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Help! My Husband Sees Dead People! By: Rosanna Leo

Help! My Husband Sees Dead People! By: Rosanna Leo


When I first heard that I could submit a post on real-life ghostly encounters, my first reaction was excitement. After all, who doesn’t love a spooky story of wandering spirits, headless phantoms and dank castles?     My second reaction was “OMG, I have way too much material for this post!”     You see, my loving husband, while not possessed of true second sight, still has a nasty habit of running into dead folks every so often. It’s true. My husband (we’ll call him “Joe”) is Canadian born, but has a heritage of Irish, English and French-Canadian blood. From what I’ve gathered, it’s the Irish bit that’s tricky. Psychics have told us that Irish people are born with the sight. I don’t know, some Irish dude must have had a fling with a fairy eons ago. Poor people are tainted now! Joe’s whole family has had ghostly visitations.     Now, although I’m Canadian by birth too, I have an Italian heritage. We Italians have no use for ghosts. They scare me. If you talk spirit encounters with my Italian nonna, she’ll likely give you a look and cross herself.  And then make herself scarce.     Since I’ve known husband Joe, he’s been sharing stories of his “weird feelings” and odd encounters. He tells me there is a dead guy wandering through our bedroom. NOT what I want to hear. Especially when I’m home alone and hear strange creaks on the wood floor. What if that dead guy is the ghost of some sex freak?? (OK, if he is hot, I might be willing to talk…)     However, the one tale of Joe’s that still shivers me timbers is the encounter he had one winter night, just a few short years ago. It was ten o’clock at night, and while I watched the babies inside, Joe went out to shovel the snow on our driveway. It was dark outside, but the visibility was good because the pristine snow had cast a light on everything in sight.      As Joe shovelled, he happened to look down the street and saw a man in black. He couldn’t make out the man’s features, but saw that he was headed in the direction of our house. Slowly walking along the sidewalk.      Joe still doesn’t know why, but the man gave him a bad feeling. A very bad feeling.      As the man quietly approached, Joe finished up his shovelling on the front part of the driveway. He started shovelling the next patch of snow, keeping an eye on the strange man. Out of his periphery vision, Joe saw the man walk between our house and the neighbor’s house. Worried the man was a possible intruder, Joe followed.     The man had disappeared. There was nowhere to go between the houses, just a closed fence. The most alarming thing was that the man had left no footprints on the newly-fallen snow. Joe looked up and down the street. No footprints on the sidewalk.      Nothing.     Joe stopped shovelling for the night and came inside, rattled.     To this day, Joe insists the man was a spirit, and that he somehow caught a glimpse of the “other side.” I prefer to think the stranger was a guardian angel, or a manifestation of Joe’s over-exertion.       What do you think? 




Author Bio 

Rosanna Leo has her degree in history and literature, as well as in classical singing. She currently resides in Toronto, Canada. Her favorite things are her family, libraries, and her mother's gnocchi. Rosanna loves it when the geeky, awkward girl gets the hot guy, and has made it her mission to see this happen in her books as much as possible.


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Welcome October Fans!!! And October!

Today starts October!! And it starts October Month Of Fun!!!! What you haven't heard of the event yet? 

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Also to give you a small heads up it is a month full of contest, fun, guest post, fun stories, interesting facts, You will have a chance to win so many great prizes you'd almost think it was Christmas....just a bit spookier..
We have books, jewelry, crafts, decorations, posters, bookmarks, and more. Make sure you come by EVERY day of October to see what you could win, or what the guest post is about, or to enter a special contest! Meet new friends and enjoy learning about old ones. 


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Jacquie Johnson fell in love with books on her mother’s knee. From Dr. Seuss to Carolyn Keene to L.M. Montgomery, she continued her affair until her teenage years when she began reading authors ranging from Tom Clancy to Nora Roberts to Johanna Lindsey. She’s still an avid reader but now carries an e-reader instead of a paperback in her purse. Mysteries and suspense are her favorite genres, but she enjoys romance, historical fiction, and non-fiction as well.   She graduated from Harvard and Indiana University School of Law. After ten years practicing labor and employment law, she retired to homeschool her daughters. She lives in Northwest Indiana with her husband, three daughters, and a spoiled cocker spaniel named Princess.   





