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Sara Marks

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Romance, Humor and Comedy, Contemporary

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Sara Marks is a modern woman with classic problems, just like the women she writes. Always a rabid reader, Sara has a complicated history with romance books. The only solution was to write the books she wished for as a teen and younger adult.

Sara lives in Massachusetts with her dog Cedric. When not writing she still reads voraciously, knits (often while reading), and spends her adult money on washi tape, planners, and stickers. You can find her at http://saramarks.net to see all her romance books and download Modern Persuasion (book one in the 21st Century Austen series) for free.
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	Modern Persuasion (21st Century Austen #1) 3.48 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Pride, Prejudice, and Pledging: A Modern Retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (21st Century Austen Book 2) 3.23 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Love and War in Woodhouse Hall: A Modern Retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma (21st Century Austen Book 3) 3.45 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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
	Love From Northanger Parks, Katie 3.42 avg rating — 24 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
	Unraveling Carrie Woodhouse : A Modern Retelling of Jane Austen's Emma really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 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
	Latkes of Love (Yom Tov Romance #4) 3.13 avg rating — 15 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
	A Little More Modern Persuasion 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Sweeten Up Ginny Darcy (21st Century Austen #6) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 5 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 Purim Fling (Yom Tov Romance #1) 2.50 avg rating — 8 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
	Fredrick Hits Send 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	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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Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)

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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is. … Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.”
― Seth Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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“So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.”
― Seth Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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“The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other two. The body isn't below the mind and the spirit; from the point of view it's between them. if you reside too much in the mind, then you get too abstract and cut off from the world. You long for the spiritual life, but you can't get to it, and you fall into despair. The exercise of the senses frees you from abstraction and opens the way to transcendence.”
― Jane Smiley, Moo

tags: academia, balance, humor, spirituality

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“The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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