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Tara Lush

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Tara Lush is a RWA Rita finalist, an Amtrak writing fellow and the winner of the George C. Polk award for environmental journalism.
She also writes contemporary romance set in tropical locations under the name Tamara Lush. For many years, she was a journalist with The Associated Press.
Tara is a fan of vintage pulp fiction book covers, Sinatra-era jazz, 1980s fashion, tropical chill, kombucha, gin, tonic, seashells, iPhones, Art Deco, telenovelas, street art, coconut anything, strong coffee and newspapers. She lives on the Gulf coast with her husband and Shih Tzu.

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	Eat, Pray, Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 2,285 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Grounds for Murder (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	I Want Your Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 2) 4.46 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — 4 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
	Cold Brew Corpse (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 1,042 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Every Hex You Take (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 3) 4.51 avg rating — 745 ratings — 4 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
	Cattitude and Charms (Crescent Moon Mysteries #4) 4.52 avg rating — 623 ratings — 4 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
	Live and Let Grind (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 707 ratings — published 2022 — 9 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
	Serving Up Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 5) 4.60 avg rating — 592 ratings — 4 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
	Total Eclipse of the Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries #6) 4.61 avg rating — 476 ratings — 4 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 Bean to Die For (A Coffee Lover's Mystery #4) 4.05 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 2024 — 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

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Murder in the Dressing Room (A Misty Divine Mystery, #1)

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A Bitter Pill (The Bookshop Mysteries, #1)

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Really interesting nonfiction book. It gives a great overview of various inclusive spiritual and magical practices, interviews with Black and brown practitioners, and lots of resources. While I enjoyed all of that, I thought the author’s narrative of ...more
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The shocking thing about this series is that Alice Hoffman wrote Practical Magic and published it in 1995. In 2017 the prequel was published, and that was book two. Then she published a prequel that became book one in the series, and finally, this bo ...more
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