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C. J.'s love of reading began when she was a kid dragging home bags of books from the library. When she was twelve she started dreaming about becoming a published author. That dream came true when her first novel Thicker than Blood won a national writing contest. It became the first book in the Thicker than Blood series, which also includes Bound by Guilt, Ties that Bind, and Running on Empty. She has also written Jupiter Winds and Jupiter Storm the first and second books in the Jupiter Winds series. Her children's fantasy Alison Henry and the Creatures of Torone has also been well received. C. J. lives in Pennsylvania with her whippets, tabby cats, and a Paint mare named Sky. ...more

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	Thicker Than Blood (Thicker Than Blood #1) 3.99 avg rating — 3,048 ratings — published 2009 — 17 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
	Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) 4.20 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 2011 — 11 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
	Ties that Bind (Thicker Than Blood #3) 4.40 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Jupiter Winds (Jupiter Winds #1) 4.14 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Running on Empty (Thicker Than Blood #4) 4.46 avg rating — 169 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
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	Out of Time 3.94 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Thicker than Blood: The Collection (Thicker Than Blood #1-4) 4.69 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Jupiter Storm (Jupiter Winds #2) 4.33 avg rating — 69 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
	Alison Henry and the Creatures of Torone 4.14 avg rating — 42 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

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Which family relationship?

I'm in the beginning stages of a new book that's fast developing into something that combines elements of all my books, yet is unique too. Curious? I am too! I discover a story as I write.

But my question for you is this: Which of these family relationships would you most like to read about:

Mother/daughter
Sisters
Aunt/niece
Grandmother/granddaughter?

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“He loves you that much.”
― C.J. Darlington, Thicker than Blood

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“her seat with a curse. She hadn’t been speeding. She was sure of it. Christy forced herself to focus”
― C.J. Darlington, Thicker Than Blood

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“twelfth”
― C.J. Darlington, Thicker than Blood: The Collection

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Paper Hearts by Courtney Walsh

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My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade

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Lonestar Sanctuary (Lonestar Series, #1) by Colleen Coble

Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble

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Freefall by Kristen Heitzmann

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Mist of Midnight (Daughters of Hampshire, #1) by Sandra Byrd

Mist of Midnight by Sandra Byrd

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Then Sings My Soul by Amy K. Sorrells

3 votes 7.9%

Where Can I Flee (Ancient World Series #1) by A.M. Heath

Where Can I Flee by A.M. Heath

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Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) by C.J. Darlington

Bound by Guilt by C.J. Darlington

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A Lady in Defiance by Heather Blanton

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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

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