


Books in series

Racing Against Time
2003

Crime and Passion
2003

Internal Affair
2003

Dangerous Games
2004

The Strong Silent Type
2004

Cavanaugh's Woman
2004

In Broad Daylight
2004

Alone in the Dark
2004

Dangerous Disguise
2004

The Woman Who Wasn't There
2006

Cavanaugh Watch
2006

Cavanaugh Heat
2008

Protecting His Witness
2008

Cavanaugh Pride
2009

Becoming a Cavanaugh
2009

The Cavanaugh Code
2009

In Bed with the Badge
2010

Cavanaugh Judgment
2010

Cavanaugh Reunion
2010

A Cavanaugh Christmas
2011

Cavanaugh's Bodyguard
2012

Cavanaugh Rules
2012

Cavanaugh's Surrender
2012

Cavanaugh on Duty
2013

Mission
Cavanaugh Baby
2013

Cavanaugh Hero
2013

Cavanaugh Undercover
2014

Cavanaugh Strong
2014

Cavanaugh Fortune
2015

How to Seduce a Cavanaugh
2015

Cavanaugh or Death
2016

Cavanaugh Cold Case
2016

Cavanaugh in the Rough
2017

Cavanaugh on Call
2017

Cavanaugh Standoff
2017

Cavanaugh Encounter
2017

Cavanaugh Vanguard
2018

Cavanaugh's Secret Delivery
2018

Cavanaugh Stakeout
2019

Cavanaugh Cowboy
2019

Cavanaugh in Plain Sight
2020

Cavanaugh's Missing Person
2019

Cavanaugh Justice
The Baby Trail
2022

Cavanaugh Justice
Serial Affair
2022

Cavanaugh Justice
Deadly Chase
2022

Cavanaugh Justice
Up Close and Deadly
2022

Cavanaugh Justice
Detecting a Killer
2023
Author

Marie Rydzynski-Ferrarella aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York. Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress. Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today. After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says. In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.