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    A Valentine for Mary Jane
    A Valentine for Mary Jane
    A Valentine for Mary Jane
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    A Valentine for Mary Jane

    By Clabe Polk

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    Can a guardian angel change history?

    February 10-14, 1929

    Mary Jane’s Chicago Police Officer fiancée, John McQueen, has gotten himself into deep trouble with no idea how to get out.
    He’s on a collision course with the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.

    With Mary Jane as his cheering section, his guardian angel, Charlotte, and a parish priest, Father Regan mount a last-ditch effort to save him.

    Can the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre be prevented?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClabe Polk
    Release dateOct 30, 2019
    ISBN9780463638378
    A Valentine for Mary Jane
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    Clabe Polk

    CLABE POLK is into a second career as a writer of fiction. So far, he has written four novels, three novellas, several short stories, and has a couple of other novels in process. He is a lifelong reader with a great variety of life experience.With a background in biology and natural sciences, Mr. Polk has more than thirty-seven years in professional environmental protection program management and law enforcement.He lives in Powder Springs, Georgia with his wife, two daughters, and the family’s Cockapoo named Annie.

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