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Maxine Douglas Author ✍️📝💻📚
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Award-winning #author of #AmericanHistorical (1870-early 1900s) & #ContemporaryRomance that may/may not have a splash of #mystery to them, but always written with heart.
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My guest author this week is Ashley Kammeraad Zuidema, who shares what prompted her to begin her journey into writing! We’d love visits and shares. fourfoxesonehound.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/g...
Guest Author: Ashley Kammeraad Zuidema on Becoming a Writer
It’s always a treat for me to be able to introduce you to an author I’ve met personally. Ashley Kammeraad Zuidema is also a West Michigan author, and she attends meetings of the Holland Writers Gro…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Check out our #JustWhattheDoctorHired #book spotlight in Still Moments Magazine! stillmomentsezine.blogspot.com/2025/11/mond...
Monday Mood - Just What the Doctor Hired
Are you in the mood for a fake date with real chemistry? This flirty hospital romance proves that sometimes love shows up right on schedule—...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#MondayMotivation
It's true! Whatever form of prose or poetry we cloak it in, we're all working on our own stuff.
Where do you see your deepest self peeping through in your work?
My thoughts in the comments.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #Quotes
“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.” – Virginia Woolf Sadira Stone – Cozy, Funny, Spicy, Grown-up Romance
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#Steampunk #Distopian #SteampunkRomance #DystopianRomance #Fantasy #Romantasy #Reviews #BookReviews #AHAgrp The first book in my new Steampunk Romance series, Of Cats and Curiosity, has received a wonderful 5 + stars review! Check it out!
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5+ stars for Of Cats and Curiosity (Mud, Debt, and Gears Book One) by Laura Strickland #steampunkromance #dystopianromance #dystopian #steampunk #bookreview
A captivating steampunk romance with love, high stakes, and danger around every corner.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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What do A Christmas Story and a 50’ leg lamp have to do with a small town in Oklahoma? Continue reading: bit.ly/4owD0Yn
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Cursed with the ability to communicate with the dead, Elizabeth Reilly travels to the Clemente Vineyard to help a man’s spirit return home. Once she arrives, she discovers bringing him home is only the beginning.

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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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November 22 is the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. THE END OF CAMELOT, Book 3 of my New York Saga, is a murder mystery set around the events leading up to and following this tragedy.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Today, D.V Stone is joining me on Dish the Pie with Monique & Guest. We're talking lightning cake and a sweet Christmas story. Come join us! moniquedevere.blogspot.com/2025/11/dish... #AuthorSpotlight #ReadingCommunity #ChristmasStory #BookSky #WritersLife
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word of the day is COLOR.

Elizabeth's memory of that final goodbye is an excerpt from THE PASSENGER, a 1940s ghost story about love, self-discovery, and second chances set amid the vines of California's wine county...

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November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#BookQW COLOR
Don't you love that moment when the grumpy romance hero realizes how much he hates seeing the FMC in another guy's arms?
Christmas Rekindled, Book 1 in the Bangers Tavern Romance series, just 99¢ for the holidays! books2read.com/ChristmasRek...
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Book Cover: Christmas Rekindled by Sadira Stone, 99¢ Text: He wrapped her in his burly arms and pulled her against his rock-wall chest. “Christmas is funny that way. Makes us homesick for something we maybe never had.” But I did have it, for a little while. A memory pierced her—making Christmas cookies with Mom, colored icing, sprinkles, and gumdrops scattered over the kitchen counters in a glorious, happy mess. Another tear dribbled down her cheek. Jojo released her. “River looks like he wants to smash my face.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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#BookQW is from DECEITFUL PROMISES
(A Letters to Santa Story)
This Christmas promises may deceive, but love could be the miracle they never expected.

The sun rose on the Eastern horizon, bringing light into the dark.… #CONTINUEREADING: bit.ly/48XVzQu

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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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#TeaserTuesday - Meringue Snowflake Magic- After being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Wynter Dahl finds herself in witness protection with a new name and new home. buff.ly/OSFFi1e #Bookboost #christmas #readercommnuity #PNR
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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💕Free for a Limited Time: ADAM: Her Deal Maker. Book 1 in the Pleasure Flights RomCom Series. Grab a FREE copy before November 5th.
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ADAM: Her Deal Maker: a co-workers-to-lovers romantic comedy (Pleasure Flights romantic comedy series Book 1)
ADAM: Her Deal Maker: a co-workers-to-lovers romantic comedy (Pleasure Flights romantic comedy series Book 1) - Kindle edition by DeVere, Monique. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Here it is, the Monday after Halloween and there isn’t a candy bar. . . . Continue reading: bit.ly/4opglNQ
#readersky #mondayblog #authorlife #authorsky #holidaydecor
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November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Earlier today, I clicked the "publish" button on a story that was started and stopped, and changed more than once, per the characters whose story they entrusted me to tell. But here it is ready for pre-order and will be available on #KU as well on 11/25/25.
#readersky #preorder #holidayreading
November 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Read my Pushcart Prize nominated short story RELEASE in Scribeworth, a literature and arts magazine.

Sometimes dying isn't the hardest part—it's the letting go.

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November 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The paperback has been released! Ebook or hardcover, too.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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#Halloween #Horror #Horrorshorts #shortstories #revenge #Fridaythe13th How about a quick read this Halloween? "Broken" will send a shiver up your spine! Featured today at N. N. Light's Book Heaven:
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October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word of the day is MISS.

Elizabeth's conversation with the ghost Paolo is an excerpt from my 1940s ghost story, THE PASSENGER.

#ghoststory #supernaturalfiction #historicalfantasy #booksky #bookqw #bookquotewednesday #twrpbks
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#BookQW MISS
Kieran's Light: A ghostly encounter sparks love between a military doctor suffering PTSD and a lighthouse keeper traumatized by an oil rig disaster.
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Now, there are lots of noises on an offshore rig—machinery, wind, crashing surf, shouting voices, but I’d never heard anything like this.” Even now, six years later, that ominous sizzle haunted his dreams, the sound of a malevolent sea serpent bent on devouring the victims it missed on that hellish day.
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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#BookQW is from WINDS OF CHANGE
Men of the Double K, Book 2
She came to heal a child’s heart…but it’s the grieving father who needs her most.

“Wonder if it smells different here as well,” she thought aloud, remembering the acid odor of the. . . Continue reading: bit.ly/49pjs3p

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October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I’m so grateful for my daughter!! She posted this! I love that she’s supporting me!!

Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook
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October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Two best friends meet for one final goodbye.

"A stunning blend of heartache and hope, masterfully weaving love, loss, and healing into an unforgettable journey."
– Reader Views

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#booksky #books ##ghoststory #supernaturalfiction #booksbooksbooks #historicalfantasy
Before the journey truly began, two best friends met for one final goodbye. Reluctant goodbyes are heartbreaking yet, sometimes, necessary. For these two characters, it's about knowing when to let go....
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October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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At the Edge | poetry in motion

In THE PASSENGER, Elizabeth waited and watched for a ship carrying her best friend—her husband—home. . .

▪️Poem and photos by Joie Lesin

#poetryinmotion #historicalfiction #ghoststory #supernaturalfiction #booksky #books #authorandpoet #poem
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM