MARY BALOGH
Upcoming Title:In July 1999, Mary Balogh makes her debut as a Dell lead author with the Regency-era historical, ONE NIGHT FOR LOVE.
Letter from the Author:Dear Readers,
How lovely to have a space in which to say anything I want! Actually there is much to say, much that is new in my life and career.
For one thing I am fairly new on-line and am still wondering how I ever did without the delight of all this instant contact with other writers and readers—not to mention access to all the information that is out there. I have a friend constructing a web site for me. We hope to have it up and running by May 1, in plenty of time to promote my next book, my debut title with Dell. More of that later. You will find my site, once it is ready, at www.marybalogh.com. Do come and visit!
Writing can often be a lone job (not lonely, but solitary), so I always look forward to writers' conferences much as many people must look forward to spending winter months in Florida or Hawaii. Bliss to me is the chance to spend a few days talking and listening non-stop to readers, writers, booksellers, editors, agents, etc. I will be at the huge Romantic Times convention in Toronto in September and it should be especially exciting as I have been asked to present a "Master Class" the day before the conference officially begins. From 9 a.m. until about midnight participants are invited to join me in a day of total immersion in the Regency world of Mary Balogh—with re-enactments (I already have costume people, actors and cover models lined up), readings, preview glimpses into my work in progress, discussions, some teaching on writing skills particularly associated with me (emotional intensity, in-depth character development, for example), questions, Regency meals, just plain chatting, and doubtless other attractions that will occur to me once I get down to the nitty-gritty of planning the day.
But the most exciting event for me this year will be the release of my debut book with Dell, ONE NIGHT FOR LOVE, a Regency era historical. I have signed an exclusive contract with Dell, and they have certainly done a great job of starting me off with a magnificent cover. The stepback cover has the hero and heroine bathing naked in a pool at the foot of a waterfall at night and indulging in a romantic moment. Hot stuff! But beautiful too. The book begins with a scene I have always wanted to write—a grand wedding that is interrupted at the crucial moment by the sudden arrival of a former spouse, in this case a wife, whom the bridegroom had watched die a few years before the start of the book, one day after he married her in Portugal during the Peninsular Wars (hence the title, ONE NIGHT FOR LOVE). Except, of course, that she did not die.
ONE NIGHT FOR LOVE is a type of Cinderella story since the heroine is the illiterate daughter of an infantry sergeant while the hero is the Earl of Kilbourne. But it picks up where Cinderella leaves off. How could two such very different people, no matter how much they may love each other, possibly live happily together? It is a very intense and passionate romance. Make sure you have a full box of tissues at hand when you start it! But never fear—it IS a romance, and so of course there is a resolution to all the difficulties. Neville and Lily end up living happily ever after.
I am fortunate enough to have an editor at Dell who recognizes that I am at my best and most intensely passionate when I am writing in the Regency era. And so Regency-era historicals are what you can expect of me at least for the foreseeable future. At the moment I am working on one with a dark, bad, dangerous hero, who meets his match when a woman who appears to be an ordinary working girl interrupts a duel in which he is involved and inadvertently causes him to be shot in the leg. He is not amused and tells her so in no uncertain terms. But then neither is she and astonishes him by roundly scolding him. And so the battle of wills (and the romance, of course) begins....
If you have continued reading to this point, thank you! I hope I have pleased some of you in the past and will continue to do so in the future. If I am a writer you have never tried, I hope you will pick up the July book just out of curiosity, to see if I can lure you into going hunting for my backlist! Let me hear from you.
Sincerely,
Mary Balogh
April 1999
Mary Balogh can be reached at Box 571, Kipling, SK, Canada, S0G 2S0
E-mail: mary.balogh@sk.sympatico.ca
Backlist:
Signet Regencies:
A Masked Deception, 1985
The Double Wager, 1985
A Chance Encounter, 1985
Red Rose, 1986
The Trysting Place, 1986
The First Snowdrop, 1986
The Wood Nymph, 1987
The Constant Heart, 1987
Gentle Conquest, 1987
Secrets of the Heart, 1988
An Unacceptable Offer, 1988
The Ungrateful Governess, 1988
A Daring Masquerade, 1989
A Gift of Daisies, 1989
The Obedient Bride, 1989
Lady with a Black Umbrella, 1989
The Gilded Web, 1989
A Promise of Spring, 1990
Web of Love, 1990
The Incurable Matchmaker, 1990
Devil's Web, 1990
An Unlikely Duchess, 1990
A Certain Magic, 1991
Snow Angel, 1991
The Secret Pearl, 1991
The Ideal Wife, 1991
Christmas Beau, 1991
The Counterfeit Betrothal, 1992
The Notorious Rake, 1992
A Christmas Promise, 1992
A Precious Jewel, 1993
Courting Julia, 1993
Dancing with Clara, 1994
Tempting Harriet, 1994
Dark Angel, 1994
A Christmas Belle, 1994
Lord Carew's Bride, 1995
The Famous Heroine, 1996
The Plumed Bonnet, 1996
The Temporary Wife, 1997
A Christmas Bride, 1997
The Last Waltz, 1998Onyx and Topaz Historicals:
Beyond the Sunrise, 1992
Deceived, 1993
Tangled, 1994
Longing, 1994Berkley and Jove Historicals:
Heartless, 1995
Truly, 1996
Indiscreet, 1997
Silent Melody, 1997
Unforgiven, 1998
Thief of Dreams, 1998
Irresistible, 1998Dell Historicals:
One Night For Love, 1999Signet and Topaz Anthologies:
A Regency Christmas, 1989
A Regency Christmas II, 1990
A Regency Valentine, 1991
A Regency Christmas III, 1991
A Regency Valentine II, 1992
A Regency Summer, 1992
Full Moon Magic, 1992
A Regency Christmas IV, 1992
Tokens of Love, 1993
Rakes and Rogues, 1993
Moonlight Lovers, 1993
A Regency Christmas V, 1993
From the Heart, 1994
A Regency Christmas VI, 1994
Blossoms, 1995
Dashing and Dangerous, 1995
A Regency Christmas VII, 1995
An Angel Christmas, 1995
A Regency Christmas Feast, 1996
A Regency Christmas Carol, 1997Other Anthologies:
Love's Lagacy, 1996 (Leisure)
Timeswept Brides, 1996 (Berkley)
The Gifts of Christmas, 1998 (Harlequin)
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