Elizabeth Thornton

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Mary Forrest was born on 24 January 1940 in Aberdeen, Scotland, , the youngest of two children of Elizabeth Thornton and Andrew Baxter. In 1959, she married Forbes George, and they had three sons: Stephen, Peter and Tom. She taught in a Aberdeen's elementary school for a number of years before establishing her own nursery school in 1967, St. Swithin Street Nursery School, an institution that is still going strong today. In 1969, she and her husband then emigrated to Canada with their three young sons. She taught kindergarten and Grade One for a number of years in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before, in 1977 becoming a lay minister at a Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg. As part of her continuing education, she enrolled in evening classes at the University of Winnipeg to study Classical Greek. Five years later, having completed an Honor's thesis on Women in Euripides, she received her B.A. (Classics Gold Medalist). After reading her first romance, a Regency by Georgette Heyer, she was captivated by the genre. Hereafter, writing became her hobby. In 1987, her first book, a small Regency entitled, Bluestocking Bride, was published by Zebra books under her mother's name. She was the author of over thirty historical romances. She has been nominated for and received many awards including the Romantic Times Trophy Award for the best New Historical Regency Author and Best Historical Regency. Seven of her novels have been finalists in the Romance Writers of America Rita awards, Scarlet Angel, Strangers at Dawn, Princess Charming and The Perfect Princess, Shady Lady, The Marriage Trap, and The Bachelor Trap. Her books appear regularly on national best-selling lists and have been translated into many languages. Mary George died on 12 July 2010 in Winnipeg, Canada.

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The Worldly Widow
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A Bewitching Bride
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The Scot and I
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The Runaway McBride
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The runaway McBride
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The Scot and I
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La Trampa Del Amor/ the Trap of Love
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The Pleasure Trap
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Casi Una Princesa/Almost a Princess (Romantica)
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The Bachelor Trap
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Dangerous to Love
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The Bride's Bodyguard
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The marriage trap
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Mi encantadora Princesa / Princess Charming (Romantica / Romantic)
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Almost a princess
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Shady lady
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A Virtuous Lady
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Bluestocking Bride
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Cherished
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Almost a Princess
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Un coeur en otage
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Falsa Apariencia
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The Perfect Princess
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Princess Charming
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