Jennifer Van Wyk

The Path to Us

I left Lakeside, Montana heartbroken and lost with no desire to ever return.But life had other plans.Moving back wasn't what I wanted to do, but I'd do anything for my daughter Emmy. Including put myself in the path of Sadie Jones.My daughter's new dance teacher.The reason my heart was never fully opened to another was because it's always belonged to her.When I watched Reed Sanders drive away from Lakeside, I knew my heart would never recover.He was meant for more than what this town could offer him.Than what I could offer him.I tried to warn him to stay away from me, but he refused to listen.If only he would have, maybe I wouldn't feel so broken.The heart is mysterious. It can be closed off and broken at the same time.It can hold room for more than one person.And unfortunately, sometimes it takes danger lurking around the corner to make it choose a side.All I can say is that I hope one day I finally hear the words... I'm Yours.

I'm Yours

Andy Simpson never expected to be raising his teenage twin sons alone.Then again, he also never expected to walk into his house and see his wife with another man. In their bed. Or that it wasn't her first time.Bitterness threatened to wrap around his heart, darkening every part of his life.But a brightness he wasn't even looking for entered their lives and wouldn't let it take hold.Christine Jameson knew all about being a single parent. But she was holding a secret. A secret she wasn't willing to allow anyone to find out. One she'd held tight for years.But one look at Andy, and she knew that she needed to be honest with him. That he de-served to know he wasn't alone.They both needed friendship. Needed someone who understood, who had compassion without judgement.What they didn't imagine was for it to become something more.That they would come to share something they never thought they would experience again.They didn't expect for it to... Feel Like Home.This is a stand alone second chance romance, new adult, contemporary romance, womens romance, small town romance, and romance

Feels Like Home

Jennifer Van Wyk's Never Really Over will leave you searching for your own farm boy. This small town single dad romance is about forgiveness and a love that stands the test of time. With one phone call, Colt's life turned upside down, inside out, backwards, spiraled out of control... however you want to say it. He was used to life not going as planned, but this little detour changed his life forever and completely terrified him. But he didn't have time to dwell on the fact he was not this toddler's one and only parent. His little niece Poppy needed him and he was determined not to fail her. But life continued to throw him curve balls. While trying to learn his new normal, Layla, his first and only love, breezed back into his life. That might have excited him, but he hadn't counted on the fact that she'd changed over the years. Gone was the girl he fell in love with, replaced with someone he could barely stand to be around. Colt didn't have time to deal with a snobby, bitter grump when he had a farm to run and a toddler to raise. She still may be the most gorgeous person he'd ever laid eyes on, but to him, beauty was about more than what was on the surface. The problem was, he was starting to wonder if the new Layla wasn't really who she was. He tried to resist her, but sometimes love is never really over. Never Really Over is a complete standalone small town romance set in Iowa. It contains no cheating, no triggers, and a happily ever after you'll be rooting for the whole time.

A Single Dad Small Town Romance

Never Really Over

After James Cole's wife walked out on him, he put his dreams aside to raise his daughter. But now she's grown and he's ready for more. When the opportunity arises to own a restaurant, his life-long dream, he can't deny that it's meant to be. And for more reasons than one.He's kept his heart closed off since the day his wife walked away. He's never found someone who he thought was worth opening himself up to. But one look at her, and he knew she was everything. Carly Hanson has a secret. A secret only she and her teenage son, Jack, know about. She's built a new life but kept herself carefully guarded.The day Carly stumbled, literally, into James, her world was turned upside down. She tries to keep him strictly as a friend, but he's relentless in his pursuit. Can he break down the walls she's so firmly built? Can he get her to join him in... A Better Place?

A Better Place

Our relationship was such a cliché.Friends to lovers. High school sweethearts.Then... driven by insecurities, I broke Grady Ryan's heart.I was weak, afraid to love, and even more afraid to be loved.There are secrets I've kept buried but I can't forget what we once shared.I've been given a second chance and this time, I'm prepared to fight for him.After six long years of silence, Bri Jameson is back in my life.I never expected to see her again, especially not to share in the biggest opportunity of my career.When she walks toward me across my football field, I can't stop my heart from racing.But time hasn't stopped me from knowing her - and I know she's hiding something.I can only hope whatever it is doesn't ruin me.I've finally moved on and I won't fall into her trap again. I wish I could tell my heart the same thing - it's just been waiting for her. Waiting for Her is an emotional standalone second chance romance.

Waiting for Her

Falling for You

The Other Guy

From small town author Jennifer Van Wyk, an all-new love story of second chances, falling in love with your best friend, and realizing your worth.

I walked down the aisle and said “I do” to the wrong man.
Unfortunately, it took me eight years to figure it out.
It took me even longer to realize who was in front of me the entire time.
You’d think that being a romance author would have helped me to see the signs that I chose wrong the first time and I would have been able to write my own happily-ever-after so easily.
But like so many of the books I read and write, it took something dramatic to happen before I opened my eyes and saw Brock as the man he’s been to me my entire life.
I get a second chance to do this love thing right and I won’t mess it up again.