[image error]      In Chicago, the name Jon Elliott garners attention. When the legal mastermind offers to mentor Alexis Winters, Bingham, Elliott and Bright’s newest associate, she jumps at the opportunity sure this will launch her career. But Jon has a dark side, one that demands unquestioning loyalty and a willingness to defy the spirit of the law, if not the letter.
Thrust into Jon’s world and expected to play by his rulebook, Alexis grapples with her conscience. On several occasions, Jon’s orders are at odds with what she learned in law school, and she finds herself trapped between her profession’s ethical rules and her own values. When Jon’s biggest client appears to be engaging in questionable activities and he orders her to ignore the behavior, Alexis investigates on her own. Suddenly, she is not only a witness to a horrible crime but a victim in her own right. Going underground, she turns to the one person she can trust, investigative journalist Ryder Prescott, a childhood friend. Together, Ryder and Alexis work to solve a puzzle that crosses socioeconomic classes, political parties, and international borders.
Embroiled in a global conspiracy that costs her the only family she has left, Alexis must decide how far she will go to defend truth and justice. Is she willing to sacrifice life, liberty and the possibility of love?   Romantic Suspense
Date Published: 7/22/12

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MY REVIEW :)  Fast paced, old flames, fantasy, truth, lies, and more. This book has everything you are looking for to get your heart racing and your mind speeding as you flip from page to page to figure out with the characters just what is going on behind closed doors. 

You can go through the emotions of having fear, hope, sympathy, anger and more as the characters seem real and you will find your own people to root for and those you wish you could look at with dagger glares. 

I hope you grab this book for yourself because it is a story you don't want to miss on. 
  More Stops to see more reviews of DilemmaSeptember 30 - The Story of a Girl... - ReviewOctober 1 - TE Garden of Books - Review/Excerpt/GiveawayOctober 2 - My Seryniti - Excerpt/Giveaway/PROMOOctober 3 - Taking it One Page at a Time - Review/Interview/Giveaway/ExcerptOctober 4 - My Devotional Thoughts - Guest Post/Excerpt/Giveaway/PROMOOctober 5 - Kaisy Daisy's Corner - Review/GiveawayOctober 6 - Lovely Reads - Interview/Giveaway/Excerpt/PROMOOctober 6 - For the Love of Film and Novels - PROMO  

Yahoo Publication!! WOOHOO

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!


Okay today has been so far pretty great. I found out that the dentist owes me a good sum of money! GO REFUND CHECKS!! And I got two more articles published on Yahoo Voice. 
Again any publication is good for me! Even if it is just through Yahoo that can spring into more and more and more and soon I may be popular enough for the popular kids to make fun of. Oh yeah I am that cool. 




Well Here is the links to my two newest published articles on Yahoo..

Referee Bloopershttp://voices.yahoo.com/referee-bloopers-11790355.html?cat=14
And 
Let the Field Goals Soarhttp://voices.yahoo.com/let-field-goals-soar-11790366.html?cat=14

What to expect...

In 5 - 6 days depending how you look at it. October Month Of Fun will start. This is going to be what I hope to be a great an fun adventure for us all. I have prizes, giveaways, contest, inserts, guest post, and more for us to enjoy. October is always a great month and hopefully this will just make it greater.



Now on to my random and far between post. Well the truth of the matter is I just can't keep up. I seem to get locked into doing other things and suddenly a blog post has skipped my mind.. Horrible I know. And I am really really really going to try to get better at that. I had plans. And my fans expect something from me!

A few things may be switching around as my original schedule went something like this....

Sunday - Sports Talk
Monday - Monday Madness (random thing I want to blog about)
Tuesday - Book Review
Wednesday - Book Review
Thursday - Book Review
Friday - Movie Review
Saturday - Video Game Review


Well you see the reason it is going to change is because I also want to have a recipe day, and a craft day.  So Tuesday and Thursday may end up switching. And I may switch Monday Madness with a Video Game review just so I am not doing Reviews of things back to back to back to back...

