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Barbara Faith
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Barbara Faith was born on February 19, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. Married to the love of her life, former bullfighter Alfonso Covarrubias, on 11 November 1970. They later renewed their vows in Spain on 6 May 1983. She died on 10 October 1995, exactly one month before celebrating their 25th anniversary.
Barbara began work as a public relations person in Miami, Florida and later moved to Chula Vista, California. She later moved to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico .She published her first novel in 1978 for Silhouette Books. Most of her books are set in Mexico, Spain, USA or Morocco, and like her husband, many of the male protagonists of her books are Hispanic. In 1982, she won a RITA Award.
Full Series List in Order
Morocco Desert
1 - Bedouin Bride (Sep-1984)2 - Desert Song (Jan-1987)
3 - Flower of the Desert (Nov-1988)
Two Worlds Men
1 - Midnight Man (Jan-1994)2 - Desert Man (Jul-1994)
Multi-Author Series List
Man of the World
5 - Lion of the Desert (Oct-1991)Romantic Traditions
Desert Man (Jul-1994)That's My Baby
3 - Happy Father's Day (Jun-1996)Book List in Order: 42 titles
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Kill Me Gently, Darling
- Jan-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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Hurricane Gladys was brewing up a king-sized blow when Catherine uncovered a plot to smuggle cocaine out of Jamaica. She rushed out to find her friend David and get help. Distressed when she failed to find him, she went back to her beach house just b...
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The Moon Kissed
- Jan-1980
- / Contemporary Romance
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They were love's vanquished children! Sarah Finch: Prisoner, schoolteacher, seductress, she was a Texas lass driven to desire a dashing Mexican rebel leader...the coppery haired "gringa" who would be tested by the roughness of Pancho Villa's band,...
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The Sun Dancers
- Apr-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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TOAST OF TWO CONTINENTS, FROM MEXICO TO SPAIN! They called her La Gringa -- beautiful blonde bullfighter Mariana Toscano, daughter of film goddess Pat Palmer and the late great matador Roberto Toscano. But it wasn't until Mariana fled the glit...
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Enchanted Dawn
- May-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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WHILE A CIVIL WAR BLAZED A LOVE WAS CONSUMED ... Exquisite green-eyed Savannah Spencer, her life imperiled in the ravaged South, was sent by her father to friends in Mexico. But hope of safe refuge dwindled with rebellion raging against the powerf...
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The Promise of Summer
- Sep-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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CHARMED LIVES... She was April Juneau. One day spent watching the parade of light and shadow, the glory of the Spanish bullring, would change her life forever. He was Alejandro Cervantes, a matador, a man who wore the suit of lights and danced ...
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Wind Whispers
- May-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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WRITTEN ON THE WIND... In the ancient Yucatan the God of the Wind had once watched as two lovers ran headlong into tragedy. Would that story be enacted once again? Joanna Morrow and Carlos Quintana met to work on a mural celebrating Mexico's past...
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Bedouin Bride
- Sep-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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KATHERINE BISHOP She felt as if she were living a novel when she was kidnapped and carried into the Moroccan desert. RASHID BEN HASIR He had connections to two worlds: the civilized West, and the fierce East that was his heritage. They clashe...
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Awake to Splendor
- Jul-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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A MANY SPLENDORED THING Her sister was gone, and Rosemary Harper intended to raise Vicky's son, come hell or high water. She hadn't bargained on Antonio de Santiago. It was Tonio's nephew she'd come to get, and he wasn't going ...
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Islands in Turquoise
- Dec-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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SHE NEEDED SOME TIME ALONE Marisa Perett was on her way home when Hurricane Bertha swept through the Florida Keys, leaving destruction in her wake. When Marisa rescued newsman Michael Novak from the sea, his effect on her was just as devastating....
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Tomorrow Is Forever
- Apr-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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MEXICAN HEAT... For Annie McCallister, divorce was just another item for her list of failures. But here in Puerto Madero, she'd found a haven...good friends...time to forget...and the children. Her little refugees. She'd handled their tear...
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Sing Me a Lovesong
- Jun-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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A HEARTFELT MELODY Jacques Duvalier had a voice that could melt steel -- plus looks, charm, and enough sex appeal to send any woman running for a cold shower. For years, Laura Williams resented that "awful French boy." Her Uncle Beau had given hi...
