Since the publication of her first novel in 1978, this British writer has shown no signs of slowing her pace. Her strong, traditional romances, with their distinct style, brilliantly developed characters and romantic plot twists, have earned her an enthusiastic audience worldwide. 'Not taking rejection well, I went off in a sulk for two years before deciding to 'have another go.'' Her second manuscript was accepted, beginning a long and fruitful career.

'The manuscript was far too short and the plotline not up to standard, so I naturally received a rejection slip,' she says. During her time there, Carole made her first attempt at writing a novel for Mills and Boon. Instead, she went on to work in the computer department of a well-known stationery company. With a family formed by six children (with 22 years of difference between the first-born and the unexpected youngest child), they live 'in a most beautiful part of Britain' with a menagerie of pets, including a dog acquired several years ago in Canada, which is actually half-coyote!Ĭarole's early ambition to become a nurse came to an abrupt end after only one year of training due to a weakness in her back, suffered in the aftermath of a fall. She married to Peter, father to two children, Matthew and Joshua, they had four sons more: Timothy, Michael, David and Peter Jr.

Carole Mortimer was born on 1960 in a village in England that she claims was so small that 'if you blinked as you drove through it you could miss seeing it completely!' She adds that her parents still live in the house where she first came into the world, and her two brothers live very close by.

The Failed Marriage by Carole Mortimer