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What is the favorite book you remember as a child?
My favorite book as a child was Laura Ingalls Wilder’s These Happy Golden Years, about her romance with Almanzo Wilder in the late 1880. It seems even as a child I loved historical romance! I remember saving my allowance and birthday and Christmas money for a whole year to buy the entire Little House series when I was thirteen.
What is your favorite book today?
That’s a difficult question because I read in a variety of genres. My favorite writer overall is Stephen King. And his novel It is my favorite. I loved the TV mini-series but not so much the recent movies. They went a bit too far from the novel. In romance my favorite author is Jo Beverley and my favorite romance is her Devilish from her Malloren series. The black moment is so black for me I don’t see how they can overcome it. (But of course they do!)
Tell us about your current book in 10 words.
Attempting to compromise herself, Amantha crawls into the wrong bed
E-Reader or print? and why?
I do both. I prefer print—just something about physically turning the pages that I love. But I most often read on planes and so I read on my phone because a big book isn’t easy on a plane.
One book at a time or multiples?
One at a time. I like to savor them one by one.
Dog-ear or bookmark? (don't worry—Librarian Judith won't hold it against you—much)
Always a bookmark, even if it’s an old envelope or scrap of paper. In books with a dust jacket I use that as my book mark, using the front flap for the first half of the book and the back flap for the second half.
When do you do most of your reading?
As I said above, I read the most when I’m on an airplane, but otherwise it’s at night before I go to sleep.
Favorite genre?
Historical romance, of course. And time travel, which I consider an offshoot of historical.
Favorite book to recommend?
Of my own, it’s probably Only Scandal Will Do. Of another author, most likely Stephen King’s 11/22/63 (historical time travel romance!) which I loved!
Re-reader or not?
Absolutely! There are books I’ve re-read a dozen times. I just never get tired of them. It’s like visiting old friends.
Hoping to compromise herself, Lady Amantha Easton sneaks into the bedroom of her would-be suitor only to find a total stranger there—a totally handsome, charming stranger to be sure—but not at all the man she plans to marry. She leaves his room with her reputation intact—barely—only to fall victim to the gentleman’s charms in a public place. Now Amantha must face the fate she’s tried to avoid—marriage to a man who will never love her.
All Rafael Beauregard wanted was a warm bed and a good night’s sleep…but what he got was an unexpected romp with a beautiful vixen and a fiery kiss that left him wanting more. An excellent trade, except now he’s got to marry Lady Amantha, one of the most willful women he’s ever met. So Rafe’s challenge is to persuade her that marriage to him might be the best thing for them both…once he convinces himself.
“Oh, Raif!” She could scarcely breathe now. “That…feels…so good.”
“I thought it might. You’re awful sweet.” His low, sleepy voice sounded odd under the covers. On the verge of asking if he was well, she lost the thought when he lifted his head from her breast and crushed his lips to hers.
All else forgotten, she wouldn’t have cared if the house burned down around them. His lips were hot, insistent. Then he plied the seam with his tongue, softly urged it to part for him. She had no desire to resist and soon he had buried his tongue deep in her mouth. A tentative stroke of her own brought a growl of encouragement, and she abandoned herself to explore his willing mouth. She did things she’d never dreamed she’d do, with Raif or anyone else. And she only wanted more. “Oh, Raif. I never thought it could be like this.”
He chuckled. “How soon you forget, Jenny.”
“Jenny?” Amantha froze, her blood turning to ice in her veins. “Who’s Jenny?” Sudden anger lit a fire in her, and she pushed him away. “How many women were you expecting in your bed tonight, Raif?”
“What?” The sleepiness had flown from his voice. “You’re not Jenny?”
“You expected me to be?” This was a nightmare. They weren’t even married and Raif was being unfaithful to her.
“I didn’t expect anyone in my bed.” He threw off the covers and fumbled at the bedside table.
“What do you mean you didn’t expect me? We had planned this, Raif.” What the devil was the man playing at?
“We?” A match flared as he lit the lamp, the sudden light after the darkness almost blinding her. She put her hand up to shield her eyes.
“What do you mean, we?” He sat up in the bed, rubbing his eyes. “Who are you, sweetheart?”
The voice, now unmuffled, certainly did not have the superior tone of Raiford Tolbert. Slowly Amantha lowered her hand to find a man with dark hair she’d never seen before peering at her.
Dear God, what had she done?
Jenna Jaxon is a best-selling author of historical romance, writing in a variety of time periods because she believes that passion is timeless. She has been reading and writing historical romance since she was a teenager. A romantic herself, Jenna has always loved a dark side to the genre, a twist, suspense, a surprise. She tries to incorporate all these elements into her own stories.
She lives in Virginia with her family and a small menagerie of pets--including Olive, an almost silent cat, Earl Grey, a very curious bunny, and a Shar-pei mix dog named Frenchie.
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