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Dilsa Saunders Bailey is a southern-born babe who loves to write about southern-born girls. Check out her short stories about a little southern girl living through the significant changes in American culture during the summer of 1968. But if you prefer, try her sizzling-hot romantic suspense series, The Sperling Chronicles, which begins as a coming-of-age story for a young southern girl who becomes the fierce matriarch of her family. You don't mess with Kali or her unpredictable family. That's why the first in the series, Dreams Thrown Away, received a nomination for the Georgia Author of the Year Award (GAYA) 2009 and a quarterfinalist status in the 2018 Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest. Her books don't disappoint, as she herself is an a ...more

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Average rating: 4.53 · 32 ratings · 14 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Dreams Thrown Away (The Sperling Chronicles, #1) 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Split Images (The Sperling Chronicles, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	No Tears for Dead Men (The Sperling Chronicles 3) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
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The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar (Sam Quinn #1)

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Coin Collecting 101: The ONLY Beginner's Guide You'll Ever Need to Build, Identify, Preserve, and Cash In on Your Coin Collection

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