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Preferably Yours

Preferably Yours

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“I’m sorry, Betty, I can’t stop. I have to kill someone.”


“He’s on the third floor. Poetry section.”


Love makes people do funny things. In Jennifer Karns’s case, it made her march into a silent library and beat the most romantic man in Pennsylvania with a fistful of yellow tulips.


Jennifer had left Mercersburg at eighteen with a broken heart and a foolproof plan: build an extraordinary life in Boston, get a PhD in Art History, and never, ever come back. And it worked. For sixteen years, it worked.


Then one phone call brings her home. To the small town with big memories. To the porch where it had all fallen apart. To Gram’s paintings and glorious garden. To Miles Harrison …


Great art and great love tend to have the same problem, though. They demand everything—and you might wind up with a masterpiece in the end—if you survive the process.

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  • AUTHOR

    JL Mills

  • REVIEWS

    “From the opening scene to the final curtain, PREFERABLY YOURS had me completely captivated. JL Mills writes romance the way the best performers take a stage, with charm, confidence and impeccable timing.”

    —Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tony Award-winning star of Rent from the original cast on stage and film


    "A breath of fresh air that takes us on a journey of real love, and real loss. A wonderful read for the holiday season."

    —Valerie Dykes, Mercersburg Journal


    “PREFERABLY YOURS reminds you why you love to read … This story is powerful. Powerful enough to make you smile, maybe cry, maybe dance. I promise."

    —Dana Lyons, USA Today bestselling author of The Rosetta Coin, The Road to Babylon and numerous other titles


    “PREFERABLY YOURS by JL Mills is the story of a love that was simply meant to be … with all the tender moments and fiery battles that delight the hearts of romance readers. The themes of art and its life lessons that are seamlessly woven throughout make this book unique … Ms. Mills has a lovely writing style, her words expertly painted across the pages, making PREFERABLY YOURS not only a fabulous contemporary love story, but a work of art."

    —M. Jean Pike, author of All the Broken Places and Frankie's Heart


    “A heartbreakingly beautiful journey that boldly challenges its protagonist, no matter how deep her pain is.”

    —Elisabeth McGowan, Senior Editor/Writer


    “A beautifully written, slow-burn second chance romance that proves it is never too late for a masterpiece of a love story.”

    —Heath H. Himes, Publisher Tuscarora Media Group & Joseph F. Biddle Publishing Co.


    “A beautifully written love story. The characters draw you in, their emotions become your own, and the tender, heart-wrenching moments will bring tears to your eyes—more than once. With masterful storytelling, heartfelt authenticity, and prose that lingers long after the final page, this is romance at its very finest. An unforgettable read.”

    —Victoria Ashe, Amazon #1 bestselling contemporary romance author of A Wife by Accident and A Cowboy in Disguise


    "PREFERABLY YOURS takes us home—home to sweeter times of family dinners and young love and then transports us through a beautiful love story. A story of familiar, romantic love, as well as the love of family that transcends generations and heartbreak, JL Mills uses the page as her canvas and her words as the paints to create a beautiful masterpiece."

    —Laura J. Martin, Inspiration Igniter & Owner of the Washington County Playhouse


    “Like the best of Tennessee Williams' memory plays, PREFERABLY YOURS is a beautiful tribute to memory, loss, and hopeful desire in the future. JL Mills writes with a poetic prose that creates postcards of places we've loved, and will return to again and again—joyfully. This is a novel filled with gorgeous details and sumptuous prose. I loved it!"

    —Frances DeleCourt Winters, author of The Fortuneteller's Garden and The Girl with Flowers in her Hair

  • PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

    376 Pages. Paperback.

  • ISBN

    979-8-9925534-2-0

  • SHIPPING INFO

    Ships within 3 days.

  • RETURN & REFUND POLICY

    No refunds or returns once order is processed with the exception of damaged products.

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