Welcome to the official website of Jess Michaels,
10-Time USA TODAY bestselling author of historical romance.
She/her/hers are my pronouns. I write historical romance set in the Regency period that has been steaming up e-readers and paperback pages since 2005! I've written over 100 books. Want to know more? Read the formal bio on this page.
What about my books?
First, there are over 100 of them published (some were published under Jenna Petersen and Jesse Petersen, but most as Jess). I love to write confident, competent and oh-so-super-sexy heroes and smart, capable and strong heroines who challenge them. They’re always stronger together and can overcome anything! If you like sexy and emotional historical romance, you’ve come to the right place. At present, I'm is on a long-term sabbatical from writing due to family health issues. You can read more at the blog.
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An Announcement
This is a really difficult post to make, but it’s something that I need to share. I will be taking a sabbatical from writing for the foreseeable future. In the past few years our family has been struggling with my
The Full 100 Book List!
Now that we’ve started the countdown to my 100th book on May 10, 2022, a few people have said…but how? What are all the books? Do I have all the books? Well today I’m going to hook you up with
You can’t have one without the other.
Recently I had rights returned for ten books when Samhain Publishing finally (FINALLY) closed their doors. If you were on my social media, you probably saw the picture I posted of the moment when I got the email releasing my