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Gail Priest's new novel, Soul Dancing, is women's fiction with a paranormal twist. It takes place in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and the Philadelphia area. It was released by Red Adept Publishing on May 7, 2024.

Gail has a passion for women’s fiction. Her degrees and work in theatre and counseling psychology inspire her stories of healing from trauma and secrets within families. A dash of romance and her love of second chances are always in the mix. The settings of her novels are influenced by her time spent on the coast of New Jersey and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Gail lives in New Jersey with her husband and their Havanese dog, Annie. When she's not writing, Gail can be found reading or looking for birds and sea glass along the beaches and ...more

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	Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise 4.43 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2013 — 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
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	Eastern Shore Shorts: Stories set in Berlin, Cambridge, Chestertown, Chincoteague, Easton, Rock Hall, Salisbury, St. Michaels, and Tilghman Island 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings	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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Annie Crow Knoll: Sunset may have middle child syndrome. :)

As I celebrate the 5th Anniversary of completing the Annie Crow Knoll Trilogy, it occurs to me that the middle book, Sunset, doesn’t get my attention as much as Sunrise and Moonrise do. Today, as the Anniversary Sale continues, I’d like to share a favorite part of Annie Crow Knoll: Sunset.

Although this book is primarily Nate’s story, the friendship that develops between June, Nate’s wife, and

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“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”
― Charles Dickens

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“Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.”
― Thornton Wilder, Our Town

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“All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”
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