Pen || Penelope Guinn

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Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· 21d

Available Now on KU #booksky #romancelandia 🔗 LINK IN BIO

Clear blue ocean background, blue sky,

AVAILABLE NOW, Kindle Unlimited (vacation read settled)

book cover: pink background, red, white and blue campaign sign, red and white striped tie draped over right side, pink bra draped over left die of sign, green grass below, TITLE: A FINE LINE , Penelope Guinn in white font

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· 24d

Um, I’m begging you all to read this delightful romp of a histrom. Sexy, fun, and forced proximity/marriage. NOM NOM NOM NOM.

Killer cover by Patrick Leger, regency era man and woman, pink background, woman positioned on chaise with her thigh and stockings showing, holding a book over one eye, cheeky smile, a man at her back, his face obscured by the green book,

The very definition of love by Sophia Benoit

Me making my friends read my latest obsession:

Screenshot of text

Friend: I want to be mad at you but it is my own fault
I stayed up until 2:30

Me: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yessssssssssssssss

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Jul 3

WIDE

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Jun 30

CALLIOPE & EMERSON: my bantering, biting loves! So thrilled to share this art by @houseoffinches.bsky.social from a scene in A FINE LINE, my debut romance novel :)

One page comic layout, top panel man leaning into whisper in woman’s ear, dialogue: Calliope.
I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
I'm gonna let you have one of my weaknesses.
Middle three panels: man’s hand grasping woman’s wrist, his mouth with dialogue: I enjoy getting a rise
Bottom panel, man and woman, close, staring at each other, dialogue from man: Don't for one minute let me get under your skin.
Don't let me have my way.

Pink background, the cover of A FINE LINE at center: Pink background with green grass at the bottom and a campaign sign in the grass. The sign is blue with white impact font letters: A FINE LINE, a novel, there are white stars and red lines on the sign; there is a pink bra draped over the left side of the sign and a red/white striped tie draped over the right side; Penelope Guinn, author in white font at the bottom

Found in A FINE LINE: banter
local politics
down bad
MMC
neurospicy
FMC
small town romance
rivals to lovers
spice
secret situationship

available now link in bio

A rivals to lovers romance where the sparks between the campaign managers are hotter than the competition.

Calliope Simons is in over her head. After a career failure deposits her back into her childhood bedroom in Ragansville, GA, she eagerly takes on managing her former mentor's mayoral campaign. If she's going to achieve her lifelong dream of running a major political campaign, Calliope has to win—or face the collapse of her career before it ever really starts. Unfortunately, as passionate as she is about her candidate's progressive plan to transform the small town she loves, that might not be enough to match the sleek professionalism of the other campaign's manager, Emerson Palmer: the guy who rejected her for a different campaign months before due to her lack of experience. The same guy she kissed after a round of drinks and a surprising show of support.
Emerson Palmer has an impressive resume, but he's lacking inspiration after a rare loss has him rethinking his purpose. When he takes a meeting with a less than worthy candidate, he's only thinking about mending his bank account. But when he finds out that Calliope, the woman who turned his life upside down months before, is leading the opposition, he jumps at the chance to be closer to her.
Orbiting each other as they campaign for their respective candidates, Emerson offers Calliope a way to cool the tension that threatens to boil over at every exchange: one night together to finish what they started with that first kiss. But once isn't enough.
Soon, they're relying on each other for more than physical release, and eventually, Calliope has to decide if a career in the political trenches is right for her—and if her professional rivalry with Emerson could ever be exchanged for a romantic collaboration.

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Jun 21

It was a privilege to show a fractured parent/child relationship on the mend after the loss of Emerson’s mother years before.

Screenshot from A FINE LINE Ch 32:

Emerson POV:

I grab a soda from the Frigidaire, positioning the lip by the edge of the workbench and popping off the lid with a slap of my hand. It comes off cleanly, the cold air from the bubbles leaving the top of the bottle in a thin wisp of mist.
"Sometimes I wonder if we're not only angry she left, but that she left us alone with each other."
He tosses the cleaning brush onto the box of tools, one of his hands tightening in a fist. "This isn't exactly helping my blood pressure right now, son."
I sigh, taking a heavy sip, the sweetness of the soda lost in how my nostrils flare from the burn of swallowing too much at once. "You haven't exactly done much to help mine either."
"Well, fair enough."

