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B.J. Young

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After retiring from a long and rewarding career in nursing, B.J. Young continued to feel a need to nurture those who were hurting. She began to write short, inspirational stories and devotionals. Those were first published by Front Porch Publishing, then by Guidepost, Angels on Earth and The Huffington Post. Her debut inspirational fiction novel, "A Portrait of Dawn" was a semi-finalist in the Genesis contest in 2012. The first edition was published in February of 2013. The second book of the trilogy, "Dawn’s New Day, A Love Story" was released in June, 2013. The Dawn Trilogy, a collection of Christian fiction novels was completed with the publication of "Reflections of Dawn" in February 2014. Each book has received multiple five-star revie ...more

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	A Portrait of Dawn (Dawn Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Season for Sarah 4.11 avg rating — 18 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
	Dawn's New Day (Dawn Trilogy #2) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Reflections of Dawn (Dawn Trilogy #3) 4.40 avg rating — 5 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

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