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Barbara Conrey

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

November 07

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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Barbara Conrey is the USA Today Bestselling author of Nowhere Near Goodbye and Award Winning My Secret to Keep. Barbara’s stories delve into the emotional drama of family dynamics and the choices made in the name of love.
Barbara is a long-standing Women’s Fiction Writers Association member and an administrator of the Facebook Group Bookish Road Trip, where she facilitates their monthly book club. Beagles are her passion. She proudly supports the Beagle Freedom Project, a volunteer organization that rescues Beagles and other animals from product testing facilities.
Barbara lives in Central Pennsylvania, close to family and friends, where she is impatiently awaiting the release of her third book, A Fine Layer of Dust, and scurrying to finish h ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 1,652 ratings · 254 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nowhere Near Goodbye 4.18 avg rating — 983 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
	My Secret To Keep 4.28 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	A Fine Layer of Dust 4.49 avg rating — 82 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
	A Fine Layer of Dust: A Novel by Barbara Conrey (Goodreads Author), Joe Sanfelippo (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	My Secret to Keep 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	My Secret to Keep: Library Edition by Barbara Conrey (Goodreads Author), Robin Weigert (Narrator), Jesse Bickford (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Barbara Conrey liked Carol Nauss's review of A Fine Layer of Dust: "The story of how one wrong step can ruin two families. Jake is an ambitious, workaholic lawyer whose goal is to make partner in his law firm. His altruistic wife, Sophia, wants to give back by becoming a surrogate to a childless couple. And last of a" Read more of this review »
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing I'm Not Yours by Cathy Lamb	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
This is my first Cathy Lamb book. How have I never read her gloriously romantic love stories filled with witty characters and loaded with hope, a touch of sorrow, and a dose of regret? I’m Not Yours is actually two stories: it’s like getting two books ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing The Perfect Catch by Samantha Verant (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
Nothing is as it seems, and no one is who they seem to be in The Perfect Catch by Samantha Verant. Fall into her latest thriller—tense, written so tightly you can bounce a quarter off it—and just try to climb out before you reach the final page. Impo ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Step by Step (Desperate Hearts Book 2) by Twila Mason (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
Mason depicts desire like she knows what she’s talking about. A newly sober alcoholic artist and an inveterate businessman are thrown together through no fault of their own. Sparks fly almost immediately. But both fight the sizzle. Until they no long ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Where Your Heart Belongs by Densie Webb (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
Webb’s books have a way of drilling into the heart of relationships, into the choices that destroy us, the chances we ignore, and the fate that brings us together again. Readers will fall in love with Zee and Cillian. A not-to-be-missed story of lost ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (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
Heartbreaking and gut-wrenching, Hello, Beautiful is a sweeping saga of family and sisterhood, of what brings them together and rips them apart. One of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read.
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Hello, Juliet by Samantha M. Bailey (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
Bailey does it again with a Hollywood thriller that pulls out all the stops, and an ending that will keep readers awake long after they’ve read the last page. Hello, Juliet could be my favorite of this author’s books, but I don’t want to be too hasty ...more
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