Penny Jordan

Penny Jordan was the pen name of British novelist Penelope Jones, who wrote contemporary romance and romantic suspense, also publishing as Caroline Courtney.

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Contemporary romance: Romance fiction set in the period in which it is written, centered on a developing love relationship. This broad genre encompasses the modern-day relationships at the center of much of Jordan’s fiction.
Romance Writers of America: A professional organization for romance writers, founded in the United States in 1980. Jordan’s career grew within an international romance-publishing world that this organization helped represent.
The Penny Jordan bibliography: The collection of novels and other published works written under Penny Jordan’s name. It maps the scale and changing forms of her writing career.
International Standard Book Number: A unique numerical identifier assigned to a specific edition of a published book. Jordan’s extensive output circulated in many editions, making reliable book identification useful.
Romantic suspense: A romance subgenre that combines a developing love relationship with suspenseful danger or mystery. Jordan also wrote novels that joined romantic plots to suspense.
Category romance: Romance fiction published in numbered series with recurring formats, themes, and release schedules. The category format provided a major route for Jordan’s work to reach readers.
A Secret Disgrace: A romance novel by Penny Jordan, published by Harlequin Presents. This novel offers a specific example of Jordan’s work in the Presents line.
Mass-market paperback: A compact, inexpensive paperback format widely used for popular fiction. This format helped make series romances such as Jordan’s widely available.
Harlequin Presents: A Harlequin romance line featuring contemporary love stories, often with glamorous settings and emotionally intense relationships. Jordan became closely associated with this line, which published many of her romances.
Mills & Boon: A British publisher known for romance fiction, acquired by Harlequin in 1971. Jordan’s British romance career was closely tied to Mills & Boon and its publishing lines.