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Return to Summer
- Sep-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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There could never be anything between Sarah Maxwell and Andres Navarro. Fifteen years ago, innocent Sarah had made love to Andres's brother--and had given birth to his child. Sarah's pride had kept her silent. She'd left the Navarro's lush ranch b...
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Desert Song
- Jan-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS Christy's brother had disappeared without a trace in the Sahara Desert. Now Christy was in Morocco, determined to find him. The only one who could help her was Hassan Ben Kadiri, a man born and bred in the desert, who lo...
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Kiss of the Dragon
- Jun-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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They were searching for an ancient treasure...but they found a timeless love. MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD A deathbed request sent Bethany Adams to Hong Kong in search of the legendary Golden Dragon, symbol of eternal love to those who viewed him wi...
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Asking for Trouble
- Sep-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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REBELLIOUS HEART Juliana Thornton was a rebel. And as far as she was concerned, Brian McNeeley was the establishment. Julie came to revolution-torn San Benito to find her sister-in-law and her nephew. Brian came to find Julie -- and take her safely ...
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Say Hello Again
- Feb-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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Photographer Bree Petersen had traveled the world, meeting all kinds of people. But when her high school class had its reunion, she returned to her roots, Key West, and her childhood friend, Miguel Rivas. Once a poor Cuban refugee, Miguel was now ...
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Beyond Forever
- Jun-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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A DREAM SO VIVID... The young Egyptian queen first appeared to Catherine in a dream...an exotic beauty clad in flowing robes and sandalwood beads, watching over the waters of the Nile for her returning lover. The dream gave way to reality when ...
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Flower of the Desert
- Nov-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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PASSION FLOWER From the moment he tossed her over his shoulder and stormed from the Princeton frat house, Jasmine knew Raj Hajad was a no-nonsense man who took what he wanted. He was, after all, Moroccan--and he'd been sent to bring jasmine Hasir ...
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In a Rebel's Arms
- Mar-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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PRISONER OF DESIRE Caroline Winwood had come to the island of San Germaine to find her father. But she'd barely arrived before she was whisked off by the military police, threatened, then just as suddenly "rescued" by dark, mysterious ...
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Heather on the Hill
- Jun-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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A storm-tossed cliff in the Scottish Highlands was the last place Blythe Warner expected to find magic. Yet from the moment gorgeous Cameron MacCabe stepped out of the mist to rescue her from certain harm, she was swept away by the sweetest enchantme...
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Capricorn Moon
- Oct-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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MOONLIGHT MADNESS One minute she was strolling serenely through the breathtaking Gardens of Alhambra; the next, shots rang out, and she was thrown to the ground and pinned beneath the body of a fierce, black-eyed stranger. And for schoolteacher El...
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Danger in Paradise
- Apr-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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MOONLIT OBSESSION Rugged Matt McKay had a knack for troubleshooting. When Hollywood director Emory Winston disappeared with his bank's twenty-five-million-dollar investment, Matt was convinced Emory's stepdaughter knew where he was hiding....
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Choices of the Heart
- Aug-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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As miles of track unfurled behind her, Susan Alexander looked forward to the warm, remote haven of the Mexican mountains. Alone, afraid, and as vulnerable as a woman could be, she would surely find shelter there. Indeed, fate put a handsome strang...
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Lord of the Desert
- Dec-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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Swept away... EAST MEETS WEST Lord Ali Ben Hari disapproved of strong-willed public-relations executive Genevieve Jordan, who had been assigned to help organize his country's economic conference. She was everything he detested in a woman, yet ...
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Echoes of Summer
- Feb-1991
- / Contemporary Romance
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Eden Adair was missing a vital piece of her past, and only one man could help her retrieve it: Linc McAllister, the doctor whose sure, steady hands had delivered her baby sixteen years ago...then delivered the infant into adoption and consoled Eden i...
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Lion of the Desert
- Oct-1991
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE SHEIK OF RASHDANI Name: Sheik Karim al-Raji Description: Ruthless. Primitive. Passionate. Mission: To rescue Diane St. James from her evil kidnappers and return her to her father. Obstacle: He wanted to keep her. There was something...
