Jackie Braun
Personal Information
Description
Jackie has been making up stories since she was in grade school, but she followed her father's sage advice to get a day job and attended college after leaving high school. She graduated with honors from Central Michigan University in 1987 with a degree in journalism. After briefly flirting with a career in magazine publishing—she interned at Good Housekeeping in New York during college—she settled on working in newspapers. She began as a copyeditor at the Grand Rapids Press in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, New York. In 1991 she became the first female editorial writer at the Flint Journal in Flint, Michigan. She began her own "happily ever after" in 1993 when she married her husband, Mark. They are the proud parents of two boys, Daniel and Will. She makes her home in mid-Michigan with family. Published since 2000, Jackie decided to leave the Flint Journal in January 2004 to concentrate on fiction. She is the author of more than two dozen romance novels and novellas. She is a three-time RITA Award finalist, a four-time National Readers' Choice Awards finalist, the winner of a Rising Star Award in traditional romantic fiction and was nominated for Series Storyteller of the Year by RT Book Reviews in 2008. She enjoys gardening and gabbing, her readers can e-mail her through her Web site
Books
The fiancée fiasco
Thomas Waverly, successful CEO and serial dater, is anything but a push-over. But what’s a man to do when pinned by the wistful, trembling eyes of his ‘frail’ but secretly wily grandmother, who is uttering the dreaded words ‘Before I die...’? Emotional blackmail at its most effective... Looks as if Thomas needs to find a fake fiancée – and fast! Elizabeth Morris is looking for a way to save her charity, so when she’s offered a deal – a pretend proposal for piles of cash – it seems harmless enough! Convince one little old lady that she’s deeply in love – how hard can it be? Worryingly, when your ‘groom’ is this gorgeous, there’s a fine line between faking it and falling for real.
Exclusive!
Barrie Travis is not famous: she's just a damn good reporter stuck at a low-budget television station. Then the First Lady calls her...and offers her the story of a lifetime. The president's wife, stunned by grief after the loss of her infant son, hints that her child may have been murdered. Blind to everything but finding the truth, Barrie's fight for an exclusive story will test her ethics, her patriotism, and her courage. Then, with the help of Gray Bondurant, a mysterious former presidential aide, she unearths White House secrets that, if exposed, could topple the presidency. Now, even as she falls in love, Barrie must fight powerful forces that want nothing more than to see the scandalous past - and a certain young reporter - dead and buried.
Moonlight And Roses
Buying the Monroe family winery gave Zack Holland the fresh start he needed. But the business came with one determined woman, and he could see she wasn't going to hand over the reins easily.Jaye Monroe knew they had to work together to make the winery a success. But she couldn't bear to give up everything her family had worked for--to an outsider. Yet the attraction sizzled and, what's more, the mood was set with the heady mix of moonlight and the scent of roses! Soon Jaye started to wonder whether they could develop the perfect relationship--business and personal....
The Businessman's Bride
Their journey to the altar... Art photographer Anne Lundy was so independent that when she had to ask for help she could barely get the words out! Especially since the person she found herself needing was none other than the straitlaced, powerhouse attorney she'd told to stay out of her private life. With his strictly business attitude, she'd never expected family friend Richard Danton to accompany her on the most important journey of her life--finally meeting her Japanese birth mother. But Rick had been doing quite a few surprising things lately, like making her yearn to loosen his tie...and to find out what happened when he lost control.
Gorgeous Grooms
Her Stand-in Groom When Catherine is jilted at the altar, CEO Stephen Danbury rescues the beautiful bride – and accepts her offer to become his wife instead! It will fulfil the terms of his grandfather's will. But when their convenient marriage leads to an accidental pregnancy, will Stephen propose a marriage to last a lifetime? Her Wish-List Bridegroom Having sworn off men for good, Juliet has gone home – only to bump into Gregor McLeod. Greg has been number one on Juliet's wish-list as a future husband since she was a little girl. And he's still gorgeous, sexy, charming and flirtatious. But... A) She's sworn off men. B) He's got a few secrets of his own... Ordinary Girl, Society Groom Eloise Lawton has finally found her family. But now she's adrift in the high-society world where there's only one person she can depend on: broodingly handsome Jeremy Norland. As family loyalties and secrets unravel, Eloise realises that if she falls in love with Jeremy, she's in danger of losing everything.
A Dinner, A Date, A Desert Sheikh
Recipe for a date with a sheikh! Ingredients: • One wealthy desert sheikh, Madani Tarim • One streetwise city girl, caterer Emily Merit • The buzzing backdrop of Manhattan Add: • A longstanding royal betrothal • A determined "no-man" rule • A generous helping of attraction! Mix well and watch the sparks fly as two totally different worlds collide
Their Unfinished Business
Even after ten years Ali Conlan's heart still beat too strongly for the man who had left without a goodbye -- and her body still responded to his bad-boy confidence and winning smile. But she knew his visit was all about business and his partnership in her family's resort. Or was Luke's real reason for returning to Trillium about unfinished business of a different sort ... with her?
Boardroom Baby Surprise
When pregnant Morgan Stevens arrives at wealthy businessman Bryan Caliborn's office looking for her baby's father, two things become apparent: she's mistaken him for his late brother and she's in labor-in the boardroom!Now Morgan's a single mom, and she's bowled over by the take-charge tycoon's support. But surely the once-burned bachelor is just doing it out of duty....
In the Shelter of His Arms
Abandoned as a child, Roz Bennett has never felt she belonged anywhere. Now, just when she thinks she's lucked out again, with no money and a broken-down car in the middle of nowhere, she's rescued.... Handsome, brooding Mason Stricker offers Roz a lifeline -- a comfy bed, delicious food and a job. He treats her like she's a very special, very attractive woman. Roz has never had that before; never been loved, or cherished, or wanted. Her instinct is to flee -- to protect herself in case it all goes wrong. She must fight that instinct in order to find her one true love...her Mason -- her home...
