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Gayle Trent

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aka Holly Jordan, Amanda Lee. Gayle Leeson

Gayle is a Southwest Virginia based author who is working on the Daphne Martin Cake Decorating Mystery series. The first book in the series, MURDER TAKES THE CAKE tells the story of Daphne Martin, a forty-year-old divorcee who returns to her fictional hometown of Brea Ridge, Virginia to start her life over. She has left behind an ex-husband who is in prison for an attempt on Daphne's life, a dingy apartment and a stale career. She has started fresh in a new home with a new career, Daphne's Delectable Cakes, a cake-decorating company Daphne runs out of her home. She is thrilled to be living closer to her beloved niece and nephew, although being close to other family members brings up lifelong resent ...more

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	Murder Takes the Cake (Daphne Martin, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 1,538 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
	Dead Pan (Daphne Martin, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 2009 — 10 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
	Killer Sweet Tooth: A Daphne Martin Cake Mystery (Daphne Martin Cake Mysteries #3) 3.82 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Between a Clutch and a Hard Place (Myrtle Crumb, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	When Good Bras Go Bad (Myrtle Crumb, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 244 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
	Battered to Death (Daphne Martin Mystery #4) 3.90 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Killer Wedding Cake 4.08 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Claus of Death: A Myrtle Crumb Mystery (Myrtle Crumb #3) 3.73 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Soup...Er...Myrtle! (Myrtle Crumb #4) 4.05 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Perp and Circumstance: A Myrtle Crumb Mystery (Myrtle Crumb Mystery Series Book 5) 4.23 avg rating — 57 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

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

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Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

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Gayle Trent rated a book it was amazing The Woman in Ward 9 by Naomi Williams	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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“Not everybody that’s good at acting is on television.”
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“I figure I can have equal rights and pay and feminism and all that stuff, and still get treated like a lady.”
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