Gloria Isabel was born on 20 July 1911 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, the daughter of a mining engineer. At three, her family moved to New Zealand, and considers herself a New Zealander. She lived in Auckland, from 1926 to 1936. On 1937, she married Thomas Henry Bevan, a building inspector, and they had three daughters: Typist, Watkin and Wallis.
After leaving school she worked as a typist, but she had been writing stories for as long as she could remember and feel "there's a certain magic about writing even when the characters refuse to act the way I want them to." She not begin to publishing until she was well into her fifties, first detective novels as Fiona Murray in 1965, and later under her married name, Gloria Bevan, she wrote 25 contemporary romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1969 to 1992, many of which are setting in her loved New Zealand. When not writing, she explored the many and varied exotic locations within reach of her suburban Auckland home. Her obvious love of her country and her particular talent for weaving interesting background information into her novels make her one of the more popular romance novelist. She met her fellow New Zealand romance writer Essie Summers.
Impulsive as the devil. And determined into the bargain. That description fit Sarah perfectly. Which was why, without a second thought, she jumped on a plane to claim an unexpected inheritance -- a prosperous vineyard in the heart of New Zealand's wi...
Two years was a long time to be parted from the man you were going to marry, but Joanne's feelings hadn't changed. And, despite the doubts that the annoying Craig Summers tried to plant in her mind, she knew that Rick would keep their rendezvous on t...
Love was seldom where you looked for it Never again, Liz Stuart cautioned herself, would she fall a willing victim to the facile charms of an attractive stranger! With that conviction uppermost, she decided a holiday was in order. And so, with ...
She could almost believe he was telling the truth Fleur was looking forward to returning to New Zealand and being reunited with her father and her fiance, Bart. So she was astonished to find Bart gone and the autocratic Logan Page in virtual co...
Her faith in him was badly shaken Adam seemed to mean it when he said, "You could try believing in me for a change." But Liz had believed in him. Out of greed, he'd tried to charm her into selling the Greek villa she'd inherited. Luckily his da...
Could she ever prove her trustworthiness? Lanie Petersen's first experience of Jard Sanderson was when she overheard him arguing -- about her! The situation never improved; he mistrusted her so much he could barely be civil toward her. But ...
Brad both repelled and attracted her When Jacqui's adored older brother bought part of a sheep station, Jacqui rushed back to New Zealand to help run it. But she arrived to find the place deserted and no sign of Nick. Bradley Kent, Nick's disag...
She risked her life on a stranger's promise Lee went to Samoa as companion to Mrs. Cartwright, but the cantankerous old lady falsely accused her of neglect and left Lee stranded. She had no option but to work on the isolated sheep station in Ne...
Looking for one man, she found another Nicola, for her Aunt Bella, happily traveled halfway around the world to find a long-lost uncle. It seemed the perfect holiday -- leaving her small, safe world for the excitement of New Zealand. But that ...
Janey had to find herself a new dream Janet' had had such high hopes. New Zealand meant a new life with their aunt for her and her young brother. Sadly, on arrival, she learned they'd be on their own. No wonder she jumped at the school supervis...
Fate seemed about to change her life-style And Christine couldn't have been happier about it. But that was before she arrived in New Zealand and saw Glendene, the large property her uncle had left her. Only then did she discover that her uncle ...
She was unwelcome in her own home Nicky's father had left her his share of a plantation on the Pacific island of Malos and she was looking forward eagerly to her new life. But her father had left her more than the plantation. He had left her proble...
Thoughts of Craig kept creeping into Alison's mind. She brought herself up sharply. What was the matter with her? Craig might be attractive in a rugged sort of way, but he was a constant reminder of the past she was trying to forget Anyway he w...
Sandra was prepared to dislike Rob Farr; but when they finally met, she fell in love with him instead. But as it became clear that he was only interested in the lovely Lisa Maybury, Sandra found herself wishing she could dislike him after all! MIL...
The autocratic Mark Hillyer refused to believe that Angela's job as shearers' cook on his New Zealand sheep station was just a holiday post and that she had no matrimonial designs on his young brother. If only she could ignore him! But Mark was no...
Roseanne enjoyed her work in the nursery aboard ship until she committed the fatal mistake of becoming too involved in the future of one of her charges, four-year-old Nicky. It was a mistake which led her into marriage with the disturbingly attrac...
Julie had never expected to inherit a property in New Zealand, and when she went there to inspect it she kept quiet about her real identity. Only after she had fallen in love with Scott Connelly did she realize what she had done - for Scott was no...
Robyn hadn't seen nearly enough over the years of her brother Johnny, so she was doubly excited when he invited her to go and help him run his guesthouse -- in Fiji! But she arrived in the Pacific to discover that it wasn't only Johnny who was run...
The property for sale in Aukland sounded exactly what Liz had had in mind for the riding school she dreamed of, so she promptly bought it, sight unseen. It was a rude shock when she discovered what the place was really like, but Liz was undeterred. ...
It wasn't Tracy's fault that she had been more or less wished onto Stephen Crane and his aunt. She had, after all, come right across the world to New Zealand for her cousin Alison's wedding to Stephen's brother, and now that Alison had walked out on ...
The housekeeping job at Te Rangi was just what Maggie Sullivan wanted -- but the boss, John Dangerfield (so aptly known to everyone as "Danger!") refused to consider anyone who wasn't middle-aged. But a series of domestic disasters fo...
Escape? Louise felt a pang of guilt... What a way to think about a man who was deeply, sincerely in love with her and with whom she had been friendly for three long years! Yet escaping from her rather dull fiance was one of the reasons Louise h...
Lesley's first meetings with a certain tall New Zealander were unfortunate, as every time she had managed to give him the impression of extreme inefficiency. Then she found that she was in a position to stand in his way over something he particularly...
Lynn loved Keith Donnelly. She heartily disliked Bret Paterson. Unfortunately, she found herself trapped in the position of having to work for Bret. And Bret was the person responsible for everything that had gone wrong in Keith's life. It was ...
Trudy was sure she could cope with the housekeeping job at Elsmore Station, but it was perfectly obvious that Scott Ballantyne - surveying her silver-lacquered fingernails, her high-heeled shoes - thought she couldn't! ...