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Jenna Petersen

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About Me

Welcome and thanks for stopping by! I'm Jenna Petersen and I write historical romances for Avon Books! I also write erotic historical romance as Jess Michaels . I also run The Passionate Pen , a site for aspiring authors. I love meeting readers and talking to authors. So Friend Me! And be sure to check out my blog here, where I answer questions from writers and readers.
Check out my newest releases:
Seduction Is Forever
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September 25th

My releases include:
Jenna Petersen:
Scandalous (October 2005)
From London With Love (August 2006)
Desire Never Dies (January 2007)
Seduction Is Forever (October 2007)
Coming Soon: Lessons From A Courtesan (July 2008)
Jess Michaels:
"Ancient Pleasures" in SECRETS, Volume 11 (December 2004)
"Aphrodite's Passion in SECRETS, Volume 12 (July 2005)
"Fallen Angel" in Parlor Games (June 2006)
Everything Forbidden (November 2007)
Coming Soon: Something Reckless (May 2008)
Be sure to check out my websites:
Jenna Petersen
The Passionate Pen - A place for aspiring authors.

My Interests

I love watching UFC, reading, writing, playing with the kitties and hanging with my husband. We're a pretty quiet couple, real homebodies most of the time, though we've started to travel the last few years. Get this widget!

I'd like to meet:

Friends, Readers, Booksellers, Authors.

Music:

I'm eclectic. I love Gorillaz, Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters (love me some Foo, baby), the list goes on and on.

Movies:

There are too many to list. I have so many favorite movies.

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, BABY. Best show on television. Young and the Restless (what do you want, I work from home, I have to have one soap). Intervention. Inuyasha, Bleach, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Frisky Dingo... actually, anything on Adult Swim.I'm also a reality TV fiend, even though I know it's crack for the brain.

Books:

So many romances -- Jacquie D'Alessandro, Julia Quinn, Kathryn Smith, Susanna Carr, Elizabeth Boyle..... Also Anne of Green Gables, His Dark Materials trilogy, Tolkein, Geiman.

Heroes:

My husband. My Mom. My brother. Anyone who takes a risk and reaches for their dream.

My Blog

Writing What You Know, Part Duex

Today I'm doing another in my series of writer/reader questions. Actually, this is the last one left in the queue, so I need more questions!! And ANYONE can ask questions, just post them as comments t...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:12:00 PST

Chat tonight with me!

Hello my dears! Tonight I am chatting at Coffee Time Romance with the fabulous NYT Bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle! It starts at 9pmET and everyone is welcome! Hope to see some of you there and I w...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:40:00 PST

Research and Reading

This post is part of my continuing series of Writer/Reader Questions I answer here on the blog. Anyone can ask a question for the blog, just post it either as a message to me here or as a comment on a...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:53:00 PST

Since I’ve Been Gone...

So sorry I've been majorly MIA the last little while. Between the travel and having the two books out at one time, I've been slightly crazed. But this week things should calm down a little. I promise ...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:07:00 PST

Phew! I have survived.

Ahhhh. Well, the Emerald City Writers Conference here in Bellevue, WA is now over. And with its end, my Fabulous Fall Tour also comes to a close. I've been doing so much traveling over the past month ...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:32:00 PST

Contact from the outside world.

Today, after many promises, I'm FINALLY posting another writer/reader question! Anyone can ask me a question for these blogs, just either message me your question privately or send it as a comment to ...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:56:00 PST

Attention Seattle-Area Readers

Hey everyone, If you live in the Seattle/Bellevue, WA area, I hope you'll come out this weekend for the big booksigning that is part of the Greater Seattle RWA Conference! There are going to be a ton ...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:14:00 PST

Some exciting news!

Today I got a nice email from my editor telling me that my next historical, LESSONS FROM A COURTESAN has been moved up and will be a July 2008 release (instead of August)! So, super yay!!! This ...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:46:00 PST

1800+

Woohoo! Today I passed the 1800 mark for friends. Thanks so much to all of you for friending me or accepting my friend requests! And for visiting and commenting and reading! It totally makes my day. S...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:41:00 PST

Becoming Passionate

I know, I know... it's shocking! I'm actually blogging. I realize I've totally fallen down on this, but life has been so busy lately with the book being out and travel and revisions for my next histor...
Posted by Jenna Petersen on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:08:00 PST