Halliday, Candy 1951-

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Halliday, Candy 1951-

PERSONAL:

Born April 1, 1951; married; husband's name "Blue"; children: Shelli.

ADDRESSES:

Home—NC.

MEMBER:

Romance Writers of America, Heart of Carolina Romance Writers.

WRITINGS:

Lady and the Scamp (bound with Doctor Dilemma by Dianne Drake), Harlequin (New York, NY), 2001.

Winging It (bound with Driven to Distraction by Tina Wainscott), Harlequin (New York, NY), 2002.

Are Men from Mars? [and] Venus, How Could You?, Harlequin (New York, NY), 2003.

Mr. Destiny, Warner Forever (New York, NY), 2005.

Dream Guy, Warner Forever (New York, NY), 2005.

"HOUSEWIVES FANTASY CLUB" SERIES

Your Bed or Mine?, Warner Forever (New York, NY), 2006.

Dinner First, Me Later?, Warner Forever (New York, NY), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

Candy Halliday is the author of a number of popular romance novels, including Mr. Destiny, Dream Guy, and Your Bed or Mine? In Mr. Destiny, a New York City policeman courts a Manhattan gallery manager whose marriage is only weeks away. When mounted patrol officer Tony Petrocelli spies Kate Anderson standing next to a painting of the Madonna, he recalls his grandmother's prediction from twenty years earlier: He would meet his future bride in Central Park near a picture of the Virgin Mary. As Tony pursues Kate, she begins having second thoughts about her snobbish fiancé, Harold. "Halliday's delightfully humorous tale provides a welcome holiday from the stresses of everyday life," noted Diana Tixier Herald in Booklist.

Lovelorn video game designer Annie Long creates the perfect man in Dream Guy, "an engagingly sexy romance," observed Herald in another Booklist review. After her game becomes a big hit, Annie finds herself torn between Rico, the gorgeous model who portrays "Joe Video," and Matt Abbington, her demanding and jealous boss. According to Monica Poling, reviewing the work on OnceWritten.com, the author "does a credible job of building tension, both professional and romantic," between Matt and Annie.

Your Bed or Mine?, the first work in Halliday's "Housewives Fantasy Club" series, introduces the women of Woodberry Park. The novel focuses on Rick and Zada Clark, a fiery, mismatched couple who are given ninety days to resolve the property dispute that is holding up their divorce settlement. "Halliday provides a fresh, if not particularly complicated, romance," noted a reviewer in Publishers Weekly.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, February 15, 2005, Diana Tixier Herald, review of Dream Guy, p. 1067; October 15, 2005, Diana Tixier Herald, review of Mr. Destiny, p. 35; August 1, 2006, Diana Tixier Herald, review of Your Bed or Mine?, p. 54.

MBR Bookwatch, January 1, 2005, Harriet Klausner, review of Dream Guy.

Publishers Weekly, December 13, 2004, review of Dream Guy, p. 51; September 12, 2005, review of Mr. Destiny, p. 49; June 19, 2006, review of Your Bed or Mine?, p. 46.