Carol Marinelli

Carol Marinelli is a single mother who has also written several dozen romance novels in a relatively short period of time. +Biography Carol Marinelli was born in the United Kingdom. Some of her fans might be unaware of her roots because she is so closely associated with Australia. Carol’s love for Australia began when she came to the country for holiday so many years ago.

The best place to start is the Australians series, the earliest of Carol Marinelli's multi-book series: it opens with Simply Irresistible (1993) and runs to 37 books across 1993–2004, ending with The Tycoon's Dating Deal (2004). Carol Marinelli's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Carol Marinelli has 589 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1993 and 2025. 534 of them belong to 57 named series — the largest being the Australians series with 37 books — and 55 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Carol Marinelli's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Australians (1993–2004, 37 books), Heartbeat (1993–2003, 16 books) and Practising and Pregnant (1994–2004, 7 books), plus 49 more.

This guide splits Carol Marinelli's 589 books into 57 named series and 55 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Australians (37 books, 1993–2004); A and E (23 books, 2002–2015); Bedded by Blackmail (22 books, 2003–2009); Italian Husbands (22 books, 2002–2009); Mediterranean Doctors (17 books, 2002–2020), plus 52 further series.