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Ellie Thomas

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Ellie Thomas lives by the sea. She comes from a teaching background and goes for long seaside walks where she daydreams about history. She is a voracious reader especially about anything historical. She mainly writes MM historical romance.

Ellie also writes historical erotic romance as L. E. Thomas.

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	Twelve Letters (Twelve Letters, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2022	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
	London in the Rain 4.08 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	A Christmas Cotillion 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Christmas Below Stairs 4.40 avg rating — 50 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
	A Christmas Engagement (A Christmas Engagement, #1) 4.43 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Queer Relations (Twelve Letters, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2022	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
	A Trick of the Light (A Tricky Situation, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2022	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
	Town Bronze (Town Bronze #1) 4.50 avg rating — 40 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
	The Thrill of the Chase 4.03 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2021	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
	Another Chance for Love 3.90 avg rating — 40 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

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Season of Change is on release at a sale price!

Season of Joy is now on release! The third novella in my Season of Joy series talking place in 20th century Cheltenham, this hurt/comfort story is about the romance between two injured soldiers, Jack and Tim in the spring of 1944.
This story is included in the 40% off Valentine’s weekend sale at JMS Books from Feb 13th through Feb 16th together with the two previous stories in the series, Season of Read more of this blog post »

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Twelve Letters (10 books)
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Town Bronze (5 books)
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An Unlikely Alliance (3 books)
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A Tricky Situation (2 books)
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Lucky John (3 books)
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4.37 avg rating — 68 ratings

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