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Carmen Stefanescu

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Born

in Braila, Romania

January 19

Website

http://shadowspastmystery.blogspot.ro/

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Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Horror

Member Since

March 2012

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Carmen was born in Romania, the native country of the infamous vampire Count Dracula.

She graduated the Bucharest University, the Germanic Languages Faculty. High-school teacher of English and German in her native country and mother of two daughters, Carmen Stefanescu survived the grim years of communist oppression, by escaping in a parallel world, that of the books.

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	Shadows of the Past 4.23 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dracula's Mistress 4.26 avg rating — 19 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
	Till Life Do Us Part 4.67 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
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“What is the truth, but a lie agreed upon.”
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message 2: by Carmen

Aug 22, 2016 08:08AM

Buna!
Esti romanca, vad. Ma bucur mult.
Multumesd, again, pentru likeurile la reviews!
Te-ar interesa sa citesti any of my books? They are paranormal/ light romance mainly reincarnation. No erotica, no vampires.
Blessing back to you!

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message 1: by Majenta

Aug 21, 2016 02:37PM

Salutari, Carmen! Thanks for contacting me, Friend Request Accepted! Congratulations on your books. I hope you'll have a great week ahead. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta

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