Carol Collins

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Writing has always been my obsession and my joy. From the age of ten, I was writing short books, based on favourite TV characters. In my twenties, spare time in my job enabled me to write my first ‘proper’ novel,and I was fortunate enough to have it accepted by the very first publisher I approached. There followed a series of nine present day romances, all published by a top London publisher.
Love may be at the centre of them, but I have always tried to incorporate something more…a touch of mystery, discovery or as in several novels, more than a hint of danger.
As well as being sold in bookshops etc., all of these nine books have been borrowed nationwide from libraries.
My publishers asked me to use two pseudonyms as well as my own name, as
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Average rating: 4.24 · 68 ratings · 23 reviews · 55 distinct works
Man of Mystery

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Doctor Ice

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A Dangerous Love

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The Fortunes of Firefly

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Footprints in the Sand

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Ocularity of the Mind: The ...

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Love's Shifting Shadows

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With This Ring

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Dark Secrets

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