Jen Comfort Author

I was looking for scratch paper and found this old notebook filled with revision brainstorming notes for Midnight Duet, based on feedback from my crit partners. I had no memory of these notes even though they're from 2022... not even that long ago!

I think sometimes we authors mentally gloss over how hard a book was to write once the finished product is in our hands. I remember this book was a nightmare because I was going through a really challenging personal period (divorce, death of loved ones, my RA diagnosis, going back to work in a restaurant during a pandemic). But it was also a hard BOOK to write. My first draft was a hot mess. I had four wildly different versions of the first three chapters. I ended up revising about 80% of this book in the final five weeks before deadline and by the time I turned it in I felt like my brain was melting out of my eye sockets. I had no idea whether it was any good, whether anyone would "get" it, whether it was too much, whether everyone would hate Erika, whether I'd ever get another book contract.

But people DID like Midnight Duet; it's still my book with the highest ratings, and the finished product is so fun and campy and extra, and in the space between then and now I kind of forgot about how hard this book was to execute, what a ridiculously ambitious idea this was for my second published book, how I had to throw away and rework entire characters and plotlines, all done on very little sleep or emotional stability.

Midnight Duet was my fever dream, and I'm so grateful to everyone who helped make this book what it is. Each book was hard in its own way, but especially this one. As they say, though: "If no one can tell... does it matter?"

FAN SERVICE by is out today and I insist you immediately get this book because it is EVERYTHING.

It's my favorite book she's written yet and what I love about Rosie is she grows as a writer with every book (not saying that in like a backhand compliment way; if you've read her newsletters--and you should!--it's something she talks about!)

THIS book though? This book is the catnip to my soul. It's the teen dream; the echelon of every lil goth fan girl weirdo like me who used to spend all my free time writing the most egregious La Femme Nikita and Vampire Diaries (the books!!! I am OLD millennial) fanfic which transitioned into having my own Anita Blake fanpage on geocities where I designed JPGs of all the vampire boys' "popsicles" (its a euphemism duh but they were actually popsicle shaped... it made sense if you were also weird), which you could download and share on your own fanpage as a trophy.

But enough about my fangirl credentials! This is my (full) official blurb for FAN SERVICE, which you can also see part of on the back cover!! :

"Rosie wrote this book specifically for me and my interests and I am obsessed! Goth heroine? Check. Tortured himbo hero? Check. Bonkers premise? Double check. H***y suffering? There's no check mark big enough. Absolutely flawless rom-com by every definition of the genre--an absolute must-read! If this book is not an instant bestseller I will stage a dramatically emotional and very confused protest the likes of which my cat has never seen." - Jen Comfort, author of What is Love?

Anyway go read this book now because I'm serious when I say it's so good!!!

I'm so excited to celebrate 's latest release, WHAT HAPPENS IN AMSTERDAM, with on May 11th! Mark your calendars!!

I stg if I can't rent that tulip dress from nuuly for this event bc everyone else rented it first I will lose my f*cking mind. Y'all been warned. This isn't even a stupid influencer post to get a $10 credit, I'm just threatening

Anyway see y'all there! Or else! Or else nothing but why would you miss it??

What better way to celebrate Nov. 1st than with a post about a (checks notes) summer baseball romance?!

So I'm a liiiitle behind on my personal tbr, but who isn't? Like I'm gonna complain when the reason is that I've gotten to blurb so many incredible books lately?? Teenage romance reader me would be BESIDE HERSELF at how lucky I am!

If you haven't read THE ART OF CATCHING FEELINGS by yet, you need to move this bad girl to the top of your list. Alicia writes books so well-paced with such exquisite tension that you DO need to commit to being up until 4am to finish once you start. This "you've got mail" style romance had me on EDGE, I tell you.

Is base player Chris gonna find out that SHE'S the infamous heckler who called him a Winnie the Pooh roast and made him cry during a ball game? Especially once she totally accidentally has a valid oopsy reason for keeping it a secret? Especially as they develop this anonymous texting friendship that maybe leads to mutual phone s*x but she can't make a sound bc he'll recognize her voice bc OOPSY DAISY she also took a job as a baseball reporter person (who knows nothing about bball but it makes sense with the plot, trust me) so she sees him IRL every day?

There's also a plot to this book that's like "will Daphne realize her career destiny" and "will Chris finally go to therapy instead of bottling his Sad inside and only letting it out whilst crying in baseball" and "will this team go to a sports playoff thing," but MOSTLY what drives this plot is "will Chris realize Daphne is his secret online girlfriend??"

Now, I'm not one who usually likes Big Secrets in romance because I get really stressed out, and that's why I have PTSD from Mrs. Doubtfire. But I know Alicia can be trusted to expertly stick the landing after stabbing us in right the damn soul. It's also like 🔥🔥🔥🔥, so that distracted me from my crushing anxiety. And, boy, does she pull off the reveal. It's absolutely a "screaming OH S**T aloud to an empty room" moment. 10/10, gentle angst, very spice, I still don't know anything about bball

Have you read this yet??

JANUARY SALE! Dear UK (0.99) and Australia (1.49) romance readers--now is the time to pick up these hot romcoms that important trade review magazines have called "charmingly bonkers" (complimentary).

MIDNIGHT DUET:
- A gender-flipped, modern Phantom of the Opera retelling
- Gothy & glam theater vibes masquerading as a plot
- Eurovision shenanigans
- L***y organ playing
- An entire chapter written in service of a Spinal Tap joke
- Cher is an immortal sorceress???
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THE ASTRONAUT & THE STAR
- Black cat/golden retriever vibes
- Neurodiversity rep
- Himbo action hero
- Goth, bisexual NASA astronaut babe with a PR problem (told a pap to "f*ck off" after he suggested Mars is fake)
- Must pay penance by training said himbo action hero for a movie role
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