Monthly Teas

Saturday - September 11, 2010

Lavendou (directions)
19009 Preston Rd.
Dallas, TX 75252
http://www.meetup.com/DFWTea/calendar/14425401

2:00pm - 4:00pm local time

Sunday - October 10, 2010

Tea Room
Plano, TX
http://www.meetup.com/DFWTea/calendar/13820215

Yes, it's a Sunday, but guess what, we'll have special Guest JANE PORTER as a consolation! What, you say, we LOVE Jane Porter, she's not a consolation prize she's a prized guest!! Absolutely! I so agree. Jane is coming to town with her latest book SHE'S GONE COUNTRY [Grand Central , September 2010] and we'll be celebrating with her! Details to follow (Location, cost, etc) but so mark your calendars NOW and get ready for a good time!

2:00pm - 4:00pm local time

Our Guest is

Classic Romance, Modern Chick Lit

Jane Porter

Jane Porter is still a small town girl at heart. Now an award-winning novelist with nearly 3 million books in print, Jane never feels too far away from her roots in central California's golden foothills, oak trees, and miles of farmland. It was one year in Europe when she was thirteen that opened a huge and wonderful world of different cultures and customs to Jane, who became especially passionate about Italy.

After that incredible year the travel bug bit, and bit hard. She spent much of her high school and college years abroad, studying in South Africa, Japan and Ireland. And now, after a Bachelors degree from UCLA, a stint in sales and marketing, and several wonderful years in the teaching trenches of junior high school, Jane is a full-time fiction writer, and her books are famously set in all manners of exotic places.

Her first published novel, The Italian Groom, sold to Harlequin Presents in 2000. Since then, Jane has been prolific, penning more than 20 novels. She was a finalist for the prestigious RITA award from Romance Writers of America in both 2002 and 2003. Her most recent work, The Frog Prince, marks a new avenue for Jane's career. Taking a more literary turn than her previous work, Jane stayed close to home, using the backdrop of exciting San Francisco to look at the complex relationships between mothers, daughters and the men they love.

Jane lives in rugged Seattle with her two young sons. She is currently working on her second chick lit romance, set in Hawaii.

http://janeporter.com/

Books:

She's Gone Country, September 2010
Easy On The Eyes, August 2009
Princess Brides, September 2008
King Of The Desert, Captive Bride, May 2008
The Desert Kings
Flirting With Forty, May 2008
Mrs. Perfect, May 2008
The Sheikh's Chosen Queen, April 2008
The Desert Kings
The Sheikh's Chosen Queen, January 2008
The Desert Kings #1
Odd Mom Out, October 2007
At The Greek Boss's Bidding, April 2007
Miniseries: Greek Tycoons
One Christmas Night, December 2006
Hollywood Husband, Contract Wife, October 2006
Miniseries: Ruthless
Flirting with Forty, July 2006
The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride, June 2006
Miniseries: Surrender to the Sheikh
The Sicilian's Defiant Mistress, February 2006
Expecting
Taken By The Highest Bidder, December 2005
Harlequin Presents 2508
The Secretary's Seduction, August 2005
The Sheikh's Virgin, June 2005
spinoff from THE SULTAN"S BOUGHT BRIDE
The Frog Prince, May 2005
The Italian's Virgin Princess, November 2004
Princess Brides series
The Greek's Royal Mistress, October 2004
Princess Brides series
The Sultan's Bought Bride, September 2004
Princess Brides series
Marco's Pride, February 2004
The Spaniard's Passion, December 2003
The Galvan Brides series
The Latin Lover's Secret Child, November 2003
The Galvan Brides series
Lazaro's Revenge, February 2003
The Galvan Brides series
In Dante's Debt, January 2003
THe Galvan Brides series
The Sheikh's Wife, May 2002
The Secret, March 2002
Cooper's Corner multi-author series
Christos's Promise, October 2001
The Italian Groom, March 2001

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