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Jennifer Blake

Forfatter af With a Southern Touch

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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

With a Southern Touch (2002) — Bidragyder — 133 eksemplarer
Wildest Dreams (1990) 128 eksemplarer
Roan (2000) 124 eksemplarer
Challenge to Honour (2004) 123 eksemplarer
Fierce Eden (1985) 123 eksemplarer
Luke (1999) 120 eksemplarer
Dawn Encounter (2006) 118 eksemplarer
Royal Seduction (1983) 117 eksemplarer
By His Majesty's Grace (2011) 117 eksemplarer
Clay (2001) 115 eksemplarer
Kane (1998) 108 eksemplarer
Shameless (1994) 108 eksemplarer
Prisoner of Desire (1986) 107 eksemplarer
Royal Passion (1985) 107 eksemplarer
Midnight Waltz (1984) 106 eksemplarer
Wade (2002) 104 eksemplarer
Arrow to the Heart (1993) 98 eksemplarer
Louisiana Dawn (1987) 95 eksemplarer
Silver-Tongued Devil (1995) 93 eksemplarer
Rogue's Salute (2007) 93 eksemplarer
Guarded Heart (2008) 92 eksemplarer
Love and Smoke (1989) 89 eksemplarer
Embrace and Conquer (1981) 86 eksemplarer
Southern Rapture (1987) 84 eksemplarer
Spanish Serenade (1990) 82 eksemplarer
Garden of Scandal (1997) 80 eksemplarer
Surrender in Moonlight (1984) 75 eksemplarer
Gallant Match (2009) 66 eksemplarer
Love's Wild Desire (1977) 64 eksemplarer
Tigress (1996) 62 eksemplarer
Joy & Anger (1991) 61 eksemplarer
A Joyous Season (Anthology 4-in-1) (1996) — Bidragyder — 60 eksemplarer
The Rent-A-Groom (2012) 59 eksemplarer
Perfume of Paradise (1988) 53 eksemplarer
The Storm and the Splendor (1979) 52 eksemplarer
Triumph in Arms (2010) 49 eksemplarer
Tender Betrayal (1979) 48 eksemplarer
Golden Fancy (1980) 39 eksemplarer
Bride of a Stranger (1974) 39 eksemplarer
Love and Adventure Collection - Part 1 (Box Set 2-in-1) (2012) — Forfatter — 36 eksemplarer
The Notorious Angel (1974) 36 eksemplarer
Pieces of Dreams (1996) 31 eksemplarer
Louisiana History Collection - Part 1 (Box Set 3-in-1) (2012) — Forfatter — 29 eksemplarer
Dark Masquerade (1974) 28 eksemplarer
Out of the Dark (2011) 26 eksemplarer
The Secret of Mirror House (1970) 25 eksemplarer
April of Enchantment (1980) 25 eksemplarer
Contemporary Collection - Part 2 (2013) 24 eksemplarer
Bayou Bride (1978) 21 eksemplarer
The Abducted Heart (1978) 21 eksemplarer
Captive Kisses (1980) 19 eksemplarer
The Warlock's Daughter (2011) 16 eksemplarer
A Vision of Sugarplums (2011) 16 eksemplarer
Stranger at Plantation Inn (1970) 16 eksemplarer
The Court of the Thorn Tree (1973) 15 eksemplarer
Night of the Candles (1978) 13 eksemplarer
The Bewitching Grace (1974) 13 eksemplarer
Love at Sea (1980) 13 eksemplarer
Snowbound Heart (1979) 12 eksemplarer
Forbidden Lovers (A Paranormal Romance Box Set) (2013) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Dream Lover (2013) 8 eksemplarer
Queen For A Night (2014) 6 eksemplarer
Adam (2005) 6 eksemplarer
The Hired Wife (1978) 4 eksemplarer
No Ordinary Lovers Box Set (2013) 4 eksemplarer
Louisiana Knights Holiday Pack (2017) 3 eksemplarer
Hearts Aflame (Box Set 5-in-1) (2014) 3 eksemplarer
Verheißung der Nacht. (2004) 2 eksemplarer
John 'Rip' Peterson 2 eksemplarer
Around the World in 100 Days (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Baby Dreams (1990) 2 eksemplarer
Murder for Charity (1974) 1 eksemplar
Haven of Fear (1974) 1 eksemplar
Tangled Vines 1 eksemplar
Miłość i dym (1997) 1 eksemplar
Nacht über Lousiana. (2002) 1 eksemplar
Pirate Hearts (Box Set 3-in-1) (2013) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Wie Feuer im Blut (2005) 1 eksemplar
Rächer des Herzens (2006) 1 eksemplar
Sérénade en Louisiane (1999) 1 eksemplar
Träume des Südens (1989) 1 eksemplar
Rose 1/A * 1 eksemplar
Linda 2/A * 1 eksemplar
Ross 4/A 1 eksemplar
Serenade der Leidenschaft (1991) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

How to Write a Romance and Get it Published (1983) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver121 eksemplarer
Writing Romances: A Handbook by the Romance Writers of America (1997) — Bidragyder — 63 eksemplarer
Snow Baby (2000) — Forord — 33 eksemplarer
Crimes of Passion (Box Set 6-in-1) (2014) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
My First Real Romance (1985) 3 eksemplarer
Romancing the Heart (Box Set 8-in-1) (2014) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar

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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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Dark Masquerade by Jennifer Blake is a 2014 Steel Magnolia Press publication.

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)
½
 
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gpangel | Dec 11, 2022 |
This one was a bit different. The heroine had killed her husband by backing a car over him. She now has agoraphobia. The hero had been married before to a much older woman and had been accused of her murder. He falls in love with the heroine, another older woman but only by 10 years, at first sight. The hero is just convinced that they belong together. when the locals find out about the relationship, someone starts doing bad things to try to keep them apart. The hero just sticks with the heroine no matter that she tries to break up with him. I liked his persistence. The story could have been a bit clearer in spots especially regarding his previous marriage but was worth reading over all.… (mere)
 
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Luziadovalongo | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jul 14, 2022 |
 
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archivomorero | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jun 27, 2022 |
Se necesitaba una extraña combinación de odio, osadía y curiosidad para atraer al famoso bandido El León a la galería iluminada por la luna... e inclusive más para tentarlo a aceptar su audaz pedido. Pero la hermosa y obstinada Pilar Sandoval y Serna pagará cualquier precio para escapar de la tiranía de su padrastro, Don Esteban. Desesperada y enfurecida, Pilar recurre al apuesto y cambiante León, un noble empobrecido por la maldad de Don Esteban. Escondido con su banda de marginados en las montañas, también ha jurado matar al padrastro de Pilar. Pilar ofrece a El León su fortuna si simula secuestrarla y la devuelve a la casa de su amada tía. Peor antes de completar la misión, el León descubre que al dote de Pilar carece de valor y que la muerte a manos de Don esteban los espera a los dos. El León no se conformará con cofres vacíos. Jura que obtendrá de ella lo que corresponda, como le plazca y mientras le plazca. Sin Familia o amigos, Pilar sabe que está a su merced...… (mere)
 
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Natt90 | Jun 24, 2022 |

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Værker
137
Also by
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Medlemmer
4,852
Popularitet
#5,177
Vurdering
3.2
Anmeldelser
45
ISBN
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Sprog
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