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Linda Howard

Author of Mr. Perfect

169+ Works 35,788 Members 917 Reviews 111 Favorited

About the Author

Linda Howard was born on August 3, 1950. She went on to a small community college, as the only journalism major, but soon dropped out to work at a trucking company as a secretary. She sold her first book to Silhouette Books in 1980. She has written over 50 books including Up Close and Dangerous, show more Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, Dying to Please, Open Season, All the Queen's Men, Kill and Tell, Mr. Perfect, Son of the Morning, Troublemaker, and The Woman Left Behind. She has received several awards including the Romance Writers of America's RITA, the Silver Pen for Affaire de Coeur as well as the Romantic Time's Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Sensual Romance, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award for Series, and the W.I.S.H. Award for her character Joe Mackenzie. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Linda Howard

Mr. Perfect (2000) 1,549 copies
Open Season (2001) 1,342 copies
Dying to Please (2002) 1,093 copies
Kill and Tell: A Novel (1998) 1,091 copies
To Die For: A Novel (2004) 1,075 copies
Cover of Night: A Novel (2006) 1,040 copies
Up Close and Dangerous (2007) 1,004 copies
Cry No More (2003) 1,001 copies
Dream Man (1995) 968 copies
Now You See Her (1998) 962 copies
All the Queen's Men (1999) 925 copies
Death Angel: A Novel (2008) 902 copies
After the Night (1995) 845 copies
Killing Time: A Novel (2005) 830 copies
Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006) 809 copies
Son of the Morning (1997) 808 copies
Shades of Twilight (1996) 801 copies
Burn: A Novel (2009) 682 copies
Ice: A Novel (2009) 642 copies
A Game Of Chance (2000) 627 copies
Mackenzie's Mountain (1989) 622 copies
Veil of Night: A Novel (2010) 609 copies
Heart of Fire (1993) 546 copies
Prey (2011) 493 copies
Shadow Woman (2013) 489 copies
The Touch of Fire (1992) 474 copies
Sarah's Child (1985) 468 copies
White Lies (1988) 462 copies
Mackenzie's Mission (1992) 452 copies
Heartbreaker (1987) 450 copies
Raintree: Inferno (2007) 418 copies
Angel Creek (1990) 408 copies
Midnight Rainbow (1986) 408 copies
A Lady of the West (1990) 400 copies
Duncan's Bride (1990) 397 copies
Almost Forever (1986) 390 copies
Diamond Bay (1987) 354 copies
Tears Of The Renegade (1985) 324 copies
Troublemaker: A Novel (2016) 307 copies
Blood Born (2010) 299 copies
An Independent Wife (1982) 295 copies
Running Wild (2012) 280 copies
Cutting Edge (1985) 276 copies
Mackenzie's Pleasure (1996) 264 copies
Against The Rules (1983) 253 copies
All That Glitters (1982) 251 copies
Christmas Kisses (3-in-1) (1996) — Contributor; Author — 185 copies
Under the Boardwalk (Anthology 5-in-1) (1999) — Contributor — 163 copies
After Sundown (2020) 151 copies
Bluebird Winter (1987) 125 copies
Frost Line (2016) 124 copies
Mackenzie's Magic (1996) 87 copies
On His Terms (Loving Evangeline / One More Chance) (2003) — Contributor — 79 copies
MacKenzie's Pleasure [and] Defending His Own (2001) — Contributor — 75 copies
Always & Forever (1997) — Contributor — 47 copies
To Mother with Love (3-in-1) (1991) — Contributor — 45 copies
Overload (1993) — Author — 44 copies
Blue Moon (1997) 39 copies
The Way Home (1991) 37 copies
Shattered (1982) 31 copies
Lake of Dreams (1995) 29 copies
Lethal Attraction: Against the Rules / Fatal Affair (2013) — Contributor — 24 copies
Dangerous Games: Come Lie With Me/Fatal Justice (2013) — Contributor — 11 copies
Heart and Soul (3-in-1) (1998) — Contributor — 8 copies
White Out (1999) 7 copies
100% Hero (2-in-1) (2003) — Contributor — 4 copies
Summer Heat (3-in-1) (2001) 4 copies
Irresistible (2-in-1) (2005) 3 copies
Die Mackenzie - Saga (2007) 3 copies
Tears of the Renegade (1999) 2 copies
Jingle Bells (1996) — Illustrator — 2 copies
At His Mercy (3-in-1) (2008) 2 copies
Corazon roto (2010) 1 copy
Po západu slunce (2022) 1 copy
At risk (2009) 1 copy
A B C Alphabet Song (2000) 1 copy
Sarah y los suyos (2009) 1 copy
CHRISTMAS STORIES (1989) 1 copy

Associated Works

Devil's Cub (1932) — Foreword, some editions — 2,128 copies
Upon a Midnight Clear [Anthology 5-in-1] (1997) — Contributor — 352 copies
A Game of Chance [Manga] — Original Text — 2 copies
The Cutting Edge (2015) — Original Text — 2 copies
Mackenzie's Magic [Manga] (2015) — Original Text — 1 copy
Tears of the Renegade (2015) — Original Text — 1 copy

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Reviews

 
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BooksInMirror | 19 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |
Nope, not for me.
 
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klandring | 24 other reviews | Feb 6, 2024 |
This is one of those historical romances from the '90s where the heroine is feisty, and the hero is an aggressive alpha male. It doesn't feel like a romance because Lucas, the hero, is determined to have the heroine, Dee, and it all happens pretty fast, even though Dee is determined not to succumb. Dee is independent though, and the story is pretty good as she farms her homestead and takes care of her valley, keeping marauders away with her shotgun. Lucas is one of those guys who always knows what's best, but he does save her in the end, and Dee is able to stand up to him too.
There's a secondary couple Olivia and Luis that is a bit sweeter and stands in marked contrast to the first couple's 'romance.' I enjoyed the story as it's a bit different from most other Western historicals.
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N.W.Moors | 6 other reviews | Nov 11, 2023 |
I really wanted to like this book, but I should have known from the blurb (which says a whole lot of nothing), that it wouldn’t be very good. It was extremely slow. Sooooo incredibly, frustratingly slow. Every scene was stretched out to the point of agony for the reader. And then the ending doesn’t wrap anything up at all! It’s like we’re being punished for sticking it out all the way through. The characters have little depth, and for an introduction to a series, this book was severely lacking. I feel bad for the other two authors in this trilogy, because although their books might be great, I’ll never read them.… (more)
 
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Elizabeth_Cooper | 7 other reviews | Oct 27, 2023 |

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Statistics

Works
169
Also by
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Members
35,788
Popularity
#524
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
917
ISBNs
1,394
Languages
21
Favorited
111

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