Sunday will be Sports Talk (Sorry Monday night games.)
Monday will be Video Game Review of some game I've played over the weekend.
Tuesday will be Cooking
Wednesday will be Book reviews
Thursday will be Craft Corner
Friday will be Movie Review for whatever movie I've watched in the last week
Saturday will be Random. I will post about different things.


And I may not stick ONLY to this schedule... It is my blog I can flip things around and even some days have more then one post done. Book Reviews will always be a top post for the day. So if I have a book tour or review on a special day it will be either the only post done that day or the last post done that day. I'm a person of many interest and I hope to gather a lot of followers who enjoy my stuff as much as I do.

I love making new friends and catching up with one another. Its fun and great. So will you be my new friend?

Yahoo Publication!! CHeck it out!!!

I'm super excited to bring you great news. My first article has been accepted and published by Yahoo Voice!!! Super excited!! I know to some it isn't much but to me whenever something is published by someone it is something to get extremely happy about! 

So hop over and read my article about how NFL fans are begging for the Regular Officials to come back. And find out how the temps are messing up.... 

http://voices.yahoo.com/nfl-fans-beg-official-refs-back-11777010.html?cat=14

Saints Start Out Rough Without Head Coach

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The New Orleans Saints are having a rocky start of the season losing both regular season games by 8 points. Drew Brees hasn't been able to get his team together enough to pull through with a win yet. The New Orleans Saints have not had a 0-2 start since 2007 which ended with a record of 7 wins and 9 loses. Some Saints fans may have expected some trouble when the Saints were only able to pull 2 wins out of their 5 preseason games.



Brees has also thrown two interceptions both games. Last year Brees through a total of 14 interceptions over 16 games, leaving him already on the road to beating his last year stats if this continues. And it doesn't get better for Brees stats as he has missed a total of 46 of his 101 passes in the regular season. It is clear the Saints prefer the passing game over the rushing game as passing clears the 300 yards and rushing yards dwindle, 32 Rushing against Washington and 162 against Carolina.



 Sunday the Saints host the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Dome. The Chiefs have a higher rushing game average than the Saints but the Chiefs also tend to have a decent passing game as well. Both teams will walk into the dome 0 and 2 but one of them will walk out 1 and 2. Can the Saints get it together and get back in the game or will it be the Chiefs who prove to be victorious for the first time against the Saints since 1997?

(3 games have been played in regular season between New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs from 1997 - 2011)

Having fun and getting back to me

Well it doesn't really need to be stated but I haven't been up keeping my blog that great lately. Days pass by and I just feel so out of whack and exhausted lately. Football is back so my Sundays are full. And college is up and running so in all honesty Thursday night until Monday Night is football season... And Wednesday nights I refuse to miss my Ghost Hunters. And that leaves pretty much Tuesday for other things. Oh and of course the during the day stuff... But I have found time in the last two days to have fun with my new project. Polymer clay. I haven't looked up techniques and styles but I have made some fun things!!! Let me show you : )

Blog Tour: Pulled

Pulled Tour Schedule
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A.L. Jackson first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student.  She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three beautiful children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with the ones she loves. 


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Contemporary Romance
Title: PulledAuthor: A. L. Jackson


Date to be Published: 4/5/12Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing

Melanie Winters and Daniel Montgomery shared a love most only dream of, a love they believed bonded them together for life.  When their world is shattered by the tragic loss of their daughter, overwhelming grief and misguided guilt distorts the truth, and their relationship ends in uncertainty and unanswered questions. 
For nine years, they drift through life, each unable to forget the one who holds the strings to their heart.  In an attempt to escape the pain of her past, Melanie finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage, while Daniel loses himself in a career that means nothing without Melanie by his side.  
Now, when their lives again intersect, neither can deny the connection they felt so long ago.  
But will the power that drew them together be enough to heal the wounds from their past, and will they have the courage to overcome the insecurities and fears that threaten to keep them apart? 
Pulled is a story of attraction and separation, of destiny and duty, of a love so strong it refuses to give up even when all others have.  




