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Beautifully Broken<br />
by Bailey B.<br />
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance<br />
Release Date: December 20th 2019<br />
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Summary:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Piper</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Most people don’t think about the day they’ll die. They coast through life, blissfully unaware of how their time is ticking away. I wasn’t like most people. I welcomed death, wanted her to take me away from the prison I called life, but she refused. I tried twice only to survive. And then, when I thought I had nothing left it came.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">A reason to live.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Rex was a small, unexpected ray of light my world of darkness that blossomed into a beam of sunshine. I thought, maybe this was why Death didn’t take me. Maybe she knew that if I held on a little longer things would turn around. But the third time Death came to my door wasn’t by choice. Someone else brought her, and I fear this time she might take me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Rex</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Being the son of a country star sucks. My parents are never around, I move every year or so, and I have no real friends. Everyone around me has an agenda. Everyone except Piper Lovelace. I can’t get that girl to notice me. Trust me I’ve tried.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Thankfully, fate stepped in and gave me the break I needed. I’ve got her attention, now I need her to give me a chance.</span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCXW136701254 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "arial_embeddedfont" , "arial_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0cm;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW136701254 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Finally, Piper says, “Let’s go inside. I’m giving you a chance. Don’t make me regret </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW136701254 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it.”</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW136701254 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "arial_embeddedfont" , "arial_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0cm;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="SpellingError SCXW136701254 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I'll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW136701254 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> send payment shorty.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW136701254 BCX0" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "arial_embeddedfont" , "arial_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0cm;"><span class="SCXW136701254 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre !important;"> </span></span></div>
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Bailey B is an up and coming New Adult author. She lives in Lehigh Acres Florida with her husband, twin girls, and two fur babies. She enjoys (but doesn't get to take part in because of her crazy daughters) the simple things like Disney+ binge watching, Netflix romcoms, reading and sleeping. She reads two to three books a week and thinks if narwhal's are real animals then unicorns might be too.<br />
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Possessed (Pagan Light #1)<br />
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by JoAnne Keltner<br />
Genre: YA Paranormal<br />
Release Date: January 2019<br />
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Calling Jackie psychic makes her cringe. But Jackie’s no normal seventeen-year-old. She picks up emotions from people and objects like a freak. The emotions make her sick, and the guilt she feels for lying to her church when she was twelve causes her to deny her psychic abilities.But when her jealous friend Trish invites a demon to help her steal Jason's love for Jackie, Jackie must learn how to use her gift to protect Jason and herself and to heal the negative energies around them. To do so means she must overcome her guilt and accept who she is before the demon claims her soul.<br />
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<span style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Praise for </span><i>Possessed:</i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Excerpt <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span> At the Ravenwood Oktoberfest, music
came at Jackie from all directions—hip-hop from the roller coaster, rock from
the Tilt-a-Whirl, pop from the Himalaya. Red, blue, and yellow bulbs blinked in
rhythmic patterns; rides spun and jetted outward; and voices screamed and
boomed over loudspeakers. The contrasting movements and sounds clashed in
midair. She wanted to close her eyes and press her palms to her ears.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
<i> Relax, Jackie</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
But she couldn’t.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
As they walked down the main path
of the carnival, surrounded by a drove of people, emotions swirled around her
and she couldn’t distinguish one from the other. It was one huge cauldron of
sensations churning inside her.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
The camera strap tugged at her
neck, and the camera bounced against her stomach. She wanted to hold the lens
to her eye and shield herself, but she figured she’d trip.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Jason reached for her, like he
wanted to put his arm around her shoulder. But then he hesitated. “You okay?”
he asked.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
She nodded and sucked in a deep
breath.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Zeta waved at her from behind a
group of boys in baggy pants and hoodies. “VQ,” she called. Zeta was the only
person who could call Jackie <i>VQ</i>
without making Jackie cringe. Trish was with her. The two of them looked like
total freaks: Zeta in black tights, pointy-toed boots, and a red-and-black
striped sweater, a fuzzy scarf tied around her neck; Trish in a black tutu over
her jeans, a short, black leather jacket, and multiple ponytails sticking out
all over her head.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Nearing the two, Jackie stumbled
and grabbed Zeta’s arm for support. Stung by raw emotion, Jackie pulled her
hand away like she’d touched a hot burner. Zeta was pure electric, switching on
and off sporadically and so fast that she was neither happy nor sad, but
energetically sassy. Trish was usually cool to the touch, her predominant mood:
melancholy. Her mind was like a snowy TV station, the images faint and ghostly.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
People stared at the four of
them. Though, usually, not many people ever recognized Jackie with her makeup
and black hair—not many people outside of school, that is. She no longer had to
worry about them tugging on her or touching her. She only had to worry about
what she touched and where she stood.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Every time Trish started to walk
in front of Jackie to get close to Jason, Jackie stepped up her pace and
casually blocked her. When Trish bumped into her, Jackie was stung by Trish’s
anger and unquenched desire.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
“Let’s go on the Ferris wheel,”
Zeta said. “Maybe we’ll get stuck on top.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
“Not me,” Jackie said. “I’ll
probably barf. I’m just getting used to being here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
“I’m hungry,” Jason said.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
“Chow sounds good.” Trish caught
Jackie off guard. She crossed in front of Jackie and squeezed next to Jason.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Jason’s eyes widened in terror.
He moved behind Jackie and to the other side so that Jackie was in the middle
again.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Before anyone could make another
move, a woman, with red hair wrapped loosely in a cornflower blue scarf,
stepped in front of them and locked her boney hands around Jackie’s.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
“What the…” Jackie tried to slip
her hands free, but the woman tightened her grip.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
The woman was tiny, yet
overpowering. Her face was narrow and fox-like. “I know who you are,” she
whispered.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Jackie knew who the stranger was
too, and she couldn’t pull away. It was like a magnetic force had bound their
hands together.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
The woman’s beady eyes looked
straight into Jackie’s. “Interesting.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
What was weird was, Jackie
couldn’t read her, but she knew the woman was reading her.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Zeta shoved the woman’s shoulder.
