Free Reads
Embraced in Darkness is the first free read I offered through
this site, and all the posts are still available below. I'm currently offering a new free read to all members of
my Free
Reads from Jenna Black Yahoo Group (formerly known as the Embraced
in Darkness group). I'll send out a new installment as a PDF file each month, and I'll also post the chapters to the Files section of the group. All past chapters will be kept in the Files section so you can catch up if you didn't join in time for the first installment.
The January 2007 installment is chapters 2-3.
Members of my mailing list voted for which of two novels they'd like me to post, and the winner was . . .
The Matchmaker’s Curse
Genre: Romantic comedy with a paranormal twist
Sammi is a matchmaker by trade and a spinster by necessity. The
women of her family have been cursed never to marry, and those who
have dared to defy the curse have invariably come to mischief.
Jason has every intention of settling down someday . . . just not
yet. Of course, he’s hit the big three-oh, and he’s beginning
to wonder when “yet” will be. The uncomplicated one-night
stands are beginning to pale, but the thought of settling down still
makes him want to scream in terror.
When Sammi’s matchmaking father suggests that Jason and Sammi
just might be soul-mates, they each find the notion absurd. Although
come to think of it, there does seem to be a certain electricity
in the air when they are together . . .
Against a backdrop of well-intentioned blackmail, star-crossed wildcats,
love potions gone awry, and lots of hot sex, Jason and Sammi must
decide if their feelings for one another are more than skin deep.
And, if so, whether they dare defy her family’s ancient curse.
Embraced in Darkness
The land of Faerie is divided between the Seelie Court (the "good" Court)
and the Unseelie Court (the "evil" Court). The Queen of
the Unseelie Court wants to unite the Courts under one dark rule,
but she needs a figurehead, an heir to both the Seelie and the Unseelie
thrones. And so she sends her son to the mortal world to seduce the
illegitimate daughter of the Seelie King.
Hunter has never met a mortal woman he couldn't seduce. What his
charm and good looks can't accomplish, his Faerie glamour can. He's
sure Kiera will be no exception. But the more he gets to know her,
the more he gets to like her, and soon Hunter finds himself burdened
with the one thing a prince of the Unseelie Court cannot afford:
a conscience.
As Hunter ignites her passions and wins her trust, Kiera must come
to grips with the heritage she has long denied. And Hunter must find
a way to escape the heritage that would force him to break the heart
of the woman he has grown to love.
Last updated: January 7, 2007
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