Meet Awesome Romance Writer Judy Kentrus

An author who writes across the romance genres? Meet romance writer Judy Kentrus. She is here today to tell us about the many different romances she has written and to inspire us all.

Welcome Judy…

Hi, I’m Judy Kentrus.  I write Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Seasoned Romance, and Historical Romance.

I’ve always been a romantic at heart and married my high school sweetheart. After raising our two wonderful children, I followed my dream to publish my books. My stories are fun, sexy romances that will make you laugh, cry and fall in love.

I make my home in the north east corner of Pennsylvania.  People laugh when I tell them that I have to travel through three states to go food shopping.  From PA, I cross over the Delaware River.  That puts me in New York State.  I get off the first exit.  At the light I go into New Jersey.

What are some of your favorite things? 

When I’m not at my computer giving couples their happily-ever-after, you can find me in the kitchen, baking. I’ve been dubbed the cookie queen by my family and friends.  I make cookies all year round, but at Christmas, I make fifteen different kinds of cookies and put together plates of cookies as gifts.  I also post recipes on my website.

Do your travels influence your writing?

We owned a motorhome and traveled all around the country.  We visited all but 5 states.  Our adventures include ten cruises that took us to Hawaii, Alaska and through the Panama Canal.  As a result, our travels have had a great deal of influence in my books.  Frozen Hearts, takes place in Alaska. My Vanderbilt Series, brings you to Naples, Florida.  I have a US Park Ranger Series.  I was fortunate enough to be able to interview two US park rangers to find out about their jobs and the challenges they face.

How much research do you do for each book you write? 

I’m a stickler for detail, so I do a great deal of research that includes the education needed for a particular profession. It’s important that you know what you’re talking about.  Readers are very smart and will let you know if something that you’ve written is not correct. In A Timeless Kiss, I have a Forensic Odontologist, a forensic expert who examines the teeth of a dead person to determine their identity. 

Talk about research. I’m launching my first historical romantic suspense on March 20^th.  I spent more than two years researching this book – in between writing others.  It takes place in 1849.  I learned about men and women’s fashions, architecture, and even what it takes to sail a ship. I loved writing the book as well as the challenge.

Can you tell us about any other upcoming books, series, writing plans.

I’m very excited about launching my first historical, romantic suspense, on March 20^th.

Spirit of the Winds, is about the maiden voyage of a new a clipper ship.  Cadell Leighton’s dream is about to come true, captain his own ship.  When Katherine Jameson, a spoiled society chit challenges command and ownership, the storms won’t only be confined to the ocean.

Readers can download a FREE prequel to the novel.  I had a lot of fun writing about Cadell and Katherine’s grow up years and the things that influenced their lives.

In July, I’ll be launching the fifth book in my Eden Prairie series.  “Tastes of Summer.” It’s about having fun in the summer and a barbecue cook off!  Yup, there’s even a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel.  I’ll have a couple of tasty recipes in the back of the book.   

All of my books are listed on my website. Quite a number of are available on KU. Click on the cover and it will take you to Amazon.

Thank you Zara for having me as a guest on your blog. 

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Spirit of the Winds

by Judy Kentrus

“All I want is my ship and the sea. No woman will ever run my life. I don’t need love.”
Cadell Leighton

No man is going to tell me how to run my life. All I want is my freedom. I’ll marry when I’m ready and only for love.
Katherine Jameson

“A name for a ship. That was the arrangement. Marriages were based on less.”

Boston, 1849

Cadell Leighton’s dream is about to come true. He’s worked hard to gain the knowledge to captain a new design in sailing ships. Spirit of the Winds, the latest addition to Leighton Shipping, will prove his claim to deliver cargo in record time. Wagers are heavy against him that he won’t make it back to Boston harbor.

His only regret is that his father, a ship’s captain, couldn’t share in the Wind’s maiden voyage. He was forced to leave his homeland under mysterious circumstances. Cade is determined to get answers to his many questions.

His command of the ship is contested by a Boston society chit who torments his life beyond reason. Backed into a corner, he’s forced to sacrifice his cherished freedom. The different moods of the sea won’t be the only thing that will challenge his command and his heart.

Katherine Jameson hates the prim and proper life of a society maid that she’s been forced to live by. She’s being pressured into honoring a marriage contract that her mother has arranged to an undesirable clod old enough to be her father.

Riding her beloved horse gives her the freedom she desires. Her dream has always been to go to sea, following in the footsteps of her father, captain of a sailing ship. When she discovers her late father, who died under mysterious circumstances, made her part owner of a magnificent clipper, she sees it as a chance to fulfill her dream.

When these strong-willed characters are forced into a marriage neither of them wants, the storms won’t only be confined to the sea. They’ll have to work together to get answers to the questions about their fathers’ past lives, before they can have their much deserved happily-ever-after.

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A page-turning romantic suspense available from:

AMAZON  |  APPLE  |  KOBO  |  B&N

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SPECIAL FREE – Prequel for Spirit of the Winds

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