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Linda Shantz

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After many years of working at the racetrack, Linda now manages a small herd of retired racehorses, who usually give her enough time off to paint and write. She lives on a small farm in Southern Ontario with the horses and her Border Collie and is best known for her art, which can be seen at www.lindashantz.com ...more

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	Good Things Come (Good Things Come, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 283 ratings — 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
	Bright, Broken Things (Good Things Come #0) 4.22 avg rating — 230 ratings — 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
	All The Little Things (Good Things Come, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 170 ratings — 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
	All Good Things (Good Things Come, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 128 ratings — 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
	This Good Thing (Good Things Come, #4) 4.50 avg rating — 107 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
	Merry Little Things (Good Things Come #4.5) 4.36 avg rating — 97 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
	All The Best Things (Good Things Come #6) 4.56 avg rating — 88 ratings — 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
	Horse Of The Year (Good Things Come #7) 4.67 avg rating — 69 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
	Shiny Little Things (Good Things Come #8) 4.60 avg rating — 63 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
	All The Right Things: (Good Things Come Book 9) 4.77 avg rating — 39 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

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Good Things Come is a Dr. Tony Ryan Award Semi-Finalist!

Anyone who has entered any type of competition knows the feeling. You send off your entry, then try not to obsess waiting for news. It helps when you're given a deadline by which the organizers are supposed to inform you, one way or another, but that's not always the case.

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Published on April 09, 2021 08:08 • Tags: debut-novel, dr-tony-ryan-award, horse-racing, semi-finalist

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The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)

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“Guys didn’t get to her. They didn’t make her breath shorten or her heart race. Only a horse could do that.”
― Linda Shantz, Bright, Broken Things

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“I want to tell her that God is not a cement building of stones and sand. That God is not for all that putting inside a house and locking Him there. I want her to know that the only way to know if a person find God and keep Him in their heart is to check how the person is treating other people, if he treats people like Jesus says--with love, patience, kindness, and forgiveness.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

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