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Kelsey Kingsley

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Romance, Romantic Comedy, Contemporary

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When I was a wee lassie, I was told by my preschool teachers that I was a natural at storytelling. When I was just a little older than that, an old friend's mother said to me, "Kelsey, one day your books are going to be on the shelves at the library."

Well, Diane, I don't know if my books are ever going to be on the shelves of libraries, but I'm sure as hell going to try.

When I'm not writing stories destined to be bestsellers, I enjoy devouring TV shows, listening to every type of music there is and going to concerts, reading pretty much anything (with a soft spot for romance and certain books located in 18th century Scotland), obsessing over makeup, and pretending to workout.

I also have a fondness for cats, my family, tattoos, and a real ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 41,392 ratings · 7,560 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

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	Warrior Blue 4.20 avg rating — 6,283 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
	The Spider & the Storm 4.40 avg rating — 2,532 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
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	The Life We Wanted 4.29 avg rating — 1,823 ratings — published 2019 — 8 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
	Scars & Silver Linings 4.34 avg rating — 1,401 ratings — 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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	32 Rowan Blvd 4.24 avg rating — 1,199 ratings — published 2022 — 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
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	Indigo Sky 4.18 avg rating — 971 ratings — 9 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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Something was more than nothing.

She gave me a ride home, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had somehow disappointed her, even though she hadn’t said as much.

But I hated it.

“How much did you drink tonight?” she finally asked as we neared my street.

“Uh …” I swallowed at a knot in my throat. “Ash gave me, um … one … just one drink. One cup.”

“That pink shit in the kitchen?”

I nodded.

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Series by Kelsey Kingsley

Born in Rain (2 books)
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Kinney Brothers (4 books)
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Lighthouse Duology (2 books)
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“There are certain thing in our lives – certain people - that are just supposed to be there. We don’t choose them, or what they’ll mean to us; they’re just a part of who we are.”
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“And what is it you think I am to you?” …
Without hesitation, she answered, “You’re the man I’m meant to love.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Warrior Blue

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“While we think we leave the past behind, the past never truly leaves us.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, The Life We Wanted

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“You make me so fucking vulnerable, Audrey, and I hate it so much. I fucking hate that I don’t have a choice in any of this shit, and that nothing makes sense anymore. But I love you, and I guess that’s all that really needs to make sense.”
― Kelsey Kingsley, Warrior Blue

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“There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart.”
― Stephen King, Lisey's Story

tags: death, love, stephen-king

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“Life is fair. We all get the same nine-month shake in the box, and then the dice roll. Some people get a run of sevens. Some people, unfortunately, get snake-eyes. Its just how the world is.”
― Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars

tags: dice, fair, full-dark-no-stars, life, roll, sevens, stephen-king

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“As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?”
― Stephen King

tags: stephen-king, the-mist

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“All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“But it's writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can't or won't, it's time for you to close the book and do something else.

Wash the car, maybe.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft