Jayne Ann Krentz is an American author of contemporary, historical, and futuristic romantic suspense novels, many of which have been New York Times bestsellers. She writes under multiple pen names, including Amanda Quick for historical romance and Jayne Castle for futuristic/paranormal stories.
Bio
Krentz, born Jayne Ann Castle, holds a BA in History and a Master's degree in Library Science. She worked as a librarian before becoming a full-time writer and is a proponent of the romance genre. She edited the essay collection Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance. Krentz uses different pen names to distinguish between her subgenres:
Deep Waters, published in 1997, is a contemporary romantic-suspense novel. The story features corporate figures Charity Truitt and Elias Winter who seek a change in their lives and find themselves in Whispering Waters Cove, a town with hidden secrets. Despite wanting to avoid romance, they are drawn to each other and must work together to solve a series of murders. Elias, a martial arts expert, is inexperienced in relationships, while Charity is a former CEO learning about love.
I can also find books under her other pen names, Amanda Quick or Jayne Castle, or other standalone novels by Jayne Ann Krentz.
Jayne Ann Krentz, Whispering Springs Book 1: Light in the Shadow
Zoe Luce is a successful interior designer in the Arizona town of Whispering Springs who's developed an unusual career specialty-helping recently divorced clients redesign their homes, to help them forget the past and start anew. But Zoe knows that some things can't be covered up with a coat of paint. And when she senses that one of her clients may be hiding a dark secret, she enlists P.I. Ethan Truax to find the truth.
Working together, they solve the mystery . . . and barely escape with their lives. But Ethan's exquisite detection skills are starting to backfire on Zoe: she never wanted to let him find out about her former life; she never wanted to reveal her powerful, inexplicable gift for sensing the history hidden within a house's walls; she never wanted him to know that "Zoe Luce" doesn't really exist. She never wanted to fall in love with him.
Now, no matter how much she resists, Ethan may be her only hope-because the people she's been running from have found her. And just when Zoe dares to dream of a normal life and a future with the man she loves, her own past starts to shadow her every step-and threatens to take her back into a nightmare.