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P.L. Jonas

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https://www.pljonasbooks.com/

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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A native Arizonan, P. L. Jonas has traveled all over the US and ten other countries. Her stories draw from personal experience, a fascination with history, and a love of research. When she's not writing or editing, he's reading or painting while her beloved cat looks on.

Awards
"Eternal Hearts: A Journey Across Time" 2025 PenCraft Literary Award of Excellence for Romance/Fantasy/SciFi, 2nd Place
"Sea of Doubt: Can We Ever Escape Our Secrets?" 2024 Firebird Bood Award
"Hall of Deception: a post-WWII romantic suspense," received The Historical Fiction Company Highly Recommended 5-Star Award
Published by Black Rose Writing, 2023
"Beneath A Radiant Moon," First Place 2020 CIBA Goethe Category for 20th Century Historical Women's Fiction. publisher Sca ...more

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Book Recommendations for 2026 so far. Here are my 4-5 star reads in the Adult and YA Fantasy Genre Irone Flame by Rebecca Yarros Bk #2 (Adult Fantasy) 5 Stars January 12, 2026 Another massively great book by Rebecca Yarros. So exciting I had to force myself to stop so I could sleep. The action scenes were written so well I felt like I was on the dragon with Violet as we were flying through the pel Read more of this blog post »

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	Hall of Deception (The Roth Saga, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 60 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
	Where Did You Go? A Psychological Suspense 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Sea of Doubt (The Roth Saga #2) 4.23 avg rating — 22 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
	Eternal Hearts: A Journey Across Time 4.14 avg rating — 14 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
	Beneath a Radiant Moon: An Immigrant Saga of Love, Family, and Survival Across Continents by P.L. Jonas (Goodreads Author), Vee Cowart (Editor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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 Fragile Line: A Psychological Romantic Thriller (Paulson Duology Book 2) 4.60 avg rating — 5 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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What a refreshing change of pace after reading several dark fantasy series and exactly what I needed. Lots of intrigue and plot twists kept me turning the pages. I enjoyed each storyline of the three sisters but did find it a little hard to follow at ...more
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“The gods do make playthings of us ... but it is we mortals who provide them with the tools.”
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“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a book. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in a book.”
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