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Cege Smith

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Everyone loves a good origin tale. Cege's started when she was eight years old. She snuck out of bed late one night and into the living room to watch TV. Flipping through stations with the volume turned down low, she came across a rerun of a movie called The Exorcist. She was terrified yet mesmerized.

Cege wasn't unfamiliar with the idea of the battle between good and evil. She attended Catholic school in a small town in rural Wisconsin, and at the time knew the 'age appropriate' stories from the Bible. Nothing in those stories prepared her for the visual onslaught of watching the battle between the priests and the demon for the soul of the young Linda Blair. Cege was deeply disturbed by the movie, but nonetheless a seed was planted that nig ...more

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Average rating: 3.62 · 2,926 ratings · 372 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Edge of Shadows 3.48 avg rating — 1,434 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
	Heiress of Lies (Bloodtruth #1) 3.52 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 2012	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
	Shadows Deep (Shadows, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 150 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
	Veiled Shadows (Shadows, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 125 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
	The Shadows Trilogy: 3.86 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2013	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
	The Queen's Betrayal (Bloodtruth #2) 3.91 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Soul Ripper (Twisted Souls #1) 3.62 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Trials of Truth (Bloodtruth #3) 3.95 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Heart's Deceit (Bloodtruth #4) 4.08 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Ageless 3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 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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The Shadows Story Continues…

Afterlife OTHER SITES Ever since I published Veiled Shadows, the last book in the Shadows trilogy, I’ve had readers ask about what was next. They wanted MORE. That’s really been a resounding theme over the years.

The thing was that, for me, Ellie and David’s story was done. They had overcome their past demons (literally), defeated the bad guys, and were ready to embark on their new beginning. Surely these two characters

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Shadows (4 books)
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Bloodtruth (4 books)
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Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)

by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)

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The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great

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“Ellie officially knew the secret to making everything in life seem brighter: two glasses of wine.”
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“wished that just once she could see Linda’s aura.”
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“She greeted him warmly, and”
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message 5: by Dale (last edited Jul 19, 2014 11:03AM)

Jun 23, 2014 07:34AM

Cege, thank you for accepting my friend request.
I've downloaded and look forward to reading Edge of Shadows.
Wishing you the very best!

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message 4: by Zelah

Sep 10, 2012 08:35AM

Hi Cege, thank you to you too. :o)

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message 3: by Stacy

Jul 28, 2012 03:18PM

Thanks for connecting!

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message 2: by Cege

Apr 20, 2012 09:03PM

Tamara Rose wrote: "Hi Cege and thank for your friendship~! :)"

Hi Tamara- Looks like we share a genre interest. Looking forward to learning more about you and your work! :)

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message 1: by Tamara

Apr 20, 2012 12:56PM

Hi Cege and thank for your friendship~! :)

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