Jeannine Colette is a contemporary romance author known for combining humor and angst in her bestselling standalone novels. She has a unique writing style that features dynamic heroines and swoon-worthy heroes who have to abandon their reality in order to discover themselves and find love. Her stories are set in exciting new cities and feature a rose of a different color for each book, making her Abandon Collection a series of stand-alone novels that are both unique and captivating.
Colette's love for storytelling began at a young age. She was inspired by the piles of books with Fabio-esque men and scantily clad women that she found lying around her house, which her mother had acquired through the Double Day book club. As a child, she would make up stories in her head just by looking at the covers. When she was 9, she started writing stories using her best friend as a muse, creating romances for the 9-year-old mind.
Colette's writing style was further influenced by the authors she discovered as she grew older. At the age of 14, she fell in love with Marian Keyes' wit and humor with a dark side, which introduced her to the world of realistic fiction. When she was 19, Nicholas Sparks forever changed her views on relationships, teaching her that true love could be both beautiful and difficult at the same time. At 22, Jeannette Wells made her feel more emotion from an autobiographical novel than she thought possible, inspiring her to become a writer. When she was 30, Jamie McGuire and Colleen Hoover introduced her to the world of self-publishing, making her realize that she too could give it a try someday.
Jeannine Colette is a graduate of Wagner College and the New York Film Academy. She went on to become a Segment Producer for television shows on CBS and NBC but left the television industry to focus on her children and pursue a full-time writing career. She currently lives in New York with her husband, the three tiny people she adores more than life itself, and a rescue pup named Wrigley. Colette and her family are active supporters of The March of Dimes and Strivright The Auditory-Oral School of New York.