Emma Merritt

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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1986
  • Latest Book:
    November 1996
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About the Author

Emma F. Merritt was born on 12 November 1940 in Texas, USA. She resided with her husband, Paul, in San Antonio, where she wrote long letters to her twin sons, who both served in the Marine Corps. Her romances were published since 1983, she signed her novels as Emma Merritt and under the pseudonyms Emma Bennett and Micah Leigh. She was the first president of the San Antonio Romance Authors. She was widely known in the romance community as a tireless volunteer and mentor.

Emma Merritt passed away on 18 October 1995. Since then, the Romance Writers of America have honored the memory of Merritt by naming their National Service Award after her. The Virginia Romance Writers have also named a scholarship after Emma Merritt, and the San Antonio Romance Authors have named their conference and contest after her: the Merritt Conference and the Award of Merritt.

Full Series List in Order

Lords and Ladies

1 - Lord of Fire (Jan-1994)
2 - Lord of Thunder (Aug-1994)
3 - Lady of Summer (Sep-1995)
4 - Lady of Winter (Nov-1996)

Multi-Author Series List

Masque

Masque of Jade (Apr-1990)

Rocky Mountain Magic

Return to Summer (Apr-1990)

Book List in Order: 25 titles

  • Autumn's Fury

    SEED OF DESIRE... Headstrong and beautiful, Catherine Graystone was determined to help establish a settlement in North Carolina despite the danger - especially to her heart. For as innocent as she was, Catherine knew her destiny from the moment she ...

  • Emerald Ecstasy

    IRISH ROGUE From the moment she arrived in Ireland, Marguerite LeFleur heard the stories of the living legend that was Sheridan O'Roarke. The name of the notorious outlaw was on everyone's lips -- and once Marguerite met him she knew why. His green ...

  • Satin Secret

    HEATED MURMUR After young Marta Carolina had been attacked by pirates, shipwrecked in a storm and beset by Indians, she was convinced the New World brought nothing but tragedy...until virile William Dare rescued her. The rugged American made her fee...

  • Restless Flames

    Having just lost her husband six months before, determined Brenna Allen couldn't afford to lose her freight company, too. Outfitted as wagon captain with revolver, knife and whip, the single-minded beauty relentlessly drove her caravan desperate to r...

  • Lone Star Lovesong

    TOO BRASH A GENTLEMAN All Elizabeth Barrett wanted to do in dusty old Texas was visit her dying sister, then return to her lush Louisiana home. Then that obnoxious Union Major Chase Daniel crossed her path, and the sleek slender blonde couldn't have...

  • Comanche Bride

    SHE'D USE HIM TO ESCAPE When stunning Dr. Zoe Randolph headed to Mexico to halt a cholera epidemic, she didn't think twice about traversing Comanche territory... until a band of bloodthirsty savages attacked her caravan. The gorgeous physician was f...

  • Wish Upon a Star

    Harlequin American Romance - 276

    Rachel March was making it on her own And she had learned to value her personal and economic independence. She had survived a divorce and established a new life for herself and her three children in San Antonio. She was very good at selling real e...

  • Sweet, Wild Love

    DEFENDER OF JUSTICE It was hard enough for Eleanor Hunt to get men to take her seriously in sophisticated Chicago --- it was going to be impossible in Blissful, Kansas! These cowboys couldn't believe she was a real attorney, here to try a cattle rus...

  • Masque of Jade

    Masque

    AFRAID TO LOVE Laura Talbot-Harrow was an expert at hiding her emotions. No one --- not even her only sister --- knew that her coldness protected a heart that could not bear to be broken again. Laura meant to stay away from society, away from men . ...



  • Return to Summer

    Harlequin American Romance - 337
    Rocky Mountain Magic

    IT BEGAN IN DESIRE Of all The Stanley Hotel's legends, none was more tragic than that of the whirlwind courtship and brief marriage of a famed Irish singer and a dashing race-car driver. History professor Kate Norris had always been fascinated ...

  • Beneath a Texas Star

    Zebra Lovegram

    WORTHLESS YANKEE TENDERFOOT Beautiful Clementina Jones wore her sheriff's badge with pride. It had been her father's until he was shot in cold blood, and Clem was determined to use it to bring justice to his killer, and peace to Lawful, Texas. She h...

  • Silver Sea

    Harlequin American Romance - 386

    SHE WAS RAISED ON SOUL FOOD He promised champagne and caviar. Though Joel LeMaster looked like a beach bum, the marine biologist dangled a rich prize before Adria Gilby's astonished eyes. Joel claimed to have located the Golden Fleece, sunken g...

  • Texas Magic

    in Christmas Rendezvous

    Hannah Driscoll only married Wade Carmichael to help save the town of Mistletoe, Texas. But will the holiday spirit turn their business arrangement into a whirlwind of passion and joy?...

  • Viking Captive

    Zebra Lovegram

    A LONG-AGO TIME WHEN THE WORLD WAS NEW AND UNDISCOVERED, AND PASSIONS RAGED AS WILD AS THE STORMY SEAS "I TAKE WHAT I WANT. AND I WANT YOU." Kelda had never seen any man as magnificent as the barbarian who had taken her captive. She had sailed ...

  • Texas Touch

    ONCE SHE HAD BETRAYED HIM When the warden told Cord Donaldson his lovely "Aunt" Floryn wanted to get him a parole, the rugged Texan didn't even smile. For nearly ten long years, he'd rotted in a cell, thoughts of Floryn's betraya...

  • Make-Believe

    Harlequin Super Romance - 523

    HER ROOTS WERE IN SAN ANTONIO Marcy Galvan loved the idea of revitalizing her old San Antonio neighborhood and restoring a sense of pride in its residents. She had even signed up her Little Sister, Amy Calderon, to play on the local baseball team...

  • Lord of Fire

    Lords and Ladies - 1

    Jarvia watches silently as the magnificent Highland chieftain gallops into her village. The silver-tressed Norse beauty has heard the whispered rumors about the one they call Malcolm Duncan --- how his first bride took her own life rather than submit...

  • Lord of Thunder

    Lords and Ladies - 2

    Like the wind, the bold Norseman Michael Langssonn sweeps down from the north --- to punish the Scottish laird who dishonored Michael's family. However, duty and desire demand he briefly forgo his vengeful mission in order to rescue a beautiful maide...

  • Star Light, Star Bright

    in A Dreamspun Christmas

    Star Light, Star Bright by Emma Merritt An angel, in the guise of a muse, proves that the Yuletide season is a time for giving when she fulfills an elderly lady's dream of going to heaven -- and sacrifices her chances of becoming an archangel in...



  • Green Willow

    in Emerald Enchantment

    TODAY'S MOST BELOVED AUTHORS CELEBRATE THE ROMANTIC WONDER OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY... Marylyle Rogers makes you believe in fairies with her beautiful Celtic love story "The Fairy's Tale." Emma Merritt takes you to medieval Ireland, where a soldier fo...

  • Lady of Summer

    Lords and Ladies - 3

    LORD OF FURY Foul villains plundered Brian mac Logan's village, and carried off a sacred treasure more precious than gold. Aching for vengeance, the highland warlord reluctantly seeks the aid of a remarkable woman warrior who once fought beside him-...

  • Brush of Angel Wings

    in Angel Christmas

    A little girl prays to her special angel for a daddy, and a Texas Ranger returns to his hometown for the holidays in hopes of rekindling the passion he once shared with her mother--his first love....

  • Night Lace

    NOW . . . Seeking a cure for a mysterious new virus, devoted doctor Beth Balfour travels to a far-off Scottish castle to find a remedy described in an ancient text: a delicate, silvery flower called Nightlace. It exists, to her dismay, only in the p...

  • Lady of Winter

    Lords and Ladies - 4

    WARRIOR OF THE HEART A whisper of legend has brought the hand-some barbarian to this treacherous country. It is here that Kolby of Apelstadt seeks the magic golden apples that will heal his dying father and restore his barren lands. Yet passion dive...

  • Embrace the Dawn

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Award-Winning Books by Emma Merritt

Autumn's Fury
1986 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- First Indian Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Emma Merritt has published 25 books.

Emma Merritt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Lady of Winter, was published in November 1996.

The first book by Emma Merritt, Autumn's Fury, was published in February 1986.

Yes. Emma Merritt has 1 series.
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