Jaclyn M. Hawkes grew up in Utah with 6 sisters, 4 brothers and any number of pets. (It was never boring!) She got a bachelor’s degree, had a career and traveled extensively before settling down to her life’s work of being the mother of four magnificent and sometimes challenging children. She loves shellfish, the out of doors, the youth and hearing her children laugh. She and her fine husband, their family, and their sometimes very large pets, now live in a mountain valley in northern Utah, where it smells like heaven and kids still move sprinkler pipe.
Tell us a bit about your family. My family is the best! There’s my husband of 23 years. He’s handsome and funny and patient and smart and I adore him. Then I have 4 children and a wonderful new son-in-law. My daughter and son-in-law are 21 and 22. They are currently in college. I have a 19 year old son on a mission in the Philippines and then a younger son and daughter still at home. They are all awesome young humans! They’ve been my life’s work and while it hasn’t all been perfect, it’s been the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.
My favorite color is purple.
My favorite place in the whole world is my bedroom, with my husband, in the evening in early summer with the canyon breeze and the sound of my stream outside the window.
My favorite quality about myself is my willingness to figure something out.
My favorite quote is: “Don’t listen to that mocking little voice that tells you to be more realistic. Ignore it. You can accept reality as it is, or create it as you want it to be.” Michael Hyatt
I am most proud of raising my children. They are wonderful young people.
How long have you been writing for? I’ve been writing for about four years. I write non-erotica romance. And I’m not sure what inspired me to write my first book. I just kept feeling like I should write the thoughts rolling around in my head.
Most challenging thing about writing a book? I think the most challenging thing about writing a book is just simply finishing such a big project. Then of course the marketing is a pain. I love writing—hate marketing!
A little bit about my current work: It’s a great tale of two young peasants in medieval Europe who love each other dearly, but have to choose between their own needs and what is best for their kingdom. It’s full of great bits of humor and danger and action and fear and love and . . . You’ll have to read it to find out!
Thanks for letting me share on your blog, Jaclyn
Above Rubies
His chivalry was strangling her. He thought he was helping her—and in truth, he was. She was in desperate straits. But as honorable as he was, he was also breaking her heart. Her attraction was drowning him. When World Champion rodeo cowboy Rossen Rockland and his friends rescue a young runaway who has been abused by her foster father and take her home to his parents’ ranch, he expects her to turn out to be a pain in the neck. And sometimes she is. It doesn’t take him long to figure out that she has way more than her allotment of troubles—and far more than her share of gifts. Lovely, talented, and ravingly brilliant, Kit Star is too young, unbelievably humble, and oh, so loveable. Knowing that she needs his protection and time to grow into her potential, Rossen also figures out that what she really is, is a pain in the heart. Watch for more of the Rockland Ranch Series!Praise for Above Rubies:
I absolutely could not put this book down. It had me laughing, crying, angry and pretty much every other emotion. I can not wait for the next one in the series to come out. Keep them coming!!! ~Addicted to Books This is the second book in the Rockland Ranch Romance Series. It can be read as a stand alone or copies of Peace River can be supplied if you would also like to review it.
Peace River (Book 1)
The police didn't understand the danger, but she did. Her father had always been abusive, but now, with a ten million dollar Thoroughbred farm on the line, and a powerful bookie leaning on him, her father had become out of control. But how do you get away and take a world famous stallion with you? Carrie was getting desperate when a handsome and honorable but thoroughly cynical rodeo cowboy from Wyoming happened to show up with a horse trailer. He didn't ride a white horse, but he was definitely a knight in shining armor. He'll protect her from the mob, but can she survive falling in love with a bull rider?Praise for Peace River
"Give me a clean romance, humor and a good looking cowboy and I'm a happy girl. LDS fiction isn't always my favorite but I really enjoyed the characters and adventure in this book." ~Carol - Goodreads "There was plenty of action, adventure and danger to keep me guessing just how everything was going to turn out. I didn't want to put it down until I finished! Jaclyn Hawkes is one of my favorite LDS romance authors. You really can't go wrong with any of her books that you pick up!" ~Cathy -Goodreads
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