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    Breaking Up the Girl: Poems
    Breaking Up the Girl: Poems
    Breaking Up the Girl: Poems
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    Breaking Up the Girl: Poems

    By Erica Monroe

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    In Breaking Up the Girl, Erica Monroe explores a woman's place in today's modern world. Poems are composed mostly in free verse and discuss love, feminism, mortality, fidelity, and self-identity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherErica Monroe
    Release dateJan 19, 2014
    ISBN9780990022930
    Breaking Up the Girl: Poems
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    Erica Monroe

    USA Today Bestselling Author Erica Monroe writes dark, gritty historical romance. Her current series include Gothic Brides (Regency Gothics), The Rookery Rogues (pre-Victorian gritty working class romance), and Covert Heiresses (Regency spies who are the children of a duke). She was a finalist in the published historical category for the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Romantic Suspense, and her books have been recommended reads at Fresh Fiction, Smexy Books, SBTB, and All About Romance. When she's not writing, she's drinking coffee, reading comic books, or watching televison. She lives in the suburbs of North Carolina with her husband, two dogs, and two cats. Visit Erica online at ericamonroe.com and sign up for her new release newsletter at: hyperurl.co/emnl.

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      Breaking Up the Girl - Erica Monroe

      Breaking Up the Girl

      Poems

      By Erica Monroe

      This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously.

      Breaking Up the Girl

      Copyright © 2014 by Erica McFarland

      Cover design by Erica McFarland

      Cover photo by Heizel on DepositPhotos

      Quillfire Publishing

      All rights reserved. The author has provided this book for personal use only. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      ISBN: 978-0-9900229-3-0

      For information, address Erica Monroe at http://www.ericamonroe.com.

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      For my mother

      Who taught me what it means to

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