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Bethany House Publishers (November 1, 2012)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jen grew up in the small town of St. Clairsville, Ohio,
where she spent an idyllic childhood riding her purple spider bike, ice-skating
on a little pond and reading Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon books in her tree
house. High School was, surprisingly enough, fabulous as Jen spent time with
her girlfriends. She headed off to college with no idea of what she wanted to
be when she grew up, but settled on pursuing a career in fashion because she
thought it sounded glamorous. Her parents thought she’d lost her mind, but they
resigned themselves to her choice and after earning a BA degree in Clothing and
Textiles, Jen set off to take the fashion world by storm, only to discover
retail was certainly not the glamorous career she’d imagined it would be. She
moved to Buffalo, New York to take a job in the buying office of a large
department store, learning all there was to know about cookware, which again,
was hardly glamorous, especially to a girl who did not have a knack for
cooking. She met her future husband, Al, a few months after taking this job and
eight months later, they were married. After moving into management at another
department store and working that for a few years, the company went out of
business and Jen decided she’d had enough. One year later her son was born and
Jen hung up her heels for good and concentrated on being a mom.
She began dabbling in writing when her son, then in
elementary school, said he liked her made up stories as much as those in his
books. It was then that she fired up the
computer and never looked back.
Jen loves to write humorous stories with quirky characters
and a dash of intrigue and finds historical romances especially appealing,
seeing as how she’s been reading them since she was a teenager. Her mother gave
her a copy of Kathleen Woodiwiss, The Flame and the Flower, and Jen was hooked
on the genre. When not reading romance, she loves to read mysteries, young
adult and her favorite series of all time, Harry Potter.
Besides writing, Jen enjoys spending time with her family
and friends.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Lady Eliza Sumner is on a mission. Her fortune was the last
thing she had left after losing her father, her fiance, and her faith. Now,
masquerading as Miss Eliza Sumner governess-at-large, she's determined to find
the man who ran off with her fortune, reclaim the money, and head straight back
to London.
Mr. Hamilton Beckett, much to his chagrin, is the catch of
the season, and all the eyes of New York society--all the female ones, at
least--are on him. He has no plans to marry again, especially since his hands
are full keeping his business afloat while raising his two children alone.
Eliza's hapless attempts to regain her fortune unexpectedly
put her right in Hamilton's path. The discovery of a common nemesis causes them
to join forces and, before she knows it, Eliza has a whole retinue of people
helping her. Eliza's determination not to trust anyone weakens when everyone's
antics and bumbling efforts to assist her make her wonder if there might be
more important things than her fortune and independence.
When all of Hamilton's and Eliza's best-laid plans fall by
the wayside, it will take a riot of complications for them to realize that God
just might have had a better plan in mind all along.
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