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About Jenni

Ever since Jenni was a young child, the one thing she loved more than just about anything else was ​writing. When other kids were groaning about writing assignments in school, she was excited. A five page ​paper? No problem. And if it was a group assignment, everyone wanted to be on her team.


In Intermediate School and again in High School, she joined the yearbook team, as it was the closest thing ​they had to a journalism class. Even though she could only take the class her freshman and sophomore ​years, she continued to help out with the yearbook through the rest of her time in high school.


Her senior year, she was lucky enough to pick up a part-time job as a reporter at a local paper. Before long, ​she was the managing editor. After some time there, she moved on to a larger paper where she served as ​the lone reporter and editor for one of the three papers. While there, both Jenni and the newspaper won ​several writing awards for the Houston area and the state of Texas.


But her love has always been in fiction writing. And after decades of writing in notebooks, she decided it ​was time to stop hiding them on a bookshelf and share them with the world.


Her debut novel, Where the Heart Is, is scheduled to release in December, 2024. It is the first in an ​interconnected generational series.


Jenni lives in Oregon with her husband, son, and sister. She has two dogs, a yorkipoo named Midnight and a ​GSD/Golden named Jakey, two finches named Houdini and Doyle, and a leopard gecko named Nugget.

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Upcoming Books

Books expected to release in 2024-2026:

The Connor Family series


The Connor Family Friends series

  • Untitled (Steve & Marjorie)


The Bergardi Curse series

  • Ménage with the Devil


Collateral Happiness


Untitled Stalker Duet

  • Book One
  • Book Two


Untitled Small-town series

  • Book One
  • Book Two



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Where to Buy

Click here to pre-order Where the Heart Is from Amazon.

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Join My Beta or ARC Teams

Beta Readers


So what are beta readers? Essentially, they are a reader who gets early access to a book before it’s been through the complete ​editing process. They give input in areas like plot and character development. Interested? Click here.


ARC Team


Members of the Advanced Reader Copy Team receive the book shortly before publication so that they can submit reviews to sites ​such as Amazon and GoodReads. You may also be supplied with graphics and other materials that you can use on social media. ​Interested? Click here.

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Where the Heart Is

A desperate woman. An inheritance. A secret love.

Diane

When Diane Gates returns home after ten years, the last thing she expects is to be blindsided by the news that in order to receive her great-​aunt’s inheritance, she must get married…in ten days time.

After locking away her heart so many years ago in an act of self-preservation, Diane must find a way to meet her family’s demands. Even if ​it means marrying her childhood best friend.

Devlin

After years of trying to rebuild his life, Devlin Connor finds himself at a crossroads when his former best friend shows up after ten years. With ​the stipulation Diane must wed to claim her inheritance, Devlin offers to help the only way he can…by marrying his former best friend. After all, ​platonic marriages happen all the time.

But as wedding bells ring, Devlin starts to realize there may be more than just bonds of friendship between him and Diane...

Can they put their past behind them? Or will the love they’ve fought against for so long finally come to light?


Tropes and other info:

  • Friends-to-lovers
  • Right person, wrong time
  • One bed
  • Teach Me
  • Virgin FMC
  • Inexperienced Bisexual MMC
  • Small town
  • Mental health rep
  • It was always you
  • Accidental pregnancy
  • Dual POV
  • Third-person

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Where the Heart Is

Content Warnings

On page: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy complications, Depression, Severe anxiety, Hospitalization, Alcohol

Off-page: Death