From that, the men named the child Comfort Elizabeth Kennedy.Ĭompared to some of the names given to characters in books, this is rather straight forward. The only thing she had as a small tin for lozenges, Dr. Her "uncles" ? Newton Prescott and Tucker Jones ? found a small girl after renegade soldiers had murdered a small wagon train, leaving her to die in some rocks a few feet from the carnage. Wealthy, educated and with meaningful work, Comfort is a rarity in this time in American history. She agrees to a temporary engagement Bram wants it for 6 months, Comfort agrees to 8 weeks.Ĭomfort is an unusual creature in the society in which she lives ? she has an important job at her uncles? bank. So when Bram announces his engagement to Comfort at his older brother Bode?s birthday party, she should be happy, right? Then why does she feel uneasy?Ĭomfort knows Bram is not in love with her, in her heart-of-hearts, she knows he is too fickle to love another.
Her first book Passion’s Bride was published in 1984 and won first place for best pirate romance from Romantic Times.A Little Different from the Usual Jo Goodman Book:Ĭomfort Kennedy has been smitten with Bram DeLong most of her life - and everyone knows it. Goodman has written over 30 historical romances along with short stories and novellas. Goodman loves history and likes to fit her characters and plot together, so that historical facts, attitudes, etc.
“One grounds me in reality and the other offers me a break from it,” she says on her Historical Romance Writers page.Īs executive director of Family Connections in West Virginia’s northern panhandle, Goodman says she is “inspired by the resiliency and courage of the children she meets and feels privileged to be trusted with their stories, the ones they alone have the right to tell.” She began writing early in her counseling career because the only life scripts she could control were the ones she wrote. Goodman feels her jobs as writer and social worker complement each other. Since most people call her Jo, and her last name, Dobrzanski, roughly translates to “good man,” she selected this moniker for publication. Jo Goodman, the historical romance author, is really Joanna Dobrzanski, the executive director of a mental health facility in West Virginia’s northern panhandle.
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