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Multi-awarding winning author Dana Wayne is a sixth generation Texan and resides in the Piney Woods with her husband, a Calico cat, three children and four grandchildren.
She routinely speaks at book clubs, writers groups and other organizations and is frequent guest on numerous writing blogs.

A die-hard romantic, her stories are filled with strong women, second changes, and happily ever after.

“I’ve always wanted to write and knew that one day, I would. I retired in late 2013 and published my first book, a contemporary romance, the summer of 2016. I was over the moon when it was awarded first place by Texas Association of Authors, and I never looked back. All of my books have been nominated for and/or received various awards. To have my wor ...more

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Where The Four Winds Collide

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The Counterfeit Scoundrel (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #1)

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“Writing is easy...all you have to do is sit at the typewriter and bleed. -- Ernest Hemingway”
― Dana Wayne, Secrets of the Heart

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