“Leave her alone, you psycho.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
The woman’s eyes darted toward
Zeta, allowing Jackie to yank her hands free.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="BodyText1" style="line-height: normal;">
Jason and Trish gathered on each
side of Zeta. The three of them glared at the intruder like guard dogs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The woman smiled, as if satisfied
that she had gotten what she wanted. She walked away and sat down at a table in
front of a tent with a sign that read, “Psychic Reading $20.”<span style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">by Sonya Weiss</span>
<span style="color: black;"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> February 10, 2020</span>
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<span style="color: black;">All Haley Bowman has ever wanted was her One True Love. But now, with her cousin getting married and Haley back in her small town, the pressure is on. Good thing she’s got a foolproof Kiss List, full of potential OTLs. Her parents knew they were soul mates at their first kiss, so surely Haley will know the same. All she needs to do is…well, kiss each of these guys…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Enter Max Gallagher: bane of Haley’s existence, her nemesis since childhood, and, unfortunately, as a local, her way in with all the guys on the Kiss List. Max wants nothing to do with love and certainly nothing to do with Haley, but he can clear the way for her to get to know the guys on the list. Of course, he wants something in return: to be made a partner in Haley’s family’s business. One kiss for relinquishing her hold-out vote on Max.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">But the more time Max and Haley spend together, the clearer it is that there’s a paper-thin line between love and hate. Max will have to decide between the job he’s always dreamed of or the girl of his dreams before his fate is sealed with someone else’s kiss.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Sonya Weiss is a freelance writer, ghostwriter and author. She’s addicted to great books, good movies, and Italian chocolates.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">She’s passionate about causes that support abused animals and children. Her parents always supported her bringing stray animals home although the Great Dane rescue was a surprise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so excited that the <b>MEN OF VALOR ANTHOLOGY </b>by authors Yolanda Olson, Dani René, Holly J. Gill, Asleigh Giannoccaro, Anna Edwards, Catherine Wiltcher, India R. Adams, N.M Catalano, Cole Denton, & Dee Garcia is available now and that I get to share the news!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful charity anthology, be sure to check out all the details below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $10 Amazon Gift Card, International, courtesy of the authors and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Authors: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Yolanda Olson, Dani René, Holly J. Gill, Asleigh Giannoccaro, Anna Edwards, Catherine Wiltcher, India R. Adams, N.M Catalano, Cole Denton, & Dee Garcia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Pub. Date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> February 7, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are the heroes who risk their lives to save ours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They’re fearless, they’re heroic, and it’s time to honor them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Their strength and ferocity stem from below the surface where their roots are forever tangled, interwoven in such a way that for the remainder of time they bloom together …”<br />
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Genesis<br />
Adam<br />
Chloe<br />
Lukas<br />
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No one loves them, no one cares about them, no one even sees them until they end up in Mary Rodriguez’s home, an outpost for Sacred Heart’s troubled youth program. It is within these walls that the four teens forge unlikely friendships. They experience the intensity of first loves, share secrets, and suffer losses, vowing to make the world a better place in spite of their personal battles with addiction, depression, loneliness, and abuse. But when the unthinkable happens, those friendships are tested in ways they never could have imagined.<br />
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Will they find strength enough to survive or will their bonds be too fractured to heal them yet again?<br />
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We, the Wildflowers is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.<br />
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"It’s difficult to imagine anything more damaging than knowing your parents want nothing to do with you, so when Chloe’s life is signed away to a program for troubled youth, she goes silently. It’s there that she learns to truly “see” others and there that she is finally seen, too, by the loving Mrs. Rodriquez, who runs the program, and by Adam, Genny, and Lukas, her fiercely loyal wildflowers, who form a friendship holding all the love and acceptance they all could ever need. But in the wake of sudden change, all the progress they’ve made is about to be upended. In this story of misfits, Simmons evokes the spectrum of emotions her readers have come to expect from her. Writing teens who have otherwise been discarded ultimately finding purpose, Simmons sculpts characters who are damaged but introspective, pained by their past but in pursuit of meaning in their future. Readers will revel in the slow-budding romance, sympathize with the insurmountable pain, and be lifted by endless pages of resilience. Hand to fans of character-driven stories of growth." — Mahjabeen Syed, <b>Booklist</b><br />
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<b>The seasons play an important and meaningful role in We, the Wildflowers. </b><br />
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The Wildflowers find commonality with each other and even name themselves after a resilient patch of wildflowers they visit at their pond. Because of this, they too are affected by seasons. Each season in the book represents not only the actual season at the time the story is happening, but also the emotional state of the Wildflowers themselves.<br />
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A lot of growth tends to happen for the Wildflowers in spring, in summer they find confidence and start to really bloom, fall brings uncertainty and a tinge of fear, while winter brings devastation they could never imagine. Then the cycle begins again.<br />
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I think we all face seasons as we live our lives, and the idea behind showcasing them in this book is to remind people that yes, you may face your winter or winters even, but strength can be found in the knowledge that spring isn’t far behind. It too will come.<br />
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Excerpt from We, the Wildflowers Chapter 9 pages 76 - 81<br />
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Genny rises, flicks the light on, and signals with a jerk of her head. “This way.” Single file, we follow her through the long blades of grass. Interspersed are several patches of light purple and pink wildflowers. I try not to step on them as we walk.<br />
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Several minutes later, we finally arrive at our destination. On a muddy bank lining the pond, our small patch of wildflowers is in full bloom, the stark white petals differing from the many other colorful blossoms that have overtaken the field behind us. They bend and bow with an oncoming breeze, and I smile, picturing them waving at us as if cheerfully greeting old friends. Genny grins with similar recognition. Slowly, she crouches to the ground, lovingly curling her fingers around the blossom of the closest wildflower. “Lukas.”<br />
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He begins to take a step forward, but halts suddenly, his expression taut across his face. He stares at the ground in contemplation before turning to face me.<br />
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Taken completely by surprise, I can do nothing but gape as he curls his fingers under the hem of his hoodie and whips it over his head in one swift movement.<br />
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It’s quite possibly the sexiest thing I’ve ever witnessed. To make matters worse, I’m ogling the movement of his muscles beneath his white T-shirt as he wordlessly shoves the hoodie in my face. Even Adam is helpless facing this glorious display. He exhales sharply next to me, and I elbow him in the ribs. And then, the impossible happens. Because standing in front of me, Lukas holds my eyes for a brief moment, then—I kid you not—he shakes his head and…grins.<br />
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Teeth flash, and Lord help me, a dimple sinks deep into his left cheek. Adam and I sigh in unison, which only serves to broaden his smile.<br />
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And in this moment, I know I’m totally and utterly screwed.<br />
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My entire body crackles as I take hold of his offering, the body heat trapped in his hoodie instantly warming my hands. It smells like him. And I know with absolute certainty I was right.<br />
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A simple smile from Lukas White is most certainly enough to sustain a thousand broken souls. Mine included. He looks back to the ground. “You’re cold.”<br />
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“Thank you,” I respond, smiling meekly in appreciation.<br />
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He silently acknowledges my gratitude with a dip of his head before turning back to Genny. She’s looking at me, her grin unconcealed.<br />
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When Lukas slowly kneels beside her, I lift the hoodie to slide it over my head. Adam chuckles beside me, elbowing me in the ribs this time while I’m defenseless. I curse him from within the heavenly confines of the hoodie before poking my head through the neck hole and pushing my arms through the sleeves.<br />
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Ignoring us, Genny wisely continues with the introductions. “Lukas, these are our wildflowers. Our namesakes.” She gestures to the field behind us, brimming with colored blossoms. “You see, every one of these flowers will eventually succumb to the seasons’ brutality. Mark my words, all will be worn down by extreme heat and by the middle of summer, they’ll be gone. Every single one.”<br />
