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    <about><![CDATA[Greetings from East Texas! I'm a wife, mother of three, private music instructor, and writer (not always in that order). My first novel, &quot;Texas Roads,&quot; was chosen as a finalist in the 2009 ACFW Genesis contest in the contemporary romance division.<br/>Blessings!<br/>Cathy Bryant<br/>&quot;Heart-Stirring Stories, Life-Changing Grace&quot;<br/>&quot;To know HIM and make HIM known&quot;<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wordvessel.blogspot.com">http://wordvessel.blogspot.com</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.CatBryant.com">http://www.CatBryant.com</a>]]></about>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:22:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:21:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[*Happy Sigh* Kaye Dacus has done it again. First she delivered a delightful planner and her British beau in Stand-In Groom. Now she's dished out a delicious serving of charming chef and his lovely party planner in Menu For Romance, the second book in the Brides of Bonneterre series.<br/><br/>Imagi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64909514">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 May 2009 06:20:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[In Nothing But Trouble we are introduced to PJ Sugar, as delightful a character as you'll ever meet (think Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables, only all grown up and modernized--yeah, she's that much fun)!<br/><br/>Some people have one of those days, but PJ Sugar has one of those lives. You kno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56464337">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:54:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Thu, 07 May 2009 06:16:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Heart. Stopping.<br/><br/>(Yeah. It's that good.)<br/><br/>Ever since I first started seriously studying the craft of writing, I've been itching to get my hands on a book by Brandilyn Collins. Always Watching, co-authored with daughter Amberly Collins for the Young Adult market, doesn't disappoi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55243805">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:44:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Higher Hope by Robert Whitlow is a legal thriller in the style of John Grisham, and his second book in the Tides Of Truth series.<br/><br/>Set in beautiful Savannah, Georgia, it tells the story of Tami Taylor, a summer law clerk for the Braddock, Appleby and Carpenter law firm.<br/><br/>Because ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53325092">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:25:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ready-Made Family tells the story of Amelia North, a single mom who is desperately trying to build a life for her and her daughter, Reece. The story opens in a mall parking lot in Refuge, Illinois. Amelia passes out in the summer heat and wrecks her car. Reece goes in search of help.<br/><br/>Ben ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52875393">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:36:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:03:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I feel especially blessed to get to read two new Deborah Raney novels back-to-back. Yesterday's Embers is the third book in the Clayburn novel series, and one you won't want to miss.<br/><br/>Mickey Valdez is a thirty year-old daycare teacher who has started to wonder if she will ever have the hus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50600489">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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