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Hi Vanessa, I've sent it to you via your website contact page. Hope you got it? Dick.
Vanessa Edwards Hi Dick, re your original message yes I did thanks, acknowledged on 22nd and replied more fully on Thursday, both by email to your address. Best, Vane…moreHi Dick, re your original message yes I did thanks, acknowledged on 22nd and replied more fully on Thursday, both by email to your address. Best, Vanessa(less)
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Hello Vanessa, I wanted to check that you received my personal feedback via Bookroar? If you want to feedback on it or on my review, I'm happy to discuss. Also, I've posted the review - with some graphics - to my blog. You can see it here: https://www.dickwoodgate.com/blog/free-editorial-reviews/a-tasty-tale
Vanessa Edwards Thanks so much Dick. I haven’t received any specific feedback via Bookroar over and above the feedback in your posted review which I appreciate. Thank…moreThanks so much Dick. I haven’t received any specific feedback via Bookroar over and above the feedback in your posted review which I appreciate. Thanks for the link to your blog which looks very interesting and professional, I look forward to browsing!(less)
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The Matchmakers
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"Wow! Did not see that coming!

Really nice work reading along, under standing the characters and what they are up to. I thought it was a bit too easy, but then POW!"
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A teaser prologue immediately raises questions and arouses the reader’s curiosity, after which it’s hard to put this book down.

The plot has been adequately described in the blurb and other reviews. Suffice here to say that Joan Lewis’s Protest! is we ...more
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“Interesting Fact: During World War II Germans could spot American spies when they sat in this L Cross position. It became popular in the states after cowboys in Western movies used it, but had not caught on in Germany.”
― Vanessa Edwards, Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101
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