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Interview–Jennifer Shirk

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CTR: Today we are pleased to have Jennifer Shirk with us as we talk about all things romantic! We’re featuring the most romantic novels we can find and talking about romance in general, not just the kind on pages! After all, Valentine’s Day is almost here and it is “the day” for love and romance!

First, please tell us a bit about your book. A blurb, buy link, ISBN, and heat level are especially good to know!

JS: Thanks so much! My recent book Georgie on His Mind is definitely perfect for sweet romance lovers. Here’s a little bit about it:

Georgie on His Mind
By Jennifer Shirk
ISBN: 978-0803477827
Publisher: Avalon Books

Georgie Mayer has no boyfriend and rarely goes out. In short, she needs a life. Since she’s graduated college and returned back home, her brother’s protectiveness has been in overdrive, and she hasn’t been able to have any fun, never mind get a date.
So what’s a poor particularly attractive girl to do in a situation like this? The only thing she can do: find him a woman!
He’ll thank her for it in the end. That is, if his best friend Walt Somers would stop interfering with her plans. The handsome pharmacist has made no secret that he doesn’t approve of what she’s up to. Unfortunately, having Walt hanging around does strange things to her mind, and suddenly she can’t help but take a healthy interest in him. But how can Georgie entertain thoughts of the two of them together when Walt still treats her like his best friend’s little sister?

CTR: How do you define romance and romantic? Do you think these concepts are different today than they were say 25 or 50 or even more years ago? Is our parents’ or grandparents’ version of romance now passÃ©?

JS: Romance for me is all about those initial tingles you get when that attraction first sparks or when you get that first sense of love, which is why my books center more on that sexual tension and awareness than the actual sex part. For me, something “romantic” is anything dealing with the expression or feelings of love.
Do I think concepts have changed? Well, if you ask my mom, she’d say YES romantic concepts are different. But personally, I think although there have been changes in our culture as far as sexual roles and expression, the general concept of romance and what is romantic is the same.

CTR: What is the most romantic gesture or moment you ever witnessed or were involved in? Please share as much as you feel you can””no private secrets required if it is embarrassing but you are welcome to dish at least to the PG-13 level !

JS: Well, I always thought it was very romantic of my hubby to save our first date dinner receipt. After he signed the check, he made a joke and asked me if I wanted to keep the receipt for our scrapbook. I laughed considering it was our first date, but apparently he had a feeling about me and kept it””along with other little mementos from our early dating. (So sweet!)

CTR: Do you think “romance” is dying out, and by this I mean the traditional “hearts and flowers” kind of romance? Even the chivalric sorts of romantic connections featured in some ““particularly older””novels? It sometimes seems like young people now are more interested in “hooking up’ fast and easy via the social networks and high tech devices and that “romance” does not play a big role in the changing pattern of today’s relationships. Do you agree or not? If so, is this a good thing or maybe not so good?

JS: Well, I think it might seem this way with the way social networking and maybe with what some movies portray what’s going on. But I think when people find that certain special someone, they do fall back on more traditional forms of romance.

CTR: What is your favorite romantic book, movie and/or song and why?

JS: Oh, my romantic book”¦I’m going to have to fall back on an oldie but a goodie: Jane Eyre. The feelings that they had for one another where off the chart. Plus Jane wasn’t your traditional beautiful woman. But she was beautiful to him. *sigh*
For most romantic song, I would have to say, “Our Love is Here to Stay”. (It was our wedding song)

CTR: Is Valentine’s Day one of your fave holidays? Do you have a happy memory to share or a funny story? Some of us have one about our school days, a gesture by a special someone we once dated, etc. How do you plan to celebrate this year with your SO, spouse or partner or are you on your own?

JS: I LOVE””no pun intended””Valentine’s Day! But I think it should be more than once a year. You know it’s funny, when I was in dating, the whole concept of gifts and candy and flowers were very important to me. But now that I’ve found my true love, I don’t care about that stuff. I just want to be with him. (and go out to a nice dinner) LOL

CTR: Do you consider yourself a sentimental (romantic) person? (i.e.) Do you save all sorts of little souvenirs and use them to bring happy times to mind? Do you have the corsage from you big prom pressed in an old book? Still remember “your song’ with your first serious love? Do you moon over chick flicks with sweet and happy endings? Do you think happily ever after is really possible? Or is it maybe better to be more cool-headed and practical instead? Does the kind of Victorian ruffle and flourishes attitude really fit in our modern world?

