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Karissa Kinword is a bestselling author of adult contemporary and sci-fi fantasy romance. She accredits her inspiration to an early love for literature, fanatically obsessive personality, and innate fascination with the human condition. She has a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from the University at Albany and lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her husband and toddlers. ...more

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	Christmas in Coconut Creek (Dirty Delta, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 14,473 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Forget Me Not 3.47 avg rating — 2,929 ratings — published 2022	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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“Between work and my personal life, the last several years had been like ripping wax off a labia—”
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“I’d taken the man down the back of my throat like it was an Olympic sport in broad daylight on the coastal highway.”
― Karissa Kinword, Christmas in Coconut Creek

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“But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.”
― Karissa Kinword, Forget Me Not

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