A clean contemporary romance set in Paris where logic meets love, and secrets bloom.
Megan Mercer came to Giverny for the flowers, not for feelings.
A marketing executive sent to Paris to launch a new dating app, Megan is determined to stay focused, composed, and professional.
But when a spontaneous trip to Monet's Gardens leads to a run-in with a charming stranger who feels oddly familiar, her carefully braided world starts to unravel.
Noah Sinclair lives for code, not chaos. Observant, grounded, and quietly brilliant, he's used to building systems that hold under pressure. When work brings him face to face with the woman he met among Monet's flowers, he's unsettled by how familiar she feels.
As Paris wraps them in light, meaningful conversations, and long workdays, love and logic collide. Noah must decide when to tell Megan the truth about a connection that began long before Paris, and could change everything.
Braided Roses is a slow burn, clean and wholesome, closed-door contemporary workplace romance about emotional presence, professional ambition, and the quiet courage it takes to remain when retreat feels safer.
Perfect for readers who love character driven love stories with intelligent dialogue, restrained chemistry, and a literary sensibility, set against the luminous backdrop of Paris.
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Mimika Cooney writes emotionally rich, closed-door contemporary romances about intelligent women, meaningful work, and love that grows through restraint, timing, and choice.
Mimika wrote her first book on a typewriter at the age of ten. It took her forty years, fourteen nonfiction books, and years of coaching women in mindset and leadership to come back to her first love of storytelling. After building a career helping others grow through insight and strategy, she made the intentional shift to fiction because she believes people learn best through story that moves the heart, not just the head.
Her romances blend warmth, wit, and emotional depth, pairing slow-burn connection with real-life professional stakes. Set in cinematic locations such as Paris, New York, London, Europe and beyond, her novels focus on connection built quietly, personal courage, and the moments that change how a life is lived.
Rather than relying on high drama or spice, Mimika's stories are grounded, character-driven, and emotionally intelligent. Faith appears gently in her work as interior grounding woven with subtlety and respect. She believes love and faith go hand in hand, and that every good romance deserves a little heartbreak, a lot of healing, and one unforgettable happily ever after.
An award-winning author with a global perspective, Mimika was born in South Africa and now lives in the United States. She speaks three languages and brings a love of travel, culture, and observation to every story she tells. Her novels often infuse diverse cultural references, luxury destinations, and vivid lived-in detail.
A hopeless romantic, Mimika has been married to her teenage sweetheart for 30 years. Together they share 3 children; 2 independent young adults and a witty teenager.
When she is not writing, or planning her next writing research trip; she will be found on the ice practicing her spins as an adult figure skater. She also enjoys stabbing people for fun and fitness (without getting arrested) as an amateur fencer.
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