Queer romances for romantic queers
Queer joy is real, and our stories deserve better. Contemporary queer romance where every good person gets the ending they deserve - and a future written by their own rules, not someone else's limits.
First books. dropping soon.
I'm working on my debut romance trilogy—three stories about best friends finding love in the most unexpected places: in Auckland, during a heist to rescue a lab monkey, and right in the middle of a panic attack. These books are for anyone who’s ever needed to see queer love win—and win big.
Hi, I’m Jem (a.k.a. Jacquelyn Merrill Ruiz)
I’m a queer, neurodivergent writer with a Master of Professional Writing from USC, three poetry collections, and a soft spot for stories where love wins, and systemic bullshit doesn’t.
Under the name Jem Spears, I write contemporary queer romance full of found family, kissing, chaos, and the kind of endings we deserve.
Too many queer stories have been erased, sidelined, or stuck with tragic endings. I’m here to write something better. These books are resistance and softness, joy and fire—because we need to see ourselves in stories to believe we can live them.