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Melanie's Biography
Melanie Milburne grew up on a small farm on the outskirts of Sydney and as a keen horse rider, often competed in local gymkhanas and even broke in a few horses from time to time. As she was surrounded by animals, she decided at an early age to become a nurse; however, she couldn’t stand the sight of blood and so opted for a career in teaching.
She read her first Mills & Boon novel when she was 17 and that encouraged her to continue reading romance novels; the lure of the tall dark handsome hero, who in reality she fell in love with and agreed to marry on their second date! They moved to Scotland so her husband could work and study for his MD in surgery. Two lively sons later she decided teaching was the last thing she wanted to do!
She went back to University and up-graded her teaching diploma to a degree and then went on to do a Masters but she still felt as if something was missing. She sat down one day and began writing and everything clicked into place.
Melanie currently lives with her family in Hobart, Tasmania. She has now published 46 full-length novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon and her books are regularly released in several different countries, including Australia, the U.S., and the U.K. In 2004, she became the first Australian author in ten years to be contracted to Harlequin Mills & Boon Presents.
In 2000, Melanie placed second in the Romance Writers of Australia Emma Darcy Award. She is a two-time ARRA finalist and an eight-time CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award Winner. She was the winner of the ARRA Favourite Category/Series Romance for 2008. She is an active member of Romance Writers of America, Romance Writers of Australia, and the Australian Romance Readers Association. She is also the recipient of the Holt Medallion Award's Award of Merit and the 2009 Booksellers Best Short Contemporary Category.
In her spare time, she learnt to swim as an adult and after some great coaching, she went from a non-swimmer to National Top Ten in Master's Swimming plus several State records. She looks on any scary task now in much the same way as she did swimming. Her motto is "Don't say I can't-Say I can try!!" As well as swimming she enjoys long distance running, and of course reading. Melanie also has a passion for the needs of children and animals and is active in supporting the Australian Children's Foundation.
Melanie's Short Bio
When she was 17, Melanie Milburne was reading her first Mills & Boon romance novel when she was supposed to be studying for her high school exams. It was at that time that she vowed she would be a romance reader for life and find herself tall, dark and handsome hero to marry. She has kept true on both those promises and turned into a romance writer herself. She and her husband moved to Scotland so that he could continue his studies to become a surgeon. During their stay in Scotland, Melanie gave birth to two sons. Later they moved to Hobart, Tasmania. Melanie has now published 46 romance novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon Presents and hopes her fans enjoy reading them.
When she’s not writing, Melanie is an avid athlete. She is a long-distance runner and a nationally ranked as a top-10 master’s swimmer in Australia.
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Awards and Achievements
2000
Second place, Romance Writers of Australia Emma Darcy Award
2005
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: The Blackmail Pregnancy
2006
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: The Virgin's Price
2007
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: Bedded and Wedded for Revenge
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: Her Man of Honour
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: In Her Boss's Special Care
2008
Winner in the Australian Romance Readers Awards FAVOURITE SHORT CATEGORY ROMANCE: The Marciano Love-Child
2009
Finalist in the Australian Romance Readers Awards FAVOURITE SHORT CATEGORY ROMANCE: The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: The Future King's Love Child
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: Mistresses by Blackmail
Finalist, Booksellers Best Short Contemporary Category: The Surgeon Boss's Bride
2010
Finalist in the Australian Romance Readers Awards FAVOURITE SHORT CATEGORY ROMANCE: Scandal: Unclaimed Love Child
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: The Mélendez Forgotten Marriage
Winner of the Holt Medallion Award – Award of Merit: Castellano's Mistress of Revenge
2011
Finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia's Romantic Book of the Year: Scandal: Unclaimed Love Child
Winner of the Romance Writers of Australia's Romantic Book of the Year: The Doctor's Rebel Knight
Winner, CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award: The Man With the Locked Away Heart



Praise for Melanie Milburne
“Melanie Milburne never fails to capture the hearts of her readers with her page-turning and emotional books, set in the high-octane world of international glamour.”
Sharon Kendrick, USA Today best-selling author
“Melanie Milburne brings her characters to life in emotional, passionate stories that propel readers through to the final page.”
Sarah Morgan, RITA nominated, USA Today bestselling author
“Melanie Milburne always delivers complex plots, compelling, passionate characters and a story packed with emotional intensity!”
Jane Porter, award winning, RITA nominated, USA Today best selling author
"Melanie Milburne’s wonderful romances carry readers into an exciting world where passion, power and deep emotion are everything!"
Sandra Marton, award-winning, USA Today Best-Selling Author
"When I want passion, drama and a riveting read, I pick up one of Melanie's books! I dare you to put one down once you've started it."
Anna Campbell, award winning author
Scandal: Unclaimed Love Child
"Just perfect and stunning! It is so apparent that Luca Sabbatini loves Bronte from the very beginning! His character is so well delineated that it is no wonder that eventually Bronte has to give in to his charm! Again their banter and short sentences are powerful indeed to sustain the interest of the reader. It is very entertaining and so true to romance!"
5 Stars, millsandboon.com
Androletti's Mistress
"A dynamic read with three-dimensional characters."
4 Stars, Sabrina Madan at Romantic Times
The Fiorenza Forced Marriage
"… an engaging story about the power of love."
4 Stars, Sandra Garcia-Myers at Romantic Times
The Secret Baby Bargain
"This emotionally gratifying story will have readers rooting for this couple."
