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C.J. Connolly

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CJ Connolly is the Vancouver-based, UK-born author of The Love of My Other Life, a top-five finalist in the 2023 RNA Awards for Debut Romantic Novel of the Year, The Love I Could Have Had, and The Love of Her Lives, also a top-five RNA Award finalist. CJ's books are published by London-based Joffe Books, and she is represented by literary agency Levine Greenberg Rostan in New York. ...more

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I just want to eay, I love your writing! Your books makes me want to read faster to get to the ending. What inspire you to write about parallel universe?
C.J. Connolly Oh, thank you so much, Felicia! I really appreciate that. I've always been fascinated with the concept of parallel universes, and the theory that ever…moreOh, thank you so much, Felicia! I really appreciate that. I've always been fascinated with the concept of parallel universes, and the theory that every choice and life circumstance might spin off a new version! Then when I made the big choice to emigrate, that idea resonated with me even more, as I imagined a world where I hadn't. I started exploring these thoughts and one particular, romance-based idea hit me so I went with it and it became my debut! I've also been inspired by other writers like Kate Atkinson and Matt Haig who have written on these themes. Thanks for reading! (less)
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Do you have any way of getting your book The Love I could have had here on Goodreads? I read it and loved it via NetGalley and want to share the love here as well! P
C.J. Connolly Thanks for asking! I'm sooo happy you loved it! We've only just revealed the cover, so there is a page here right now, but we need to add the cover im…moreThanks for asking! I'm sooo happy you loved it! We've only just revealed the cover, so there is a page here right now, but we need to add the cover image https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
However, the Goodreads pixies have attributed it to the wrong author page (there's another CJ Connolly, a children's author!) so we're just getting that fixed - hopefully they're working on it and will be on my page soon! (less)
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Average rating: 3.77 · 4,975 ratings · 655 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
The Love of My Other Life
3.82 avg rating — 3,601 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions
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The Love I Could Have Had
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The Love of Her Lives
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Music is so important to me in novels, especially in my own. I always write with songs in mind — either the song that would be playing in the movie soundtrack, or just a piece that highlights the mood of the moment. The Love of Her Lives was a great one to make a Spotify playlist… Continue reading The Love of Her Lives soundtrack Read more of this blog post »
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“nightmare version of reality.”
― C.J. Connolly, The Love I Could Have Had
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“I still really love you. And even though I betrayed you, I never loved anyone else. It’s always been you. It always will be.”
― C.J. Connolly, The Love of My Other Life
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“Part Two: Her”
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