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Jayne Ann Castle was born on March 28, 1948 in Borrego Springs, California. She obtained a B.A in History and a Masters degree in Library Science. After graduation, she married Frank Krentz, an engineer. She was working at the Duke University library, when she published her first novels in 1979.
Now, Jayne Ann Castle Krentz with her seven pen-names is considered a pillar in the contemporary romance genre. For some time now, she has only used three pen-names for each of three different time periods: "Jayne Ann Krentz" (her married name) for the present, "Jayne Castle" (her birth name) for the future and "Amanda Quick," for historical. She is famous for her work ethic, beginning her writing by 7 am six days a week. Her heroines are rarely damsels in distress, often act heroically. Her novels also contain mystery or paranormal elements.
Full Series List in Order
Colter Saga
1 - Fabulous Beast (Apr-1984)2 - The Devil to Pay (Feb-1985)
Multi-Author Series List
Men of Society
1 - Stormy Challenge (Jul-1982)Book List in Order: 30 titles
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A Passionate Business
- Jul-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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SHE WOULD ONLY MARRY FOR LOVE Lifting her glass in salute, Hilary congratulated herself for nipping her father's plans in the bud. Ever since he decided to arrange her marriage, Hilary had been fending off wealthy entrepreneurs whose only real...
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Dangerous Magic
- Apr-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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Mills & Boon Special Edition - 15
Silhouette Special Edition - 15
Stephanie James Collector's Edition - 2
HER HEART'S KEEPER... Elissa Sheldon fought her way up the corporate ladder -- and into Wade Taggert's arms. Her sultry innocence intrigued him, and he set out on a campaign of seduction that stripped her emotions bare and left her quivering i...
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Corporate Affair
- Jun-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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AMOROUS AMBUSH Under Kalinda Brady's cool silk surface was a smoldering heart waiting to be set afire. But the beautiful tycoon hadn't expected the sparks to fly with Rand Alastair, artist and fisherman, the stranger whose caresses left her yearn...
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Stormy Challenge
- Jul-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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Men of Society - 1
Mills & Boon Special Edition - 35
Silhouette Special Edition - 35
Stephanie James Collector's Edition - 4
Leya Brandon thought her heart was protected against Court Tremayne, but she had underestimated his determination to win her for his own. He set out on a campaign to challenge her heart and storm the barriers in her mind. And before he finished, ...
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Velvet Touch
- Aug-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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SWEET SURRENDER... Tawny, elegant Lacey Seldon was determined to cut loose from her librarian past and find liberation in the Northwest. An island paradise in Puget Sound seemed the perfect place to begin...until she met Holt Randolph. Holt was u...
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Lover in Pursuit
- Oct-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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PASSION IN PARADISE The light in his amber eyes lit embers that hadn't died. But Reyna MacKenzie vowed she'd never again succumb to Trevor Langdon's promise of love. He'd come to Hawaii to reclaim her. But six months in the tropic...
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Renaissance Man
- Nov-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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RENAISSANCE ROMANCE Rare-book dealer Alina Corey decided to live like the heroine of her favorite Renaissance book, presiding over a court of glittering literati, a witty distance from love. It worked...until Jared Troy, a combative Renaissance sc...
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Reckless Passion
- Dec-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE DEVIL WITHIN A MAN OF MANY TALENTS... With his carefully groomed Southern manners, Yale Ransom might have stepped straight out of Gone With The Wind. But stockbroker Dara Bancroft sensed a primal force beneath the glossy surface of her prosp...
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Price of Surrender
- Jan-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER Holt Sinclaire thought everything had its price--until he met a woman who couldn't be bought. Adena West had come to him on a matter of business, but suddenly it was a different affair. With reckless courage she entered his ...
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Affair of Honor
- Mar-1983
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A QUESTION OF HONOR Icy silver eyes held her captive until Ryder Sterne decided that his lovely prisoner wasn't a trespasser after all. But the electric encounter between the daredevil writer and beautiful philosophy professor Brenna Llewellyn...
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To Tame the Hunter
- Apr-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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Men Made In America (reissues) - 44
Mills & Boon Desire - 55
Silhouette Desire - 55
Stephanie James Collector's Edition - 29
LADY-KILLER ON THE PROWL Selena Caldwell tried to escape to a Utah resort, but York Sutherland followed, like a jaguar stalking its prey He would have her and his revenge on the man she'd left, the competitor he promised to destroy by taking a...
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Gamemaster
- Jun-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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PLAYERS IN A TOUCH-AND-GO GAME Shelley Banning was an enterprising accountant determined to acquire aid for one of her financially ailing clients. Her first task was to secure a loan from Joel Cassidy, ruler of a successful video-game empire. But Jo...
