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Kara A. Kennedy

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Born

January 23

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http://www.karakennedywrites.com

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Young Adult, Paranormal, Thriller

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Kara A. Kennedy has been telling ghost stories—and sometimes living them—since childhood. She holds a BA in Professional Writing from Penn State University, where she worked as a writing tutor and cultivated a love of coffee. She lives in a historic and possibly haunted home in Pennsylvania with her wife and their two cats. I Will Never Leave You is her debut novel.

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The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)

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“In my dreams, you’re a wildfire. Beautiful from a distance, but you destroy everything you touch.”
― Kara A. Kennedy, I Will Never Leave You

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“If you think you need them like flames need oxygen, gasping, drowning, I want to tell you that you are wrong. You survive on your own. Nobody else props you up and nobody else can take credit for your triumphs.”
― Kara A. Kennedy, I Will Never Leave You

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“Maybe that's all hauntings really are anyway: lingering love that caught fire and burned away.”
― Kara A. Kennedy, I Will Never Leave You

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