SNEAK PEEK!!! Shhhh tell everyone : ) 

I glanced at the clock. 
Shit—nearly six o’clock. I needed to hurry. I’d lost track of time and Nicholas would be home soon. I wiped the tears from my face before carefully gathering the pictures from the bedroom floor. My chest weighed heavy as I collected each one, cherishing the memories a moment longer as I tucked them away in the envelope. 
The memories were all I had and I clung to them as if they were my last breath, knowing that once they faded, there would truly be no reason to go on. I hid the envelope at the bottom of the large jewelry box in the back of the closet, mindful to spread the necklaces out over the hidden compartment. Nicholas had never found them, but I was certain he would destroy them if he ever did. 
Drawing in a deep breath, I ran my hands through my hair and dragged myself from the past I had immersed myself in for the last two hours and forced myself downstairs.
My footsteps echoed against the marble floor, each an accent of emptiness. I entered the kitchen, the only sanctuary I had. Every room of this house was gaudy and overdone, designed by the pompous for the pompous, except for this haven. It was no less extravagant, but held a warmth missing from all of the others. 
As I worked, my thoughts inevitably wandered back to those beloved pictures hidden away in the back of my closet, but even they weren’t enough to ward off the anxiety steadily building within me as the passing minutes warned of Nicholas’s arrival. At six thirty-one, I heard the garage door open. Bile rose in my throat.
“Melanie?” Nicholas called from the entryway. 
“In the kitchen,” I called weakly. Maybe he would go upstairs and spare me a few more minutes, but of course, I never had that kind of luck. I heard his footsteps approaching and prepared myself. 
“Dinner ready?” He yanked at his tie as he came through the door.
“Um, not quite, just a couple more minutes,” I said, not meeting his face. I felt him pause, though I refused to look up. I’d learned a long time ago how to survive in hell. The less I interacted with him the better. 
He snorted through his nose, muttering, “Worthless whore,” under his breath. I gritted my teeth, holding in the anger his accusation triggered. 
He set his briefcase on the island next to me and tossed his tie over the top of it. “What time do I get home from work, Melanie?” Nicholas dipped his head, forcing me to look at him. “Six-thirty.”
“Is it too much to ask that dinner is ready when I get home?” he said, “or do you have something better to do with your useless life?” 
I cringed but said nothing. He was the one who didn’t want me to work.
“I didn’t think so.” He leaned in closer, his words a low warning. “When I tell you dinner needs to be ready at six-thirty, it means dinner is to be ready at six-thirty. Do you understand?”
I saw the threat in his eyes. He had never hurt me physically, but he made sure I knew who was in charge. I’d given up any control nine years ago when I’d followed him here to Chicago, looking for an escape from the pain. 
I knew then what this life would be like. I’d met him at the airport when I’d fled Colorado that final time, the trip that severed the last thread holding my heart together. 
Nicholas hadn’t seen the broken girl who sat numb with nothing but pain swimming in her eyes. He saw the young, beautiful girl, the one who said nothing at all but seemed to be willing to do whatever he said. 
I wasn’t stupid. I had known exactly what he wanted, but I could never go back to Colorado Springs to face what I could no longer have, and I refused to stay with my mother in Dallas. So I left all of it behind, moving with Nicholas to Chicago just days after I returned from Colorado. 
I knew then Nicholas would never bring me happiness. That had never been the point. My heart belonged to another and would never be his. All I wanted was a way out, while Nicholas got the trophy wife he thought he deserved. The only thing I hadn’t anticipated was how the numbness I felt for him would evolve over nine years into bitterness and loathing. “I’m going upstairs to change, and I expect dinner to be on the table when I get back down here.” He had been this way since the first day I arrived; I had a role to play, and he expected me to play it well.
When he left the room, I gathered our plates and took them into the dining room. I wasn’t really afraid of Nicholas, but I didn’t want to fight. It was exhausting and got me nowhere, and even if it did, I still wouldn’t be happy, so it really didn’t matter anyway. It was just easier to do what he said. 
Ten minutes later, I heard him returning. Just the sound of his heavy steps made my stomach turn. It still shocked me that I could feel so much hatred for one person. I watched him bound down the stairs, his tall body well muscled and agile for his forty-four years. His black hair hadn’t thinned and it was usually meticulously styled, though he obviously had run his hands through it. His eyes were nearly as dark as his hair and filled with unmerited pride. He may have been attractive, though that was something I could never see. His mere presence warned my instincts to escape, always smarter than my head. 
“About fucking time,” he spat, letting me know just how disappointing I was. 
Asshole. 
Taking a seat across from me, he lifted his fork and began to eat. I picked at my chicken, pushing it around my plate. I could rarely stomach anything when he was around.
As he ate, I lost myself in the silence, my mind drawn back to Colorado. 
