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Jennifer Blake

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A pseudonym used by Patricia Maxwell.

Jennifer Blake has been called a “pioneer of the romance genre”, and an “icon of the romance industry.” A New York Times and international best selling author since 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA Hall of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including two “Maggies”, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer’s Choice Awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written over 60 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print worldwide.

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Jennifer Blake The virgin heroine is the standard in my Victorian era historical novels because strict chaperonage of young women (not to mention serious consequence…moreThe virgin heroine is the standard in my Victorian era historical novels because strict chaperonage of young women (not to mention serious consequences), made sexual experience unlikely. Today's books written in that era which show previous sexual activity or even aggressive solicitation for it by the heroine strike me as being PC at the expense of history. That said, you might enjoy FIERCE EDEN, about a young widow (circa 1730s colonial Louisiana) who has escaped an abusive marriage and wants no part of sex, but must exchange her favors for the lives of her friends. Or maybe LOUISIANA DAWN with a heroine who propositions a rake in order to lose her virginity that she thinks is making her a prisoner. My contemporary books are a mixed bag, actually, some heroines with a relationship history and some not, depending on the needs of the story. In LOVE AND SMOKE, for instance, the heroine is 15-year-old virgin when basically date-raped by the scum bag villain, then marries an older man for security, making her far from virginal by the time she falls for the hero. So it goes. With many thanks for the kind words about the male-female relationships in the books, Jennifer(less)
Jennifer Blake You're right. I'll look into it. Thanks much for the heads-up.…moreYou're right. I'll look into it. Thanks much for the heads-up.(less)
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“Dear God, you are beautiful. I tried to forget, to pretend I did not need you, but it was no use. You haunt my waking hours and my dreams, and though I know if I stay with you my soul my soul will be lost and my life damned, I cannot stay away, nor can I put you from me. So come and let me drown in your bewitching angel’s eyes. Some things bought dearly are worth the price.”
Jennifer Blake, Tender Betrayal

“I don't understand why it's such a terrible thing for a woman to want wealth, anyway; we have as much right to it as a man. It isn't our fault if there's no way to get it except through a male; if jobs are closed to us, or if men themselves make it too dangerous for a woman to work in the open alone. We can resign ourselves to being poor, or being prey; there is no in between!”
Jennifer Blake, Golden Fancy

“Moistening her lips, she asked, "That's what this is all about? Bringing me here?"

His hesitation was so slight she almost missed it. "It could be. Probably is, after all."

"You still want to seduce me."

"I want whatever you can give me," he murmured against her ear. "Where we go from here may depend on what I can give you.”
Jennifer Blake, Luke

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