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Her hand stalls on the white flowers still dancing happily in the breeze beside her. “Except these badasses, because they’re stubborn. Resilient. They will last long after the others are gone. Like us, they continue to flourish in defiance of the demanding seasons. Their strength and ferocity stem from below the surface where their roots are forever tangled, interwoven in such a way that for the remainder of time they will bloom together, and when winter finally prevails, they perish as one. But even in death they remain connected, thriving within the comfort only they can provide each other, until spring brings them to life once again.” Genny angles her head and smiles lovingly at the wildflowers, then cups an open blossom between her hands.<br />
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After a silent moment shared between the two, she releases it and looks to Lukas. “Wildflowers, this is Lukas. He’s one of us.”<br />
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Without another word, she rises and steps away, allowing ample time for Lukas to familiarize himself with the flowers in question. My teeth sink into my bottom lip as I watch him reach forward and timidly brush the velvety petals with the tip of his finger. His hardened expression relaxes, and when the flower cheerfully waves back at him, the corner of his mouth lifts, softening it further.<br />
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God, he’s beautiful.<br />
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I take a quick sharp breath, to make sure I can still breathe.<br />
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He gives the flower another gentle stroke, then gingerly trails his finger down the stem. Once through, he remains crouched in a silent moment of kindred connection, then after another meaningful touch of the white petal, he rises. And I as watch the encounter, the oddest thing happens. Or maybe I just imagine it.<br />
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But I could swear that the flower stills, then with all its tiny might, lengthens its stem to follow him as he stands. She stretches herself to her limit, but sadly, she cannot follow. Eventually she concedes, drooping in defeat when he turns away before giving him a despondent wave goodbye. I offer her a sympathetic grin.<br />
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I know how you feel, my friend.<br />
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As soon as Lukas has risen to his full height, Genny pins each of us with a lengthy stare. “We, the four of us, are bound together by our own horrific pasts. But within this group, we find solace in each other because only we can truly comprehend the devastation endured. And the devastation we will endure. Because the truth is, winter is inevitable. But I find comfort in the fact that we have each other to hold on to until spring finds us once again.” She glances at the patch of white flowers then back to Lukas. “So yeah. The very definition of being a Wildflower is just that. We’re bound so closely that your pain is our<br />
pain. Your story is no longer just yours to bear—it’s ours. And when winter strikes any of us, we perish together knowing we will rise together as well. We are four, but we are one. And together, there’s nothing we can’t overcome.” Genny’s face splits into a wide, shit-eating grin as she concludes, “Plus, I’m Genesis. I’m the creator. So, you really don’t have a say. You just are.”<br />
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I roll my eyes and shake my head.<br />
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Adam barks a laugh.<br />
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Lukas remains silent, but his gaze drops to the wildflowers before it lifts to meet our eyes. And when he finds mine, I know her message has been received loud and clear. Vulnerable Lukas looks back at me.<br />
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And although we’ve always known he would, he now has finally accepted his fate.<br />
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As the Fourth and final Wildflower.<br />
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After graduating from Texas A&M University, L.B. Simmons did what any biomedical science major could do. She entered the workforce as a full-time chemist. Years later, never in her wildest dreams would she have imagined herself a USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author as well.<br />
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What began as a memoir for her children, ended up being her first self-published book, Running on Empty. Initially it was written to chronicle their actions, their phrases, and their silly arguments so that when they were older, they would always have those memories. The memoir soon began to take on a life of its own, morphing into the story of a single mother with three little girls finding love when she least expected it. Soon after, her girls were given reoccurring roles in the remainder of what became the Mending Hearts series.<br />
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L.B. Simmons doesn’t just write books. With each new work, she attempts to compose journeys of love and self-discovery so she may impart life lessons to readers. Several novels later, she’s tackled suicide, depression, bullying, eating disorders, as well as physical and sexual abuse, all the while weaving elements of humor into the storylines in effort to balance the difficult topics. Often described as roller coaster rides, her novels are known for eliciting a wide range of emotions in each story she tells.<br />
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Spiced Lattehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383148744264157471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662033125985004792.post-36899664923690791782020-02-01T09:36:00.000-08:002020-02-04T11:47:35.896-08:003 years, 5 months, 10 days Later...<br />
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I miss you guys!!! Here’s just a short snippet of what happened
in my personal life since then. I realized that I never really shared much about
myself but getting wrapped up in the world of literature can make your real
life seem unimportant sometimes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Spiced Lattehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383148744264157471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662033125985004792.post-59340344161760514092016-08-22T11:30:00.000-07:002016-08-22T11:30:13.436-07:00Weekend Reads - Summer Edition <div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; right: 0px; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Do you know what every summer needs? A vacation! Between getting another job, competing in fitness competition (see my progress and updates at </span><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.kuklae.com/">http://www.kuklae.com/</a></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">), this summer has been pretty crazy! But have no fear! Because books are here and they totally have saved my ass haha</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Here's a list of what I have been reading during my vacation and a short summery of what I thought about it or think about it so far :)</span><br />
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Seven girls tied by time.<br />
Five powers that bind.<br />
One curse to lock the horror away.<br />
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After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne wants nothing more than her now silent city to return to normal. But with home resembling a war zone, a parish-wide curfew, and mysterious new faces lurking in the abandoned French Quarter,<em>normal</em>needs a new definition.</div>
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As the city murder rate soars, Adele finds herself tangled in a web of magic that weaves back to her own ancestors. Caught in a hurricane of myths and monsters, who can she trust when everyone has a secret and keeping them can mean life or death? Unless . . . you’re immortal.</div>
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<em><b>“And when all was done and all was said, we sat silently staring at the moon's reflection on the rippling river, soaking it all in. The differences between people, cultures and times.<br />The monsters. The myths.<br />The heroes.<br />The victims.<br />The love and loss.<br />Loss and love.”</b></em></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Story begins with Adele Le Moyne returning from living with her mother back into New Orleans to stay with her dad. And just because her wardrobe improved, doesn't mean that she isn't still the same girl that had to leave her house when the Storm started. Struggling with the destruction around the city that she knows so well, Adele witnesses way too many strange things that should not happen. Even being able to move things without even touching them starts to wake her up. When she meets two brothers that are even stranger than anything she have seen, her life would be changed forever. </span><br />
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<em><b>“In the words of the great Monsieur Baudelaire, 'The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he doesn't exist.”</b></em></blockquote>
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Alys Arden was raised by the street performers, tea leaf-readers, and glittering drag queens of the New Orleans, French Quarter. She cut her teeth on the streets of New York and has worked all around the world since. She either talks too much or not at all. She obsessively documents things. Her hair ranges from eggplant to cotton-candy-colored.</div>
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One dreary day in London, while dreaming of running away with the circus, she started writing The Casquette Girls. Her debut novel garnered over one million reads online before being acquired by Skyscape in a two book deal. Rep’d by ICM.</div>
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He can’t stand her. She thinks he’s crazy. Will their feelings stay etched in permanent ink?</div>
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Cruz Hunter has always stuck out in his small hometown. Now that he’s covered in tattoos, the residents peg him as even more of an outcast. It seems like the whole world is against his dream of opening a local tattoo parlor.</div>
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When he finally finds the perfect place for his new business, Cruz discovers a pastor and his daughter have already bought it. The only thing more irritating than the change in his plan is Talia, a beautiful and feisty argument in a dress. Cruz would like nothing more than to have her out of his life and his mind, but for some reason, she’s the only thing he can think about.</div>
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If Cruz and Talia can stop arguing long enough, opposites may do much more than attract.</div>
