Irene Ord

Irene Ord was from Darlington in England. A grandmother of six with white hair and large glasses she published under a number of pseudonyms. She died at the age of 83, having had her first romantic novel, Desert Romance , published in 1977. Others soon appeared with contemporary settings (Not the Marrying Kind, Midnight Melody, Courier Nurse), and then historical novels under the names Emily Wynn (Straw Damsel, April Squire, The Passionate Prude) and Kate Fairfax ( Sweet Fire, Wild …