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Maureen Child

Author of Baby Bonanza

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About the Author

Maureen Child was born in 1951. She sold her first book in 1990. She has since written more than 90 romance novels. Over the years, she's has written historical and paranormal romances under several pseudonyms including Ann Carberry, Sarah Hart and Kathleen Kane. She writes mainstream contemporary show more romances using her real name. One of her books, A Pocketful of Paradise, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:

Maureen Child also writes as Ann Carberry, Kathleen Kane, Sarah Hart and Regan Hastings.

Series

Works by Maureen Child

Baby Bonanza (2008) 346 copies, 28 reviews
Visions of Magic (2011) 136 copies, 11 reviews
Eternally (2006) 108 copies, 3 reviews
Bedeviled (2009) 99 copies, 5 reviews
And Then Came You (2004) 80 copies, 2 reviews
Loving You (2003) 74 copies, 2 reviews
Some Kind of Wonderful (2004) 73 copies, 3 reviews
Finding You [and] Knowing You (2003) 70 copies, 2 reviews
A Crazy Kind of Love (2005) 61 copies, 2 reviews
More Than Fiends (2007) 60 copies, 3 reviews
A Fiend in Need (2008) 59 copies, 5 reviews
Wedding at King's Convenience (2009) 58 copies, 3 reviews
Turn My World Upside Down (2005) 56 copies, 2 reviews
Nevermore (2007) 53 copies, 1 review
Vanished (2009) 53 copies
Visions of Skyfire (2011) 52 copies, 4 reviews
Whatever Reilly Wants... (2005) 52 copies
Kiss Me, I'm Irish (2012) — Contributor — 51 copies, 8 reviews
Bargaining for King's Baby (2008) 46 copies
Last Virgin in California (1991) 44 copies
The Next Santini Bride (2000) 38 copies
Did You Say Twins?! (2001) 38 copies
Beyond the Boardroom (2006) 37 copies
The Tempting Mrs. Reilly (2005) 37 copies
The Marine & the Debutante (2002) 37 copies
This Time for Keeps (1998) 36 copies, 1 review
The Last Santini Virgin (2000) 35 copies
Fortune's Legacy (2006) 34 copies
The Littlest Marine (1998) 34 copies
Perfect Secrets [Anthology 4-in-1] (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies
Society-Page Seduction (2005) 33 copies, 1 review
Falling for King's Fortune (2008) 33 copies
The Part-Time Wife (2006) 33 copies
The Last Reilly Standing (2005) 32 copies
Mom in Waiting (1999) 32 copies
Seduced into a Paper Marriage (2009) 31 copies, 1 review
The Last Lone Wolf (2010) 31 copies, 1 review
Sleeping With the Boss (2003) 30 copies
Beguiled (2009) 30 copies
One Night, Two Heirs (2011) 29 copies, 5 reviews
Wish Upon a Cowboy (2000) 29 copies, 1 review
Thirty Day Affair (2007) 28 copies
Conquering King's Heart (2009) 28 copies, 2 reviews
Catch a Fallen Angel (2000) 27 copies
Simply Magic (1999) 27 copies, 1 review
Maternity Bride (1998) 26 copies
Captured by the Billionaire (2007) 26 copies
Beauty & the Blue Angel (2003) 26 copies
Marooned With a Marine (2000) 25 copies
Have Baby, Need Billionaire (2011) 25 copies, 1 review
Expecting Lonergan's Baby (2006) 25 copies
The Royal Treatment (2002) 25 copies
Small Treasures (1993) 25 copies
Lost in Sensation (2004) 25 copies
Man Beneath the Uniform (2004) 24 copies
Satisfying Lonergan's Honor (2006) 24 copies
When the Halo Falls (2002) 24 copies
The Surprise Christmas Bride (1997) 24 copies, 1 review
Colonel Daddy (1999) 23 copies
Beauty and the Best Man (2014) 23 copies, 2 reviews
Scorned by the Boss (2007) 23 copies
