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Lynda Sandoval

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Born

Portland, Oregon, The United States

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http://www.LyndaSandoval.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books, Romance

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February 2008

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**Since I'm intimately familiar with the blood, sweat, and tears that go into producing a book, I will only be listing my 4-and 5-star reads. We don't all like the same fare (as is evidenced by some of the Goodreads ratings on my own work!), so if I don't love a book, you won't see it on my page. I'm not interested in bashing anyone else's creative efforts or negatively influencing anyone's reading choices. This is PURELY my choice, and how you review is up to you. On with the bio.**

Lynda Sandoval is a former police officer-turned fiction writer with 22 published (or soon to be published) books to her credit. She's written women's fiction and nonfiction for HarperCollins Rayo; romance for Silhouette Special Edition; a romantic novella for A ...more

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Lynda Sandoval’s books

Average rating: 3.73 · 1,432 ratings · 186 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Who's Your Daddy? 3.85 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2004 — 8 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
	Little White Lie (Amigas y Amor, #1) by Lynda Sandoval (Goodreads Author), Lea Santos 3.70 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1999 — 9 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
	Under Her Skin (Amigas y Amor, #2) by Lynda Sandoval (Goodreads Author), Lea Santos (Pen Name) 3.75 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Picture Imperfect (Amigas y Amor, #3) by Lynda Sandoval (Goodreads Author), Lea Santos (Pen Name) 3.99 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Playing the Player (Amigas y Amor, #4) by Lynda Sandoval (Goodreads Author), Lea Santos (Pen Name) 3.78 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	And Then There Were Three 3.89 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2004 — 7 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
	Chicks Ahoy 3.47 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2006	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
	Unsettling 3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Deja You (Return to Troublesome Gulch, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2007	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
	Lexy's Little Matchmaker (Return to Troublesome Gulch, #4) 3.51 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2009 — 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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Amigas y Amor (4 books)
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Return to Troublesome Gulch (4 books)
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Between Trapezes: Flying into a New Life with the Greatest of Ease

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“Pure love was always difficult to witness. Why was that, she wondered? Because it was so rare? So beautiful? SO damned unattainable for most of the poor saps muddling through this life?”
― Lynda Sandoval, Unsettling

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“You can fix anything but a blank page.”
― Nora Roberts

tags: on-writing, storytelling, writing

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“...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.”
― Michael Connelly

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message 7: by Ida

May 29, 2009 08:55PM

Nice meeting you, Linda!
Thank you for befriending me on goodreads.

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message 6: by Roger

Oct 26, 2008 12:12AM

Hi Lynda,
Thanks very much for the friendship on Goodreads,
ROGER

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message 5: by Ellen

Oct 24, 2008 06:07PM

Thanks so much for the add! And yes, the old 'net is an amazing thing for getting back in touch :
All the very best to you,
Ellen

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message 4: by Jeannie

Oct 23, 2008 06:54PM

Hi Lynda and thanks so much for the add. I love your website! If you have time please check out mine. I'm always open for suggestions, too. It's www.jeanniebarber.com. Also, Cheryl Norman and I are good friends, too. She's a hoot, isn't she?
Blessings,
Jeannie

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message 3: by Holly

Oct 12, 2008 03:09AM

Lynda!!! So nice to see you here!!

Holly

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message 2: by Cheryl

Sep 02, 2008 08:20AM

Hey, I was just thinking about you! That group photo of all of us KODers in the bar in Atlanta is ten years old this month. Can you believe it?!

Cheryl

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message 1: by Daniel

Mar 04, 2008 09:54AM

Lynda, I've added Who's Your Daddy?, Names I Call My Sister: Stories, Unsettling: A Novel, Chicks Ahoy and your other book One Perfect Man to my to-read list.

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