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Kim Vandel

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Kim Vandel is an award-winning author, a science nerd, and a recovering overachiever. She lives in the Seattle area, where she’s learned to substitute caffeine for Vitamin D. Her favorite stories are about transformation and becoming the hero you were meant to be.

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Average rating: 4.62 · 156 ratings · 68 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Into the Fire (Under Fire #1) 4.60 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Among the Flames (Under Fire Book 2) 4.59 avg rating — 49 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
	Through the Smoke (Under Fire Book 3) 4.65 avg rating — 18 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 Christian Writer's Coach: How to Get the Most out of a Writers Conference by Lynnette Bonner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dennis Brooke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kathleen Freeman (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Within the Embers (Under Fire Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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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“Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.”
― Christopher Markus

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“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.”
― Alexandre Dumas

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