MJ Santangelo

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About MJ Santangelo

MJ Santangelo has always been an avid reader and wrote poems for a short period of time in her
late teens. Then life happened, college, marriage and kids, it wouldn't be until her early thirties
when she was able to pick up the pen again, and begin writing her first novella. She has yet to
put the pen down.
She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two sons and her pug named Boo. In 2011 when her
mom's chronic illnesses along with new diagnoses became too much for her mom to manage on
her own MJ became her primary caregiver. MJ's mom lived with her and her family for the last
five years of her life.
When MJ is not writing you can find her reading, cleaning, cooking or driving somebody
somewhere and listening to music while she does it all.
MJ is the author of multiple contemporary romance books that focus on strong women living life
and finding love sometimes when they least expect it.
She is also the author behind the Caregiver Collection which includes both non-fiction and
fiction books. All have the common themes of caregiving, chronic illness, end of life care and
grief.
MJ's short stories include a historical fiction about her experiences on September 11, 2001 and a
party planning guide.

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Before I Said Goodbye Oct 8, 2020

by MJ Santangelo

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Before I Said Goodbye chronicles the hospital stays, decisions made, and associated emotional chaos of end-of-life care from the perspective of a daughter who had been the primary caregiver over the last eight years for her mother, a persevering woman who had battled illness her entire life.
MJ Santangelo’s honest and poignant story will have you wanting to cherish every moment you have with your loved ones, make you consider taking more pictures of yourself with family and friends, and give you the courage to have the difficult conversations with your loved one so that when the time comes to say goodbye, there is no doubt you are doing what your loved one wanted.

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Puppy Love (Falls Village Collection Book 2) May 18, 2020

by MJ Santangelo

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Puppy Love
Jenny Collins
My college life sucks, my non-existent love-life sucks and I'm tired of being the naïve little sister. My four older siblings are creating their dream lives with the ones they love, and I'm left staring longingly at their robust social media pages. I need change. I need to find who I am and what I want in life. I thought by bringing Beast, my chihuahua pug mix, with me to college that it would improve my shitty disposition; it did until my heartless roommate ratted me out for having
“contraband” living in the dorms with me. Maybe I need to leave, hit the road to start again somewhere new.
Somewhere like Falls Village.
Lucas Hart
My grandfather is dead, our family business, is failing, and my high-school sweetheart — now ex-fiancée — has left me. She claims that I’m depressed, and she ‘can’t deal’ with my melancholy mood any more. My life is falling apart, I mean, how else should I react? I need change. I need to start over. If I restart my life, I’ll feel more like me again. I need to ditch this place and start again somewhere new.
Somewhere like Falls Village.

Puppy Love is the second book to release in the Falls Village Collection. Kitty Berry’s The Rest of Forever is the first in the collection. This is a collection from authors of RomantiConn.

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Falling Apart: An Unconventional Love Story Feb 9, 2017

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Falling Apart: An Unconventional Love Story
Something Old: Our Love
Something New: My Confidence
Something Borrowed: Our Time
Something Blue: My Heart
When Grace Benson married her high school sweetheart, Simon Nichols, she was the happiest girl in the world. But over time things changed, she changed and their marriage was failing. What happens when Grace’s newfound confidence changes the dynamic of her marriage? Will Grace and Simon’s love be enough to save their marriage? Or is the only way to save the memory of the love they once had is to FALL APART?

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Love Always : A book of Poetry Jun 18, 2020

by MJ Santangelo

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Love Always:
This twenty-eight poem collection is about what I experienced in the few weeks leading up to my mom’s passing and the first six months after her death in July of 2019. Writing these poems became part of the grieving process for me.
My hope is that the poems in this book help you feel a little less alone on your journey with grief. I have learned that grief is a tricky beast that presents itself in a variety of ways and is different for every person. Even though we all grieve differently we are alike in the hurt that we experience is profound and valid. Talking to people about my grief made me realize I am not alone and that gives me comfort on the most uncomfortable days.

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Like Yesterday Jan 3, 2021

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There are some major world events in life that affect us deeper than others. These events often catch us off guard, cause change in the world or within us and are imprinted on our brain so strongly that we can remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when the event happened or when we heard that the event occurred.
It seems as if each decade has these events. In the 1960s, for some people that event was the day Kennedy was shot or when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his ‘I Had a Dream Speech’. In the 1970s, many can recall what they were doing when Nixon denied involvement in the Watergate scandal with the notorious words, “I am not a crook”. In the 1980s, some people remember when the Berlin Wall fell. Or in the 1990s when they learned Princess Diana was killed in a car crash.
For me, that major world event was September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center Twin Towers were attacked. No matter how long it has been since this event occurred, it is ingrained in my mental history. I was only a couple of blocks away when the attacks happened, attending my first year of college at Pace University in lower Manhattan.
In this short story I tell my account of what I experienced in the days leading up to September 11th, the day itself, and the days that followed.
This is my answer to where were you on September 11, 2001?

