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Y. M. Nelson

Y. M. Nelson

Y. M. Nelson is based in Charlotte, NC and writes about love, writing and amateur DIY through books and blog posts. After she spent most of her writing "career" ghostwriting for companies and realized there were no passionate verbs in company instruction manuals, Y. M. decided to produce and share her own work with the public. She created and hosts Nerdy Romantics Podcast and published her debut novel, The Accidental Swipe in July 2023. To support her writing habit, she’s an English professor and has a day job. Follow her at ymnelson.com.

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Y. M. Nelson

FictionRomance

Rom-Com “How to Fail at Flirting” Succeeds on All Levels

"Williams blends rom-com fun with more weighty topics in her winsome debut." —The Washington Post "SPECTACULAR! Grabbed me on page one and held me enthralled until the end, when I promptly started re-reading to enjoy the deliciousness again.” —Priscilla Oliveras, USA Today bestselling author —∞— One look at the cover…
Y. M. Nelson
December 1, 2020
Fiction

A Tornado Tears Apart a Prison, Laying Bare Complex Moral and Social Issues

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fujita-4-terence-gallagher.jpg We all know how destructive a tornado can be, but can it also bring together people from different countries, backgrounds and socioeconomic levels? It does in Terence Gallagher’s Fujita 4, a novel that explores what can happen when different people are — in some cases literally — thrown together.…
Y. M. Nelson
October 16, 2020
Romance

“Daring and the Duke” Finishes the Bareknuckle Bastards Series on the Upswing

"MacLean reinforces her place as a master of historical romance ... gloriously insightful characterization, grandly entertaining plotting, and gorgeously sensual prose." —Booklist "...A locomotive from the start that keeps gaining steam and barreling forward to the heart-breaking, heart-mending end." —Kennedy Ryan, USA Today bestselling Author Sarah MacLean’s Daring and the Duke…
Y. M. Nelson
July 2, 2020
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Dreams and Destiny in “You Were There Too”

What do dreams mean? What if we share a dream — does that mean something more? Colleen Oakley’s latest novel delves into the world of dreams with artful curiosity and exquisite precision. Many stories center around the topic of dreaming and psychic phenomenon. Incredibly, this book’s premise of strangers dreaming…
Y. M. Nelson
January 7, 2020
Romance

Come Dance with a Seductive Specter

“I do not see ghosts!” uttered more than once by Suzy Wanamaker, is one of the most memorable lines in Come Dance With Me. And even though readers may want to disagree with her, there’s one thing they can agree with: this is an intriguing page-turner. Originally titled Come Closer,…
Y. M. Nelson
May 9, 2019
Romance

J.R. Ward’s New Paranormal Romance

When the breadth of your reading experience in paranormal fiction is a couple of YA series and Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, almost nothing can prepare you for the popular world of paranormal romance. But with J. R. Ward’s new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, The Savior (Gallery…
Y. M. Nelson
April 24, 2019

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