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RJ Blain suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning.

When she isn't playing pretend, she likes to think she's a cartographer and a sumi-e painter. In reality, she herds cats and a husband, and obeys the commands of Tsu Dhi, the great warrior fish.

In her spare time, she daydreams about being a spy. Should that fail, her contingency plan involves tying her best of enemies to spinning wheels and quoting James Bond villains until she is satisfied. ...more

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	Playing with Fire (Magical Romantic Comedies, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 6,110 ratings — published 2017 — 18 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
	Hoofin' It (Magical Romantic Comedies, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 3,180 ratings — published 2017 — 15 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
	Whatever for Hire (Magical Romantic Comedies, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 2,380 ratings — published 2018 — 18 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
	Booked for Murder (Vigilante Magical Librarians, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 2,565 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Burn, Baby, Burn (Magical Romantic Comedies, #8) 4.53 avg rating — 2,175 ratings — published 2019 — 11 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
	Serial Killer Princess (Magical Romantic Comedies, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 2,195 ratings — published 2018 — 16 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
	No Kitten Around (Magical Romantic Comedies, #5) 4.24 avg rating — 1,922 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Hearth, Home, and Havoc (Magical Romantic Comedies, #2.5) 4.06 avg rating — 1,967 ratings — published 2017 — 14 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 Flame Game (Magical Romantic Comedies, #12) 4.57 avg rating — 1,714 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Grave Humor (Magical Romantic Comedies, #10) 4.30 avg rating — 1,762 ratings — published 2020 — 9 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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What is a Knife in the Dark, you might ask? In case you missed it, Game On is being split into two books due to length. (I’m currently sitting near 120,000 words on Game On, and it will be a little shorter (or the same length) as Partner in Crime. I am approximately halfway through the storyline i wanted to tell for Game On, so yeah. As I’m not actually writing a whole new plot arc, I am going to

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Rings of Fate (Curses and Crowns, #1)

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“No one will hurt her.” “And should they try?” “I’ll rip their heads off.” Sexy or creepy, sexy or creepy—I went with very sexy with a side dish of creepy.”
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“What can I say? He’s a man, and as my queen and bride says, men are stupid. Especially me, for having taught our son to be a man, too, who in turn taught his son. We’re a plague, us men. At least we’re handsome enough to keep around despite being stupid enough to tempt our women to murder us.”
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