Background
Francis Ray was born on July 20, 1944, in Richland, Texas, United States.
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Francis received a bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in 1967.
(Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford ...)
Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford files for divorce, then slips away from her small east Texas hometown with little more than the clothes on her back. With broken dreams and countless regrets, she points her twelve-year-old car east, hoping and praying to find a new beginning. Car thieves stole Adam Wakefield's Porche, his eyesight, and his identity. Once a prominent neurosurgeon in San Francisco, Adam now lives at his secluded estate in Louisiana.
https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Point-Francis-Ray/dp/0312978626/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(Nine years ago, Michelle Grant was at rock bottom-until a...)
Nine years ago, Michelle Grant was at rock bottom-until a chance meeting with a stranger gave her hope...and her first delicious taste of passion. Now a successful businesswoman, Michelle still remembers the man she knew only as B.J. And when fate brings them together again, the feelings she had for him come rushing back. But as soon as Brad Jamison speaks, Michelle realizes that the caring man she once knew is now a hardened businessman without warmth or tenderness, and he doesn't remember her.
https://www.amazon.com/Someone-Love-Me-Grayson-Novels/dp/0312986777/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford ...)
Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford files for divorce, then slips away from her small east Texas hometown with little more than the clothes on her back.
https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Dont-Last-Always-Against/dp/0312321635/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(Claire Bennet has lost her job for the second time in as ...)
Claire Bennet has lost her job for the second time in as many years due to downsizing. She doesn't know what she's going to do since her checking account has almost been stripped bare and her older brother is always a day late and a dollar short. With no man in her life, her parents' home is all she has and she's going to lose that unless she can think of something quick.
https://www.amazon.com/Like-First-Time-Novel-Invincible/dp/0312324294/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(Nascar star Cameron Dunlap is poised to win this year's S...)
Nascar star Cameron Dunlap is poised to win this year's Sprint Cup. But being a successful race-car driver comes with a price: His own life. Cameron knows that his profession puts him at high risk. Thankfully, his latest visit to the hospital left him intact.
https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-But-You-Grayson-Friends/dp/1250082528/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(Cougars, brush fires, snow storms―rancher Duncan McBride ...)
Cougars, brush fires, snow storms―rancher Duncan McBride tackles it all without a flinch. But the archeologist who's come to authenticate cave drawings found on his property is the kind of trouble he'd sworn to avoid. Far from the aging academic he was expecting, Raven La Blanc is a stunning woman and definitely not sticking around this small Montana town once her job is done.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Night-You-Grayson-Friends/dp/0312365063/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(Nathalyia Fontaine has been the sole proprietor of the re...)
Nathalyia Fontaine has been the sole proprietor of the restaurant Fontaine since her husband died four years ago. She hasn't dated anyone in all those years, choosing not to open her heart again, or risk revealing her dark past. That is, until she meets Rafael Dunlap.
https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Were-Man-Invincible/dp/0312573693/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Why would a happily divorced, independent businesswoman l...)
Why would a happily divorced, independent businesswoman like Victoria Chandler agree to get married again? It's called desperation. To keep her lingerie boutiques from going bankrupt, Victoria's got to find a husband―and fast. But what kind of man would accept a marriage proposal that sounds more like a business proposition?
https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Yours-Brothers-Francis-Ray/dp/031236508X/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Madelyn Taggart has shattered her share of glass ceilings...)
Madelyn Taggart has shattered her share of glass ceilings. As a young engineer at a Houston oil company, she's managed to make it in a mostly older, all-male, all-white industry. But her success has come at a high cost to her love life.
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Falcon-Novel-Taggart/dp/0312365101/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Most musicians would do anything to work with the hot, yo...)
Most musicians would do anything to work with the hot, young record producer known as "Rolling Deep." R.D. can pick and choose any artist he wants―and he wants Laurel Raineau. A classical violinist, Laurel plays soaring music that touches R.D. to his very soul. But the last thing Laurel wants is to work with someone whose exploits with the ladies appear in the tabloids every week.
https://www.amazon.com/Had-Be-You-Grayson-Friends/dp/0312365071/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Cicely St. John is not impressed by her friend C.J. Calla...)
