Full Bloom [Mass Market Paperback]

Jayne Ann Krentz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1995

Jacob Stone was part bodyguard/troubleshooter for Ravenscroft International. Over the years, he'd pulled Emily Ravenscroft out of coutless acts of rebellion against her domineering family. Now he'd been summoned once again. Instead of a reckless hellion, he found a woman in charge of her life, who didn't need protection, but needed love. Did Jacob need this new kind of trouble?

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About the Author

Jayne Ann Krentz's acclaimed New York Times bestsellers include Light in Shadow, Smoke in Mirrors, Lost and Found, Soft Focus, Eye of the Beholder, Flash, and Grand Passion. She writes contemporary romantic suspense novels under her own name, futuristic novels as Jayne Castle (also available from Pocket Books), and historical romance novels under the pseudonym Amanda Quick. She lives in Seattle.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 251 pages
• Publisher: Mira (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551660431
• ISBN-13: 978-1551660431
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,318,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The author of over 50 New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ writes romantic-suspense, often with a psychic and paranormal twist, in three different worlds: Contemporary (as Jayne Ann Krentz), historical (as Amanda Quick) and futuristic (as Jayne Castle). There are over 35 million copies of her books in print.

Building on the success of her DREAMLIGHT TRILOGY in 2010, Jayne is now focused on writing the LOOKING GLASS TRILOGY. This series will follow the Quicksilver Mirror (a paranormal artifact) through all three of Jayne's worlds covering a time span of several hundred years.

The first LOOKING GLASS book, IN TOO DEEP, will feature Fallon Jones, a recurring character from Jayne's contemporary ARCANE SOCIETY series of novels.

When she's not writing, Jayne can be found at her favorite social networking site posting messages to her fans.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, December 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Full Bloom (Mass Market Paperback)

I was very disappointed when I read this book. Usually, I like Jayne Ann Krentz's books very much, but I constantly wanted to yell at Emily not to be such a wimp. She had just managed to stand up to her family and then she let herself be ordered around by her lover! And of course this Jacob wasn't one of my favorite characters either. I think bossy men are horrible and not even heroines in romances should fall in love with them.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very enjoyable read, October 2, 2002

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This review is from: Full Bloom (Harlequin Temptation, No 191) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book, have read it several times because I love the characters and the sparkling JAK bickering. Emily is patted on the head by her whole family, but she never really gives into them or loses her spunk. Jacob is one of the Alpha males that JAK characters loves to run circles around and this is one of her better 'early' works.

Her writing is sharp, the wit incisive and I love the heart she put into this one.

Emily has been in love with Jacob Stone, corporate trouble shooter for her families international business. He once rescued her from a kidnapper, and from that moment Emily secretly kept that awe and love locked in her heart. Two years later, she decided to act on that love and Stone turned her away.
Now,three years since that bruise to her heart, Stone is once more rescuing her from danger - this time a bad engagement. The family fears the son of a competitor is using Emily to gain stock in their business. I loved how Krentz's character thought of Stone, she "thought of him in the same way she thought of hurricanes, charging lions and marauding sharks." You got to love it!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Clearly an early work, December 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Full Bloom (Mass Market Paperback)

I agree with "Reader from the Midwest" that Emily is a wimpy, spineless disappointment, and Jacob is obnoxious and overbearing, like Emily's whole family. This is clearly an early work re-issued, before Ms. Krentz hit her stride with strong, well-rounded women and men who are strong without being dictatorial, domineering, or controlling. Don't give up on Krentz if this is the only one you've read, just stick to those written in the 1990's (or later). I've found the re-issues of the 1980's works of popular writers such as Krentz and Linda Howard to be almost uniformly disappointing. They often have the old romance formula of controlling, unable-to-express-love, know-it-all man and feisty (but not too much!) woman, who ultimately submits to most of his demands because he "loves" her. Who needs that kind of love? Anyway, try Jayne Ann Krentz again in her modern incarnation and don't waste money on these re-issues...