Daphne Clair

After subsequently becoming the Family Education Network in the late nineties, the organisation ceased to exist altogether.

• Name — Daphne Clair Williams de Jong • Pen Name — Daphne Clair Laurey Bright Claire Lorel Daphne de Jong Clarissa Garland • Birth Name — Daphne Clair Williams • Born — 1939 • Birthplace — Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand • Occupation — Writer • Period — 1977–2007 • Genre — Romance, poetry, non-fiction • Website — http: www.DaphneClair.com

Daphne Clair Williams was born on 1939 in Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand. She decided to be a writer when she was 8 years old. She published her first short story when she was 16. She writes romantic novels, poetry and articles. She conducts a romance writing workshop for aspiring writers with Robyn Donald and offers her home as a writers' retreat. She has won awards for both her romantic novels and other works. Clair is married to a Netherlands-born man. They have five children and live in the north of New Zealand.

• Return to Love (1977) • Streak of Gold (1978) • My Darling Clementina (1978) • Jade Girl (1978) • Jasmine Bride (1979) • The Sleeping Fire (1979) • Something Less Than Love (1979) • A Wilder Shore (1980) • Darling Deceiver (1980) • Frozen Heart (1980) • Loving Trap (1980) • Never Count Tomorrow (1980) • Dark Remembrance (1981) • Promise to Pay (1981) • Pacific Pretence (1982) • Marriage under fire (1983) • A Ruling Passion (1983) • Take Hold of Tomorrow (1984) • Dark Dream (1985) • No Escape (1987) • No Winner (1987) • The Wayward Bride (1989) • Flame on the Horizon (1993) • Dark Mirror (1994) • Infamous Bargain (1994) • Edge of Deception (1995) • Wilde Man (1996) • Grounds for Marriage (1996) • Wilde Heart (1996) • Lover's Lies (1997) • Reckless Engagement (1997) • Carpenter's Mermaid (1997) • Summer Seduction (1998) • Wife to a Stranger (1998) • Makeshift Marriage (1999) • His Trophy Mistress (2001) • The Marriage Debt (2002) • Claiming His Bride (2003) • The Determined Virgin (2003) • The Brunellesci Baby (2004)

• And Then Came Morning (1992)

• The Riccioni Pregnancy (2003)

• The Jasmine Bride / Sweet Promise / Turbulent Covenant (1987) (with Janet Dailey and Jessica Steele) • The Tycoon's Virgin (2007) (with Sandra Field and Cathy Williams)

• Writing Romantic Fiction (1999) (with Robyn Donald)

• Tears of Morning (1981) • Sweet Vengeance (1982) • Deep Waters (1983) • When Morning Comes (1984) • Fetters of the Past (1984) • Long Way from Home (1985) • Rainbow Way (1987) • Jacinth (1988) • Sudden Sunlight (1989) • Games of Chance (1989) • A Guilty Passion (1990) • The Older Man (1992) • The Kindness of Strangers (1993) • An Interrupted Marriage (1994) • A Perfect Marriage (1995) • Summer's Past (1996) • The Wedding Ultimatum (2001) • Shadowing Shahna (2002) • Life with Riley (2002) • With His Kiss (2003) • Dangerous Waters (2003) • Her Passionate Protector (2004) • Wed in White (2007)

• The Mother of His Child (1999)

• Marrying Marcus (2001) • The Heiress Bride (2002)

• Her Passionate Protector / Wanted (2004) (with Ruth Langan) • Shadowing Shahna / Millionaire for Molly (2004) (with Marion Lennox)

• Lord Brandsley's Bride (1981) • Miss Miranda's Marriage (1982) • Huntersford (1999)

• Crossing the Bar (1998) • Gather the Wind (1999)

• Venus, Vagabonds and Miscellanea (1993) (with Ann Macrae and Anna Granger)

• Return to Opal Reach (1998)

• "Sweet Subversions" essay in Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance (1992)

• Daphne Clair de Jong's Official Website • Daphne Clair at Mills & Boon