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Em Lyons Bouch

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Em Lyons Bouch is a high school English teacher in Pittsburgh. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in English and Anthropology. The first draft of this book was written as her senior thesis. She went on to earn a master's degree in education through Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), teaching for two years in Montgomery, Alabama. Em is currently a group leader for Recovery International and has been a group member since 2006. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband Damian. ...more

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It is a rare book that can truly surprise me. As a long-time reader, English major, and English teacher, I see patterns and foreshadowing and generally know what brats a story will take, but this novel had me guessing at every turn. I truly had no id ...more
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Hallmark-y and a little cheesy (which I wouldn't mind. I am picking up a romance after all) but with very bland characters, plot, and setting. There could have been a lot more description of the supposedly beautiful setting. There were a lot of loose ...more
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This was a Hoopla bonus borrow and it did not disappoint: a fun romance with good dialogue and interesting characters. Also, kudos to the author for performing her own book so well! I enjoy when an author gives her characters unique jobs or hobbies th ...more
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