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Jan Foster

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The United Kingdom

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Children's, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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December 2019

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By day, Jan juggles consultancy work with her family, but by night she sneaks off, into the past. Her penchant for sprinkling history with magic is fueled by coffee and Cadburys. When not writing, Jan takes her dogs and small monsters into the countryside, especially if there is a castle or historic building there with a cosy coffee shop in which to escape the rain of Manchester, England.

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Average rating: 4.48 · 245 ratings · 178 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Disrupting Destiny (Naturae, #1) 4.63 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Destiny Awaiting (Naturae, #0.5) 4.39 avg rating — 41 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
	Destiny Arising (Naturae, #3) 4.70 avg rating — 23 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
	Anarchic Destiny (Naturae, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Risking Destiny 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Myth, Mist and Madness (Fables from Naturae, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 16 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
	Mitch and Mooch Try Swimming 4.47 avg rating — 15 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
	A Rose in Midwinter it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 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
	Blind Bill (Fables from Naturae, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	As Above, So Below 4.67 avg rating — 6 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

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As Above, So Below

Welcome to Elizabethan Hardingstone – a small village in Northamptonshire, where magical mishaps and unlikely heroines are about to explode. Below is Chapter 1 of of my cosy historical fantasy, As Above, So Below, for you to enjoy.

30th July 1566

Though the linens should be white, the nightgown Becca swirled with her paddle had inexplicably turned purple. Almost as if the colour poured into

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The Tenets in the Tattoos (The King's Swordsman, #1)

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Jan Foster rated a book really liked it Lost in His Spiderwebs (Lozano Cartel #2) by Amber Daulton (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
I'm a long-time fan of Amber Daulton's books - especially her historical romances, so I dived into this series with eagerness. On many levels, I wasn't disappointed. Ms Daulton writes bad boy redemption arcs so well, so plausibly, you can almost imag ...more
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Jan Foster liked Amanda✨️'s review of As Above, So Below: "Midlife Magic, Mild Chaos, and a Dog with Opinions As Above, So Below is a cozy historical fantasy about midlife magic gone slightly off the rails. Becca is just trying to live her normal, predictable life when her long dormant powers decide to make a" Read more of this review »
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Jan Foster made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — adding book to my author profile (known issue rearing again) topic " Hello The paperback version of my book has now appeared having been published last week. Would you please be able to link it to both my author profile ...more "
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Jan Foster and 4 other people liked Beba Andric's review of As Above, So Below: "Becca, magicless, despite her mother having been a witch, is having a bad day. A laundress, she's taken aback at a white nightgown changing colour before her eyes. Bizarre? Darn right! And that's not the worst of it, suddenly her hands have taken on " Read more of this review »
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Jan Foster and 1 other person liked E.G. Stone's review of As Above, So Below: "Unsurprisingly, I adore cozy fantasy. And when I read Jan Foster’s As Above So Below, I was given all of my favourite cozy fantasy requirements and then some. This book follows Becca, a middle aged washer woman living in her quiet town. She is relativ" Read more of this review »
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Jan Foster rated a book really liked it Hardly Complicated by Virginia Babcock (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
A warm, contemporary romance that follows Lauren Ross as she rebuilds her life after heartbreak, career upheaval, and inheriting her family’s ranch. Virginia Babcock delivers a realistic, character-driven story full of messy relationships, strong fem ...more
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Covering a tumultuous time in South Africa's past, this is a gripping, lyrical read. Penrose 'Tiki' starts life as a boy on the cusp of manhood - much anticipated, and a little feared. But, before he can undergo his tribe's initiation ceremony, he re ...more
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I don't read a lot of sci fi, but the cover caught my attention. Since it didn't appear to have the standard spaceship racing into oblivion, I felt reassured that the concepts within might be a little more 'real world relatable.' I wasn't wrong, in s ...more
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At first glance, this appears to be a simplistic romance - girl meets boy as a teen and they fall in love -but you'd be mistaken. This is a poignant, memoir-esque story about a girl becoming a woman, during highly political times, and navigating love ...more
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