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Brenda Kennedy

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in Zanesville, Ohio, The United States

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Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

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David Bruce, DB Jones, and CM Hutton

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February 2013

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Brenda Kennedy is an award winner, an Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and a Publishers Weekly bestselling author. She is a true believer of romance. Her stories are based on the relationships that define our lives - compassionate, emotionally gripping, and uplifting novels with true to life characters, that stay with her readers long after the last page is turned.

Her varied, not always pleasant background has given her the personal experience to take her readers on an emotional, sometimes heart wrenching, journey through her stories.
Brenda has been a struggling single mom, a survivor of domestic abuse, waitress, corrections officer, hostage negotiator and a corrections nurse. She is also a wife, mom, and grandmother. Even though her life was no ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 10,262 ratings · 1,020 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shattered Dreams (Freedom Trilogy #1) 3.93 avg rating — 1,984 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	A New Beginning (Starting Over Trilogy #1) 3.85 avg rating — 1,982 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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
	Saving Angel (Starting Over Trilogy #2) 4.16 avg rating — 769 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Broken Lives (Freedom Trilogy #2) 4.25 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Destined to Love (Starting Over Trilogy #3) 4.15 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Forgetting the Past (Forgotten #1) 4.11 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	Mending Hearts (Freedom Trilogy #3) 4.18 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Home on Seashell Island (Seashell Island #1) 4.23 avg rating — 487 ratings — 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
	Forever Country 3.84 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	A Life Worth Fighting (Fighting to Survive Trilogy #1) 4.30 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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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Series by Brenda Kennedy

Starting Over Trilogy (3 books)
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Freedom Trilogy (3 books)
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Forgotten (2 books)
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Rose Farm (3 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 738 ratings

Seashell Island (4 books)
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Pennies (Dollar, #1)

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Christmas on Seashell Island (The Seashell Island #2)

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There’s Always a Catch (Christmas Key, #1)

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“think we need a name for our little soldier.” I turn my head and”
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“Any man who loves his mother will treat his wife with a great amount of respect. Before marrying someone, you should watch how he treats his mother. “Thank you, Mom.”
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“Laters, baby.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

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“Life is filled with challenges, blessing and the awareness that in life there are no guarantees. But one thing I’m sure of, is that for me, I’d rather die regretting the things I’ve done, then to regret the things I didn’t do, but could have. So with this my new motto, I’ve decided to pursue what has lain quiescent in the back of my mind so now I write.”
― D.B. Jones

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“Life just throws you places, and if you wait, if you listen, you can see the blessings.”
― Jaycee Clark

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“What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter”
― Kelly Clarkson

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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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