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Patience Bloom was born a month late to avoid being a Gemini--and those pesky '68 student uprisings in Paris. The rest has been a whirlwind of catching up: learning the 3 Rs in Upstate New York, Connecticut high school (Latin is not dead!), college in Ohio, teaching high school in New Mexico and a triumphant adult-relaunch in New York City, living on credit cards in a six-floor walk-up. Now she works as an editor at Harlequin, making books her biggest obsession aside from knitting, Duran Duran, super-bad reality television, and Anthropologie. In addition to devouring thrillers and romantic comedies, she also loves reading the latest celebrity memoir. At Harlequin, she works on a range of romances—from Christian romance to contemporary women ...more

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	Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last 3.32 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 2014 — 13 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
	Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last by Patience Bloom (2015-01-27) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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