She is also the author of a historical romance series and several standalone historical romance novels.

Over the years New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards has written over 50 books starting from Island Flame, including two romantic suspense series (romantic thriller series as the author calls them), and numerous standalone novels including some contemporary romance books. The second book was finished after 3 months and it was published in 1985 under the title To Love a Man. Robards, a marketing executive, with whom she had three children. Short term, she did have to pay the bills, so Karen Robards started working at an orthodontic clinic while writing her next novel during her breaks in the bathroom. She only stayed for two years in school (she said in an interview that she hated law school), but since she managed to sell a book during her time at the school, she decided that writing is what she should focus in the long term and what she loves doing anyway. Those first 50 pages became part of Karen Robards’ debut novel, Island Flame, which was published in 1981 when the author was 24. Back then she was in law school, but she dropped out to pursue writing as a career.

Karen chose historical romances based on the fact that they were selling well at the time. She submitted her two paragraphs story to the Reader’s Digest and it was published in December 1973.ĭuring her time as a student at the University of Kentucky where she was a law student, she took a graduate-level creative writing class, for which Karen submitted her first manuscript to the professor who challenged his students to submit 50 pages in any genre they liked. She wrote her first short story at a very early age, while in her teens. Karen Robards was born in 1954 in Louisville, KY.

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The Moscow Deception (The Guardian #2), 2018.New Karen Robards Books The Black Swan of Paris, 2020 Here are the Karen Robards books in order for her romantic suspense series and standalone novels. Charlotte Stone series and her Jessica Ford series, along with her new series starting in 2017, The Guardian. Last Updated on JanuKaren Robards is a popular author of romantic suspense mystery series, historical romances, as well as several romance and suspense standalone novels.

Island Flame by Karen Robards