The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries

Award Winner from RT Book Reviews for How the Scoundrel Seduces (2014) Award Winner from RT Book Reviews for To Wed A Wild Lord (2011) HOLT Medallion Award of Merit, Virginia Romance Writers for The Truth About Lord Stoneville (2010).Career Achievement Award Winner, RT Book Reviews (2009).Award Winner from RT Book Reviews for Don’t Bargain with the Devil (2009) Maggie Award Winner for Best Historical for Only a Duke Will Do (2006).Winter Rose Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction for Never Seduce a Scoundrel (2006).More than Magic award for Best Historical for Never Seduce a Scoundrel (2006).More than Magic award for Best Historical for One Night with a Prince (2005).Hero Award from RT Book Reviews for To Pleasure a Prince (2005) Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for Best Historical Fiction for To Pleasure a Prince (2005).HOLT Medallion Contest for Best Short Historical, Virginia Romance Writers for In the Prince’s Bed (2004).Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Best Historical Romance for A Notorious Love (2001).Maggie Award for Best Historical Romance for The Dangerous Lord (2000).HOLT Best Long Historical, Virginia Romance Writers for The Dangerous Lord (2000).Her novels Beware a Scot's Revenge and Let Sleeping Rogues Lie became New York Times Bestsellers. She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas. Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure. Īfter realizing that she enjoyed writing more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night.

Bored with this attempt, she began writing a romance novel instead.

While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation.

in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve. When Jeffries was seven years old, her parents became missionaries and moved the family to Thailand where they lived for eleven years. Entertainment Weekly calls her 'one of the long-reigning leading voices in historical romance.' Early life Sabrina Jeffries (born 1958) is American author of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.

The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries