Midlife Crisis

It’s taken me a while to get around to this one—but I’m glad it did because the events of the past twelve months have subtly reshaped my thoughts on this, another favorite trope: the midlife crisis. If you’re at all familiar with my books, you’ll know that I love writing about middle age—about characters whoContinueContinue reading “Midlife Crisis”

By the Tropes: Hurt/Comfort

I didn’t even know Hurt/Comfort was a trope until I started writing romance. Actually, I was writing my fifth book before I discovered that two of my previous titles included hurt/comfort situations. In retrospect, it should have been obvious. I had one character in hospital and the other character comforting them. I had not realizedContinueContinue reading “By the Tropes: Hurt/Comfort”

Choose Your Holiday Disaster

Kelly Jensen. Blowing up the holidays, one date at a time. The first time I tried to write a Christmas story, I trapped two coworkers in a rental car on the side of the road in upstate New York during a blizzard. Not exactly the happy, fluffy holiday feel readers are looking for. I didContinueContinue reading “Choose Your Holiday Disaster”

Thee books, Three Happy Ever Afters

My This Time Forever series is currently free to read for Kindle Unlimited subscribers! Each of these books features a different couple and can be read alone, but the characters all know each other, and I check in with everyone in each book, building a small community around family–the ones we’re born to and theContinueContinue reading “Thee books, Three Happy Ever Afters”

New Release: Chasing Forever

It’s difficult for an author to read reviews. You want everyone to love your books as much as you do, but know, realistically, that they won’t. We all have tropes we love and plot lines we don’t really care for. Sometimes we just don’t connect, other times we find a book that really clicks atContinueContinue reading “New Release: Chasing Forever”