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Jun 21

A chapter I can’t wait for people to read from A FINE LINE… One of my favorite chapters—heck, one of my favorite relationships—to write in A FINE LINE was the journey between Emerson and his father. +

Interior of an old garage, tools, and vintage signs on the wall.

Text:

A chapter I can’t wait for readers to read…

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Jun 10

#booksky #romancelandia #romancenovels #rivalstolovers #indieromance Get A FINE LINE here: penelopeguinn.com

Background black and white photo, man on his knees in from of a woman with a silk gown on, b&b photo in Polaroid of man and woman facing off, side by side man and woman sit in office ready clothing

Text:

"You're still loking for something To believe in."
"I believe in you."
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a fine line
Penelope
Guinn

Quote from A FINE LINE:

"Jaded heart." I snort. "So dramat-
ic. You sound like
"You?"
I pause, considering.
"Yes," I say, noting how the lines of
his face and the curve of his nose speaks to me. It roars in my ears how much I want to keep finding ways to touch him. "You're not fully, all-the-way jaded and terrible, if that helps. If you were, you would have stopped searching."
"Who says I haven't?"
"You did, whenever you try and dismiss that you were misled by Reed," I say. "You're still looking for something to believe in."

He takes my hand, and I suck in a breath, his relief at my understanding him for once passing from his hand to mine. He squeezes my fingers intently, different from his appreciation or his thanks for accompanying him home.
There's need in those fingers, the small callus on the side of his thumb roughly passing back and forth over my palm until the sensation spreads all the way down to my toes.
"I believe in you," he says.

Cover of A FINE LINE by Penelope Guinn, against previous background

Book with pink background and green grass, red/blue/white campaign sign in grass with pink bra draped over left side and red/white tie draped over right side: A FINE LINE Penelope Guinn

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Jun 1

How dare it not post my little video!

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· May 27

Been busy since A Fine Line’s release, but excited to share more of what I’m up to when I can 💗

The happiest pup in the world snoozing on my forearms while I try to draft a smutty masterpieces

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· May 19

In promoting A FINE LINE, I was reminded of why I sought to write a novel that featured local politics. Local politics help to shape your communities. The stakes are very high. It’s about representation and progress. It’s about making sure the will of the citizens are at the forefront. +

A FINE LINE by Penelope Guinn, Out now!
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Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· May 15

Happy Friday #reylo #romancelandia and #booksky friends!! AVAILABLE NOW: Penelopeguinn.com

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The small town politics of Parks and Rec and the snark of The Hating Game collide in this rivals to lovers story about two campaign managers that enter into a spicy situationship.
Love or hate? Too close to call.
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A Novel
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Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· May 11

Holy hell. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...

Fallon presides over his rituals of play like a vampire, feeding not on blood but on enthusiasm.
He doesn't really converse with any of his guests; they all know what they are there for. Rather, he extracts. He demands "relatability" from them, draining the authenticity from the interaction until only the husk of a "viral moment" remains.
The horror lies in the repetition: the feigned shock, the hysterical laughter at unfunny mishaps, the relentless "Golden Retriever energy."
It is a performance of joy so excessive, so desperate, that it reveals the void it attempts to cover. It is the logic of the assembly line applied to human connection. What Fallon offers is a standardized production of "fun" that feels increasingly like a desperate plea to ignore the crumbling world outside the studio walls.

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· May 6

Dude, what? 😭

During his confirmation hearings last year, Mr. Kennedy claimed, without evidence, that S.S.R.I.s were partly responsible for the rise in school shootings, and that they could be harder to quit than heroin. At Monday’s event, Mr. Kennedy repeated that claim.

“I happen to be an actual expert, because I was addicted to heroin for 14 years, and I never wanted to be,” he said. “I was constantly getting off it, and then came back on. I went through withdrawal probably 100 times,” he added. “You just have to steel yourself for 72 bad hours.”

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Apr 25

My face every time someone tells me they’re going to watch Pursuit of Jade after seeing my posts.