“We have a dinner Thursday,” he abruptly broke through the quiet, pulling me from my daydream. I had to run his words through my mind again before I realized what he had said. I closed my eyes, suppressing a sigh. Great. Another business dinner. It was the perfect time for me to play my part—the perfect wife with her perfect smile plastered across her perfect face, nodding mindlessly while her husband gave his proposal as if her presence would somehow change the outcome. The whole thing was ridiculous. It was part of my job though, so I nodded that I’d heard him and looked back to my plate. 
“This is a huge account, Melanie.” He sat back, eyeing me critically as if I didn’t already understand my role in this little charade. “It’s a medical complex that’ll bring in a couple million in profit, so I don’t want you fucking this up for me.” 
I almost laughed. Did he really think that my presence would sway the decision? 
Nicholas went on about details I really didn’t care to know, about how much money he would make and how much recognition his company would gain if they built this complex. 
The only comfort I found was in knowing Shane would be at the dinner. Shane Preston was Nicholas’s business partner and the nicest guy I knew. While Nicholas was cocky and arrogant and felt the world owed him, Shane was modest and thankful for all he had. He continually cleaned up the messes Nicholas caused, soothing clients’ nerves and regaining their trust after Nicholas had done something unethical. 
The dinner also meant that Katie, Shane’s wife, would be there. She was the one friend I had in this world. She knew the real me and was the only one I had ever taken into my confidence since I’d married Nicholas. Shane and Katie’s presence there would at least make the evening bearable.
Nicholas finished his food, while I cleared the table and took the dishes into the kitchen. I was exhausted. I wondered how much more of this I could take. Surely, I would never survive this life sentence I’d imposed on myself. I loaded the dishwasher and went upstairs to take a bath. 
Turning the hot water valve full blast, I let it run, anxious to feel the heat relax my muscles. I unbuttoned my pants and slid them down, shrugging them off my feet. As I pulled my shirt over my head, my gaze reflexively dropped to my stomach as I caught my reflection in the mirror, my first instinct to seek out the marred skin that bore her wounds.
I caressed along the puckered, angry scar that slanted in a long, jagged line across my lower abdomen, wishing she could somehow find comfort in my touch. Chills shook my body as I ran my fingers over the still sensitive skin and, just like every night, the bitterness and anger I found myself feeling faded away into sadness as I lost myself in this tangible reminder of my child. I loved her so much. 
Steam filled the room, and I eased myself into the water and allowed myself to drift back to Daniel. I missed him, almost more than I could bear. This was never supposed to have happened to us. We were supposed to make it—we should have made it.
“Melanie, hurry up and get in here!” I cringed as Nicholas yelled from the bedroom. Shit. I’d hoped he’d be asleep by now. 
Reluctantly, I rose and pushed the memories aside. I wrapped myself in my robe, slow to finish my normal routine. I shouldn’t have been stalling; he’d wait. Still, I took my time as I brushed my teeth and ran a brush through my long brown curls. I inhaled deeply and took one last look at myself before going into the bedroom. 
“Don’t keep me waiting like that,” Nicholas rebuked from his place under the covers. 
This was by far the worst part of our arrangement. I couldn’t help but feel like a prostitute, cheating on my own heart, when I lay beneath this man. I crawled into bed next to him, praying he would at least have the decency to turn off the light. 
He untied the belt on my robe and groped my breast with his callused hand. My body roiled with disgust that he mistook as anticipation. “You like that, don’t you,” he growled as his foulness spread across my face. I fought against my instinct to flee and, instead, reached over to the bedside table and flicked off the lamp. 
The blackness enveloped the room, allowing me to remove myself mentally from the sick situation. I closed my eyes to find an image of Daniel—a flash of messy blond hair.
“You’re mine.” Nicholas’s voice jerked me back into reality, making me acutely aware of his sweaty panting body hovering above me. I closed my eyes tighter, willing my mind away.
“Melanie, my love. You’re so beautiful,” he said as he held my body against his, tender caresses igniting a fire deep within me.
“Daniel,” was all I could manage as he made love to me, each touch a whisper across my skin. He gently kissed my neck as he moved against me, and I felt the pressure build with each stroke of his body.
“Melanie, you feel so good,” he ground out, his voice rough with emotion. 
I couldn’t help the little moan that escaped my lips, the flash of desire that washed over my body as it remembered the way only Daniel could make me feel. 
“That’s right. I feel good, don’t I?” Nicholas grunted as he finished and collapsed with all of his weight on me. 
The nausea swept through me, and I pushed Nicholas away. “I need to clean up,” I choked over my standard excuse as I rushed to the bathroom. I fell to my knees at the toilet, desperate to purge away the hate I had for myself. The act only left me feeling more empty and alone.
Holding onto the vanity for support, I pulled myself up to stand. I rinsed my mouth and splashed water on my face—anything to make me feel clean again—but there was nothing that could wash away the shame.
I stared at myself in the mirror, the reflection no longer one I recognized. The girl I remembered was seventeen—full of life and love. The one staring back at me may as well have been dead. The only life left flickered in the periphery of my consciousness where a familiar comfort waited in the darkness. As I climbed into bed, I grasped for it, desperate to feel him for one moment more.