Cinderella & the CEO (2010) 23 copies, 2 reviews
Seduced by the Rich Man (2007) 23 copies
King's Million-Dollar Secret (2011) 22 copies, 2 reviews
Just West of Heaven (2001) 22 copies
Still Close to Heaven (1997) 22 copies
A Pocketful of Paradise (1997) 21 copies, 1 review
The Daddy Salute (2000) 21 copies
Visions of Chains (2012) 21 copies, 2 reviews
Bourbon Street Blues (2006) 21 copies, 1 review
Claiming King's Baby (2009) 21 copies
Marine Under the Mistletoe (1999) 20 copies
His Baby! (2001) 19 copies
Kiss Me, Cowboy! (2003) 19 copies
The King Next Door (2013) 19 copies, 1 review
Forever... Again (2004) 19 copies
Under the Millionaire's Mistletoe [Anthology 2-in-1] (2010) — Contributor — 18 copies, 1 review
Have Bride, Need Groom (1997) 18 copies
Triple the Fun (2015) 16 copies, 3 reviews
Dreamweaver (1998) 16 copies
The Non-Commissioned Baby (1998) 16 copies, 1 review
Alice and the Gunfighter (1996) 16 copies
Having Her Boss's Baby (2015) 15 copies, 2 reviews
Rumor Has It (2013) 15 copies, 1 review
Gilded Secrets (2012) 15 copies, 1 review
The Temporary Mrs. King (2011) 15 copies
To Kiss a King (2012) 15 copies
Ready for King's Seduction (2011) 15 copies
Nevada Heat (1993) 14 copies
Mountain Dawn (1992) 14 copies
Shotgun Bride (1993) 14 copies
Her Return to King's Bed (2013) 14 copies, 2 reviews
Keeping Faith (1994) 14 copies
The Lone Star Cinderella (2013) 14 copies, 1 review
Up Close and Personal (2012) 14 copies, 1 review
Fiancé in Name Only (2017) 14 copies
The Cowboy's Pride and Joy (2014) 13 copies, 1 review
A Bride for the Boss (2016) 13 copies, 1 review
Maggie and the Gambler (1995) 13 copies
An Outrageous Proposal (2012) 13 copies, 1 review
Charms (1995) 13 copies, 1 review
Frannie and the Charmer (1996) 12 copies
The Fiancée Caper (2014) 12 copies, 1 review
Wishes (1995) 11 copies
After Hours with Her Ex (2015) 11 copies
Whispers from Heaven (1996) 10 copies
The Bandit's Lady (1995) 10 copies
Paper Hearts (2012) 10 copies, 1 review
Double the Trouble (2014) 10 copies, 2 reviews
Snowbound with the Boss (2016) 9 copies, 1 review
A Baby for the Boss (2016) 9 copies, 3 reviews
Coming Home (1994) 9 copies
The Tycoon's Secret Child (2017) 9 copies
Rich Rancher's Redemption (2018) 8 copies
Frontier Bride (1992) 7 copies
Tempt Me in Vegas (Harlequin Desire) (2018) 7 copies, 1 review
Runaway Temptation (2018) 7 copies
Run Wild My Heart (1992) 7 copies
Wild Ride Rancher (2019) 7 copies
Tempting the Texan (2019) 7 copies
A Texas-Sized Secret (2017) 6 copies
The Baby Inheritance (2016) 6 copies
The Wrong Mr. Right (2021) 6 copies
Six Nights of Seduction (2021) 6 copies
The Price of Passion (2020) 6 copies
Scoundrel (1995) 6 copies
Dynasties; The Elliotts, Books 7-12 (2006) — Contributor — 5 copies
Bombshell for the Boss (2019) 5 copies
Nocturne Nights [3-in-1] (2007) 5 copies
Temptation at Christmas (2020) 5 copies
Runaway Bride (1994) 4 copies
The Soul Collector (1999) 4 copies
Ways to Win an Ex (2021) 3 copies
Naked With the Enemy (2003) 3 copies
In Too Deep (2008) 3 copies
Dynasties: The Barones book set [12-in-1] (2004) — Author — 2 copies
Brides & Bargains (2019) 1 copy
Loves (5-in-1) (2019) 1 copy
For the Baby (2006) 1 copy
Paper Hearts 1 copy
Jmelí s vůní moře (2000) 1 copy
This Time for Keeps (2012) 1 copy
Un ferviente deseo (2005) 1 copy
Passione per il capo 1 copy, 1 review
Cautiva por venganza (2014) 1 copy