JS: I totally moon over chick flicks!! Happily-ever-afters are definitely possible and I love any sort of media that represents that. And I do have a scrapbook with all kinds of souvenirs and keepsakes (movie stubs, pictures, notes, tickets, our wedding invitation, etc..). I don’t look at it often, but when I do I marvel at some of the sweet and wonderful things my hubby wrote to me when we were first dating. All those special tingles come back.

CTR: Thanks so much for sharing with us today and I hope our reader visitors will be inspired to visit your blog, web site, social networks and other connections to learn more about your and your books. Please give us some ways to contact you!

JS: Sure! And thank YOU for having me!
Feel free to check out my blog: http://www.jennifershirk.blogspot.com/
And my web site: http://www.jennifershirk.com/

Or I love to be social on the following networks:
Twitter: http://www.jennifershirk.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Jennifer-Shirk/100000745044647
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jennyshirk

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T. Anne
14 years ago

I think Jen’s book is going to be my Valentine gift to myself. =) Can’t wait to read it. It sounds GREAT!

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Cindy L
14 years ago

I think in the past I put too much emphasis on Valentine’s Day. Now we like to make it special for our boys. We usually have dinner at home and make chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered oreos for dessert.

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JoAnne Kenrick
14 years ago

awww — – I always thought it was very romantic of my hubby to save our first date dinner receipt. After he signed the check, he made a joke and asked me if I wanted to keep the receipt for our scrapbook. I laughed considering it was our first date, but apparently he had a feeling about me and kept itâ€”along with other little mementos from our early dating. (So sweet!)
NOW that is ROMANCE!!!

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Maria Zannini
14 years ago

I think it is so sweet that your ‘then’ date asked if you wanted to keep the dinner receipt.

He’s a keeper.

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Kit
14 years ago

Hi Jennifer,
Lovely interview! Georgie sounds like such a cute story! Can’t wait to read it. Sounds like you certainly found your true love!

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Gina Ardito
14 years ago

You had me melting at the dinner receipt. That’s about the sweetest thing I ever heard. I dated one guy who used to introduce me to people as his “future ex-wife.” But the hubster? Even if he had saved the cork from our first bottle of wine, it would have been to complain how much it cost him. (He let me choose. Fool.)

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Silke Juppenlatz
14 years ago

Awesome interview, Jennifer!
And I think Valentines Day is THE day every guy dreads. 🙂
They have no idea how easy we really are. 😉

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Clarissa Yip
14 years ago

Great interview! Your hubs sound so sweet! Valentine’s day is definitely around the corner. Can’t wait to hear your stories!

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Nina Croft
14 years ago

I love Jane Eyre as well and your hubby sounds a real sweetie! Enjoy Valentine’s day!

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Cyn
14 years ago

I love the reason you give for writing sweet romances, and I agree with you completely (even though I write erotica). Those first feelings are so wonderful…sigh.

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Lord Arik, a determined druid knight, traverses centuries to rescue his beloved wife, Rebeka, only to find her memory erased in the 21st century. As he grapples with the challenges of a new era, he uncovers traces of dark magick and a relentless enemy, Bran, whose thirst for revenge spans the ages.

Meanwhile, Professor Rebeka Tyler finds herself entangled in a web of mystery surrounding her ancestral home, Fayne Manor. With strange accidents endangering those she holds dear, Rebeka's world is turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious man from the past who seems oddly familiar yet out of place.

As past and present collide, Rebeka must navigate a treacherous path of deception and danger to safeguard her family's legacy. With time itself against them, Arik and Rebeka must unravel the secrets of their intertwined fates before it's too late.

Filled with suspense, romance, and a touch of magic, "Knight of Rapture" is a gripping tale of love that transcends time. Join Arik and Rebeka on an unforgettable adventure where the strongest magick of all is the power of their enduring bond

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ADD, Autism, and Dementia, Oh My! by Sabrina Jeffries
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I live in a neurodivergent family. I`m ADD, my son is profoundly autistic, my husband is on the ASD spectrum, and my dad is ADD, but also now has dementia, So, I try to include neurodivergent characters when I can. Unfortunately, I can`t really depict a profoundly autistic character in my historical romances, because no one knew about autism in the Regency, so no character can explain to any other character why the character with autism is how he or she is.

