Exciting news!At last I can shout it out.January saw me offered two contracts – and would you believe it, both on the same day! Red Rose Publishing have offered me a second contract.  This is for No Sex Necessary, a contemporary romance set here in New Zealand.   The second contract was from Cerridwen Press which is part of Elloras Cave for a time travel/romance set in the time of Henry 8^th, tentatively titled Love in Waiting.   So I’m very pleased with the start to the new year.    Here is an excerptNo Sex Necessary

 She sensed him at first.  Bold and assessing.  A lion on the prowl. Swiveling in her chair, Tara searched the vast marble lobby of Charteris Developments for the man responsible for the unrestrained panic channeling through every fiber of her being.Dark chocolate eyes, deep and mysterious stared blatantly back, the stranger’s interest apparent. One ebony brow arched and the corners of his full mouth curved upwards slightly. It sent a prickling awareness creeping up her spine, when she should be thinking of something else—and definitely not lust!  The hunt for the dreaded dollar should be foremost in her mind right now, not eye candy.The air around her thickened with a scandalous lustful heat. Palpable. So real, she believed she could almost reach out and touch it.The man picked up his briefcase and her gut clenched into a rigid knot. She swallowed hard. Surely he wasn’t coming her way. Sparks of heat cascaded through her veins and the hairs on the back of her neck tingled.  Flustered, she quickly turned away and yanked her jacket across her chest as if to protect herself.From what…or should that be whom?

The answer was easy.  From herself.

  Happy reading everyone. Jane Beckenhamwww.janebeckenham.com