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Elle Sweet

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Elle Sweet is the pen name of mystery author Laina Turner.

I started writing ten years ago, and it was always my intent and desire to write romance. However, in my first book, someone died. It just happened and turned the romance into a mystery.

Twenty-some books later, and I decided enough was enough. I was going to do what I'd initially set out to do at the start of my writing journey. Write a book where no one died (It's not as easy as you think).

I can't tell you how much fun I had writing Finding Rachel and the three others set in the small town of Moonshire Bay. Finding Rachel is out now and Ari's Adventure will release in spring of 2020 with the third book set to follow in the early summer of 2020.

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	Finding Rachel (Moonshire Bay #1) by Elle Sweet (Goodreads Author), Laina Turner (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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
	Lucy's Last Chance (Moonshire Bay #3) by Elle Sweet (Goodreads Author), Laina Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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
	Moonshire Bay: Small Town Romance Collection Books 1-4 (Moonshire Bay #0.5-3) by Elle Sweet (Goodreads Author), Laina Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Ari's Adventure (Moonshire Bay #1) by Elle Sweet (Goodreads Author), Laina Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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
	Photographing Kate (Moonshire Bay #2) by Elle Sweet (Goodreads Author), Laina Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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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