Besides, characters who have my son`s level of autism would, if they were lucky and their parents had money, have been sent to live with another family who took care of them. Some parents would visit their children occasionally at their new location. Many would not. After all, it was considered somehow shameful to have a "broken" child. Those neurodivergent kids who weren`t as lucky (or rich) would most likely have been sent to an asylum to live. That`s too unbearably sad for me to include in what I want to be joyful, satisfying books.

But once in a while, in real Regency life, families kept their precious disabled children and coddled and loved them, at least as long as they were able to do so. So, that was the path I chose for a minor character in my most recent book, Hazardous to a Duke`s Heart. I gave a happy ending to an eleven-year-old who is somewhat brain-damaged from an accident of birth. His name is Cyril, and by the end of the book, I fell completely in love with him. So, of course, in the end I gave him everything he could want in the world. Because being able to create moments like that is the whole reason I became a writer of happily ever after fiction in the first place!

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ADD, Autism, and Dementia, Oh My! by Sabrina Jeffries
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I live in a neurodivergent family. I'm ADD, my son is profoundly autistic, my husband is on the ASD spectrum, and my dad is ADD, but also now has dementia, So, I try to include neurodivergent characters when I can. Unfortunately, I can't really depict a profoundly autistic character in my historical romances, because no one knew about autism in the Regency, so no character can explain to any other character why the character with autism is how he or she is.

Besides, characters who have my son's level of autism would, if they were lucky and their parents had money, have been sent to live with another family who took care of them. Some parents would visit their children occasionally at their new location. Many would not. After all, it was considered somehow shameful to have a "broken" child. Those neurodivergent kids who weren't as lucky (or rich) would most likely have been sent to an asylum to live. That's too unbearably sad for me to include in what I want to be joyful, satisfying books.

But once in a while, in real Regency life, families kept their precious disabled children and coddled and loved them, at least as long as they were able to do so. So, that was the path I chose for a minor character in my most recent book, Hazardous to a Duke's Heart. I gave a happy ending to an eleven-year-old who is somewhat brain-damaged from an accident of birth. His name is Cyril, and by the end of the book, I fell completely in love with him. So, of course, in the end I gave him everything he could want in the world. Because being able to create moments like that is the whole reason I became a writer of happily ever after fiction in the first place!

Purchase Links:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1496751027?ie=UTF8&*entries*=0&viewID=&*Version*=1
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hazardous-to-a-dukes-heart-sabrina-jeffries/1146072435?ean=9781496751027
https://www.booksamillion.com/product/9781496751027/
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Will You Defy Your Past... or Be Consumed By It? by Vera Bell
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The sweeping journey spanning centuries, from medieval Ireland to the modern United States, reaches its breathtaking conclusion. "Beneath the Shadow of Time," Book 3 of the "Always and Forever trilogy," is here—and with it, the final chapter of an epic love story that defies time itself.

Two souls bound by fate. Two timelines on a collision course. One promise that refuses to die.

1566, Ireland
The Prince of Ulster swears an oath to the love of his life after a shocking twist shatters their world. But his vow may outlive them both.

2013, Miami
An FBI commander`s case unlocks memories of his tragic past and an unfinished promise. But if he waits too long to act, he may lose everything.

As Ryan`s classified case awakens Siena`s deepest fears, and shadows of the past close in, only the fulfillment of an ancient vow can stop the cycle of heartbreak. But time is running out — again.

Like the first two books, this is a tale of love against all odds, self-sacrifice, and redemption.

If you love time travel romance with elements of reincarnation, suspense, mystery, drama, and a touch of magic, don`t miss the grand finale of the Always and Forever trilogy!

Available now—grab your copy today!

Purchase Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKW862B
Bookfunnel: https://books.bookfunnel.com/alwaysandforever

Where You Can Find Vera
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Will You Defy Your Past... or Be Consumed By It? by Vera Bell
https://bit.ly/4knr7Cq

The sweeping journey spanning centuries, from medieval Ireland to the modern United States, reaches its breathtaking conclusion. "Beneath the Shadow of Time," Book 3 of the "Always and Forever trilogy," is here—and with it, the final chapter of an epic love story that defies time itself.

Two souls bound by fate. Two timelines on a collision course. One promise that refuses to die.

1566, Ireland
The Prince of Ulster swears an oath to the love of his life after a shocking twist shatters their world. But his vow may outlive them both.

2013, Miami
An FBI commander's case unlocks memories of his tragic past and an unfinished promise. But if he waits too long to act, he may lose everything.

