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Kimberly Packard

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Fiction, Contemporary, Romance

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Kimberly Packard is an award-winning author of women’s fiction.

She began visiting her spot on the shelves at libraries and bookstores at a young age, gazing between the Os and the Qs. Kimberly received a degree in journalism from the University of North Texas, and has worked in public relations and communications for nearly 20 years.

When she isn’t writing, she can be found running, planning her next trip, asking her dog what’s in his mouth or curled up with a book. She resides in Texas with her husband Colby, a clever cat named Oliver and a precocious black lab named Tully.

Her debut novel, Phoenix, was awarded as Best General Fiction of 2013 by the Texas Association of Authors. Other published works by Kimberly includes a Christmas novel ...more

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Average rating: 4.41 · 695 ratings · 379 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	This Time Around 4.37 avg rating — 169 ratings — 2 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
	Phoenix (Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dire's Club 4.69 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2021 — 2 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
	Vortex 4.30 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	Pardon Falls (Phoenix Book 2) 4.58 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 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
	Prospera Pass (Phoenix Series Book 3) 4.54 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 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
	Feels Like the First Time 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 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 Crazy Yates 4.60 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 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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Total Jane Wreck (Sugar Pine Springs)

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This was a really hard read. The main character was incredibly unlikeable - really most everyone was unlikeable. And while the ending was a nice twist, and maybe I was tired or not fully into the story but it all seemed sort of odd.
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This was a really hard read. The main character was incredibly unlikeable - really most everyone was unlikeable. And while the ending was a nice twist, and maybe I was tired or not fully into the story but it all seemed sort of odd.
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Kimberly made a comment on Makayla Woods’s review of Feels Like the First Time " Aww...thank you, Makayla!! Hope you are well and hope to see you out at a book signing soon! Big hugs to you! xoxo, Kim "
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Kimberly and 2 other people liked Makayla Woods's review of Feels Like the First Time: "I finished reading this book last night/this morning at 6a.m.... Another one of my favorites!!! It was so hilarious and the romance is now one of my favorites! I can't wait for the next book by this author! 12/9/23 and 12/7/24 I got to meet this auth" Read more of this review »
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This was such a fun premise for anyone who ever wanted to live inside a book. It did get a bit preachy - but quite frankly, we're in a world where we need to have that reminder of all the good that libraries do. I did take one star off for the weird ...more
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“The same as a win without the disappointment of defeat is just another day.”
― Kimberly Packard, This Time Around

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