Jennifer Blake
Forfatter af With a Southern Touch
Om forfatteren
Best-selling romance author, Jennifer Blake was born in Louisiana in 1942. She has written over 50 titles which have been published in 18 languages. Her titles include "Arrow to the Heart," "Silver-Tongued Devil," "Bride of a Stranger," "Royal Seduction," "Garden of Scandal," and the "Southern vis mere Gentlemen" series. Blake also writes mysteries under the pseudonymn Patricia Ponder, gothic romances as Elizabeth Treherne, contemporary romances as Patricia Maxwell and Maxine Patrick. Blake's works have earned her numerous awards and honors. She is Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America. In addition to those honors, she has received a Golden Treasure Award for Lifetime Achievement from Romance Writers of America and the Frank Waters Award for Excellence in Fiction and she was inducted into the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Romance Halls of Fame. Blake currently resides in Louisiana. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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(eng) Patricia Anne Ponder Maxwell is a best-selling American author of over fifty novels. She has published books under five different names. Using her real name, Patricia Maxwell, she writes Gothic mystery-suspense romances; she wrote one book in collaboration that was published under Elizabeth Trehearne, under her maiden name, Patricia Ponder, she wrote a murder mystery and a romantic suspense story, as Maxine Patrick, she wrote contemporary romances and as Jennifer Blake she writes historical romances.
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Serier
Værker af Jennifer Blake
Unmasked (Love in Three-Quarter Time / The Taming of Katharina / Tapestry) (1997) — Bidragyder — 48 eksemplarer
Stardust (The Warlock's Daughter / A Touch of Warmth / Sweet Ceam and Irish Whiskey / Shadow's Bend) (1994) 45 eksemplarer
The Quilting Circle (Pieces of Dreams / Forever Annie / A Ring for Remembrance / Hand-Me-Down Hearts) (1996) 41 eksemplarer
Secrets of the Heart (Besieged Heart / Masquerade / Gambler's Delight / Falling in Love / Keeping the Fire Hot) (1994) 30 eksemplarer
A Dream Come True (Dream Lover / Cheyenne Dream Catcher / Love for Sail / Journey of the Heart / Old love and Lilac… (1994) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
Honeymoon Suite (Reservations / Check-Out Time / Wake-Up Call / Lost and Found) (1995) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
The Italian Billionaires TwinPack: The Tuscan's Revenge Wedding / The Venetian's Daring Seduction (2013) — Forfatter — 10 eksemplarer
True Gentlemen: 3 Novellas 5 eksemplarer
Doubleday Romance Library #23: Snowbound Heart, The Tulip Tree, The Face of Love (1979) 4 eksemplarer
Doubleday Romance Library # ?: The Abducted Heart, Beloved Rebel, The Heart Has Reasons (1978) 4 eksemplarer
Flirting With Fortune: 4 Bold, Brash and Delectable Heroes (Bundle 4-in-1) (2013) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Classic Gothics - Volume 2 (Classic Gothics Collection) 2 eksemplarer
Doubleday Romance Library #13: The Bayou Bride, Miranda's Folly, Close to the Stars (1978) 2 eksemplarer
John 'Rip' Peterson 2 eksemplarer
Forbidden Lovers 2: 6 Sexy Supernatural Romances 2 eksemplarer
Ein Hauch von Paradies 1 eksemplar
Tangled Vines 1 eksemplar
Love in Three-Quarter Time 1 eksemplar
Rose 1/A * 1 eksemplar
Linda 2/A * 1 eksemplar
Ross 4/A 1 eksemplar
Flirting with Fortune Box Set 1 eksemplar
Spanish Serenade by Jennifer Blake (1990-06-30) 1 eksemplar
With a Southern Touch - Adam 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Ponder Maxwell, Patricia Anne
- Andre navne
- Maxwell, Patricia
Trehearne, Elizabeth
Ponder, Patricia
Patrick, Maxine
Blake, Jennifer - Fødselsdato
- 1942-03-09
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Goldonna, Louisiana, USA
- Bopæl
- Goldonna, Louisiana, USA
- Erhverv
- novelist
- Organisationer
- Romance Writers of America
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Romantic Times (Historical Romance Author of the Year, 1985)
Romance Writers of America's Golden Treasure (Lifetime Achievement, 1987)
North Louisiana Romance Authors's Climbing Rose Award (1987)
Romance Writers of America (Honorary Membership, 1988)
Affaire de Coeur Magazine (Romance Hall of Fame, 1994)
Coeur de Louisiane, Inc. Writers Club (Lifetime Honorary Membership, 1995) (vis alle 9)
North Louisiana Romance Authors's Climbing Rose Award (1995)
Frank Waters Award for Writing Excellence (1997)
Writer- in -Residence, University of Northeastern Louisiana - Kort biografi
- Patricia Ann Ponder was born on March 9, 1942 in a one hundred-twenty year old house constructed by her grandparents near Goldonna, Louisiana, where her family resided during seventh generation. She grep up in her parent's farm in Northern Louisiana.
At 15, Patricia married with Mr. Maxwell and they formed a happy family. At 21, she needed to be something more than a housewife and she began writing, she sold her first book at 27. She start writing gothic novels with her real name, Patricia Maxwell; she wrote one book in collaboration as Elizabeth Trehearne and she singed a murder mystery and a romantic suspense story as her maiden name, Patricia Ponder. When the gothic genre began to decay, she began to publish only romance genre, contemporany romances as Maxine Patrick and historical romances as Jennifer Blake, the only pseudonym that she uses now.
This legend of the romance genre is called the "Steel Magnolia of women's fiction" and gained New York Times Best Seller status since 1977, with "Love's wild desire". An international best seller as well, she has been published in 18 languages with worldwide sales approaching 30 million. She was honored with the position as Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America.
Since 1998, Patricia and her husband have resided in a lakeside Caribbean-styled retreat in North Louisiana where they often entertain friends and family. - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Patricia Anne Ponder Maxwell is a best-selling American author of over fifty novels. She has published books under five different names. Using her real name, Patricia Maxwell, she writes Gothic mystery-suspense romances; she wrote one book in collaboration that was published under Elizabeth Trehearne, under her maiden name, Patricia Ponder, she wrote a murder mystery and a romantic suspense story, as Maxine Patrick, she wrote contemporary romances and as Jennifer Blake she writes historical romances.
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- 137
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- 6
- Medlemmer
- 4,852
- Popularitet
- #5,177
- Vurdering
- 3.2
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- 45
- ISBN
- 440
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This book was originally published in 1974- and it goes without saying that these older books are often hit or miss- that is especially true if you decide to pick up an old Gothic suspense novel published between the late sixties and mid-seventies. But, if you know what to expect, and are maybe familiar with Dorothy Daniels or maybe Victoria Holt- you'll probably enjoy this one- and the trip down memory lane, too.
This is a rare re-read for me. I read it back in 2014 when the author digitally formatted her Gothic collection and made them available in the Kindle store. Despite my mini collection of old Gothic paperbacks, I had no idea Jennifer Blake had ever written Gothic Suspense, having only known her as the NYT bestselling author of numerous historical romances.
Despite some legacy authors, such as those I mentioned previously, most of the Gothic suspense novels written during that brief period when they were extremely popular, were quite forgettable- and some were just plain bad, and they most definitely didn’t age well.
But now that I’ve read several of Blake’s Gothic stories, I found that her novels stood the test of time remarkably well, all things considered.
There are some dated attitudes and passages, but nothing too terrible. This one has a twofold thread of suspense, and Blake’s signature southern accent woven through it, which gave in an added layer of atmosphere.
Overall, this one is a cut above most novels published in this category -in this era- which is most likely attributed to Blake’s rapidly developing talent as a writer at the time.
I think it’s great that we can revisit these old novels now- especially as they are out of print and incredibly hard to find. It’s also fun to read an author’s very early work before they started making the bestseller lists, as well.
I had fun with this one- it was the perfect read a wet, gray and foggy day.
3.5 stars… (mere)