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Barbara Faith

バーバラ・フェイス

Bābara Feisu

Aliases: Barbara Faith de Covarrubias

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1921-02-19 （Cleveland, Ohio）
Died
1995-10-10 age 74
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Miami, Florida → Chula Vista, California → San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1978-1995

Awards

RITA Award
1982
Work: The Sun Dancers
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Romance Writers of America
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Sun Dancers

1981 Romance

A passionate romance story. RITA Award winner.

lovepassiondance

Kill Me Gently Darling

1978 Romance

Debut romance novel.

lovechoice

Bedouin Bride

1984 Romance

First book in Morocco's Desert series.

desertmarriage

Bibliography

  • Kill Me Gently Darling
  • Choices of the Heart
  • The Moonkissed
  • The Sun Dancers
  • Enchanted Dawn
  • The Promise of Summer
  • Wind Whispers
  • Awake to Splendor
  • Islands in Turquoise
  • Tomorrow Is Forever
  • Sing Me a Lovesong
  • Return to Summer
  • Kiss of the Dragon
  • Asking for Trouble
  • Say Hello Again
  • Beyond Forever
  • In a Rebel's Arms
  • Heather on the Hill
  • Capricorn Moon
  • Danger in Paradise
  • Lord of the Desert
  • Echoes of Summer
  • Mr. Macho Meets His Match
  • The Matador
  • Queen of Hearts
  • Gamblin' Man
  • This Above All
  • Cloud Man
  • A Silence of Dreams
  • Midnight Man
  • Dark, Dark My Lover's Eyes
  • Moonlight Lady
  • Scarlet Woman
  • Long-Lost Wife?
  • Bedouin Bride
  • Desert Song
  • Flower of the Desert
  • Lion of the Desert
  • Desert Man
  • Happy Father's Day

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Passionate with exotic settingsMany Hispanic male protagonists
Recurring Motifs
Mexico, Spain, MoroccoDesert, romance

Legacy

American writer of over 40 romance novels, winner of RITA Award.

Trivia

  • Her husband was former bullfighter Alfonso Covarrubias, married 1970.
  • Renewed vows in Spain.