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D. Thrush

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in New York, The United States

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Contemporary, Chick Lit, Spirituality

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D. Thrush mixes it up with Literary & Women’s Fiction, PG-rated Rom Coms, and a Spiritual Inspirational novel. All her books explore family and friendship, love and romance, relationships and life. She writes from the heart and finds it difficult to part with her characters when their stories end, hence several sequels. All books are standalones.

“Fairy Tale Karma” was a #1 Amazon Bestseller, “Guardian of the Light” earned a B.R.A.G. Medallion, and “The Daughter Claus” (which her mother told her to write) was a finalist for the Ian Book of the Year, Wishing Shelf Awards, and Readers’ Favorites. Three books and a free prequel complete the popular Santina Series.

She enjoys reading (of course!), taking walks, brain games, movies (she was an ex ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 1,410 ratings · 269 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Daughter Claus 3.71 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Santa Secret: Santina Series - Prequel 3.94 avg rating — 299 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
	Fairy Tale Karma 3.78 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Claus Cause 4.18 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Merrily Ever After (Santina #3) 4.54 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2016 — 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 More the Merrier (Santina #4) 4.60 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	All the Little Secrets 3.80 avg rating — 49 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
	Whims & Vices 3.97 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Guardian of the Light 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Little Secrets Revealed 4.43 avg rating — 7 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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Happy 2026!

We're more than halfway through this decade. Crazy, huh? I hope the New Year brings us Peace, Prosperity, Health, and Happiness!

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Santina (4 books)
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Hoffman is a gifted writer, but I didn’t like this book. I thought it’d be a fun story about how a liberated woman in the 1950s changes a Long Island neighborhood for the better. No, it’s very depressing. No one is likeable. Horrible things happen. A ...more
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This book takes 100 objects in the British Museum and traces human history through them, beginning with an early tool. This is an ambitious and interesting way to relate world history. What it reveals is that our history is built on war, especially o ...more
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“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading

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“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
― Stephen Hawking

tags: inspirational, science

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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail Van Buren

tags: character, life, wisdom

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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

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“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.”
― Henry Miller

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