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Book cover for Truly Enough, two women leaning on eachother with faces facing the cover front and eyes closed. Title Truly Enough is printed on the top of the cover and author J.J. Hale is printed on the bottom of the cover.
Book cover for Truly Home, two women on the floor looking at eachother lovingly, one lying in the others lap, moving boxes can be seen in the background. Title Truly Home is printed on the top of the cover and author J.J. Hale is printed on the bottom of the cover.

Read the Award Winning Truly Series, available now from Bold Strokes Books.

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Sweet Surrender

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She's the boss at work. At home? Not so much.At work, Eliza is a high-powered COO. People do what she wants, when she wants, and thank her for the opportunity. At home, she's a single mom to eight-year-old twins who make the terrible twos look like angel years. Struggling to juggle work and family, Eliza is desperate for support.

After a breakup, Rowyn's plan to finally settle down is a bust. So, when she gets a call about a job nobody else will touch, she uproots herself once again to be a live-in nanny. It's just another temporary gig—until the door opens and she's staring at Eliza, the stranger she shared an unforgettable night with. Now under the same roof, Rowyn understands why no one else wanted this job. Eliza's take-no-prisoners attitude just isn't going to work with her kids—or with Rowyn. Navigating family demands, tight schedules, and sexual tension that crackles hotter than the summer heat, can Rowyn convince Eliza that heart and home is the sweetest surrender?

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Synchronicity

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While running the dance program at a summer camp for neurodivergent kids, Haley Tyne bumps into the mysterious woman who ghosted her after a life-altering date two years ago, and their connection is undeniable. Cal O’Shea took a job at the camp to watch over her sister. She never anticipated seeing the woman who left a beautiful mark on a terrible night in her past.

When Haley’s dance partner is injured and their end-of-summer show is in jeopardy, Cal steps in, reviving memories from the past better left behind. With passion igniting in stolen moments, their dance becomes more emotional than anticipated. As past and present intertwine, their dance of destiny may bind their hearts or become just another fleeting step in their separate journeys.

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Two women, one brunette facing the camera, the other blonde facing away walk along the beach at sunset. The title Synchronicity is written in blue text at the top and the author J.J. Hale is in white text at the bottom.
J.J. Hale wearing a red shirt and black t-shirt standing in front of a wooden gate smiling, the ocean is in the background with a beautiful sunset.

J.J. Hale (she/her) is an award winning author who has been devouring books since she was able to hold one. J.J. has dreamt about publishing romance novels with queer leading ladies since she discovered such a thing existed, in her late teens.

The last few years have been filled with embracing and understanding her neurodiversity, which has expanded the dream to include representing kick-ass queer, neurodivergent women who find their happily ever afters.

Jess lives in the south of Ireland, and when she’s not daydreaming, she works in technology, plays with LEGO, and (according to the kids) fixes things.