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Jessica Hart

ジェシカ・ハート

Jesika Hāto

Pen Names: Pamela Hartshorne（real name）, Pamela Bell（pen name）, Flora Harding（pen name）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Accra, Ghana
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
York, England → Yorkshire → Wiltshire

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1991-2024
Affiliations
Mills & Boon

Education

University of Edinburgh
French
Degree: 学士号
Country: United Kingdom
フランス語の学位取得
University of York
History
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Ph.D. on York's later medieval and early modern streets

Awards

RITA Award
2005
Work: Christmas Eve Marriage
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Romance Writers of America
Result: winner
Love Story of the Year Award
2006
Work: Contracted: Corporate Wife
Organization: Romantic Novelists' Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Christmas Eve Marriage

2004 Romantic novel

A romantic story set on Christmas Eve.

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Contracted: Corporate Wife

2005 Romantic novel

A romance involving a corporate contract marriage.

businessromance

Outback Bride

1997 Romantic novel

Bride story set in the Australian Outback.

exotic locationmarriage

Bibliography

  • The Trouble with Love (1991)
  • A Sweeter Prejudice (1991)
  • No Mistaking Love (1992)
  • Poseidon's Daughter (1992)
  • Defiant Love (1993)
  • Woman at Willagong Creek (1992)
  • A Sensible Wife (1993)
  • The Beckoning Flame (1993)
  • Oasis of the Heart (1993)
  • The Right Kind of Man (1994)
  • Love's Labyrinth (1994)
  • Moonshadow Man (1994)
  • Partner for Love (1995)
  • Legally Binding (1995)
  • Wife to Be (1995)
  • Working Girl (1996)
  • Part-time Wife (1996)
  • Kissing Santa (1996)
  • Bride for Hire (1997)
  • Outback Bride (1997)
  • Birthday Bride (1998)
  • Outback Husband (1998)
  • Married for a Month (1999)
  • The Convenient Fiancee (1999)
  • Baby at Bushman's Creek (2000)
  • Wedding at Waverley Creek (2000)
  • A Bride for Barra Creek (2001)
  • The Honeymoon Prize (2002)
  • Her Boss's Baby Plan (2003)
  • Christmas Eve Marriage (2004)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Light-hearted and engaging romantic narrativeExotic location settings
Recurring Motifs
Whirlwind romancesMarriage obstaclesCross-cultural romance

Legacy

British author of over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon, winner of the RITA Award and RoNA Award. Many countries she traveled feature as settings in her books.

Trivia

  • Born in Accra, Ghana, and grew up around Africa.
  • Studied French at University of Edinburgh and earned a Ph.D. in 2004.
  • Traveled extensively including Tanganyika, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Oman, and many others, which feature in her books.
  • Lives between York and Wiltshire with partner John.