Elizabeth Thornton


Mary Forrest George, née Baxter, well known as Elizabeth Thornton is a British-Canadian writer of 31 historical romance novels from 1986 to 2010.

Biography

Born Mary Forrest Baxter on 24 January 1940 Aberdeen, Scotland, the younger of two children of Elizabeth Thornton and Andrew Baxter. In 1959, she married Forbes George, and they had three sons: Stephen, Peter and Thomas.
She was an elementary school teacher before establishing the St. Swithin Street Nursery School in 1967. In 1969, she and her husband and their three sons moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where she continued her teaching career. In 1977, she was appointed as a Pastoral Assistant of a Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg. In 1985, she completed an honors degree in Classical Greek winning the Gold Medal in Classics. Her honor's thesis was entitled "Women in Euripides."
She published her first novel in 1987 as Elizabeth Thornton, her mother's maiden name, and a year later she became a full-time writer.
Mary George died on July 12, 2010 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Single novels

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The Seers of Grampian series

  1. The Runaway McBride February 2009
  2. The Scot and I June 2009
  3. A Bewitching Bride 2010

    Devereux Family Saga series

  4. Tender the Storm May 1991
  5. Velvet is the Night April 1992
  6. Cherished September 1993

    Dangerous series

  7. Dangerous to Love June 1994
  8. Dangerous to Kiss April 1995
  9. Dangerous to Hold April 1996

    Princess series

  10. Whisper his Name March 1999
  11. Princess Charming February 2001
  12. The Perfect Princess November 2001
  13. Almost a Princess January 2003
  14. Shady Lady is in some ways a continuation of this series

    The Trap series

  15. The Marriage Trap July 2005
  16. The Bachelor Trap April 2006
  17. The Pleasure Trap July 2007

    Anthologies in collaboration