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Susan Blexrud

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Born

in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States

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Mystery, History, Romance

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Favorite authors include Kate Atkinson, Ann Patchett, Curtis Sittenfel ...more

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Susan Blexrud grew up in Orlando, Florida, and now divides her time between Orlando and Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband of 35 years, John, who proposed to her on New Year’s Eve 1985 on the Venice-Simplon Orient Express, halfway between Paris and Vienna. Their son Chris is a lawyer in New Orleans, and daughter Allison is a nanny in Asheville. Susan has an energetic Papillon named Boo. She is an avid reader, walker, and aqua aerobics enthusiast. She enjoys quilting, bird watching, and keeping up with her French lessons.

Susan holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Central Florida, and a master’s degree in Media Studies from Webster University, St. Louis.

For 30 years, she was a public relations professional ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 88 ratings · 25 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Gettysburg Vampire 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	His Fantasy Maid 3.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Love Fang 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Valentine Vote 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Real Men Have Fangs (The Fang Series Book 3) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	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
	Delora's Necklace 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	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
	Supernatural Seduction by Susan Blexrud (Goodreads Author), Holley Trent, Sharon Clare (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	Fang Shui liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Black Fang (The Fang Series Book 5) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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
	Season of Love by Susan Blexrud (Goodreads Author), Bill Haworth, Kate Hofman 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Susan Blexrud rated a book it was amazing Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum (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
Have mercy. I laughed until I fell over. This book had it all. I'm including it in our book club list for next year. ...more
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Susan Blexrud rated a book really liked it We Are Gathered Here Today by Bobby Finger	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
What I assumed would be a beach read turned out to be so much more. Honest, deep emotions were explored in a backdrop that didn't lend itself to honest, deep emotions. There's a lot of angst here, and while I felt like bopping Fin in the head at time ...more
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Susan Blexrud rated a book it was ok My Friends 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
Yikes, the sarcasm. I struggled to reach the middle of this book, then had to speed read to finish it because I was so tired of the dialogue and the heavy narrative, not to mention the humor(?) I didn't find it funny...at all. Mean-spirited sarcasm i ...more
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Susan Blexrud and 1639 other people liked Kaylee's review of My Friends: "(1.5 stars) In this book, a girl named Louisa runs into her idol, the world famous artist who created her favorite painting. The artist dies and sends his lifelong friend Ted to give the painting to Louisa. For the rest of the book, Ted explains to L" Read more of this review »
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Susan Blexrud rated a book really liked it The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (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 enjoyed The Nest, primarily because the characters seemed real to me. One of them did bad things but managed to redeem himself, one was a bit of a lunatic but came out of it, one of them was nasty to the core, and one of them reinforced my faith in ...more
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Susan Blexrud rated a book liked it Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke	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 just finished reading Yesteryear last night. Had to write this review immediately, thereby...hopefully...getting it out of my head. I appreciate Yesteryear for its achievement, for which I'd easily give it a 5-star rating. But did I enjoy it? Not r ...more
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Susan Blexrud rated a book liked it Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke	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 just finished reading Yesteryear last night. Had to write this review immediately, thereby...hopefully...getting it out of my head. I appreciate Yesteryear for its achievement, for which I'd easily give it a 5-star rating. But did I enjoy it? Not r ...more
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Susan Blexrud rated a book really liked it People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (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
Adorable. The dialogue between Alex and Poppy was priceless. I read the book and watched the NETFLIX series simultaneously, and while I thought both were great, the TV adaptation lost much of the humor that made Alex and Poppy's relationship so much ...more
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Susan Blexrud rated a book really liked it The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel (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
Although the resolution of this story was a bit unbelievable, I think Harmel did an exceptional job getting us there. Bravo!
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Susan Blexrud rated a book it was amazing Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (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 have read six of Reid's books, and this one is my favorite. The emotional depth of the characters rang so true. I felt part of the experience in the control room and on the shuttle. Also, it didn't hurt that the ending was perfect. ...more
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