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Donna Banta

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Donna Banta authored her first full length story at age ten, a mystery/thriller about the cote of mourning doves that toddled around her backyard. To this day, she continues her fascination with the mystery and intrigue that persists within small, seemingly like-minded societies. Open House, her latest mystery, takes place in an elite neighborhood in Dallas. Previous novels, Seer Stone, False Prophet, The Girls from Fourth Ward, and Mormon Erotica, are set within LDS communities in Northern California. Her short fiction has appeared in various literary journals and story collections including, Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction (Lethe Press) and Recreating Our Common Chord (Wising Up Press). She lives in Sonoma, Californi ...more

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Average rating: 4.52 · 33 ratings · 12 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Girls From Fourth Ward 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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	False Prophet 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
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Mormon Erotica

Greetings Gentle Readers! Are any of you still out there? I'm back after a 2 year hiatus, much of it spent writing my new romance novel, Mormon Erotica. Okay, so "erotica" might be a stretch. But there is some hugging and kissing, a little PG sex, and plenty of romance -- just in time for Valentine's Day!

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