Jenna Harte

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Jenna Harte

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I've always had a romantic streak. Even as a kid, my favorite characters on TV were almost always happily married and as a twelve year old, I'd write stories about them (this was before fan fiction or the Internet were invented).

I love to read romantic suspense or mystery, but am disappointed that romances don't follow up on the happily ever after and mysteries rarely provide the sexy, romantic elements I enjoy. So I decided to write my own with the Valentine Mysteries.

When I'm not telling stories, I work by day as romance ghostwriter and run an online community for romance writers at WriteWithHarte.com. I'm an empty nester in central Virginia living my HEA with my hubby and a nutty cat.
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Jenna Harte I've got a fifth Valentine book in the planning stages and I'm currently trying to write a paranormal romance. …moreI've got a fifth Valentine book in the planning stages and I'm currently trying to write a paranormal romance. (less)
Jenna Harte I don't get writer's block really. Sometimes I'm stuck in a story, but I almost always have something I can write. However, sometimes I'm "blocked" be…moreI don't get writer's block really. Sometimes I'm stuck in a story, but I almost always have something I can write. However, sometimes I'm "blocked" because I feel the words are bad or the story is bad and that makes me not want to write. (less)
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The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Jack & Tess Version

What if Jack and Tess were to rewrite The Twelve Days of Christmas to fit them? Below is a short scene of them doing that while laying in bed by a fire on a snow day. (Intimacy hinted at but not described).

Following the scene is the updated Jack and Tess version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

 

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“She didn't get up. She knew she would forgive him, after all, he had chocolate. But that didn't mean she couldn't make him work for it.”
Jenna Harte, Deadly Valentine

“It was as if her heart was in a vise, squeezing tighter and tighter until she couldn't breathe. The worst part was she was the one who had tightened the screws.”
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“Heartbreak was a bitch.”
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“He tasted like chocolate and sin.”
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“I like the underwear, Tess. Now take it off.”
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“If I go to prison, will you arrange conjugal visits?”
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“All you have to do is flash those blue-green eyes and show your dimple and it's all over with.”
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“Heartbreak was a bitch.”
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