Books
Jacqueline Brubaker is an author who explores the intersection of love, relationships, and personal growth through both fiction and nonfiction. She is the author of the romantic coming-of-age novel That Girl and The Almost Relationship, a book that helps women identify and break free from patterns of pursuing emotionally unavailable men so they can build healthier, more secure relationships.
The Almost Relationship
What if the greatest heartbreak of your life wasn't the relationship that ended—but the one that never truly began?
Most women don't fall for the wrong man because they lack intelligence, beauty, or worth. They fall into the same relationship pattern because it feels familiar. The Almost Relationship is a powerful guide for women who find themselves repeatedly choosing emotionally unavailable, avoidant, or inconsistent partners, only to be left questioning what they did wrong.
Through insightful psychology, relatable stories, and practical exercises, psychotherapist Jacqueline Brubaker, AMFT helps you uncover the hidden patterns that keep you trapped in relationships filled with mixed signals, unmet needs, and endless hope for someone who never fully chooses you. You'll learn how to recognize the subtle warning signs before you become emotionally invested, understand why avoidant partners can feel so magnetic, break free from cycles of chasing and proving your worth, and develop the confidence to choose relationships built on emotional safety, consistency, and mutual commitment.
If you're tired of replaying the same story with a different face and wondering why you keep attracting men who can't fully show up this book will help you uncover the patterns that have been quietly shaping your love life for years. Because once you understand your patterns, you stop repeating them. And when you stop settling for almost, you finally make room for the love that is fully, wholeheartedly yours.
That Girl A Novel
That Girl is a coming of age romantic comedy about a struggling songwriter who's hoping to make it in the music industry while fumbling her way through turning thirty and falling in love for the first time. At twenty-nine she’s nowhere closer to who she wants to be. She spends her days miserable doing body makeup on a low budget telenovella and her nights drinking jack and cokes hoping for her big break with up and coming artists. She finally gets her big break when she writes a song with sexy Nashville songwriter, Ezra. Her friend Ryan, a major music manager, is worried that Ezra might be leading her on romantically and professionally. Ryan, having always wanted a second chance romantically with her finally tells her how he feels after Ezra ghosts her. Still secretly holding out hope for Ezra she hesitantly begins to date Ryan. Love starts to grow between them and her career begins to take off as Ryan helps her write with some major artists. She suddenly finds out that Ezra has stolen their song and sold it as his own to a major country singer. She fights to not only win her song back but to love herself through the up’s and down’s of falling in love, making it and finding herself through it all.