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Born in Visalia, California, I'm a small town girl at heart. I love central California's golden foothills, oak trees, and the miles of farmland. In my mind, there's nothing sweeter in the world than the heady fragrance of orange blossoms on a sultry summer night.

As a little girl I spent hours on my bed, staring out the window, dreaming of far off places, fearless knights, and happy-ever-after endings. In my imagination I was never the geeky bookworm with the thick coke-bottle glasses, but a princess, a magical fairy, a Joan-of-Arc crusader.

My parents fed my imagination by taking our family to Europe for a year when I was thirteen. The year away changed me (I wasn't a geek for once!) and overseas I discovered a huge and wonderful world with ...more

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Christmas Stories on Screen. A Very Proud Moment!

I promised last week that I’d share more about our Christmas movies, and here I am, finally catching my breath long enough to sit down and write to you. Life has been wonderfully full lately — Tule books, Tule films (yes, four Lifetime Christmas movies this year…isn’t that so cool?), my own December release, and then just everything else we all juggle this time of year. But today I wanted to pause

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	Christmas at Copper Mountain (Taming of the Sheenans #1, Copper Mountain Christmas #4) 3.99 avg rating — 3,589 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Perfect 3.94 avg rating — 2,842 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odd Mom Out (Bellevue Wives, Book 1) 3.69 avg rating — 2,675 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flirting with Forty 3.81 avg rating — 2,268 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tycoon's Kiss (The Great Wedding Giveaway 0.5; Taming of the Sheenans #2) 3.85 avg rating — 2,010 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miracle on Chance Avenue (Love on Chance Avenue, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 1,639 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kidnapped Christmas Bride (Taming of the Sheenans #3; A Marietta Christmas #5) 4.16 avg rating — 1,568 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take Me, Cowboy (Love on Chance Avenue #1; 75th Copper Mountain Rodeo #4) 3.95 avg rating — 1,617 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Away in Montana (Paradise Valley Ranch Book 1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,433 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taming of the Bachelor (Taming of the Sheenans #4) 4.02 avg rating — 1,425 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Taming of the Sheenans (6 books)
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“Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.”
― Jane Porter, Odd Mom Out

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“All warfare that is not defensive is criminal.”
― Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs

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“God forgive her, but underneath the smiles and the good job and the great family, she was tired. Desperately tired. Tired to the point of breaking. In the last few years the exhaustion had grown, rising up like a specter to knock on her door. No one knew, she hadn't told even Kit, but in the past year she'd begun to question her entire existence. Why was she even here? What was life? Was she even necessary?
Maybe all women had these thoughts. Maybe all women felt tired. But the thoughts confused her. Good women weren't supposed to have doubts. Good women were supposed to be strong and selfless. Instead Meg felt needy and afraid. What if there was no reward for all the hard work? What if life was just one sacrifice after another?”
― Jane Porter, The Good Woman

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Romance Book for November 2011

Flirting with Forty by Jane Porter

6 votes, 42.9%

You Against Me by Jenny Downham

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Once a Witch (Witch, #1) by Carolyn MacCullough

Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough

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“She wanted to be extraordinary, to possess a savage glitter.”
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message 15: by Patricia

Feb 01, 2013 11:41AM

Jane, I can't thank you enough for the gift of FLIRTING WITH FORTY. I enjoyed the book SO much. I hated to put it down because I wanted to see what happens to Jackie and Kai. Thank you so much for the book and you have a new fan for sure. I look forward to reading more of your books!!!

Pat (in Fenton, MO)

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message 14: by Eric

Dec 28, 2012 06:09PM

Thanks for becoming my Goodreads friend.
Eric

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message 13: by Donnajo

Dec 13, 2012 02:31PM

Thanks Jane for friending me.

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message 12: by Christine

Jun 15, 2012 04:19AM

thanks for being my friend

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message 11: by Derick

Jun 15, 2012 02:18AM

Thanks for the connection, Jane! You may like my 2012 debut,a hilarious Irish romcom called 'Dysfunctional Romance!' which has 19 five star reviews on Amazon and over 8,000 followers on Twitter already! see my blog for details:
www.derickhudson.blogspot.com
Kind regards,
Derick

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message 10: by Kouk (last edited Aug 11, 2011 01:42AM)

Aug 11, 2011 12:54AM

Hi Jane,

Thank you for accepting my friend request!
I finished your book: ''The Sheikh's Chosen Queen'' yesterday and i really loved it!

I wrote a review for it and i hope you'll like it!
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I look forward to read more of your books!

I hope you'll have a great day!

kouk

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message 9: by Kathy

Sep 05, 2010 11:21AM

Hi Jane, Thanks for adding me as a friend. Hope you're having a great weekend.

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message 8: by Bradley

Aug 09, 2010 07:29AM

Thank you for adding me as a friend. =)

Dreamsbane of Tamalor by Bradley James Simpson

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message 7: by Tyler

Aug 04, 2010 08:42AM

Hi Jane :-)

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message 6: by Lauren

Aug 04, 2010 08:40AM

Hi, Jane! Thanks for the friend add.

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message 5: by Beth

Aug 04, 2010 08:39AM

Hi Jane,
Thanks for befriending this fellow author on Goodreads! Have you signed up for their Author Program yet to link your name to your books on the site?

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message 4: by Renee

Aug 04, 2010 08:35AM