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Kat Ross

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I've always loved to read more than anything in the world, especially so-called genre stories—mysteries, fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, horror. I like books that take you by the hand and lead you out of the mundane. That ease back the curtain and show you the wondrous and dark and unexpected lurking just around the next corner. I worked in journalism for a long time before I returned to writing fiction. Guess which is more fun? ...more

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Dark Bringer: Chapter One

The bats were heading for their roosts when Tristo Arpin and his sons arrived at the Red House.

The hour before dawn was a moment of pause in the cheerfully corrupt and deeply superstitious city of Kota Gelangi. Even the hardest-drinking miners had staggered home, and the politicians and gossip-mongers were yet to rise from their beds. As Tristo bumped a handcart over the cobbles of Rua Capitol

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I thoroughly enjoyed this dramatized account of the life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. It’s clear that a great deal of meticulous research went into these pages, but the narrative never feels weighted down by it; on the contrary, the prose is a delight ...more
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Grabbed me from the start, I couldn’t put this book down! I loved the name of the series — “Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope” — and the first book totally lived up to my (high) expectations! Morgan is such a sweet, relatable, and three-dimensiona ...more
Kat Ross made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians GroupUpdated book description topic
" Thanks! I guess the mistake I made is that I checked the box to make it the default description. The error message said only librarians could do that. ...more "
" Thanks, I’ll try that!

Ah, it worked, I missed the “three dots” -- I’d made a new cover edition before, just couldn’t remember where you did it. :)
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“Even if I could be free I would choose you…”
Kat Ross, The Midnight Sea

“The world is in an eternal struggle against good and evil,” he would say to me. “But the most important war is fought here.” Ilyas would tap his chest. “It is not the barbarians, nor even the Druj, that we must fear the most, Nazafareen. It is the enemy within.” I”
Kat Ross, The Midnight Sea

“The seeds of self-loathing had been planted when he was very young. It is not easy to change, even when our adult minds know better.”
Kat Ross, Blood of the Prophet

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