[1][2] Entertainment Weekly calls her "one of the long-reigning leading voices in historical romance.

[1] While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation.

[4] Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure.

[1] Her novels Beware a Scot's Revenge and Let Sleeping Rogues Lie became New York Times Bestsellers.

[1] Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and son Nick.