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I am a lifelong avid reader with a passionate love for a good story, be it fiction on nonfiction. As a kid, I loved genre movies-westerns, gangsters, horror-because the story was king with those kind of flicks, same with comic books, another life long passion. After years of reading, I decided to try my hand at writing the kind of fiction I enjoyed and learned there is no greater satisfaction than to labor on something you love and then discover others find pleasure in it as well.

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	All the Way with JFK: An Alternate History of 1964 3.90 avg rating — 79 ratings — 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
	Beating Plowshares into Swords: An Alternate History of the Vietnam War 3.78 avg rating — 23 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
	Big Crimson 1: There's a New Vampire in Town 2.85 avg rating — 13 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
	Big Crimson 2: The Vampire Next Door 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings	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
	BIG CRIMSON 3: BLOOD WILL TELL (BIG CRIMSON #3) 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	You Never Know What's Going to Come Through the Door 3.40 avg rating — 5 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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	Caden is Coming 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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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Outlander and the excess of success.

The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) by Diana Gabaldon

I came to Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books mainly because I am a sucker for a good time travel story, and made it through the first four books in the series that centered on Claire Randall, a nurse in 1946 Scotland who “goes through the stones” and ends up in that country circa the 1700s. There she meets the love of her life, even though she’s married back in the 20th Century. The lucky gentle Read more of this blog post »

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F.C. Schaefer and 591 other people liked Nichole (DirrtyH)'s review of The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5): "So far, the weakest book in the series. This book dragged on and on and on... It took me about four times as long to finish this one as it did the other four. There was just a lot of unnecessary drama. The interesting parts were few and far between, " Read more of this review »
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