Before Sabrina Jeffries reached her bestseller status, she started writing historical romances as Deborah Martin. Her eight novels under that pen name are distinctively different in tone from her more recent Sabrina Jeffries releases. Where her five lighthearted Hellions of Halstead Hall novels, for instance, are packed with witty, sexy repartee and sensual romantic entanglements, her Deborah Martin novels are steeped in history and brimming with passionate action. Of course, whatever author name appears on the cover, one thing she is sure to bring to all her novels is heart-pounding sexual tension—and plenty of it! But just be aware that these stories are not as light as her Deborah Martin titles.

DEBORAH MARTIN