Kay Thorpe
b. 1935 · 118 books
Biography
Kay Thorpe was born on 1935 in England. An avid reader from the time when words on paper began to make sense, she developed a lively imagination of her own, making up stories for the entertainment of her young friends. After leaving school, she tried a variety of jobs, including dental nursing, and a spell in the Women's Royal Airforce from which she emerged knowing a whole lot more about life - if only as an observer.
In 1960, she married with Tony, but didn't begin thinking about trying her hand at writing for a living until she gave up work some four years later to have a baby, John. Having read Mills & Boon novels herself, and done some market research in the local library asking readers what it was they particularly liked about the books, she decided to aim for a particular market, and was fortunate to have her very first, completed manuscript accepted - The Last of the Mallorys, published in 1968. Since then she has written over seventy five books, which doesn't begin to compare with the output of some Mills & Boon authors, but still leaves her wondering where all those words came from.
Sometimes, she finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainly: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!"
Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Mills & Boon authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books.
Kay now lives on the outskirts of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, along with husband, Tony, and a huge tabby cat called Mad Max her one son having flown the coop. Some day she'll think about retiring, but not yet awhile.
In 1960, she married with Tony, but didn't begin thinking about trying her hand at writing for a living until she gave up work some four years later to have a baby, John. Having read Mills & Boon novels herself, and done some market research in the local library asking readers what it was they particularly liked about the books, she decided to aim for a particular market, and was fortunate to have her very first, completed manuscript accepted - The Last of the Mallorys, published in 1968. Since then she has written over seventy five books, which doesn't begin to compare with the output of some Mills & Boon authors, but still leaves her wondering where all those words came from.
Sometimes, she finds she has become two different people: the writer at her happiest when involved in the world of books and authors; and the housewife, turning her hands to the everyday needs of husband and son. Once in a while, she finds it difficult to step from one role to the other. She likes cooking, for instance, but she finds that it can be an irritating interruption when she's preoccupied with work on a novel, so the quality of her efforts in the kitchen tend to be a little erratic. She says, "As my husband once remarked, my writing gives life a fascinating element of uncertainly: one day a perfect coq au vin, the next day a couple of burned chops!"
Luckily Kay has daily professional help with her housework, and that leaves her time to indulge in her hobbies. Like many other Mills & Boon authors, she admits to being a voracious consumer of books, a quality she shares with her readers. She likes music and horseback riding, which she does in the countryside near her home. But her favorite hobby is travel - especially to places that will make good settings for her books.
Kay now lives on the outskirts of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, along with husband, Tony, and a huge tabby cat called Mad Max her one son having flown the coop. Some day she'll think about retiring, but not yet awhile.
Books by Kay Thorpe
Latin Lovers : Duty and Desire
Latin Lovers : Duty and Desire
Latin Lovers and Dangerous Liaisons Collection