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After an injury derails Poppy Peters’ ballet career, she gathers the courage to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps and attend Calle Pastry Academy in a small-town in Georgia. Poppy has her work cut out for her not only fitting in with her charming (and not-so-charming ) Southern classmates but also proving her worth to her teachers after her first publicly humiliating attempt a making the school’s famous peach pie. But Poppy’s pastry problems go from bad to worse when she’s suddenly accused of stealing expensive black truffles, and her attempt to clear her name goes awry…resulting in her finding a dead body instead! If Poppy’s going to survive this culinary experience, she’ll need to find the missing truffles and track down a killer, all while honing her baking skills to compete in the school’s dessert competition for a coveted pastry internship in Paris. Can Poppy prove she’s one tough cookie? Or is her life about to crumble?</div>
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(Poppy Peters Mysteries Book 2)</div>
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When Poppy Peters takes an internship in Paris working for a top pastry chef, she realizes that bakery life isn’t all cupcakes and frosting. The sous pastry chef dislikes foreigners, her mentor only speaks French, and to top that all off she finds the groom of the wedding she’s catering dead in his own backyard. But Lord Dovington wasn’t just a handsome royal waiting to sweep his bride-to-be off of her feet. He was also a well-known playboy with a long line of vengeful exes.</div>
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Now, as one of the prime suspects, Poppy must prove she’s innocent . . . and that her recipe for chocolate macaroons isn’t to blame. But the clock is ticking, and with a missing diamond, a break-in, and a hot batch of reporters on her tail, Poppy has a lot of sifting to do. Will she find the killer before she too gets baked?</div>
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Reluctant sleuth Poppy Peters is back in Georgia, and her last semester of pastry school is no icing on the cake when a body is discovered at the local farmer’s market, and the murder weapon has Poppy’s name on it. Not to mention, the victim belonged to a deadly southern crime family. Now, Poppy is being tailed by the mafia, and it doesn’t help that the school’s new pastry instructor has her working with her worst rival. But after a heart-stopping car chase, a frightening discovery at an old jam factory, and a spontaneous trip to New Orleans, Poppy discovers a secret that makes her past feats look like a piece of peach pie. Poppy’s chances of making it to graduation day are about to go up in flames just like her Bananas Foster.</div>
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“A sweet and satisfying mystery that will leave you hungry for more! A. Gardner’s Poppy Peters Mysteries have earned a place on my keeper shelf!”<br />
~ Gemma Halliday, New York Times bestselling mystery author</div>
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“Charming cozy mystery featuring likable characters.”<br />
~Debbie Wiley, Fresh Fiction</div>
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“A. Gardner cooks up one fabulous mystery with this Southern suspense.”<br />
~Pauline Michael, Night Owl Reviews</div>
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My first encounter with a southern guy isn’t going so well. So far I’ve admitted I have never tried sweet tea, and my big toe is a little too long for the shoes I am wearing. <i>Nice one, Poppy</i>. Now he is going to think I am a weird westerner with a foot fetish. I try hard not to look down at my black, high-heeled boots. <i>Why am I the only one on campus wearing any black?</i><u></u><u></u></div>
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“My name is Cole,” the man says with a grin on his face. I reach out to shake his hand. My palms are sweating just like every other place on my body. <i>I haven’t even turned thirty yet, and I’m already having hot flashes. </i>It is going to take me some time to get used to this heat.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Poppy Peters,” I reply. I wipe my forehead and underneath my eyes. I bite my lip when I see a bit of smeared mascara on the side of my finger. It is so humid my makeup is melting off. “Is it always this hot here?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Welcome to <u></u>Georgia<u></u>.” Cole chuckles and shrugs as we walk towards the student bakery. Cole is one of the first students I bumped into at the registration office. His lemon-colored T-shirt shines bright compared to his dark skin, and his impressive physique makes me look at him twice. His eyes are intriguing—an even mix of blue and green.<u></u><u></u></div>
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As we walk, I can’t help but admire how lush the vegetation is on campus. Every tree outstretches towards the sidewalks, providing a much needed break from the glaring sun. The patches of grass remind me of ocean waves, if the ocean sparkled like emeralds. Even the flowerbeds near the Administration building had bundles of purple and orange wildflowers that couldn’t be contained.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“What’s that smell?” I ask. “And don’t say it smells like <i>fresh meat</i>. I heard a teacher in the Registrar’s Office use that joke about a hundred times.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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I follow Cole across campus until the heavenly smell of baked bread and sugary doughnuts grows stronger. I long for that smell sometimes. It takes me back to my schoolgirl days when I spent my weekends in the kitchen with Grandma Liz. My Grandma Liz came to <u></u><u></u>Calle<u></u> <u></u>Pastry<u></u> <u></u>Academy<u></u><u></u> when she was in her early twenties. I imagine her tiny frame and long, dancer legs. It’s a miracle that she came to this school and still stayed so thin.</div>
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A. Gardner is a native westerner exploring the sweet bites of the south. After years of working in the healthcare industry, she moved across the country with her husband and adventurous baby boy. She is a mystery and romance writer with a serious cupcake obsession and a love of storytelling that began at an early age. When she is not writing, she is either chasing after her son, out for a swim, trying out a new recipe, or painting her nails bright blue.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">With more than 15,000 4- and 5-star ratings, an average of 35 messages per day, and hundreds of thousands of profile views from interested suitors, Lauren Urasek was dubbed "the most popular girl on OKCupid" by</span><em style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">New York</em><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;"> magazine. She then started a popular Tumblr detailing her experiences with Prince Charmings (and Not-So-Charmings), and now tells all in a series of frank, funny essays about the ups and downs of dating in the city that never sleeps. She's run the gamut of the nominally "single and ready to mingle" males of New York City, from dudes who went in for a kiss within the first ten minutes to one who conducted an impromptu “girlfriend job interview.” And in between the horror stories and dating disasters, Lauren shares some real talk about what works—and what doesn't. Her tales of wooing and woe will leave anyone who's ever tried online dating rolling in the aisles.</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;"> </span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><em style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Lauren's 19 essays are punctuated by cheeky yet informative sidebars on</em><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">:</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">- 10 male accessories or clothing items that'll turn a girl right off</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">- Red flags you should NEVER ignore</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">- Quirky/weird/offbeat ways to find out whether a guy's not right for you</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">- The 15 WORST usernames</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">- A comparison between different online dating services (OKCupid, Tinder, Match, etc.)</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">- And much more!</span></div>
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Spiced Lattehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383148744264157471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662033125985004792.post-25361320041607138142015-11-24T06:00:00.000-08:002015-11-24T06:00:00.988-08:00[$50 #Giveaway Book Blast] Wasted Time by Mya O’Malley<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Lora, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;">
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<strong>Wasted Time by Mya O’Malley</strong><br />
Do you believe that some souls are destined to be together, even through hardship and deceit?<br />
After 9-11, Declan’s heart is torn between wanting to stay with Morgan and needing to fight for his beloved country. Knowing that the future may be uncertain, he kisses his fiancée goodbye and focuses on his mission until that dark day from which he will never fully recover. Injured in Afghanistan, Declan has lost more than part of his leg; he’s lost part of himself, now plagued in grief and guilt. How could he possibly ask Morgan to take care of him for the rest of his life, being nothing but a burden to her? Which would be more heartbreaking, feigning his own death or bringing her unhappiness every day? If only he could eradicate her from his mind and be at peace with his decision.<br />
Morgan prays day and night for Declan’s safe return, but when his letters stop coming, Morgan knows in her heart that she has lost him forever. Morgan has a hard time believing in fate and destiny after her fiancé is taken from her. With Declan gone, Morgan’s hope for true love is destroyed, but eventually she finds comfort in the arms of another, even though Morgan’s new love knows that her heart belongs to Declan.<br />
Will Morgan eventually be able to move on, or will Declan haunt her dreams forever?</div>
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Her face was the only thing that had kept him sane during his deployment. At this moment, however, thoughts of Morgan had been pushed to the side for reasons of pure survival. Declan wiped the mud from his eye with a swift movement of his hand, just quick enough so that he could see again. Booming thunder went off near and far.</div>
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Swearing under his breath, Declan closed one eye and squinted the other shut as he spied his target. <em>Breathe. </em>One, two, three… he could do this. The first time he’d had to shoot another man he had faltered, hesitated only the briefest of seconds, during which time the man escaped his line of sight and shot a fellow soldier in the leg, causing serious injury.</div>
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This time, Declan concentrated, aimed his M4 rifle, and fired. The distinct <em>thud</em> of a man dropping to the ground confirmed the target had been hit. Swiping at the sweat in his eyes from the sweltering mid-day heat, Declan gulped and struggled to his knees. Lining up his rifle again, his neck and shoulders ached with fatigue. He bit down and gritted his teeth, tasting dirt while fighting off the pain.</div>
