Author Jessica Girke
CREATOR OF Demons in your mind
I am a 30-year old German who decided that writing in her mother tongue was too boring. I live with my cat “Nimbus” (yes, he is named after the broom in Harry Potter) in a little house with a big garden where I grow my own vegetables.
Mental Health topics have been part of my life since I was born. Having not the best childhood and later choosing a husband that was a 100% copy of my father. Not the best decision. But after ten years of marriage I was able to kick the man out of my life and the day he moved out I started to write my debut novel.
About Author Jessica Girke
I loved writing stories and creating worlds ever since I was in 7th grade. But the husband read one of my short stories and said that my writing style is not good enough for people to like it.
So I stopped writing.
Publishing my debut novel is kind of my redemption arc.
I used to play Handball my entire life, but after the second ACL rupture my doctor said it was time to retire. Now I love to do weight training and I am following the plans of Don Saladino for over a year now.
When I am not writing stories, I work in the finance department of a big consulting company. Doing sales and profit analysis and trying to make the company better every day. It’s a very structured job, so a complete opposite to the creativity I use when I write. My colleagues were all impressed that I am able to balance both sides inside of me: the structure and the creative chaos.
Demons in your mind is a contemporary romance slash love story with a lot of mental health topics in it.
The male main character Nate Sheppard was traumatized in a mission gone wrong ten years ago and deals with anxiety and panic attacks as well as nightmares every day.
The storyline focuses on his recovery and how he learns to deal with the demons in his mind.
The main reason for his improvements is the doctor Lynn Summers who has to witness one of Nate’s nightmares and offers her help afterwards. Together they try to find a way to make his life better. And on the way to achieve his recovery the two get closer and closer…
The message of the book is: Good things in life happen when you let people help you. You don’t have to deal with the demons in your mind alone.
The physical and mental abuse topics are described very precisely and realistic, that’s why people can relate to the characters easily. But it makes it also mandatory to read the trigger warnings before starting to read!
Exclusive information: “Demons in your mind” is book one of the Demons-Duet. Book two “Demons in your heart” will be available in Spring 2024.