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Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion by Dawn Atkins released on Jun 24, 2003 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 2003
About the author
Dawn Atkins
111 books79 followersI always wanted to be a writer--from the moment I put fat pencil to brown-lined paper in second grade to write an elaborate story using all the spelling words on our list.
Though I always wanted to be a professional writer, I wasn't sure I had the stuff, so I graduated from college with a teaching degree and taught elementary school--second and third grades (the best)--and then began freelance feature writing for newspapers and magazines, local and national.
I left teaching to work in public relations--skills I use today in my job as a writer/editor for the Arizona Education Association.
I met my husband, David Weiss, my very own hero, in 1980, on an airplane. We made the "love thang" permanent in 1985, when we married taking our Hobie sailboat to San Diego for our honeymoon. Then in 1990, we welcomed a son into our lives. He continues to be the light of our life together.
My first romance credits were two stories in True Love magazine. I went on to write a sexy romance in 1983, which was rejected--sniff.
Years later--1996--I got serious about getting published. Though I endured some rejections as I honed my craft, in 1998, I sold the first of two short romantic comedies to Kensington Publishing--Getting Zack Back, published in December. In July 2000, Baby Makes Three was released. After coming in second among published authors in a Harlequin Duets contest, I sold to Harlequin in 2001, quickly selling another comedy. In addition to Duets, I write for Temptation, Blaze and, the new comedy line Flipside.
Most of my hobbies--sailing, scuba-diving, playing the piano (badly)--have gone by the wayside as I devote all my non-family spare time to writing. I live in the Phoenix area with my husband and son, who proudly brings my books to his teachers and swears he doesn't read them--except for the funny parts.
Though I always wanted to be a professional writer, I wasn't sure I had the stuff, so I graduated from college with a teaching degree and taught elementary school--second and third grades (the best)--and then began freelance feature writing for newspapers and magazines, local and national.
I left teaching to work in public relations--skills I use today in my job as a writer/editor for the Arizona Education Association.
I met my husband, David Weiss, my very own hero, in 1980, on an airplane. We made the "love thang" permanent in 1985, when we married taking our Hobie sailboat to San Diego for our honeymoon. Then in 1990, we welcomed a son into our lives. He continues to be the light of our life together.
My first romance credits were two stories in True Love magazine. I went on to write a sexy romance in 1983, which was rejected--sniff.
Years later--1996--I got serious about getting published. Though I endured some rejections as I honed my craft, in 1998, I sold the first of two short romantic comedies to Kensington Publishing--Getting Zack Back, published in December. In July 2000, Baby Makes Three was released. After coming in second among published authors in a Harlequin Duets contest, I sold to Harlequin in 2001, quickly selling another comedy. In addition to Duets, I write for Temptation, Blaze and, the new comedy line Flipside.
Most of my hobbies--sailing, scuba-diving, playing the piano (badly)--have gone by the wayside as I devote all my non-family spare time to writing. I live in the Phoenix area with my husband and son, who proudly brings my books to his teachers and swears he doesn't read them--except for the funny parts.
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April 6, 2018
I found this story tedious and the characters lacked chemistry
December 17, 2011
I always love friends-to-lovers theme, although I didn't really like the idea experimenting things like Kara and Ross did.
Aside from that, there were couples of scenes I enjoyed. A specific scene even reminded me of my friend who gave this book to me. :D
Most of the time I got quiet annoyed reading about story of someone who's not the main character. I mean like, just put them in another book. But somehow I enjoyed about how Tina, Kara and Ross' friend, finally fell for Tom, the bartender, and Tom to Tina as well. I even loved the words Tom said to Tina when they got together again, "Be whoever you want to be. Party all night if you want. Just come home to me."
Aaaaaw ... so sweeeet ...
Aside from that, there were couples of scenes I enjoyed. A specific scene even reminded me of my friend who gave this book to me. :D
Most of the time I got quiet annoyed reading about story of someone who's not the main character. I mean like, just put them in another book. But somehow I enjoyed about how Tina, Kara and Ross' friend, finally fell for Tom, the bartender, and Tom to Tina as well. I even loved the words Tom said to Tina when they got together again, "Be whoever you want to be. Party all night if you want. Just come home to me."
Aaaaaw ... so sweeeet ...
February 21, 2013
Saw this book on an AAR list, but it took me a while to hunt it down. Strangely, I found that what I most enjoyed about this was the friendship/banter, rather than any of the romance stuff (strange because I found it through a list of romances).
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