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P.J. Braley

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Science Fiction, Romance, Fantasy

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Desiderius Erasmus, Robert Heinlein, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte

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After nearly two decades of copy editing other writers’ manuscripts, P.J. Braley embarked on her own writing path. Her debut novel, The Fire Slayers, introduced the reading community to an alien species living beneath the Earth’s surface who are determined to save the world from human destruction. Finding Persephone tells the story of an alien assassin who makes the unforgivable mistake of falling in love with a human. In her third novel, Persephone’s Children, P.J. creates a love story so complete that it transcends the boundaries of life—and death.

In The Bookbinder’s Apprentice and other Impossible Love Stories, P.J. reaches beyond the boundaries of romance to twist the paranormal, history, and fantasy genres into a delightfully sensual ...more

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	The Fire Slayers 4.36 avg rating — 11 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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	Finding Persephone 4.60 avg rating — 5 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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	Persephone's Children (The Fire Slayers Book 3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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

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“Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources.”
― William Least Heat-Moon, Blue Highways

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“We live in stirring times- tea-stirring times.”
― Christopher Isherwood

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“When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.”
― Mark Twain

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“The memory is a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets.”
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“Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.”
― Taylor Mali, What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

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