The Rake and the Recluse: 5 Fun Facts with Jenn LeBlanc
Winner, winner…Kayla W.!!!
Those of you who have heard of Jenn LeBlanc know her as the author who wrote the big pink book, THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE. She’s also well-known for her gorgeous stock images that can be seen gracing the covers of books written by Tessa Dare, Pamela Clare, Lara Adrian, Mia Marlowe, Delilah Marvelle, Elisabeth Naughton, Laurie London and many others.
Pssst…Jenn, I want to meet your cover men. They. Are. Adorable!!!
Today, Jenn (a truly delightful person with a smile that lights up the room, and no wonder, since she gets to hang out with shirtless hunks all the time!!) is sharing five fun facts about her novel. Please give her a warm welcome and leave a comment for a chance to win an ebook copy of THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE. To complete the pink cover theme, I’m giving away a signed copy of LOVING LADY MARCIA.
Everybody, have a great week!
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The Rake and the Recluse
January 1, 2012
A woman out of time.
A man stifled by propriety.
A nemesis determined to take her away.
A brother to the rescue.
How will a powerful Duke deal with a woman who doesn’t know her place? How will a woman used to the 21st century survive in time where she is considered property?
Francine Larrabee woke up on the wrong side of the century. She was fairly certain she went to sleep in her own comfy bed, but she doesn’t quite seem to be there now. Only adding to her problems is that she has no voice, is constantly being glowered at by a large, stunning man who is obsessed with propriety, and she is apparently betrothed to another horrid little man, determined to ruin her, and any other girls that get in his way.
How does she find herself in the past, when she couldn’t even find herself in her present? How does a self sufficient businesswoman survive in a time when women were still considered property for the whole of their lives and what is she going to do with this man who draws her to him so fiercely.
5 Fun Facts about THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE:
© 2010 Jenn LeBlanc
© 2010 Jenn LeBlanc
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Canon. Curls. Colorado. CJs. Chuck Norris.
Born and raised in a household of other people’s children in this beautiful state —very nearly with a camera in hand— she never left. She started her own family, got used to the curls, went to college, built a CJ, started a business, and totally beat the daylights out of Chuck Norris, all with a camera in hand.
Spending her days in parenting chat rooms she got highly adept with one-handed typing and she can still type just about as fast with one hand as she can with two. It’s a great talent to have when engrossed in a scene and in need of a hit of caffeine. Once she finished her first novel she quickly realized: She was born a photographer.
From the realization that someone ELSE would be shooting the cover of HER book her control-freak took over. What started as an easy cover shoot ballooned into this completely new kind of media, designed specifically for digital book readers.
She lives and thrives off chaos and the constant flow of the creative process. She wears shorts and flip-flops year-round —much to the chagrin of her friends and family— and she is currently working on the illustrations for her second novel. Her first serial novel THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE is doing its own Chuck Norris impersonation with the time travel charts on Amazon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook sharing eye candy (NSFW) and being a total rock star.
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Category: Contests, Guest Authors, Post by Kati | Tags: 5 fun facts feature, jenn leblanc, the rake and the recluse 21 comments »
February 18th, 2013 at 11:36 am
I like both covers and the story looks very intresting cant wait to read this one
February 18th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Would love to read this book. I’ve always enjoyed time travel romance.
February 18th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
How fun to have a best friend stand in and then get written into the part! And I’d have to say, I’d love to be on set for those shoots
February 18th, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Thank you Amber and Maude! I agree Kayla, I like to call it kismet It really just worked
Thank you Kieran for having me on the blog today!! This was a fun little thing to think up
Jenn
February 18th, 2013 at 2:39 pm
This sounds really interesting and I think it being illustrated is a neat idea.
February 18th, 2013 at 2:46 pm
Love Jenn and I own this book in print.
this is a great book, that everyone should read.
smurfettev AT gmail DOT com
February 18th, 2013 at 3:22 pm
Four pounds and 740 pages? That’s one big pink book! LOL Its not just wonderfully written, its the illustrations that got me too. I love reading a book and imagining it all myself. But this is fabulous. Seeing the brothers and the scars and the paint mess. It really is a terrific way to read a really good story.
lisakhutson(at)cox(dot)net
February 18th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
I would love to read a book with pictures showing the action.
February 18th, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Thank you Tabatha!! SMOOCHES Sheri and Lisa!! You guys are awesome.
Jenn
February 18th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
WOW that’s a lot of interesting research! Three languages in sign language?!? Crazy. This book looks super neat.
February 18th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Interesting info to research
February 18th, 2013 at 7:37 pm
Jenn’s covers are always amazing
Thanks for sharing and congrats ladies on the new releases!
February 18th, 2013 at 8:26 pm
I like the pink covers and the book sounds good. I like time travels and enjoyed the excerpt.
February 19th, 2013 at 3:33 am
Thanks ladies! Yes, I was actually surprised to find the differences in the three languages, I hadn’t ever really considered it. I guess I assumed sign language to be universal, but of course it isn’t. The biggest differences are in the alphabets, which makes sense, since signing is a much more inherent language than speech.
Jenn
February 19th, 2013 at 10:13 am
Jenn, we’re thrilled you’re here! MWAH!!!
February 19th, 2013 at 1:44 pm
Hi Kieran and Jenn!
It was wonderful seeing Jenn share a little smexy and help to wake me up today!
I was really fortunate that I discovered Jenn when her first three books in the Rake and Recluse series first came out and my only regret is they are on a black and white only Kindle!
My only regret is that what would make her books even more fun to read is to have them include a life size “blow up” of the cover! Now wouldn’t that be fun to gaze at when you’ve had a hard day at work and are having trouble falling asleep! In fact it’s a good excuse to stay up late drinking lots of black coffee!
Jenn – There’s no one that can take pictures that bring the characters to life better than you! Congratulations on being the best of the best (and say hi to Kati for me!).
February 19th, 2013 at 9:32 pm
Oh wow! I can’t wait to read this now after reading all of that. Neat facts! Thanks
February 19th, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Oh, my, this looks absolutely fabulous!
February 20th, 2013 at 3:46 am
Thank you Jeanne!!! You are such a sweetie
Thank you Sheryl and Clara!!! I hope you enjoy it!!
Jenn
February 21st, 2013 at 12:51 pm
This book sounds fantastic. Can’t wait to get it to see the gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing those five fun facts. They were very interesting.
February 21st, 2013 at 5:45 pm
Thank you Joanne!! I hope you enjoy it
Jenn