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Rachel O'Brien Kolk

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in a small farming town in central Ohio, The United States

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Paranormal, Suspense, Romance

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I've been making up stories since I was a little girl. I also spent many nights, as a child, hidden under my covers with a flashlight reading, when I should have been asleep. Books have always been an escape for me.
On a bad day I can be found at the library, pouring over shelves of books, picking out more volumes than I can ever read in the allotted loan period. (I always have to pay overdue fines, sorry Henika P.L.!) Just the smell of a room full of books can alter a gray day for me, making it bright and hopeful.
Thank you to any of you who have taken the time to read my stories. I hope that you have enjoyed reading them, as much as I have enjoyed writing them.
I currently live in a small rural lake community in Western Michigan with my won ...more

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Average rating: 3.42 · 12 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work

The Scent of Evil

3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012

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Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)

by T.J. Klune (Goodreads Author)

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

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Crown of War and Shadow (Kingdoms of the Compass, #1)

by J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)

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