The Summer Lake series is sweet n steamy, small town romance with a focus on fun, friendships and happily ever afters. It follows a group of friends from a small lakeside town in the California hills. They have kept in touch over the years and now, in their early thirties, their lives are drawing them back to Summer Lake and to each other.Ā
In Love Like You've Never Been Hurt, you'll meet Jack and Emma. He wants to give her forever - the trouble is, she doesn't believe in forever anymore.Ā
In Work Like You Don't Need the Money, you'll meet Pete and Holly. He doesn't have room for a woman in his life - only in his bed ā the trouble is, once he gets her into his bed he can't get her out of his mind.Ā
And in Dance Like Nobody's Watching, you'll meet Missy and Dan. He's a quiet, shy, tech genius whose success in life should make him happy ā the trouble is, it doesn't. She's a broke single mom who talks too much - being around her makes him happy.Ā
This book is intended for adult readers 18+Ā
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Each Summer Lake Romance can be read as a stand alone book ā no cliff hangers here! Each book contains one couple's story. However, they are best read in order to get full enjoyment of the underlying story and friendships.Ā
Book 1: Love Like You've Never Been Hurt - Emma and JackĀ
Book 2: Work Like You Don't Need the Money - Pete and HollyĀ
Book 3: Dance Like Nobody's Watching - Missy and DanĀ
Book 4: Fly Like You've Never Been Grounded - Smoke and LauraĀ
Book 5: Laugh Like You've Never Cried - Michael and MeganĀ
Book 6: Sing Like Nobody's Listening - Kenzie and ChaseĀ
Book 7: Smile Like You Mean It - Gabe and RenĆ©eĀ
Book 8: The Wedding Dance - Missy and Dan's WeddingĀ
Book 9: Chasing Tomorrow - Ben's backstory with Charlotte
Book 10: Dream Like Nothing's Impossible - April and Eddie
Book 11: Ride Like You've Never Fallen - Nate and Lily
Book 12: Live Like There's No Tomorrow - Ben's story
Book 13: The Wedding Flight ā Smoke and Lauraās Wedding
Remington Ranch series
Meet the sexy brothers of Remington Ranch! Just like in SJ's Summer Lake Romance series you can expect a story that is both sweet and steamy!
Book 1: Mason
Book 2: Shane
Book 3: Carter
Book 4: Beau
Book 5: Four Weddings and a Vendetta
A Chance and a Hope series
These are NOT meant to be read as standalone stories and need to be read in order.
Book 1: Chance Encounter
Book 2: Finding Hope
Book 3: Give Hope a Chance
The Hamiltons Series
This series follows the Hamilton family in California wine country. If you recognize the name Hamilton itās because this is Smokeās family who own one of the largest wine growing and distribution businesses in the country. In this set of connected stand-alone books you will meet Smokeās brother and sister as well as a couple of cousins.
Book 1: Red Wine and Roses
Book 2: Champagne and daisies
Book 3: Marsala and Magnolias
Book 4: Prosecco and Peonies
The Davenports Series
The upcoming series featuring Hopeās cousins, the sexy brothers, of the BillionaireĀ
Davenport family.
Book 1: Oscar
Book 2: TJ
Book 3: Reid
Summer Lake Seasons
A return to the wonderful small town so many readers have grown to love. We'll see our old friends around town and they'll feature to a greater or lesser extent in the new stories. I want you to be able to catch up on their lives if you know them - and to not feel like you're missing anything if you didn't read the original series.
Angel and Luke in Take These Broken Wings
Ā Hi, I'm SJ, a coffee addict, lover of chocolate and drinker of good red wines. I'm a lost soul and a hopeless romantic. Reading and writing are necessary parts of who I am. Though perhaps not as necessary as coffee! IĀ can drink coffee without writing, but I can't write without coffee.
I grew up loving romance novels, my first boyfriends were book boyfriends, but life intervened, as it tends to do, and I wandered down the paths of non fiction for many years. My life changed completely a couple of years ago and I returned to Romance to find my escape.
I write 'Sweet N Steamy' stories because to me there is enough angst and darkness in real life. My favorite romances are happy escapes with a focus on fun, friendships and happily-ever-afters, just like the ones I write.
These days I live in beautiful Montana, the last best place. If I'm not reading or writing you'll find me just down the road in the park - Yellowstone. I have deer, eagles and the occasional bear for company, and I like it that way :0)Ā