Featured Author: Betina Krahn

Betina Krahn was born in Huntington, West Virginia to parents who made books an important part of family life. As a result, writing came naturally to Betina. Throughout her childhood, reading and writing played a major role in shaping her imagination, but it wasn’t until she read a well written historical fiction book that her inspiration to write her own stories in this challenging genre came to fruition.   Shortly after her book The Perfect Mistress made it to the New York Times Bestseller list, Betina’s husband Don passed away. She spent the next part of her life making sure her two sons were provided for, including seeing them through college and, subsequently, graduate school. After she moved to Florida, her own real-life romance story came true when she met, fell in love, and married Rex. Like a complex and beautiful puzzle, Betina and Rex share interests and intellect, and he inspires her to push her own limits in writing. Through trials and triumphs in her own life, Betina never let go of her sense of humor, which adds a richness and depth to fictional characters depicted in her books. Combine that with the inspiration she clearly draws from her own life’s experiences, and you’ll find Betina’s writing on a level seldom reached by some many career authors. Learn more about this amazing writer CLICK HERE

MAKE ME YOURS

Harlequin Blaze -- July 2009 -- 0373794835

(4-½ Stars Review)  MAKE ME YOURS  (available July 1, 2009

"MAKE ME YOURS (4.5) by Betina Krahn: Krahn's historical is an utterly charming treat. Brimming with humor and sensuality, it has a heroine to admire and love and a meltingly desirable hero. English widow Mariah Eller runs an inn in 1887. When the rowdy behavior of some drunken nobles threatens havoc, Mariah cleverly outwits them, even though one is Bertie, the Prince of Wales. Bertie wants her as a royal mistress, which means she must be married. Mariah uses her intelligence and wit to get the man she wants, the prince's friend Jack. But can he risk standing up to his family and the prince by claiming Bertie's potential mistress? The dialogue between Mariah and Jack is priceless. Nothing could be better about this book. It's a keeper."
                                                                          --Romantic Times —Page Traynor

MAKE ME YOURS
Romance/Historical/Humor
Rating: 5 Cups Review

Betina Krahn has a new fan as her writing was a merry jaunt that I was overjoyed to read. The story is a riot about a woman outwitting the men around her in a time when it was assumed that women were only on earth to serve men. The erotic love scenes were outlandish and sizzling. I was enthralled with all of the characters and chewing my nails in suspense. The ending is no disappointment and will leave the reader giddy and smiling.   -- Delane Davis Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More 

MAKE ME YOURS will be on the best of the year list of historical romances as this is a great jocular late Victorian with a great fresh concept. Mariah is fantastic as all she wants is preventing the drunks from wrecking her tavern, but consequently must deal with the unwanted adulation of the royal ... However soon the prince, Jack who knows nothing, and even a pauper will learn not to mess with the wind they call Mariah.   -- Harriet Klausner  GENRE GO ROUND  

MAKE ME YOURS  … Make Me Yours read like a breath of fresh air.  I loved Mariah and her embrace of her sexuality …   It’s a seduction scene of dialogue …I can see this appealing to many historical romance readers and I hope that they don’t miss it … --  Jane for Dear Author

MAKE ME YOURS  Why isn't everyone reading anything Betina Krahn puts on a piece of paper?  Why aren't people BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE and stealing her grocery list?  Her first Harlequin Blaze Historical, MAKE ME YOURS, is hitting the shelves at this moment (Amazon shipped me my copy yesterday) and it's as delicious as everything else she's ever written.  I just love her heroines.  They're smart and spunky and capable ―  really all these things, not just lip service to the qualities.  And the heroes are simultaneously flummoxed, infuriated, and secretly totally loving it.  I can't get enough.  Oh, I wish I could write historical romances like Betina Krahn!        - Diana Peterfreund