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Barbara Wallace

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Bestselling author Barbara Tanner Wallace makes her living making up stories. When not writing, she's either reading, crocheting or bowing to her cats' whims.

She's a life-long New Englander with two hundred years of Yankee history behind her. She currently lives just outside of Boston with her husband. They have one son who lives in the middle of nowhere and apparently likes it.

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Average rating: 3.7 · 4,780 ratings · 554 reviews · 197 distinct works • Similar authors

	Weekend Agreement 3.66 avg rating — 2,796 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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 Suburbs Have Secrets (Sadie McIntyre Mystery, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 194 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
	The Cinderella Bride 3.77 avg rating — 132 ratings — 11 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
	A Millionaire for Cinderella (In Love with the Boss #1) 3.74 avg rating — 118 ratings — 12 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
	Beauty and the Brooding Boss 3.40 avg rating — 114 ratings — 14 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 Man Behind the Mask 3.66 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Mr. Right, Next Door! 3.63 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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
	Beauty & Her Billionaire Boss (In Love with the Boss #2) 3.55 avg rating — 80 ratings — 14 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
	Backyards Have Bodies (Sadie McIntyre Mysteries #2) 4.39 avg rating — 59 ratings — 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
	Daring to Date the Boss 3.63 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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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Of Pollyanna and Marcus Aurelius

Talk about a rabbit hole.

This post began as a celebration of spring and how watching nature wake up reminds me that no matter how cold the winter might be, it doesn’t last forever. I thought it a fitting metaphor for life and the world today.

Then I started thinking about how some people would read my happy, optimistic post and think me a Pollyanna. That, of course, led to my thinking deeper about

Series by Barbara Wallace

Best Friends (2 books)
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Sadie McIntyre Mystery (2 books)
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Royal House of Corinthia (2 books)
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“The farther you go...the harder it is to return. The world has many edges and it's easy to fall off.”
― Anderson Cooper, Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival

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