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	Love on the Jersey Shore 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Café Eisenhower 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 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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	Nine Weeks With Griff 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	The MCB Quarterly, Volume 5 by Richard Natale (Goodreads Author), Erika Orrick (Editor), L. Bellamy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016 — 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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There is nothing more satisfying than giving birth to a long-gestating work. By coincidence, two of my novels have been released within a month of one another. The first is a YA adventure novel, The Golden City of Doubloon. The second is an innocents abroad novel, Cafe Eisenhower. I labored over both for several years, but eventually was rewarded when two different publishers agreed to take on the Read more of this blog post »

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