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Zara West

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Zara West loves all things mysterious, adventurous, and heart-stopping, as long as they lead to true love. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Zara West spends winters in New York where the streets hum with life, summers in the Maritimes where the sea meets the shore, and the rest of the year anywhere inspiration for tales of adventure and love are plentiful.

Swept off her feet by her own Indiana Jones, Zara has followed sheep and goats up and down mountainsides in Greece, Crete, and Italy, been stranded on the banks of the Rhine with no money and one chocolate bar, and while she has never been kidnapped, she has been abandoned on an island in the middle of the wilderness for longer than she wants to remember. Now she writes books for the romant
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Zara West Writer's block happens to me when I am trying too hard. If the writing isn't fun, I stop. I go for a walk. I read a book. I garden. …moreWriter's block happens to me when I am trying too hard. If the writing isn't fun, I stop. I go for a walk. I read a book. I garden. (less)
Zara West I love being able to imagine myself as my characters, living their lives, experiencing the world through their personal viewpoint.
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