Author

Toni Jackson Lampley

 Relationship Coach

Toni works with clients to enhance their personal, romantic, and professional relationships. She provides guidance, support, and strategies to improve communication, resolve conflict and strengthen emotional bonds. Her love for design makes her coaching style unique. She was a sales assistant for a graphic artist and a design consultant for a regional home builder. Asking her clients, “If your life were a house, how would you design it,” she gets them to think out-of-the box and equips them with the tools they need to create fulfilling lives. By using design thinking, Toni navigates clients through creative problem-solving while empowering self-worth.

As a former director of the Iowa Women’s Business Center, Toni also teaches individuals entrepreneurship and best business practices. She carries a master’s degree in higher education from Iowa State University, where she specialized in curriculum and instruction.

Why write romance novels?  

Born in Pontiac, Michigan and raised in Ames, Iowa, Toni developed a love for storytelling and helping others from a young age. She pursued her passion for design and writing by obtaining her bachelor’s degree in fashion journalism but loved empowering others through teaching, training, and facilitating on a variety of projects. Toni's romance novels are inspired by her work as a relationship coach, aiming to inspire readers to build and restore their lives through self-awareness, intention, and empathy. Over the years, Toni has become a respected voice in the field of relationship coaching and self-help.

David and Amanda have been married with children for 10 years. The pressures of life enter into their lives as Amanda’s past comes back to haunt her, while David’s pride gets the best of him. Can this couple hold their family together? Broken explores the power of forgiveness when infidelity enters into a marriage relationship. It takes the reader on a journey of choices and consequences where faith and unconditional love strengthen family. A novel based on love and family; wrapped with mystery and adventure from social issues of today. Sometimes it takes being broken to see the value of who you are and the blessed life you're meant to live.