Cicely St. John is not impressed by her friend C.J. Callahan's so-called passion in life: running a New York City bar that he inherited from his uncle. So why can't Cicely stop thinking about the dance they shared at their mutual friend's wedding-or the mutual attraction she felt in C.J.'s arms?
https://www.amazon.com/Just-One-Kiss-Grayson-Friends/dp/0312536488/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(Sexy, single sports consultant Payton "Sin" Sinclair has ...)
Sexy, single sports consultant Payton "Sin" Sinclair has tackled the world's most valuable players--and most eligible women. But ever since his two best friends found love, despite his dangerous secret, he's tempted to take a chance himself. And that temptation is a woman named Summer.
https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Kiss-Grayson-Friends/dp/0312536496/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(Nothing can stop a woman like Skylar Dupree once she make...)
Nothing can stop a woman like Skylar Dupree once she makes up her mind. Defying her family and leaving law school, she's landed her dream job as an event director at the prestigious Navarone Resorts and Spas in Arizona. It's all that Skylar's ever desired-until she sees Rio Sanchez, the resort's head of security and Blade Navarone's own personal bodyguard. He's the sexiest, most striking man she's ever met.
https://www.amazon.com/All-That-Desire-Grayson-Friends/dp/1250023823/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(Samantha Collins is stunned when her grandfather turns Co...)
Samantha Collins is stunned when her grandfather turns Collins Industry over to her, causing more than a bit of ill will among the other family members, especially her uncle, Evan. But nothing stuns her more than when she finds out that he has asked Dillon Montgomery to help her run the company.
https://www.amazon.com/After-Dawn-Family-Affair-Novel/dp/0312681631/?tag=2022091-20
2013
Francis Ray was born on July 20, 1944, in Richland, Texas, United States.
Francis received a bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in 1967.
Francis Ray had been working as a school nurse practitioner at Dallas Public School system for many years, when she, inspired by Kathleen Woodiwiss's books, decided to write books. She began writing in 1987 while continuing to work as a nurse. Her first book, Fallen Angel, was published in 1992. Subsequently, Francis created several literary fiction series - Taggart and Falcon, the Invincible Women, Grayson Family of New Mexico, and Grayson Friends. Lots of her novels have been book club selections and have also been recognized on the bestseller lists of numerous periodicals, including the Dallas Morning News and Library Journal. Her fiction has been categorized as multicultural romance because her main characters are usually African Americans.
One of her novels, Incognito, was adapted by Black Entertainment Television (BET) for broadcast. Forever Yours was optioned for a television movie by the African Heritage Network and Chuck Fries Productions. In 1995, Francis co-founded the Romance Slam Jam, which was an author-reader conference for the first time launched in Texas. She also was a frequent contributor of short fiction to different periodicals.
(Samantha Collins is stunned when her grandfather turns Co...)
2013(Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford ...)
2004(Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford ...)
2001(Why would a happily divorced, independent businesswoman l...)
2010(Sexy, single sports consultant Payton "Sin" Sinclair has ...)
2012(Nathalyia Fontaine has been the sole proprietor of the re...)
2010(Nine years ago, Michelle Grant was at rock bottom-until a...)
2003(Most musicians would do anything to work with the hot, yo...)
2010(It is a sizzling Grayson Friends novel about a woman's li...)
2013(Cougars, brush fires, snow storms―rancher Duncan McBride ...)
2009(Claire Bennet has lost her job for the second time in as ...)
2004(Nothing can stop a woman like Skylar Dupree once she make...)
2013(Nascar star Cameron Dunlap is poised to win this year's S...)
2009(Madelyn Taggart has shattered her share of glass ceilings...)
2010(Cicely St. John is not impressed by her friend C.J. Calla...)
2012