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Welcome to Jen Dodrill Writes!
I’m so glad you’re here!
As women, we go through seasons. They change. We change. We grow.
I hope that whatever season I’m going through can offer you hope!
Besides sharing my personal thoughts, I write clean fiction: cozy mysteries, romantic suspense, and women’s fiction, that encourage and inspire hope in women – particularly women over 45!

Cozy mystery series:
A clean, humorous cozy mystery series featuring a sharp-witted amateur sleuth, small-town secrets, and birding adventures gone wrong. When widow Peg Howard starts a birding group in Pensacola to cope with empty-nest syndrome, she doesn’t expect to find herself solving murders. But with a keen eye for detail and plenty of time on her hands, Peg keeps uncovering clues others miss—and landing in the middle of dangerous investigations.
Set in Northwest Florida, with scenes at Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens, this 3-book cozy mystery series delivers quirky characters, loyal friendships, and light humor—without graphic violence or romance.
Women’s fiction

Finding Ginny – Kat Johnson is a widowed elementary school teacher living a quiet life in Virginia Beach—until her estranged daughter returns after eight years, leaves behind a six-year-old granddaughter Kat never knew existed, and disappears. Finding Ginny is a heartwarming multigenerational drama about addiction, forgiveness, and a grandmother’s fight for custody.
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Her First Goodbye – When a successful Christian author returns home after thirty years to find the son she abandoned as a teenager, she’s forced to confront the secrets, guilt, and broken relationships she left behind—and decide whether she can accept the redemption she’s spent a lifetime denying herself. Scheduled to release Feb. 2, 2027.
Romantic suspense:
Second Chances: Romance & Mysteries, Book #1, Trinity Sands Beach Club: What do a widow, a newly divorced woman, and a retired professor of art history have in common?
This novella collection includes 3 stories.
They all came to Trinity Sands Island to find a simple life without any entanglements. But instead, they are each confronted with a mystery and another chance at romance. Will they be brave enough to face the possible dangers of solving a mystery and losing their hearts?

Second Chances: Romance & Mysteries, Book #2, Bedlam at Bridal Falls! Coming October 6, 2026!
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