Charlotte Lamb Books In Order
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Besieged | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Battle For Possession | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Too Close For Comfort | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Playing Hard to Get | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surrender | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Sweet Addiction | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Enemies & Lovers Books
Publication Order of Forbidden! Books
Publication Order of Man Talk Books
An Excellent Wife? | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man about the House | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fatherhood Fever! | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lost in Sensation | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Between Duty and Desire | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For Services Rendered | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Pages & Privileges Books
Publication Order of Secrets Books
Publication Order of Sins Books
Secret Obsession | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Fever | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Rivals | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Dreams | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Hunger | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hot Blood | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angry Desire | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Prisoner of the Heart | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Crown Usurped | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love In A Mist | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carnival Coast | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Queen's Letter | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Follow a Stranger | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Lantern in the Night | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flight of the Swan | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Falcon on the Hill | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Family Affair | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bells of the City | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Growing Season | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows at Dawn | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet Sanctuary | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gold of Apollo | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caring Kind | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hawk in a Blue Sky | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Festival Summer | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil and Miss Hay | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kingfisher Morning | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Florentine Spring | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Heron Quest | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Arms | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cruel Flame | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Master of Comus | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desert Barbarian | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star-Crossed | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Duel of Desire | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love's Bright Flame | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eleanor Of Aquitaine | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Notorious Gentleman | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maiden Castle | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Surrender | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dancing Hill / A Scandalous Bride | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pagan Encounter | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twist of Fate | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Master | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frustration | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silken Trap | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Masque | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forbidden Fire | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Sweet Wanton | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet Compulsion | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Dominion | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love is a Frenzy | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sensation | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Savage Surrender | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crescendo | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Obsession | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Storm Centre | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Compulsion | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Music | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Merchant's Daughter | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Frozen Fire | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fever | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tilthammer | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man's World | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miss Charlotte's Folly | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seduction | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desire | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Retribution | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Illusion | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Burning Memories | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Abduction | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stranger in the Night | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heartbreaker | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girl From Nowhere | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Fantasy | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tears and Red Roses | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dream Master | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Lover | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mistress of Fortune | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Wild Affair | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Betrayal | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sex War | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darkness Of The Heart | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Violation | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scandalous | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Games | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infatuation | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Men Are Dangerous | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Naked Flame | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For Adults Only | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleeping Desire | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Woman of Iron | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man Hunt | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bride Said No | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Explosive Meeting | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heat of the Night | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Circle of Fate | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Whirlwind | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hide and Seek | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kiss of Fire | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Echo of Passion | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out of Control | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You Can Love a Stranger | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No More Lonely Nights | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desperation | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seductive Stranger | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Runaway Wife | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Music | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rites of Possession | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Pursuit | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spellbinding | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Threat of Love | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shotgun Wedding | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleeping Partners | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forbidden Fruit | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heart on Fire | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dreaming | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire in the Blood | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Falling In Love | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wounds of Passion | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Body and Soul | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guilty Love | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spellbinding and Dark Music | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vampire Lover | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dying for You | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lovestruck | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Still of the Night | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walking In Darkness | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep and Silent Waters | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Yuletide Child | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seduction Business | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Treasons of the Heart | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angel of Death | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boardroom to Bedroom | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boss's Virgin | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wildest Rake | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Notorious Rake | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love In The Dark | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Kiss An Earl | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Charlotte Lamb born Sheila Ann Mary Coates was an English author from Essex, England. She was born in 1937 just before the beginning of World War II and during her childhood was moved from home to home to avoid the London bombings. She then went to the Ursuline Girls Convent and graduated aged sixteen. After leaving the convent, she went on to work as a clerk at the Bank of England. Not satisfied with the education she had received at the convent, she educated herself by visiting the enormous library at the Bank of England after work and during her lunch breaks. Charlotte would then go on to find a job at the BBC, where she worked as a secretary and it was there that she met political reporter Richard Holland, who would later become her husband. Since she was such a voracious reader, her husband suggested that she should try her hand at writing a romance. It took three days to pen her first novel even with three children needing her attention. While she raised her five children that included a pair of twins, she penned several more titles. For her writings, she used both her maiden and married names Sheila Coates and Sheila Holland. She would publish “Follow a Stranger,” which was the first of her “Mills & Boon” series that she penned as Charlotte Lamb. She would also publish more titles under the nicknames Laura Hardy, Victoria Wolf, and Sheila Lancaster.
