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Denise Grover Swank

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	Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 31,347 ratings — published 2011 — 28 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
	The Substitute (The Wedding Pact, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 22,412 ratings — published 2014 — 20 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
	After Math (Off the Subject, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 13,081 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons (Rose Gardner Mystery, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 11,595 ratings — published 2012 — 15 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
	The Player (The Wedding Pact, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 9,110 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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
	Thirty and a Half Excuses (Rose Gardner Mystery, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 8,186 ratings — published 2013 — 13 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
	Thirty-One and a Half Regrets (Rose Gardner Mystery, #4) 4.43 avg rating — 7,350 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Gambler (The Wedding Pact, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 6,981 ratings — published 2015 — 15 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
	Chosen (The Chosen, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 7,468 ratings — published 2011 — 12 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
	Thirty-Two and a Half Complications (Rose Gardner Mystery, #5) 4.40 avg rating — 6,322 ratings — published 2014 — 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

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Maddie

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I took in the blond woman with flushed cheeks and eyes bright with excitement. Oh crap.

“Yeah,” a small chorus of other women sang out.

“We want to kick some ass!” another woman shouted.

We were standing in the dining room of Deja Brew, the coffee shop where I worked most weekdays. It was early December, and in a nod to the sea

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“Goodbye is too permanent. Goodbye has the risk of never seeing each other again. But good morning is full of possibilities.”
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“Everything just feels so right when I'm with you, Scarlett. I can be me. But it's more than that. You give me something I haven't had in a long time, if ever. You give me peace. It's like the jumbled mess in my head can settle down, and I can be still with you. Like none of the other stuff matters." His voice catches, and he swallows. "I had a bad day and usually I'd get shitfaced drunk, but the only thing I could think of was I had to see you.”
― Denise Grover Swank, After Math

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“Even not choosing is a choice.”
― Denise Grover Swank, Chosen

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Before I Die by Jenny Downham

13 votes, 31.0%

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

10 votes, 23.8%

Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams

6 votes, 14.3%

Here by Denise Grover Swank

6 votes, 14.3%

Notes from Ghost Town by Kate Ellison

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Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle

3 votes, 7.1%

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