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It seemed as if hours had gone by, when in fact, it had probably only been minutes when finally the haunting sound of gunfire ceased. Not one to trust silence in any setting, Declan mentally counted upward until he reached near fifty.</div>
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“All clear,” his buddy, Sean, called out. “All clear.”</div>
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Declan, always cautious, still maintained his position until he heard his fellow soldiers from his platoon begin to speak. Peeking up from his ravine, Declan rose slowly to his feet as the rifle was pressed to his side.</div>
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Surveying the damage, it appeared that several of their enemies were lying still on the ground. The man he had shot lay still, appearing lifeless. Another man lay several feet away. It seemed the enemies had taken off, deserting the boundaries of the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. His platoon mates fell silent, all business as they quickly gathered their belongings to head back to base.</div>
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Declan clutched his rifle, drawing closer to his victim. Curiosity had gotten the best of him. Fully aware of his previous actions, Declan stepped even closer. He had never killed a man before — injured, yes, but never killed. This man did not appear to be alive.</div>
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His heart sped up as sweat caused his fatigues to cling to his body. For God’s sake, the man looked to have been only in his early twenties at best. <em>What have I done? What are we doing here? </em>Waves of nausea rose and Declan swallowed hard.</div>
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“Hey! Step back!” Sean called out. “Move out! I repeat, move out!”</div>
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Hearing his friend call out to him, Declan turned toward the sound of his voice, realizing his mistake seconds too late. He should have known better; he should have. But no amount of training can prepare you for taking another man’s life.</div>
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Glancing swiftly at Sean through tear-stained eyes, he saw the movement in his peripheral vision. Sean raced to the open dirt road. They were sitting ducks, in plain sight. The man that Declan had presumed dead, the one he had shot, raised his own rifle and fired at Sean, who dropped instantly to ground.</div>
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“No! No!” Declan spun his head back to the imminent threat, a moment too late. The force of the explosion knocked him to the ground in an instant. Morgan’s face was the last thing that registered in his mind as another shot fired, leaving his world black.</div>
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Clouds scattered overhead, cries of gulls bringing back another time, a different memory, sitting here with Declan by her side. Morgan squeezed her jaw, fighting back the pain.</div>
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Months later, there was still no word from Declan. On the Internet, she had searched out his name relentlessly but there was no mention of Declan, no death certificates and his name couldn’t be found on any list of casualties of the war. It was as if he had simply disappeared, but that wasn’t possible and she feared the worst. He was gone and there was no closure for Morgan, as his only living relatives were his mom and some family living on the west coast, whom Declan hadn’t seen in years. Even she and Declan’s old friend, Stephen seemed to be losing touch.</div>
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She could sit on this beach and watch the water forever; it was a place Declan had cherished, a place she felt close to him. Never again would her life be the same without Declan Blake. How was she going to make it without him?</div>
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The world was quiet and without joy for Morgan. Even Morgan’s mother nagged her to speak with a therapist. She didn’t see the purpose of smiling or laughing when it was all forced. Constant thoughts of Declan plagued her day and night.</div>
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Morgan nearly jumped when her cell rang. First instincts were to let the call go to voicemail, but she knew the person calling would only persist. That’s how it had been lately; she would ignore phone calls only to find tons of messages waiting.</div>
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It was Elle, calling for the second time that day. “Hi, Elle.”</div>
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“Where have you been? I’ve been trying to call you for hours,” Elle exclaimed.</div>
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“I don’t know, I’m just hanging out.”</div>
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“Down by the river again?” Elle inquired.</div>
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“Yup,” Morgan responded as she moved her foot around in the sand.</div>
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“Figured as much.”</div>
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Elle’s voice sounded odd, almost as if she were hearing her close by. Morgan turned to see her friend walking toward her on the grassy path leading to the small beach.</div>
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Rising to her feet, Morgan felt tears escape. Elle was by her side, arms wrapped around her within moments. Morgan released Elle and took a small step back.</div>
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“Oh, Elle, what am I going to do?” she sobbed.</div>
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“You’re going to live, dammit. Declan would want you to be happy.”</div>
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“How? How can I forget about him, just move on?” It wasn’t possible, she had tried, and it just wasn’t working. Even when she was at work, she was just going through the motions; she did her job, but her heart wasn’t the same.</div>
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“I think it’s time for you to see someone to talk about all of this. You’ve waited long enough.”</div>
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She was right and so was her mother, believe it or not. “I will, Elle. I will because I don’t know what else to do.”</div>
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“Morgan, you’re the strongest person I know. You have so much happiness and love to share. I have full confidence in you. You’re going to make it and come out stronger in the end.” Elle spoke through her own tears.</div>
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“Thanks, Elle. I love you.” Morgan felt better knowing there was someone on her side rooting for her.</div>
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<strong><a href="http://www.bookblasttours.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mya-Omalley.jpg" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Mya Omalley" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2369" src="http://www.bookblasttours.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mya-Omalley-180x300.jpg" height="300" style="border: none; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="180" /></a>Author Mya O’Malley</strong><br />
Mya O’Malley was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City, where she currently lives with her husband, daughter and three step-daughters. The family also consists of a boxer, Destiny and a ragdoll cat named Colby. Mya earned an undergraduate degree in special education and a graduate degree in reading and literacy. She works as a special education teacher and enjoys making a difference in the lives of her students.<br />
Mya’s passion is writing; she has been creating stories and poetry since she was a child. Mya spends her free time reading just about anything she can get her hands on. She is a romantic at heart and loves to create stories with unforgettable characters. Mya likes to travel; she has visited several Caribbean Islands, Mexico and Costa Rica. Mya is currently working on her eighth novel.</div>
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Ends 12/16/15</div>
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We’re giving away $250 in Paypal Cash! Or alternately you can choose a $250 Amazon.com eGift Code!</div>
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Sponsor List – Thanks to these awesome bloggers & authors for sponsoring this giveaway!!</div>
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<a href="http://gonewiththewords.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jess @ Gone with the Words</a><br />
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<a href="http://aubreywynneauthor.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Aubrey Wynne: Romantasy Through the Ages</a><br />
<a href="http://addictreaders.blogspot.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Addicted Readers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dehaggerty.com/readsalot" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Readsalot</a><br />
<a href="http://megantayte.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Megan Tayte (YA author)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.barefootbysea.blogspot.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Barefoot by the Sea</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bookroomreviews.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">BookroomReviews</a><br />
<a href="http://dsvenetta.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DS Venetta ~ Author middle grade fiction</a><br />
<a href="http://spicedlatte.blogspot.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Spiced Latte Reads</a><br />
<a href="http://simplewyrdings.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Simple Wyrdings</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sherahart.net/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sher A Hart: Written Art</a><br />
<a href="http://literarywinner.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Literary Winner</a><br />
<a href="http://www.taylordeanbooks.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Taylor Dean Books</a><br />
<a href="http://crystalschaoticconfessions.blogspot.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Crystal’s Chaotic Confessions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ashleyfarley.net/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Author Ashley Farley</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lorisreadingcorner.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lori’s Reading Corner</a><br />
<a href="http://www.booknerdaddict.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Book Nerd Addict</a><br />
<a href="http://madhoydenish.blogspot.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MAD Hoydenish</a><br />
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<a href="http://patesden.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pat Esden, paranormal romance author</a><br />
