Toby Neal (Author of Blood Orchids)

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Toby Neal

欧宝娱乐 Author

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Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Thriller

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Toby Neal was raised on Kauai in Hawaii. She wrote and illustrated her first story at age 5. After initially majoring in journalism, she eventually settled on mental health as a career and loves her work, saying, 鈥淚鈥檓 endlessly fascinated with people鈥檚 stories.鈥�

Toby credits her counseling background in adding depth to her characters鈥揻rom the villains to Lei Texeira, the courageous and vulnerable heroine in the Lei Crime Series, to the wounds and psychological implications of the heroes of the Scorch Series.

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	Blood Orchids (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 10,273 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Black Jasmine (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 4,326 ratings — published 2012	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
	Wired In (Paradise Crime, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 3,732 ratings — 11 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
	Torch Ginger (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 3,861 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	Twisted Vine (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #5) 4.15 avg rating — 3,169 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Wired Rogue (Paradise Crime #2) 4.33 avg rating — 2,551 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
	Rip Tides (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #9) 4.24 avg rating — 2,474 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dark Lava (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #7) 4.33 avg rating — 2,171 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
	Shattered Palms (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 2,280 ratings — published 2014 — 10 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 Ferns (Paradise Crime Mysteries, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 2,041 ratings — published 2013 — 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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A nice build to a NON-STOP HIGH STAKES THRILL RIDE! JF Penn sets up this story well with multiple points of view and various foreboding elements, most centrally the extreme setting of a fragile luxury resort in the middle of Death Valley. Once you sta ...more
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“Everything has to do with everything else鈥攜ou know that by now. So begin at the beginning, and it will lead to the end.”
― Toby Neal, Blood Orchids

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“The house was done in a classic island style, and Lei couldn鈥檛 help but like the wide, deep roofline that sheltered a porch that ran the length and breadth of the house. The lanai was dotted with Adirondack chairs in”
― Toby Neal, Broken Ferns

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“There are always people talking about it. We鈥檙e dying. Suicide is a way to take control of that.”
― Toby Neal, Twisted Vine

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“I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber

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“When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'-ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.”
― Diana Gabaldon

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“Perfect is a dream that you wake up from and spend forever trying to remember.”
― Joseph Eastwood

tags: dream, inspiration, perfect, perfection, writing

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“Everything has to do with everything else鈥攜ou know that by now. So begin at the beginning, and it will lead to the end.”
― Toby Neal, Blood Orchids

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“There are always people talking about it. We鈥檙e dying. Suicide is a way to take control of that.”
― Toby Neal, Twisted Vine

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