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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2008
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

Born in Bristol, England, UK, she grew up telling stories. She would make up adventures to relate to her school friends during break times and lunch hours, and she was once caught scribbling a story instead of listening to the French lesson. As a punishment, her teacher made her translate the story into French! She left school at sixteen and worked in offices as varied as stockbrokers, marine engineers, insurance brokers, biscuit manufacturers and even a quarrying company.

She married at nineteen, but continued to work until the birth of her first child. It was at that time that she decided to try her hand at her first love—writing, and shortly after the birth of her daughter she had her first book, Fortune's Lady, published under the pen name of Melinda Hammond. This was quickly followed by two more historical novels, Summer Charade and Autumn Bride, but with the birth of her twin sons the demands of family life meant that writing had to take a backseat for a few years. A compulsive scribbler, she never stopped writing and continued to work on research for her novels, experimenting with contemporary scenarios as well as writing pantomimes for her children's school. In 1989 the family moved to an isolated Pennine farmhouse in West Yorkshire, not far from Brontë country, where the family expanded to include a dog, two gerbils and a dozen chickens. The growing family needed funding and she went back to work full-time. The writing had to be put on hold. Then, in March 2000, Sarah stepped off a curb and landed in hospital with one ankle broken and one badly sprained. This laid her up on a sofa for twelve weeks and gave her the time she needed to finish a novel. She wrote as Melinda Hammond and Maid of Honour was published the same year. Since then she has never looked back. She's published more than a dozen books under this pen name and has won the Reviewers' Choice Award in 2005 from Singletitles.com for Dance for a Diamond. Her novel Gentlemen in Question was a Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice Title in November 2006. In 2012 her novel The Dangerous Lord Darrington won the Love Story of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She is now concentrating on writing romantic historical adventures for Mills & Boon.

Full Series List in Order

The Infamous Arrandales

1 - The Chaperon's Seduction (Jun-2015)
2 - Temptation of a Governess (Nov-2015)
3 - The Tantalizing Miss Coale (Dec-2012)
3 - Return of the Runaway (Apr-2016)
4 - The Outcast's Redemption (Jul-2016)

Lairds of Ardvarrick

1 - Forbidden to the Highland Laird (Dec-2020)
2 - Rescued by Her Highland Soldier (May-2021)
3 - The Laird's Runaway Wife (Jun-2022)

The Notorious Coale Brothers

0.5 - The Tantalizing Miss Coale (Dec-2012)
1 - Beneath the Major's Scars (Dec-2012)
2 - Behind the Rake's Wicked Wager (Jan-2013)

Saved from Disgrace

1 - The Ton's Most Notorious Rake (Mar-2018)
2 - Beauty and the Brooding Lord (Nov-2018)
3 - The Highborn Housekeeper (Jul-2019)

Multi-Author Series List

Brides of Waterloo

1 - A Lady for Lord Randall (May-2015)

A Season of Celebration

2 - Wed in Haste to the Duke (Jun-2024)

Book List in Order: 40 titles

Award-Winning Books by Sarah Mallory

Beneath the Major's Scars
2013 RoNA -- Rose
The Dangerous Lord Darrington
2012 RoNA -- Rose


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sarah Mallory has published 40 books.

The next book by Sarah Mallory, Wed in Haste to the Duke, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Sarah Mallory, More Than a Governess, was published in April 2008.

Yes. Sarah Mallory has 4 series.