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Amanda Hooser

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I am a middle-aged wife and mother of two living in Huntington, West Virginia. I enjoy romance novels and mysteries, and when I started to write Playing Dirty in 2013, my goal was to write a sexy, suspenseful romance novel. Two dead bodies and no sex later, the series evolved into more of a cozy mystery series than a bodice-ripping romance. Now that the first three novels of that series are complete, I'll be changing it up a little, working on some mostly-romance-with-a-little-mystery novels. That doesn't mean I won't be revisiting Grace and the crew, but I've left them in a good place in the meantime.
I hope you enjoy their adventures, and maybe learn a little something about my first love, archaeology, along the way.
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	Playing Dirty: Getting Dirty: Book 1 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Mud, Sweat, & Tears (Getting Dirty Book 2) 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Hell or High Water: Getting Dirty: Book Three 4.27 avg rating — 15 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
	The Savage Jukebox it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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 Savage Jukebox: Nine Tales of Misfits, Mayhem, and Murder it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
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