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Marie Tayse

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Marie Tayse published her first book titled The Monster Within on July 22, 2015. She has several other projects in the works as well. She writes contemporary romance, crime fiction, horror, suspense, thriller, true crime, western, nonfiction, paranormal, and children's genres. She's been writing since she was ten years old and has always dreamed of one day getting published.

Marie lives in Tennessee with her family, several tame and feral cats, three dogs, and two goldfish.

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	Haunted In Alabama (Truly Paranormal Book 1) 3.51 avg rating — 86 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The First Case (Colt Investigations, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	The Protector 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	A Walk Into the Unknown 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	This Nightmare Called Life (Colt Investigations Book 2) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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