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MY BOOK REVIEW I didn't like nor did I hate this story. I felt it was unrealistic and at times all I wanted to do was throw the book across the room and scream. But I made it through slowly. Yes there was many times I put the book down and did other things. I couldn't connect with the characters because personally I felt they didn't have enough depth to them. I couldn't connect with the romance because it was unrealistic and flat for me. There is a few places where an attempted burst of emotion is used but I couldn't get into that either from the rest of the story falling short for me. I do however invite you to take the book for a stroll and make your own opinion about it. And I will read more from A.L. Jackson in the future.



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Book Review: Our Little Secrets (Montana Romance)

Western Historical Romance

Michael West swore he would never fall in love again.  So when the beautiful and wily Charlotte steps off the train looking for a new life he jumps at the business opportunity she presents.  Engaged forty-five minutes after meeting, married the next day, Michael thinks he’s found everything a respectable man should have.  Except that Michael is as far from respectable as they come.  They agreed not to ask questions about each other’s pasts, but when the past seeps into their present Michael suspects his passionate new wife is not who she says she is.  Too bad he’s already fallen in love with her.
Charlotte Baldwin has a secret.  She fled Philadelphia to escape the sins of her past but someone is following her.  What better way to hide than by marrying Michael West, Cold Springs, Montana’s enigmatic shopkeeper?  A new name, a new life, and a passionate husband is exactly what she needs to leave her sins behind.  But when it comes to keeping secrets Charlotte may have met her match in Michael.  When a connection neither of them expects catches up with them, the shocking revelation means Charlotte may have run right into the arms of her enemy.
No sin stays a secret forever…. 



Merry Farmer lives in suburban Philadelphia with her two cats, Butterfly and Torpedo. She has been writing since she was ten years old and realized one day that she didn't have to wait for the teacher to assign a creative writing project to write something. It was the best day of her life. She then went on to earn not one but two degrees in History so that she would always having something to write about. Today she walks along the cutting edge of Indie Publishing, writing Historical Romance and Women's Sci-Fi. She is also passionate about blogging, knitting, and cricket and is working towards becoming an internationally certified cricket scorer.



You can email her at merryfarmer20@yahoo.com or follow her on Twitter @merryfarmer20.
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The Loyal Heart 







The Faithful Heart





The Courageous Heart
Coming in November 2012!! 


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Have you ever sunk into a story that has you begging for more and has you searching for answers from the first page? That is what I got with Our Little Secrets. The past haunts the present as two people try to move into the future. A quick marriage with no questions asked. A budding and growing love. And a past that refuses to stay under wraps. A great story that will keep you wanting to know more. With depth characters and a story line that is unique in its own but has all the strength to pull you in and not let you up for air. I'm not a fan of Western but this story may change that.



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