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Brenda Jackson

Born February 2, 1953

In 1994, Brenda Jackson’s first novel, Tonight and Forever, was released. Since then she has had more than 100 novels and novellas published (the first African-American author to accomplish such a feat) and has over 3 million books in print. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Brenda is the first African-American author to have a book published by Harlequin Desire and the first African-American romance author to make the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller lists within the series romance genre. In 2012, Brenda received the Romance Writers of America’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award—one of the highest literary awards a romance author can receive. In 2013, she was recognized by the mayor and the city of Jacksonville as being a Trailblazer in the literary field.

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Will of Steel / Texas Wild

Will of Steel / Texas Wild

2017

with Diana Palmer

Holiday Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses: A Romance Sampler: Sugar Pine Trail / A Snow Country Christmas / Wyoming Winter / Christmastime Cowboy / Moonlight Over Manhattan / A Chesapeake Shores Christmas

Holiday Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses: A Romance Sampler: Sugar Pine Trail / A Snow Country Christmas / Wyoming Winter / Christmastime Cowboy / Moonlight Over Manhattan / A Chesapeake Shores Christmas

2017

with RaeAnne Thayne, Laura Marie Altom, Sherryl Woods, Linda Lael Miller and Sheila Roberts

Snowed in with a Billionaire  / His Secret Son

Snowed in with a Billionaire / His Secret Son

2017

with Karen Booth

His Forever Family / Never Too Late

His Forever Family / Never Too Late

2016

with Sarah M. Anderson

In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1979

with Olivia Gates