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Jen Lyon

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Jen Lyon is an avid lover of sports, travel, theatre, and the ocean. When she isn’t writing, Jen can be found sailing, browsing the shelves of her local bookstore, cheering ardently at an NWSL soccer match, or training horses at her Southern California horse ranch, where she lives with her wife, Donna, and their dogs and horses.
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Average rating: 4.52 · 18,401 ratings · 2,058 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Senator's Wife (The Senator's Wife, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 6,238 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caught Sleeping (The Senator's Wife, #2) 4.58 avg rating — 4,715 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whistleblower (The Senator's Wife, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 3,870 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unfinished Line 4.59 avg rating — 2,728 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colonel's Daughter: Prequel to the Senator's Wife 4.69 avg rating — 850 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Facebook Group available to discuss The Unfinished Line

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For readers who have finished the book and wish to find a place where they can discuss it without the concern of spoilers, a Facebook group is available. A lot of conversation has stemmed from The Unfinished Line, and I felt it might be good to have a safe space for discussion.

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Jen

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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

by Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author)

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I Who Have Never Known Men

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This book took me so long to finish. 🫣 I did really enjoy it. It was intellectually fascinating in so many areas. A bit dry and lengthy, but excellent. One thing is certain—Donna Tartt is exceptionally brilliant. Her intelligence shines through on ev ...more
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My top read of 2026 so far. I truly loved this book. The characters were beautifully flawed, yet so incredibly relatable. The storyline felt real, painful, and inevitable. The prose was chef's kiss. I hosted a book club on my Patreon to discuss Almos ...more
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Jen Lyon answered Charlotte Marshall's question: I have really enjoyed discovering your books. I am not sure I will find another series to take place over TSW. Honestly the best book I have ever read. I laughed, cried, smiled. The characters were everything and honestly Abby done so well bringing them to life. I am listening to TUL & I love the mention of Wales, especially being from South Wales myself. Any inspiration for this? Wales is not always known to many! I'm so sorry I missed this question, Charlotte! Thank you so much for reading the series. As far as Wales goes—I've always loved Arthurian legends, many of which scholars believe stemmed from Wales. So I took an early interest in your country. Combine See Full Answer
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Jen Lyon, The Senator's Wife

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“But you couldn’t fight for something that was already lost when there was nothing left to win.”
― Jen Lyon, Caught Sleeping

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“Oh, right,” Dani waved off the error as irrelevant. “I knew it was one of those—what do they call them—gender-neutral names?”
― Jen Lyon, The Unfinished Line

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“I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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