▁was ▁the ▁only ▁method ▁in ▁which ▁contemporary ▁rom ance ▁was ▁published . ▁As ▁more ▁publish ers ▁began ▁to ▁release ▁single - title ▁contemporary ▁roman ces , ▁Kr ent z ▁shift ed ▁into ▁writing ▁only ▁single - title ▁nov els . ▁ ▁Her ▁first ▁nov els ▁were ▁released ▁under ▁her ▁birth ▁name , ▁Jay ne ▁Castle . ▁Kr ent z ▁signed ▁a ▁contract ▁allowing ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁publish ers ▁to ▁own ▁the ▁name , ▁and , ▁after ▁leaving ▁that ▁publish er , ▁Kr ent z ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁use ▁that ▁name ▁on ▁new ▁works ▁for ▁ten ▁years . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁several ▁pseud onym s , ▁including ▁Jay ne ▁Taylor , ▁Jay ne ▁Bent ley , ▁Steph anie ▁James ▁and ▁Am anda ▁G lass . ▁By ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s ▁she ▁had ▁begun ▁using ▁only ▁her ▁married ▁name , ▁Jay ne ▁Ann ▁Kr ent z , ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁her ▁contemporary ▁rom ance ▁nov els . ▁ ▁Her ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁novel , ▁S weet ▁Star fire , ▁was ▁a ▁fut ur istic ▁rom ance , ▁a ▁sub gen re ▁that ▁combined ▁elements ▁of ▁rom ance ▁nov els ▁and ▁science ▁fiction . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁a ▁" class ic ▁road ▁trip ▁rom ance " ▁which ▁just ▁happened ▁to ▁be ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁separate ▁galax y . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁she ▁published ▁a ▁second ▁fut ur istic ▁rom ance , ▁Cry stal ▁Fl ame , ▁which ▁again ▁allowed ▁for ▁a ▁" trad itional