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Serpent in Paradise
- Aug-1983
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Had she listened to a lover's lies? Amy Shannon met Jase Lassiter under the sign of the serpent, and she should have heeded the warning. At first he promised paradise, offering her nights of love and days of sheer delight. But the taste of ho...
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The Silver Snare
- Sep-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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"I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU MINE, JESSIE. TOTALLY & COMPLETELY" Their strong wills clashed from the moment the small plane crash-landed in the desert. But only one could win: Lucas Kincaid, primitive male, who dared to claim Jessica Travers...
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Battle Prize
- Nov-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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WARRING DESIRES... It started so innocently, when rugged, sensual Gage Fletcher challenged Rani Cameron to a war game. But Rani soon felt his desire to dominate her, to make her leave the charm of New Mexico, and to take her back to Dallas to conf...
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Raven's Prey
- Nov-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED... Honor Knight had to convince Judd Raven to let her go. Her life depended on it! But he refused to believe that the two men who had hired him to find her were anything but what they claimed to be: her father and brother...
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Body Guard
- Dec-1983
- / Contemporary Romance
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HE WAS PROTECTING HER FOR HIMSELF Being saddled with a paid bodyguard for two weeks in Hawaii was not Sabrina's idea of a dream vacation. But her mother took the kidnapping threats seriously, like it or not, she was stuck with Jake Devlin as s...
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Gambler's Woman
- Feb-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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DOUBLE IDENTITY... Alyssa Chandler was a woman of two worlds. During the week she was a probabilities expert, cool and down to earth as she sorted through facts and figures. On the weekends she entered the fantasy world of Las Vegas and put her k...
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Fabulous Beast
- Apr-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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Colter Saga - 1
Mills & Boon Desire - 127
Silhouette Desire - 127
Stephanie James Collector's Edition - 31
SLUMBERING DRAGON Tabitha Graham thought she had found a soulmate when she rescued Dev Colter from a dangerous situation on a remote Caribbean island. She thought he was a kindred spirit: gentle, shy and in need of love. But Colter proved to b...
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Night of the Magician
- Jul-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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SPELLBOUND If there was one thing Ariana Warfield understood, it was money. As a financial planner in charge of her family's accounts, she'd known immediately that her Aunt Philomena was being swindled by a charlatan psychic. Lucian Hawk, devasta...
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Nightwalker
- Oct-1984
- / Paranormal Romance
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DEAD OF NIGHT Cassie was alone in the old mansion when the lights went out. Then three knocks on the heavy front door resounded through the house. Lashed by rain, Justin Drake stood at her doorstep. A sudden bolt of lightning illuminated the dark...
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The Devil to Pay
- Feb-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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Colter Saga - 2
Mills & Boon Desire - 187
Silhouette Desire - 187
Stephanie James Collector's Edition - 34
THE PRICE OF LOVE Just as Emelina Stratton was about to break into an empty beach cottage, a man materialized out of the fog with a Doberman at his heel. Julian Cotter was as quietly lethal-looking as his dog. A man who exuded an aura of command ...
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Golden Goddess
- Oct-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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SMUGGLED TREASURE Hannah Prescott had indulged in an innocent fantasy about Jarrett Blade, the handsome stranger books on the same plane with her on her vacation to Hawaii. But when this same man forced his way into her life by breaking into her h...
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Cautious Lover
- Jan-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE Jess Winter always operated with a master plan, and Elly Trent found herself on schedule to marry him. He said she was everything he wanted: undemanding, reliable, tolerant -- and she could cook! Elly wanted to scream. Jess ...
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Green Fire
- May-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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STRAY CAT STRUT Flint Cottrell had been driven all his life by a restlessness that didn't allow any peace. He chased legends and treasures, wrote about them, sold his stories to magazines when he could, did odd jobs when he couldn't. But ...
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Second Wife
- Oct-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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TO ERR IS HUMAN Flynn Rammage had not behaved well. Eight months ago, hurting from the breakup of his marriage, he'd been angry at the world. That hadn't stopped his attraction to Heather Devany, but he'd loved, then left her. Now h...
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The Challoner Bride
- Mar-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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HE WAS A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE... A man with a past. But Flynn Challoner had big plans for the future. Hard-driving and iron-willed, he meant to find a dynasty...and for that he needed a woman. Angie Morgan had every reason to doubt Flynn. He had ...
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Saxon's Lady
- Aug-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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HE WAS THERE TO CLAIM HIS BRIDE Devon Ellwood had been about to leave her small hometown when Garth Saxon had swept her into his arms for one passion-filled night. She'd agreed to return to marry him, but had insisted on a year of freedom. Now the...
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The Russian Mutt
What's in a name? Some people believed it was all that you truly owned in this world, but that couldn't be farthest from the truth. For some a name is passed on through generations, demanding a life that one is never truly prepared for; to follow in ...