As Ryan's classified case awakens Siena's deepest fears, and shadows of the past close in, only the fulfillment of an ancient vow can stop the cycle of heartbreak. But time is running out — again.

Like the first two books, this is a tale of love against all odds, self-sacrifice, and redemption.

If you love time travel romance with elements of reincarnation, suspense, mystery, drama, and a touch of magic, don't miss the grand finale of the Always and Forever trilogy!

Available now—grab your copy today!

Purchase Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKW862B
Bookfunnel: https://books.bookfunnel.com/alwaysandforever

Where You Can Find Vera
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingBells
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/verabellauthor
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verabellauthor
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/authorverabell

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The Lord Pretender by Sawyer North
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A sweet Regency with a mystical twist.
Step 1: Come up with the perfect plan
Emma Watts was almost the perfect lady. That is, until her father joined the notorious Prometheans’ Club and gambled away all her prospects. Now, cast out of society, and with only her name intact, Emma will do what a young, intelligent lady can when she is thwarted by circumstance. Take revenge, of course. And the gentlemen`s club, including its members, is first on the list…
Step 2: Find your target
Simon, the Earl of Blackburn, the most prominent member of the Prometheans, knows firsthand how dangerous a wily woman with an agenda can be; after all, his mother is the most devious of the species. But a string of chance encounters with a charming and breathtaking stranger leads him to reconsider.
Step 3: Then watch your plans go beautifully to pieces
Upon learning that a mystery woman is digging up dirt on his club brothers, Simon volunteers to uncover her identity and ruin her by any means necessary. But all it takes is a nasty thunderstorm to completely switch Emma`s and Simon`s lives. Their perspectives aren’t the only things that change though, when they wake up in each other’s bodies…
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Where You Can Find Sawyer
Author Site: https://sawyernorth.comHistory Podcast: https://plottwistedhistory.podbean.com
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The Magician`s Daughter by Alison Chambers
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`A crime story rich in wartime intrigue. A compelling read.` Barry Lees, author of The Last Known Sighting

October 1942.

Deadly espionage attacks are escalating across US Army Air Force bases stationed around London, threatening to derail the upcoming goodwill visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Brigadier General Maximilian Landry, commander of the base in Heathbridge, is on his way to attend the birthday party of his mentor, General Bedford ‘Ford’ Masterson, when his car misses hazardous boulders strewn in his path - one in a series of sabotage incidents.

A female OSS agent, Corporal Anne Beasley, is sent to investigate the disruption. She soon finds herself embroiled in a labyrinth of deceit, where nothing is as it seems.

While Anne serves as Landry’s temporary adjutant during a severe staffing shortage, Max grows suspicious of her and asks Major Brett Calloway, who he has served with for over ten years, to spy on her.

As the attacks increase, suspicions mount surrounding who could be responsible as confidential information is leaked. With no one to turn to and no one who will believe her, the agent fights desperately to defend herself and uncover the culprit.

A conspiracy unfolds, which could not only endanger the life of the First Lady, but threaten the success of the war effort itself.

Purchase Link: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW9JF5QD

Where You Can Find Alison

https://alisonchambersromance.com

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The Magician's Daughter by Alison Chambers
https://bit.ly/43fP6NX

'A crime story rich in wartime intrigue. A compelling read.' Barry Lees, author of The Last Known Sighting

October 1942.

Deadly espionage attacks are escalating across US Army Air Force bases stationed around London, threatening to derail the upcoming goodwill visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Brigadier General Maximilian Landry, commander of the base in Heathbridge, is on his way to attend the birthday party of his mentor, General Bedford ‘Ford’ Masterson, when his car misses hazardous boulders strewn in his path - one in a series of sabotage incidents.

A female OSS agent, Corporal Anne Beasley, is sent to investigate the disruption. She soon finds herself embroiled in a labyrinth of deceit, where nothing is as it seems.

While Anne serves as Landry’s temporary adjutant during a severe staffing shortage, Max grows suspicious of her and asks Major Brett Calloway, who he has served with for over ten years, to spy on her.

As the attacks increase, suspicions mount surrounding who could be responsible as confidential information is leaked. With no one to turn to and no one who will believe her, the agent fights desperately to defend herself and uncover the culprit.

A conspiracy unfolds, which could not only endanger the life of the First Lady, but threaten the success of the war effort itself.

Purchase Link: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW9JF5QD

Where You Can Find Alison

https://alisonchambersromance.com

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