<a href="http://amymcnulty.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amy McNulty</a></div>
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$250 in Paypal Cash or a $250 Amazon.com eGift Card</div>
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Ends 12/15/15</div>
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Spiced Lattehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383148744264157471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662033125985004792.post-73172244825156449062015-11-15T20:06:00.004-08:002015-11-15T20:08:09.453-08:00[$50 #Giveaway Book Blast] That Girl, Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Story<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Lora, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;">
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<strong>That Girl, Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Story by James Ramos</strong></div>
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IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED that geeky guys never get to date the pretty girls with permanent scowls.</div>
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To Elliott Bennett, life is simple. It’s all parties, skateboarding, and arguing over who would win in a fight between Hulk and Superman with his friends. It’s his senior year, and he wants nothing more than to soak up his final year of freedom before real life begins.</div>
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That is, until Darcy Fitzwilliam and her best friend Bridget move in to the only mansion in the neighborhood. When Elliott meets Darcy at a party, he finds out that she isn’t into skateboarding (which he lives for), she hates science fiction (which he loves), and she thinks his friends are a pack of morons (which, honestly, might be half true)—and yet, there’s something irritatingly intriguing about her.</div>
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When Elliott’s cousin Jake starts to date her friend Bridget, it complicates Elliott’s plans to ignore the scowling Darcy for the rest of the year. Why is Darcy so . . . ugh? Elliott doesn’t know, but for some reason, is determined to find out—even if she doesn’t know the difference between Star Trek and Star Wars.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27242522-that-girl-darcy" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="add to goodreads" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1672" src="http://www.bookblasttours.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/add-to-goodreads.png" height="50" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 20px; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a></div>
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<strong>Praise for That Girl, Darcy</strong></div>
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This book was a blast! ~ Heidi J. Doxey (Author, Liam Darcy, I Loathe You)</div>
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I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend to everyone! ~ Kflan (Amazon Reviewer)</div>
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<a href="http://www.bookblasttours.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/James.jpg" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="James" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3167" src="http://www.bookblasttours.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/James-240x300.jpg" height="300" style="border: none; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="240" /></a><strong>Author James Ramos</strong></div>
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James Ramos was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the oldest of four siblings. He wrote his first story at age nine and counts Frank Herbert’s Dune as his biggest influence. He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where he is studying English. He is a self-proclaimed “dorkasaurus,” and has a roommate (who is a cat). He is almost never without a sonic screwdriver.</div>
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<a href="http://thejamesramos.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Website</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/thejamesramos" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thejamesramos/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div>
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<strong>Winner choice of a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Display-Wi-Fi-GB-Includes/dp/B00TSUGXKE?tag=blasttours-20" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kindle Fire</a> or $50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash</strong></div>
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Ends 12/4/15</div>
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Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from <a href="http://iamareader.com/" style="color: #a3b460; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I Am A Reader</a> and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.</div>
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<script src="//widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>Spiced Lattehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383148744264157471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662033125985004792.post-34755607021578540802015-11-14T06:30:00.000-08:002015-11-14T06:30:00.065-08:00$20 Amazon/Paypal Cash #Giveaway Hop - Gratitude Giveaways <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px; text-align: center;">
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France, 1944: Nobody expects Peter Eddy to survive his first commando mission—to retrieve a code book stolen by the Nazis—so when he does come back alive, his success is rewarded with an even more daunting assignment. Partnered with French Resistance leader Jacques Olivier, Peter must identify which of three Allied contacts in Calais is a double agent and use the traitor to help implement a strategic Allied diversion that might win the war. Peter secretly crosses the English Channel to confront the suspects one at a time. But what appears to be a clean assignment soon turns disastrous, and even the aid of Jacques and his sister Genevieve can’t prevent a Gestapo triumph. As the Allied invasion approaches, treachery in the least likely places leads to fresh graves in the bloodied European soil—and only the power of loyalty and love can transform tragic endings into new beginnings.</div>
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After narrowly escaping her Nazi captors, French Resistance worker Genevieve Olivier has fled to Allied territory with the help of American Lieutenant Peter Eddy. Their connection is undeniable, forged in the crucible of danger. But despite their blossoming feelings for each other, they must both finish the work they began . . .<br />
In the safety of England, Genevieve hopes to find purpose as a nurse—all the while unaware that the Gestapo still seeks the woman who slipped through their grasp. When she is called upon to resume a life of danger as a French spy, will her desire to prove herself be her downfall?<br />
Recruited by an elite special-ops team intent on thwarting the Nazis, Peter finds himself engaged in a personal battle as well—there is a traitor among his comrades. Deep in the Carpathian Mountains, Peter combats an unknown foe. The stakes are high as he fights to save the lives of his teammates.<br />
They are miles apart, yet as Genevieve and Peter fight for their own survival, they find a common well of strength in their faith—and their determination to be reunited.</div>
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When Peter Eddy and his commando team inadvertently upset the Soviets during their most recent mission, they never imagined the diplomatic nightmares that would ensue. They have one chance to redeem themselves: tasked with destroying a bridge in Nazi-occupied Bosnia, Peter and his war-weary team reluctantly agree to drop behind enemy lines. The assignment should be a simple one—were it not for the fact that they are being deployed on a suicide mission.<br />
Genevieve Olivier is devastated by the news of Peter’s disappearance. After all they’ve endured in this war, the determined OSS worker is unwilling to simply let go of the man she hopes to spend her life with. Desperate for information, her work as a courier soon escalates into a counterintelligence duel with a Fascist assassin—and Genevieve is his newest target . . .</div>
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<strong>Praise for Espionage, Sworn Enemy, and Deadly Alliance:</strong><br />
This historical fiction WWII series is amazing! Seriously tense action, intrigue, death-defying danger, strong characters, and even a hint of romance. Sowards really does her research and makes readers feel as if they are right in the middle of the action in different settings throughout war-torn Europe. These aren’t your normal WWII books; they are much better.<br />
~Charissa Stastny, author of the Bending Willow Trilogy</div>
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A.L. Sowards is a master at telling sides of stories from history that aren’t overdone or commonly shared. These books took me on an unexpected journey and they each brought up issues that I hadn’t really thought about before. I loved learning information about this time period, while being thoroughly entertained by the events happening to some beloved characters.<br />
~Katie, blogger at Katie’s Clean Book Collection</div>
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A.L. Sowards has been a favorite author of mine for years. I was enraptured by the first book in her World War II series, Espionage, and fell more in love with the characters with each book. Her knowledge of World War II is unreal and the way she weaves the historical aspects in is so gripping I could hardly set these books down. I would highly recommend this series, especially if you’re a fan of historical fiction.</div>
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Intrigue, horror, and romance all wrapped up in this brilliant WWII trilogy. A.L Sowards did an amazing job at bringing the time period to life for me. I highly recommend all three books in the Espionage series.</div>
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A.L. Sowards has always been fascinated by the 1940s, but she’s grateful she didn’t live back then. She doesn’t think she could have written a novel on a typewriter, and no one would be able to read her handwriting if she wrote her books out longhand. She does, however, think they had the right idea when they rationed nylon and women went barelegged.</div>
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Sowards grew up in Moses Lake, Washington. She graduated from BYU and ended up staying in Utah, where she enjoys spending time with her husband and children or with her laptop. She does not own a typewriter. She does own several pairs of nylons.<br />
