Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Jennifer Jabaley!
Writes:
Beach reads…but there’s a shark in the water. WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE, a domestic suspense that People Magazine listed as a most anticipated summer read of 2025, explores mothers with diabolical secrets who collide with their ambitious and relentless daughters. When an attack prevents one daughter from performing in a national competition, accusations pit families against each other, and ignite a town scandal. This twisty novel, set in the cutthroat world of competitive dance, is filled with rivalry, revenge, and unrealized dreams.
About:
Jersey girl who worked her way south, Jen has become a full-blown Georgia peach who enjoys rocking chairs on front porches, sweet tea, and college football. But she draws the line at saying, “Bless your heart.” When not writing or checking eyes, Jen can most often be found on the tennis court, the Peloton, or in a Pilates class. She values friendship, a good read, and sunny days. Pink is her signature color.
I’m looking for readers who love:
- Stories about motherhood
- Fast-paced, accessible writing
- Funny banter and laugh out loud dialogue between the tension
- Characters who are flawed
- Plots that are twisty
What to expect if we’re compatible:
- Page-turning novels that weaves together suspense with emotionally engaging characters
- A writing style that focuses more on inter-personal friction and drama
- Themes of secrets, families, rivalry, and exploration of class division
- Instagram posts about my family’s never-ending sports, my insane rescue dogs – all three that have randomly shown up on our property and declared us their people, a sneak peek into small town life in a town reminiscent of the Gilmore Girl’s Stars Hollow, posts about my optometry practice and the memorable quotes and advice from my elderly patient population, chronicles of my parent’s adventures in their over-fifty-five retirement community that really should be a sitcom - and may be what I’m secretly working on.
Determined daughters. Controlling mothers. There’s no such thing as friendly competition in a twisty novel of suspense about ambition, revenge, and unrealized dreams.
Valerie Yarnell is a hardworking single mother who’d do anything for her daughter, Kate. Kate is a dancer with dreams of stardom, just like her talented best friend, Colette. Despite Valerie’s sacrifices, it’s Colette’s mother, former prima ballerina Elise, whom Kate adores. And Colette has become like the practically perfect sister Kate never had. How can Valerie not feel frustrated, ineffectual, and a little jealous of the queen bee of dance moms? Not only has she hijacked her daughter, but Elise is married to the man Valerie pines for.
Rivalries are forming. Tension is mounting. In preparation for an elite dance competition, Kate outshines the more promising Colette onstage, and the pressure is on for Colette to keep her position in the spotlight—and especially to keep her demanding mother happy. Who could have foreseen the violent attack that sabotages everything? Anyone who’s been watching closely.
As ruthless and sinister ambitions are exposed, a media firestorm and an explosive town scandal erupt. Before it’s over, two mothers and two daughters will learn just how fierce and dangerous a rivalry can still get.
Women's Fiction | Thriller Domestic [Lake Union Publishing, On Sale: August 5, 2025, Paperback / e-Book , ISBN: 9781662527791 / ]
Jennifer Jabaley is the award-winning author of Lipstick Apology and Crush Control. She won Georgia Author of the Year in the young adult category and was nominated for the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award. Jen is a practicing optometrist. She brings sharp focus to eye care by day and to storytelling by night. She lives in the north Georgia mountains with her sports-obsessed family and two rescue dogs.
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