Four New York society girls looking for a fresh start. Four Montana men ready to show them that everything is better out west. Follow their adventures as they find love in Big Sky Country! When Natalia Pachetti’s career as an event planner for Manhattan’s elite crashes and burns, the offer to plan her best friend’s high-profile wedding in Montana presents her with the opportunity to save her career, and her reputation. There’s only one problem. Taking the job means she’ll be in close proximity to Ian Blackwell, her teenage crush and every girl’s cowboy fantasy come to life. Even after twelve years, the memory of his rejection still stings like fire, and she’s determined to keep her distance. But when she arrives she finds that not only is Ian hotter than ever, the callous jerk she remembers has been replaced by the kind of man who makes it hard to hold a grudge. Ian Blackwell never forgot Natalia Pachetti. Her sassy mouth, gorgeous face, and sexy body were seared into his memory twelve years ago. Back then she was untouchable: seventeen, inexperienced, and not the kind of girl he should be messing with. All these years later, it sticks in his craw that his attempt to do the right thing left her feeling rejected and embarrassed. Now, with her back in Bozeman, he’s on a mission to prove he’s not the SOB she remembers. It’s the only way she’ll give him a chance to show her just how good it can be between them. Praise For Jami Alden: “Jami Alden always takes you on a wild ride!
- New York Times best seller Catherine Coulter “The perfect balance of emotion and romance.” -New York Times best seller Maya Banks “Hot and emotionally charged, Jami Alden always delivers.” -New York Times best seller Shannon McKenna “A fantastic story that will keep you hot and bothered.” -Romantic Times Book Reviews for Private Party “Alden can wring every emotion from her characters.” -Romantic Times Book Reviews .
Author
Like so many romance readers, my first romance novel was by Kathleen Woodiwiss - The Flame and the Flower, to be exact. I was thirteen. I spent the next month working my way through her entire back list. Shortly thereafter I discovered Judith McNaught, Johanna Lindsey, Karen Robards, Catherine Coulter, Shirlee Busbee among others, and devoured their lavish historical epics full of overbearing alpha males and the women who brought them to their knees. I was hooked. My high school teachers marveled at my ability to read romance novels under the desk and still score straight A's. I started to imagine myself, living in a cabin in the mountains somewhere, writing romance novels. It took me quite awhile to pursue my dream. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in English Literature, I worked in a variety of soul sucking admin jobs before I began my career in marketing. It wasn't exactly my dream job, but at least my writing appeared on several web sites and in many software marketing brochures. Unfortunately I wasn't able to fit the phrase "and her loins melted like hot wax" into any of them. During my stint as the world's surliest receptionist, I took my first stab at writing. The result was a very melodramatic western historical which reads like a bad Elizabeth Lowell rip off. Its currently languishing on my hard drive, forever stuck on page 330. Then in fall 2001 I had an incredible stroke of luck and got laid off from my marketing job. I decided it was time to stop saying I wanted to be a writer and to actually give it a serious go. Fortunately my husband, a socially well adjusted alpha male, is a very generous patron of the arts. Four years later, I sold my first book and I'm pretty much living the dream of getting paid to write romance. I don't live in a cabin in the mountains, but I do live in a rural-ish town near San Francisco (hey, we have deer and bunnies in our yard, along with the occasional coyote) with my husband, sons, and two dogs who patiently listen to my dialogue and help me work out plot points. When I'm not writing sexy romance, I enjoy running, reading, yoga and watching Food Network and bad reality TV.