Associated Works

More Than Words, Volume 6 (2010 Publication, 5-in-1 Anthology) (2010) — Contributor — 38 copies, 2 reviews
Sweet Hearts (1993) — Contributor — 25 copies
Loving Hearts (1992) — Contributor — 13 copies
A Bundle of Valentines! (Anthology 14-in-1) (2008) — Contributor — 5 copies
A Bride for the Boss (2020) — Original Text — 2 copies
Baby Bonanza (2015) — Original Text — 1 copy
Having Her Boss's Baby [Manga] (2019) — Original Text — 1 copy
A Baby for the Boss [Manga] (2020) — Original Text — 1 copy
Snowbound with the Boss [Manga] (2020) — Original Text — 1 copy
An Outrageous Proposal [Manga] (2012) — Original Text — 1 copy
Maternity Bride [Manga] (2018) — Original Text — 1 copy
Seduced by the Rich Man [Manga] (2018) — Original Text — 1 copy
Captured by the Billionaire [Manga] (2019) — Original Text — 1 copy
Jackson's Mail-Order Bride [manga] (2015) — Original Text — 1 copy
Scorned by the Boss [Manga] (2018) — Original Text — 1 copy
Claiming King's Baby (2018) — Original Text — 1 copy
Conquering King's Heart (2017) — Original Text — 1 copy
Have Baby, Need Billionaire — Original Text — 1 copy
Wedding at King's Convenience (2017) — Original Text — 1 copy
Sleeping with the Boss [Manga] (2016) — Original Text — 1 copy
Have Bride, Need Groom [Manga] (2016) — Original Text — 1 copy
High-Society Secret Pregnancy (2013) — Original Text — 1 copy
Cinderella & the CEO (2010) — Original Text — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Child, Maureen
Other names
Child, Maureen
Carberry, Ann
Kane, Kathleen
Hart, Sarah
Hastings, Regan
Birthdate
1951-09-28
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Southern California, USA
Places of residence
Southern California, USA
Occupations
romance novelist
Short biography
Maureen Child was born 28 September 1951 in California, USA. She and her husband enjoy traveling, usually taking road trips with her parents. When she’s at home, she is kept busy with her two grown children and a somewhat confused golden retriever named Abbey. She is busy writing her next book.

Under her own name, Maureen Child writes short contemporary novels—books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling, she is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances. Over the years, she’s written under lots of different names and she prefers the term ‘pseudonym’ to ‘alias’. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing. She writes paranormal romance novels under the pesudonym of Regan Hastings. Now, a USA Today best selling author of more than ninety romance novels and novellas, she is a five time nominee for the prestigious Rita award from Romance Writers of America. One of her novels, A Pocketful Of Paradise, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis.
Disambiguation notice
Maureen Child also writes as Ann Carberry, Kathleen Kane, Sarah Hart and Regan Hastings.

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When Maggie Donovan takes a carton of her ex-boyfriend's stuff to his office, she finds him being eaten by a naked female demon. Without thinking Maggie attempts to pull her off and in the struggle grabs the heavy pendant from the demon's neck. The pendant breaks releasing a mini tornado that turns the demon to dust and then slams into Maggie, endowing her with Fae power. When she gets home she finds a Faery warrior there who tells her she is destined to battle the Faery Queen Mab for control of the Otherworld. Despite wanting nothing to do with the battle she finds her superpowers growing. She needs to be taught to control them and prepare to fulfill her destiny.

Interesting premise but I found the main character's smart mouth and stubbornness off-putting. Just didn't make me want to look for more in the series.
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Linda-C1 | 4 other reviews | Sep 26, 2024 |
Leda James Irish heritage has produced a long line of 'seers' and she uses her talent to help people. When a series of near misses tells her she is destined to die soon, she decides to go to Tanglewood, ID where her only family live to see them before she dies. She helps out at her uncle's store and offers the townspeople her skills, predictions and advice until the doctor returns to town. Dr. Maxwell Evans is majorly upset to find all his patients are going to the gypsy. But he is not prepared to have Leda fling herself at him and declare that he is her destined true love, but she can't marry him because she is going to die. As you can tell from this set up this is an unusual frontier romance; often hilarious and slapstick, particularly the bumbling deaf bank robber. Very enjoyable read.… (more)
 
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Linda-C1 | Sep 26, 2024 |
Secret Baby Story .... on a cruise ship.
 
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lbrychic | 27 other reviews | Sep 9, 2023 |
Good read

Was hooked from the start, Very lovely book.
 
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serlinarose | 27 other reviews | Feb 28, 2023 |

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Works
294
Also by
27
Members
4,556
Popularity
#5,520
Rating
½ 3.4
Reviews
143
ISBNs
695
Languages
11
Favorited
3

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