Margie Janes Author
The long-awaited sequel to
True Companion
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Release
Date:
February 4, 2025
True Companion
book description
Release date: February 1, 2022
In her junior year at college, Rebecca Winslow was expecting to miss her boyfriend, Jason, a handsome pre-law student, but she was not expecting to run into her best friend from childhood. A boy. Correction, a guy. Make that a gorgeous guy. TJ.
It’s the sixteenth anniversary of Rebecca’s sister’s death. Rebecca is desperate to rid herself of her perfect sister’s haunting shadow and her overbearing–yet emotionally distant mother. A winter semester back at college with her close and crazy roommates is just what she needs.
Yet, seeing TJ Lawson in her “breath of fresh air” Ballroom Dance class leads Rebecca to put back pieces from their lifetime apart. TJ has reappeared in her universe like a sunrise, shining a light on her true self. Navigating junior year with high expectations and a heavy workload, she is also reliving the past–that last summer before everything changed. Just Beck and TJ. Best friends. Side by side and free. Rebecca begins to question everything.
Has she been hiding behind the persona of her dead sister all this time? Could TJ be the key to helping her open up?
Caught in the middle of the past and future, Rebecca finally has to be honest with herself. Will she take the path her mother laid out for her, continue her romance with Jason, or grab TJ’s hand and twirl into a new dance?
About the Author
Storyteller at Heart
Margie Janes grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University, where she met her husband, Bill. She has received a master's degree from Olivet Nazarene University. Now, an elementary school teacher, she is fortunate to spend her days teaching, connecting with, learning from, and entertaining a room full of 9-year-olds. Margie began writing True Companion at the age of thirteen after being inspired by Phil Collins' 1990 music video, "Do you remember?" The video features a girl and a boy who instantly connect and create a friendship until they are separated by an event. True Companion is not your ordinary girl-meets-boy novel. Margie crafted this novel over thirty years, writing from a child's perspective when Beck was a little girl, a college student's perspective, when Beck was in college, and a mother's perspective when she wrote the parts of Suzanne and Janet. Margie loves reading, writing, watching movies, spending time with family and friends, cheering at her kids' sporting activities, and playing with her rescue pup.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
Steve Jobs
