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M.J. Compton

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Born

in Cortland, NY, The United States

February 20

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http://www.comptonplations.com

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Romance, Paranormal, Contemporary

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Linda Howard, Karen Robards, JD Robb, Susan Sizemore, Maggie Shayne

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MJ can't remember a time when she wasn't creating her own stories and considers every life experience fodder for her fiction.

Although her 30-year career in local television included such highlights as being bitten by a lion, preempting a US President for a college basketball game, giving a three-time world champion boxer a few black eyes, a mention in the Drudge Report, and meeting her husband, the urge to create her own stories never went away.

MJ lives in upstate New York with her husband. Music and cooking are two of her passions, and she enjoys baseball and college basketball, but she’s primarily focused on wine ... and writing. ...more

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	Moonlight Serenade (Toke Lobo & the Pack #1) 4.22 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	And Jericho Burned (Toke Lobo & the Pack #2) 3.83 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2015 — 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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	Hit By His Pitch 2.57 avg rating — 28 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
	Betrayed By the Moon (Service for Sanctuary #1) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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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	Masks of October (Three for the Holidays, #1) 3.40 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
	Missing the Signs (Columbia Gems #1) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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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