Hi! I’m Jen Haymore. I’ve written adult historical romances as Jennifer Haymore for years, but I’ve always wanted to write YA—and I am so excited to share my sweet and swoony YA romance, ALL GOWNED UP, with the world!
A is for ABSOLUTELY NOT…because that is how Emerald feels about being a seamstress for the rest of her life.
L is for LIKE…because isn’t that how most love starts? With a crush…
L is for LOVE…because that is what Emerald’s crush turns into.
G is for the GLAMOROUS GOWNS Emerald sews and wears…and ruins.
O is for the OMINOUS feeling Emerald has when the villain discovers her true identity.
W is for WILL, our handsome hero!
N is for all the brand-NEW things Emerald experiences in the story.
E is for EMERALD, our intrepid heroine!
D is for DANCING in a field of bluebells.
U is for UPLIFTING—which is how I hope readers feel about this story.
P is for all the glitzy PARTIES Will sneaks Emerald into.
She’s not exactly a lady…
Seventeen-year-old Emerald Dixon is the worst seamstress in London. Officially.
It’s not exactly her fault. No matter how hard she tries, she’s lacking the skills that she’s “supposed” to have. Sewing? Nope. Needlework? Absolutely not. Instead, her mind keeps drifting off into daydreams—ones filled with fantastical lands, high society balls, and dancing with dashing young men. And above all, trying to find the father she’s never known.
But when her skipping stone hits an attractive young earl, the gilded doors to society are suddenly opened to Emerald…if she has the courage to enter.
The Earl of Townsend, eighteen-year-old Will Granville, knows how it feels to be trapped in your own life. His life is a non-stop reminder that he will never fill his father’s shoes—or become the marquess he’s expected to become. But by helping Emerald go undercover into society, he has a chance to get to know the curly-haired beauty he can’t stop daydreaming about…and avoid the growing complications of his own life.
Of course, infiltrating the very crème de la crème of London society isn’t exactly easy, and Emerald and Will are already in over their heads. Because this glittering, opulent world has more secrets than either of them could ever know.
And a single stolen kiss could send the whole fragile façade crashing down around them…
Young Adult Historical | Young Adult Romance [Entangled: Teen, On Sale: February 3, 2025, e-Book , / ]
Jennifer Haymore grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she surfed, learned how to fly airplanes, raced bicycles, and developed a love for sailing. She was an avid reader and completely destroyed her eyesight by sneaking a flashlight under her covers and reading far into the nights — making her mother wonder why on earth she couldn't get up for school in the mornings...
Jennifer holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a master's degree in Education from UCLA. Before she became a full–time writer she held various jobs from bookselling to teaching inner–city children to playing bit roles in soap operas.
You can find Jennifer in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping her three children with homework while brainstorming a new five–minute dinner menu, or crouched in a corner of the local bookstore writing her next novel.
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