She has even written a few sci-fi romances. Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland.
By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance. Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family. The marriage had three children Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife.
Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, and after he passed away in 1964 Johanna and her mother settled there to honor him.
The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Johanna Helen Howard was born on Main Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. But as passion runs high on their sea voyage, it becomes difficult to tell who is truly the captor and who is the captive. When Drew embroils Gabrielle in a scandal the night before he's to sail home, the pirate's daughter vows revenge by commandeering Drew's ship and taking him prisoner. Gabrielle is escorted to balls and parties by James's wife, Georgina, and her brother, Drew Anderson, a dashing American sea captain and fun-loving rogue. His old friend James Malory will sponsor her in polite society. Gabrielle Brooks sets sail from England to a Caribbean island in search of her estranged father and encounters a life-altering surprise - her father is a pirate! After spending three wonderful years hunting treasure with him, Gabrielle is dismayed when he decides she must return to London to find a proper husband. Johanna Lindsey sweeps readers into the dazzlingly passionate world of the incomparable Malorys, an aristocratic family of rakehell adventurers and spirited ladies - which turns ever more tempestuous when James Malory introduces the daughter of a pirate to London society.
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