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Mr. Macho Meets His Match
- Jan-1992
- / Contemporary Romance
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Females didn't come much more straitlaced than secretary Abigail Sedgewick, and there wasn't a man born more footloose than mining engineer Nicholas Fitzgerald. So when a joint bequest made them equal partners in the Lucky Lady gold mine, it ...
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The Matador
- May-1992
- / Contemporary Romance
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"YOUR HUSBAND MAY NOT LIVE! " For years Megan had lived in fear of those words. She loved the Mexican matador Ricardo Montoya, but as his wife and the mother of his infant daughter, she hadn't been able to bear to watch him risk his l...
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Queen of Hearts
- Sep-1992
- / Contemporary Romance
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RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES! Beaten and imprisoned in a foreign land, history professor Thomas Thornton had a fair idea what his chances of escape were: slim to none. But that was before agent Amanda Bliss was assigned to his case. She knew how to use...
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Gamblin' Man
- Jan-1993
- / Historical Romance
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High Stakes Overrun with saloons and brothels, Cripple Creek, Colorado, was no place for proper schoolmarm Carrie McClellon. She had been raised to know right from wrong, unlike Matthew Craddock, gambler extraordinaire. His glamorous life was defi...
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This Above All
- May-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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Fiddle-de-dee. Laurel Merritt's assignment that sultry Georgia night should have been simple for a Southern belle: sweet-talk elusive Christian Dumond into selling a tiny piece of his dusky tropical isle. Unfortunately, Christian's dark, hypnotic sen...
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A Silence of Dreams
- Aug-1993
- / Gothic
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'Til death do us part... Nicky Fairchild had backpacked her way to Venice hoping to find sunshine and warmth. Instead she'd nearly died of pneumonia, then been swept off her feet by Dr. Carlo Santini, the sensuously brooding widower who...
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Midnight Man
- Jan-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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DESERT HEAT Her son had been taken from her, whisked away from everything he'd ever known. And Jenny Cooper Hurani swore she would get him back--even if she had to battle a desert inferno to do it! Only one man could help her now. A lone wolf, no ...
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Desert Man
- Jul-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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Two Worlds Men - 2
Mills & Boon Intimate (Australia) - 248
Romantic Traditions
Silhouette Intimate Moments - 578
MAN OF TWO WORLDS Prince Kumar Ben Ari was as much at home with the fast-paced ways of the West as he was among the tribes of the desert kingdom he ruled. But when it came to women, he preferred them old-fashioned --- until he met a thoroughly mod...
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Dark, Dark My Lover's Eyes
- Nov-1994
- / Gothic
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Married to a stranger... Julie Fleming had come to tutor young Kico Vega, not marry his darkly fascinating father, Rafael. But somehow, in caring for his son, Julie had fallen under Rafael's spell. And now she was married to a man who people whis...
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Moonlight Lady
- Feb-1995
- / Contemporary Romance
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New York cop Sam O'Shaughnessy preferred his females big, brunette and lusty. The petite blonde he found stranded was none of the above. Yet the moment prim Lisa Collier straddled his hot black Harley, Sam was bewitched. Bothered. And definitely bewi...
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Scarlet Woman
- Aug-1995
- / Contemporary Romance
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Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks and then marrying the son of the wealthiest man in town had made Holly Moran the center of gossip. So she'd left home. But even now, years later, returning for a visit as a widow, Holly was stirring up m...
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Happy Father's Day
- Jun-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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WITH BABY YOU GET NINE! Fernando Ibarra was a sexy, sophisticated, handsome lawyer. He was also the father of six adopted children! Kristen Fielding hadn't known how a bachelor could win a father-of-the-year award -- until she realized Fernando's...
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The Sheik's Woman
- Jul-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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A sexy, mysterious sheikh is her only protector in an unfamiliar land in bestselling author Barbara Faith's captivating tale, The Sheikh's Woman....
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Long-Lost Wife?
- Aug-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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WAS HE REALLY HER HUSBAND? If so, why couldn't she remember him? Annabel -- as he called her -- refused to believe she'd actually married Luis Alarcon. But how could she deny it, when she couldn't even remember her own name? Powerle...
Award-Winning Books by Barbara Faith
1981 Golden Medallion -- Mainstream