Author: jrrogue

In a lot of ways, I was one of the fortunate ones. After my mother died and my father went to jail, I should have been an orphan. My childhood should have been all loss and abandon, but thanks to my grandparents, it was mostly love and compassion.As an adult, I’ve been blessed with a dream job in the Smoky Mountains. At least, until my boss decided to hire him to assist me at the cabin. His name … cabin. His name is Declan O’Connell. The tall, tattooed, Irishman is the son of a literary legend—and a widower, still haunted by the…

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(Teach Me is Part 3 of The Summer of Secrets Series. It is a 30k-word novella, and can be read as a complete standalone, or as the third part of the interconnected series.)Despite being the eldest sister, Elizabeth “Sophie” Bordeau’s relationship with rules has always been rocky, at best. At seventeen, she lost her parents and inherited a life of responsibility she wasn’t ready for. At twenty, … responsibility she wasn’t ready for. At twenty, she ran away from it all. Now, at twenty-eight, she’s back to try to mend old wounds. But when an unexpected connection from her past walks into her classroom, she…

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Heartwrenching and gorgeous and so incredibly engaging. –New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author, Laurelin Paige“Some love affairs aren’t meant for the public eye.Some love affairs won’t survive the fallout.”International pop star Sean das Dores has two loves in his life: his music and his long-term girlfriend Jo—though not necessarily in that order. So when he … necessarily in that order. So when he finds himself in the throes of a panic attack before a show, he chooses her over the arena of fans chanting his name.What he doesn’t expect to find when he makes it…

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You’re more than background music for someone else’s life.Katarina Roberts wants to move on–and for the men of her past to let her. So, the shop owner keeps to herself, staying busy with the day-to-day tasks of keeping her store afloat in the heart of the Ozarks.But the sound of a knock on her bedroom window changes everything.You never truly know how you will react to the … truly know how you will react to the demons in your life until you are face to face with them.Answering that knock leads to Reese Taylor: the man who spends his nights…

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My love is poison. His kiss is mine.“The first time he saw me I was shattered glass, and he was a shadow. If I had stayed, he would have just faded away.”It’s strange how easy it is to tell our stories to a stranger’s eyes. The truth about Connor Stratford and I had always been a sad tale. Over ten years of chasing, tears, lies, vows, and leaving. Two people who never loved each other at the same … each other at the same time, but couldn’t let each other go.Now here I was telling our story over drinks midday…

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