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Romance, Suspense, Humor and Comedy

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Maggie Adams is an Amazon Best Selling contemporary romance author. Her first book in the Tempered Steel Series, Whistlin’ Dixie, debuted in Amazon’s Top 100 for Women’s Fiction, humor, on November, 2014 and then again at #61 in 2016. Since then, she has consistently made the Amazon best seller 5-star list with Leather and Lace, Something’s Gotta Give, Love, Marriage & Mayhem, and Forged in Fire. She is also the recipient of the Dayreader Review’s Best New Series Award for 2015. Her series has launched the tiny town of Grafton, Illinois, into International recognition with sales in Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and the UK.

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	Whistlin' Dixie (Tempered Steel, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 907 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
	Leather and Lace (Tempered Steel, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Something's Gotta Give (Tempered Steel #3) 4.34 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Getting Lucky (Tempered Steel, #5.5) 3.87 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Love, Marriage & Mayhem (Tempered Steel #4) 4.49 avg rating — 102 ratings — 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
	Minx 4.02 avg rating — 91 ratings — 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
	Forged in Fire (Tempered Steel Series) 4.41 avg rating — 80 ratings — 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
	Cold as Ice (Tempered Steel, #6) 4.30 avg rating — 67 ratings — 5 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
	Tempered Steel Series (Tempered Steel, #1-3) 4.62 avg rating — 52 ratings — 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
	Crazy Daisy 3.80 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2019 — 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

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Have you ever had an intense connection with someone you’ve never met? Can you sense the tone of an email and know what’s hiding between the lines? Did you ever just “know” in your heart that the person on the other end of an online chat is a kindred spirit? What about that feeling? Is it instinct? Empathy? Chemistry? What exactly is it that makes one person gravitate to anoth Read more of this blog post »

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Tempered Steel (7 books)
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Legends (3 books)
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The Lustful Trilogy (3 books)
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Blood Bites: Three Vampire Tales

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Coming Home

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SHIFTER: Grizzly, Part One (Grizzly, #1)

by Emerald Wright

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“You call that caring?! I call it a line of crap! The only thing you cared about begins with an “F” and ends with me losing my virginity!”
― Maggie Adams, Whistlin' Dixie

tags: humor, romance-series, series-romance, sexy-romance-suspense

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“I want you to grab hold of the brass spindles and don’t let go.” When she did as he required, he spread her legs wider. “Hold tight, baby. This is going to feel so good.”
― Maggie Adams

tags: fiction, romance-series, romantic-suspense, sexy-romance

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“Sam’s Peanut Butter Squares 1/3 lb. graham crackers, finely crushed (1 pkg crackers) 2 sticks melted butter 1 lb. powdered sugar 1 cup peanut butter 1 pkg milk chocolate chips, melted Mix all ingredients, except chips, together. Smooth into 13x9 pan. Melt chips in microwave until smooth. Spread over graham mixture. Refrigerate for one hour. Cut into squares and serve.”
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“You call that caring?! I call it a line of crap! The only thing you cared about begins with an “F” and ends with me losing my virginity!”
― Maggie Adams, Whistlin' Dixie

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“I want you to grab hold of the brass spindles and don’t let go.” When she did as he required, he spread her legs wider. “Hold tight, baby. This is going to feel so good.”
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