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Colleen Vanderlinden

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Colleen Vanderlinden is the author of the Hidden and Hidden: Soulhunter urban fantasy series, as well as the Copper Falls paranormal romance series.

The her novels Home, Nether, and Godkiller have all been finalists for RT Book Reviews’ Reviewers Choice Awards for best self-published urban fantasy novel. Her books have consistently received positive reviews, and RT Book Reviews has called her storytelling “electrifying.”

She also writes small-town contemporary romance as Ella Linden. Her book, Lost with You, won the RT Book Review Reviewers' Choice Award for best Indie or Small Press Romance in 2017.

She lives in northern Michigan with her husband, kids, demonic Basset hound, and four lazy cats. You can find out more about Colleen’s books at ...more

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	Lost Girl (Hidden, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Broken (Hidden, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Home (Hidden, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,066 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
	Strife (Hidden, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 833 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
	Nether (Hidden, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 601 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
	Exile (Exile, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Shadow Witch Rising (Copper Falls, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A New Day (StrikeForce #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Guardian (Hidden: Soulhunter #1) 4.29 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Forever Nigh (Hidden, #3.5) 4.23 avg rating — 244 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

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Series by Colleen Vanderlinden

Hidden (9 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 7,009 ratings

StrikeForce (4 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 755 ratings

Copper Falls (3 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 705 ratings

Hidden: Soulhunter (3 books)
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4.40 avg rating — 629 ratings

Exile (2 books)
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3.89 avg rating — 575 ratings

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There Be Dragons Here (Tales of Aedrea #4)

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“I don't need to resort to threats when I have facts on my side.”
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“When you see which choices, which decisions, a being makes, you see what is truly meaningful to them. They may say many things, but the choices they make let you see their souls.”
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“I had no doubt anymore that I was not so much a body that was home to a soul, but a soul that wore a body.”
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“You came, you saw, you burned everything to the ground.”
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“Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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