Morgan (1999)
6. A Triple Threat to Bachelorhood (2002)

Alaskans Series

1. Wife in the Mail (1998)
2. Stand-in Mum (1999)
3. Found, His Perfect Wife (2000)
4. The M.D. Meets His Match (2001)
5. Lily and the Lawman (2003)
6. The Bride Wore Blue Jeans (2003)
7. The Prodigal M.D. Returns (2006)

McCloud: Like Mother, Like Daughter Series

1. One Plus One Makes Marriage (1998)
2. Never Too Late for Love (1999)

Bachelors of Blair Memorial Series

1. In Graywolf's Hands (2002)
2. Mac's Bedside Manner (2002)
3. M.D. Most Wanted (2002)
4. Undercover MD (2002)
5. The M.D.'s Surprise Family (2004)
6. The Best Medicine (omnibus) (2005)
7. Searching for Cate (2005)

Mom Squad Series

1. A Billionaire and a Baby (2003)
2. A Bachelor and a Baby (2003)
3. Beauty and the Baby (2003)
4. The Baby Mission (2003)

Cavanaugh Justice Series

1. Crime And Passion (2003)
2. Internal Affair (2003)
3. Racing Against Time (2003)
4. Alone in the Dark (2004)
5. Cavanaugh's Woman (2004)
6. Dangerous Games (2004)
7. In Broad Day Light (2004)
8. The Strong Silent Type (2004)
9. Dangerous Disguise (2005)
10. Cavanaugh Watch (2006)

Cameo Series

1. Because a Husband Is Forever (2005)
2. Her Special Charm (2005)
3. She's Having A Baby (2005)

Fortunes of Texas: Reunion Series Multi-Author

• 01. Her Good Fortune (2005)
• 08. A Baby Changes Everything (2005)
• 16. Military Man (2006)

Omnibus In Collaboration

• A Taste of Heaven / Moonlight Lover / Gypsy Jewel / Sea Mistress (1993) (with Barbara Benedict, Patricia McAllister and Candace McCarthy)
• A Baby? Maybe (1996) (with Ann Major
  Ann Major
  Margaret Major Cleaves is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major....
  
   and Diana Palmer
  Diana 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...
  
  )
• For the Baby's Sake (1997) (with Mary Lynn Baxter and Kathleen Eagle
  Kathleen Eagle
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  )
• Summer Loving (1998) (with Diane Pershing
  Diane Pershing
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  , JoAnn Ross
  JoAnn Ross
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   and Tiffany White)
• 3, 2, 1... Married!: Catch a Cowboy, Collide with a Single Daddy, Get Personal (1999) (with Beverly Barton
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   and Sharon Sala)
• Silhouette Sensational: Forgotten Vows...? / License to Love / Cowboy Daddy / Babies On His Mind (1999) (with Barbara Boswell, Susan Mallery
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   and Maggie Shayne
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  )
• Crazy for You (1999)
• In Defense of Love / Her Special Angel / Daddy Christmas / Home for Christmas (1999) (with Kathleen Creighton and Cathy Gillen Thacker
  Cathy Gillen Thacker
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  )
• Take This Man (2000) (with Diana Palmer and Nora Roberts
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  )
• Nine Months and Counting (2000) (with Myrna Temte)
• The Inheritance / Trueblood Texas (2001) (with Jo Leigh)
• Yuletide Brides: Christmas Bride / Father By Marriage (2001) (with Suzanne Carey)
• Dangerous to Love (2002) (with Beverly Barton and Lindsay McKenna)
• The Family Factor (2002) (with Carolyn Zane
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  )
• Labor of Love (2002) (with Leanne Banks
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   and Sharon Sala)
• At Her Service (2002) (with Annette Broadrick
  Annette Broadrick
  Annette Broadrick is an United States writer 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...
  
  )
• A Mother's Day (2002) (with Elizabeth Bevarly
  Elizabeth Bevarly
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   and Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards is an American author of over 50 contemporary romance and mystery novels.- Early years :Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a...
  
