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Emilie Richards

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Bethesda, MD, The United States

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Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum

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I'm the author of seventy-something novels, including romance, women's fiction and mystery. When We Were Sisters debuted in June 2016, a stand alone novel about two foster sisters traveling back into their past together. I loved writing it and love the cover my publisher chose.

I'm also excited about my recent series, Goddesses Anonymous, which started with One Mountain Away and was followed by Somewhere Between Luck and Trust. The third book in the series, A River Too Wide, came out in July 2014. The Color of Light debuted in August 2015. Will there be more? We'll see.

I'm also putting up my newly edited romance backlist and love re-reading and updating them a bit.

Last year my husband and I moved from Virginia, to Osprey, Florida, the state ...more

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	Wedding Ring 4.10 avg rating — 2,474 ratings — published 2004 — 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
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	Happiness Key (Happiness Key, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,912 ratings — published 2009 — 25 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
	Lover's Knot 4.11 avg rating — 1,407 ratings — published 2006 — 27 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
	Sister's Choice 4.09 avg rating — 1,289 ratings — published 2008 — 29 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
	One Mountain Away (Goddesses Anonymous #1) 4.21 avg rating — 1,240 ratings — published 2012 — 26 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
	Iron Lace 4.19 avg rating — 1,202 ratings — published 1996 — 19 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
	Endless Chain 4.08 avg rating — 1,137 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Touching Stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 2007 — 25 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
	Fortunate Harbor (Happiness Key, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 2010 — 16 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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Sunday Inspiration: “We’re all stories…”

“We’re all stories in the end, just make it a good one.”

Did you know that Dove candy wrappers have quotations on them, and some good ones, including the one above?

Don’t ask me how I know.

Well, I am on vacation, (that’s Asilomar on the coast in the photos) so I figure I deserve a little treat or two, especially when it gives me an inspirational quotation.

I do enjoy reading good stories as well a...

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“Worrying never heads off a crisis, and it doesn't prepare you for one.”
― Emilie Richards, Sister's Choice

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“It's not who you come from, but who's standing right beside you, that counts most.”
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“Prejudice in this country is like chapters in a book. Chapter One: Hating the Africans and Indians. Chapter Two: Don't forget the Irish. Chapter Three: Polish jokes."..... "Hispanics? Latinos? Whatever you call us? Maybe we're Chapter Fifteen or Sixteen on the East Coast, but we're the preface in the West.”
― Emilie Richards, Endless Chain

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No Evil by Allison Brennan

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Karen Vail by Alan Jacobson

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Happiness Key by Emilie Richards

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Bone Secrets by Kendra Elliot

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Turing Hopper by Donna Andrews

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Kendall O'Dell by Sylvia Nobel

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