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Vera Bell is a Georgia Author of the Year nominee and the award-winning author of the Always and Forever trilogy, an epic second-chance romance set in medieval Ireland and the present-day United States. Through the Veneer of Time , Book One in the trilogy, is her debut novel. Her transformative faith journey now inspires her to weave Christian themes into her historical romances, including a forthcoming novel where fate collides with faith amid the first Viking raid on Ireland. A former commercial artist, she lives in Atlanta with her husband, two teenagers, and one fur baby. Her favorite place to write is on her porch, overlooking a pond lined with river birches and magnolias. The topics she never tires of are bygone eras, our unive ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 567 ratings · 216 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Through the Veneer of Time (Always and Forever #1) 4.17 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Into the Lure of Time (Always and Forever #2) 4.46 avg rating — 99 ratings — 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
	Beneath the Shadow of Time (Always and Forever #3) 4.55 avg rating — 78 ratings — 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
	The Always and Forever Trilogy (Always and Forever #1-3) 4.90 avg rating — 21 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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