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Jennifer J. Coldwater has been writing stories since they were in a spiral-bound notebook in elementary school. The first one she remembers was about a talking horse; however, the notebooks are long gone and she cannot corroborate this tale. There are no talking horses in her current stories. She hopes that’s not too disappointing to her readers. Always curious, always writing, Jen wanted to find work that fed her soul. The closest she could get to a career in Curiosity and Questioning was teaching English, journalism, and creative writing at a public high school in San Diego, California in the late ‘90s. Jen lives her life as an ally and an advocate for the Jewish people. A small sliver of that is embodied in her collection of contemporary romance novels based on the women of the Hebrew Bible. She creates diverse characters who believe love wins.
Holland, My Heart: A slow-burn, love-after-loss, age gap, billionaire workplace romance
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Blurb: In the slowest of burns, a young widow gets a gentle push into the strong arms of her older billionaire boss.
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Paperback Price: 10.99
You know that stress inventory you can take? You get points for each of a long list of disastrous life events? Let’s just say I have lost count. In the last year alone, I’ve lost my husband (and his brother), sold our home, moved across the country, quietly quit my job, watched my closest friend-slash-sister-in-law move out of the country, and…well, I guess that’s it. Could be worse, right? So, here I am. My name is Holland Gallagher, and I'm a 27 year old MBA with no job and a broken heart. Which, of course, is when my best friend-slash-mother-in-law Naomi introduces me to her oldest and dearest friend, Kai Ipu. He’s the empirically attractive Black-slash-Samoan CEO of a corporate consulting firm (think a started-in-his-dorm-room company with an eye to making corporations better citizens of the world). But I’m a mess, and he’s significantly older than I am. So, I don’t have to worry about that, right? You’d think. He just invited me to join his company. I’m never one to turn down a challenge, so here goes everything. Loosely based on the Bible book of Ruth (but with f-bombs from Kai, Holland’s drunken confessions of adoration, and one spicy sex scene), Holland, My Heart is the first in a collection of biblical women’s stories retold as contemporary romance. Holland, My Heart is an MF, dual POV, love-after-loss, slow burn, witty standalone romance.
When Ivy Met Adam
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Blurb: Queer love gets a second chance in this steamy and sweet romance with a trapped-in-paradise love triangle twist.
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Ivy Gardiner wants to find true love like she had with her college girlfriend—devastating, rare, complete—but without risking her heart again. Adam Lopez watched Ivy go through all of that, but was in no place to be the man she needed back then—or any time in the decade since. When the two match on a dating app, Adam knows it’s fate and Ivy thinks it’s ... possible. Just when she begins to open her heart to someone new, Ivy learns of their shared history. Adam’s devotion to her—and deception of her—break her heart all over again. She has to learn to forgive him. He must earn her forgiveness. Based on the biblical story of Eve, "When Ivy Met Adam" is a heartwarming contemporary romance that explores love, heartbreak, and second chances. Told from a dual POV, this queer love story features a compelling love triangle, forced proximity, and plenty of steamy scenes. If you're a fan of LGBT+ romance or just looking for a page-turner to keep you entertained, you will love "When Ivy Met Adam".