Happy New … fiction!

Happy new fiction for 2025, along with peace, good health, prosperity and joy!

Call it women’s fiction or romance, feel-good fiction explores the full and rich inner landscape of our emotions – a spectrum of hopes, dreams, challenges and triumphs of the human spirit.

Each of us is so much more than the sum of our choices, more than our flesh and blood; and so much more than our actions, appearance, relationships and personal past.

Fiction offers us philosophy. Within its humble and entertaining pages it offers social science, psychology, anthropology, geography, history and more – right there for the taking. Between the covers, we can find solutions we didn’t even know we were seeking.

So, whether you’re reading or writing or both, may fiction feed you insights and joys beyond measure, throughout 2025.

My favourite authors:

These are the authors whose novels I cannot resist:

Emily Henry
Beth O’Leary
Monica McInerney
Di Morrissey
Jojo Moyes
Maeve Binchy
Geraldine Brooks
Barbara Kingsolver
Kristen Hannah

Why? They grip me from the first page. The stakes are high. The characters are instantly relatable, and they change for the better throughout the story.

I want contrast – peace and calm, and full fireworks (please see images at end). Deep despair requires soaring joy – and these authors deliver it without fail, with believable, uplifting endings.

I am in awe of these authors. Their works perpetually challenge me to put words together in ever more effective ways, for you! I write feel-good fiction because your heart matters.

Who are your own ‘must-buy’ authors? Why? I’d love to hear from you!

Thank you – always

Thank you so much for your ongoing interest! If you’ve read this far, you are indeed an Amber Jakeman VIP, and I look forward to sharing news with you now and then throughout 2025, along with special offers.

Special offers

Brisbane event: I look forward to meeting readers at the upcoming Australian Romance Readers Association Romantic Rendezvous in Brisbane on 22 March. You can pre-order my books here to ensure I bring enough copies. Tickets are available here.

Paperbacks on sale: Find all my paperbacks at 20 per cent off at Galaxy Bookshop in Sydney’s CBD and by ordering online, only at Abbeys Online, and only until the end of January. Are discounts romantic? Yes!

Summer Beach ebook on sale! Be it summer or winter for you, Summer Beach is the love song you can curl up with on the sofa, or relax and enjoy the shade.

Thank you for your beautiful reviews of Summer Beach, the first in my Escape to the Coast series. Enjoy this selection:

“Amber delves into the layers of a person’s heart and peels away the facades. She observes and explores in her stories, the reasons people do what they do. …

“This novel oozes love, kindness, friendship, neighbourly care, courage and emotional healing. I highly recommend this heart-warming and uplifting story, no matter the season. 5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” Cindy

“I so enjoyed this easy read feel good story … Hello rock star fans, where are you hiding? because I have news for you, this is very much up your alley way… I was totally invested in this book… 5 star review/rating.” Pauline

“Amber’s done it again. She has intrigued us, beguiled us and left us longing for more. Apart from the joyful and relaxing belief that Summer Beach will have a happy ending, the superb prose is a wonderful testimonial to the delight of the descriptive word.” Annette

Buy Summer Beach ebook on sale for just 99c (USD) until end of January.

Summer Beach – the blurb

How can you find your way home – past a tripwire? Sam’s an LA computer-coding workaholic. Jake’s a reluctant rockstar who denies his songwriting talent.

When Sam returns to an Australian backwater to sell her family’s beach house, gruff neighbor Jake stymies her plans – then steals her heart.

Beneath Sam’s house lies a tragic time bomb that will blow her world apart. With help from best friend Fliss and Jake, can Sam embrace her future – before it’s too late?

Buy SUMMER BEACH ebook