Introducing Tesni Morgan

by Janine Ashbless

Today we officially welcome the newest member of the Lust Bites circle, Tesni Morgan.

Tesni is new to this internet malarky and is dipping her toes for the first time into the blogging world with Lust Bites. Where's she been all these years, you might be asking? - well, she's been writing. Since 1973 in fact. (Blimey, in 1973 all I was writing was "What I Did in My Summer Holidays". In pencil.) She has had an incredible number of books published under many names in the historical, gothic, teenage romance, family saga and romance genres. Just looking at her back-catalogue makes me dizzy with awe at what she has achieved. For a start she's had 31 erotic novels printed (7 of them for Black Lace).

We can only hope to be so prolific!

So anyway, here she is in her own words:

Dear all at Lust Bites.

I’ve been writing for years and have 60 novels in print, plus articles and short stories. I write as Joan Hunter and Jeanne Montague for historical romances, Family Sagas and Gothics. Since 1994, I’ve entered the realms of erotica as Tesni Morgan for Black Lace, Roxane Beaufort for Chimera, Zara Devereux for X-Rated and X-Libris, Rhea Silva for Silver Moon, and one for Ellora’s Cave, USA, as Tesni Morgan.

I was born in Bath (UK). An only child of musical parents who earned their living through this media. I spent my early days reading, writing, painting, making up stories and listening to classical music. I wanted to be an opera singer and had a fine soprano voice but, alas, the Second World War prevented this.

I met my first husband and produced four children, two boys and two girls. I still had this yearning to write a novel and managed to do so, despite my husband’s objections. It was rejected for ages, then finally taken as a serial in a magazine. Robert Hale published it as a hardback and I wrote a second one. I have been published ever since by various Houses. My children were growing up and I finally left my husband, moving back to Bath. Finally, I relocated to Warminster where I met my second husband, Hank. He was 25 years my junior. I have a penchant for young men. It worked wonderfully well and we were married for a further 25 years, until he died of cancer in 2002. I miss him dreadfully.

However, I keep on writing. Since 1994, I have concentrated on erotica, producing 31 paperbacks and now, e-books as well.

My children are all adults and so are most of the grandchildren. There are also two greats and another expected in September. I still live in the rambling 18th century house that I moved to originally. I spend my free time listening to and watching opera and ballet on DVD. I like Gilbert & Sullivan and Shakespeare. Also good plays and programmes on TV. When the sun shines I like to lie in the garden and work up a seamless tan. I don’t keep pets. There is no other man in my life and I would like to meet a new partner. I still mourn Hank, but life has to go on.

Well, that’s me, folks!
Love to all, Tesni.

So hello Tesni - and welcome to Lust Bites!