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[[Category:Golden Heart Winners]] | [[Category:Golden Heart Winners]] | ||
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| − | + | Meet Jane | |
| + | 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). | |
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| − | + | 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. | |
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| − | + | 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. | |
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| − | + | 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. | |
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| − | * [[Mistaken For A Mistress]] - 2008 [[ | + | * ''[[At The Greek Boss's Bidding]]'' - 2007 |
| + | * ''[[Away In Montana]]'' - 2016 | ||
| + | * ''[[Be Bold, Bob]]'' - 2025 | ||
| + | * ''[[Bear's Heart]]'' - 2024 | ||
| + | * ''[[Biffy Buffalo]]'' - 2021 | ||
| + | * ''[[Bought To Carry His Heir]]'' - 2017 | ||
| + | * ''[[Christmas Contract For His Cinderella]]'' - 2019 | ||
| + | * ''[[Christos's Promise]]'' - 2001 | ||
| + | * ''[[A Christmas Miracle For Daisy|Christmas Miracle For Daisy, A]]'' - 2015 | ||
| + | * ''[[Christmas At Copper Mountain]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Christmas Cottage|Christmas Cottage, The]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[Claiming His Woman]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Convenient Cosentino Wife|Convenient Cosentino Wife, The]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[A Dark Sicilian Secret|Dark Sicilian Secret, A]]'' - 2011 | ||
| + | * ''[[Duke Christian of Luneburg, Or, Tradition From the Hartz; Volume 2]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[Duke Christian of Luneburg, Or, Tradition From the Hartz; Volume 3]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[Duty, Desire And The Desert King]]'' - 2009 | ||
| + | * ''[[Easy On The Eyes]]'' - 2009 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Fallen Greek Bride|Fallen Greek Bride, The]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[Flirting With Forty]]'' - 2006 | ||
| + | * ''[[Flirting With Fifty]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[Flirting With The Beast]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[Flirting With Fire]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Frog Prince|Frog Prince, The]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Good Daughter|Good Daughter, The]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Good Wife|Good Wife, The]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Good Woman|Good Woman, The]]'' - 2012 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Greek's Royal Mistress|Greek's Royal Mistress, The]]'' - 2004 | ||
| + | * ''[[Her Sinful Secret]]'' - 2017 | ||
| + | * ''[[His Defiant Desert Queen]]'' - 2015 | ||
| + | * ''[[His Majesty's Mistake]]'' - 2012 | ||
| + | * ''[[His Merciless Marriage Bargain]]'' - 2018 | ||
| + | * ''[[His Shock Marriage In Greece]]'' - 2019 | ||
| + | * ''[[Hollywood Husband, Contract Wife]]'' - 2006 | ||
| + | * ''[[In Dante's Debt]]'' - 2003 | ||
| + | * ''[[It's You]]'' - 2015 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Italian Groom|Italian Groom, The]]'' - 2001 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Italian's Virgin Princess|Italian's Virgin Princess, The]]'' - 2004 | ||
| + | * ''[[Kidnapped For His Royal Duty]]'' - 2018 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Kidnapped Christmas Bride|Kidnapped Christmas Bride, The]]'' - 2014 | ||
| + | * ''[[King Of The Desert, Captive Bride]]'' - 2008 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Latin Lover's Secret Child|Latin Lover's Secret Child, The]]'' - 2003 | ||
| + | * ''[[Lazaro's Revenge]]'' - 2003 | ||
| + | * ''[[Let's Get Ready for School]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Lost Sheenan's Bride|Lost Sheenan's Bride, The]]'' - 2016 | ||
| + | * ''[[Love Me Tender]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[Marco's Pride]]'' - 2004 | ||
| + | * ''[[Married In Montana]]'' - 2017 | ||
| + | * ''[[Miracle On Chance Avenue]]'' - 2017 | ||
| + | * ''[[Mistaken For A Mistress]]'' - 2007 | ||
| + | * ''[[A Montana Born Christmas|Montana Born Christmas, A]]'' - 2015 | ||
| + | * ''[[Montana Cowboy Bride]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[Montana Cowboy Christmas]]'' - 2020 | ||
| + | * ''[[Montana Cowboy Daddy]]'' - 2021 | ||
| + | * ''[[Montana Cowboy Miracle]]'' - 2021 | ||
| + | * ''[[Montana Cowboy Promise]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[Montana Cowboy Romance]]'' - 2020 | ||
| + | * ''[[Mrs. Perfect]]'' - 2008 | ||
| + | * ''[[My Cowboy Valentine: Be Mine, Cowboy]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[Not Christmas Without You]]'' - 2018 | ||
| + | * ''[[Not Fit for a King?]]'' - 2012 | ||
| + | * ''[[Odd Mom Out]]'' - 2007 | ||
| + | * ''[[Oh, Christmas Night]]'' - 2019 | ||
| + | * ''[[Once Upon A Christmas]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[One Christmas Night In Venice]]'' - 2010 | ||
