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Morgan Tarpley Smith

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Split Time Fiction, Historical Fiction, Christian

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Susan Meissner, Susanna Kearsley, Melanie Dobson, Kristy Cambron, Heid ...more

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Author Morgan Tarpley Smith is a world traveler who weaves stories of history and heart. She loves to write inspirational fiction that transports readers to faraway places and intertwines past and present to explore questions of truth and faith.

Her debut novella releases this fall with Barbour. She is the founder of A Split in Time Fiction Group on Facebook for lovers of split time novels and its companion group on Goodreads >> https://rb.gy/ahzyvr

She is an award-winning journalist who works as a freelance writer and author assistant and lives in Louisiana with her husband and son. For more information, visit www.morgantarpleysmith.com

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	A Louisiana Christmas to Remember by Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author), Betsy St. Amant (Goodreads Author), Lenora Worth (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 190 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
	A Split in Time: How to Write Dual Timeline, Split Time, and Time-Slip Fiction by Melanie Dobson (Goodreads Author), Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 32 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
	A Split in Time Companion Workbook: How to Write Dual Timeline, Split Time, and Time-Slip Fiction by Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author), Melanie Dobson (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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Morgan is Currently Reading

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Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile, #2)

by Isabel Ibañez (Goodreads Author)

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The Brilliance of Stars (Jack and Ivy, #1)

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The Lost Manuscript

by Mollie Rushmeyer

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“I think we finally understand each other— on at least one thing. The expectations of family legacy.~Paul to Mattie”
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“Mattie drew Paul toward her, their lips meeting in a promise of second chances and a restoration of faith beneath the Louisiana snow.”
― Morgan Tarpley Smith, A Louisiana Christmas to Remember

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Morgan’s Quotes

“Perhaps time is an inconsistent healer, but God can purge even the most painful memories.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Merchant's Daughter

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“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

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“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: love

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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