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CJ Connolly is the Vancouver-based, UK-born author of The Love of My Other Life, a top-five finalist in the 2023 RNA Awards for Debut Romantic Novel of the Year, The Love I Could Have Had, and The Love of Her Lives. CJ's books are published by London-based Joffe Books, and she is represented by literary agent Victoria Skurnick of Levine Greenberg Rostan in New York. ...more

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	The Love of My Other Life 3.82 avg rating — 3,418 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love I Could Have Had 3.68 avg rating — 807 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love of Her Lives 3.55 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Music is so important to me in novels, especially in my own. I always write with songs in mind — either the song that would be playing in the movie soundtrack, or just a piece that highlights the mood of the moment. The Love of Her Lives was a great one to make a Spotify playlist… Continue reading The Love of Her Lives soundtrack Read more of this blog post »

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Listen for the Lie

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Homecoming

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“I still really love you. And even though I betrayed you, I never loved anyone else. It’s always been you. It always will be.”
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