Anne McAllister the pen name of Barbara Schenck, is an American bestselling romance novelist best known for her contemporary romance and cowboy-themed novels published by Harlequin, Silhouette, and later Tule Publishing.
Born: California, United States
Genre: Contemporary romance
Career: 1985–present
Education: Master’s degree in Theology
Previous occupations:
Spanish teacher
Textbook copy editor
Ghostwriter of sermons
Married after meeting her husband while working in a university library.
Has four children.
Lived for many years in Iowa and later moved to Montana.
Summers spent on family ranches in Colorado and Montana heavily influenced the western settings and cowboy heroes in many of her novels.
Awards
Two-time Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner
Cowboy Pride (1997)
The Stardust Cowboy (2000)
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award – Series Author of the Year (2000)
Midwest Fiction Writers – Writer of the Year
Multiple Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards
Numerous National Readers’ Choice Award finalists.
Books by Anne McAllister:
Stand-alone novels
Lightning Storm (1985)
Dare to Trust (1985)
Starstruck (1985)
Dream Chasers (1987)
To Tame a Wolf (1987)
Marriage Trap (1987)
Saving Grace (1989)
Once a Hero (1989)
Out of Bounds (1990)
Island Interlude (1991)
Call Up the Wind (1992)
A Cowboy for Christmas (1992)
Catch Me If You Can (1993)
The Alexakis Bride (1994)
Eight Second Wedding (1994)
New Year’s Resolution: Family (1998)
The Playboy and the Nanny (1998)
The Antonides Marriage Deal (2006)
Antonides’ Forbidden Wife (2008)
Breaking the Greek’s Rules (2012)
Gibson’s Girl
Blood Brothers
Imagine Series
1. Imagine
2. I Thee Wed
3. Marry-Go-Round
4. MacKenzie’s Baby
5. Never Say Never
Quicksilver Series
1. Quicksilver Season
2. A Chance of Rainbows
3. Body and Soul
4. Marry Sunshine
5. Gifts of the Spirit
Code of the West Series
A Cowboy’s Promise
The Stardust Cowboy
The Great Montana Cowboy Auction
A Cowboy’s Gift
A Cowboy’s Pursuit
Cowboys Don’t Series
Cowboys Don’t Cry
Cowboys Don’t Quit
Cowboys Don’t Stay
The Cowboy and the Kid
Horse Thief Mountain Series
The Cowboy Finds a Family (2021)
The Cowboy Steals a Lady
The Cowboy Crashes a Wedding
Greek Romance Titles
The Antonides Marriage Deal
Antonides’ Forbidden Wife
Breaking the Greek’s Rules
The Boss’s Wife for a Week
The Return of Antonides
Anthologies and Collections
My Valentine
Marry Me Cowboy
Home for Christmas
Valentine Affairs
Wedlocked!
Christmas Presents
Blood Brothers
Do You Take This Cowboy
Christmas Weddings
Even Better Than Before
Greek Millionaires
Love in the City
Way Home
Men Made in America (Volumes 5 & 10)
Collectible Books Values
Standard paperback – $2–8
Very good/near fine first printing – $8–20
Early 1980s Harlequin editions – $10–25
Signed copies – $20–60
Scarce UK first editions – $30–75
Complete series sets – $40–150+
Strongest Collector Demand:
Cowboy Pride (RITA winner)
The Stardust Cowboy (RITA winner)
Lightning Storm (debut novel)
Early Harlequin Presents first printings
Signed Montana-themed cowboy novels