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. With a broken heart, she leaves the desert to return to her past life in England.īut nothing will ever be the same, as she still loves Abu and fears she may never see him again.Johanna Helen Howard was born on Main Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. But their happiness is shortlived when Christina is falsely told that Abu no longer desires her and wishes her to leave. Abu rushes to Christina’s rescue and, after escaping a slow death, brings his beloved back to the safety of his camp. This act was done in order to lure the sheik to their camp so that an act of revenge for a past misdeed may be carried out. Her idyllic time with Abu is interrupted when she is kidnapped again, this time by another tribe. Born half-Arab and known among his people as Sheik Abu, he plots to have her kidnapped and brought to his remote camp in the desert.Ĭhristina is angry and frightened when she suddenly becomes the helpless captive of this strikingly handsome stranger…but is soon weakened by her heart’s blazing desire to explore her virile captor’s most sensuous cravings.

New York: Avon Books, 1977.įrom the moment Philip Caxton sets his eyes upon lovely Englishwoman Christine Wakefield, he knows that he must have her.

Captive bride by johanna lindsey