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Joy York

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Born

Gadsden, The United States

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http://JoyYork.com

Genre

Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult

Member Since

April 2015

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Joy York grew up in Alabama but has spent much of her adult life in the Midwest, currently living with her husband in Indiana. Inspired by a family legacy of oral storytelling, she began creating stories and adventures for her son when he was growing up. With encouragement from family and friends, she began to write them down. Her first book, The Bloody Shoe Affair: A daring and thrilling adventure with the jailer’s daughter (The Jailer's Daughter Mysteries Book 1), a YA mystery, was published in 2015. Genuine Deceit, an adult suspense novel, is her second book. Protective Instinct: A Thriller was recently published. The Moonshine Murders (The Jailer's Daughter Mysteries Book 2) will be released March 25, 2024. For more information, visit w ...more

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Average rating: 4.64 · 281 ratings · 150 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Genuine Deceit 4.57 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protective Instinct 4.69 avg rating — 67 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bloody Shoe Affair: A daring and thrilling adventure with the jailer's daughter (The Jailer's Daughter Mysteries Book 1) 4.68 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moonshine Murders: The Jailer's Daughter Mysteries 4.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Joy York rated a book it was amazing Star on a Summer Morning (Darby's Quest Book 2) by Nina Romano (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Star On a Summer Morning is the second book in the Darby’s Quest Trilogy by Nina Romano. Having read Book 1 and being familiar with Romano’s eloquent and often poetic writing style, I had high expectations for book 2. She exceeded them all. This west ...more
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Joy York rated a book it was amazing Tales from the Irish Garden by Sally Cronin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Tales From The Irish Garden by Sally Cronin is an absolute delight! As a young child, I fantasized about fairies living under oak trees and playing among the flowers. Cronin brought my magical childhood daydreams to life in living colors in these cha ...more
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Joy York liked Mellie Miller's review of Protective Instinct: "Couldn't put it down Such a ride. Sebastian wrote fiction, but a New York businessman suspected to have mob connections insists he needs him to write his memoirs or biography. Deciding to go into hiding until he gets the point kicks the whole cascade" Read more of this review »
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Joy York rated a book it was amazing The Last Coon Hunter: Book I of the Ryland Creek Saga by Joseph Gary Crance (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I absolutely fell in love with The Last Coon Hunter by Joseph Gary Crance. It’s 1976 when we meet Jacob Ernst, a widower, and his two young sons, Nathan, a preteen, and Mead, ten-years old. They live on a modest farm in Painted Post, in rural upstate ...more
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Joy York rated a book it was amazing Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two by D.L. Finn (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Last year I read Finn’s first Miracles & Ghosts Collection and loved it, so I was excited to read the second collection of Christmas Stories. I enjoyed all these stories that are about people in heartbreaking, desperate, lonely, dangerous, and hopele ...more
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