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Sam McCarthy

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in Leeds, The United Kingdom

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Romance, Chick Lit

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September 2012

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One of six children Sam has gone on to be a mum herself.
Writing has always been a passion for her, but her debut novel came about quite by accident after she wrote a random paragraph for a competition.
Discovering Alex was born within three months and there will be much much more to follow.

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Average rating: 4.36 · 73 ratings · 32 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Discovering Alex 4.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Altar Ego 4.32 avg rating — 22 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
	Losing Alex 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
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Sam McCarthy's Blog: Finding time to write.....

Work in (slow) progess

Every day I get up and think today is the day! Today I will get my word count up and add more body to my new wip.
Yet every day something else seems to get in the way.
So far this week, I have worked, taken my son to the hospital, had the gas engineer here etc etc. Today is the turn of the electrician. My laptop is charged and I'm ready to write when they shut the power off ;)
I sometimes wonder wh Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 30, 2015 01:34 • Tags: alpha-male, dominic, new-release, release, release-party, writing

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Trophy Wife (The Dumont Diaries, #0.5-5)

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Their Lost Daughters (Jackman & Evans #2)

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Respect

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