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Award-winning author LJ Evans lives in Northern California with her husband, child, and the three terrors called cats. She's written compulsively since she was a little girl, often getting derailed from what she should be doing by a song lyric that sends her scrambling to jot a scene down.

A former first-grade teacher, she now spends her days deep in the pages of romance and mystery with a bit of the otherworldly thrown in. Her favorite characters are those who live resiliently—stubbornly and triumphantly getting through this wild ride called life with hope, love, and found families guiding the way.

Her novels have won multiple industry awards, including CHARMING AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM which was Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published E-book Roman
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L.J. Evans THE LAST ONE YOU LOVED is a single-dad, small-town romance coming Sept. 14th that I simply adored writing, and now I'm hard at work on my five-book se…moreTHE LAST ONE YOU LOVED is a single-dad, small-town romance coming Sept. 14th that I simply adored writing, and now I'm hard at work on my five-book series with an all-female rock band, protective heroes, and suspense plots that will keep you on your toes. The Painted Daisies series is coming in 2023. To keep up to date on all my latest books, be sure to sign up for my newsletter from my website. https://www.ljevansbooks.com(less)
L.J. Evans A lot of my books are inspired by songs. For example, Guarded Dreams, was inspired by the Luke Bryan song "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset." The story starts…moreA lot of my books are inspired by songs. For example, Guarded Dreams, was inspired by the Luke Bryan song "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset." The story starts at Ava's dad's beach house just like in the song. It was also inspired by Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher because I found this post of hers about their romance, and how she would never have thought when they were filming "That's 70 Show" that he would be the love of her life. Plus, he says all kinds of sweet things about her, too. It all came together in my head about dreams and missed chances.(less)
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L.J. Evans I can't wait for Charming and the Cherry Blossom to be out in the world in FIVE WEEKS!

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message 1: by L.J. (last edited Jun 13, 2019 10:41AM)

L.J. Evans Writing about people who live life resiliently is what I love to do. But it's hard in the real world to accept ourselves for all our visible and invisible scars. I hope you find a way to love yourself a little better today.




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