Jan Cox Speas

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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1954
  • Latest Book:
    April 1979
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Jan Cox Speas (1925 – 1971) is a short story writer and novelist born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1925. From 1954 to 1960 she published Bride of the MacHugh, My Lord Monleigh, and My Love, My Enemy. She also published many short stories in magazines, from pulp to slick. She returned to UNC-G and secured her master’s degree in Fine Arts in 1964, submitting her fourth novel The Growing Season as her thesis. Speas was well known for her historical romances during the 1950s and 1960s. Following her death from a heart attack in 1971, Avon Publications brought out paperback editions of her romances. By 1978 there were more than a million copies of her books in print. The author was married to John Speas; they lived in Greensboro and had two children, Cynthia and Gregory.

Book List in Order: 4 titles

  • Bride of the MacHugh

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    Jan Cox Speas's first novel was a runaway bestseller originally published in 1954. It has been off the market for at least 10 years. It was early in the seventeenth century in Scotland and not even the threads of ancient alliances will keep beauti...

  • My Lord Monleigh

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    The tumultuous saga of a rebel lord and the woman rebellious for his love THEY CALLED HIM SEDUCER, SMUGGLER, THIEF; BUT WHEN HER LIFE WAS IN DANGER, THERE WAS NOWHERE TO RUN BUT TO HIS ARMS! The Scottish highlands seethed with royal rebellion a...

  • My Love, My Enemy

    Two continents ablaze with war, two hearts by loyalty torn, forged as one by love's pure fire! STIRRING WITHIN HER IS THE DESTINY OF A NATION AND A HEART HELD CHASTE TOO LONG! From the moment she stowed away on the sloop Catherine, Page Bra...

  • The Growing Season

    She was lovely, seventeen, and life was reaching out for her with promise, agony, and first love . . . Jody was beautiful, still shy, and finding out what every girl learns young in a poor Carolina mill town. Already she knew why her stepfather lo...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jan Cox Speas has published 4 books.

Jan Cox Speas does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Growing Season, was published in April 1979.

The first book by Jan Cox Speas, Bride of the MacHugh, was published in January 1954.

No. Jan Cox Speas does not write books in series.
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