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Don't tell anyone, but I started reading romance at the age of ten. I'd worked my way through all of the children's books available in the local bookmobile, so I turned to the adult section, where I spied a book with a woman in a flowing green dress on the cover. The back said something about a pirate. I was hooked (and still wish I could remember the name of that fateful book!).

My delight in witty repartee between hero and heroine, in the age-old dance of attraction vs. resistance, in the emotional satisfaction of a cleverly achieved Happily Ever After followed me through high school, college, even grad school. But it wasn't until I turned forty that I finally made good on my teenage vow to write said novels, not merely consume them.

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	The Demon Duke (Put Up Your Dukes, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 912 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	A Man of Character (Magic of Love, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A Matter of Time (Magic of Love, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 291 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
	The Legendary Duke (Put Up Your Dukes #2) 3.87 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	A Scandalous Matter (Magic of Love #3) 4.10 avg rating — 174 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
	The Magic of Love Series: Complete Boxed Set by Margaret Locke (Goodreads Author), Tessa Shapcott (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — 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
	FlashDogs : Time (Volume 3) by Mark A. King (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tamara Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Emily June Street (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Flashdogs : Solstice : Light (Volume II) by Mark A. King (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Shakes (Editor), Emily June Street (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A Man of Character (Matters of Love) by Margaret Locke (2015-05-15) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Legendary Duke is one month old! (Well, rather, he’s twenty-nine – but his story has been out in the world for 31 days. Woot!) This is what the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize (for which The Legendary Duke is currently a semi-finalist) has to say: “The revenge quest Continue reading The Legendary Duke celebrates one month – with excerpts!→

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Margaret’s Quotes

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: fidelity, honesty, self-respect

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: life, regrets

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