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Excerpt from After Love Leaves

EXCERPT “Friendships are rough, aren’t they?” Brad asked. “Uh, yeah.” Zoe pretended to understand. She didn’t exactly have a lot of experience to argue one way or the other. “Did…

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Laurie Laurie glanced at the folded piece of paper in her hand. She made sure the penthouse suite was on the list of rooms ready for cleaning, then swerved her…

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The Solution to Trump: Train Him Like a Dog

Men and women may speak the same language but their brains are wired completely different. Conversely, men and dogs, being simple straightforward creatures of habit, are quite similar. For example,…

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November 15, 2016
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    Excerpt from The Crimson Tree

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    Carly tried to focus on what she could see rather than what she felt. The woman had long, silver-streaked black hair which fell loosely down her back. Small wrinkles near the corners of her eyes did Read more [...]

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