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	For King and Country: The Saga of Thistles and Roses (The Warrior Queen, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Chains of Blood and Steel: The Saga of Thistles and Roses (The Warrior Queen, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Battle of the Bannockburn: The Saga of Thistles and Roses (The Warrior Queen, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 18 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
	The Highland Queen: The Saga of Thistles and Roses (The Warrior Queen Book 4) 4.25 avg rating — 16 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
	Camels and Cake: Tea for Three by Nicole Wilson, Jason Byrne (Goodreads Author), K.G. Christopher 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The time of the month for women : All through the stream, change your way of life and make it simple for your body to flow normally. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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“Evangeline didn’t actually have any proof that Agnes was a witch and she’d cast a curse on Luc. But Evangeline was certain her stepmother had learned of Evangeline’s relationship”
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Sep 12, 2016 01:53AM

Karen wrote: "Liz wrote: "omfg, your books have rendered me useless for the whole weekend! :D Love-love-love The Warrior Queen books..."

Haha! Clearly I'm doing my job then! I assume you will want putting on th..."

Aye! You got that right! On both accounts.. you are doing a helluva good job and absolutely for ARC! but really.. wow, Karen... I had lost faith in finding The Book of 2016 and now- I've found The Series of 2016!

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Liz wrote: "omfg, your books have rendered me useless for the whole weekend! :D Love-love-love The Warrior Queen books..."

Haha! Clearly I'm doing my job then! I assume you will want putting on the advanced reader list for book 4 then

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omfg, your books have rendered me useless for the whole weekend! :D Love-love-love The Warrior Queen books...

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