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M.J. Compton

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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) 4.23 avg rating — 102 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 2.63 avg rating — 27 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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	Omega Moon Rising (Toke Lobo & the Pack #3) 3.90 avg rating — 10 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
	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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Thanksgiving Gratitudes

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, I thought I’d share some of the entries from my Gratitude pages in my planner.

Being retired from a day job so I can be available when family members need me.My health. I see so many people beset by illness, and I am overall healthy.Living in Upstate New York because it’s only snow compared to wildfires, mudslides, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes…it Read more of this blog post »

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