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Charlene began her writing life at an early age, often penning stories with herself cast as the heroine. She loved the Old West and yearned to live in a small town. After college, a dream drove her to dig out an old typewriter and begin her first novel.
While that book never sold, her second one did. Tender Touch became a Golden Heart finalist and earned her an agent who won her a three-book contract with Kensington Publishing. They published five of Charlene's western historical romances: Taming Jenna (1994); Tender Touch (1994 Golden Heart Finalist); Forever Mine (1996 Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award Nominee, and Affaire de Coeur Reader/Writer Poll finalist); To Have and To Hold (1997 Affaire de Coeur Reader/Writer Poll finalist); and, writing as Rachel Summers, The Scent of Roses (1999) now published under her own name.
Charlene took a break from publishing, but not from writing. Currently, she's reworking that first book she wrote because of a vivid dream.
When not writing, she loves to travel, research genealogy, create digital scrapbooks, crochet, and dye eggs in the Ukrainian style. She also enjoys camping and fishing with her husband in the Utah wilderness. Besides writing, she designs book covers for authors.
She loves hearing from readers. You can contact her through:
Website (http://www.charleneraddon.com)
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/charlene.b.raddon)
Twitter (http://twitter.com/CRaddon)
For historical romancebook covers by Charlene, go to
http://www.silversagebookcovers.com
Thank you for reading Taming Jenna.
If you liked this story, I hope you’ll take time to leave a review online. Reviews are a great way to thank an author for a good book.
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