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About Brandi Kennedy
Brandi Kennedy is a romance novelist who is finally living her childhood career dream. As a child, books were her world and through adulthood, that love of words has never changed. Brandi is now a contemporary romance novelist and poet with a deep love of writing and a curiously adventurous desire to someday write in several other genres.
A woman of varied interests, Brandi loves photography, music of all kinds, knitting, crochet, and of course, mothering her two young daughters. Currently, she finds her home in the heart of Knoxville, Tennessee, among the mountains and the members of her extended family, where she spends her days at the computer, bringing fresh and incredibly real characters to life.
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Blog postMy life in the last few months has been even more stressful than usual - which for me, as a disabled single mom with C-PTSD, is saying something. PTSD is like constantly living with a charlie horse in the back of your knee; you have to be very careful in your movements, your stretches, your activity. All to prevent activating that horrible, painful cramp, because once it starts, your in complete misery until it lets up - and there aren't a lot of ways to make it go away.
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Blog postVision boards are still a relatively new thing for me in that I've only made about four of them during my lifetime. That being said, I am still very familiar with the concept of having a vision for your life, an idea of where you're going, where you want to go, and how you might intend to get there.
Actually, that is the one part of this that isn't at all new to me - the part where you form that vision of what you're hoping to get out of your life.
But putting it all on3 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt has been maybe two solid years since I started taking the time to actually sit down and write out my quarterly goals, inspired by Jenna Moreci's now-retired video series sharing her own successes and failures with her goals. Over the time I've been making these lists on my own, I've seen my own fair share of both failures and successes, including one quarter when I was one hundred percent expecting a major fail and still ended up coming out on top.
One thing I've learned fro3 years ago Read more -
Blog postWhen I wrote my last Friday Feels post, I mentioned my maternal grandmother still being alive. I talked about being discouraged because chronic illness sucks especially when it's painful, and I talked about how depressing it was to think that with the longevity of my grandmothers, I would likely be looking at a solid 50 more years of dealing with my health as it is before I'm finished with this life.
Ten days later, my family's matriarch took her last breath at 83 years old, having3 years ago Read more -
Blog postLong time, no speak, right? I went from last year's crazy momentum and thrilling growth to ... well, nothing. Radio silence.
I couldn't blog. Couldn't write. Couldn't keep up with my calendar, my social media, my doctors appointments, my kids' health problems, my struggles and insecurities, the needs of the people most important to me.
I was trying really hard though.
And then a few days before Thanksgiving, my Grandmother died. Her journey through Alzheime3 years ago Read more -
Blog postI can't believe this is actually my first post of this month! Things have been pretty crazy for me lately - and while I know I say that pretty much all the time, I've also come to accept that the frequency of the twists and turns in my life doesn't negate their existence.
November has been an adventure for me because certain things are finally starting to play out and I feel so much like I'm in limbo. My van is truly on it's last legs; when I drive it, it literally sounds like a tod4 years ago Read more -
Blog postThe last time I did a tag post using my books to decide which of my characters would be most likely to do certain things, I had so much fun, I've been really wanting to try it again - but with a tag of my own making. And what better time to try that than now, right?
This post will be focused on all things Halloween, twisted in with the various quirks and idiosyncrasies that make my characters so rich and unique as people despite their various similarities. My oldest daughter helped m4 years ago Read more -
Blog postClick here to watch on Amazon!
Starring:Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt
Directed by: Lee Unkrich, Adrian MolinaReleased: 2017Length: 1h 45m
One of my favorite things about my city is the way the whole place comes alive in the fall and winter months. There are loads of festivals and events, and I love that when I'm feeling up to it, I can take my kids out to do something fun without wrecking my back or my wallet. This past week, we were able to see a gr4 years ago Read more -
Blog postThis has been a long week, a long month, a long year. I've had ongoing car troubles, ongoing legal issues, ongoing ... everything. Even our moving plans are dragging on and on, creeping along so slowly sometimes I'm not even sure we're moving forward despite the evidence right in front of my face. I have days when I'm just a little bit hopeless, overwhelmed with all the change, all the weight of the burdens I'm struggling to carry with grace and composure despite the barriers around me.
