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Jane Sevier

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Orleans, France

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I'm a spinner of tales and have been lucky enough to earn my living that way. As a feature writer, I covered fields as varied as artificial intelligence, the arts, the environment, and international affairs and traveled on assignment to exotic locales as diverse as Ecuador, Sri Lanka, and Texarkana, Texas. Several of my feature stories won national and regional awards.

My debut mystery, FORTUNE'S FOOL, was 2010 Golden Heart® finalist and garnered several other awards. It's about a 1930s Memphis socialite whose husband dies and leaves her penniless. To support herself and the members of her household who depend on her, she becomes a society fortune teller, only to discover that she has the true sight. FOOL is now available as an ebook on Ama...more

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The Gold-Standard Kiss

Romantic suspense author Donnell Bell invited me to guest blog with the lovely ladies of Everybody Needs a Little Romance, preferably on some romantic topic. With New Year’s Eve just behind us, kissing seemed an appropriate topic. Stop by and see what I had to say about one of my most memorable, the Gold-Standard Kiss. http://everybodyneedsalittleromance.c... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.33 · 36 ratings · 18 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fortune's Fool 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	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
	A Billy Sunday Kind of Love 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	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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Psychic Socialite Series (2 books)
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