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Growing up Colleen Murphy was the girl who seemed to have it all. Pretty, smart, and popular, she had everything going for her. Now she’s back in her hometown of Big Timber, licking her wounds from a bitter divorce, mourning the death of her father, and trying to dig her mother out from under a mountain of debt. With her dreams of raising a family with a devoted husband in tatters, the last thing she’s looking to do is to get involved with another man. Until she runs into JT Osborn, and discovers that the awkward, chubby teenager she remembers has transformed into the hottest thing in cowboy boots she’s ever laid eyes on. Tall, built, and flashing a smile that makes her melt, JT stirs up a desire she thought had died along with her marriage. He’s the perfect friend with benefits to help her get over her ex, but she’ll never let him be anything more. Like every guy in high school, rancher JT Osborn had a serious crush on Colleen Murphy. Back then, he could only admire her from afar, but now she’s ready for him to get up close and personal. He’s happy to do whatever it takes to put a smile back on her face. But before long, what started as fulfilling his high school fantasies has turned into much more. Now JT is out to prove that her dreams of a husband and kids aren’t dead. She can still have everything she ever wanted… with him. Praise For Jami “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.