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Blog postIt's funny how life changes, isn't it? Sometimes it happens so slowly you barely notice your life leaving behind what it is now in favor of what it will be some distant day; other times the change washes over us so quickly our lives become almost unrecognizable, almost overnight.
For some of us, the balance of life is pretty stable - you're born, you grow up, you take or leave certain opportunities. You do your best to succeed in your own way, to leave some small mark on the world and the4 years ago Read more -
Blog postA few months ago, I saw a video on YouTube, pieced together with clips from the video creator's favorite songs - one song from every year of their life. I sort of kept that topic in mind, letting it marinate in the background; it kept coming up, but I knew it would be a huge endeavor that would likely take a while, so I put it off and put it off and put it off ...
But then I tacked it onto the end of my to-do's in my bullet journal, knowing that I wouldn't allow myself to simply delete it.4 years ago Read more -
Blog postRecently, I've talked a bit here about my journey with journaling, with a focus on bullet journaling and why it hasn't worked well for me in the past. I've shared a bit about the app I'm using now, why it didn't work before, and what makes it so perfect this time around - and I've even shared screenshots from when I first set my journal up.
But that was in August, and I've adjust things just a bit since then, taking things out that weren't working, adding things I needed in. I've been havi4 years ago Read more -
Blog postLast quarter, I said the previous quarter was the hardest I've pushed through since I started listing and posting my quarterly goals. Apparently, I hadn't yet realized the complexity with which 2018 was going to level-up my life. If this were a game, I'd be tripping over bosses and battles almost constantly, and I'm pretty sure I'd have a record number of respawns by now. (Pretty sure all it took was that one sentence for real gamers to be able to tell I'm not part of that particular club.)4 years ago Read more
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Blog postMy life lately has been a whirlwind of happenings, with another flare-up of one of my daughter's symptoms coinciding perfectly with another hospitalization with my mom. I've been doing my best to keep up, but sometimes things get to me and I end up dropping the ball - and I hate to see that this time, the ball I dropped was the blogging ball.
Still, I'm trying to straighten things out, but this is real life with chronic illness, single parenting, and mental health symptoms. So this4 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt's funny how much writing this series has made me look differently at how I love myself - not just in the way of how much I love myself, but in how I get the job done. Over the course of this series, I have, obviously, talked quite a lot about self love and the importance of finding ways not only to value yourself, but to express that value to yourself in the right way.
Applying self-love to the concept of love languages takes this whole premise to a new level too, because love la4 years ago Read more -
Blog postLife has been really out of control for me lately, and I hate that it's showing here in lack of content. I've been working behind the scenes on getting things together for our move (still waiting on our place to open up, which is so frustrating but also a great lesson in trusting God's timing), getting various health issues dealt with (or at least, attempting to), and juggling the everyday disasters of a disabled single mom living a really complicated life overwhelmed with chronic illness.
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Blog postSorry guys, my daughter is having some flare-ups with her health, and I'm trying to focus on her right now - that's why I missed posting on Friday (we were in the ER most of the day) and why I'm missing today. Right now she needs her mom to be a mom. I'll be back on Thursday.4 years ago Read more
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Blog postIn honor of the fallen ones, the heroes, the fighters, the rescuers, and all of those still aching with loss over loved ones no longer with us. In remembrance of a tragedy that brought a nation together, a pain that will never quite heal, and a pride that will never fade. My country is not always perfect - but I'm so proud to be an American, so thankful for my hard-won freedom ...
And still so incredibly fucking pissed at the animals who perpetrated the 9/11 attack in 2001.
Today I c4 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt's funny how I've been writing this series lately, mostly because of how much I've been needing to learn the lessons I've been sharing here. Loving myself is something that has never come easy for me, because I have never been an easy person for people to love - at least, it seems, not for long.
