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Louann Carroll

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Louann Carroll is a Native Californian living in the Sierra Nevada foothills with her husband, Dennis.

Mother to three children, she is an avid rock, fossil, and gem hunter who enjoys sharing her finds with family and friends. She is a student of alternative religion, archaeology, anthropology, and paleontology.

After leaving her position as C.E.O. in the Bay Area, she has pursued her writing career with much success. Winner of the 2010 Crescent Moon Press award for best novel, she has gone on to write radio talk shows and articles on adoption.

She is the author the Gemini series including Gemini Rising, The Light and the Flame (coming soon) A Shadow of Time, a paranormal romance, Shadowlands, a prequel, Journeys, The Adventure of Leaf, and n ...more

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Average rating: 4.55 · 88 ratings · 32 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Gemini Rising 4.37 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Shadow of Time 4.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Innocent Blood 4.30 avg rating — 10 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
	A Shadow of Time 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Journeys: The Adventures of Leaf it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	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 Light and the Flame (Gemini, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
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I started writing about my grief process because I couldn't find an article or a blog from someone who had lived through it. I could find the stages of grief, what to do to distract yourself, but never the meat of the situation. I needed descriptions of the thoughts that go through your head, the processes so incessantly repeated over months, they become habit. The newly discovered talent of de Read more of this blog post »

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Description: Over 5,000 years ago, Sumerian cuneiform tablets warned future civilizations of the planet Nibiru.

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Soul Awakened (Key to the Cursed Book II)

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Louann Carroll said: " Death Lies Between Us by Jody Kessler is a New Adult novel for ages 18-25 years. Featuring Nathanial, the angel of death, and Jules, a young female human who is destined to die, the two face trouble and turmoil when Nathanial falls in love with the w ...more "

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Ana has tried for years to keep her empath abilities a secret, but as she grows older, her talents grow stronger, threatening the protective bubble she's put around herself. Where once the auras were subtle they are now wild and raucous, threatening ...more
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Louann Carroll answered Goodreads's question: What books are on your summer reading list this year? This summer I will be hard at work finishing up my Gemini Rising series so I won't have a lot of free reading time. For the time I do have, author Danielle Devor is nbr 1 then I have several new books from Elysian Press I am due to review. Of course See Full Answer
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“It doesn't matter what you do in life as long as it's helpful, kind, and generous. What matters most, to my point of view, is what life does to you!”
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“I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.”
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