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Sarah Grunder Ruiz

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Contemporary, Romance, Chick Lit

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Sarah Grunder Ruiz is a writer, educator, and karaoke enthusiast. Originally from South Florida, she now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and two children. She holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University, where she now teaches First-Year Writing.

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	Last Call at the Local (Love, Lists & Fancy Ships, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 10,977 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships (Love, Lists & Fancy Ships, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 7,958 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
	Luck and Last Resorts (Love, Lists & Fancy Ships, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 5,192 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Summer Staycation 3.38 avg rating — 3,715 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
	Reader's Digest Select Editions 4 Volume 386 June 2022 The Golden Couple. Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships. The Mad Girls of New York. A Fire in the Night. by Greer Hendricks (Goodreads Author), Sarah Grunder Ruiz (Goodreads Author), Maya Rodale (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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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Sarah Grunder Ruiz said: " Thank you for checking out my second book, LUCK AND LAST RESORTS! I love this book with my whole heart and am so excited to share Nina and Ollie's story with you. While this is a companion novel to my debut novel, Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships, you do ...more "

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Sarah Grunder Ruiz said: " Thanks for checking out LOVE, LISTS, AND FANCY SHIPS, my debut Women's Fiction/Contemporary Romance novel! Not sure this book is for you? Here's a list of what you can expect:

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“How can you think you’re too much, when I can’t get enough of you?”
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“You deserve every good thing, even when you’re having dark thoughts. You deserve to be happy, even when you aren’t well. And love — you deserve that too.”
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“I'm over it. All the little costs of having ADHD that add up in the long run. Lost customers. Overdue bills. Replacement phone chargers. Time spent looking for things. The way it makes me feel, like a child. As if everyone else is a real adult and I'm just pretending. The frustration that I can't do the simple, everyday things that most people can. Like laundry, and making phone calls, and remembering to take out something from the freezer for dinner. It's the missed deadlines for opportunities I could've had. The broken relationships. How people think I'm lazy and selfish. How they think I don't care. How I think I'm lazy and selfish, even though I know I care.”
― Sarah Grunder Ruiz, Last Call at the Local