Bertrice Small (1937–2015)
Author of Skye O'Malley
About the Author
Bertrice Small was born on December 9, 1937 in Manhattan, New York. Primarily known as a historical romance author, she also wrote erotica and fantasy romance. Her first novel, The Kadin, was published in 1978. She wrote more than 50 romance novels during her lifetime including The Love Slave; show more Love, Remember Me; Hellion; Darling Jasmine; Betrayed; Bedazzled; A Memory of Love; and Lucianna. She died on February 24, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Bertrice Small
Fascinated: 4-in-1 (Mastering Lady Lucinda / Risking It All / The Pleasure Game / A Man and a Woman) (2000) — Contributor — 205 copies
Captivated: 4-in-1 (Ecstasy / Bound and Determined / Dark Desires / A Lady's Pleasure) (1999) — Contributor — 200 copies
I Love Rogues (Zuleika and the Barbarian / The Bedroom is Mine / All the Secret Pleasures) (2003) — Contributor — 52 copies
Romance By Bertrice Small: Betrayed; Deceived; The Duchess; Hellion; The Innocent (Set of 5) 2 copies
Long, Live, Love: Omnibus — Contributor — 1 copy
A Breath of Scandal 1 copy
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- Other names
- Williams, Bertice (birth name)
Small, Bertrice Williams - Birthdate
- 1937-12-09
- Date of death
- 2015-02-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Southold, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Organizations
- Authors Guild
Romance Writers of America - Awards and honors
- Silver Pen (Affair De Couer)
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award (Historical Romance, 2006) - Short biography
- Bertrice Williams was born on December 9, 1937 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, the daughter of Doris S. and David R. Williams, both broadcasters. She studied at Attended Western College for Women and Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School. On October 5, 1963, she married George Sumner Small, a photographer and designer with a History Major at Princeton. They had a son Thomas David. She has lived on eastern Long Island for over 30 years, and she loves it! Her greatest passions are her family; Finnegan and Sylvester, the family cats; Nicki, the elderly cockatiel who whistles the NY Mets charge call; her garden; her work, and just life in general.
Published since 1947, Bertrice Small is the author of over 50 romance novels. A New York Times bestselling author, she has also appeared on other best-seller lists including Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and the L.A. Times. She is the recipient of numerous awards including Career Achievement for Historical Romance; Best Historical Romance; Outstanding Historical Romance Series; Career Achievement for Historical Fantasy; a Golden Leaf from the New Jersey Romance Writers chapter of Romance Writers of America; an Author of the Year (2006) and Big Apple Award from the New York City Romance Writers chapter of RWA, and several Reviewers Choice awards from Romantic Times. She has a "Silver Pen" from Affair De Coeur, and an Honorable Mention from The West Coast Review of Books. In 2004 she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by ROMANTIC TIMES magazine for her contributions to the Historical Romance genre. And in 2008 she was named by ROMANTIC TIMES along with her friends Jennifer Blake, Roberta Gellis and Janelle Taylor, a Pioneer of Romance.
Bertrice Small is a member of The Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, PAN, and PASIC. She is also a member of RWA's Long Island chapter, L.I.R.W., and is its easternmost member on the North Fork of Eastern Long Island.
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Tudor/Historical Romance forced marriage in Name that Book (March 2016)
Reviews
Guilty Pleasures (Thorndike Press Large Print Romance) by Bertrice Small
The first few books in this series were romances. Then we have to book about the woman who only cares about herself and sex. That one doesn't even pretend to be romance. I don't know if this last book does or not, because I couldn't get past page 32 (and that was in the large-print version). I get that it's fantasy, and I'm fine with that, but when Carla is lying to her husband of 30 years, and taking off work so she can indulge in a BDSM weekend with a complete stranger, then, no, I'm out. Obviously, I have problem with sex or I wouldn't have made it this far in the series (or read all of Small's other books), but I don't want to read about people having sex just to be having sex. Especially if they're both married to other people. The other stories may be better. I don't care to take the time to find out. I'm reading Small's [b:Bond of Passion|10551153|Bond of Passion (The Border Chronicles, #6)|Bertrice Small|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348244851s/10551153.jpg|15457787] right now, and as that one actually has a storyline, I'll be finishing it.… (more)
I kind of wish I was reading this on the Kindle so I could search how many times "plain" is used. I wouldn't be surprised if it averages once per page. At least. Just in case we weren't aware that Annabella is plain. And I'm not sure "afterglow" was in use in the 1500s. Did I mention that Annabella is plain?
Actual romance, not one of the books in this series that is about crazy women. Some of the dialogue was a little weird, though, like Ms. Small stepped out for a minute and someone else typed a few lines while she was gone. But that was just a couple of spots.
This was a pleasant change from the other books in this series. I love Small's books, but I don't like that in many of her books, a main character dies. No one important died in this book. I didn't think the 10 days with the sisters was necessary. It didn't add anything to the story except a way to include more sex. I don't have a problem with sex as long as there's some reason for it to be there. Basically, the author just had Fin commit adultery, with not one, but two whores, who could have given him any number of diseases to take back to his wife. Adultery in a romance novel is bad enough, but this was adultery with absolutely no point. That's why I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5. … (more)
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