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Cute little girl in striped shirt brushing back her hair

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Apr 20

Penelopeguinn.com to purchase your copy!! 💗💗💗

Book cover: Pink background with green grass at the bottom and a campaign sign in the grass. The sign is blue with white impact font letters: A FINE LINE, a novel, there are white stars and red lines on the sign; there is a pink bra draped over the left side of the sign and a red/white striped tie draped over the right side; Penelope Guinn, author in white font at the bottom

OUT NOW in blue script

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Apr 20

Emerson Palmer: A Man Who Yearns #romancelandia #booksky #romance

Screenshot from tumblr

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Mar 18, 2025
He founded the Male Yearnalism Club you've heard great things about...

Screenshot of A FINE LINE by Penelope Guinn:

“I certainly won't allow myself to think
about leaving Calliope.
From the first time she kissed me, pulling me by the collar, so determined not to show me she wanted it, I've been stuck in a loop, trying not to fantasize about any romantic involvement outside of fucking her.
The need for her creeps in, especially in the early parts of the morning, in the quiet moments when I'm holding her. It's rooted deep in ready soil and overgrowing in places like kudzu manages to strip a southern landscape of its original charm, covering everything with its green leaves and vines until it's unrecognizable.”

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Apr 6

If you’re looking for witty banter, rivals to lovers, and a romance where he falls first, you may love A FINE LINE — my debut smalltown romance with spice, an entertaining cast of side characters, and so much heart! Head to Penelopeguinn.com for your copy! #romancelandia #booksky #romance

Blue script font at top: he falls first

Light blue background with pink, blue, and green flowers at center.

Screenshot from book:
If anyone had asked me why this town, or where it'd all end up, I'd hardly believe that I'd be sitting here in my office on the day of a debate contemplating the trajectory of my life.
Not because of the upcoming spectacle.
Because I kissed Calliope Simons, and
I'll never be the same.

Screenshot of book, pink background with campaign sign in green grass, a pink bra draped on the left side, a red and white stripped tie draped on the right.

Love or hate? Too close to call.
A FINE
* LINE*
A Novel
PENELOPE GUINN

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Apr 2

HarperCollins said the process will be “creator-led,” per the announcement, but declined to address how authors will be involved and whether they will receive royalties.

The announcement comes just a couple of days after Harlequin, a division of HarperCollins, inked a similar partnership with Dashverse, a tech firm that produces AI-generated shortform animated series. Shortly after that partnership was announced, some Harlequin authors whose titles were selected for adaptation said on the social platform Threads that they hadn’t been notified of the deal in advance, though Harlequin claimed they would receive royalties.

and angry face...imagine an ANGRY Eugene levy face on a single cinnamon toast crunch cereal bite

caption says, what the cinnamon toast fuck is this

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Mar 23

#romancelandia #booksky

It's incredible that an author's debut novel would have such excellent writing.
A well developed story that's a fast burn but slow in the feelings department.

Guinn really has a way with building believable worlds. The characters they write are so flawlessly imperfect humans that you can't help but like them. Calliope is snarky and impulsive, and Emerson is effortlessly patient when it comes to what he wants.
They make such a solid, sweet team, that you can't help but root for them.

This debut novel has great banter, lots of sexiness, wonderful supporting characters, and a timely hopefulness about how politics CAN make a
difference in our day to day lives in a good way.

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OUT NOW
Love or hate? Too close to call.
A FINE
* LINE*
A Novel
PENELOPE GUINN

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Mar 19

This is still... bad??? Plenty of companies that have implemented A/I have found that it actually increases workload??? www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

None of them are planning to use AI for editing or writing— at least for now. Instead, the job listings reveal that publishers are looking to adopt AI to run their businesses more intelligently, such as building forecasting models that can help predict which books will perform well and how they should be priced.

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Mar 17

Happy One Month of my debut romance novel, A FINE LINE!!!! ♥️🎉♥️🎉♥️🎉♥️🎉 What a crazy, beautiful, exciting month it has been! If you like small towns, rivals to lovers, witty banter, spice, and stories with big feelings, you can order your copy by heading to penelopeguinn.com #romancelandia #booksky

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Mar 13

It’s fine, it’s fine.

