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I'm rereading
right now myself. Krentz A.K.A. Quick A.K.A. Castle is one of my favorite authors, I love pretty much 90% of what she's written.
I am getting ready to read
She is still new to me and so far I think her work is really greatf.
She's one of my comfort read/autobuy authors. There are some plot elements that tend to repeat across her books, but I don't mind as I find the familiarity part of the comfort.
Love her book!Just finished Ravished the other day and enjoyed every scene. Quick is a master at witty banter.
I agree Lauren, that wittiness is what has kept her one of my comfort reads, despite the repetition of some plot lines across the many books she has written.Initially I read her Stephanie James books before she started using her JAK name (Harlequins/Mills & Boon) and before long I was looking for everything she ever wrote - even some of the early Jayne Castle, which were also Mills & Boon style books before they became the futuristic byline.
Love the Jayne Castle books that have been published latterly, ie the Dust Bunny books!!!!
Amanda Quick has some favourites as well - love the Vanza series and the 2 medieval books, Desire & Mystique; Reckless with the fossils and quite a few other ones as well :)
Sandra wrote: "Love the Jayne Castle books that have been published latterly, ie the Dust Bunny books!!!!"Those Dust Bunnies are so darn cute!
I've only read the Arcane books under her Jayne Castle pseudonym. Will go back to read the earlier books soon.
I just finished
and it has a great dust bunny in it. Do read it in order, though, as it follows from two other books set on Harmony.
Just finished
the book is quite clever while it is part of the larger Arcane Society books it is also the first book in the looking glass trilogy. I really liked this one and I liked how the couple just fit together. The best part is without a doubt the heroine and how we get to see Fallon in a new light.
This selection has gotten me going on rereading her books (well, listening anyway). They are comfort reads for me, and I've been needing their relaxing experience. So, I just finished a couple:
and
. The first is not an Arcane book, but is more like one a continuation of the Lanza stories. The second is a Harmony/Arcane/Rainshadow Island story and is rather fun.As for my favorite Arcane book, I think it's
. The audiobook is great, with a dual narration that has all the female voices done by the woman and the male's by the man. And, there is just something about the calm presence of the heroine that works for me.
One of my favorite Harmony books is
, and one of my favorite Rainshadow books is
. I think the covers for the Rainshadow books are rather odd. The woman on the cover has nothing to do with the book. I think she's supposed to suggest that the book is urban fantasy (or maybe the publisher thinks they're trendy or something), and that couldn't be further from the truth. These are comfort reads and rereads for me, too.
Sandra J wrote: "One of my favorite Harmony books is , and one of my favorite Rainshadow books is . I think the covers for the Rainshadow books are rat..."I'm generally a big fan of the Harmony books. Dark Light is great, and I also really enjoyed Silver Master.
I also thought it was clever when she created 'trilogies' that included a thread that ran from her historical books, through her contemporary books, and ended in Harmony.
Has anyone else read her earlier SFR books,
&
? They are also great fun.
Finished
I adored it!
Lara wrote: "Sandra J wrote: "One of my favorite Harmony books is , and one of my favorite Rainshadow books is . I think the covers for the Rainsha..."I read them and enjoyed them, though I much prefer the Harmony/Rainshadow books. I like the world better, especially Rainshadow.
Lara wrote: "Has anyone else read her earlier SFR books, & ? They are also great fun. .."Many, many times. They came out well before the Harmony books, and were I think the inspiration for them. Just without Dust Bunnies.
Who's Your Author?
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Bio (from her website)
The author of a string of New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ uses three different pen names for each of her three “worlds”. As JAYNE ANN KRENTZ (her married name) she writes contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses AMANDA QUICK for her novels of historical romantic-suspense. JAYNE CASTLE (her birth name) is reserved these days for her stories of futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense.
“I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names,” she says. “The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.”
In addition to her fiction writing, she is the editor of, and a contributor to, a non-fiction essay collection, DANGEROUS MEN AND ADVENTUROUS WOMEN: ROMANCE WRITERS ON THE APPEAL OF THE ROMANCE published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Her commitment to her chosen genre has been strong from the very beginning of her career. Each year at the annual convention of the Romance Writers of America she participates in a special day-long workshop for librarians and speaks on the importance of the romance genre.
To learn more about Amanda Quick check out her website
http://jayneannkrentz.com/
This month we are focused on her books where she writes as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle
Books as Amanda Quick
Vanza Series
Lake and March Series
Ladies of Lantern Street
Other
Books writing as Jayne Castle
Ghost Hunters and Rainshadow
St. Helens
Guinevere Jones