Today I celebrate the completion of my sober year. No hangover today. No hangovers for a year. It was lovely, and cemented the thought that was nagging me before I embarked on this journey: my life is enriched when alcohol is not a part of it. We have one life, and I don’t intend to numb it.
If you are curious about embarking on a sober year I invite you to check out the resources below. There are also helpful IG accounts to follow. You can also read my 6mo blog post that explains why I took this challenge.
ILYINH is book 2 in the Something Like Love series but it’s a complete standalone! No, for real. The characters in book 1 (Sev, Bryan, & Ben) are of no relation to Brooklyn and Declan in I Love You, I Need Him. BUT you will have met Brooklyn in Blind Melody! Do you want to read I Like You, I Love Her? You can grab it for FREE! Both are in KU!
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 is Declan O’Connell. The tall, tattooed, Irishman is the son of a literary legend—and a widower, still haunted by the death of the love of his life. So, he’s the most emotionally unavailable man I’ve ever wanted.
I like him—as a little more than a friend—but he still loves her. And ever since my younger sisters showed up on my doorstep, I’ve been reminded of my roots—how some people can break hearts and build walls—reaffirming my refusal to be anyone’s second choice ever again.
It’s been ten days since I left his bed. Since the morning he almost kissed me, reviving both our broken hearts in ways neither of us could deny.
Declan O’Connell and I are co-workers by day, stand-in lovers by night.
And after this season comes to an end—if I let myself—maybe together we can find a new beginning.
I’m not a song. I don’t have blue eyes like the girls you sing about. I have a blue soul.
Sonnet Rosewood needs a new chapter—the kind that doesn’t remind her of anything she’s leaving behind in the Ozarks. So, when opportunity beckons to escape to the Great Smoky Mountains for a writing retreat, she answers with a firm yes.
But the arrival of a decade-old and short-lived fling at the cabin changes everything.
How quickly we push past the barriers we erected between ourselves for years.
Recognizing the beautiful voice of the unexpected guest reminds her of his name, Hunter Hart: the man she wrote as forgettable, who vowed to show her he was anything but if given a second chance.
Maybe you want the challenge more than you want the girl.
What started as Sonnet’s attempt to escape her past thrusts her straight into the responsibilities of another’s, making their future sound more and more like the sad songs they’ve been writing together. While their passion is undeniable, their happily-ever-after is not. The single father’s rules leave little room for a different kind of love. And Sonnet has rules of her own—to never again wait for a man to open his heart to her.
★★★★★ ❝ Blind Melody is the kind of book you aren’t prepared to start and don’t ever want to finish. The kind of read that stays with you, lingering, like the everlasting love it sings of. ❞ – Christina Hart
★★★★★ ❝ J.R. Rogue has given us a masterpiece. It’s a purely melodic piece were you can feel all the highs and lows of the emotions as if you were listening to one of your favorites songs. ❞ – Daniele, Goodreads Review
★★★★★ ❝ This story leaves a lasting impression from the first page, I always say a story that haunts my dreams is something special, I felt like I was in that cabin, like I was watching all these things unfold… ❞ – Cheri-Lee, Goodreads Review
★★★★★ ❝ J.R. writes the kind of story where your heart becomes one with Sonnet and Hunter. You feel their energy, want to help them up when they’re low and ride the high they vibe off right into the sunset. ❞ – J. Ockenhouse, Goodreads Review
★★★★★ ❝ This story was beautiful. The songs, the poetry, the characters. All of it. Jen has written characters that nestle their way into your heart and sit there the entire time you are reading. ❞ – Misty, Goodreads Review
★★★★★ ❝ This book hit me hard. It wasn’t what I thought it was going to be, but was something I needed. It was more about healing and was so much more than just a love story. It is about finding your own identity and becoming who you are meant to be. ❞ – Lindsey, Amazon Review
J.R. Rogue has self-published five novels and ten poetry collections. Several of her poetry collections have become bestsellers, including Tell Me Where It Hurts, La Douleur Exquise, and Exits, Desires, & Slow Fires, two of which were also Goodreads Choice Nominees for poetry. In her latest book of poems, I’m Not Your Paper Princess, the author focuses on love, heartache, and continuously discovering old truths in new ways.
Don’t forget that when you order the paperback on Amazon you can get the ebook on Amazon for .99 cents!
❝ Wow. J.R. Rogue may not have invented angst, but she perfected it. I mean that in the best way possible. Tired of reading poetry that doesn’t feel like poetry to you? Pick up this book. ❞ – Author, Alicia Cook
❝ Rogue returns in true form, punching you in the gut with angst and anger and sadness, never taking it easy on her audience. The emotion is palpable. The intensity is real. Rogue truly never disappoints, always delivering the best. ❞ – Author, Kat Savage
❝ Angry. Sad. Vulnerable. Open. Heartbreaking. This is my favorite collection of Rogue’s poems to date. ❞ – Under the Cover Book Blog ⠀ ❝ A poet who can make you feel their words, is something that isn’t always easy to achieve. We aren’t all going through heartbreak, but I dare you to read ‘Breakings’ and not feel its depth. I dare you to read ‘Laugh’ and not feel the weight of the emotion. It’s all so heavy, yet I felt lighter after reading it. ❞ – A Risque’ Affair Book Blog
❝ Good poetry will leave you speechless. Great poetry will leave you breathless. I am both. ❞ – Author, Amanda Cuff ⠀ ❝ There’s such a strong sense of emotion behind every syllable Rogue puts on paper and her words blow me away EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I read with shaky breaths and watery eyes. Not wanting it to end but knowing I’ll reread it time and time again. ❞ – Spine and Designs
So, The Rebound is here earlier than expected. Over a month early, actually. I just couldn’t wait to share this romantic suspense with you!
❝ Some love affairs aren’t meant for the public eye. Some love affairs won’t survive the fallout.
Calliope das Dores is not the perfect rebound, even if her name means “muse”. She is not who I should be running to. But I want her anyway.
She keeps telling me my squeaky-clean image can’t handle the scandal, but this want between us is not black and white, and it never will be.
I don’t care that she’s my uncle’s wife—or that she shares my last name. After finding my girlfriend in bed with my uncle at the end of my worldwide tour, the truth is clear: Calliope and I are the only family we both have left now.
In the beginning, after flying to the Ozarks to tell her of our partners’ sins, I tell myself it’s just so she won’t hear it from someone who would lie to her. But my manager and best friend say I’ve wanted her since I was a kid, and now, finally, she is allowed to want me back.
She says we can get over them with each other—even if it’s in secret, for a summer—but I have to promise her I won’t fall in love. It’s not part of the plan. The details in our past deny us of any future we could have had.
What starts out as a rebound for both of us eventually consumes me. But the flames don’t reach her.
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