Her books are known for heart-pounding action, memorable characters, careful historical research, clean romance, and family-friendly language. Several of her novels have been Whitney Award finalists in the historical fiction category.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>But pretending to be something you aren't catches up to you eventually, and Russ can only get away with living two lives for so long. As more than one person reveals they have something to hide, Russ must figure out what and who he really wants in his life. And more than that, he needs the courage to make it happen.</i></span></div>
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Hadley Daniels is tired of feeling invisible.</div>
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After Hadley’s best friend moves away and she gets on the bad side of some girls at school, she goes to spend the summer with her grandparents in the Lake Michigan resort town of Grand Haven. Her next door neighbor is none other than teen TV star Simone Hendrickson, who is everything Hadley longs to be—pretty, popular, and famous—and she’s thrilled when Simone treats her like a friend.</div>
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Being popular is a lot harder than it looks.</div>
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It’s fun and flattering when Simone includes her in her circle, though Hadley is puzzled about why her new friend refuses to discuss her former Hollywood life. Caught up with Simone, Hadley finds herself ignoring her quiet, steadfast friend, Charlotte.</div>
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To make things even more complicated, along comes Nick Jenkins…</div>
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He’s sweet, good-looking, and Hadley can be herself around him without all the fake drama. However, the mean girls have other ideas and they fill Nick’s head with lies about Hadley, sending him running back to his ex-girlfriend and leaving Hadley heartbroken.</div>
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So when her parents decide to relocate to Grand Haven, Hadley hopes things will change when school starts…only to be disappointed once again.</div>
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Cliques.</div>
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Back-stabbing.</div>
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Love gone bad.</div>
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Is this really what it’s like to live…</div>
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Next Door To A Star?</div>
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The school year should end right after spring break, because all anyone can focus on is summer vacation. You can’t learn anything new, because all you can think about is all the fun stuff you’re going to do once you don’t have to get up at the butt crack of dawn. Summer always seems full of possibilities.</div>
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Nothing exciting ever happens during the school year, but maybe, during summer vacation, you could run into a hot celebrity and he’d decide to put you in his next music video. Okay, it wasn’t like I knew anybody that happened to, but my grandparents did live next door to a former TV star, Simone Hendrickson, and Simone was discovered in an ice cream parlor one summer. Of course, she lived in L.A. at the time and was already doing plays and commercials, so the guy who discovered her had already seen her perform. But hey, it was summer, she got discovered, and that was all that mattered.</div>
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Amazing stuff didn’t happen to me. You know what happened to me last summer? I stepped on a bee and had to go to the emergency room. They’re not going to make an E! True Hollywood Story out of my life. I didn’t go on exotic vacations—like today, I was being dragged along with my parents to my cousin’s graduation party. Most people waited until at least the end of May before having a grad party, but Charisma was having hers early because she was leaving on a trip to Spain. I was dreading this party because I didn’t want to listen to everybody talk about how smart and talented Charisma was—making me feel like a blob in comparison—but my mom RSVP’d even though I said I’d rather die than go. My death threats meant nothing. But still, for some strange reason, I had a feeling this summer was going to be different.</div>
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<strong>Praise for Next Door to a Star:</strong><br />
From Readers’ Favorite:<br />
Next Door to a Star by Krysten Lindsay Hager is a heart wrenching tale of a young girl growing into her teen years….Hager’s main character is representative of every teenage girl. The author really nailed the reality of a young girl’s early high school years. I think this is a valuable read for girls ages 12-18.<br />
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Hager wrote from a teen’s perspective, and it gave the book a very authentic feel. She has a real gift for that, something many YA writers lack these days. She reminds me a lot of a modern Ann M. Martin or Judy Blume.<br />
From Author Erin Fanning:<br />
If you, like me, have a soft spot for young adult novels then author Krysten Lindsay Hager should have a place on your bookshelf. Ms. Hager brings the teen years to life with absolute perfection in Next Door to a Star. Handling multiple plotlines with an expert touch, she’s crafted a young adult dramedy that on the top layer is a story about Hadley Daniels, an average teen whose only ambition is to fit in, have a few friends, and find her place in the world.</div>
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Krysten Lindsay Hager is an obsessive reader and has never met a bookstore she didn’t like. She’s worked as a journalist and humor essayist, and writes for teens, tweens, and adults. She is also the author of the Landry’s True Colors Series (True Colors, Best Friends…Forever?, and the soon to be released, Landry in Like) and her work has been featured in USA Today and named as Amazon’s #1 Hot New Releases in Teen & Young Adult Values and Virtues Fiction and Amazon’s #1 Hot New Releases in Children’s Books on Values. She’s originally from Michigan and has lived in South Dakota, Portugal, and southwestern Ohio. She received her master’s degree from the University of Michigan-Flint.</div>
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by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5418337.Jamie_Blair">Jamie Blair</a> & <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5221725.Dawn_Rae_Miller">Dawn Rae Miller</a><br />
Release Date: November 10th 2015<br />
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary</div>
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Jackson Landis kept secrets. It's how he got girls into bed, the grades he wanted, and a reputation for being the life of the party.</div>
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But now he's dead, and no one knows how or why. Especially not the four girls whose secrets he protected. Secrets so scandalous they could cause each girl to lose something valuable. Secrets so dark, someone may have killed for them.</div>
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The four girls - a campus drug dealer, an overweight bookworm, a closeted lesbian, and a spoiled princess have one thing in common – they’re terrified the things Jackson knew may not have died with him. As Reggie, Haddie, Val, and Livie try to piece together her own role in Jackson’s death, each girl realizes Jackson had some not-so-pretty skeletons of his own.</div>
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Which makes a girl wonder, who really wanted Jackson Landis dead?<br />
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We're trying to discover who killed Jason Landis in Jamie Blair and Dawn Rae Miller's book. In the 7 days that the tour will be running, you will find interviews with the suspects, their profiles and music playlists that will help you decide who you think did it.</div>
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Each day you will find a team that will introduce you one character. The winner team will be picked on November 11th and will have the pleasure to host an exclusive excerpt from Kiss Kill Love Him Still.</div>
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Please note that reviews from bloggers will be published on November 11th and November 12th, <a href="http://fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com/2015/10/scavenger-hunt-schedule-kiss-kill-love.html">see schedule</a>, and that might give you an extra insight to the book, too!</div>
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<b>Weight:</b> 195 lbs</div>
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<b>Eyes: </b>Dark brown</div>
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<b>Demeanor:</b> Restrained hostility</div>
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<b>Motivation for killing Jackson Landis: </b>Jealously over Jackson’s relationship with Regina Walker.</div>
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<b>Officer McMichaels: </b>Mr. Brown, do you work for Regina Walker?</div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>Work for her? She’s broke. How would she pay anyone to do anything?</div>
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<b>Officer McMichaels: </b>Are you in love with her?</div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>What the hell does this-- </div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>Fine. I’ll answer. That’s none of your goddamned business. </div>
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<b>Officer McMichaels: </b>Was Regina sleeping with Jackson Landis?</div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>If she was, I never got my invite to the threesome, so how the fuck would I know? </div>
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<b>Officer McMichaels: </b>For your own good, I suggest you start cooperating and answer my questions. </div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>You want to know if Reggie was doing Jackson, ask her.</div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>I could’ve told you that before you hauled me in here—saved us both time.</div>
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<b>Officer McMichaels: </b>Get out of here, but expect me to find out what you know, Marcus. You can lie, but I’ll find out in the end.</div>
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<b>Marcus: </b>Am I supposed to be afraid or something? Was that a threat?</div>
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Libby Miller has always been an unwavering optimist—but when her husband drops a bomb on their marriage the same day a doctor delivers devastating news, she realizes her rose-colored glasses have actually been blinding her.</div>
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With nothing left to lose, she abandons her life in Chicago for the clear waters and bright beaches of the Caribbean for what might be her last hurrah. Despite her new sunny locale, her plans go awry when she finds that she can’t quite outrun the past or bring herself to face an unknowable future. Every day of tropical bliss may be an invitation to disaster, but with her twin brother on her trail and a new relationship on the horizon, Libby is determined to forget about fate. Will she risk it all to live—and love—a little longer?</div>
