Desert Destinies

Wendy and Frank Brennan were a marriage writing team under the pseudonym Emma Darcy. Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia. Her sister was the novelist Maureen Mary (Miranda Lee). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. She obtained an Honours degree in Latin. Her ambition to be an actress was partly satisfied by playing in amateur theater productions. Initially a teacher of French and English, she changed her career to com...

Rita Bradshaw was born on 1949 in Northampton, England, where she was educated as a good Christian by her mother Vi Whitsey. She met Clive, her husband, at the age of 16 and now the magic is still there. They have three lovely children, Cara, Faye, and Benjamin. For years, Rita worked as secretary. Rita began writing in 1990 as she approached that milestone of a birthday 40! She realized her two teenage ambitions (writing a novel and learning to drive) had been lost amid babies and hectic fam...

Mary-Jo Wormell, is a thrice-married founder and a former Conservative Party parliamentary candidate, spent 20 years as a Mills & Boon author, writing more than 40 titles under the nom de plume Mary Lyons. Mary-Jo along with two other prolific Mills & Boon authors launched Heartline Publishing on 14th February 2001. The publishing house was meant to fill the gap between Mills & Boon and Mainstream fiction.