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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) 4.25 avg rating — 2,987 ratings — published 2023 — 7 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 — 1,981 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) 4.44 avg rating — 1,399 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
	Every Hex You Take (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 3) 4.49 avg rating — 1,019 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) 3.99 avg rating — 1,118 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
	Cattitude and Charms (Crescent Moon Mysteries #4) 4.52 avg rating — 874 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
	Serving Up Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 5) 4.58 avg rating — 821 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) 4.58 avg rating — 692 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 — 756 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
	Raiders of the Lost Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 7) 4.55 avg rating — 590 ratings — 3 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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The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting

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

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Tara Lush has read The Arrangement (The Arrangement, #1) by Kiersten Modglin (Goodreads Author)	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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The Critic took me back to the 1990s! L.L. Kirchner drops us into the wacky and gritty world of Pittsburgh’s alt-weekly scene in 1995. Theater critic Jessica Greer has just lost her column to a rival — and then becomes the FBI’s prime suspect when tha ...more
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Tara Lush rated a book it was amazing Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1) by Donna Andrews (Goodreads Author)	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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Loved it. I would consider this “cozy upmarket fiction” or “cozy literary fiction.”
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“My memorys been foggy since I stumbled into perimenopause like a gator on meth.”
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“She’s had pants feelings for him for years.”
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“The Sisters of Hecate: A Coven for the Totally Bitchin’ Witch By Tracy North and Marigold Wentworth Central Florida College Daily Beacon”
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