I'm good at collecting people because I'm open and friendly and outgoing, because I tend toward people-pleasing, because I'm fiercely loyal, and because I'm always willing to give everything I ha4 years ago Read more -
Blog postIf you've been following along lately, you'll know we've been exploring what happens when we combine the idea of self-love with the genius of Gary Chapman's "love languages." (Introductions to this series, part one and part two.) In the last post, we talked about how we can use words of affirmation on ourselves just as powerfully as we can with our other loved ones, and while I didn't give a lot of concrete suggestions (because I wanted you to be able to relate in your own way), I4 years ago Read more
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Blog postRecently, I've been working my way through exploring the concept of self-love in a deeper way. (See post one here, and post two here.) I mean, we talk about self-love all the time in our society - we remind ourselves to treat ourselves, to spoil ourselves. But sometimes we get caught up in the minutiae, and for some people, a pedicure isn't an "I love you" gift at all. And even among those of us who are familiar with the idea of love languages and the way everyone speaks an inherently4 years ago Read more
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Blog postIn the first post of this series, I talked about the various love languages defined by Gary Chapman, but then I took the concept and applied it to the idea of self-love, and the common opinion that you can't truly love others - or accept love from others - until you've learned to love yourself.
And I know I'm not the first person to have thought about it in that way - I'm certainly no love expert in any form. I can write a romance novel because as a woman, I can share what appeals to women4 years ago Read more -
Blog postI was supposed to write the next post in my series about using love languages to learn about and explore your self-love practice, but I'm putting that off for the moment, because I want to tell you a story. Actually, I'm gonna tell you two stories, so bear with me if this gets a little long.
You might want to go grab a drink for this one. Maybe a sandwich. We're gonna be here a while.
Story #1:She pulled up outside the pain clinic, ashamed to be there but thankful to have made i4 years ago Read more -
Blog postHere we are again, on a Friday - and that means it's time for another Friday Feels - the second this month! As always, I'm thrilled to be taking the time to sit down and explore what I've been feeling lately and why I've been feeling it. And I've definitely gotten my fair share of practice, since I've been using feelings as prompts in my daily bullet journal spread! But since I just use the same ones every day in my journal to help inspire the memories I take note of, I'm still looking4 years ago Read more
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Blog postI've had Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages book on my to-be-read list for longer than I'd care to admit. I think reading it would give me a lot of insight into myself and the relationships I've been in over the years, including not only why they didn't work but why they did - and the only reason I haven't made it to this book is that my reading wish list is simply so long.
Still, I've made a point over the years to learn a little about the five love languages how they work, not o4 years ago Read more
Titles By Brandi Kennedy
Fat Chance is the first book in the series:
Cassaundra Keaton is an outsider; still living with the after effects of the death of her family and a young adulthood spent in the foster system, Cass has been shuffled from one place to another nearly all her life. Add to that the loneliness of rejection and a heartbreakingly low sense of self-worth, and you have a woman who is broken and confused, depressed and debating the unthinkable.
Only her love for her adoptive family (and knowledge of their love for her) pulls her back from the brink, and she reaches out to the one person who can truly help her – her therapist. Mac shows Cass how to find her own sense of self-worth, and what he teaches her gives her the strength to turn things around.
And then ... there’s Drew. Drew Kingsley is a man with demons of his own, but a chance encounter brings them together in a way neither of them expected. When she breaks down again and pushes him away, will Drew have what it takes to help Cass see how beautiful she is? Or will a disaster for Drew in the line of duty mean that Cass is too late to take a chance on love?
More Than Friends is the fourth book in the series:
Michael Kingsley is a broken man. How could he not be, when the wife he thought he’d love forever, the one he thought would love him forever, just picked up and left him with no explanation? It took him a while, but he’s finally putting his life back together. He’s doing his job, he’s paying his bills – he’s even getting back into his old hobbies.
He’s finally doing alright again … mostly. And maybe he does drink too much, but at least he’s finally stopped sleeping around. Now he’s settled on one woman, a curvaceous and flirtatious bartender who never misses an opportunity to warm his bed.
