From published work to novels under consideration for publication, Jennifer loves to write …

 

Every day brings its share of difficulties and hardships, and each day also brings its share of joy and beauty.  It is in the choice between the two, on which we will focus upon, that determines the success of that given day.

ENJOY TODAY, a collection of short readings for each day of the year, is about remembering that even the smallest pieces of our days are secure in God’s hands when we trust him, and about finding the goodness present in the whirl and busyness of everyday life. For when we choose joy despite the daily struggles, we can really live fully as we were created to live, as we enjoy today.

Both THE ONE YEAR MINI FOR BUSY WOMEN and ENJOY TODAY have the same inner text, of one short daily reading for each day of the year. THE ONE YEAR MINI FOR BUSY WOMEN is the book published in hardcover with Tyndale in 2007. It is still for sale at the links below. ENJOY TODAY is the e-book version, published in 2011 with color photographs taken by Jennifer to accompany each day. The e-book version can be read on any computer or smartphone, and can be purchased for $4.99 at the links below.

 

“Do-able. Daily. Devotions. For the Busy Woman on the Go.”

 

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* A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book goes to charity, to aid
women in need with small business startups in third-world countries. More details to come …

 

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.”  ~William Faulkner

 

Jennifer’s passion is for writing novels. Here, her novels under consideration for publication:

In the Light of Diamonds

Fiction

When fashion designer Ali Boyd leaves New York City to find her twin sister in Bosnia, she is surprised to uncover the facets of life she wants most and a love that lights her world.

 

Twenty-eight year old fashion designer Ali Boyd believes she will succeed in life with a bit of charm and a heap of hard work, all on her own. But when she meets her young niece for the first time, and learns she has been left in New York without her mother, Ali puts aside her glitzy life to find her sister in rural Bosnia. She journeys with architect friend Nate Pryce, and together they endure the shattered country and the sobering events surrounding their trip. Though she returns without her sister, she comes back shaken by the inherent beauty of a broken country and a newfound love—both force her to face her life in a fresh light. Throughout her journey to Bosnia and back again, she comes to realize the many ways in which love can manifest, and the power it has to change a life.

 

Jennifer’s Other Novels, Yet Unpublished:

Water Lily

“Your mother named you Lily, like Monet’s water lilies,” she is told. But fashion model Rachel Revere has been made to believe a different story all her life. With only two weeks until she will marry, Rachel must decide whether she can continue living someone else’s dream or finally pursue her own, including finding the father she has never known. But when her grandmother interferes, Rachel’s journey becomes a trying navigation through her former world and relationships as they fall apart. Can real love be found after a lifetime of living without? As Rachel learns, discovering the answer requires the resilience of a beloved water lily and the undying hope toward her own dreams for the future. A three generation story of fashion modeling, international travel, and the deeper struggle found in pursuing true love and undying family ties.

Gloss

Libby Cannon knows she is living the dream. She has it all: a lucrative fashion modeling career, a spacious flat in a prestigious New York City neighborhood, a string of high-profile boyfriends, an engaging nightlife, and the top ranking in the GQ annual list of desirable women. But when the people she calls friends fall away and the veneer of being directed through her days for publicity wears thin, she packs up her life to hide out in her old apartment, which her estranged cousin rents. There, as her world comes apart, she discovers clues to what she’s been missing—the connections with family she’s left dangling for years, and the kindness and charm of Oliver, the medical resident crashing on the couch of the apartment next door. Only as her circumstances shatter the façade behind which she had learned to hide does Libby find the truth she yearns to possess and the raw beauty which lies beneath the gloss.

Silver Stilettos

When a talent scout discovers her in a concert crowd, Audrey Turner’s life makes a sudden turnaround. Having lived her entire twenty years with Nan, her impoverished and harsh grandmother, Audrey has hardly begun to dream a life outside of her trapped existence, balancing night-school community college and a minimum-wage housecleaning job in rural Arkansas. But when she receives a letter announcing her selection for a top modeling agency’s annual international competition in Paris, France, Audrey’s sheltered and simple life is thrust into a foreign world of complex glamour. The farther she treads into the modeling life, the more surprises Audrey uncovers, which constantly stirs her greatest fear—returning to Arkansas, unsuccessful. Though she enjoys the money, stilettos, and prestige carried so prominently in the modeling world, her own growing yearnings seem ever beyond her grasp, leaving Audrey to decide how far she should go to find the life for which she has always longed. And as the pieces of life once crumbling begin to fall into place, Audrey muses she’s found what she never thought possible—life, full and rich. She knows where she’s going, knows who she is, and is having the time of her life.

 

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