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USA Today bestselling author Virginia Smith has written over fifty books with sales exceeding 1 million copies worldwide. Her book, Guilty Secrets, was recently produced as a movie now streaming on Lifetime. She lives in Kentucky with her husband, 27 chickens, a barn kitty, and a barky Maltese named Max. Learn more about Ginny and her books at www.virginiasmith.org ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 24,208 ratings · 2,173 reviews · 123 distinct works • Similar authors

	Stuck in the Middle (Sister-to-Sister #1) 3.62 avg rating — 11,321 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Age Before Beauty (Sister-to-Sister #2) 3.90 avg rating — 1,603 ratings — published 2009 — 10 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
	Third Time's a Charm (Sister-to-Sister #3) 4.04 avg rating — 1,384 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	A Goose Creek Christmas (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Most Famous Illegal Goose Creek Parade (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B #1) 3.91 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Just As I Am (Just As I Am, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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
	Renovating the Richardsons (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B #2) 4.17 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Amish Widower (The Men of Lancaster County #4) 4.52 avg rating — 291 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
	The Room with the Second-Best View (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Dr. Horatio vs. the Six-Toed Cat (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B #0.5) 3.98 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2015 — 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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Series by Virginia Smith

Sister to Sister (3 books)
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Tales from the Goose Creek B&B (3 books)
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Just As I Am (2 books)
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Falsely Accused (3 books)
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The Classical Trio (3 books)
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Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany

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Virginia rated a book liked it I Loved You in Another Life by David Arnold (Goodreads Author)	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
The main characters are high schoolers who are preparing for college -- or will they decide to skip college? The lives of Evan and Shosh are totally different, and yet they have something in common - they hear a mystical music in their heads, a tune ...more
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Virginia rated a book liked it By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)	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
I love this author and was eager to read this book. It's a split time novel, with the historical chapters taking place in Elizabethian England when Shakespeare was making his name. The main character is Emelia, a woman playwright (which is a big NO-N ...more
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Virginia wants to read Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison	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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Virginia rated a book liked it The Answer Is No by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)	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
Not my favorite of Backman’s stories, but I might have been influenced by the audiobook narrator’s highly annoying performance.
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It’s definitely a unique storyline! I was immediately hooked, and enjoyed quite a few of the episodes. I got a little tired of the main character’s narcissism after a while but the writing was compelling enough to keep me reading to the end.
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Virginia rated a book liked it The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley (Goodreads Author)	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
It’s hard to evaluate this book. The writing is good and easy to read. The multiple changes in viewpoint characters and timelines were really hard to follow, and it took quite a while for each of the characters to become unique individuals in my mind ...more
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“I just wondered why God hasn’t ever delivered chocolate ice cream to me.”
― Virginia Smith, Stuck in the Middle

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“Cracker Barrel’s dining room bustled with activity. Joan had to raise her voice to be heard by Eve, who sat at the”
― Virginia Smith, Stuck in the Middle

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“It’s not funny, Joan. My bras are all in the first row, color-coded alphabetically from left to right, and then a row of panties, all folded in little squares, and then slips. And socks along the back row. Everything’s so neat it makes me want to throw up.”
― Virginia Smith, Stuck in the Middle

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