Benita Brown

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1992
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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About the Author

Benita Brown was born and brought up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England where she now continues living. Her mother, was an English, who was the youngest of thirteen children, and her father, a Indian, who on 1930's came to Newcastle to study medicine and fell in love with the place, the people, and her mother. She went to drama school in London where she met her husband who, also from Newcastle, was working for the BBC. After marrying and having four children she became a full time writer; writing for radio, and then girls' and teenage story papers such as Mandy, Judy, Jackie and Blue Jeans.

When her first romance, written under the pseudonym Clare Benedict, was published in 1991, she joined the Romantic Novelists' Association. After six more romances she changed genre and now writes sagas under her own name, Benita Brown. First novels under this name are set in Victorian/Edwardian Tyneside. One of these, Fortune’s Daughter, was long-listed for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. In her more recent books she has moved forward to the mid-twentieth century and although not all the action is set in Tyneside the area still has a strong influence.

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Dark Fugitive

    Just before Christmas, orphaned Laura Stewart discovers that her boyfriend, Steve Fraser, is not all he seems. Hurt and angered by his deception, Laura sets out for her cottage in the Penine Fells. On the way, in worsening weather, she catches a news...

  • Desire Unbidden

    Young ,beautiful and talented television presenter Heather Kerr finds ambition and love colliding when Luke Barron walks into her life. She finds she has to fight against her own overpowering feelings for this devastatingly handsome and complex man....

  • The Brides of Eden

    The unhappiness of actress Alison Blair-coupland over her failed career was compounded by a broken romance and the threat of an ancient family curse. This predicts bad luck for all at Eden Manor, the family home.Then, when Alison hoped to have the m...

  • Sophie's Wedding

    As they gather for their best friend Sophie's wedding ceremony three friends find themselves at turning points in their own lives.Alison wonders if she can break free from family restrictions to find happiness again; Francine must decide between an o...

  • A Dream of Her Own

    It's a cold winter's night in 1906 but nothing can dampen the high spirits of Constance Bannerman and her fellow skivvy, Nella. For tomorrow, Constance can escape her life of drudgery at Doctor Sowerby's home in Newcastle by marrying her sweetheart, ...

  • All Our Tomorrows

    Newcastle, 1905. Nineteen-year-old Thea Richardson is intelligent, beautiful - and furious that her father has forbidden her to attend university. When Thea's best friend, Ellie, persuades her to enter a local Beauty Contest, Thea meets handsome Vern...

  • Her Rightful Inheritance

    Orphaned as a child and the product of a mixed marriage, eighteen-year-old Lorna Cunningham has been brought up by her wealthy grandmother, who neither loves nor likes her. When she meets the sensitive and intelligent Edwin Randall she is delighted t...

  • In Love and Friendship

    Newcastle 1890. An incident at a school brings together three very different girls and, over the years, they become close friends. But Ruth has to abandon her plans to study, Lucy finds herself destitute and Esther's marriage turns abusive. Can their...

  • The Captain's Daughters

    Northumberland, 1880. Sisters Josie and Flora Walton couldn't be more different. Flaxen-haired Flora is the image of her beautiful mother, who died tragically in childbirth. Sensible Josie favours her father, in looks as well as temperament, and she ...



  • A Safe Harbour

    Cullercoats Bay, 1895. Titian-haired Kate Lawson is eighteen when the sea claims her beloved and leaves her with a broken heart - and a shameful secret. Banished from home by her violent father, Kate relies on the kindness of her aunt, until she too ...

  • Fortune's Daughter

    Daisy Belle, a gifted singer from the Tyneside backstreets, is devastated when her baby daughter Rose goes missing. Little does she know Rose has been stolen and given to a wealthy woman who, tricked into believing she's an orphan, adopts her and ren...

  • The Dressmaker

    Melissa Dornay is the daughter of a humble dressmaker. When her mother dies, Melissa is offered a home by wealthy Lilian Winterton, but she soon realises Lilian wants an unpaid seamstress. Treated as a servant by the Wintertons, Melissa is befriended...

  • The Promise

    Eighteen year-old Marion Brookfield promises her father, on the nightof his murder, that she will take care of her younger sister, Annette. Little does she know that this responsibility will turn her whole world upside down. Marion is kind and resour...

  • Save the Last Dance for Me

    Indulge your love for reading with this fabulous collection of original stories. With over 40 stories to choose from, this stunning collection has something for everyone. Celebrating women's fiction in all its guises, take a look at the latest storie...

  • Starlight & Dreams

    A dazzling novel of celebrity, heartache and falling in love, set against the glamorous backdrop of 1940s London. Growing up under the critical eye of her father and stepmother in the wrong end of a Northern seaside town, Carol Marshall longs for fre...

  • Memories of You

    Set in the lead up to the Second World War and events that threaten even the strongest of family bonds. Following the death of their parents, the Mitchell siblings are tragically split up. While Helen is taken in by their selfish aunt, her twin broth...

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    Village girl Linda Bellwood has always been in awe of the glamorous Hylton family, so when they hire her as companion to the grandmother, she's thrilled. However, when her friendship with the youngest son Florian blossoms into something more, the res...

  • A Dark Legacy

    He was very tall. His hands were pushed into his pockets abd his broad shoulders were hunched against the driving rain. He was wearing jeans and a sweater and raindrops glistened on his dark hair. This was Bethany Lyall's first sight of...

  • The Savage Tide

    Orphaned Miranda Foster is soon to lose her home, so the job as live-in secretary to former film star, Nita Montez, is a godsend. But when she arrives at The Laurels; a gloomy house on the cliff-top, it is like a scene from an old movie. Who is the d...



  • A Marriage Vow

    'A scheming little golddiger! Her wealthy husband scarcely cold in his grave and she embarks on a torrid affair with a toyboy!'Thats how the gutter press see Gina, and is it any wonder that Sam Redmond agrees with them when he remembers how badly she...

  • Dreaming Out Loud

    When Kay Lockwood is left a small inheritance by her mother's old friend, actress Lana Fontaine, she travels to London, leaving behind her Northern hometown and the boyfriend she doesn't quite trust. She falls in love with Lana's ramshackle house, an...

  • Counting the Days

    After the fall of France, three young evacuees from the east end of Newcastle are sent to the safety of a country village. Billeted in a grand house with a spinster and her niece, Hazel, Irene and Carol''s futures will be irrevocably changed by th...

  • Foundations of Dance

    The Foundations of Dance: An Anthology provides readers with a carefully selected collection of articles that introduce them to various dance forms and their respective movements. The anthology features differentiating perspectives on ballet, jaz...

  • The Black Dance Anthology

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Benita Brown has published 24 books.

Benita Brown does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Black Dance Anthology, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Benita Brown, Dark Fugitive, was published in April 1992.

No. Benita Brown does not write books in series.
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