Maybe This Time
In stores on August 31, 2010.
Previously titled Always Kiss Me Goodnight, this is Jenny’s version of The Turn of the Screw: Emmeline takes a job caring for two orphans in the middle of nowhere (also known as Southern Ohio) at the behest of her ex-husband, and ends up with a houseful of delinquents, ex-in-laws, and ghosts. Plus there’s a haunted couch. Trouble ensues. more »
Liz Danger Mystery Series
First two novels scheduled for release in summer 2011.
A four book limited romantic mystery series about ghostwriter Liz Danger who goes back to her home town, Birney, Ohio, and finds love and crime. Complicating everything is Vince, the new cop on the local beat, who makes Liz think twice about her aversion to Birney in particular and commitment in general.
Works listed below this line are currently on hold… in other words, don’t hold your breath.
She Writes
Jenny’s Guide to Writing. She has the notes for this. Copious notes. Plus her half of the He Wrote/She Wrote blog she did with Bob Mayer. Plus a ton of notes from Argh Ink. Tons of stuff. Now all she has to do it organize it.
You Again
This is Jenny’s homage to Agatha Christie. Zelda gets trapped in a big house during Christmas week with the man who was the boy she loved when she was fifteen, as she’s trying to solve the biggest mystery of her life. Food, sex, death, dogs, Mexican folk art, snark, and Christmas carols. This one is on hold while Jenny figures out how to fix it.
Slow Men (working title)
Suze and Riley are holding down the fort at the detective agency, solving cases like The Big Nap and ChinaTown (fraud in a housewares store) while trying to solve the mystery of their relationship (what relationship, it’s not working out). This one is on hold because the other stuff above comes before it.
Just Wanted You To Know and Other Stories
This is a collection of short stories Jenny wrote for her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at OSU. The finished collection was supposed to be about three women (Quinn, Darla, and Stephanie) and their mothers, their sisters, and their daughters. Some of the titles are “Just Wanted You To Know,” “The Day My Sister Shot the Mailman and Got Away With It, Of Course,” “The Damn Goat Story,” and “I Am At My Sister’s Wedding.” (The characters in these stories became the basis for Crazy for You.) If it ever gets done, it’ll probably just be a collection of short fiction.
The Feminization of Enchantment: Women’s Popular Fiction in Late 20th Century America
This is Jenny’s dissertation for her Ph.D. at Ohio State, an analysis of how women’s popular fiction (romance in particular) has addressed the issues of women’s identity, community, love, and sexuality while rewriting toxic myths, legends and fairy tales.
