In the salon where she stood, there was a massive mirror with a Chippendale frame hanging over a marble-topped table beside the rear entrance, but Amalie did not glance at it. The raindrops beaded on her dark brows and lashes and clung to the rose-petal skin of her heart-shaped face. Raindrops gleamed on the soft brown curls of her hair, reflecting its odd, silver-blue highlights. She paused a moment on the braided rug to throw back the sodden hood of her cloak and to wipe the mud from her half boots. The force of the wind slammed the outside door behind Amalie Peschier Declouet, closing off the sound of the rain pelting on the floor of the loggia.

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This independent publishing company now publishes her work. She has written more than 75 books with translations in 22 languages and more than 35 million copies in print.Īfter three decades in traditional publishing, Jennifer established Steel Magnolia Press LLC with Phoenix Sullivan in 2011. She holds numerous other honors, including two Maggies, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer's Choice awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has also been lauded as a 'pioneer of the romance genre' and an 'icon of the romance industry.' A New York Times and international best selling author from the publication of 'Love's Wild Desire' in 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Halls of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. Jennifer Blake has been called 'the steel magnolia of women's fiction' for her enduring career as an author.

Midnight Waltz by Jennifer Blake