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Tamara Thorne

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Tamara Thorne has collected ghost stories, true and fictional, since she saw her first Twilight Zone as a tot, and continues to this day. In addition to writing novels and stories of the paranormal, she also writes non-fiction and is an active ghost hunter. She makes her home in southern California with her husband and their feline family and when she’s not writing, can be found haunting ghost towns, phantom-filled hotel rooms, and other spooky places. Tamara loves to hear from her readers. Whether you have questions or comments or would like to share your own ghostly experience,come visit her at her website www.tamarathorne.com. ...more

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	Haunted 3.98 avg rating — 977 ratings — published 1995 — 14 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
	Moonfall 4.01 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 1996 — 12 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
	Bad Things 4.10 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 2002 — 10 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
	Eternity 4.11 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Mother by Tamara Thorne (Goodreads Author), Alistair Cross (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 242 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
	Candle Bay 3.95 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2001 — 7 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
	Eve (Sorority Trilogy, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Merilynn (Sorority Trilogy, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	The Forgotten 3.63 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Samantha (Sorority Trilogy, #3) 3.67 avg rating — 215 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

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Sorority Trilogy (4 books)
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3.62 avg rating — 844 ratings

The Ghosts of Ravencrest (1 book)
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The Erotic Adventures of Belinda (1 book)
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“In their rooms, some guests read or made love, but most of them slept, blissfully unaware of the fact that their innkeepers were losing their minds.”
― Tamara Thorne, Candle Bay

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“God, save me from your followers.”
― Tamara Thorne, Eternity

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“Carol Anne had a bad case of motor-mouth. Amanda wanted to install a muffler.”
― Tamara Thorne, Candle Bay

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October/November 2014 Group Read. Voting time is October 9th through the 14th.

Six Years/Harlan Coben

26 votes 11.8%

A Walk Among the Tombstones/Lawrence Block

21 votes 9.5%

The Innocent/David Baldacci

21 votes 9.5%

The Kill Artist/Daniel Silva

15 votes 6.8%

Storm Front/Jim Butcher

15 votes 6.8%

Cliff Diver/Carmen Amato

11 votes 5.0%

Think of a Number/John Verdon

11 votes 5.0%

Roseanna/Maj Sjöwall

10 votes 4.5%

Dead Simple/Peter James

10 votes 4.5%

King Solomon's Carpet/Barbara Vine

10 votes 4.5%

The Killing/David Hewson

10 votes 4.5%

River of Darkness/Rennie Airth

9 votes 4.1%

Edge of Dark Water/Joe R. Lansdale

7 votes 3.2%

Bloodline/Mark Billingham

7 votes 3.2%

The Burnt House/Faye Kellerman

7 votes 3.2%

Night And Silence/Aline Templeton

6 votes 2.7%

Sleep Tight/Rachel Abbott

6 votes 2.7%

Fatal Act/Leigh Russell

4 votes 1.8%

Natural Causes/James Oswald

4 votes 1.8%

Faces of the Gone/Brad Parks

3 votes 1.4%

The Sword of God/Mark Dawson

2 votes 0.9%

Laidlaw/William McIlvanney

2 votes 0.9%

The Last Good Man/A.J. Kazinski

2 votes 0.9%

Mystery in White/J. Jefferson Farjeon

1 vote 0.5%

Eternity/Tamara Thorne

0 votes 0.0%

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“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”
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“Malory! You've got a chipmunk on your pussy!”
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“God, save me from your followers.”
― Tamara Thorne, Eternity

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“In their rooms, some guests read or made love, but most of them slept, blissfully unaware of the fact that their innkeepers were losing their minds.”
― Tamara Thorne, Candle Bay

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“Carol Anne had a bad case of motor-mouth. Amanda wanted to install a muffler.”
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