Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Desert Destinies |
1994 |
Buy |
| A Christmas Seduction |
2001 |
Buy |
| Sealed with a Kiss |
2002 |
Buy |
| Falling for the Boss |
2005 |
Buy |
| It Happened at Christmas |
2007 |
Buy |
| Loves Me, Loves Me Not |
2009 |
Buy |
| Her Mediterranean Boss |
2009 |
Buy |
Bachelor Tycoons Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Typical Male! |
1997 |
Buy |
| A Reluctant Wife |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Marriage Quest |
2002 |
Buy |
British Bachelors Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Secretary by Day, Mistress by Night |
2010 |
Buy |
| Sweet Surrender with the Millionaire |
2010 |
Buy |
Christmas Surrender Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Snowbound Seduction |
2010 |
Buy |
| Just One Last Night |
2012 |
Buy |
| His Christmas Virgin |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Night in the Palace |
2014 |
Buy |
Dinner At 8 Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Millionaire’s Prospective Wife |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Carlotta Diamond |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Millionaire’s Runaway Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
| Tamed By Her Husband |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Padova Pearls |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Bejewelled Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Christmas Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire’s Marriage Mission |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Rich Man’s Bride |
2007 |
Buy |
| Wife by Contract, Mistress by Demand |
2007 |
Buy |
| Jed Hunter’s Reluctant Bride |
2007 |
Buy |
| Wife by Approval |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Millionaire’s Convenient Bride |
2007 |
Buy |
| His Christmas Bride |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire Boss’s Secretary Bride |
2008 |
Buy |
| Mistletoe Brides |
2011 |
Buy |
Do Not Disturb Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Very Hush-Hush |
1998 |
N/A |
| Honeymoon Baby |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Bedroom Incident |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Bridal Suite |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Bridal Bed |
1998 |
Buy |
| Mistress for a Night |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Night of the Wedding |
2001 |
Buy |
| Liam’s Secret Son |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Tycoon’s Virgin |
2002 |
Buy |
| An Enigmatic Man |
2003 |
Buy |
| Nathan’s Child |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Christmas Marriage Mission |
2003 |
Buy |
| On the Tycoon’s Terms |
2003 |
Buy |
| Hot Spot |
2004 |
Buy |
| Hush |
2005 |
Buy |
| Thrill Me |
2005 |
Buy |
| Kiss & Makeup |
2005 |
Buy |
| Private Relations |
2005 |
Buy |
| Room Service |
2006 |
Buy |
| Coming Soon |
2008 |
Buy |
| Have Mercy |
2008 |
Buy |
| All Or Nothing |
2008 |
Buy |
Expecting Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Unexpected Father |
1997 |
Buy |
| Expectant Mistress |
1998 |
Buy |
| Riccardo’s Secret Child |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Yuletide Child |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Baby Secret |
1998 |
Buy |
| Accidental Baby |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Playboy’s Baby |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Unexpected Baby |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Boss’s Baby |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Baby Verdict |
1999 |
Buy |
| Having Leo’s Child |
1999 |
Buy |
| Having His Babies |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Pregnant Bride |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Baby Scandal |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Paternity Claim |
2000 |
Buy |
| Expecting His Baby |
2001 |
Buy |
| For the Babies’ Sakes |
2002 |
Buy |
| Constantino’s Pregnant Bride |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Spaniard’s Baby Bargain |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Brabanti Baby |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Italian’s Secretary Bride |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Italian’s Secret Baby |
2004 |
Buy |
| Their Secret Baby |
2004 |
Buy |
| His Pregnancy Ultimatum |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Rich Man’s Virgin |
2005 |
Buy |
| His Pregnancy Bargain |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Sicilian’s Defiant Mistress |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Spaniard’s Pregnancy Proposal |
2006 |
Buy |
| Accidentally Pregnant, Conveniently Wed |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Carides Pregnancy |
2006 |
Buy |
| Chosen as the Frenchman’s Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
| Pregnant by the Millionaire |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Italian Billionaire’s Christmas Miracle |
2007 |
Buy |
| Di Cesare’s Pregnant Mistress |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Salvatore Marriage Deal |
2008 |
Buy |
| Dante’s Twins |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Italian Boss’s Secret Child |
2013 |
Buy |
From Here to Paternity Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| His Baby! |
1996 |
Buy |
| Father of the Brat |
1996 |
Buy |
| Father on the Brink |
1996 |
Buy |
| Mischief and Marriage |
1996 |
Buy |
| Grounds for Marriage |
1996 |
Buy |
| A Proper Wife |
1996 |
Buy |
| Father of the Brood |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Price of a Wife |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Unexpected Child |
