Ranney (pronounced Rain-ey) was the daughter of an Air Force officer and lived in places around the world, including Naples and Paris.[1] She began writing when she was five. In first grade, she wrote a short story called "The Maple Leaf," which was chosen to be read over the school intercom.[2]
After writing her first novel, Above All Others, Ranney found an agent. While her agent was trying to find a publisher willing to purchase the novel, Ranney continued writing, finishing Tapestry and beginning to write a third novel, A Promise of Love. Approximately three years after she had begun writing the first novel, Kensington agreed to purchase both of Ranney's completed works as well as the novel in progress.[3]
Most of Ranney's novels are set in Scotland[3] and feature "believable characters, careful plotting, and simmering sexual tension."[4] She was nominated nine times for a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award and won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 2002 for British-set Historical Romance.[5][6] In 2014 Ranney began writing the paranormal romance series The Montgomery Chronicles, which center on a newly and unwillingly turned female vampire, and in 2016 began writing a spinoff series, The Furry Chronicles.
Ranney's books have been on the USA Today Bestseller List as well as the New York Times Bestseller List.
On June 15, 2020, it was announced that Ranney had died. Her death was announced by her publisher, Avon Books.[7]
Worksedit
Loved Seriesedit
My beloved (1999)
My true love (2000)
Highland Lords Seriesedit
One Man's Love (2001)
When the Laird Returns (2002)
The Irresistible MacRae (2002)
To Love a Scottish Lord (2003)
So in Love (2004)
The Montgomery Chroniclesedit
The Fertile Vampire (2014)
The Reluctant Goddess (2015)
Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (2015)
The Furry Chroniclesedit
The Lottery - Furry (2016)
The All For Love Seriesedit
To Love a Duchess (2018)
To Wed an Heiress (2019)
To Bed the Bride (awaiting publication)
Novelsedit
Tapestry (1995)
Above All Others (1996)
A Promise of Love (1997)
My Wicked Fantasy (1998)
Heaven Forbids (1998)
Upon a Wicked Time (1998)
After the Kiss (2000)
Till Next We Meet (2005)
Autumn in Scotland (2006)
An Unlikely Governess (2006)
The Scottish Companion (2007)
The Devil Wears Tartan (2008)
A Scotsman in Love (2009)
Sold to a Laird (2009)
A Highland Duchess (2010)
A Borrowed Scot (2011)
Omnibusedit
Angel Love (1996) (with Janice Bennett, Mallory Burgess, Elizabeth Graham, Constance Laux, Patricia McAllister, Doreen Owens Malek and John Scognamiglio)
^. Romantic Times. 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
^@AvonBooks (June 15, 2020). "We are saddened to share news of the passing of author @karenranney1. She began publishing historical romances with us in 1997 & the upcoming publication of MY HIGHLAND ROGUE will be her 37th book with the imprint. Our thoughts are with her family & her readers at this time" (Tweet). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
External linksedit
Official website
April 14, 2024
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