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Tara Saunders finds it odd to write about herself in the third person She doesn't think the convention is morally objectionable as such, so she's going along with it good-naturedly.

She's sure that she's done lots of interesting things in her life, but every one of them leaked out her ears the moment she sat at her keyboard to write about them. While her mental gears are frantically whirring, she hopes you'll be content to know that she lives in a little cottage in the West of Ireland with her hordes of children and an overabundance of elderly dogs.

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	Sorcery & Warlocks by Patty Jansen (Goodreads Author), James E. Wisher (Goodreads Author), Tara Saunders (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 195 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
	Requiem for the Wolf (Tales from the Tiarna Beo, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings — 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
	Book of the Lone Man (Tales from the Tiarna Beo 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	To Save a Lost Soul (Tales From The Tiarna Beo Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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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