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A.J. Compton

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A.J. Compton wants a lot of things;

To write books that make you think and feel deeply.

To make you ugly cry and cry with laughter. In the same book.

To write stories that make you anti-social and have you staying up late to finish them.

To show that life can be cruel and difficult, but it can also be incredibly beautiful and worthwhile.

And what A.J. really wants, is to write books that make you remember why you love to read.

AJ knows better than most that we don't always get what we want in life, but is going to give it a damn good try ;) ...more

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Average rating: 4.35 · 238 ratings · 125 reviews · 2 distinct works

	This Old Heart of Mine 4.40 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Counting-Downers 4.27 avg rating — 102 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

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COVER REVEAL

I can FINALLY share the stunningly beautiful cover for my debut novel, The Counting-Downers!!

The amazing CT Cover Creations has outdone herself with this cover - I'm so in love with it, it's been extremely difficult to keep it to myself!

It's currently available on Amazon for a special pre-order price of just $0.99/£0.99 - the price will go up on release day, so grab yourself a bargain now! Li Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 24, 2015 08:45 • Tags: a-j-compton, book-cover, cover-reveal, the-counting-downers

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Quotes by A.J. Compton (?)

“Sometimes absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Sometimes it just makes the heart hurt.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: absence, heart, love, relationships

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“Nobody sees me like you do, and without you, I’ll be invisible. I exist because you see me.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: love, romance, soulmates

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“I’m a feeler. I feel everything deep within my core. Even when I don’t want to. I don’t know where my emotions stop and my empathy begins. I feel from the tips of my toes to the follicles of my head. I feel with every fiber, every molecule, every tissue, marrow, muscle, and bone in my body. I feel.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: emotion, empathy, feel, feeling

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“We’re once again just a boy and a girl searching and failing for words and moments that transcend the mundane.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: love, romance

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“I loved him before I knew him. I missed him before I met him. We were soulmates long before we were strangers.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

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“We kiss with our eyes closed but our senses open, infusing the spaces between with the elements of the other.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: kiss, love, romance

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“A memory is never as good as a moment.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: inspirational, life, memory

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“Love is not standing in someone’s shadow, it’s basking in their light. The blinding strength of your light combined pushes the darkness away.”
― A.J. Compton, The Counting-Downers

tags: love, romance

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