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Enter the Giveaway for a chance to win one of 100 free Kindle editions of Kathy Shearer's Second Act the first book in the Kat Steals Life Series 

GIVEAWAY RUNS 8/23/2020 - 9/21/2020


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Kathy Shearer's Second Act by Kayt Ludi

Kathy Shearer's Second Act

by Kayt Ludi

Giveaway ends September 21, 2020.

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About the book: 

Kathy Shearer is a woman turning 40 - divorced, no kids, no family besides her cat, and in a dead-end job that sucks the life out of her daily. She's always loved crime/heist/police procedural books and shows, so in the midst of a slight midlife crisis she works up the nerve to see if she can pull off a heist herself. The answer is that she can, and she does, and Kathy's second act, as Kat Steele, is where her life finally starts.

A cross between Chick Lit and a Criminal/Heist novel, the first book in the Kat Steals Life series makes a great beach read, or just a welcome distraction from real life.

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