4 Stars, Sandra Garcia-Myers at Romantic Times
The Mélendez Forgotten Marriage
"Milburne deftly explores the amnesia angle in a way that is believable and yet keeps the reader asking “What really happened?” until the end."
4 Stars, Rhomylly Forbes at Romantic Times
The Wedding Charade
"A red-hot Modern Romance that sizzles with explosive chemistry, steamy sex scenes, breathless emotional intensity and affecting pathos, The Wedding Charade is a fantastic contemporary romance which will keep readers riveted from beginning to end! I thoroughly enjoyed reading Nic and Jade’s fiery romance and I am sure readers will love feisty and confident Jade and brooding Alpha hero Nic."
Cataromance Reviews
The Doctor's Rebel Knight
"THE DOCTOR’S REBEL KNIGHT by Melanie Milburne is a romance of hope and courage that draws the reader into a book and allows them to drown their senses in something beautiful and spirited."
Cataromance Reviews
Emergency Doctor and Cinderella
"Ms Milburne writes books that readers can fall in love with and enjoy their characters, and I have to say that this book is no different. Thank you Ms Milburne for another enjoyable read."
Cataromance Reviews
Innocent Wife, Baby of Shame
"Innocent Wife, Baby of Shame by Melanie Milburne is a brilliantly written tale full of emotion, betrayal and also love. I really found this book engrossing, both for the emotions portrayed but also because of its’ characters."
Cataromance Reviews
Surgeon Prince, Ordinary Wife
"Surgeon Prince, Ordinary Wife left me astounded and I loved every minute of it. I really enjoyed these characters for their wit and determination in living their lives the way they wanted and how they defied convention to have the happiness they wanted."
Cataromance Reviews
A Doctor Beyond Compare
"I was so drawn into this book that I absolutely could not put it down until I turned the very last page. I am stingy with my five-cup ratings, but this one earned it, hands down and thumbs up."
Brett Scott, Coffee Time Romance
Her Man of Honour
"Ms. Milburne has always been a favorite with me but this book just cements her as an all time favorite."
Cataromance Reviews
Printable Booklist
Novels by Melanie Milburne
The Wedding Charade June 2011
One Last Night May 2011
The Unclaimed Baby May 2011
Shock: One Night Heir April 2011
Scandal: Unclaimed Love Child October 2010
Castellano's Mistress of Revenge November 2010
The Mélendez Forgotten Marriage July 2010
The Venadicci Marriage Vengeance February 2010
The Future King's Love-Child December 2009
Bound by the Marcolini Diamonds September 2009
The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage August 2009
Androletti's Mistress April 2009
The Fiorenza Forced Marriage March 2009
Bedded And Wedded For Revenge December 2008
The Marciano Love-Child August 2008
Innocent Wife, Baby Of Shame April 2008
Bought For Her Baby January 2008
Willingly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded October 2007
Surgeon Prince, Ordinary Wife August 2007
The Secret Baby Bargain April 2007
Bought For the Marriage Bed January 2007
The Virgin's Price December 2006
The Greek's Convenient Wife September 2006
The Greek's Bridal Bargain May 2006
Back In Her Husband's Bed January 2006
The Blackmail Pregnancy May 2005
The Australian's Marriage Demand February 2005
The Italian's Mistress January 2005
His Inconvenient Wife May 2004
Medical Romances by Melanie Milburne
Man With the Locked Away Heart March 2011
Emergency Doctor and Cinderella April 2010
The Doctor's Rebel Knight January 2010
Top-Notch Doc, Outback Bride October 2009
Single Dad Seeks a Wife June 2008
The Surgeon Boss's Bride April 2008
Her Man of Honour August 2007
In Her Boss's Special Care February 2007
A Doctor Beyond Compare November 2006
A Surgeon Worth Waiting For January 2006
Her Protector in ER October 2005
Compilations Featuring Melanie Milburne
Summer Sins ("Willingly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded") July 2011
Claiming His Secret Love-Child ("The Marciano Love-Child") March 2011
Man With the Locked Away Heart / Socialite … or Nurse in a Million? March 2011
Royal House of Niroli: Scandalous Seductions ("Surgeon Prince, Ordinary Wife") December 2010
Bought for His Bed ("Bought For Her Baby") July 2010
Masters of the Outback June 2010
The Nurse's Brooding Boss / Emergency Doctor and Cinderella April 2010
The Hot-Headed Virgin ("The Virgin's Price") April 2010
Bestseller Collection ("The Australian's Marriage Demand" and "Back in Her Husband's Bed" ) April 2010
Her Mediterranean Playboy ("Mistress at the Italian's Command") April 2010
Happy Mother's Day ("The Secret Baby Bargain") February 2010
Mother's Day ("Castellano's Mistress of Revenge") February 2010
Convenient Brides ("His Inconvenient Bride") December 2009
At the Billionaire's Bidding ("The Greek's Bridal Bargain") August 2009
Mistress to a Latin Lover ("The Italian's Mistress") July 2009
Reclaiming His Wife ("Back in Her Husband's Bed") April 2009
No. 1 Bestsellers Collection ("Bought for Her Baby") April 2009
Bestseller Collection ("His Inconvenient Wife" and "The Blackmail Pregnancy") April 2009
Mistresses by Blackmail ("The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage") April 2009
In the Australian's Bed ("The Australian's Marriage Demand") September 2008
Her Latin Lover ("Mistress at the Italian's Command") September 2008
Passionate Playboys ("The Greek's Convenient Wife" and "The Italian's Mistress") September 2008
Trapped! / His Inconvenient Wife February 2004
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