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Nancy S. Thompson

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Nancy S. Thompson is an award-winning author who loves to write suspenseful action thrillers with a touch of romance. Her latest, Against Orders (Book One), is a geopolitical conspiracy thriller and a reckoning of our recent political climate.

When she’s not writing, you’ll find Nancy in her studio, painting contemporary art, or at the piano, playing Chopin or Mozart. She’s a California transplant currently living in Seattle, Washington with her husband and cats, and recently retired after 35 years in the architectural and interior design business.

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	Against Orders 4.24 avg rating — 831 ratings — 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 Mistaken (The Mistaken #1) 3.69 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Leverage (The Mistaken #2) 4.39 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	Stirred 3.99 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Against Protocol: A Gripping Conspiracy Thriller (Against Orders Book 2) 4.31 avg rating — 134 ratings — 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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A Change of Mind and Other Stories consists of a novella, four short stories, and one flash fiction piece. This collection puts the extremes of human behaviour under the microscope with the help of lashings of dark humour, and includes four pieces previously published in Writer’s Muse magazine.
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“All we are is who we surround ourselves with and let into our hearts.”
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“Have you ever loved or even wanted someone so much you didn't want to live if they weren't there right next to you every minute of the day?”
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“The lyrics,
'Tell me would you kill to save a life...would you kill to prove you're right?'
They've often made me wonder, what would make a good man do something...you know, really awful, like kill or whatever. And well, now...I guess I have my answer don't I?”
― Nancy S. Thompson, The Mistaken

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“It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.”
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“Sometimes I feel so- I don’t know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped away. Like there’s no more gravity, and I’m left to drift in outer space with no idea where I’m going’
Like a little lost Sputnik?’
I guess so.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

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“A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke”
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“The difference between God and a US senator? God doesn’t think he’s a senator.”
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thanks for the friend, Nancy How about connecting on facebook as well? www.facebook.com/carlrbrush
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