| + | * ''[[One Christmas Night: The Italian's Blackmailed Bride]]'' - 2006 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Price Of A Dangerous Passion|Price Of A Dangerous Passion, The]]'' - 2020 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Prince's Scandalous Wedding Vow|Prince's Scandalous Wedding Vow, The]]'' - 2019 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Secret|Secret, The]]'' - 2022 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Secretary's Seduction|Secretary's Seduction, The]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[She's Gone Country]]'' - 2010 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sheikh's Chosen Queen|Sheikh's Chosen Queen, The]]'' - 2008 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride|Sheikh's Disobedient Bride, The]]'' - 2006 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sheikh's Virgin|Sheikh's Virgin, The]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sheikh's Wife|Sheikh's Wife, The]]'' - 2002 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sicilian's Defiant Mistress|Sicilian's Defiant Mistress, The]]'' - 2006 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Spaniard's Passion|Spaniard's Passion, The]]'' - 2003 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sultan's Bought Bride|Sultan]]'' - 2004 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sultan's Bought Bride|Sultan's Bought Bride, The]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[Take Me Please, Cowboy]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[Take Me, Cowboy]]'' - 2013 | ||
| + | * ''[[Taken By The Highest Bidder]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Taming Of The Bachelor|Taming Of The Bachelor, The]]'' - 2015 | ||
| + | * ''[[Trading The Crown]]'' - 2023 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Tycoon's Forced Bride|Tycoon's Forced Bride, The]]'' - 2016 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Tycoon's Kiss |Tycoon's Kiss, The]]'' - 2014 | ||
| + | * ''[[A Very Marietta Christmas|Very Marietta Christmas, A]]'' - 2023 | ||
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== Awards/Honors == | == Awards/Honors == | ||
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Revision as of 14:45, 12 October 2024
Meet Jane
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
- Website [1]
Books
- At The Greek Boss's Bidding - 2007
- Away In Montana - 2016
- Be Bold, Bob - 2025
- Bear's Heart - 2024
- Biffy Buffalo - 2021
- Bought To Carry His Heir - 2017
- Christmas Contract For His Cinderella - 2019
- Christos's Promise - 2001
- Christmas Miracle For Daisy, A - 2015
- Christmas At Copper Mountain - 2013
- Christmas Cottage, The - 2023
- Claiming His Woman - 2022
- Convenient Cosentino Wife, The - 2023
- Dark Sicilian Secret, A - 2011
- Duke Christian of Luneburg, Or, Tradition From the Hartz; Volume 2 - 2023
- Duke Christian of Luneburg, Or, Tradition From the Hartz; Volume 3 - 2023
- Duty, Desire And The Desert King - 2009
- Easy On The Eyes - 2009
- Fallen Greek Bride, The - 2013
- Flirting With Forty - 2006
- Flirting With Fifty - 2022
- Flirting With The Beast - 2022
- Flirting With Fire - 2023
- Frog Prince, The - 2005
- Good Daughter, The - 2013
- Good Wife, The - 2013
- Good Woman, The - 2012
- Greek's Royal Mistress, The - 2004
- Her Sinful Secret - 2017
- His Defiant Desert Queen - 2015
- His Majesty's Mistake - 2012
- His Merciless Marriage Bargain - 2018
- His Shock Marriage In Greece - 2019
- Hollywood Husband, Contract Wife - 2006
- In Dante's Debt - 2003
- It's You - 2015
- Italian Groom, The - 2001
- Italian's Virgin Princess, The - 2004
- Kidnapped For His Royal Duty - 2018
- Kidnapped Christmas Bride, The - 2014
- King Of The Desert, Captive Bride - 2008
- Latin Lover's Secret Child, The - 2003
- Lazaro's Revenge - 2003
- Let's Get Ready for School - 2022
- Lost Sheenan's Bride, The - 2016
- Love Me Tender - 2022
- Marco's Pride - 2004
- Married In Montana - 2017
- Miracle On Chance Avenue - 2017
- Mistaken For A Mistress - 2007
- Montana Born Christmas, A - 2015
- Montana Cowboy Bride - 2023
- Montana Cowboy Christmas - 2020
- Montana Cowboy Daddy - 2021
- Montana Cowboy Miracle - 2021
- Montana Cowboy Promise - 2022
- Montana Cowboy Romance - 2020
- Mrs. Perfect - 2008
- My Cowboy Valentine: Be Mine, Cowboy - 2013
- Not Christmas Without You - 2018
- Not Fit for a King? - 2012
- Odd Mom Out - 2007
- Oh, Christmas Night - 2019
- Once Upon A Christmas - 2022
- One Christmas Night In Venice - 2010
- One Christmas Night: The Italian's Blackmailed Bride - 2006
- Price Of A Dangerous Passion, The - 2020
- Prince's Scandalous Wedding Vow, The - 2019
- Secret, The - 2022
- Secretary's Seduction, The - 2005
- She's Gone Country - 2010
- Sheikh's Chosen Queen, The - 2008
- Sheikh's Disobedient Bride, The - 2006
- Sheikh's Virgin, The - 2005
- Sheikh's Wife, The - 2002
- Sicilian's Defiant Mistress, The - 2006
- Spaniard's Passion, The - 2003
- Sultan - 2004
- Sultan's Bought Bride, The - 2013
- Take Me Please, Cowboy - 2023
- Take Me, Cowboy - 2013
- Taken By The Highest Bidder - 2005
- Taming Of The Bachelor, The - 2015
- Trading The Crown - 2023
- Tycoon's Forced Bride, The - 2016
- Tycoon's Kiss, The - 2014
- Very Marietta Christmas, A - 2023
Series/Related Titles
Bellevue Wives
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Brennan Sisters
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The Desert Kings
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The Disgraced Copelands
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The Galvan Brides
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Love at Langley Park
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Love On Chance Avenue
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Modern Love
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Paradise Valley Ranch
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Princess Brides
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A Royal Scandal
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Taming of the Sheenans
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Wyatt Brothers of Montana
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Awards/Honors
- 1998 - [Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|Golden Heart]] Winner
