Barbara Dawson Smith

Barbara Dawson Smith is an American writer of historical romance novels. She also writes under the pen name Olivia Drake.

Biography
Barbara Dawson Smith obtained a degree in journalism at Michigan State University. Shortly after graduating she sold her first historical romance only two weeks after sending it to a publisher and joined the Romance Writers of America in 1981.

Smith lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and their two daughters.

Awards

 * Dreamspinner: 1990 "Best Historical Romantic Suspense" from Romantic Times
 * A Glimpse of Heaven: 1995 "Best Regency Historical" from Romantic Times
 * Tempt Me Twice: 2002 RITA Award Best Short Historical

Single novels

 * No Regrets	(1985)
 * Stolen Heart (1988)
 * Silver Splendor (1989)
 * Dreamspinner (1990)
 * A Glimpse of Heaven (1995)
 * Never a Lady (1996)
 * Once Upon a Scandal (1997)
 * Her Secret Affair (1998)
 * Too Wicked to Love(1999)
 * Seduced by a Scoundrel (1999)
 * The Duchess Diaries (2005)
 * Countess Confidential (2006)
 * The Rogue Report {2006}

Defiant Fletcher Series

 * 1) Defiant Embrace (1985)
 * 2) Defiant Surrender (1987)

Fire Coleridge Series

 * 1) Fire on the Wind (1992)
 * 2) Fire at Midnight (1992)

Rosebuds Series

 * 1) Romancing the Rogue (2000)
 * 2) Tempt Me Twice (2001)
 * 3) With All My Heart (2002)
 * 4) One Wild Night (2003)
 * 5) The Wedding Night (2004)

Anthologies in collaboration

 * "Candle in the Snow" in CHRISTMAS ROMANCE (1990) – with Catherine Hart and Betina Krahn
 * "Beauty and the Brute" in SCANDALOUS WEDDINGS (1998) – with Rexanne Becnel, Jill Jones and Brenda Joyce

Heiress in London Series

 * 1) Seducing the Heiress (2009)
 * 2) Never Trust a Rogue (2010)
 * 3) Scandal of the Year (2011)

Cinderella Sisterhood Series

 * 1) If the Slipper Fits (2012)
 * 2) Stroke of Midnight (2013)
 * 3) Abducted by a Prince (2014)
 * 4) Bella and the Beast (2015)
 * 5) His Wicked Wish (2016)
 * 6) The Scandalous Flirt (2017)

Unlikely Duchesses Series

 * 1) The Duke I Once Knew (2018)
 * 2) Forever My Duke (2019)
 * 3) When a Duke Loves a Governess (2021)