Jane Porter

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Meet Jane Porter

I write both romance and women's fiction, and I write in both genres because the stories matter, because women matter and families matter, and love matters very, very much. I love the very strong heroes because I grew up with some really strong women in my family. Even today, it has continued to surprise me that men sometimes are a bit baffled that I want to be so successful, that I have ambition, that I'm willing to work this hard.

I’m a small town girl at heart. Born in Visalia, California, I love central California’s golden foothills, oak trees, and the miles of farmland. In my mind, there’s nothing sweeter in the world than the heady fragrance of orange blossoms on a sultry summer night.

As a little girl I spent hours on my bed, staring out the window, dreaming of far off places, fearless knights, and happy-ever-after endings. In my imagination I was never the geeky bookworm with the thick coke-bottle glasses, but a princess, a magical fairy, a Joan-of-Arc crusader.

My parents fed my imagination by taking our family to Europe for a year when I was thirteen. The year away changed me (I wasn’t a geek for once!) and overseas I discovered a huge and wonderful world with different cultures and customs. I loved everything about Europe, but felt especially passionate about Italy and those gorgeous Italian men (no wonder my very first Presents was Italian).

I confess, after that incredible year in Europe, the travel bug bit, and bit hard. I spent much of my high school and college years abroad, studying in South Africa, Japan and Ireland. South Africa remains a country of my heart, the people, the land and politics complex and heart-wrenching.

After my years of traveling and studying I had to settle down and earn a living. With my Bachelors degree from UCLA in American Studies, a program that combines American literature and American history, I’ve worked in sales and marketing, as well as a director of a non-profit foundation. Later I earned my Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco and taught jr. high and high school English.

After sixteen years in Greater Seattle, I’m back in California, making my home in a historic Ole Hanson home in San Clemente, with my surfer husband and three very active sons. I love being near the beach and being able to walk everywhere, but I also love being at my desk, writing stories about women and our lives, as well as the need to love, and be loved. I like a story with a happy ending. But then, I believe, we all do.

On the Web

Books

Series/Related Titles

75th Copper Mountain Rodeo

4. Take Me, Cowboy

85th Copper Mountain Rodeo (multi-author series)

1. Take Me Please, Cowboy

Bellevue Wives

  1. Odd Mom Out
  2. Mrs. Perfect
  3. Easy On The Eyes

Brennan Sisters

  1. The Good Woman
  2. The Good Daughter
  3. The Good Wife

Conveniently Wed (multi-author series)

Cooper's Corner (multi-author series)

Copper Mountain Rodeo (multi-author series)

4. Take Me, Cowboy

The Desert Kings

  1. The Sheikh's Chosen Queen
  2. King Of The Desert, Captive Bride
  3. Duty, Desire And The Desert King

The Disgraced Copelands

  1. The Fallen Greek Bride
  2. His Defiant Desert Queen
  3. Her Sinful Secret

Expecting! (multi-author series)

31. The Sicilian's Defiant Mistress

For Love or Money (multi-author series)

6. Taken By The Highest Bidder

The Galvan Brides

  1. In Dante's Debt
  2. Lazaro's Revenge
  3. The Latin Lover's Secret Child
  4. The Spaniard's Passion

Greek Tycoons (multi-author series)

43. At The Greek Boss's Bidding

Italian Husbands (multi-author series)

Latin Lovers (multi-author series)

2. The Italian Groom

Love at Langley Park

  1. Once Upon A Christmas
  2. The Christmas Cottage

Love On Chance Avenue

  1. Take A Chance On Me
  2. Miracle On Chance Avenue

A Marietta Christmas/Montana Born Christmas (multi-author series)

7. The Kidnapped Christmas Bride

Modern Love

  1. Flirting With Fifty
  2. Flirting With The Beast

Paradise Valley Ranch

  1. Away In Montana
  2. Married In Montana

Passion in Paradise (multi-author series)

3. His Shock Marriage In Greece

Princess Brides

  1. The Sultan's Bought Bride
  2. The Greek's Royal Mistress
  3. The Italian's Virgin Princess

A Royal Scandal

  1. Not Fit For A King?
  2. His Majesty's Mistake

Ruthless (multi-author series)

Surrender to the Sheikh (multi-author series)

Taming of the Sheenans

  1. Christmas At Copper Mountain
  2. The Tycoon's Kiss
  3. The Kidnapped Christmas Bride
  4. The Taming Of The Bachelor
  5. A Christmas Miracle For Daisy
  6. The Lost Sheenan's Bride

Wyatt Brothers of Montana

  1. Montana Cowboy Romance
  2. Montana Cowboy Christmas
  3. Montana Cowboy Daddy
  4. Montana Cowboy Miracle
  5. Montana Cowboy Promise
  6. Montana Cowboy Bride

Awards/Honors

Recognitions

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