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Emily Matthews

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New Zealand

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https://www.designem.co.nz

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Crime, Contemporary, Memoir

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I have heard it once said that everyone has at least one good book in them, and if that is true then this is certainly mine. It took me 10 years to finally write it, and after it was finished I sat on it for another two before I finally felt I was ready to share my story. This is not because it is bad, but because it is good, very good. Writing it was equally therapeutic and painful, because I had to take a good long hard look at myself, and the decisions I made in my life that led me to be terrorised in my own home by a man that claimed to love me.

It turns out I have at least one more novel in me! I'm 20,000 words into the next chapter of Maddie's life, it's title is The Garden Path, watch this space, promise it won't take ten years to wr ...more

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The Beaten Path

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Golden (The Golden Wolf, #1)

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“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
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“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
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