Violet Winspear (1928–1989)
Author of The Honey Is Bitter
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Works by Violet Winspear
Romance Treasury: The Mountains of Spring / O Kiss Me, Kate / Blue Jasmine (1976) — Contributor; Contributor — 4 copies
Harlequin Omnibus 27: The Cazalet Bride / Beloved Castaway / The Castle of the Seven Lilacs (1976) 2 copies
Harlequin Omnibus 12: Bride's Dilemma / Tender Is the Tyrant / The Dangerous Delight (1975) 2 copies
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XXXV: The Dark Stranger / The House of Adriano / Nurse at Cap Flamingo (1973) — Contributor; Contributor — 1 copy
Passaporte Para O Amor, Escrava Do Amor & Prisioneira Do Deserto — Author — 1 copy
Pojken på slottet 1 copy
البديلة 1 copy
The Strange wife 1 copy
Het lied van een bosnimf 1 copy
117-توأم التنـــين 1 copy
52-قطار في الضباب 1 copy
Reis over de regenboog 1 copy
Huset på djävulsklippan 1 copy
29- الصقر واليمامة 1 copy
Associated Works
Dragon Bay — Original Text — 2 copies
Darling Infidel — Original Text — 1 copy
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- Other names
- Winspear, Violet
- Birthdate
- 1928-04-28
- Date of death
- 1989-01
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Hackney, London, England, UK
- Occupations
- clerk
dishwasher
packer - Short biography
- Violet Winspear was born on 28 April 1928 in London, England. She worked in a factory since 1942, when in 1961 she sold her first romance novels to Mills & Boon. In 1963, she became a full-time writer. She wrote from her home in the south-east England, that she never left, but she meticulously researched her far-flung settings at the local library. She never married, and had no children, but she inspired her nephew Jonathan to write. Violet died at January 1989 after a long battle with cancer.
She said: "The real aim of romance is to provide escape and entertainment", but she created a maelstrom when in 1970 she commented: "I get my heroes so that they're lean and hard muscled and mocking and sardonic and tough and tigerish and single, of course. Oh and they've got to be rich and then I make it that they're only cynical and smooth on the surface. But underneath they're well, you know, sort of lost and lonely. In need of love but, when roused, capable of breathtaking passion and potency. Most of my heroes, well all of them really, are like that. They frighten but fascinate. They must be the sort of men who are capable of rape: men it's dangerous to be alone in the room with." The comment, that they were 'capable of rape' caused uproar and lead to her receiving hate mail. Interestingly, she railed against the work of authors such as Harold Robbins. Winspear's forte was creating and sustaining sexual tension between her characters while building fantastic worlds.
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There was no doubt that Maxim de Corte would use these ruthless qualities to make her submit to him as a dancer, but could he make her do the same for him -- as a woman?
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