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A Caregiver's Perspective : From Hearing the Diagnosis to Healing From the Diagnosis and Everything In Between Apr 18, 2020

by MJ Santangelo

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A Caregiver’s Perspective:
From Hearing the Diagnosis to Healing from the Diagnosis and Everything In Between
A Caregiver’s Perspective chronicles the diagnosis, recovery, and associated chaos of cancer from the perspective of a daughter who takes on the too-soon role of caregiver for her fifty-something mother, a courageous woman who has battled illness her entire life.
Part memoir and part how-to, MJ Santangelo's story will have you laughing and crying along with her while learning how to pull out fewer strands of your own hair if you find yourself taking care of a loved one with a serious illness.

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Unexpected Healing Jul 8, 2019

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Unexpected Healing
Sonya Hope Jenson is on her way to the National Institute of Health to participate in a research study to hopefully provide better treatment for her and others with similar immune deficiencies.
While restoring Sonya’s physical health is in the hands of her new doctor, mending her fractured heart after the loss of her first love, Thomas, is all up to her. Unfortunately she has no interest in stitching it back together.
Maybe all Sonya needs is a little unexpected healing.
*This book picks up exactly where Unbreakable Hope ends, it is highly recommended you read Unbreakable Hope before reading Unexpected Healing.

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Finding Forever: A Companion to Precious Love Feb 28, 2019

by MJ Santangelo

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FINDING FOREVER: A Companion to Precious Love
Parker Jones, the loyal childhood friend of Simon from Falling Apart: An Unconventional Love Story and the always-ready-to-lend-a-hand buddy of Sarah and Nikki from Precious Love, is now ready to tell his story. The stoic drummer of All-American Trouble with sky blue eyes, and a forever love he never saw coming or thought he needed, is knocked off his playboy game when he meets Emily Dawson.
Emily Dawson, the sophisticated, helpful friend of Sarah and Nikki from Precious Love, may have gotten more than she bargained for when she decided to take drum lessons from the infamous Parker Jones. She may have just found a love unlike any she has ever had, one with no rules and one she may want to hang onto forever.
*Please note, this can be read as a standalone.

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How To Plan & Survive A Holiday Party Or Special Event without Losing Your Mind & Your Sh*t Sep 24, 2018

by MJ Santangelo

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How to Plan & Survive a Holiday Party or Special Event without Losing Your Mind & Your Sh*t:
This is a short, funny, step-by-step helpful guide to planning your next holiday party or special event. Planning a party can be stressful but it doesn’t have to be. Follow these five easy steps to have the best party ever; one where your guests won’t want to leave, one where they will be asking you to host the event every year, and one where you will actually enjoy yourself.

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Unbreakable Hope Jul 31, 2018

by MJ Santangelo

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UNBREAKABLE HOPE:
A Novel
Sonya Hope Jenson may look and act like most other fifteen-year-old girls on the outside, but those close to her know that she is living with a chronic illness that is oftentimes debilitating. Even though her body frequently betrays her, Sonya has always held out hope to live a life like everyone else.
Maya and Ray Jenson, Sonya’s devoted mother and father, knew from the time Sonya was born that she would need extra attention due to her ever-present disease, but have hoped that they could provide everything that Sonya would ever need, including as normal of a life for their daughter as possible.
But Sonya wants more. So when she gets an opportunity to attend Camp Be Well, a summer camp for kids with recurring health conditions, Sonya believes her hopes and dreams are finally coming true. Sonya, Maya, and Ray are thrown into unfamiliar situations having to find their place in the world without the other. Sonya’s stay at Camp Be Well is only a ten-day excursion, but it will change her life, along with her doting parents’, forever.

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Precious Love: A Companion Novella to Falling Apart: An Unconventional Love Story Aug 1, 2017

by MJ Santangelo

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PRECIOUS LOVE:
A Companion Novella to Falling Apart: An Unconventional Love Story
Can you really plan an entire wedding in only two months?
There is so much to be done, find a venue, make a guest list, pick out flowers and cake, find the perfect decorations, and try on countless dresses…so many things. And then there is my mom. I love her to death but she drives me crazy. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to tell my mother there will be no rainbow decorations, there will be no garter toss. There will be no little figures on top of the cake—one dressed in a tux and one in a gown—and for the hundredth time stop calling it a gay wedding…it is just a wedding. I get that she is trying to be supportive and helpful, but she isn’t being either of those things.
I have dreamed of this moment since I was a little girl. Of course, it wasn’t until high school that I realized I wanted a princess to greet me at the altar and not a prince, but that is neither here nor there. What matters is that Nikki finally proposed to me after a ridiculously long time, and I will not let anything ruin this beautiful day between us. Our love is too precious to let anyone—or anything—stand in our way.
Precious Love is Sarah and Nikki's love story. It will take you on their journey from coming out to their families, to meeting each other in college, to falling in love, and all the other shenanigans that happen on their way to the altar. Join Sarah, Nikki, and both their families on their crazy, funny, beautiful journey to becoming wife and wife.

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