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"What happens when you meet your soul mate at the wrong time?What happens when you meet your soul mate, but you aren't theirs?" la douleur exquise:the exquisite pain of loving some unattainable Goodreads Choice Nominated poet J.R. Rogue's debut poetry collection tells the tale of a once-in-a-lifetime love unreturned. These heartwrenching and soul-crushing poems are confessional while also being relatable. This collection will make you feel seen in all your heartbreak. "I will write stories about how we lost each other, because that's the part I will never get over. That's the part I know best." The Exquisite Pain of the Unrequited was previously published as La Douleur Exquise, which translates to the exquisite pain.

J.R. Rogue has self-published five novels and ten poetry collections. Several of her poetry collections have become bestsellers, including Tell Me Where It Hurts, La Douleur Exquise, and Exits, Desires, & Slow Fires, two of which were also Goodreads Choice Nominees for poetry. In her latest book of poems, I'm Not Your Paper Princess, the author focuses on love, heartache, and continuously discovering old truths in new ways.

Don't let fear sway you. You're not your past.Seraphina Daniels feels like running--the kind of running that doesn't include a set destination. So, when her childhood friend calls in distress, she's more than prepared to leave behind her failed--and famous--relationship, her writer's block, and her impending thirtieth birthday.But upon her return to the Ozarks--a sharp contrast to New York City--she discovers that everything's changed.I think I wanted you before I even knew what it was like to want someone.The homecoming brings Sera to Chace Holloway: the man who's made a home out of the place that was once hers. Romance isn't an option, but friendship comes easily with the twenty-two-year-old songwriter--despite the attraction they both feel.He is music, and I am merely madness and melancholy.What started as an escape becomes more of a trap when the past begins to wrap around the present. As hope blooms, Sera and Chace face their biggest obstacles--what they each fear, and what old lovers desire.

Heartwrenching and gorgeous and so incredibly engaging. --New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author, Laurelin Paige"Some love affairs aren't meant for the public eye.Some love affairs won't survive the fallout."International pop star Sean das Dores has two loves in his life: his music and his long-term girlfriend Jo-though not necessarily in that order. So when he finds himself in the throes of a panic attack before a show, he chooses her over the arena of fans chanting his name.What he doesn't expect to find when he makes it home, is Jo...in bed with his uncle Apollo."Maybe we are all looking for something that feels a little wrong.Maybe we all get off on that kind of thing."Ignoring his uncle's ominous warnings, Sean decides on a betrayal of his own: to seek comfort in the one person Apollo wants this hidden from-Calliope das Dores.But when he arrives at her lake house-just before his twenty-first birthday-he quickly learns he was the last to know of their partners' deception."Are we really going to do this?Rebound with each other?"What starts as an act of revenge rekindles long-buried desires between the forbidden lovers. As Sean and Calliope drive across the country, their stunned exes follow-and so do the secrets they hoped would stay hidden.But all road trips, and some love affairs, have to end somewhere.

I'm not a song. I don't have blue eyes like the girls you sing about. I have a blue soul.Sonnet Rosewood needs a new chapter-the kind that doesn't remind her of anything she's leaving behind in the Ozarks. So, when opportunity beckons to escape to the Great Smoky Mountains for a writing retreat, she answers with a firm yes.But the arrival of a decade-old and short-lived fling at the cabin changes everything.How quickly we push past the barriers we erected between ourselves for years.Recognizing the beautiful voice of the unexpected guest reminds her of his name, Hunter Hart: the man she wrote as forgettable, who vowed to show her he was anything but if given a second chance.Maybe you want the challenge more than you want the girl.What started as Sonnet's attempt to escape her past thrusts her straight into the responsibilities of another's, making their future sound more and more like the sad songs they've been writing together. While their passion is undeniable, their happily-ever-after is not. The single father's rules leave little room for a different kind of love. And Sonnet has rules of her own-to never again wait for a man to open his heart to her.