Mary Nichols, Author of Historical Romance

Dear Reader

Welcome to my web site. I write saga/mainstream novels for Allison and Busby and historical romance for Harlequin, Mills & Boon.
 

Of my sagas published by Allison & Busby, THE SUMMER HOUSE .(2009), reached the long list for the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year Award and was, for a time, top of the Amazon rankings for Sagas and 198 in all their books. THE FOUNTAIN is set between the two world wars.  THE KIRILOV STAR is set partly in Russia and partly in England, spanning a time from 1920 to 1960.  It was shortlisted for the historical category of the Romantic Novelists Association’s annual RoNA (Romantic Novel of the Year) Award. A fourth, THE GIRL ON THE BEACH, is set in England during the Second World War.  They are also available as ebooks. The links are to be found on the appropriate pages of this website. The next one, ESCAPE BY MOONLIGHT is now out in hardback and as an ebook. The paperback will be out later.

The Mills & Boon books are very different.  Their backgrounds range in time from the Civil War and Jacobite Rebellion, through Georgian and Regency times to the coming of the railways and the outcry for and against building the Crystal Palace in Victoria's reign. The settings are the background to the trials and tribulations of the hero and heroine and I enjoy fitting the two together and bringing the story to the happy ending everyone looks for. 

Although most of my print books have also been brought out as ebooks by the publishers, I have been re-publishing some of my out-of-print books as ebooks.  These can be found in the section e-books under All My Books on the left hand menu. 

AWARD

I have just learned that my novel, The Kirilov Star, has been given a Singles Titles Reviewers Choice Award for 2012, by Catanetwork Reviewers.

A full list of the award recipients can be found on their website: http://singletitles.com/?page_id=8363