She asked me to walk her down the aisle but how could I do that when I knew the end result would be her saying “I do” to the wrong man?
Or, at least, the man who wasn’t… me.
It didn’t take some big epiphany for me to suddenly realize I had feelings for her.
They were just… there. Always. I missed my chance because I was a young coward.
But that was then. I’m no longer a scared teenager.
I’m a man who knows who and what I want.
I’m not going to make the same mistake again or ignore the second chance I’ve been given. Naomi’s about to see whose held my heart all these years.
Because the pain of watching her build a life with another man was almost more than I could handle.
But loving her and having the chance to show her a true love? Well, it’s indescribable.

A Friends to Lovers Romance

Indescribable

Without You

Small town romance author, Jennifer Van Wyk, delivers a story of unexpected love that's coupled with her signature humor, swoony men, and sweet but sassy women.I was really an idiot.How I didn't see the signs is beyond me... but yet, here I sit, holding the diamond ring I tried to place on my girlfriend's finger. Hopefully the whiskey will do its trick and help me forget the last three years ever happened.I'm such an idiot. Really, I am.I thought my boyfriend was going to propose tonight. Instead, I'm sitting here chugging vodka cranberries like they're water. I just want to forget the last couple years ever happened.That's all I wanted.To forget for one night.So how did one night change my life forever? I didn't mean to be so careless. But I refuse to let my past affect this baby. Now we need to step up... Together.

A Surprise Pregnancy Romance

Together

Ethan,I wasn't expecting to find you.The night was only supposed to be a celebration for my friend, but I couldn't stop my heart, or body, from being drawn to you.Then I got to know you and you chipped away every wall I'd built around my heart.You don't know how many times I found reasons to talk to you. To see you.It has to stop.There's this distance between us I can't control.Damn you and your dimple for being so irresistible.I wish I wasn't so Gone for You.Olivia,I knew I wouldn't be able to let you go the night you walked into my bar.Everything in me screams to keep you close.I'm ready to move forward, to stop making excuses to see you, but I know you need more time.You've created this distance between us to protect your heart, but you have to know it's safe with me.The moments you give me aren't enough.I want you forever and I'll stop at nothing to make it happen.After all, I'm so Gone for You.Gone for You is the first of three standalone contemporary romances in the new All for You series. There's elements of brother's best friend and friends-to-lovers romance with a love that's built over time.

Gone for You

Tess & Barrett Ryan have been married for over twenty years. They're both hopelessly in love with each other. Have been since they were just seventeen years old. But lately, they feel disconnected. They don't get time together to go on dates much less bedroom time. Date night no longer consists of the woo. He can't remember the last time he had his wife to himself. She can't remember the last time she felt adored. As much as he un-derstands that she's feeling unappreciated and generally unneeded as his wife, he feels the same. They're struggling in a way they never imagined when they began their rela-tionship all those years ago. It seems that their lives won't slow down and change isn't going to happen un-less they make it. Together they realize they've put them first for far too long and in the meantime forgot what made their house a home to begin with. Will a week in a remote Michigan cabin be enough to remind each other what they built their lives upon? How do they fall back in love with each other when they never fell out of it in the first place?

From the Ground Up

When I arrived at your resort, I was broken.Emotionally and professionally, I had nothing left.The last three books I published bombed and the ink was barely dry on my divorce papers. The divorce I never saw coming.All I needed was peace and quiet, and you gave it to me.That and so much more.Hope. Courage. Friendship. Passion.The last thing I want to do is leave.But if I stayed, I'd only be staying for you.Staying For You is a friends-to-lovers contemporary romance with a push and pull that will keep you turning the pages.

Staying For You

It took me years to get over my fiancé sleeping with another woman. I thought my luck with men had finally turned around until I walked in on my new fiancé with my maid-of-honor.I'm done with men entirely. I'm definitely old enough to know better than to let that happen to me again. Trust isn't something I have in me to give... to anyone. At least, Not anymore.Besides, even if I wanted to give someone my everything, I have nothing left to give. Now, if Walker could be just a tad less handsome, his relationship with his nephew not quite as sexy and his body... well, let's not get crazy. His body is just a gift to womankind.The moment I laid eyes on Ellie, I knew she'd be full of spit and vinegar. And why wouldn't she be? She'd just caught her fiancé with her maid of honor - and they weren't chatting about the upcoming nuptials. I can't help but push her buttons, she's sexy as hell when she's fired up. Or cooking dinner with Miss Polly, or... well, any time, really. Maybe having her work for me in my vet clinic wasn't the smartest move I've ever made considering I can't stop my body from aching for her.She said she was done with men entirely, that she's broken but I can't help but hope that she realizes she's All I Need.

Jennifer Van Wyk

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