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Tara Goedjen has lived all over the world, forever in search of the perfect setting. A former academic, she holds a Master of Fine Arts and a PhD, and she also worked as an editor for a Sydney-based publishing house for several years. Tara now lives in the moody Pacific Northwest, where she can usually be found hiking through the woods while dreaming up her next novel. Please Enjoy Your Stay is her adult debut.

To find out more about Tara and her books, find her on Instagram at @taragoedjen, on Substack, or say hello at taragoedjenauthor.com.

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	Please Enjoy Your Stay 3.70 avg rating — 1,205 ratings — published 2026 — 7 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 Breathless 3.18 avg rating — 947 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	No Beauties or Monsters 3.64 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Fairy Tale Review: The Grey Issue #8 by Kate Bernheimer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alissa Nutting (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Seth Abramson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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Tara Goedjen said: " Lush and imaginative, The Firebird Song had me reading straight through the night! Prewitt and Calliope’s quest to save their kingdom was full of wonder and adventure, and, ultimately, hope. I highly recommend picking this one up, or giving it to an ...more "

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“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”
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