title: Hornbooks and Inkwells
author:  Verla Kay 
description: Verla Kay is a native Californian who grew up in the sleepy little town of Watsonville. Located right next to the surfing town of Santa Cruz, it nestles between San Francisco and Monterey Bays and enjoys some of the most beautiful scenery and weather in the world. She now resides in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains with her husband, one cat, one bird, and one son.
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  BLOOMING OBSESSION
  
  
  Alpha Auction: I
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 Keiryn L. MacClain
  
  
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