Mary Jenkins was born in 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. After graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She also enjoys watching tennis and curling. Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency love story, was published in 1985 as A Masked Deception under her married name. In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write full-time. She has written more than seventy novels and almost thirty novellas since then, including the New York Times bestselling 'Slightly' sextet and 'Simply' quartet. She has won numerous awards, including Bestselling Historical of the Year from the Borders Group, and her novel Simply Magic was a finalist in the Quill Awards. She has won seven Waldenbooks Awards and two B. Dalton Awards for her bestselling novels, as well as a Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award.
Series
Books
A Christmas Promise
1992
More Than a Mistress
2000
Red Rose
1986
At Last Comes Love
2009
Slightly Dangerous
2004
The Heart of Christmas
The Season for Suitors / A Handful of Gold / This Wicked Gift
2009
One Night for Love
1999
Someone Perfect
2021
Someone to Romance
2020
Slightly Wicked
2003
Now a Bride
2011
The Wood Nymph
1987
Someone to Hold
2017
The Proposal
2012
Deceived
1993
A Summer to Remember
2002
Only a Promise
2015
Only Beloved
2016
Only a Kiss
2015
Lady with a Black Umbrella
1989
Under the Mistletoe
2003
Snow Angel
1991
More Than a Mistress / No Man's Mistress
2001
The Incurable Matchmaker
1990
Web of Love
1990
Someone to Care
2018
Simply Unforgettable
2005
A Precious Jewel
1993
Remember Me
2023
Tempting Harriet
1994
Only Enchanting
2014
A Masked Deception
1985
Courting Julia
1993
It Happened One Night
2008
Longing
1994
Lord Carew's Bride
1995
Simply Love
2006
Slightly Sinful
2004
The Last Waltz
1998
The Plumed Bonnet
1996
Simply Magic
2007
Irresistible
1998
Someone to Remember
2019
Remember Love
2022
An Unacceptable Offer
1988
Second Chances
2019
Heartless
1995
Someone to Wed
2017
Slightly Tempted
2003
A Matter of Class
2009
The Secret Pearl
1991
Remember When
Clarissa's Story
2025
Indiscreet
1997
The Obedient Bride
1989
The Suitor
2013
The Gilded Web
1989
Unforgiven
1998
A Day for Love
2018
The Devil's Web
1990
The Temporary Wife
1997
A Counterfeit Betrothal
1992
The Temporary Wife/A Promise of Spring
2012
A Christmas Bride
1997
Dark Angel
1994
Christmas Beau
1991
A Chance Encounter
1985
A Promise of Spring
1990
Dancing with Clara
1993
The Constant Heart
1987
Someone to Love
2016
Slightly Married
2003
The Trysting Place
1986
Thief of Dreams
1998
Love's Legacy
1981
The Double Wager
1985
Always Remember
Ben's Story
2024
First Comes Marriage
2009
Beyond the Sunrise
1992
Tangled
1994
Simply Perfect
2008
No Man's Mistress
2001
Truly
1996
Someone to Honor
2019
Someone to Trust
2018
The Secret Mistress
2011
The Ideal Wife
1991
Seducing an Angel
2009
A Very Special Christmas
Including A CHRISTMAS BRIDE and Christmas Stories from UNDER THE MISTLETOE
2018
Someone to Cherish
2021
The Escape
2014
A Gift of Daisies
1989
Once Upon a Dream
2016
Gentle Conquest
1987
A Certain Magic
1991
Daring Masquerade
1989
The Notorious Rake
1992
The First Snowdrop
1986
A Secret Affair
2010
Slightly Scandalous
2003
The Ungrateful Governess
1988
Christmas Belle
1994
The Arrangement
2013
Silent Melody
1997
A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake
2013
An Unlikely Duchess
1990
Captured Hearts
Five Favorite Love Stories
1999
The Famous Heroine
1996
Secrets of the Heart
1988
Then Comes Seduction
2009
