title: Love and Ruin: A Novel
author:  Paula McLain 
description: <strong><a href="//www.amazon.com/b/?node=17143709011">An Amazon Best Book of May 2018:</a></strong> Paula McLain said she was done writing about Ernest Hemingway after she finished her bestselling novel, <em>The Paris Wife</em>, but he crept back into her consciousness and six years later is <em>Love and Ruin</em>, an exceptional novel about Ernest Hemingway and his third wife, Martha Gellhorn. <em>Love and Ruin</em> is the story of their relationship, yes, but at its heart its the story of a driven and fearless young woman who became a force to be reckoned with in her own right. McLain takes readers from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War to the lush refuge of Hemingways Cuba as Gellhorn blossoms into a venerable war correspondent, while the already famous Hemingway pens his master work, <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>. We watch over Gellhorns shoulder as she grapples with the horrors of war, falls in love with a celebrated yet flawed man, and agonizes with self-doubt about her strength as a writer; yet somehow she manages to stay true to herself through it all. <em>Love and Ruin</em> is a love story, the making of a trail-blazing woman, and most of all a spellbinding work of historical fiction. <em>--Seira Wilson, Amazon Book Review</em>
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  A Tempting Ruin
  
  by Kristin Vayden
  
  Blue Tulip Publishing
  
  www.bluetulippublishing.com
  
  © 2015 KRISTIN VAYDEN
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, and events are
  fictitious in every regard. Any similarities to actual events and persons,
  living or dead, are purely coincidental. Any trademarks, service marks,
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  A TEMPTING RUIN
  
  Copyright © 2015 KRISTIN VAYDEN
  
  ISBN: 978-1-942246-48-0
  
  Cover art by Melody Pond
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To my mom, who has faced life fearlessly.
  
  God has completely brought you through every obstacle,
  
  especially your recent fight against cancer.
  
  And each day I'm thankful for your love, wisdom, insight,
  
  and