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Mar 8

I love a messy pair that has work to figure each other out and dig through all of the layers to connect. This was one of my favorite sections of the book to write, and I hope it speaks to you, too! A FINE LINE is available NOW via penelopeguinn.com💗 #booksky #romancelandia

Baby blue background, slate blue font: when the rivals become lovers

Ss of A Fine Line by Penelope Guinn:

There's need in those fingers, the small callus on the side of his thumb roughly passing back and forth over my palm until the sensation spreads all the way down to my toes.
"I believe in you," he says.
I bite the inside of my cheek. "Don't
say that."
Our hands are still clasped together, still tethered to each other as we draw closer and closer back to town.
He doesn't ask why not, and I don't elaborate. Anything else we could say right now would be pointless.
We're obviously not mortal ene-mies. But the more we say, the harder it is to take it back. The less likely we'll be able to part with our dignity intact.
Because eventually, this will be over.
Three weeks to be exact.
We don't talk about it, but the outcome looms bigger each day: whether I'll get a parting text, whether we'll even bother saying goodbye.

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 23

Early Buyer/Pre-order Character Art Postcards!!!! Check out the link below to secure yours—and get a thank you note from yours truly!!! (While supplies last and includes my international readers!!!) #booksky #romancelandia #reylo

Character art postcards of MCs Calliope and Emerson from A Fine Line sitting on a novel, pen nearby

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 20

The Author, the First Page, The Book 🗳️💗🗳️💗🗳️💗🗳️💗 Visit penelopeguinn.com for details on how to get your copy!!

“The Author” is a bubbly script font in pink and outlined in blue—it’s a picture of ME with my curly red hair, a black and white buffalo plaid coat, white glasses and RED lipstick standing in the snow.

The First Page
Prologue
Calliope
39 DAYS UNTIL THE RAGANSVILLE ELECTION
I'M NOT THIS GIRL.
"Do you like that, Calliope?" he asks, his tongue swiping at my center.
Oh, I am this girl right now. In this bed. With this man I despise.
But the thing I despise about him the most-more than his smirking, or the way he smells good without clouds of cologne—is the way he makes my toes curl when he says my lame, or the way he shoves my priorities into a taffy twist jus y looking at me.
I'm not normally the girl sneaking around and ignoring the consequences. I'm usually the one pointing them out to everyone else, stomach in knots when I'm the only one who seems to know the rules.

The Book
spicy
secret
situationship
local politics
Love or hate? Too close to call.
A FINE
* LINE*
A Novel
rivals to lovers
messy
MCS
witty banter
PENELOPE GUINN
small-town romance
hopeful
feisty,
neurodivergent
FMC
"down bad"
MMC

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Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 19

Ways to purchase A FINE LINE outside the U.S. ❤️ #romancelandia #booksky hello #reylo readers!

Also available through the Lemon Squeezy in pub/pdf via email and bookfunnel.com

Can be uploaded into your preferred E-reader or through the Bookfunnel app

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 18

GUYS! There are THOUSANDS of books in Workplace and Small Town Romance on Am@zon, and you all helped to put ME (an unknown, small potatoes debut author with no marketing budget) into the top 1K!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH! <333333

screen shot of Amazon sales rankings

#487 in Workplace Romance
#491 in Small Town Romance (Books)
#819 in Workplace Romance eBooks

a penguin stares at a pumpkin and contemplates the tremendous amount of love and support and thinks, (caption in white font) WTF

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 17

The wait is over! A Fine Line, my debut contemporary rivals-to-lovers romance novel, is out today!! Think Leslie Knope’s city council run in Parks and Recreation and the banter and teasing of Josh and Donna’s relationship in The West Wing! Head here for your copy! #romancelandia #booksky

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Clear your schedule because you're going to resent any
responsibilities that get in the way of reading this book! I loved every minute, and I was torn between needing to know what happens in the end and wanting to really absorb the beauty and humour of the writing.
A FINE
* LINE *
PENELOPE GUINN

This is rivals-to-lovers done right-sharp banter, unresolved tension, and that delicious "we should not be doing this" energy simmering under every interaction. The chemistry between
Calliope and Emerson is immediate but layered, built on shared wounds and hard-earned vulnerability.
Love or hase? Too close to call
A FINE
* LINE*
PENELOPE GUINN

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 17

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!

Pen || Penelope Guinn@penguinnwrites· Feb 15

My snarky, bantering, biting rivals (with benefits) to lovers novel is out Feb 17th! Click the penelopeguinn.com for available formats and retailers!! Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥️ #romancelandia #booksky #romancenovels