1997 |
Buy |
| Accidental Mistress |
1997 |
Buy |
Husbands and Wives Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Husband By Contract |
1997 |
Buy |
| Second Marriage |
1997 |
Buy |
In Love With Her Boss Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Boss’s Secret Mistress |
2001 |
Buy |
| His Boardroom Mistress |
2003 |
Buy |
| His After-Hours Mistress |
2003 |
Buy |
| Sang Playboy Paris - The Parisian Playboy |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bedded by the Boss |
2004 |
Buy |
| Mistress by Agreement |
2004 |
Buy |
| His Virgin Secretary |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire Boss’s Bride |
2005 |
Buy |
| His Very Personal Assistant |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Playboy Boss’s Chosen Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
Kids and Kisses Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Valentine for Daisy |
1993 |
Buy |
| Leonie’s Luck |
1994 |
Buy |
| Family Secrets |
1994 |
Buy |
| No Ties |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Baby Battle |
1994 |
Buy |
| Island Child |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Dinosaur Lady |
1994 |
Buy |
| Sullivan’s Law |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Nutcracker Prince |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Santa Sleuth |
1994 |
Buy |
| Kisses and Kids |
1995 |
Buy |
| Faith, Hope And Marriage |
1995 |
Buy |
| Bachelor’s Family |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Baby Business |
1995 |
Buy |
| Fire Beneath the Ice |
1995 |
Buy |
| Love Without Measure |
1995 |
Buy |
| Family Man |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Ideal Choice |
1996 |
Buy |
| Taking It All |
1996 |
Buy |
| McTavish and Twins |
1997 |
Buy |
| Almost a Father |
1998 |
Buy |
| Last Chance Marriage |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Miracle Wife |
1998 |
Buy |
| Make-Believe Mother |
1998 |
Buy |
| Farelli’s Wife |
1999 |
Buy |
Latin Lovers Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Blackmailed Bridegroom |
1999 |
Buy |
| Her Secret Bridegroom |
2000 |
Buy |
| Duarte’s Child |
2000 |
Buy |
| Damiano’s Return |
2000 |
Buy |
| Claiming His Wife |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Hostage Bride |
2001 |
Buy |
| A Spanish Affair |
2001 |
Buy |
| In the Spaniard’s Bed |
2002 |
Buy |
| A Spanish Inheritance |
2003 |
Buy |
| A Spanish Marriage |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Brazilian Tycoon’s Mistress |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Society Bride |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Spaniard’s Love-child |
2004 |
Buy |
| The South American’s Wife |
2004 |
Buy |
| Bought by Her Latin Lover |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Mediterranean Millionaire’s Reluctant Mistress |
2007 |
Buy |
| Spanish Billionaire, Innocent Wife |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Venadicci Marriage Vengeance |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Multi-Millionaire’s Virgin Mistress |
2010 |
Buy |
| Marriage At First Sight |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Secret Baby Revenge |
2022 |
Buy |
Marriage and Mistletoe Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Her Husband’s Christmas Bargain |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Italian Tycoon’s Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Christmas Night Miracle |
2007 |
Buy |
One Christmas Night In Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| His Christmas Acquisition |
2011 |
Buy |
| A Christmas Night to Remember |
2011 |
Buy |
Proposals Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Convenient Proposal |
2000 |
Buy |
| A Suspicious Proposal |
2000 |
Buy |
Ruthless Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The High-Society Wife |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Italian’s Inexperienced Mistress |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire Boss’s Forbidden Mistress |
2006 |
Buy |
| Wanted: Mistress and Mother |
2006 |
Buy |
| At the Spaniard’s Convenience |
2006 |
Buy |
| A Virgin for the Taking |
2006 |
Buy |
| Hollywood Husband, Contract Wife |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire’s Captive Bride |
2007 |
Buy |
| Pleasured in the Billionaire’s Bed |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Sicilian’s Marriage Arrangement |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire’s Scandalous Marriage |
2007 |
Buy |
| Innocent on Her Wedding Night |
2007 |
Buy |
| Bought for Revenge, Bedded for Pleasure |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Millionaire’s Inexperienced Love-Slave |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Ruthless Marriage Proposal |
2009 |
Buy |
| Ruthless Billionaire, Forbidden Baby |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Italian’s Bought Bride |
2010 |
Buy |
| Bedded or Wedded |
2022 |
Buy |
| Ruthlessly Bedded by the Italian Billionaire |
2022 |
Buy |
| Ruthless Tycoon, Innocent Wife |
2022 |
Buy |
| Bedded at His Convenience |
2022 |
Buy |
Sealed with a Kiss Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dearest Love |
1994 |
Buy |
| Angels Do Have Wings |
1994 |
Buy |
| Invitation to Love |
1994 |
Buy |
| Mail-Order Bridegroom |
1995 |
Buy |
| Wanted: Wife and Mother |
1995 |
Buy |
| Legally Binding |
1995 |
Buy |
| P.S. I Love You |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Brief Encounter |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Best for Last |
1995 |
Buy |
| Return to Sender |
1995 |
Buy |
| Undercover Lover |
1995 |
Buy |
