Jenny Gardiner

Shrimply irresistible... Lola Quigley can't believe her good luck when she wins a spot on the Food Channel's popular Shop till you Drop. The show features amateur foodies competing to produce a prize-winning meal from staples commonly found in food banks, where people often unload their most unwanted pantry items. Having lived on a near poverty-level budget for a few dark years when her life imploded unexpectedly, Lola had grown to love the challenge...

Falling for Mr. Wrong. If lusting after him is wrong, she doesn't want to be right. Harper Landry sometimes feels like she's turned into a professional dater. Which might not be such a bad job if it didn't involve having to spend so much time with a succession of truly undesirable men who were obviously still single for good reason. So she's elated when she ends up on a blind date with the charming and handsome Danny Greevy, a man who seems too good...

Go hard or go home… After losing her beloved neighbor Violet, Daphne Sweeney realizes her dream when Violet leaves her part ownership of the duplex she shared with her aged friend. Finally, after years of trying to scrape together the money for her own place, Daphne can stay put, establish some real roots, in her humble little home from Violet. Until she realizes Violet left the remaining ownership of the house to a very distant relative, Brady...

Does this ring make my ass look big? Izzy Strong has grown weary of the loser guys of L.A., having ditched the latest, a guy who couldn't seem to look up from his ESPN app to conduct a meaningful conversation. He'd followed on the heels of a lifeguard obsessed with sharks, a waiter who bragged far too often about serving the Kardashians, and a foot fetishist who demanded she wear sandals while vacationing at a ski resort in the dead of winter. So...

How could a man so perfectly wrong be so completely right? Maddie Henderson is the trivia queen of Verity Beach, and she's got a shelf full of trophies to prove it. Word's gotten around that she's downright unbeatable when it comes to being brimming with useless knowledge and pop culture fun facts. Unbeatable, that is, until Donovan Reeves-the one that got away-shows back up in town, years after crushing her heart like a bug on the sidewalk. And...

This collection of humorous and sometimes poignant essays from award-winning author Jenny Gardiner will make you laugh and maybe bring you to tears. Sometimes compared to Nora Ephron and Erma Bombeck, #1 Kindle bestselling author Jenny Gardiner loves to find the humor in the ordinary, and you'll likely see yourself as you read along in this collection.

Taking the plunge... Lacy Caldwell's mermaid gig at a cheesy roadside beach bar provided much-needed income while she pursues her graduate degree. That is until the beloved owner dies and her greedy nephew announces he's cashing out by closing the bar and selling the property to a developer who's going to replace the kitschy charm of the Mermaid's Purse with ocean-view condos. Cameron Sanders can't believe his good luck. Struggling financially,...

If this truck's a-rockin' don't come a-knockin' Jamie Lundquist had gone soft. More like squishy. Usually a lean, athletic surfer girl, the stress of her newly-divorced parents dueling for her undivided attention had driven her to seek solace in food and binge-watching TV shows, and her fat ass had become a testimonial to her woes. So with the New Year, she's vowed to turn over a new leaf and get back in shape before surf season kicks in. But temperatures...

Successful Washington, DC photographer Lucy McSweeney has given up on looking for Mr. Right. With her biological time clock pounding a veritable drum beat, she's decided all she really needs is a turkey baster to lead her to motherhood. Andrew Madigan is a good guy. So good, he even makes a monthly deposit at a local sperm bank, in honor of his sister, whose marriage fell apart after being unable to conceive. But maybe Drew's a little too good-after...