UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · FICTION · GENERAL
Rowena Summers
Also known as: Jean Innes Saunders, Jean Saunders
Jean Innes was born on 8 February 1932 in London, England, but she have lived in the West Country almost all her life, she was educated in Weston-super-Mare, Avon. She married with Geoff Saunders, her childhood sweetheart, and they have three grown up children. She lives in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, where she writes full time. Afther the publication of her first novel, Jean began a career as a magazine writer and had published around 600 short stories. She start to published gothic romance novels under her married and maiden name in the 1970s. In 1980s, she created, to wrote historical romances, two pseudonyms, her most popular, Rowena Summers and Sally James. In 1991 her novel, "The Bannister Girls," was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of Year award. In 2004, she began to used the penname Rachel Moore. She has been an active member and enthusiast of Swanwick, the Writers' Summer School, which takes place in Derbyshire, England, every August, she has been a committee member several times, and also Vice-Chairman. She was elected the seventeenth Chairman (1993-1995) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. As a member of the Romance Writers of America she has given talks at conferences in various venues of the USA. She has been a member of the Crime Writers' Association. She also is a member and past committee member of the West Country Writers' Association. She died on Wednesday 3 August 2011, after contracting an illness on a holiday earlier that year, after being rushed to Weston General Hospital.
A STENCH of sewage pollutes the streets of East Berlin; exposed wires dangle ominously; uncollected garbage spills into sunless, dilapidated courtyards.
— from Long shadows
Most acclaimed
Shelter from the Storm
Jennifer Jones likes being in control. A violent incident from her past makes it an essential part of her life. After a surprise turn of events, Jennifer finds herself searching for a new roommate. Enter Maclain Moore, sexy social worker, sensitive listener, and Jennifer's new boarder. Mac is no stranger to heartache. He's surrounded by it at work and has his own set of skeletons rattling around in the closet. Unsuspecting Jennifer has no idea how far out of control her life is about to spin. Her attraction for Mac is undeniable and tempting. Soon after he moves in Jennifer is confronted with the news of the death of her estranged mother. Suddenly she's faced with the task of taking in her much younger sister, making her life even more crowded and very, very scary. This is a compelling story about two vulnerable people previously burned by love and thrown together by circumstance. Samantha Sommersby delivers whole-heartedly with this one. The growth of the relationship between the characters is wonderfully portrayed. We see the loss and the gain, the sadness and the joy, and most of all the passion. Shelter from the Storm reminds us that not everyone has to go looking for love. For a lucky few, love finds them.
A perfect marriage
2002
Broken Vows To their friends, family and neighbors, Celine and Max Archer had a perfect marriage. Only the Archers knew they'd never been in love, and that nights of passion were few and far between. Still, both thought the other happy with the dry-eyed deal they'd made instead of vows. Until Max broke the bargain—by wanting more. And suddenly, after twelve peaceful years, the perfect marriage was over. But when Celine realized how much she loved her husband, was it too late to get him back? For unbeknownst to Max, they'd been blessed with a new beginning….
Hidden Currents
- The year is 1843. - The occasion: the launch of the SS Great Britain. Bristol is alive with pageantry, awaiting the arrival of Brunel, the great engineer, and Prince Albert himself. The Stuckey men who helped build the ship now face hardship and unemployment, further humiliated by their womenfolk doing menial work for rich Clifton employers. Poor as they may be, Carrie Stuckey and her friend Elsie have their dreams. Into their lives comes John Travis, a man who represents everything Carrie could wish for, but who manages to create conflict between them all.