A Little Change Of Plans

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Jen was a scrawny child for whom kickball was a daily gym class torment. Some athletic ability was lurking under the surface, however, because by age 14, she had become a champion baton twirler. Her life centered around practices and competitions for seven years, nearly landing her beleaguered parents in the poorhouse (lessons, costumes, entry fees). Jen also played the flute from age seven, something she still enjoys doing.

She headed to Boston in 1989 to study journalism at Boston University and found city life to be perfect. After several good - and bad - experiences at small newspapers, at 22 she was hired on the news copy desk at the Boston Herald, beginning a decade of working nights. The job consisted of laying out pages, writing headlines and captions, editing copy and holding her own in a mostly male newsroom.

Jen sold her first novel, In the Home Stretch, to a small press in 1999. Subsequently she was invited to write a novella to be included in a romantic New Year's collection entitled First Night: An Anthology of Romance Novellas from Antares Publishing. She was the recpient of the 2004 Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary Romance for A Perfect Pair, Jen's first book for the Silhouette Special Edition series.

When Jen has spare time, she spends it doing her newer athletic pursuits: ashtanga yoga, horseback riding and belly dancing. Or she just lies around with her beautiful black-and-white cat, Shaq. Jen can also be found shopping for shoes with her mother or shooting a game of pool with her father - when she ventures back to Valley Stream.","bio_short":"","image":"https://i.harperapps.com/hcanz/authors/0107263/x145.jpg","on_tour":false,"featured":false,"deceased":false,"sensitivity":"0","locale":"","custom":{"algoliaKey":"e99db70ffff596562bbd53abae3053b2-0","export_hash":"b7e6697d360276e9063c395300a9b5b178eb152c09dd095a8a3a01566fdbb23a"},"events":null,"awards":null,"assets":[{"id":"167329-101647","asset_id":"101647","asset":{"id":"167329","unique":"5632e27bba7ac496708afa8d5c2d8d9b","name":"jen-safrey-author-website","description":null,"type":"link-url","sub_type":"author-website","order":"1","size":"0","height":"0","width":"0","embed":null,"path":"http://jensafrey.blogspot.com","source":"Import Author Details Script","schedule":"2021-09-21 01:01:38"}},{"id":"214797-101647","asset_id":"101647","asset":{"id":"214797","unique":"x500-jen-safrey-Contributors","name":"jen-safrey-author-photo","description":null,"type":"image","sub_type":"author-photo","order":"1","size":"500","height":null,"width":"500","embed":null,"path":"https://i.harperapps.com/hcanz/authors/0107263/x145.jpg","source":"new-image-import","schedule":"2025-04-10 00:00:00"}}],"books":[{"description":"
A DOLLAR AND A DREAM

Acey Corelli was as saucy and unforgettable as the pizza she dished out in her Long Island hometown. So when she found out that the shy Southern man down the block was the winning ticket holder in the $35 million lottery, what else could she do but become his friend and coax him to claim the prize? What Acey didn't know was how he'd win her heart .

Harry Wells had more secrets than Acey suspected including a troubling past that he wanted left back in Texas. But despite their differences, Harry couldn't get the feisty New Yorker out of his mind. Had he hit the jackpot in more ways than one?","rating":"3.70","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11466,"isbn13":"9781460851128","title":"Ticket To Love","seo":"ticket-to-love","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460851128.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
THE PERFECT MAN WAS RIGHT UNDER HER NOSE!

The sexy and sprightly Josey St. John had always preferred innocent dating to ?I do.? But after a sudden change of heart, she realized that all she wanted was to be a mother and wife. Who better to help her than her handsome best friend and downstairs neighbour, Nate Bennington?

Nate had been ready to turn down Joey's proposition when he realized all she was asking for was his help in finding Mr. Right. So why was he so hot and bothered about her search for the perfect man? After all, because of his dark past, Nate had long ago decided he wasn't father material, so he could never be the man she was looking for.

Or could he?","rating":"3.71","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11811,"isbn13":"9781460855164","title":"A Perfect Pair","seo":"a-perfect-pair","summary":"THE PERFECT MAN WAS RIGHT UNDER HER NOSE! The sexy and sprightly Josey St. John had always preferred innocent dating to ?I do.? But after a sudden change of heart, she realized that all she wanted...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460855164.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
HUSBAND IN A HURRY!

Entrepreneur Molly Jackson had always been a success, the type of woman who could achieve anything once she put her mind to it. Then a one–night stand left her pregnant right before the biggest job interview of her life.

She needed a husband fast!

Laid–back Adam Shibbs had always promised to do anything for his best friend, whom he'd secretly loved since their college days. And when Molly finally called in a huge favour, Adam just couldn't say no, even though her workaholic ways worried him he'd tragically learned there was more to life than just a career. But would living as man and wife transform their marriage of convenience into the love of a lifetime?","rating":"3.92","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11215,"isbn13":"9781460847763","title":"A Little Change Of Plans","seo":"a-little-change-of-plans","summary":"HUSBAND IN A HURRY! Entrepreneur Molly Jackson had always been a success, the type of woman who could achieve anything once she put her mind to it. Then a one–night stand left her pregnant right...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460847763.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
SAUNDERS SOUND–OFF
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

SAUNDERS UNIVERSITY KEEPS TRACK OF ITS NOTABLE ALUMNI

Cassidy Maxwell

At Saunders, Cassidy had it all: brains, beauty and the attention of every man on campus including the secret crush who was also a professor! Now she's living the glamorous life in jolly old England as the U.S. Ambassador's right–hand woman. We just wonder where she disappeared to at the end of senior year

Eric Barnes

When brilliant Eric Barnes left Saunders, he didn't let a lost love get in the way of a successful career. But he's never been able to fully shed the memory of the only woman who'd captured his heart. Maybe it's time to travel across the world to rediscover her .","rating":"4.30","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11357,"isbn13":"9781460849675","title":"Secrets Of A Good Girl","seo":"secrets-of-a-good-girl","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460849675.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]}],"scheduled":[],"products":[]}