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Author’s NOTE Lennix, this story’s heroine, is a proud member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, an American Indian tribe. Some tribes mark the transition from girl to young woman through a puberty ceremony known by various names. My story pulls
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“Life is just too damn short to let someone else’s opinion steer the wheel,”
― The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
― The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
“But sometimes, even when we know something is bad for us, we do it anyway. Maybe for the thrill, maybe to cure our curiosity, or maybe just to lie to ourselves a little longer.”
― A Love Letter to Whiskey
― A Love Letter to Whiskey
“I read romance because it’s fun to fall in love. And with romance books, I get to do it over and over. I get to be different types of lovers, I get to feel the heartbreak of love and the successes. Love is the most powerful and real emotion we feel, and I think it’s sort of magical that we can experience some of the greatest loves of all time through books.”
― A Love Letter to Whiskey
― A Love Letter to Whiskey
“Sometimes we’re more terrified of the good things in life than we are of the bad. We feel we don’t deserve them, or that they aren’t real, that they’ll disappear quickly and easily and we’ll be left in the ruins.”
― A Love Letter to Whiskey
― A Love Letter to Whiskey
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