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j. leigh bailey is an office drone by day and the author of Young Adult and New Adult LGBT Romance by night. She can usually be found with her nose in a book or pressed up against her computer monitor. A book-a-day reading habit sometimes gets in the way of... well, everything...but some habits aren't worth breaking. She's been reading romance novels since she was ten years old. The last twenty years or so have not changed her voracious appetite for stories of romance, relationships and achieving that vitally important Happy Ever After. She's a firm believer that everyone, no matter their gender, age, sexual orientation or paranormal affiliation deserves a happy ending.

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Average rating: 3.89 · 2,210 ratings · 546 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Guyliner 3.99 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody's Hero (Letting Go, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow on the Roof by J. Leigh Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mari Donne (Goodreads Author), Amy Rae Durreson (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalking Buffalo Bill (Shifter U, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reckless Hope (Letting Go, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Owl and the Insomniac (Shifter U, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing Thunderbird (Shifter U #2) 3.90 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fox Hunt (Shifter U, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fight to Forgive (Letting Go, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do-Gooder 3.99 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ghost of Deceit (Medium Trouble #3)

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“Someday,” Graham said, his voice almost too soft for Connor to hear, “I’m going to be with someone who isn’t afraid to be seen with me. Someone who’ll want me enough to not hide it. I don’t want to be someone’s shameful secret again. It hurts too much.”
― j. leigh bailey, Guyliner

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“I had no idea that a burly man working through yoga poses would be more exciting to me than a lap dance at a strip club.”
― J. Leigh Bailey, Fox Hunt

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J.’s Quotes

“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.”
― Martin Amis, The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007

tags: love

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“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
― Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah

tags: agape, brotherly-love, charity, compassion

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“White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: glbt

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“No one becomes a bestseller by tossing every other potential blockbuster on a bonfire and assassinating other authors.”
― Damon Suede, Your A Game: winning promo for genre fiction

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