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The Syndrome
Series · 3 books · 2023-2024

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#1

The Roommate Syndrome

2023

Christina and Chance have kept their marriage alive for over a decade. Through four kids, a dog, and seven—make that eight—dead goldfish and counting. But they’ve become more like roommates than soul mates with the passing of time, and Christina misses the flirting, the passion, and feeling desired by the man she fell in love with. Is it possible to get the spark back? Or once the heat dies out, is it gone for good? Will she succeed in freezing out her husband, or will Chance win her over, get past the defenses she’s put in place, and remind her that they belong together forever? Christina My husband used to feel like my soul mate, but lately we’ve felt more like roommates. And when I catch him servicing himself rather than making love to me, it solidifies it for me. Our spark is gone, our romance is over. We’re co-parents living under the same roof, nothing more. Capable of raising four kids and one wild doodle, but incapable of keeping our marriage—or a single goldfish—alive. But when he tries to push past all those walls I build up in between us to keep my heart safe—all the ways I try to make sure he knows what he’s missing—I start to remember what it feels like to be loved by him. I might not win this battle. Chance My wife is punishing me for something. Keeping me at arm’s length, locking me out and freezing me out, but I’ll wear her down. I know what we have is forever, but she needs to be reminded that we work just as well together now as we ever have, even if life looks a little different now than it did back then. Our love story isn’t over yet. I launch a plan to win her over, recreating some of our favorite dates from when we were young, but nothing goes according to plan. Over my dead body am I losing the woman of my dreams, the mother of my children, my wife. Let the battle of wills commence. About The Roommate Syndrome “The book that started the goldfish trope.” — Absolutely no one This book is a love letter to millennial culture and a must-read for any romance lover who’s in, or been in, a long-term relationship. Pop an antacid cause this bitch gets spicy and let’s go. It’s a standalone novel with a happily ever after, and is book one in The Syndrome Series. It’s a relatable read for anyone who’s entered a long-term relationship expecting the magic to stay on its own, and had a rude awakening.
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#2

The Complacency Syndrome

2023

Do you settle for comfortable and good enough? Or risk having nothing for the possibility of everything? To say Ellie is a hard worker would be an understatement. She’s had her eye on her goals since she could walk and talk, and she makes them happen. By choosing logic over emotion, what makes sense over what feels good, listening to her head over her heart. But when she starts to want more out of her long-term relationship—too much, according to her boyfriend—it threatens the future she’s always counted on. She has to make the hard decision of either settling for what she has or going for what almost no one gets to have. Ellie When 90% of my life is perfect, what’s there to complain about that last 10%? I make my own destiny, so when I decide to spice things up with my partner of the last five years, I think it’s going to go according to plan. But when it doesn’t, I have to decide how much my self-worth is really worth to me. If my goals outside the office deserve the same importance I place on my career and success for my clients. If the answer is yes, everything I’ve known and counted on will be upended when my heart takes the wheel… Asher I grew up young. I might only be twenty-one, but I’ve seen and done a lot in my time so far. That’s probably why I have less and less patience for my friends and their dumb shit, and more and more interest in the older woman I’m apprenticing under. I thought I was here just to get some experience to help me launch my own career, but I’m finding myself falling under the spell of the goddess I spend eight hours a day sharing an office with. If she gives me a chance, I’ll show her I’m good for her in more ways than just being her employee. So what if she’s ten years older than me? Nobody else feels what’s between us, they shouldn’t have a say whether we get to explore it. My sights are set on her, I know what I’m after. I just need her to give into this pull, convince her that we’re worth all the risks. This is the realest thing I’ve ever felt, but she’s scared of giving in, and I can’t even blame her. She could lose everything, but that’s just what I want to give her. About The Complacency Syndrome “The book that started the spam caller trope.” — Absolutely no one The Complacency Syndrome is a spicy, laugh-out-loud, friends-to-lovers, slow-burn, forbidden romance with a reverse age gap in a workplace setting. Whew! That was a mouthful. It’s about what happens when you have an okay relationship with two good people who just aren’t good together, how much self-worth is actually worth, and how sometimes you have to do what scares you in order to get where you want to be. Pop an antacid cause this bitch gets spicy and let’s go! It will have a sequel (it is not a standalone novel, and it ends on a minor cliffhanger), but there will be a happily ever after (obvi, I’m not a monster), and it is book two in The Syndrome Series. The Complacency Syndrome is the flip side of the coin of book one, The Roommate Syndrome, which focuses on salvaging a good marriage between two good people. (You do not have to read book one to appreciate books two and three in the series, but I do recommend it!)
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#3

The Secrecy Syndrome

2024

Their relationship is perfect. As long as no one finds out about it. Now that Ellie and Asher have taken a headfirst leap into their forbidden relationship, she’s certain about two things. She’s finally getting everything she’s ever wanted out of a romance, and no one can find out about it. Not their parents (whom they both work with, by the way), not their best friends, his roommate, no one. But how long can it really last when it’s a relationship that doesn’t meet society’s standards? Are they doomed to hide it forever, stealing moments when no one is looking closely? Will they be forced apart when their friends and loved ones inevitably find out? And when someone unexpected does find out…they just might lose everything they’ve fought so hard to find. EllieI might be 50% older than him, but he makes me feel things no one else ever has. The more sure I get that we’re meant to be together, not just a dirty little secret, the closer I get to everything I’ve ever wanted…the farther away our forever looks. AsherAfter all the ways I’ve fought to get us to this point, I might lose her to an invisible enemy. I’d do anything to keep her in my life, to stay in hers, but how can I fight the unknown? I got her into this mess, and removing myself from her life might be the only way to protect her now. About The Secrecy SyndromeThe Secrecy Syndrome is a spicy, reverse age gap, forbidden romance. It is NOT a standalone novel, it is book three in The Syndrome Series. It is the conclusion of Ellie + Asher’s story, and you will at least need to have read book two, The Complacency Syndrome first. It, of course, has a happily ever after, and has enough spice to start a food truck.

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