She published that novel and two more while still working full time at her law firm.įlash forward, and Guillory is now a full-time author who has just published her eighth book, “Drunk on Love,” which offers an intoxicating romance set at a Black-owned Napa Valley winery. With their support in hand, a book deal soon followed. In 2015, Guillory submitted the first half of a draft for her first novel, “The Wedding Date,” to NaNoWriMo - the annual National Novel Writing Month project for aspiring authors. “I looked forward to working on my book every night,” she says. She decided to try writing and quickly fell in love with what was then simply a new hobby. Guillory, a Stanford University law school alum, was several years into her law career when she realized something was missing in her life. The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (Courtesy Jasmine Guillory)
The best-selling modern romance novelist - and former Oakland lawyer - has been praised by everyone from New York Times and Washington Post reviewers to Shondaland and Reese Witherspoon, via her Hello Sunshine book club.
Or in the case of Jasmine Guillory’s newest novel, both. Take one Napa Valley winery owner, add an ill-advised McDreamy hook-up, and you’ve got either a very frothy rom-com or a very messy workplace relationship.
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