Who is Jerri Drennen?
Being raised on a farm in Minnesota where Winter's were long and spent snowed-in inside a hundred-year-old farm house was where Jerri Drennen began her love of reading and storytelling. Years later, having married and moved to Missouri, she needed an outlet when her youngest of four was three and tried her hand at writing. She found the music of her heart--romance. Many books later, she has a full-length contemporary romance and three romantic suspense novellas available in e-book and print at Samhain Publishing and a romantic suspense at The Wild Rose Press. With Liquid Silver books she has an action-adventure romance and another contracted.
Tasty Tidbit about Jerri Drennen
What is your favorite season?
Summer usually but this year it was way too hot.
What is your favorite movie?
Pride & Prejudice
What kind of vehicle do you drive?
Toyota Camry
If you could be any animal what would it be?
Cat
Have you ever gone commando (no underwear)?
No
Interview with Jerri
What genre do you write?
Romantic Suspense
What made you decide to write the genre you do?
I enjoy putting characters into peril to see how they survive.
When not writing, what hobbies/interests do you have?
I love to draw and yard sale.
What authors/individual inspired you to become a writer?
Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught and Johanna Lindsey
What is your latest book about?
It's Untouched and it's about two people meeting in the jungle and finding that missing something in each other.
When did it come out?
The book came out in September of 2010.
Was there anything that inspired you to write it?
Yes. My husband loves anything Knights Templar and it rubbed off onto me. My hero, Travis goes in search of Templar treasure and finds something more precious--love.
If you could pick any celebrities to play your main characters in a movie, who would they be and why?
Well, in this story I used Dermot Malroney as my image for Travis. Randomly though, I'd choose Alex O'Loughlin because he's gorgeous.
Does your family know about your writing career?
Of course. I've been writing for forever and my sister, Cindy, is my biggest supporter. She is the first to read any of my stuff.
If so what do they say about it?
As far as immediate family, my husband and kids, they are very proud of me. I actually got to do a book signing at Borders. Stephanie Meyers did one in the same store the week before and we are on a Borders flyer together. How many people can say that?
What are your thoughts on eBook piracy?
I don't like it.
I want to thank Jerri for taking the time for this interview. If you want to find out more about Jerri Drennen’s works, check out her links.
Where can you find Jerri?
Check out Jerri’s latest release,
Untouched
Botanist Madeline Wentworth is relieved to be heading into the Amazon, far from the university and the vicious rumors circulating about her failed love affair. But on arriving in Peru, her team finds their guide dead with a small puncture wound to his neck. Waiting to replace him is Travis Kane, Amazon guide, treasure hunter, and superhunk. Mattie is instantly attracted but uncomfortably suspicious. When a member of her team falls ill and a similar puncture wound is found on his body, her suspicions deepen.
Travis has stuck with being a jungle guide for over ten years despite a run of unsavory clients. The rain forest is full of hidden ruins and undiscovered treasure, and he’s determined to find his share. But when his grandfather dies, leaving a letter boasting of Templar gold, he’s sure it's nothing more than an old man’s delusion. Everything changes when he finds his grandfather’s map. With high hopes, he leads Mattie’s team into the rain forest and finds himself overwhelmed by the beautiful blonde. When the group is attacked and has to fight its way out of the jungle, Travis discovers something more precious than gold--the love of a woman who’s made him want to be a better man.
Excerpt
Travis stripped the clothes from his body and waded into the cool water, determined to lose that picture before his swim was over.
He had to get a few hours sleep tonight or he’d have a hard time staying awake tomorrow.
For what seemed like an hour, he swam, gliding fluidly on the surface of the water, hoping it’d tire him out.
A splashing sound from the edge of the pool put him on alert.
He treaded water, his gaze darting around the pool, then coming to land on Mattie, whose barely-clothed body skimmed through the water, the moonlight casting a glow around her as if she were a ghost.
Travis sucked in a breath, caught up in her movement as she closed in on him.
What the hell was she doing? He had only so much control, and it was being seriously diminished by the look in her eyes.
As she neared, he struggled to breathe. “What do you want, Mattie?”
“I couldn’t sleep.” The words came out in a seductive whisper, and his cock throbbed under the cool water.
Christ Almighty.
How was he going to fight his desire when everything she did turned him on?
“You’re going to be worn out if you don’t get some rest.” Was he telling her or himself that?
“You haven’t been sleeping either, have you?” She inched closer to him.
If not for the water swirling around him, he’d have gone up in flames. “I’m used to not getting much rest in the jungle.”
She smiled, then dunked her head under the water and resurfaced.
As if in a trance, Travis watched her hands glide down her long blonde tresses, wringing out the water, the droplets on her face shining in the moonlight. He was lost in her eyes--lost in one particular drop of water on her plump bottom lip. Never in his life had he wanted to kiss a woman so badly. He could almost feel her mouth fused on his--taste the cool water on her lips.
This was insane.
She was on the move again, skimming through the water, her intent clear. She wanted him to kiss her, and more. How could he resist the open seduction, especially with his body screaming to stop thinking and start kissing?
When her toes curled around his beneath the water, an electric current shot up his leg, spreading out to every appendage, causing one in particular to go rigid.
She reached a wet hand out and traced the line of his bottom lip. “You have a beautiful mouth.” It was said so low he wondered if she’d meant to say it aloud.
This whole thing was getting out of control fast. He either had to stop her now or kiss her until she passed out.
Her index finger dipped into his mouth.
Shit.
Review
http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/recommended-reviews/november-2010-recommended-reads/untouched-by-jerri-drennen
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Nice interview, ladies.
ReplyDeleteI am curious though, Jerri, how the "Un..." series came about - what inspired you to use words starting with "un," that is.
Great interview, you two!!!
ReplyDeleteMan, leave it to you to ask that question, David. Untouched just fit and to connect them I thought I should use the Un in all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by, Elaina!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great interview, Jenika!
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