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Andrea Jacka

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Andrea lives in the beautiful, vineyard-rich Wairarapa region of New Zealand with her cat Tennessee. There, she aspires to explore the nearby bush clad hills; develop her first garden; and admire the wide, Dark Sky Reserve skies.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 47 ratings · 28 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	One for Another (Hennessey Reed Mystery Series #1) 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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
	Dying Grass Moon (Hennessey Reed Mystery Series, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 14 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
	Hennessey Reed (Hennessey Reed Mystery Series, #3) 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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At the moment I'm writing a Hennessey novella that, in its rough state, is sitting around 16 500 words. My plan is to use it as a promotional tool. It still needs a bit of tweaking and polishing but my thoughts have turned to the cover. Of course, the importance of an arresting cover cannot be underestimated, but with typical Libran Read more of this blog post »

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A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - The Last Great Battle of the American West

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“What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.”
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“Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.”
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