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Madeline Baker/Amanda Ashley
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Madeline Baker/Amanda Ashley
 SERIES AND SUCH SERIES BOOKS In Order Written Reckless Heart Reckless Love Reckless Desire Reckless Embrace A Frontier Christmas/ A Wilderness Christmas Apache Runaway Chase the Wind Shades of Gray After Sundown Desire After Dark Night's Kiss Night's Touch Night's Master 10/ E-books Audio Books on CD and Cassette by Madeline Baker Published by Time Fare Audio Books Hawk's Woman  Eddie Little Sky The inspiration for all my Indian heroes  Desperado  INTERNATIONAL |
Books&Series Save the Earth ~ It's the only planet with chocolate. NOTE: You can order my Leisure Books directly from Leisure at 800-481-9191. Also, since most of my Leisure Books are in print, you can also order them from your local bookstore, which is less expensive than ordering books online, since book stores don't charge for postage or handling. HISTORICAL ROMANCES HISTORICAL ROMANCES VAMPIRE ROMANCE VAMPIRE/ SILHOUETTE ROMANCES Since readers often ask who those good-looking models are on my covers, I decided to list the ones I know. BRIEF BIO.... I was born in California and I’ve lived here all my life. I never intended to be a published author. It just happened. One night, when my husband was at work and the kids were in bed and there was nothing on TV, I sat down and started writing a book of my own, simply for the fun of it. I knew nothing about writing or publishing, but that didn’t matter, since I never expected anyone else to read what I wrote. I wrote three stories and hid them under the bed. One day, when talking to a couple of girlfriends, one of them mentioned she was writing a book, and I blurted out that I had written one, too. She asked to read it. I was horrified. I couldn’t imagine letting anyone else read what I’d written. However, after much wheedling on her part, I gave in and let her read my book. It was COMANCHE FLAME. She said it was very good, very visual, and that I should try to get it published. Encouraged by her praise, I let my best friend read it. She loved it and said it was just as good, if not better, than a lot of books we were buying. After considering their words, I decided to try and find a publisher. Well, that was no easy task. As I said, I had no knowledge of the book business. My friend suggested I get a copy of Writer’s Market and look for book publishers, which I did. Thus began six years of sending out query letters, being asked for the manuscript, being rejected. Eventually, after 31 rejections, I sold a book. My first sale was the third book I had written and was called RECKLESS HEART. I’ve been writing ever since. After 14 historicals, I wrote a short story called MASQUERADE, which was published by Topaz in a book called THE TOPAZ MAN PRESENTS SECRETS OF THE HEART. That book is now out of print, but Masquerade was republished in an anthology tited AFTER TWILIGHT. But I digress. I loved writing about vampires, loved my dark, dangerous, tormented hero! I was hooked…or bitten, if you will,and knew I had to do more, and so it was that Amanda Ashley was born. One of the great things about being a published author is all the wonderful people I've met because of it, both authors and readers, that I never would have met otherwise. These wonderful people include my critique group, five of the nicest women I've ever known. Thanks, ladies! |
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