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    Secrets of the Heart
    Secrets of the Heart
    Secrets of the Heart
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    Secrets of the Heart

    By Radclyffe

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    Two BFFs decide to spend Valentine's Day together and discover the true love they've been seeking in all the wrong places. A Radclyffe romance short story.

    Previously published in The Perfect Valentine, ed. T. Szymanski and B. Johnson (Bella Books, 2006).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBold Strokes Books
    Release dateAug 15, 2017
    ISBN9781635551396
    Secrets of the Heart
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    Radclyffe

    Radclyffe, a retired surgeon and full time author-publisher, has published over thirty-five novels as well as dozens of short stories, has edited numerous anthologies, and, writing as L. L. Raand, has authored a paranormal romance series, The Midnight Hunters. She is a seven time Lambda Literary Award finalist in romance, mystery and erotica--winning in both romance (Distant Shores, Silent Thunder) and erotica (Erotic Interludes 2: Stolen Moments edited with Stacia Seaman and In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip written with Karin Kallmaker). A member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame, she is also a 2010 RWA/FF&P Prism Award Winner for Secrets in the Stone, an Independent Publisher's award winner (IPPY), an Alice B. Readers' award Winner, and a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin award, the ForeWord Review Book of the Year award, and the 2010 Heart of Excellence Readers' Choice award. She is also the president of Bold Strokes Books, one of the world’s largest independent LGBT publishing companies.

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