Latin Lovers Collection
Latin Lovers Collection
Latin Lovers : the Billionaire
Latin Lovers : the Billionaire's Persuasion
PROMESSES D'ÉTÉ
PROMESSES D'ÉTÉ
The Italian Match
Bundle of Brides
Bundle of Brides
Fortuna para un corazón; Compr
Fortuna para un corazón; Comprada por un millonario
Rancher's Mistress
Rancher's Mistress
Spanish Connection
Thirty-Day Seduction
Wedding Deception
From Mistresses To Wives
The South American's Wife
Bargaining with the Billionair
Bargaining with the Billionaire
Taken for Revenge
Latin Lovers Bundle
Latin Lovers Bundle
To Claim His Mistress
To Claim His Mistress
A Bundle of Brides
Le Chantage D'Un Play-Boy
Le Chantage D'Un Play-Boy
Bought by a Billionaire
Comprada Por Un Millonario
La Fiancee Du Play-Boy
La Fiancee Du Play-Boy
The Billion-Dollar Bride
Une Alliance En Heritage
Une Alliance En Heritage
Une Promesse De Bonheur
Une Promesse De Bonheur
A Mistress Worth Marrying (Promotional Presents)
Billion-Dollar Bride
Mother and Mistress
Tres Meses de Olvido
Arrebato De Pasion (Fury Of Passion)
Pilegesh le-raṿaḳ
Pilegesh le-raṿaḳ
Huida En La Noche (Escape At
Huida En La Noche (Escape At Night)
Mistress to a bachelor
Bride on Demand
El Poder De La Ambicion (The Power Of The Ambition)
A Mistress Worth Marrying
A Mistress Worth Marrying (Presents)
A Reckless Attraction (Harlequ
A Reckless Attraction (Harlequin Presents, #140)
Audaces du Coer
Audaces du Coer
Les audaces du coeur
Les audaces du coeur
Mistress Worth Marrying
Mistress Worth Marrying
All Male
Amant Norvegien
Amant Norvegien
Matrimonio a Prueba
Plus Fort Que la Vengeance
Plus Fort Que la Vengeance
The Thirty-Day Seduction
Virgin Mistress
Contract Wife
Marine Nature Conservation Review (Marine Nature Conservation Review Series)
Rancher's Mistress (Scandals) (Harlequin Presents, No 1924)
The rancher's mistress
Trial in the Sun (Harlequin Pr
Trial in the Sun (Harlequin Presents, 54)
Double Deception
Trial in the sun
Trial in the sun
Ghost Tiger (Harlequin Superromance No. 593)
A Reckless Attraction
Partenaire de charme
The Alpha Man
Night of Error
Past All Reason
Wild streak
Trouble on Tour
Intimate Deception
cérémonies au pays du soleil l
cérémonies au pays du soleil levant
Tokyo Tryst
Land of Illusion
Not Wanted on Voyage (Audio)
Not Wanted on Voyage (Audio)
Bitter alliance
No Gentle Persuasion
South Seas Affair
Au Solstice D'Ete
Celui qui gagnera
Celui qui gagnera
Master of Morley
Rappelle-Toi CET Inconnu
Rappelle-Toi CET Inconnu
Temporary marriage
Temporary Marriage (#491)
רק לא זר
רק לא זר
Cooper Lake
Copper Lake
L'Homme de Tripoli
Nisayon aḥaron
Nisayon aḥaron
The Iron Man
une ile a L,abri des tempetes
הטיסה הגורלית
הטיסה הגורלית
Bitter Alliance (harlequin Pre
Bitter Alliance (harlequin Presents #299)
Devon Interlude
Full Circle (#2234)
Man from Tripoli
Man from Tripoli
This Side Paradise
This Side Paradise
Timber boss
Caribbean Encounter
Safari South (A Harlequin Roma
Safari South (A Harlequin Romance, 2046)
The Last Of The Mallorys
The Last of the Mallorys (Harlequin Romance Ser., No. 1237)
The River Lord
Wayaway, The Way Through the Valley, Not Wanted On Voyage
Safari South
Sugar cane harvest
Paraxeno toyidi
Paraxeno toyidi
The Shifting Sands (Harlequin
The Shifting Sands (Harlequin Romance, 1909)
Kardin apo petra
Kardin apo petra
Man at Kambala
Man at Kambala
Remember This Stranger
הגבר מהמסך הקטן
הגבר מהמסך הקטן
An apple in Eden
An Apple in Eden Harlequin Rom
An Apple in Eden Harlequin Romance # 1756
Olive Island
Olive Island
Olive Island (Harlequin Romance)
The Man at Kambala
man in a book
man in a book
Man In A Box
Man In A Box
Sawdust Season
Opportune marriage
Left in Trust
Contract Wife (Harlequin Prese
Contract Wife (Harlequin Presents, #131)
Lord of La Pampa
Un Seductor Irresistible (Harl
Un Seductor Irresistible (Harlequin)