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Elvy Howard

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I have a checkered past.
I know I look like a grandmother, and I might adore my grandkids beyond imagination, but inside lurks the heart of a rebel.
From my days as a hippy, to becoming a “rabid feminist” and Pitney Bowes’ first female hire in their service department, to beginning college in my thirties and obtaining a Master’s degree in a year, to working in Juvenile Justice, Big Brother’s Big Sisters, foster care and hospice, I have been writing.
I thought I was looking for the right career and my writing was an interesting hobby. Only now as a grandmother do I understand all those jobs were only research to inform my fiction, the only career I secretly ever wanted.
I’ve been married to the same man for forty-four years and haven’t killed ...more

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	Love on a Half Shell 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Bounty 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Lady Guadalupe and the Sno-Kone Hut 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Mysteries of the Macabre: A Halloween Anthology by Alexa Day (Goodreads Author), Alicia Dean (Goodreads Author), Renci Denham 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mysteries of the Macabre: A Halloween Anthology by Alicia Dean (Goodreads Author), Alexa Day (Goodreads Author), Elvy Howard (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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

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Bounty – A Love Story

A New Year and a NEW ARRIVAL.

The origins of Bounty remain a mystery. Why it takes place in 1953, I haven’t a clue. I also don’t know where the idea of a girl posing as a woman originated. But I have to say, I enjoyed finding out.

Along with Tom and Netty’s story, Bounty is about language. How we share a similar dialect yet express it in unique ways. When you think about it, any difference i

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The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships

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