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Kel Carpenter

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Kel Carpenter is a master of werdz. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s traveling the world, lovingly pestering her co-author, and spending time with her family. She is always on the search for good tacos and the best pizza. She resides in Maryland and desperately tries to avoid the traffic.

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	Lucifer's Daughter (Queen of the Damned, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 13,329 ratings — published 2018 — 19 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
	Fortune Favors the Cruel (Dark Maji, #1) by Kel Carpenter (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 7,532 ratings — published 2019 — 16 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
	Wicked Games (Queen of the Damned, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 7,201 ratings — published 2018 — 21 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
	Dark Horse (A Demon's Guide to the Afterlife #1) by Kel Carpenter (Goodreads Author), Aurelia Jane (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 6,352 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Touched by Fire (Demons of New Chicago, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 6,462 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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
	Infernal Desires (Queen of the Damned, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 5,636 ratings — published 2018 — 19 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
	Reject Me (Immortal Vices and Virtues, #1) by Kel Carpenter (Goodreads Author), Aurelia Jane (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 5,064 ratings — published 2022 — 13 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
	Blessed be the Wicked (Dark Maji #2) by Kel Carpenter (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 4,178 ratings — published 2019 — 15 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
	Brimstone Nightmares (Queen of the Damned, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 4,039 ratings — 16 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
	Heir of Shadows (Daizlei Academy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 3,816 ratings — published 2016 — 14 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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Damned Magic and Divine Fates: Queen of the Damned (4 books)
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Dark Maji (5 books)
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Magic Wars: Demons of New Chicago (5 books)
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A Demon's Guide to the Afterlife (3 books)
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Daizlei Academy (4 books)
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Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1)

by J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)

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Ghost's Whisper (Legion of Angels, #9)

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Kel Carpenter rated a book it was amazing Cheater by D.D. Prince (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
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Hiya! Couple of things from the author(s). . . 1. This is the second book in the Winter trilogy, which means not everything will be wrapped up just yet. Gotta wait for book 3 to have that. Between the Twin Realms (book 3) is underway but we won't put ...more
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Kel Carpenter rated a book it was amazing Make Me Yours (Chicago Railers Hockey #1) by Jennifer Sucevic (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
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Kel Carpenter rated a book it was amazing Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed (Dylan St. James Omegaverse #1) by Elizabeth Dear (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
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“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything. They make you feel so alive that you’d follow them straight into hell, just to keep getting your fix. Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever”
― Kel Carpenter, Fortune Favors the Cruel

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“If you turn your back on those who would stab it, you deserve sweet death—for you were too gullible in life.”
― Kel Carpenter, Fortune Favors the Cruel

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“You always were a perfect specimen of lethal resolve.”
― Kel Carpenter, Blessed be the Wicked

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The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern (Fantasy)

18 votes 46.2%

Atlantis Rising - Alyssa Day (Paranormal Romances)

8 votes 20.5%

Animal Attraction - Paige Tyler (Paranormal Romance)

6 votes 15.4%

Transcendence - Shay Savage (Historical Time Travel Romance)

4 votes 10.3%

Fortune Favors the Cruel - Kel Carpenter (Dark Fantasy)

3 votes 7.7%

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Kel’s Quotes

“The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

tags: alice-in-wonderland, carpenter, poem, walrus, walrus-and-the-carpenter

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“It’s not going to be easy. Nothings easy. Nothing that’s worth it.”
― Kel Carpenter, Heir of Shadows

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“He called to me like the moon to the waves.”
― Kel Carpenter, Scion of Midnight

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“It was the kiss that made people see stars, and think they could reach them.”
― Kel Carpenter, Scion of Midnight

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“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

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