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Author: Jenna Bayley-Burke | Website
College confused me. I went in determined to become an orthopedic surgeon, and came out with a triple major – Psychology, Religious Studies, and English. Thank goodness organic chemistry mystified me, or my life might have turned out completely different. Or not. I always wanted to write, it just seemed like a far away goal – a someday not a today. After managing department stores and executive recruiting, I got lucky and had my first of three children. After two years of fertility treatments, I wanted to be with him as much as I could and opted to stay home. I started writing then, and developing recipes for magazines like Cooking Light and Better Homes & Gardens. After my second son was born I had a health crisis, and as I lay in the ER I worried about what my boys would make of the things I’d left behind. Stories started and never finished, notes on novels never written, not to mention the rolls of film I’d yet to develop and put in albums. Grateful for life and high on pain meds, I was making some brave decisions. Like writing a book in a month for National Novel Writers Month (NaNoWriMo). That book (after much editing) became my first romance novel, JUST ONE SPARK, published by Mills & Boon in 2006. COOKING UP A STORM followed, as have a series of single-title romances from Samhain Publishing (HER CINDERELLA COMPLEX, PAR FOR THE COURSE, COMPROMISING POSITIONS, PRIDE & PASSION, PRIVATE SCANDAL, FOR KICKS, and DRIVE ME CRAZY). COMPROMISING POSITIONS will always hold a special place in my heart, not because it sat atop the Amazon Bestseller list for two weeks, but because it was the story I was writing when I got sick, the half-finished book I worried my boys would find and wonder why I hadn’t completed it. Nothing compares to showing my kids that when you have a dream you chase it, catch it, hold on with both hands, and never let go.
Published Works & Book Reviews
Drive Me Crazy
The quickest way to love isn’t always a straight line. This was supposed to be Xavier Moreau’s long-awaited vacation. A few precious weeks away from his over-scheduled career to see the America his mother loved and still make it to his best friend’s wedding in time. Instead, he’s ferrying the bridezilla’s sister to the nuptials. The luscious Jaime Cruz makes his mouth water, but her near-frenzy to get to Oregon now would scrape on his last nerve—if he didn’t sense that she needs the break as much as he does. Fresh off a teaching assignment in D.C., Jaime’s white-knuckling it. She’s got only three weeks to get home, find a job and a place to live, and ensure her sister’s big day comes off without a hitch. Except Xavier tosses her three-days-or-bust itinerary out the window. Even more annoying, Jaime finds herself succumbing to his relentless determination to make sure she enjoys every minute of the trip. And falling under the spell of his sizzling touch. Three weeks and three thousand miles later, Jaime’s feet are on home ground, but her heart is pulling her in a completely unexpected direction. Toward Xavier and a new journey that will require the ultimate leap of faith. Warning: Caution! Dangerous curves ahead. Do not enter if you might be spooked by haunted hotels, embarrassed by sex in the great outdoors, or fear you might yield to a devastating Frenchman willing to drive you to distraction.
Reviewer: PaulineMichael
Review: May 24, 2012
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance
Jenna Bayley-Burke roadtrips with romance in this fun yet emotional contemporary. I’m so glad I got to go along for the ride as Xavier and Jaime explore the United States and their attraction for one another. I’ve always wanted to do a cross-country car adventure and with this story I felt as if I have! The lead characters are both admirable and someone who I’d like to be friends with. Even the supporting cas
For Kicks
If the shoe fits.run with it! Breeze Cohen senses something is missing from her life, but her career doesn't leave time for anything but retail business strategy-particularly the upcoming product launch for her cornerstone client, Nitrous. No way is she going to let live-for-the-moment Logan Chandler tarnish her professional reputation. Even if the ex-athlete poster boy for Nitrous makes her heart pound like she's run a marathon. After surviving a near-fatal accident, Logan doesn't want to waste a minute of life. It's meant to be lived, ravished, enjoyed-and there's no one he'd like to ravish more than Breeze. There's a deep pool of mutual desire beneath her icy fa‡ade. He can feel it every time they touch. When a training snafu at Nitrous launches Breeze into damage control, Logan is ready and waiting to lace up and take her for a run on the wilder side-if he can catch her. Warning: Side effects may include a desire to melt chocolate with body heat, spontaneous phone sex, and an intense drive to find loopholes in your workplace fraternization policy.
Reviewer: Shannschoice
Review: Dec 20, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance
Breeze Cohen (named for how easy her birth was) has one goal: to beat her grandmother and become the youngest store manager in Mendelssohn's history. She's given up any semblance of a life in pursuit of that goal. When she's tasked to train all the sales staff, companywide, to ensure they are well versed in Nitrous' Kicks line of athletic shoe, she jumps at the chance even if it means being away from home
Par For the Course
Giving him just enough rope…to tie her up in knots
There’s something wildly enchanting about the columnist who arrives at Ben Cannon’s golf resort. He’s felt this magnetic pull only once before, for a bespectacled brunette back in college. That woman was nothing like this platinum blonde from New York—confident, poised…and hitting on him like crazy. Is she really interested in him, or merely seeking fodder for her Dating Diva column?
Just one wrong move from Ben, one more disappointment, and Jillian will finally be able to stop obsessing about her college crush, leave town, and get on with her life. Except the more rope she gives him to hang himself, the more he ties her up in knots. Every move he makes is the right one, both in bed and out of it.
Shaken to her college-nerd core, Jillian begins to wonder if giving him a taste of love-’em-and-leave-’em is what she wants after all.
Reviewer: Vee
Review: Oct 20, 2008
Ever since their magical kiss in college seven-years earlier, Jillian Welch has been infatuated with Ben Cannon. Men have come and gone, but none have measured up to the man of her dreams. The writer of a column about dating, Jillian sets out to cover the singles scene on golf courses. When she realizes Ben's family owns one, she arranges to interview and take lessons there.
Hoping that seeing Ben wi
Dream Ring
If you know something only in your dreams, should you dare try and make it happen? Even if it means starting over and risking the disapproval of your family? Vanessa and Nick are searching for a sign that their dreams might come true. Vanessa only hopes she can find her dream ring?
Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Oct 7, 2007
Vanessa and Nick were an older couple looking for an engagement ring at a local jewelry store that specifically had a layaway plan. You see they were barely getting by month-to-month. They both met when they picked up side jobs driving rental cars from one location to another. He had planned on working most weekends to cover the cost of the ring while Vanessa saved for a nice honeymoon they had hoped for o
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