{"id":28,"date":"2021-04-29T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/home-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T17:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:59:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28\" class=\"elementor elementor-28\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45b2bbe elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"45b2bbe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aebe011\" data-id=\"aebe011\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25bd490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25bd490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LATEST RELEASE<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd08915 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd08915\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With Kookies on Top<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84acdcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84acdcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>New job. <\/strong><strong>New boundaries. <\/strong><strong>New rules.<\/strong><\/p><p>When Kayadah Kookman finds herself in need of a job, desperation lands her working under Jonel Jacobs\u2014her former vacation fling and the\u00a0<em>best<\/em>\u00a0she&#8217;s ever had. Now she&#8217;s organizing his life while he&#8217;s unraveling hers.<\/p><p><strong>But there are rules.<br \/><\/strong>No workplace romance.<br \/>No one can know their past.<br \/><br \/>But old flames burn the hottest,<br \/>And some rules are meant to be broken.<\/p><p>Friends. Benefits. <strong>Feelings neither planned for.<\/strong><\/p><p>From strictly professional to secretly personal to something neither of them can deny.<\/p><p>Some cookies are too sweet to resist\u2014even when they crumble under pressure.<\/p><p><strong>Find out what happens when Kookie finally ends up on top.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94a054 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d94a054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/books.authorbellajay.com\/iipqoegrts\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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elementor-element elementor-element-09ba8b5\" data-id=\"09ba8b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95bf8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a95bf8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">hey reader frens!<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fdb23f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fdb23f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Bella Jay<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c856b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c856b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Miami bred, Bella Jay (born Precious Rodgers) has had a love for books since she was a little girl. Getting lost in them was a favorite past time but writing them has become a true love. In 2018, with a little push she stepped out on faith and released her first novel to the world allowing her writer alter ego, Bella Jay, to take flight into the writing industry.<\/p><p>She writes spicy &amp; contemporary Black love books (#SweetSmut) with unapologetically flawed characters who she loves to fix.<\/p><p>When she\u2019s not wrapped up in her characters, she can be found traveling the world, building her empire, sipping on tea or wine while reading a book, and wishing healthy eats were pancakes or cupcakes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d48629e elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d48629e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link 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