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Tamara Lush

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Tamara Lush writes steamy and emotional contemporary romance stories set in tropical locations. Her book Constant Craving was a 2018 RWA RITA® finalist in erotic romance.

She's married and lives near a beach in Florida. For many years, she was an award-winning newspaper journalist. In 2017, she was one of 24 writers chosen by Amtrak to ride around the United States on a train and write fiction. She also writes cozy mysteries under the name Tara Lush.

Tamara's a fan of vintage pulp fiction book covers, Sinatra-era jazz, 1980s fashion, tropical chill, kombucha, gin, tonic, seashells, iPhones, Art Deco, telenovelas, coloring books, street art, coconut anything, strong coffee and journalism.
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Average rating: 4.13 · 5,901 ratings · 2,202 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tell Me a Story: Episode #1 3.87 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Constant Craving 3.97 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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
	All I Know (Paradise Beach #0.5) 3.94 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Dirty Lies (Burning Secrets #1) 4.07 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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
	Dirty Secrets (Burning Secrets, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	Drive (The Pretenders, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 268 ratings — 5 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
	Tell Me a Story: The Complete Series 4.29 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Tell Me a Desire: Episode #2 4.18 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2016	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
	All I Want (Paradise Beach #1) 4.13 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	Crash 3.94 avg rating — 196 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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Tamara Lush wants to read A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café Mysteries, #1) by Emily George (Goodreads Author)	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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There are some hard truths about the USA in this book, and it's worth reading for those alone. I saw Henry Rollins live in 2022 and this is a great companion to that show, a deeper explanation of his life. I highly recommend this book. ...more
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Tamara Lush rated a book it was amazing Plantation Shudders (Cajun Country Mystery, #1) by Ellen Byron (Goodreads Author)	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 is everything I thought I didn't want. Or didn't need. But I'm here now and it's everything I need and the only thing I want.”
― Tamara Lush, Hot Shade

tags: florida, love, mafia, romance, romance-novels

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“I wanted to indulge in him, to taste skin and sin and sweetness and make time stop. (Emma)”
― Tamara Lush, Tell Me a Story: Episode #1

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“I think a fantasy is what the heart whispers to silence a busy mind. (Caleb)”
― Tamara Lush, Tell Me a Story: Episode #1

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New Adult Book Club: #35/2016 Into The Heat by Tamara Lush	17	45	Apr 13, 2016 08:40PM
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JUST CONTEMPORARY...: Giveaways!	683	176	May 20, 2019 05:38AM
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“This is everything I thought I didn't want. Or didn't need. But I'm here now and it's everything I need and the only thing I want.”
― Tamara Lush, Hot Shade

tags: florida, love, mafia, romance, romance-novels

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“Have you thought about what will happen when you start living the life that's right for you, instead of the one you promised to live for someone else?”
― Tamara Lush

tags: florida, mafia, romance, romance-novels, romantic-suspense

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“Everything about [chance] scares the bejesus out of so many people; it's the this thing they try to avoid at all costs. Don't travel to the Middle East these days - there's a chance something could happen. Don't get involved with that new fellow on Creamery Street - I hear a lot of mud was scraped off his floor after the divorce. Don't have your baby at home - there's a a chance something could go wrong. Don't don't don't... Well, you can't live your life like that! You can't spend your entire life avoiding chance. It's out there, it's inescapable, it's a part of the soul of the world. There are no sure things in this universe, and it's absolutely ridiculous to try and live like there are!”
― Chris Bohjalian, Midwives

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“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, “You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool.” Don’t fucking think it’s not cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” It is cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic”! Why the fuck not? Fuck you! That’s who I am, goddamn it! That whole guilty pleasure thing is full of fucking shit.”
― Dave Grohl

tags: guilty-pleasures

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“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
― Stephen King

tags: writing

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