Snow, Satin and Seduction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bedded at the Billionaire’s Convenience |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Millionaire’s Christmas Wife |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Christmas Love-Child |
2009 |
Buy |
| Royal Baby, Forbidden Marriage |
2009 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Treasure Hunt Vacation |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Devil You Know |
1992 |
Buy |
| Stone Angel |
1992 |
Buy |
| And The Bride Wore Black |
1993 |
Buy |
| Cold Fire |
1993 |
Buy |
| Cruel Conspiracy |
1993 |
Buy |
| Sweet Betrayal |
1993 |
Buy |
| Gentle Savage |
1993 |
Buy |
| Lovers Not Friends |
1994 |
Buy |
| Web Of Darkness |
1994 |
Buy |
| Knight in Black Velvet |
1994 |
Buy |
| A Heartless Marriage |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Sultan’s Favourite |
1994 |
Buy |
| Dark Oasis |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Twisted Cord |
1995 |
Buy |
| Lace and Satin |
1995 |
Buy |
| Reckless Flirtation |
1996 |
Buy |
| Satisfaction Guaranteed |
1997 |
Buy |
| For a Mother’s Love |
1997 |
Buy |
| Mistletoe Mistress |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Bride’s Secret |
1998 |
Buy |
| A Very Private Revenge |
1998 |
Buy |
| Alone Beneath the Heaven |
1998 |
Buy |
| A Man Worth Waiting For |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Marriage Solution |
1998 |
Buy |
| Reach for Tomorrow |
1999 |
Buy |
| Mistress To A Millionaire |
2000 |
Buy |
| Ragamuffin Angel |
2000 |
Buy |
| A Whirlwind Marriage |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Stony Path |
2001 |
Buy |
| Sleeping Partners |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Urchin’s Song |
2002 |
Buy |
| Christmas at His Command |
2002 |
Buy |
| Candles in the Storm |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Parisian Playboy |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Most Precious Thing |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Passionate Husband |
2005 |
Buy |
| A Ruthless Agreement |
2005 |
Buy |
| Always I’ll Remember |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Rainbow Years |
2006 |
Buy |
| Skylarks At Sunset |
2007 |
Buy |
| Above The Harvest Moon |
2007 |
Buy |
| Eve and Her Sisters |
2008 |
Buy |
| Gilding the Lily |
2009 |
Buy |
| Born to Trouble |
2009 |
Buy |
| Forever Yours |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Beautiful Widow |
2011 |
Buy |
| Break of Dawn |
2011 |
Buy |
| In the Italian’s Sights |
2012 |
Buy |
| Dancing in the Moonlight |
2013 |
Buy |
| Beyond the Veil of Tears |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Colours of Love |
2015 |
Buy |
| Snowflakes in the Wind |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Winter Love Song |
2018 |
Buy |
| Beneath a Frosty Moon |
2018 |
Buy |
| One Snowy Night |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Storm Child |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Winter Rose |
2021 |
Buy |
| After the First Frost |
2023 |
Buy |
| Believing in Tomorrow |
2023 |
Buy |
Stolen Moments Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bitter Honey |
1993 |
Buy |
| His Mistress |
1993 |
Buy |
| Snow Angel |
1993 |
Buy |
| Maggie And Her Colonel |
1994 |
Buy |
| Sizzle |
1994 |
Buy |
| Heart’s Refuge |
1995 |
Buy |
Taken: At the Boss’s Command Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Argentinian Playboy, Unexpected Love-Child |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Boss’s Inexperienced Secretary |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Tuscan Tycoon’s Pregnant Housekeeper |
2009 |
Buy |
| Kept by Her Greek Boss |
2009 |
Buy |
Tall, Dark & Sexy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| His Mistress by Marriage |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Millionaire’s Marriage Revenge |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Billionaire’s Virgin Bride |
2006 |
Buy |
| The British Billionaire Affair |
2008 |
Buy |
Today’s Woman Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Marriage Business |
1995 |
Buy |
| Working Girl |
1996 |
Buy |
| Desperately Seeking Annie |
1996 |
Buy |
| Dream Wedding |
1996 |
Buy |
Rita Bradshaw has published over 280 books across two very different streams of fiction. Under her own name, she has written sweeping historical sagas set in the north of England — stories of working-class families navigating hardship, war, and social change in the early twentieth century. Titles like Alone Beneath the Heaven, Ragamuffin Angel, and The Storm Child carry the hallmarks of the genre: strong female protagonists, vivid period detail, and multigenerational family stories.
Her other body of work consists of contemporary category romances published through Harlequin and Mills & Boon. These span dozens of themed lines — from Kids and Kisses to Latin Lovers to Ruthless — featuring the short, intense love stories the format is known for. With work stretching from 1988 to 2023, Bradshaw’s output is remarkable for both its volume and its consistency across two demanding genres.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Rita Bradshaw written?
Rita Bradshaw has written 280 books across 23 series.
What was Rita Bradshaw's first book?
Rita Bradshaw’s first book is Treasure Hunt Vacation, published in 1988.
What are Rita Bradshaw's two writing styles?
Rita Bradshaw writes in two distinct modes: contemporary category romances published through Harlequin/Mills & Boon (including the Expecting, Kids and Kisses, and Latin Lovers series), and historical sagas set in England’s industrial north covering the early-to-mid twentieth century.