Vivienne Wallington is an Australian author

Author

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 of romance novels under her own name as well as the pen name

Pen name

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 Elizabeth Duke.

Biography

Wallington worked for many years as a librarian. She wrote three children's books before beginning to write in the romance

Romance novel

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 genre. Nineteen of her novels were published under the Harlequin Romance

Harlequin Enterprises Ltd

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 line under the pseudonym Elizabeth Duke. She now writes under own name for various Silhouette lines. Romantic Times described her as "display[ing] a fine talent for storytelling as she creates dynamic characters and an intriguing conflict that will keep you guessing right up until the last page."

Wallington lives in Melbourne

Melbourne

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 with her husband John. They have two grown children.

Novels

• Somewhere (1983)
• Butterfingers (1986)
• Claiming His Bride (2001)
• Kindergarten Cupids (2002)
• In Her Husband's Image (2004)
• The Last Time I Saw Venice (2005)

As Elizabeth Duke

• Softly Flits a Shadow (1985)
• Windarra Stud (1988)
• Island Deception (1989)
• Fair Trail (1990)
• Wild Temptation (1991)
• Whispering Vines (1992)
• Outback Legacy (1993)
• Bogus Bride (1993)
• Shattered Wedding (1994)
• Make-believe Family (1995)
• To Catch a Playboy (1995)
• Heartless Stranger (1996)
• The Marriage Pact (1997)
• Takeover Engagement (1997)
• Taming a Husband (1997)
• Look-a-Like Fiancee (1998)
• The Husband Dilemma (1998)
• The Parent Test (1999)
• The Outback Affair (2000)

Omnibus

• In Her Husband's Image / Then There Were Three (2004) (with Lynda Sandoval)
• Beauty Queen's Makeover / Last Time I Saw Venice (2005) (with Teresa Southwick
  Teresa Southwick
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