title: A Degree of Wickedness: A Thrilling Tale Collection
author:  Kimberly Bennett 
description: Kimberly Bennett is a recently published independent author whose main goal is to provide readers of fiction a thrilling and memorable experience when they pick up one of her books and begin to read. Kimberly has been a lifelong resident of Northeast Ohio and currently resides in Williamsfield. Kimberly attended and graduated from Kent State University where she earned a degree in Computer Technology.
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  > LAUREN SMITH
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is
  coincidental.
  
  Copyright © 2017 by Lauren Smith
  
  Edited by Noah Chinn
  
  Excerpt from Wicked Designs by Lauren Smith
  
  Cover art by Erin Dameron-Hill
  
  Scene Art Illustration by Joanne Renaud
  
  Romance Art by Theresa Sprekelmeyer
  
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