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From critically acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman choosing between a “perfect” life and actually living.</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Life and Other Near-Death Experiences</i> is a book about actually living and what happens when your view on life and what you thought you had is stripped away from you immediately. From the very beginning, we find out that Libby has cancer and her husband drops a bomb on her at the same day, she quits her job and knows that with the short amount of time to live, she cannot be wasting any more of your life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Booking a trip to Puerto Rico after putting the apartment for sale, she meets a local who almost gets them killed. And she knows that she is not ready to die yet and has to live her life. With so many adventures that awaits her and looking at life differently, Libby will discover herself in no other way like before. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>“There was nothing I could do to change what had happened, but I could not stop myself from desperately wishing I could rewind my life and do it all over in a way that was the exact opposite of my past.” </i></b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I really enjoyed this one. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about Libby just because her world in beginning way way too optimistic for my liking. However, once she started to get out of her comfort zone and trying new things and exploring life, I really started to connect with her and felt the same emotions that she felt. I think this is the perfect read for someone who is interesting in exploring life through someone's eyes and highly recommend it! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Sean dips even further into his magical destiny, but will blood prove thicker than the mysteries of Innsmouth's briny depths?</span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Sean Wyndham has tried to stay away from the lure of magic—the last time he tried to dabble in the dark studies, he inadvertently summoned a blood familiar, wreaking havoc on his town, and calling the attention of the Elder Gods. But now Sean has been offered the chance to study magic with a proper teacher, overseen by Helen Arkwright, a friend of Sean’s father and heir to ancient order of much power, who protects New England from that which lurks in the coastline’s unseen depths. But will learning theory be enough, when there is a much greater magical secret hidden in Helen’s vaulted library? </span><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Accompanied by his best friend, Eddy, and their enigmatic new friend Daniel, Sean wades out deeper into mystical legend and shadow. With hints and secrets buried long in family lore, they turn to the suspicious Reverend Orne once more for assistance. But as Sean deepens his understanding of his power, a darkness is waking...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12.79px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Science fiction and fantasy, or SFF as its friends call it, has a walk-in closet the size of an aircraft hangar and is thinking of getting a similar-sized storage locker for the overflow of faces that it wears. Let's not forget all those thousand-league boots and magical dancing shoes and slippers in glass and ruby. The spacesuits, very bulky. The unicorn horns and wands and wizard-staves, always threatening to fall over and send the swords and spears and ion blasters sprawling. SFF doesn't even want to think about the dragon wings and werewolf hides and shoggoths imperfectly confined in biohazard vats. If you've ever had to clean shoggoth-slime off a werewolf hide, you'll sympathize.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12.79px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some genres consider SFF a mess, a compulsive and indiscriminate hoarder of ideas, an enabler of pestiferously fecund tropes, an accomplice of the unreal. Judgmental as those genres may be, SFF will still invite them over to dinner and let them borrow its trappings and only shake its head gently when these genres rework them into magical realism and not-really-SFF-because-um-yeah-SERIOUS. SFF knows its bloodline goes back to the earliest tales humanity told, which we now call mythology and folklore. Well, except for that primordial story about how Orrg was really depressed and having marital problems and existential angst and a meta-rash from the cave painting pigments, and then the saber-tooth tiger ate him. That was literary fiction.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12.79px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anyhow, SFF courts most of us in nursery rhyme and fairy tale and Disney movies. Sometimes we respond with a twitch of YES that makes it persist into adolescence and beyond. I remember how it lurked in young Stephen King's attic, in a box of musty pulp novels that had belonged to his long-gone father. Lurked there, patient, moldering but eternal. Then an impressionable mind came along and opened the box, and SFF sprang.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12.79px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As for me, SFF made its first contact via a richly illustrated book of Greek myths. I must have taken that beauty out of the library fifty times. Then there was </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>The Hobbit</u></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, which a dramatically-inclined grade school teacher read aloud to the class one year. Even the rotten kids shut up for that. Star Trek drove me to write fan fiction, though I didn't yet know what fan fiction was, the Internet being years into the fabulous future of interstellar federations.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12.79px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Then, in a corner bookstore I'd often visited, I found a rack of paperbacks with the most intriguing covers I'd ever seen. Rather I should say, SFF (invisible but determined) led me to that rack and left me gaping. All the covers were black, with a single huge head floating under the title. One head was half-human, half-rat, with empty sockets in which pairs of tinier eyes glittered. Also, who knows how, a rat tail dangled from one socket. Another head seemed made of sky and cloud. Another screamed as steamy columns spouted from its bald skull (brains? </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>liquified</u></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> brains??) The last and best was a hairless green head, its lower half dripping away into slime, its pate pierced from within by shards of glass.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12.79px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All the books were by H. P. Lovecraft. Who? Who cared. I bought them one by one, and I read them on the back porch, and those stories whispered to me in SFF's voice that what terrified could also allure, and so the susceptible would always go through the barred door and over the mountains of madness, would slide down into the twin valleys of delight and death, would speed out to the siren cosmos. And that was good, and I could do it, too. I could be one of SFF's friends, welcomed into the vast closet, allowed to try on the faces and shoes and space helmets and wings.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When Ray Bradbury and C. J. Cherryh came along soon afterwards, it was all over. My genre had me. The closet door closed, the door of the crowded closet, and yet, hey magic, there was room for me.</span></span></div>
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Spiced Lattehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383148744264157471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662033125985004792.post-66002043337533848192015-11-04T03:30:00.000-08:002015-11-04T03:30:01.474-08:00[Waiting On Wednesday] #32 - The Stars Turned Away<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #260e0a; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'century gothic', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am on the roll! Last week I posted a WoW that was based on pirate theme, Blackhearts and now there's this! And it has Neverlands from Peter Pan so this should be extra interesting! Can't wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">A killer walks the streets of New Orleans, eviscerating men and leaving them in the streets, and for madam Trula Boudreaux, it's bad for business. Trula needs help but she's not prepared for Zeke Barnes, the charming would-be savior who darkens her doorway-or the yearning he awakens. For while Trula knows well the delights of lust, she avoids love at all costs... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Investigating the killer was one thing, but Zeke can't help but be enchanted by the gorgeous mystery woman who runs an exclusive brothel. Caught between his duty to protect the city and his clear-as-day desire for Trula, Zeke sets about capturing Trula's heart-or at least a place in her bed. But with every moment Trula resists, Zeke falls into greater danger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">For his investigation into the haunted city and madam doesn't just risk his heart but both their lives.</span></div>
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ek9t8PR14VI/VhVAd9FNuYI/AAAAAAAArJw/wd98euXvNNY/s1600-h/Julie-Mulhern---photo-credit-Larry-L%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="Julie Mulhern - photo credit Larry Levenson" border="0" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R7tXMUmh6ic/VhVAeWxCxRI/AAAAAAAArJ0/dJLiG8MiZKo/Julie-Mulhern---photo-credit-Larry-L%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="260" style="background: none; border: 0px none; box-shadow: none; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-center;" title="Julie Mulhern - photo credit Larry Levenson" width="191" /></a><span style="color: #242423; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">Julie Mulhern is a Kansas City native who grew up on a steady diet of Agatha Christie. She spends her spare time whipping up gourmet meals for her family, working out at the gym and finding new ways to keep her house spotlessly clean--and she's got an active imagination. Truth is--she's an expert at calling for take-out, she grumbles about walking the dog and the dust bunnies under the bed have grown into dust lions.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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Her first romance was a finalist in the 2014 Golden Heart® contest. That book, A Haunting Desire, released July 28, 2015.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Julie also writes mysteries. The Deep End (available now) is her first mystery and is the winner of The Sheila Award. Look for book two, Guaranteed to Bleed, October 13, 2015. <a href="http://www.juliemulhern.com/" style="color: #46b9c0; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.juliemulhern.com/">http://www.juliemulhern.com/</a></div>
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