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Heart Sessions

Welcome to “Heart Sessions” Saturday!

The other day, I was driving to the gym when I had this strong nudge to begin a blog about Heart check-ins—drawing inspiration from the “Heart-healing Sessions” my character Aida (a Heartspirit) does with Aaren Lockett, my main character from Heartsmith. (Read the book to learn more about this!)

What also prompted this idea came from a recent writers’ meeting I

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	Landis by Shelly Mack (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Cotta (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.89 avg rating — 85 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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