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Cynthia Hilston

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Bestselling author of the Lorna & Tristan Series, Cynthia Hilston is a stay-at-home mom of three young kids, happily married, and lives in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Writing has always been like another child to her. After twenty years of waltzing in the world of fan fiction, she stepped away to do her debut dance with original works of fiction, although she still dabbles in fan fiction.

In her spare time – what spare time? – she devours books, shamelessly watches Hallmark movies and When Calls the Heart, pets her orange and black kitties, looks at the stars, drinks wine or coffee with good friends, and dreams of what other stories she wishes to tell.

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A Love Story of Bliss and Pain: Harry’s Struggle

What happens when the love of your life begins to slip away, and the ghosts of your past return to haunt you?

I enter a minute later to the buzz of the sign that says “Budweiser.” Overhead, the fluorescent white washes me out, reminding me of the lights in the slammer. For some, this store’s their prison. They find themselves back here or at one of a hundred thousand others like it time

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	Hannah's Rainbow: Every Color Beautiful 4.21 avg rating — 68 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
	The Rock at the Bottom (Lorna & Tristan Series Book 3) 4.15 avg rating — 53 ratings — 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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	A Laughing Matter of Pain 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings — 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
	Murder: It's All in Your Head 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Rocks and Flowers in a Box (Lorna & Tristan #2) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2019 — 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
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The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus

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The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

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“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Change always brings fear before it brings faith. We always assume the worst before we look for the best. God interrupts our lives with something we’ve never seen, and rather than praise, we panic! We interpret the presence of a problem as the absence of God and scoot!”
― Max Lucado, God Came Near: God's Perfect Gift

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