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Kallmaker's writing gets better and better, her observations on the life lesbian more and more astute. Painted Moon is a very good romance novel with lots of extras.

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Painted Moon - First Edition   Painted Moon 25th Anniversary Edition   

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Web Sprite 05/05/1994 Bella Books, Christi Cassidy, Egales Editoriales, Naiad Press, Novel, Romance, Tina Parcero - EE

Stranded together in a snowbound cabin, Jackie Frakes and Leah Beck’s lives will never be the same.

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A delicious romance with just a hint of intrigue ... Uncommonly realistic!

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Car Pool   

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Trivia – Painted Moon

Web Sprite 01/19/1994 Painted Moon - First Edition, Painted Moon 25th Anniversary Edition

Painted Moon is a variety of rose seen at Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.

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Trivia – Painted Moon and Turkey Brine

Web Sprite 01/15/1994 Painted Moon - First Edition, Painted Moon 25th Anniversary Edition

The turkey cookery in Painted Moon is entirely the result of Karin watching her mother and grandmother cook for the holidays. Years later, she does have a Turkey Brine recipe to share, stolen adapted from Alice Waters and Alton Brown.

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  • Trivia – Above Temptation and Banking Regulations
    Above Temptation was a manuscript in the drawer for so long that when it was time to revisit, all of the banking laws had changed, and banking fraud itself was a different style of crime. Kip and Tam turned out to be more informed than the author.

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  • Cover, Unbeliever by Karin Kallmaker. A novella of sisters, romance, and magic. Unbeliever - Love is Magic is Love - eBook $3.99

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  • Love by the Numbers at Dear Author
    I like to see a couple fall in love outside of the bedroom...
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    Kallmaker has created a moody, epic, romantic, passionate novel...
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