SAVING ALESSANDRA is the debut novel for Christine Maria Jahn. Her love of words began during daily sessions of crossword puzzles with her father. Her passion for the written word grew to include poetry in high school, and further still during her time in college. But her fascination with late eighteenth through early nineteenth century historical fiction was sparked when she first seen the music video "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants. Shortly thereafter, Ms. Jahn bought her first historical romance, "A Rose in Winter", authored by the late Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. Many years and hundreds of historical and regency novels later, and with the encouragement of her daughters, Christine Maria Jahn dusted off her writing box and has once again set her own pen to paper. She currently resides in Virginia and is working on two sequels to SAVING ALESSANDRA.