  )
• The Romance Collection (2002) (with Maureen Child
  Maureen Child
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   and Sharon Sala)
• Everybody's Talking (2003) (with Jasmine Cresswell
  Jasmine Cresswell
  Jasmine Rosemary Cresswell is a best-selling author of over 50 romance novels as Jasmine Cresswell and Jasmine Craig.-Biography:...
  
   and 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...
  
  )
• Crime and Passion / Midnight Run (2004) (with Linda Castillo)
• Mother's Love (2004) (with Elizabeth Bevarly
  Elizabeth Bevarly
  Elizabeth Bevarly is an American writer of over 55 romance novels since 1989. She is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author.-Biography:...
  
   and Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards is an American author of over 50 contemporary romance and mystery novels.- Early years :Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a...
  
  )
• Dangerous Games / Irresistible Forces (2004) (with Candace Irvin)
• Baby on the Way / Counting on a Cowboy / Secrets of a Small Town (2004) (with Patricia Kay
  Patricia Kay
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   and Karen Sandler
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  )
• Scenes of Passion / A Bachelor and a Baby (2004) (with Suzanne Brockmann
  Suzanne Brockmann
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  )
• Beauty and the Baby / Social Graces (2004) (with Dixie Browning
  Dixie Browning
  Dixie 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...
  
  )
• Cattleman's Heart / Strong Silent Type (2004) (with Lois Faye Dyer)
• Daddy Survey / Cavanaugh's Woman (2004) (with Janis Reams Hudson)
• California Christmas (2004) (with Dallas Schulze)
• Charlie's Angels / Diamonds and Deceptions (2004) (with Cheryl St. John)
• Alone in the Dark / Her Man to Remember (2004) (with Suzanne McMinn)
• Their New Year Babies (2004) (with Debbie Macomber
  Debbie Macomber
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  )
• Inheritance / Very Special Delivery (2005) (with Myrna Mackenzie)
• Triple Dare / Immovable Objects (2005) (with Candace Irvin)
• For Love and Family / The Bachelor (2005) (with Victoria Pade)
• Her Good Fortune / Tycoon in Texas (2005) (with Crystal Green)
• Tycoon's Marriage Bid / Measure of a Man (2005) (with Allison Leigh)
• She's Having a Baby / Once and Again (2005) (with Brenda Harlen)
• In Broad Daylight / Romancing the Renegade (2005) (with Ingrid Weaver
  Ingrid Weaver
  -Biography:Weaver was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She has a degree in English literature. After her youngest child entered school in 1989 she began writing in the hopes that she could build a career that would allow her to work from home...
  
  )
• Way Home / Cowboy's Christmas Miracle / Because a Husband is Forever (2005) (with Linda Howard
  Linda Howard
  Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard. Before she became a writer, she was an avid reader and fond of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for...
  
   and Anne McAllister
  Anne McAllister
  Anne McAllister is a best-selling United States writer of over 55 romance novels since 1985.-Biography:Anne McAllister was born in California, but spent time on her grandparents' ranch in Colorado and visiting relatives in Montana...
  
  )
• From This Day Forward (2005) (with Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards is an American author of over 50 contemporary romance and mystery novels.- Early years :Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a...
  
  )
• Her Special Charm / Past Imperfect (2006) (with Crystal Green)
• Temporary Brides? (2006) (with Patricia Hagan)
• Instant Family! (2007) (with Christine Rimmer
  Christine Rimmer
  Christine Rimmer is a USA Today and Waldenbooks bestselling U.S. writer of over 60 romance novels since 1987...
  
  )

Single Novels

• Tried and True (1984)
• Buyer Beware (1984)
• Please Stand by (1985)
• Through Laughter and Tears (1985)
• Grand Theft: Heart (1985)
• Man Undercover (1985)
• Woman of Integrity (1985)
• Thick As Thieves (1985)
• Code Name: Love (1985)
• Foxy Lady (1986)
• Mine By Write (1986)
• Country Blue (1986)
• Last Year's Hunk (1986)
• Getting Physical (1986)
• No Laughing Matter (1987)
• Chocolate Dreams (1987)

External links

• Marie Ferrarella's Webpage and Marie Nicole's Webpage at Fantastic Fiction's Website