the books:
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Women’s Fiction/Upmarket
“They say bad habits die hard. But no one tells you they return like grace. ”
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Forgiveness isn’t earned, it’s shredded. When a nomadic artist is called home to the town that broke her, she’s forced to reconcile the anger she wears like battle armor against the unconditional love of her childhood best friends who are determined to tear down her walls and teach her that the risk of a broken heart is far less painful than a life lived alone.
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Second Chance Romance
Friends to Lovers
Dual Timeline
Hurt/Comfort
Anxiety Rep
Found Family
Angry, “unlikeable” FMC
Atmospheric setting as a character
Healing & Forgiveness
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MEET ME AT THE LAKE / Carley Fortune / May 2023 / Berkley (Penguin)
THE MARSH QUEEN / Virginia Hartman / September 2022 / Gallery (Simon and Schuster)
WELCOME HOME, STRANGER / Kate Christensen / December 2023 / Harper (HarperCollins)
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens / August 2018 / Putnam (Penguin)
MUST LOVE GOATS
Contemporary Romance/Women’s Fiction
“Like bloodhounds, journalists sense secrets like currency. ”
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Branded a “homewrecker” and exiled from her illustrious journalism career, a young news producer moves her life to the sticks of Tennessee, hoping to cut it at a goat farm while she plots her redemption—as long as she can avoid the hot as sin farmhand determined to unearth her secrets and ban her from his barn.
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Enemies to Lovers
Fish out of Water
#MeToo Rep
Grumpy/Sunshine
Forced Proximity
Dual POV
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Part of Your World - Abby Jimenez
The Long Game - Elena Armas
As Seen on TV - Meredith Schorr