Charlotte made her name in romance writing as she revolutionized the genre. She was among the very first authors that explored sexual desire. She skirted the boundaries of sexual desire and this is evident in the aspects of the sexual revolution that are common in her novels that hark back to the 1970s. Lamb introduced then taboo subjects in romance fiction that included aspects of rape and child abuse even as she created dominant and confident heroines. She was also among the forerunners in the creation of the modern romantic heroine who is imperfect, independent, and perfectly capable of leading in a romantic or sexual relationship. Since she published “Prisoner of the Heart” in 1972, Lamb has become one of the most prolific authors in the romance genre with more than 160 novels in the “Enemies & Lovers,” “Barbary Wharf,” and “Sins” series alongside tons of single standing titles. Most of her novels have been “Mills & Boon” titles. Charlotte has said that it is her work ethic and skill in writing that has made it possible to be so prolific. Working from 9 am to 5 pm, she typically pens a minimum of 2000 words every day and at one time completed a full-length novel in less than a week at a more leisurely pace, she usually takes an average of a fortnight to complete her novels.
Since 1977, Charlotte Lamb has been living as a tax exile on the Isle of man alongside her children and husband. She passed on in 2000, in her home on the Island though her legacy still lives on among her fans and the romance fiction community at large. Several posthumous titles such as “Boardroom to Bedroom,” “A Notorious Rake,” and “The Wildest Rake” were published after her death.
Charlotte Lamb’s “Besieged” is the debut novel of the “Barbary Wharf” series of novels. The lead is Gina Tyrell, a woman who had known that Nick Caspian the media tycoon was trouble right from the time they met. He is one of the most handsome men she ever met, but she also knows that he is a dangerous and ruthless man who went for what he wanted. What he wanted at the moment was the company Barbary Wharf, that owned the most prestigious daily in London. He also wanted to acquire the “Sentinel” and lastly the woman named Gina who would prove a complication due to her loyalty to Sir George Tyrell. He has entrusted Piet van Leyden with trying to change her mind since he was desperate to get the paper before it died. But Piet never thought he would be charmed by Sir George’s assistant named Hazel Forbes that was so charming that it was inevitable that he would fall in love. The novel does not emphasize the romance instead focusing on the corporate wars between the established old company that is led by a scruffy and gruff old man and his granddaughter in law on one side versus the young, ruthless and shady corporate raider whose background is little known. Will Nick manage to gobble Barbary Wharf and add it to his many conquests or will the old established order remain?
Battle for “Possession” by Charlotte Lamb tells the story of Roz Amery. Once upon a time, she had been one of the best foreign correspondents though Danielle Bruneille her boss had never given her the chance to gain more experience. He is a man he had known from her teenage years as she had a huge crush on him at the time. Nonetheless, he had mocked her when she gathered the courage to kiss him as he thought she was too young to get into a relationship with him. They had been at odds in love and work since Sentinel is her boss at the foreign affairs office at the paper and Roz thinks him one of the most opinionated and arrogant men she ever met. But then she found herself in some kind of relationship with the man. How had that happened when their clashes at the Sentinel had become the stuff of legend just like those of Gina Tyrell and Nick Caspian at the London Daily. She knew that Gina and Nick’s war was still on but since Nick desperately wanted to control the Sentinel that was part of Barbary Wharf, she secretly hoped he wanted her too.
Lamb’s “Playing Hard to Get” is the story of Valerie Knight who believes she understands what commitment means. She works at the “Sentinel” as a feature writer and has always fought to write what she believes in. She is also cognizant of the fact that getting and writing a good story requires that one takes some risks. But while her commitment to her job is unquestioned, it is not so clear cut when it comes to her private life. She had been the target of a relentless pursuit by the paper’s financial editor Gib Collingwood. She obviously had a crush on him but also wants to keep her distance as she is not so sure she is ready to deal with the results of a dalliance with him. Could she just be emulating Gina Tyrell that had rejected the advances of Nick Caspian the Sentinel boss. Or maybe she was just playing hard to get.
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