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C. J.'s love of reading began when she was a kid dragging home bags of books from the library. When she was twelve she started dreaming about becoming a published author. That dream came true when her first novel Thicker than Blood won a national writing contest. It became the first book in the Thicker than Blood series, which also includes Bound by Guilt, Ties that Bind, and Running on Empty. She has also written Jupiter Winds and Jupiter Storm the first and second books in the Jupiter Winds series. Her children's fantasy Alison Henry and the Creatures of Torone has also been well received. She lives in Pennsylvania and is the horse care manager at a stables in Lancaster County. ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 4,964 ratings · 699 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Thicker Than Blood (Thicker Than Blood #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,090 ratings — published 2009 — 17 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
	Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) 4.21 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Ties that Bind (Thicker Than Blood #3) 4.41 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Jupiter Winds (Jupiter Winds #1) 4.13 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Searching for Normal 4.12 avg rating — 203 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
	Running on Empty (Thicker Than Blood #4) 4.46 avg rating — 177 ratings — 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
	Jupiter Storm (Jupiter Winds #2) 4.33 avg rating — 81 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
	Out of Time 3.94 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Thicker than Blood: The Collection (Thicker Than Blood #1-4) 4.68 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Heart of Belonging 4.32 avg rating — 62 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

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Which family relationship?

I'm in the beginning stages of a new book that's fast developing into something that combines elements of all my books, yet is unique too. Curious? I am too! I discover a story as I write.

But my question for you is this: Which of these family relationships would you most like to read about:

Mother/daughter
Sisters
Aunt/niece
Grandmother/granddaughter?

...or something else? Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 21, 2016 10:25 • Tags: c-j-darlington, family, family-relationships, new-book, writing

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Series by C.J. Darlington

Thicker Than Blood (4 books)
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Jupiter Winds (2 books)
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“He loves you that much.”
― C.J. Darlington, Thicker than Blood

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“her seat with a curse. She hadn’t been speeding. She was sure of it. Christy forced herself to focus”
― C.J. Darlington, Thicker Than Blood

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“twelfth”
― C.J. Darlington, Thicker than Blood: The Collection

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The two books with the most votes will be February's Books of the Month. Voting will be open through Dec. 31

Paper Hearts (Paper Hearts, #1) by Courtney Walsh

Paper Hearts by Courtney Walsh

11 votes 28.9%

My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade

5 votes 13.2%

Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer

5 votes 13.2%

Lonestar Sanctuary (Lonestar, #1) by Colleen Coble

Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble

4 votes 10.5%

Freefall by Kristen Heitzmann

4 votes 10.5%

Mist of Midnight (Daughters of Hampshire, #1) by Sandra Byrd

Mist of Midnight by Sandra Byrd

3 votes 7.9%

Then Sings My Soul by Amy K. Sorrells

3 votes 7.9%

Where Can I Flee (Ancient Words #1) by A.M. Heath

Where Can I Flee by A.M. Heath

2 votes 5.3%

Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) by C.J. Darlington

Bound by Guilt by C.J. Darlington

1 vote 2.6%

A Lady in Defiance (Romance in the Rockies #1) by Heather Blanton

A Lady in Defiance by Heather Blanton

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C.J.’s Quotes

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god, world

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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: 1929, viereck-interview

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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, simplicity, understand

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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