But when Michael’s mother ends up in the hospital, it’s his best friend Renee who stays by his side, and he begins to see her in a whole new way. But when they take a step beyond the boundaries of friendship that cannot be undone, what will happen to their relationship? Will they find something more, something neither of them even realized was there? Or will the fear of changing – and maybe losing – their friendship, be the thing that ends it all?
For years, I'd been taking it, accepting the beatings, silently believing the worthlessness he saw in me. I'd obeyed his rules, I'd catered to his whims. I finally woke up in a hospital bed. Bruised, broken, in shock.
That was the moment.
In that moment, I knew that I had to get out. I loved my husband. I missed him. But I needed more than he would ever offer. I deserved more than I'd been given, more than flying fists and fragile tempers.
I deserved to wear what I chose. I deserved to go where I wanted. I deserved goodnight kisses. I deserved gentle touches. I deserved to feel loved, and not possessed.
WARNING: Although it is meant to be a story of hope and personal empowerment, this book is focused on the topic of domestic violence and abuse, and it does contain scenes of extreme violence as well as some mildly strong language. It is not suitable for young readers.
Enemy clans are closing in, increasingly determined and shockingly violent. They want Annie – they want the baby spoken of in the prophecy, the innocent life growing even now in the shelter of her womb. One clan wants the baby dead, one clan wants control of her and everyone connected to her. The clan Killian wants only to protect her as a member of their family. More clans are coming – but whatever they want, they all share one common thread: they’ll stop at nothing to accomplish their goals.
The only thing Annie and Malik want is to raise their child together, in love and in peace. Follow them as they struggle to protect themselves, their baby, and each other in a time filled with fear, danger, and the sheer power of the only magic that can save them … the love of one soul for another.
In peaceful Bar Harbor, Maine, Annie is finally able to find solace. She makes new friends, she finds a new routine, and she begins to pick up the shattered remains of her confidence. Just when Annie thinks she's found contentment once again, a series of chance disasters threatens her new life and nearly ends her life entirely.
When the man who saves her turns out to be something more than Annie ever would have expected, her life is thrust once again into turmoil. A near-death experience takes Annie into an entirely new world, one she would never have believed existed.
It seems like DEATH has its sights set on Annie for sure this time, and war is closing in.
Even immortality may not be enough to save her now.
Prescription For Love is the second book in the series:
Cameron Kingsley is jaded; a traumatic event from her past is still haunting her, and even running her own wedding planning business isn’t enough to make her believe in love that lasts. She spends her days choosing flowers and china settings with serial brides who marry serial grooms, and she spends her evenings locked in a cycle of flashbacks and panic attacks.
But a family wedding changes everything; a request from her brother’s fiancé sends Cameron to the office of sexy Mackenzie Caswell, who might be just the man to help her see things in a new light.
Mac is a widower and a single dad who still treasures the memory of his deceased wife and loves nothing more than his young son. A man with heavy baggage, he’s been walked away from more times than he cares to count, and he’s ready to try one more time. But who is the one with the heavier burden – Cameron, or Mac? And will they be able to help each other shoulder the weight of moving on?
Wrestling Harmony is the third book in the series:
Harmony Kingsley is a failure. All her life, she has worked toward one goal – to compete on the Olympic gymnastics team. But she didn’t make it in time, and now younger competitors are edging her out of the sport. Now she’s just a trainer, and to add insult to injury, she’s not training competitors – she’s training kids. And even though she loves the kids, she hates the loss of her dream.
A misunderstanding sets her at odds with the uncle of one of her students, but under the angry tension is a tension of another kind.
Xander has been on his own for a while, and he’s built a good life for himself. He’s got a nice house, a good job, everything a young man could want … except love. But when Harmony’s best friend can see what Harmony and Xander can’t, and she contrives to push them together, what kind of sparks will fly? Will Harmony and Xander find something deeper than the fires of passion, or will her trust issues cause them to crash and burn?