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Eileen Goudge

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I began writing at the age of eight and wrote my way through the lean years before I found success as New York Times' bestselling author with my first novel GARDEN OF LIES. To date I have published 19 novels and a cookbook. Every life experience I've weathered has found its way into my novels in one form or another: bad exes, births, deaths, divorces, romances, and even true crime. My heroines are like me: tough cookies who don't crumble.

My latest novel, Book One of my Gold Creek series, ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW, is the story of a woman fleeing her abusive ex who finds refuge in a small California mountain town, where she's befriended by a group of women who call themselves The Tattooed Ladies and reinvents herself as a police sketch artist.
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Dear Readers,

Keeping it short and sweet this year, as I’m on deadline (yes, even during the holidays). I wish you all the joy and blessings, and books to read—one of which will hopefully be my next one—in this season and in the new year.
I’ll leave you with one of my favorite holiday treats.

See the recipe below:

CRANBERRY CHEESECAKE

I make this every year around the holidays, and even people who normally

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“Why was it that the only choices that truly mattered were the ones you felt least prepare to make?”
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“Still waters run deep.”
Eileen Goudge, Once in a Blue Moon

“Looking at him now, she saw a study in contrasts. Someone who was kind and loyal but who could also be stubborn and intractable; who was his own man but also your typical man from Mars; who was always there for her but who had a tendency to hold back when showing his own emotions; who was forgetful at times but who never forgot was was most important. In short, someone who wasn't perfect but perfect for her, because of rather than in spite of his flaws.”
Eileen Goudge, The Replacement Wife

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