Carol Townend (born 1953) is an English writer of historical romances, generally set in England and Europe. Her first novel won the Romantic Novelists' Association New Writer's Award. She has also published a number of articles with Writing Magazine and Writers' News.
Biography Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, Carol Townend was educated in Whitby by Anglican nuns. She read History at Royal Holloway College. Her first novel, set in 11th century England and published by Mills & Boon, won the RNA New Writers' Award in 1989. Betrothed to the Barbarian, the final book in her Byzantine trilogy, was shortlisted for the 2013 RoNA Rose Award and Unveiling Lady Clare was shortlisted for the 2015 RoNA Rose Award. Carol lives in London with her husband and daughter.
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Fiction by publication date The Love Child Fights Back (2025) Independently Published A Knight for the Runaway Nun (2023) Harlequin Mills & Boon A Knight for the Defiant Lady (2023) Harlequin Mills & Boon The Warrior's Princess Prize (2020) Harlequin Mills & Boon The Princess's Secret Longing (2019) Harlequin Mills & Boon The Knight's Forbidden Princess (2018) Harlequin Mills & Boon Mistaken for a Lady (2016) Harlequin Mills & Boon Lady Rowena's Ruin (2015) Harlequin Mills & Boon Lord Gawain's Forbidden Mistress (2015) Harlequin Mills & Boon Unveiling Lady Clare (2014) Harlequin Mills & Boon Lady Isobel's Champion (2013) Harlequin Mills & Boon Betrothed to the Barbarian (2012) Harlequin Mills & Boon Chained to the Barbarian (2012) Harlequin Mills & Boon Bound to the Barbarian (2010) Harlequin Mills & Boon Her Banished Lord (2010) Harlequin Mills & Boon Runaway Lady, Conquering Lord (2009) Harlequin Mills & Boon His Captive Lady (2008) Harlequin Mills & Boon An Honorable Rogue (2008) Harlequin Mills & Boon The Novice Bride (2007) Harlequin Mills & Boon Blackthorn Winter (1993) Hodder Headline The Stone Rose (1992) Hodder Headline Leaves on the Wind (1990) Mills & Boon Masquerade Sapphire in the Snow (1989) (Winner of RNA New Writers' Award) Mills & Boon Masquerade Shattered Vows (1989) Mills & Boon Masquerade
Fiction by series Convent Brides: A Knight for the Defiant Lady (2023) Harlequin Mills & Boon A Knight for the Runaway Nun (2023) Harlequin Mills & Boon
Princesses of the Alhambra: The Knight's Forbidden Princess (2018) Harlequin Mills & Boon The Princess's Secret Longing (2019) Harlequin Mills & Boon The Warrior's Princess Prize (2020) Harlequin Mills & Boon
The Knights of Champagne: Lady Isobel's Champion (2013) Harlequin Mills & Boon Unveiling Lady Clare (2013) Harlequin Mills & Boon Lord Gawain's Forbidden Mistress (2015) Harlequin Mills & Boon Lady Rowena's Ruin (2015) Harlequin Mills & Boon Mistaken for a Lady (2016) Harlequin Mills & Boon
Palace Brides: Bound to the Barbarian (2010) Harlequin Mills & Boon Chained to the Barbarian (2012) Harlequin Mills & Boon Betrothed to the Barbarian (2012) Harlequin Mills & Boon
Wessex Weddings: The Novice Bride (2007) Harlequin Mills & Boon An Honorable Rogue (2008) Harlequin Mills & Boon His Captive Lady (2008) Harlequin Mills & Boon Runaway Lady, Conquering Lord (2009) Harlequin Mills & Boon Her Banished Lord (2010) Harlequin Mills & Boon
The Herevi Sagas: The Stone Rose (1992) Hodder Headline Blackthorn Winter (1993) Hodder Headline
Stand Alone Novels: Shattered Vows (1989) Mills & Boon Masquerade Sapphire in the Snow (1989) Mills & Boon Masquerade Leaves on the Wind (1990) Mills & Boon Masquerade
Non-fiction Royal Russia (1995) Smith Gryphon, (reprinted by John Blake Publishing 2006)
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External links Official website Page on Fantastic Fiction