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Violet Winspear

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Violet Winspear


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
April 28, 1928

Died
January 01, 1989

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Violet Winspear was a British author renowned for her prolific output of romance novels, publishing seventy titles with Mills & Boon between 1961 and 1987. In 1973, she became a launch author for the Mills & Boon-Harlequin Presents line, known for its more sexually explicit content, alongside Anne Mather and Anne Hampson, two of the most popular and prolific British romance writers of the time. Winspear began writing while working in a factory and became a full-time novelist in 1963, producing her works from her home in South East England, researching exotic settings at her local library. She famously described her heroes as lean, strong, and captivating, “in need of love but capable of breathtaking passion and potency,” a characterizatio ...more

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The Glass Castle

3.80 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions
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The Honey is Bitter

3.38 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1967 — 23 editions
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العروس الأسيرة

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3.35 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions
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Desire Has No Mercy

3.28 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1979 — 14 editions
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By Love Bewitched

2.96 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions
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The Child of Judas

3.12 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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Lucifer's Angel

3.41 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1961 — 14 editions
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الشريدة

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3.35 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1962 — 20 editions
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The Girl at Goldenhawk

3.24 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1974 — 20 editions
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Pilgrim's Castle

3.33 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1970 — 16 editions
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Quotes by Violet Winspear  (?)
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“The real aim of romance is to provide escape and entertainment.”
Violet Winspear

“Love without a little fighting is like potatoes without salt.”
Violet Winspear, Tender Is The Tyrant

“It isn’t love if it isn’t everything.”
Violet Winspear, The Glass Castle

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