Jean Maxwell

Biography

Jean Maxwell was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the tail-end of the baby boomer era, which she says makes her a "late-boomer". It's a lot like her writing, which she didn't start until many decades later. But Jean was always an artist at heart, having practically come out of the womb with pencil in hand and blessed with (as the fictional John Hammond put it) a 'deplorable excess' of creativity. A graphic designer as well as a musician, the muses clearly have had their way with her and aren't done yet. To date, she has 5 published novels to her credit and more than a dozen ghostwritten works. To keep a pulse on the public's literary tastes, she also reviews books for a popular romance review website. She still resides in her home town and enjoys things 'the Canadian way', which means having the outdoors as a best friend, apologizing for no real reason, bemoaning an overtaxed and over-governed society but remaining blissfully unconcerned about politics, religion or gender issues. We think it's the weed.... :)

Smashwords Interview

When did you first start writing?
I had the idea for my first book for about 10 years before actually sitting down to write it during a NaNoWriMo challenge!
What's the story behind your latest book?
My most recent release, Winter Symphony, is a very personal story. I was one of those 'band geeks' in school, but I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Lifelong relationships began in that school band room, just as they did for Jenna and Brandon. The two characters meet in high school but their lives diverge wildly before coming full circle 20 years later. Their love of music is the tie that binds.
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Where to find Jean Maxwell online

Series

Spanish Seduction
A multi-generational saga of passion, vision, and the legacies of a family business operating in every continent on the globe. Engineer Tristan Flynn sets the story in motion when he meets and marries young Marlena Sanchez while travelling through Spain as a backpacking undergrad, eventually establishing Flynn Enterprises, a multi-billion dollar engineering firm. The series follows the lives and loves of their offspring, business colleagues and descendants, each of whom bring their own passions to the Flynn dynasty, criss-crossing oceans, continents and racial boundaries.
El Mirador
Price: $4.99 USD.
Overtures
A collection of lyrical, inspiring and sometimes bittersweet love stories of talented and passionate artists whose devotion to their craft is matched only by their love for each other.
Winter Symphony
Price: $2.99 USD.
Nine Lives Chronicles
Tales of magic, witchcraft and lust for both love and power, as seen through the feline eyes of a much-loved and long-lived familiar to generations of witches.
The Witch Doctor
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

Incendio: The Flames of Passion
Series: Spanish Seduction, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 57,790. Language: English. Published: July 27, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Incendio: noun; Spanish; To be consumed by flame. Such is young Marlena Sanchez’ world when the dashing Tristan Flynn arrives at her ancestral home in Zaragoza, having saved her wayward and vivacious Aunt Juliana from dying in a horrific fire. Marlena eyes the handsome foreigner with suspicion but soon sees him in a very different light, and as a means to escape her predictable, unexciting life.
El Mirador
Series: Spanish Seduction, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 59,810. Language: English. Published: June 29, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Building a legacy...can be a beach. Rebuilding it...can be deadly. Neither romance nor intrigue are on Zara Flynn's agenda, but receives a bulldozer-load of both when she inherits the family construction business along with El Mirador, a forbidding and abandoned property on the sultry, breathtaking shores of the Costa del Sol.
El Precio: The Price of Passion
Series: Spanish Seduction, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 56,880. Language: English. Published: June 28, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Following your passions, whether in your past, present, or future, comes at a price. With her career and her heart both at stake, will architect Zara Flynn let the past jeopardize her future with the man she loves and the legacy she's fought so hard to protect?
Winter Symphony
Series: Overtures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,800. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Later in Life, Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
When the music of life fades to a predictable hum, can your heart remember the rhythm of love? When an old flame she thought long dead suddenly flares to life, a musician, wife and mom must decide if something she always wanted is still something she’s willing to risk everything for.
The Witch Doctor
Series: Nine Lives Chronicles. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 49,220. Language: Canadian English. Published: September 19, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Witches, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Witches
The Doctor is most definitely in...take your sexual medicine with a visit to sexy, brilliant Dr. Valor McCaine, who just happens to be a 200-year-old warlock with a bedside manner to die for!

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