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A native of North Carolina, award-winning author Mary Flinn long ago fell in love with her state’s mountains and its coast, creating the backdrops for her series of novels, The One, Second Time’s a Charm, Three Gifts, and A Forever Man. With degrees from both the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and East Carolina University, Flinn has retired from her first career as a speech pathologist in the NC public schools since 1981. Writing a novel had always been a dream for Flinn, who began crafting the pages of The One, when her younger daughter left for college at Appalachian State University in 2009. The characters in this book have continued to call to her, wanting more of their story told, which bred the next three books in the seri ...more

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Mary Flinn Hi Dalene! Start with The Nest. You can get an autographed copy from my updated website: www.TheOneNovel.com. Thanks for making contact!
Mary Flinn I don't normally write mysteries but there is a mysterious thread in the story line of A Girl Like That. I took an actual happening from a national ne…moreI don't normally write mysteries but there is a mysterious thread in the story line of A Girl Like That. I took an actual happening from a national news story. I won't say what it is but if you have read A Girl Like That, you might recognize it. Interestingly, an agent who passed on that book said the happenings in that thread seemed to far-fetched to be believable. I think real life is great for finding crazy stuff to write about and the small-town moments and connections make the writing even more realistic. I have heard many people say, "You can't make this stuff up!" I think it's certainly true! The thing that has happened to me is that I use fact to create fiction and sometimes fiction becomes fact in my life. Someone told me I should write about a character who wins the lottery. I didn't want to win the lottery but in The Nest I wrote about one character who wrote a book about her life, got on the NY Times Bestseller list, and landed a big movie deal!
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Allegiance

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LUMINA

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A Girl Like That

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A Forever Man

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Mary Flinn's eleventh novel, TORN has been released!




TORN is available for purchase on Amazon, Kindle and from Mary Flinn's website at TheOneNovel.com!

If the overturning of Roe v Wade has left an impression on you, then TORN may be your next go-to contemporary novel. Whether your book club is looking for a thought-provoking communal read, or you want to explore different views on a woman's right to choose, TORN may satisfy both needs.

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