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Bea Jayne is an Australian author of warm, funny, closed-door women's fiction and romantic comedy, including the five-book Same Time Friday series set in Sydney.

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Author: Bea Jayne, Australian
Series: Same Time Friday, five books
Genre: warm, funny, closed-door women's fiction and romantic comedy set in Sydney, Australia
Setting: Sydney, Australia: northern beaches, Mosman, Kirribilli
Heroines: Aged 47 to 54
Heat level: Closed door, very mild language
Formats: All five will be on Amazon in Kindle and paperback, and in Kindle Unlimited, by 15 December 2026.
Tagline: Best friends tell each other everything. Almost.
Series line: Five friends. One year. And the AI they've all been confessing to is being read by one of them.

1. Back to Square One (Bec Pearce, 49): Tuesday 24 November 2026
2. No Regrets (Priya Desai, 47): Tuesday 24 November 2026
3. Still Here (Mel Harding, 54): Tuesday 1 December 2026
4. Objection (Claire, 51): Tuesday 8 December 2026
5. Just Looking (Fran, 50): Tuesday 15 December 2026

Bios

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Bea Jayne is an Australian author of warm, funny, closed-door women's fiction and romantic comedy, including the five-book Same Time Friday series set in Sydney. She lives in Sydney with her family and Benji, a cavaspoodle who would like it on the record that he is not a cavoodle.