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H.M. Shander

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H.M. Shander is an award winning and USA TODAY bestselling author who is a hopeless romantic and lover of chocolate, coconut and a damn good cup of coffee.

She's the author of several reader's choice books (Bronze medal for Return to Cheshire Bay and the Gold Medal for Living La Vida Mocha). An upcoming release was also a Kobo Writing Life finalist - so watch for that to release soon.
She writes swoon-worthy, gentle beta heroes, in sweet or steamy storylines that all end with a happily ever after.

When not writing, she is a part-time librarian and Educational Assistant to a group of kindergartens, a devoted mother to her two kids, and believes she's married the sweetest man and the greatest inspiration for her heroes.

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H.M. Shander The mystery of how my kids can bounce out of bed on the weekend before 7 am, and yet during the week, it's a battle to get up before 7:30. Haha! I'd l…moreThe mystery of how my kids can bounce out of bed on the weekend before 7 am, and yet during the week, it's a battle to get up before 7:30. Haha! I'd love that mystery to be solved. #parentingproblems
But on a serious note, hmm, there's no mysterious happenings in my life. I'm not that exciting. ;) However, I could make up something. How about...

The nosy neighbour who butts into everyone's personal lives and gossips like crazy has just been discovered dead. As each neighbour gets questioned, suspicions rise and the police go from having zero suspects to having a block full. Who did it? Better yet, do any of the neighbours really care? (less)
H.M. Shander Haha - what a loaded question. If you are talking about my favourite fictional couple from all the books I've read, then I'd have to say Hazel and Aug…moreHaha - what a loaded question. If you are talking about my favourite fictional couple from all the books I've read, then I'd have to say Hazel and Augustus. I love that story, I love the feelings it brought out of me and I love the way the characters interacted with each other and the outside world.

Now, if you're asking me to choose between the fictional characters I've written, that's like asking me to choose which of my children is my favourite. ;)

Charlotte & Andrew are so vastly different from Aurora & Nate. Each has a different outlook on life, which affects the world around them. They each bring something real and magical to the table, so to speak, and like children, they each drive me crazy at times. But I love them all.
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The words I need a date shot out of my mouth like a badly aimed dart, wobbling in the air before sticking to him, and I wondered how in the beans I was going to recover from that.
“March fourteenth,” Jeremy said, smooth as silk.
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